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 
GO SACKSONVILLE!!!
David – That’s what I look to. If Tannehill can play as well as he did the last 9 games of ’16, or better even, we could be a good football team this year. Just gotta stay healthy.
Exactly, but weren’t We 0-4 at the start of 2016? This is a much better place to be for us, We have a chance to win our division instead of watching the Brady bunch do it!
SACKSONVILLE WINS!!!
WE’RE #1 in the AFC EAST!!!
HELL YEAH!!!
Cheats lose cheats lose
How good is Miami? Every team in the NFL has to prove how good they are by winning. What’s our record? Lol. That’s how good We are as of today’s date.
One Win at a time, let’s keep em going!
Demaryus Thomas? You just dropped that pass?!! WOW
KID KEENUM!!! Looks like he going to get the comeback victory against the Raidahz!!!
FG is GOOD!!!
Sole possession of 1st place. Just win 13 of the next 14 and the division is ours
0-2 Raiders next in Miami to take on the AFC East leaders!
Wonder how the Raidahz feel right now about handing Chucky that $100M deal!
Early returns are not good. 🙂
Jets fans are fucking clueless. They are still hanging onto week one. I see them losing to the Browns and Jags at 1-3. LOL
Spread the ball around. A continuing theme.
A. Wilson 3 37
Amendola 4 32
J. Grant 2 27
A. Derby 1 19
F. Gore 1 19
K. Drake 4 17
K. Stills 2 17
Fitzpatrick is a funny dude!
So I guess we go 1-13 from here being that we suck and will pick first in next year’s draft. LOL
Start with the local beat guys and the national perception will follow
LOL “Is any of that really yours?” “Yeah, the chest hair”
I want Xavian Howard to have a pick against DuhArnald every game they match up…forever.
Tyrod Taylor is a much better QB…..
I tracked the game at work, read tweets, saw the box score, read the blog, and saw the highlights. There’s not much I can add to what y’all have already stated! Good job, folks… and GREAT away WIN by our PHINS!!!
Just a few notes…
– Seems like we’re going to miss Josh Sitton, yet our O-Line played fairly NICE against a stout stej Defense. Ted Larsen is a definite downgrade from Sitton (Twitter and Randy both noticed this).
– I didn’t watch the game, but I clearly saw Raekwon as a liability in coverage on two separate big plays by the stej… at least that’s what it LOOKED like (could have been a miscommunication issue).
– Surprised that (coach’s decision) we deactivated DeVante and Cordrea. I sensed DeVante could be on the trading block [I alluded to it last night (Browns parting with Josh Gordon), and I saw that Stanger picked up on that just before the game when it was announced], and it’s sad that Cordrea has regressed so much. Time to bring Amerson in for a visit: McCain is too short to be covering these larger WRs on the boundary. And with as much as we play zone-D, Amerson would be the PERFECT fit… and at a vet minimal salary now.
– Our D-Line IS better without Suh!!! And we don’t miss his $20M+ salary!!! This Defense of ours is FOR REAL!
– Lastly, Gase needs to call better plays on Offense. Some of his calls were mind-numbing (according to many of y’all), but I’ll give him ALL of this: his idea of a ‘culture change’ is CERTAINLY paying off, and it SHOWS. This team is PLAYING with charisma and unity!
I think once we get all the bugs worked out on Offense, this team could go DEEP into the playoffs this year. That’s not the homer in me, that’s the analyst in me.
2-0!!!
GO PHINS!!!
HELL YEAH!!!
Will you ever stop pining for Amerson? He apparently sucks.
Injuries, Phelon… injuries. That’s why I said to bring Amerson in for a VISIT, not an auto-sign. If he’s not finally healthy, PASS.
For what it’s worth, he had a workout last week with the Lions… they passed.
Noticeable difference between Sitton and Larsen
Thank you, Ken! I appreciate your insight being I missed the game, man.
I hope Matt Patricia’s good buddy gives him his first win next week…..
Miami is one of only seven teams at 2-0. Even tho they didn’t draft OL and Ross sucks.
DON’T JINX US, Bro!!! One more O-Line injury (it’s bound to happen in this brutal game), and we’re in serious trouble. It’s still VERY EARLY with 15 more games to play.
I miss Faiths “short” skirt!
ME TOO!!!
Holy shit I just heard about Vontae Davis. WTF?
I wonder what his agent thinks, what his grandmother thinks (being serious, here), and what his bigger brother Vernon thinks. He’s not going to make the $$$ he’s been making out in the real world.
IMO, this is a scream for help. As Tim mentioned above, we all know that he’s got some issues. I hope he finds the help he needs. Very saddening.
Yeah, that’s crazy.
Gotta believe something ain’t right with him. I get that he can be frustrated being on a bad team but you don’t quit on your teammates like that
Dallas looks like they are tired of getting that ass whooped!
So I remember hearing Vontae speak when he was with the Dolphins. No way he came up with that. He didn’t even mention Grandma.
Very true
Definitely his agent trying to stop the bleeding
^^^
Lol @ Opera
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WOW… and Vontae KNEW this. So he quits the game and retires, and will get his $5M guaranteed $$$.
I’m suddenly not feeling so remorseful for him.
Collected one more payday. Maybe he’s not so dumb, maybe he’s just a dick.
Todd France (CAA Sports) is Vontae’s agent. I’m sure he had more to do with it (informing Vontae of what he could do) than Vontae himself.
Yeah, that makes sense. Hey Vontae, 5 mil for a couple of months of workouts and training.
Bet Josh Allen wishes the Bills used that 5 million on another OL
+100000000000000000000000!
Damn right, Ken!
And picture he used as a background has him in a Colts Uni at hard Rock.. ironically funny
It would be even funnier if his trousers had pizz-stains after moving on to Indy…
Vontae: Mr. Coaching Dude… I’ve got to use the bathroom… I’ve gotta pee!
Coach Pagano: Go pizz yourself, Davis. I ain’t fallin’ for that BS you pulled on Philbin.
O-Line Coach Philbin: HA! We’ve got your number, Davis! Now pizz yourself!
Lol nice 👍👍
I like this guy! He’s kind of a smart-ass!
Am thinking no way that guaranteed money is guaranteed if you just walk away.
The bonus for making the opening day roster would be
You may be correct, Stanger. Looks like there may be a FIGHT…
Through two games, several things are new to see. The team speed is noticeable. The versatile playmakers on offense suggest, as expected, Jarvis Landry won’t be missed. The defensive front seven’s play keeps showing, in a surprise, Ndamukong Suh isn’t missed, either.
Alright this Giants Dallas game is boring me. I am turning in. Peace and go Fins
We’re 2-0 and talking about Vontae Davis? LOL
60% of the time when you start 2-0 you make the playoffs.
There is not much talk about the number 1 team in the AFC right now.
https://www.nfl.com/standings/conference/2018/REG?sortField=customSortOverallPct&sortIsAscending=false
Dolphins D was tied for first in fantasy points today
HA i JUST SAW THE PACK TIED
CavalierKong says:
September 16, 2018 at 6:47 pm
Has anyone watched either Chiefs game? Is Mahomes really this good?
I saw a lot of both games, he looks great. They can beat the cheats this year in the playoffs.
The Cheats aren’t going to be there!
Can they beat us?
Tim Knight says:
September 16, 2018 at 9:28 pm
We’re 2-0 and talking about Vontae Davis? LOL
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I don’t know if it still is, but the Vontae story was trending #1 nationwide on Twitter, and it was the #2 story on NFL.com. And being most of us saw him on “Hard Knocks” back in ’12, it’s at least interesting! It’s not everyday ya see a pro athlete retire in the middle of the game!
Okay… fantastic. LOL
LOL!
Nightmare start to the season for the bills
Reminds me of the stuff that happens to us
When we’ve played the chests with a #1 WR, they’ve seemed to shut him down. Who are they going to shut down this year?
A man knows when it’s time to hang up his cleats, but rarely does that moment happen at halftime, lol
Part of Me wants to think He just bailed on his team, but part of Me says hey, when it’s to the point You feel like You could be seriously injured, and Your skills have slipped, retirement is the only real option.
It does suck for the team to search for a replacement at halftime, just sayin, I feel like He could have said something to the coach and at least finished the game, even if from the bench
Congrats to Blake Bortles, his 4 TD,s helped beat the patsies, and He had no Leonard Fournette for the game, who Is vital to the JAX offense
So the JAX defense was an after thought? They were the key to their win. Same for us today. Our defense shut the Jets down when it mattered.
It is always a team effort with JAX, that’s why they are doing so well
Raiders in Miami for a 1 pm game, makes me think our team will be 3-0 next Sunday afternoon
Look forward to Puking Black team in 2nd 1/4 🤮🤮
I watched some of both the Raiders 2 games. Today they controlled the game up until the last drive, they should’ve won. First game they took it to the Rams early, dont under estimate them.
Stanger: congrats in Fantasy win today.
My team was all fired up to avenge the butt-kicking it got from Mrs. Toba last week. 🙂
Looks as though the G-Men and the Bills have the exact same problem: NO O-LINE.
You haven’t been paying attention with the Giants.
6 sacks aren’t enough! And Saquon’s sub 2.8 YPC aren’t enough!
It’s a new line, they didnt do a good job of picking up the blitz and stunts.
The jets didnt do shut today running the ball, but I think their OL is pretty good.
Someone (notable NFL writer, can’t recall who it was right now) stated that you DON’T take Saquon Barkley as the #2 overall pick if you won’t run the ball on 4th and 1 with Barkely at midfield in the 1st half.
It sounded underhanded at Barkley at first… but I think he was talking more about their lack of an O-Line to block for Saquon and protect Eli. Yes… even the young phenom Saquon and the GREAT Eli are having trouble behind a PATHETICALLY WEAK O-Line.
Mr. Campbell, I’ve got your back, boss! Just one more injury (it’s going to happen) to one of our O-Linemen, and we’re in DEEP poop. It happens to EVERY team, EVERY year. And as per usual, we are ill-prepared.
Eli is basically done, they should’ve taken Darnold.
I can’t disagree with that… but they also need to address that pathetic O-Line.
And for the love of football, OBJ is NOT worth what they are paying him (see Jarvis Landry, too).
You can say the same thing for every OL in the league. We just focus on one team here.
Is it safe to take my earplugs out? Is Cris Collinsworth(less) done talking?
He’ll “tell ya what”, ya know…
Gmen paid Solder all that money, it’s a complete different situation than the Bills are in, as they got rid of 3 OL starters.
$$$ spent isn’t necessarily $$$ WELL spent, bud. And OBJ is WAY overpaid, for example.
I’m not trying to debate ya, Steve. I’m just seeing a severe problem at O-Line for the G-Men. Maybe they get in a rhythm soon… I dunno. But until they get it together, Eli and Saquon might get KILLED out there, man.
Right… the 1-1 Jets and 0-2 Cardinals. How could the Giants have passed on a talented RB after two games. Geez these pundits just might be as dumb as they appear to be. LOL
Teams will be wishing they picked Minkah Fitzpatrick, he’s only going to get better with more games under his belt
I think you’re right, Brah! That kid is going to be GREAT!
Fitzpatrick is the kind of guy that can just take over games at times, just rip off a pick six, sack, blocked kick or punt return. The dude is as versatile as You can imagine, and probably more than You could imagine. He’s not a jack of all trades, he’s a master of all trades!
Minkah hasn’t even got started yet. He’s always good, wait until great starts. 🙂
All this team has to do is win 10 , possibly 11 of the next 14 and the AFC east could be ours for the taking.
Is that all
Lol why not us? Aren’t You tired of patsies winning it? 😎
Sure we can do it, but it won’t be easy like you insinuated.
Dolphins have not played their best yet except for short spurts. And yet we are 2-0.
Damn that seems like a good sign.
Like I said before the season started, scratch and claw and get some wins as we gel. 2-0 is like the sweet smell of morning coffee and everything is alright. 🙂
If we beat the Patriots week 4 will be like Bacon smell in the am… 🤭
In the past we had to play our best to win a game, this year seems different, but the OL now scares me.
Lil re-cap daddy via me
F. I. N. S. WIN, WIN, WIN 📢 🚒
Link below
http://www.dolphinshout.com/2018/09/f-i-n-s-win-win-win.html?m=0
GOFINS!!!
Ah the feeling of waking up knowing your team is in first place
It’s almost like the wife left but didn’t take the dog, boat, or credit cards, lol. Jk
AHHH Victory Monday! I wonder if Tannehill has the guys working again this morning?
He’s out buying some Stick-em! 😉
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CQbVr2sWoAEyFm9.jpg:large
SEASON AVG 1ST DOWN RUNNING (runs under 10 yards)
FRANK GORE 9 attempts 4.74 YPC
DRAKE 11 attempts 2.9 YPC
vs NY
Gore 4.0 YPC 5 attempts
Drake 2.66 YPC 6 attempts
SomDrake is improving….cool!
Yesterday was a game of capitalizing on opportunities. We were able to and the Jets weren’t. It’s good to be 2-0, but we’ve got a long way to go. One game at a time, just keep adding wins. We have another matchup that benefits us next week so I hope the team is up to the challenge to bring home another victory.
^ nice summary
Run D was great again, held them to 41 yards rushing!
You can do that when you’re playing with a lead.
they had 41 passing plays and 17 rushes, our run D made them unbalanced and predictable
They couldn’t account for Tannehill on those run pass options, a key to the win.
Nice to have that threat in your QB. Even if it isn’t used, somebody is looking out for it rather 100% on whoever is running or their coverage.
any word on Jordan Phillips? he was injured, also Amendola took a shot to the ribs but he bounced back, i bet he’s sore today.
https://nypost.com/2018/09/17/jets-running-game-left-them-completely-without-options/
““They did a great job of moving, and blitzing our runs, finding ways to put us in different angles that weren’t advantageous to the runs we called”…. think that is the 3 safety scheme at work. The play caller (and the blockers and runners) are not exactly sure who will be doing what.
Not sure i understand your post? (“they” i would assume meaning the Jets) do you mean Miami did a great job moving and blitzing their runs? I would assume so since the reference to the 3 safeties.
ok i get it, you were referencing a quote from the article. duhh!
Keys to beating the Raiders
That TE for the Raiders is their best weapon, i’m sure we will put a safety on him, and then slow down Marshawn Lynch
Hey guys – haven’t b en really paying attention
What’s our record now?
🐷
Fitzpatrick has only played 65% of the defensive snaps
Which is crazy bc it seems like he is always making an impact
Bobby mcCain has played in 5% if our offensive plays
Good ole Bobby mccain
🎶🎶🎶
Doo dooo doo
Mike E. says:
September 16, 2018 at 7:13 pm
I think he thought the Jets just played poorly, I think that was the angle he was looking at it from. It wasn’t that we were great today, they just screwed up too many times. Whatever, I see a team that’s playing good sound football, everyone is contributing,and dammit, that defensive line rotation is kicking some ass! Suh fucking who??? That fuck won’t tweet about our team anymore, and he should be ashamed at how well they’re doing without him!
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Jets played sorta poorly, but that’s how it goes. The “good team bad team” discussion is about what team plays at a better consistency. If you played well on your first game and turned around and played poorly on your second game, how can you say the second game isn’t indicative of how good the team is but the first is, without that being homerism.
The jets 48 points in game one now looks a lot more like a bad defense than a good offense imo. Their defense is legitimately good, but not good enough to get the job done. We won and we played well enough to do so.
Id love to slam that dude’s opinion but its just the opinion of a fan coming back down to earth, and we know that feeling all to well. The fact is his the Jets just aren’t that good, and he is having a hard time accepting that after they had a wet dream of a game 1.
The Flying Pig says:
September 17, 2018 at 10:55 am
Fitzpatrick has only played 65% of the defensive snaps
Which is crazy bc it seems like he is always making an impact
Bobby mcCain has played in 5% if our offensive plays
Good ole Bobby mccain
🎶🎶🎶
Doo dooo doo
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Maybe its because we are a team full of tiny fuckers, but i havent seen McCain once on offense.
He comes in on victory formation… 2 weeks in a row 🙂
The Flying Pig says:
September 17, 2018 at 11:17 am
The list of NFL quarterbacks with the best records in their past 10 regular season starts:
T1) Ryan Tannehill (9-1)
T1) Carson Wentz (9-1)
T1) Case Keenum (9-1)
T4) Tom Brady (8-2)
T4) Jared Goff (8-2) https://t.co/Ge9kop0YX8
— Brett Brecheisen (@bbrech) September 17, 2018
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Stats like this show there is a way to manipulate anything into a favorable statistic. This stat is about as worthless as half the ones they use to prop up whatever player espn is pushing this season. Im glad Tanny is playing well but stats should be able this year only, those are valid stats and showing how he playing currently.
People always judge QBs by wins
I don’t think it’s irrelevant
You see ( go to the end)
ocalarob says:
September 17, 2018 at 10:44 am
Keys to beating the Raiders
That TE for the Raiders is their best weapon, i’m sure we will put a safety on him, and then slow down Marshawn Lynch
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Looking like we have in the past id say that Oakland definately has the advantage, but given how our team has been playing and how well Minkah has been covering and how well our safeties have been playing in both run support and pass coverage, id say we match pretty well with them this year. Their strengths are playing into ours, so it likely comes down to whose OL performs best and winning the starting field position game, ie ST play. I do think we have the better running attack given we have two backs that can get it done and they really only have 1. We are pretty evenly matched several other areas.
Oh and one thing that shouldnt be overlooked, home field advantage.
DL doing a good job so far
Albeit I think the secondary is doing better than PFF is giving it credit for
So the Dolphins brought me the head of Sam Darnold
Now it’s time to look for other heads
(Piggy lights a candle)
A pig is a pork
And a pork demands sacrifice
Bring me the head of Derek Carr
we are number 8 against the run too. (averaging 79 yards per game.)
SteveCC:
I guess we both get the same tv feed because I too think it would be a big mistake to underestimate the Raiders. I wish they had pulled that game out, but 0-3 is a desperately bad start and Gruden is going to do everything in his power to prevent that. I think this game is a pick-em if the Fins are on their toes, I think the Raiders are going to win if they’re not. The trip back east is tough to overcome, but staring down 0-3 will be powerful motivation to overcome the jetlag
2-0 nobody has had to have a great game for us to win, physical/skill positions rotating well making someone out like Parker or Amendola for a short time not noticeable. Playing like a team, all units contributing.
Keys to victory for the Raiders, stop everone.
1-10-MIA 45 (14:22) (Shotgun) 32-K.Drake up the middle to MIA 45 for no gain
1-10-NYJ 15 (2:41) (Shotgun) 32-K.Drake up the middle to NYJ 9 for 6 yards .
1-10-NYJ 28 (1:07) (Shotgun) 32-K.Drake up the middle to NYJ 19 for 9 yards
1-10-MIA 20 (11:33) (Shotgun) 32-K.Drake up the middle to MIA 24 for 4 yards
1-10-MIA 36 (9:39) (Shotgun) 32-K.Drake right tackle to MIA 40 for 4 yards
1-10-NYJ 36 (3:50) 32-K.Drake right end pushed ob at NYJ 43 for -7 yards
1-10-MIA 18 (11:01) (Shotgun) 21-F.Gore right guard to MIA 21 for 3 yards
1-10-MIA 33 (3:56) (Shotgun) 21-F.Gore up the middle to MIA 41 for 8 yards
1-10-MIA 25 (10:06) 21-F.Gore left tackle to MIA 25 for no gain .
1-10-MIA 45 (5:14) (Shotgun) 21-F.Gore up the middle to 50 for 5 yards
1-10-NYJ 26 (2:49) 21-F.Gore up the middle to NYJ 22 for 4 yards .
Soooo, Orob, just for clarity sake you average out the runs to make drake look worse because of the 1 run for a loss he had? Their performance minus that one run looks pretty damn equal. This is of course taking out the 20 yard run by Drake.
I will argue that Drake left us in better down and distance situations that Gore did.
why even argue it at all? they both helped us win
Just because I like arguing……
ahndoh30 says:
September 17, 2018 at 12:13 pm
SteveCC:
I guess we both get the same tv feed because I too think it would be a big mistake to underestimate the Raiders. I wish they had pulled that game out, but 0-3 is a desperately bad start and Gruden is going to do everything in his power to prevent that. I think this game is a pick-em if the Fins are on their toes, I think the Raiders are going to win if they’re not. The trip back east is tough to overcome, but staring down 0-3 will be powerful motivation to overcome the jetlag
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I agree its going to be a fight, a tough game, and i think if you go down the line checking off boxes you find the teams to be pretty even. I think it comes down to things like special teams, takeaways, penalties and homefield advantage. I think we should have the slightest of edges, and i agree 100% its not enough to overlook a team that surely has to be hungry for a win.
Coaching probably factors in a good bit too
steveccnv says:
September 17, 2018 at 1:39 pm
2-0 nobody has had to have a great game for us to win, physical/skill positions rotating well making someone out like Parker or Amendola for a short time not noticeable. Playing like a team, all units contributing.
Keys to victory for the Raiders, stop everone.
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Steve i think its even simpler than that. Just do your job and do it well. If we play as a team and every player executes his part correctly, they wont get a lot of big plays, we wont have a lot of penalties, and we will open ourselves up for big plays of our own when they fail.
I hate playing teams hungry for a win
That’s what I expect from the Raiders too
But if you knock them down early and get some quick scores, teams like that fold quick
The thing about the raiders is their pass rush is really bad
I liked the “keys” from the Jet’s game. I forget who posted it and the exact terminology but it was something like;
1. score more points than the Raiders.
2. prevent the Raiders from scoring more points than us.
CLASSIC STRATEGY!
That had to be SB7
We had that good drive going late in the 4th quarter and I hated those two play calls that put us in 3rd and 19. Why run those deep stretch plays at that point? Gore bailed us out making that catch on the low throw to get 20 and a 1st down.
The stretch play was junk
I almost though a shoe at my tv
Agreed – we got bailed out
There was some good playcalling in the game but there were a few 🤷♂️
It was also nice to see tannehill move around the pocket in the 3rd down to make that throw
I KNOW!
It’s a small sample size, but I am really excited about how are DT’s are playing. Through two games last season WITH Suh, out DT’s had 8 tackles and 8 assists.
Through two games this year they have 16 tackles and 9 assists.
The D-line seems much more active in making plays this year.
In the NFL you can’t take any teams lightly. Most games are competitive. As fans we can say we should beat this team or that team but coaches and players can’t act like that.
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Piggy, Tannehill is moving around pretty well after the surgery and wearing that brace but yesterday I felt that he’s lost a step. In years past I felt like he would have escaped two of those sacks where he was rolling out. I was surprised he got caught. The OL isn’t playing poorly but they need to get better as well. There’s plenty that needs to get cleaned up across the board but overall I like the direction this team is headed.
Damn Fitzpatrick has been shelling people, 2 of his receivers, DJax ad OJ Howard are averagin 30+ yards a catch. Poor Mike Evans who seems to get a bulk of the recptions is only averaging 13.5 lol
https://phinphanatic.com/2018/09/17/miami-dolphins-front-four-showing-can-stop-run-physical/
Yup!! Very happy about this.
Dolphins three point favorites on sunday. Given that they are 0-2 and coming to the Hardrock…. seems we still have some respect to earn.
Tim – The play where Tannehill was rolling to right and the safety was coming from behind, he never saw him. I thought at first he glanced that way and saw him, but he never did, he was not aware he came around the left side untouched. I’m sure he’s not as fast, but he’s fast enough to run when he can.
Yeah I hear ya but it seemed to me he lost a step. Not slow or anything, he can still run obviously he did it a bunch yesterday. There was a few other times I felt he would have escaped the pressure in years past. But I’ll say this, despite a few ugly plays Ryan is a gamer.
Oh man the Giants lost their center for the season.
Tim Knight says:
September 17, 2018 at 2:31 pm
We had that good drive going late in the 4th quarter and I hated those two play calls that put us in 3rd and 19. Why run those deep stretch plays at that point? Gore bailed us out making that catch on the low throw to get 20 and a 1st down.
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This was really my only gripe the whole game playcalling-wise. We are in FG range, and a FG seals the win. Why run plays that start off going backwards with the potential to take you out of FG range? Thankfully Tanny and Gore bailed us out of those bad calls and sealed the deal.
It was like the pop-up kickoff last week the Titans returned for a TD. Their offense was struggling and we had just made it a two score game with half a quarter left, why give them the chance to get a quick score?
These are minor things in retrospect (because we won), but these things will matter against the elite teams in the league. Good news is 2-0, baby! We are undefeated with plenty of room to get better. Been a fun year so far. 🙂
The sack where Tanny went down hard on that knee, was a real scary moment, but also a moment where you can say, OK the knee is sturdy and ok moving forward.
Yeah I was like oh no you got to be kidding me. When we were back on offense and he was back there I let out a sigh of relief. LOL
He limped a little when he walked off, but could be that he just got the brace smashed into his leg.