1-0 baby! The Dolphins started the season at home against the Titans, in one of the most bizarre and easily the most lengthy football games in the history of the sport. 7 hours, and 10 minutes. Wow! Lightning strikes in the vicinity of Hard Rock caused a couple of weather delays which put the total game time from start to finish at 7:10, which is the longest game in NFL history.
The good thing is that the Dolphins team remained focused on the task at hand, winning the game, and I would give some credit to Head Coach Adam Gase for keeping his team prepared, and to GM Chris Grier and VP Mike Tannenbaum for shedding the roster of the “ME” players and building a team of players who share a common goal, helping each other make the Dolphins a winning team.
The Dolphins had a nice balance on offense, Kenyan Drake getting the most touches as expected, and it was especially nice to see Frank Gore come in and spark the offense. He looks fresh, especially for a veteran RB with 13 NFL seasons under his belt, and over 3200 carries. I think it’s a great tandem, they complement each other very well. The O-line did their job well, and both backs were able to move the ball.
Ryan Tannehill looked very good in the game, but a couple of poor throws somewhat derailed his fine effort. I really thought the throw in the end zone to Gesicki, whether Mike slipped or not, was too flat, not enough arc, and also just thrown too close to the defender. Make that throw more towards the sideline, and deeper towards the back of the endzone with more arc, and there’s very little chance if any that it gets picked off. The other was either an overthrow or a miscommunication with Jakeem Grant, and without certainty as to which, I can’t blame Tannehill on that one. The play-action TD pass to Kenny Stills was a beauty, great protection, and a very accurate strike for the TD. Take away the end zone miscue to Gesicki or the other INT intended for Grant, and Tannehill has done exactly what I would hope he could do.
The Titans after the injury to starting QB Marcus Mariota were not the same team, but the injuries to starting OT’s Taylor Lewan and Jack Conklin, LT and RT respectively is really what killed the Titans. Those 2 are aggressive, mean and nasty run blockers, and the Dolphins limited the run game, especially when big back Derrick Henry was in, to 26 yards on 10 carries. Dion Lewis, who is quicker and shiftier had more success, rushing for 75 yards on 16 carries.
On defense, the first thing I noticed right away, was Minkah Fitzpatrick. He didn’t do one spectacular thing on Sunday, but damn if he wasn’t always around the ball. You just can’t teach what he has, that desire to digest football knowledge, study film to learn players and teams tendencies, and the desire to work in the weight room to become the best player he can be. Minkah had that before he got here, but he’s ours man, and I’m thrilled we have him. He was in on 6 tackles, but despite that, he just seemed to be so involved in the game, and he was out there a lot. If anyone has snap counts, I’d love to know how many, as well as for the D-line. The frequent rotation worked as well as I could have hoped, and the youngins Godchaux and Taylor look like all the world to have been brilliant draft picks. You just don’t expect a 5th and 6th RD defensive tackle to give you what Godchaux and Taylor are giving us. Think of how absurd it is to pay a player over $20M to do what these guys are giving us! Talk about value, it’s insane! The LB’s weren’t asked to do everything, as we saw 3 safeties out there often enough. Kiko led the team with 6 solo tackles, and both Raekwon McMillan and Jerome Baker had 3 solos and 3 assists. Very possible this type of thing plays out the entire season.
The Jets come off a very successful road win against the Detroit Lions. They banged up QB Matthew Stafford pretty good, and the battered QB threw 1 TD and 4 INT’s. While Matthew Stafford hurt his team, the Jets rookie QB did the opposite. Sam Darnold played a very solid game, despite throwing an INT on his very first pass attempt. The rookie bounced back well however, and helped lead his team to an impressive 48-17 drubbing of the Lions. He had a nice balanced rushing attack with Bilal Powell and Isaiah Crowell with a 1-1A type approach. Crowell finished with 102 yards on 10 carries and 2 TD’s and Powell had 12 carries for 60 yards. Quincy Enunwa has resumed his spot as the go-to-guy of the offense, after being out with an injury last year. Robbie Anderson remains the big play danger, he’s like our version of Kenny Stills, except of course Anderson threatens police officers with vulgar things he will do to their wives, but on the gridiron, they are similar threats.
Dolphins vs Jets are always crazy games, as last year’s Fest game was evidence of such. The Dolphins pulled out a last minute victory when Bobby McCain intercepted Josh McCown with 47 seconds remaining in the game, allowing Cody Parkey to kick the game winning 39 yard F to win it 31-28. What a FEST-ivious win! There will not be a MetLife Takeover Fest this time, but hopefully the NYC Dolfans contingency will be sufficient to help our boys complete another successful takeover that ends with a Dolphins victory.
If the Dolphins can continue their success rushing the football with Drake and Gore, and keep the pocket clean for Tannehill, we should be able to score against the Jets. Devante Parker should be back, but I just can’t count on him to be a big role player, so I won’t. We have enough weapons with Stills, Amendola, Wilson and the 2 backs, and anything we can get from Gesicki and Parker is just gravy. On defense, just limit Bilal Powell. Crowell doesn’t scare me, but Powell just rips off those big plays, so we need to keep him in check. Darnold probably won’t be shaken, we should treat him like any QB, not expose ourselves with a ton of blitzes. I think if we do that, he might make us pay, so just stay disciplined, keep using the 3 safeties often, and I think we can beat them. Don’t let Anderson get behind the secondary.
MIA 28 – NYJ 27
Finsmob Unleashed 
Wow
Way to cover Tanny Howard!
here we go
Okay let’s run
Thank god for the defense!!!
X-rated defense
x man
Ken says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:01 pm
Okay let’s run
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THIS^^^^^^^^^
Wow, Howard with horrible position and ends up with an INT. Sweet.
Didn’t like the play call
Me neither!
I like the roll out with the tiered, TE and RB
That was horrible offense.
Why the hell does gase hate running the ball on 3rd and short
I don’t know
Time for another int
I do not get why they hurry up to throw on 3rd and 1.
Hurry up catch the DL tired and pick up the first. That shit is in the football playcalling for dummies cheat sheet
Worked great
No idea why they don’t try to run it there. Frustrating.
They keep fair catching it inside the 10. Ok good for us.
Gase please let Loggains call some plays
I agree I don’t like that play calling
They are hell bent to prevent Gore from getting that milestone lol
Defense needs to get back to the first half dominance
Alright big turnover here
That was a great play!
Nice stop D
I think a FG wins this game
Thank God for the drop, he was wide open
DOESN’T COUNT
Is that the record?
Unless he looses another yard!
There it is!
Way to go Gore
Congratulations
GORE NUMBER FOUR
Our offense really annoys me.
Tanny hates throwing the damn ball away
Another unneeded Haiku
No more sacks on 3rd down. Don’t care if penalties are wiping them out
GrAntman
He’s a lot of fun to watch
Wtf?
Is the football made of butter
Center bowls a spare
Ugh
Well that was interesting
I don’t even know how to respond to that
Come on D
This offense is ridiculously at times.
We better not let this rookie led team back in the game
GUMBY SAMICH
Why are we making this do hard? WTF?
So
Sack or pick now
Come on D
Godchaux, statistically speaking, is better than Suh….
3rd and 15 conversion
BWAAAAAA HAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAA HAAAAAA HAAAAAAA
WHERE ARE THE SACKS?????
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2018 Season – Game 2 – Dolphins @ Jets
Posted on September 12, 2018 by Mike E.
1-0 baby! The Dolphins started the season at home against the Titans, in one of the most bizarre and easily the most lengthy football games in the history of the sport. 7 hours, and 10 minutes. Wow! Lightning strikes in the vicinity of Hard Rock caused a couple of weather delays which put the total game time from start to finish at 7:10, which is the longest game in NFL history.
The good thing is that the Dolphins team remained focused on the task at hand, winning the game, and I would give some credit to Head Coach Adam Gase for keeping his team prepared, and to GM Chris Grier and VP Mike Tannenbaum for shedding the roster of the “ME” players and building a team of players who share a common goal, helping each other make the Dolphins a winning team.
The Dolphins had a nice balance on offense, Kenyan Drake getting the most touches as expected, and it was especially nice to see Frank Gore come in and spark the offense. He looks fresh, especially for a veteran RB with 13 NFL seasons under his belt, and over 3200 carries. I think it’s a great tandem, they complement each other very well. The O-line did their job well, and both backs were able to move the ball.
Ryan Tannehill looked very good in the game, but a couple of poor throws somewhat derailed his fine effort. I really thought the throw in the end zone to Gesicki, whether Mike slipped or not, was too flat, not enough arc, and also just thrown too close to the defender. Make that throw more towards the sideline, and deeper towards the back of the endzone with more arc, and there’s very little chance if any that it gets picked off. The other was either an overthrow or a miscommunication with Jakeem Grant, and without certainty as to which, I can’t blame Tannehill on that one. The play-action TD pass to Kenny Stills was a beauty, great protection, and a very accurate strike for the TD. Take away the end zone miscue to Gesicki or the other INT intended for Grant, and Tannehill has done exactly what I would hope he could do.
The Titans after the injury to starting QB Marcus Mariota were not the same team, but the injuries to starting OT’s Taylor Lewan and Jack Conklin, LT and RT respectively is really what killed the Titans. Those 2 are aggressive, mean and nasty run blockers, and the Dolphins limited the run game, especially when big back Derrick Henry was in, to 26 yards on 10 carries. Dion Lewis, who is quicker and shiftier had more success, rushing for 75 yards on 16 carries.
On defense, the first thing I noticed right away, was Minkah Fitzpatrick. He didn’t do one spectacular thing on Sunday, but damn if he wasn’t always around the ball. You just can’t teach what he has, that desire to digest football knowledge, study film to learn players and teams tendencies, and the desire to work in the weight room to become the best player he can be. Minkah had that before he got here, but he’s ours man, and I’m thrilled we have him. He was in on 6 tackles, but despite that, he just seemed to be so involved in the game, and he was out there a lot. If anyone has snap counts, I’d love to know how many, as well as for the D-line. The frequent rotation worked as well as I could have hoped, and the youngins Godchaux and Taylor look like all the world to have been brilliant draft picks. You just don’t expect a 5th and 6th RD defensive tackle to give you what Godchaux and Taylor are giving us. Think of how absurd it is to pay a player over $20M to do what these guys are giving us! Talk about value, it’s insane! The LB’s weren’t asked to do everything, as we saw 3 safeties out there often enough. Kiko led the team with 6 solo tackles, and both Raekwon McMillan and Jerome Baker had 3 solos and 3 assists. Very possible this type of thing plays out the entire season.
The Jets come off a very successful road win against the Detroit Lions. They banged up QB Matthew Stafford pretty good, and the battered QB threw 1 TD and 4 INT’s. While Matthew Stafford hurt his team, the Jets rookie QB did the opposite. Sam Darnold played a very solid game, despite throwing an INT on his very first pass attempt. The rookie bounced back well however, and helped lead his team to an impressive 48-17 drubbing of the Lions. He had a nice balanced rushing attack with Bilal Powell and Isaiah Crowell with a 1-1A type approach. Crowell finished with 102 yards on 10 carries and 2 TD’s and Powell had 12 carries for 60 yards. Quincy Enunwa has resumed his spot as the go-to-guy of the offense, after being out with an injury last year. Robbie Anderson remains the big play danger, he’s like our version of Kenny Stills, except of course Anderson threatens police officers with vulgar things he will do to their wives, but on the gridiron, they are similar threats.
Dolphins vs Jets are always crazy games, as last year’s Fest game was evidence of such. The Dolphins pulled out a last minute victory when Bobby McCain intercepted Josh McCown with 47 seconds remaining in the game, allowing Cody Parkey to kick the game winning 39 yard F to win it 31-28. What a FEST-ivious win! There will not be a MetLife Takeover Fest this time, but hopefully the NYC Dolfans contingency will be sufficient to help our boys complete another successful takeover that ends with a Dolphins victory.
If the Dolphins can continue their success rushing the football with Drake and Gore, and keep the pocket clean for Tannehill, we should be able to score against the Jets. Devante Parker should be back, but I just can’t count on him to be a big role player, so I won’t. We have enough weapons with Stills, Amendola, Wilson and the 2 backs, and anything we can get from Gesicki and Parker is just gravy. On defense, just limit Bilal Powell. Crowell doesn’t scare me, but Powell just rips off those big plays, so we need to keep him in check. Darnold probably won’t be shaken, we should treat him like any QB, not expose ourselves with a ton of blitzes. I think if we do that, he might make us pay, so just stay disciplined, keep using the 3 safeties often, and I think we can beat them. Don’t let Anderson get behind the secondary.
MIA 28 – NYJ 27
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ocalarob says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:00 pm
here we go
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Ken says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:01 pm
Okay let’s run
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rich0322 says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:01 pm
Thank god for the defense!!!
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son of a son of a shula says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:01 pm
X-rated defense
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ocalarob says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:01 pm
x man
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Rockphin says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:02 pm
Ken says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:01 pm
Okay let’s run
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THIS^^^^^^^^^
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Randy says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:03 pm
Wow, Howard with horrible position and ends up with an INT. Sweet.
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wyoming85 says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:03 pm
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Ken says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:08 pm
Didn’t like the play call
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wyoming85 says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:09 pm
Me neither!
I like the roll out with the tiered, TE and RB
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rich0322 says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:08 pm
That was horrible offense.
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D says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:08 pm
Why the hell does gase hate running the ball on 3rd and short
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Ken says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:09 pm
I don’t know
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Ken says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:09 pm
Time for another int
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bookman11 says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:09 pm
I do not get why they hurry up to throw on 3rd and 1.
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D says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:10 pm
Hurry up catch the DL tired and pick up the first. That shit is in the football playcalling for dummies cheat sheet
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bookman11 says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:11 pm
Worked great
twicethethe says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:09 pm
No idea why they don’t try to run it there. Frustrating.
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son of a son of a shula says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:10 pm
They keep fair catching it inside the 10. Ok good for us.
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sb7mvp says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:10 pm
Gase please let Loggains call some plays
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Rockphin says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:11 pm
I agree I don’t like that play calling
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D says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:11 pm
They are hell bent to prevent Gore from getting that milestone lol
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sb7mvp says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:13 pm
Defense needs to get back to the first half dominance
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sb7mvp says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:14 pm
Alright big turnover here
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Rockphin says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:14 pm
That was a great play!
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son of a son of a shula says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:14 pm
Nice stop D
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bookman11 says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:15 pm
I think a FG wins this game
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manitobafinfan says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:16 pm
Thank God for the drop, he was wide open
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Rockphin says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:17 pm
DOESN’T COUNT
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sb7mvp says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:18 pm
Is that the record?
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wyoming85 says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:19 pm
Unless he looses another yard!
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wyoming85 says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:18 pm
There it is!
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son of a son of a shula says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:18 pm
Way to go Gore
Congratulations
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Rockphin says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:18 pm
GORE NUMBER FOUR
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rich0322 says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:19 pm
Our offense really annoys me.
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D says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:19 pm
Tanny hates throwing the damn ball away
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son of a son of a shula says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:20 pm
Another unneeded Haiku
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sb7mvp says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:20 pm
No more sacks on 3rd down. Don’t care if penalties are wiping them out
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son of a son of a shula says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:20 pm
GrAntman
He’s a lot of fun to watch
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son of a son of a shula says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:21 pm
Wtf?
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The Flying Pig says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:21 pm
Is the football made of butter
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manitobafinfan says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:21 pm
Center bowls a spare
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sb7mvp says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:21 pm
Ugh
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pheloniusphish says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:21 pm
Well that was interesting
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bookman11 says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:22 pm
I don’t even know how to respond to that
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son of a son of a shula says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:22 pm
Come on D
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rich0322 says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:23 pm
This offense is ridiculously at times.
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sb7mvp says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:25 pm
We better not let this rookie led team back in the game
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Rockphin says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:25 pm
GUMBY SAMICH
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Krishna says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:26 pm
Why are we making this do hard? WTF?
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Krishna says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:27 pm
So
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son of a son of a shula says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:26 pm
Sack or pick now
Come on D
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Rockphin says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:29 pm
Godchaux, statistically speaking, is better than Suh….
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sb7mvp says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:30 pm
3rd and 15 conversion
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Rockphin says:
September 16, 2018 at 3:32 pm
BWAAAAAA HAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAA HAAAAAA HAAAAAAA
WTF?? Sorry guys, don’t know how that happened.
There we go! Do it again!
Defense looks pretty good. Lot of pressure for a 4 man rush
They’re playing a great game
Of course another career long FG against us
Rock broke the blog
No shit…what was that?
Thought it was D for a second LMAO
LOL
Haven’t seen 1 highlight of the dolphins keys game and I’ve been watching for the last hour.
What is Rock drinking
Zero snouts for that Haiku Rock
Finally…..a throw away
that is a goofy as shit picture of him
white russians, but I ran out of milk? is that a black russian? Kahlua and vodka, not in that order
It is a black russian
The game of missed opportunities
I liked the play call instead of a 2 yard throw
Gotta throw it with more air under it to the middle of the field on that throw!!
Yup
Jesus, run the damn ball.
Time for another take away.
Pick six here
The announcer was right. Tanny didn’t stride into that throw. Threw it flat footed. But again….why ar we not running the ball more?
We need a score. We’re below what we need and they’re threatening to get back in it.
Need 25 or more
Yup
Tick tick tick
Gase let Loggains call the plays
I hate playing soft prevent defense
Darnold has over 300 yrs passing
Our defense needs to make another play here because the offense will do absolutely nothing when they get it back.
Minkah again booyah
Apparently they should have picked an OLman instead of
Minkah
C’mon put this game away
we need a clock eating touch down drive to make a statement. DO NOT JUST SIT ON IT!
GORE! You are the man, now show it!
One drive for a TD. Stake the fuckers.
I hate to say it, but Darnold looks like he’s the real deal.
There is still time for the biplanes to ruin him.
Doesn’t count
Why can guys not stay in bounds?
WTF was that?
That’s fucked
Drake needs to be sat down for running out bounds TWICE!
Only once
Get in FG range. Game over
How do we go 3 plays looking awesome to 3 plays looking like garbage?
Take that
YES
Awesome play and great vision by Tannehill
Way to step up in the pocket
That was big by Gore.
Whew!
We’ll see if we can run it out now!
I HEAR LET’S GO DOLPHINS!!!!! LOL
Damn Mahomes holy crap 10 TD passes already
KC did it right. Let him sit for a year.
They sure did
Keep running
Keep ticking
Yes!
Tannehill stepping up in the 4th quarter
Exactly
Ahem……
That’s a DAGGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He needed to.
That should do it. This offense still needs a lot of work, but very good job running this clock out.