2 and oh! No misprint here, The Dolphins are 2-0. They went into NJ to visit the NY Jets at MetLife Stadium, and came away with an impressive victory. The Jets had thoroughly dismantled the Detroit Lions in Detroit the previous week, 48-17, and they looked pretty damn good doing it too. Don’t let anyone take away or diminish this victory. The Dolphins were far from flawless, but this unit looks so much more like a T-E-A-M than it has in some time. I know, it’s easy to say that after 2 wins, and there’s some truth to that, how they respond to adversity will be key as well, but at the moment, there don’t seem to be any “ME!” players.
The team is listening to Adam Gase, and they definitely seem to be more disciplined. The Dolphins fumbled 3 times in the game, Tannehill had 2, and more on that . . . The strip sack where Tannehill fumbled, I am now positive that he DID NOT SEE Jamal Adams beat Mike Gesicki and he was just casually rolling out when Adams got by Gesicki for the sack. I know some have said Tannehill looks slower, lost a step or two, but I don’t really see that. What I think Tannehill has lost is some of his cutting ability, but his straight-line speed is there. It’s also possible he improves in this area as he gets more comfortable and trusts his knee more and more in time.
2 Penalties in the game. Discipline. I couldn’t be happier with the production of that D-line. If you think I miss Suh or Godchaux following Suh’s lead jumping offsides, I freaking don’t! If you think I miss Jarvis Landry and his patented first down gestures (I do a little bit) I don’t miss the LOOK AT ME stuff. It’s still early in the season, but after 2 games, Adam Gase seems to have shaped the roster with his guys, and it seems to be working. Good on him.
We were all worried about the defense, the D-line, the LB’s, and the CB’s too, because Cordrea Tankersley seems to have regressed this season, and was inactive. So far, it’s all working. The D-line in particular sans Suh has been better than advertised, make that much better! Talk about T-E-A-M, this unit personifies this. Everyone is in the action and contributing. Godchaux (6 TKL, 3 AST), Phillips (1 TAK, 1 AST, 1 SACK), Spence (4 TKL, 3 AST), Taylor (5 TKL, 2 AST), Hayes (2 TKL, 1 SACK). We’ve only registered 3 sacks, and 2 of them are by the DT’s, Robert Quinn has the other. Safe to say if this DL play continues, Suh will not be tweeting in this direction in ’18, unless maybe to say I’m sorry, and I was wrong.
Back to the CB’s. We haven’t played a team that is deep with WR talent. The Titans have Rishard Matthews and Corey Davis, and Matthews is still hurting. The Jets have Quincy Enunwa and Robbie Anderson, along with Terrelle Pryor, and then Jermaine Kearse who just returned from injury. Neither WR group is impressive, so our CB’s haven’t been truly tested yet. That changes a bit when da Raiders come to town. Amari Cooper had a down year last season, but he’s started much faster this season, and he already has 11 receptions. Jordy Nelson is a big talented veteran receiver and Martavis Bryant who came over from the Steelers is another bigger receiver who is a big play threat with great speed. The Raiders also have TE Jared Cook who has started off very fast this season, so our secondary may play a huge role in this game. That, and the pass rush. We have to get to Derek Carr and make him uncomfortable. He’s been uncomfortable most of the time, and that’s why he’s struggling, but if he’s allowed to sit back there, he will make us pay.
In the secondary, it will be interesting to see if Cordrea Tankersley is active, I think he’ll have to be. Minkah’s snap count will probably increase as well, especially if we limit Marshawn Lynch and Doug Martin in the run game. If we force them to pass, there will be plenty of 3, 4 and maybe even 5 receiver sets. Jared Cook is a dangerous receiver who has given us trouble before when he was with the Titans, and then also with the Rams. Our secondary may be tested, and once again, if the run defense does it’s job, we’ll need more pass rush from Quinn, Wake, Harris and Hayes, as well as the DT’s.
The Raiders are scoring only 16 PPG, and have given up 26.5 PPG. Small sample of course, but they have struggled so far. You can almost flip the stats for our Dolphins, scoring 23.5 PPG and allowing only 16. If we can keep that up against the Raiders, we should be 3-0, but . . . The Raiders are desperate after plunking down the $100M contract for Head Coach Jon Gruden, and they will be desperate for a win, and also consider all the people who do the power rankings, how much it must be killing them for the Dolphins to be anywhere past #17 in the NFL.
I think we continue what we’ve been doing on offense, the combo of Drake and Gore has been effective, Gore really bailed us out on that 3rd and 19 play. Neither back has topped the 100 YD mark, but the sharing is working. I would imagine Devante Parker will see his first action this Sunday, as reports stated he was OK to play last week against the Jets. We’ve spread the ball around so well, I wouldn’t expect Parker in the lineup changing that much at all. I’d like to see Gesicki and Derby get more involved in the pass game, especially Gesicki, but we may have to be patient in that regard. I think once Tannehill develops that trust that is so essential, and they understand each other, and learn what each other wants and can do, I think that Gesicki will start getting more passes thrown his way.
MIA 30 – OAK 19
Finsmob Unleashed 
Would love to see us run some slants like that one the raiders just ran
Carr playing where’s Bobby!
Yea, I think Gase is the problem with this offense, not Tannehill.
Waaaaake
WAKE!!!
Wake baby!!!
Oswele has his helmet off on the field
Did he get ejected?
Horrible call
Fucking Suh ejected 🤔
Lol
I agree, get those f’in seats out of there Steve Ross!!!
So much for DT depth
Hayes and Spence now gone…..crap
Fuckin STUPID!!!!!!!!!!
Why did Spence do that?
He punched the helmet into the defenders face. Warranted
Wtf was all that about
No Spence and no Hayes
Yuk
I don’t know 😉
If we keep this up it will be our Defense that is gassed!
Holy fuck Bills up 24-0 on Vikes. My daughter and Bills fan BF are at the game , hope he makes it out alive
I saw a few Bill’s fans early this morning all decked out with gear. I almost made a smartass comment.
Sounds is off, enough of these 2
Lol
ORob has to appreciate Lynch today
Honestly
Lynch has been amazing
I didn’t know he still had it
I thought the same thing
Every time there is a highlight I see a throw beyond the line of scrimmage and I get nostalgic
Lol at the Den Balt score of 17-14, that was supposed to be 2 of the top fantasy defenses.
Could have been worse
All things considered I’m good being down 10-7.
Ok, TD to close the half and start the half
Ok we get the ball now and to start the half
Yes, and I have the plan (see above comment)
considering how this game started, Fins are in a pretty good position, imo.
Now they will throw it downfield as part of their 2 min offense and probably move it really well
well
with all the terrible plays we’ve made, if we can get to half-time down 3, we should feel relieved.
Still sucks.
So…the goal of our offense is for Tannehill to have a +100 rating but only throw 150 yards a game? Is this the best we can do after 3 years of prep by Tannehill?
Don’t hate
Giants putting a beating on Texans. Wtf ?!
Ok, after shitty first half play by Tannehill the team has a 135.4 passer rating.
The next four minutes is where great QB’s make themselves felt
Not many plays will do that, that’s why it isn’t all about the QB.
Okay. Score, get into the half, get the 2nd half kick off and score. Flip the game.
That’s the fucking okay I wanted
It just angers me now
So happy to see Stills back
I’m the only angry Dolfan
This just makes me furious
Why not all game
I’m kinda tired of uneven play, never dominating teams, and some stupid play calls. Isn’t 15+ years of this garbage enough. You’re not the only angry one lol.
moving the ball… Raiders are on their heels
steveccnv says:
September 23, 2018 at 2:19 pm
Not many plays will do that, that’s why it isn’t all about the QB.
It’s as much or more Tannehill’s fault that we aren’t getting enough plays.
He completed a lot of dump off passes that were no good to keep the drive going.
and or threw behind the WR to make him loses a step
and he just overthrew Stills
You throw dump offs when your downfield WR are covered
Where’s the hold
Nice grab by Mike E G
That was not holding on Kilgore.
It was the RG
They just showed the wrong player on the screen
That’s horrible
Wow just wow
WTF with these calls
That was a terrible call against Stills.
But great play design and not called if your the Cheats
Fuck fuck fuck
2 shit calls against us
That call was atrocious
THAT WAS SOME FUCKING BULLSHIT OFFICIATING THERE
Well wasn’t that special Zebra’s!!!!!!!!!!!!
illegal pick? It’s like the refs are all ex-jazz players (improvise improvise)
WTF is with these awful penalties, no way in hell is that OPI on Stills he went under the DB, DB made contact.
LB but yeah the defender to the contact to him.
Wow 2 extremely fucked up calls. Blatantly bad.
Oh and not to mention the PI that wasn’t called on the Gesicki catch
The zebras SUCK today! 😡
Well we’ve been punched in the mouth!
How are you going to respond?????????????????
Wow!!!! Way to go refs totally fucking up the game. SMH
We moved the ball really well
Then got shitty calls
But why did they wait so long to run a few plays beyond the LOS
Forget about the way that half ended
What about how it started?
I think the plan was to play it close to the vest and then score before half-time and go in with a lead.
I don’t think that is a great plan.
The D played soft, we see it every week to close a half.
The stripes took away points from us right there. That was criminal.
Both that fake hold call and the offensive pass interference were BLATANT interference by the officials to steer the outcome of the game. Those refs should lose their jobs.
No way that was a hold on Kilgore. His hands stayed inside. Just a really good block imo. Gesicki was being tackled already before he reached up and caught it. 3 really bad calls that cost up at least 3
Yeah that PI call was horseshit. Got to come out and have a nice long drive to start the 3rd and take the lead 14-10
Drake and Gore: 7 carries for 5 yards. SMH
Bills kicking the shiot out of the Vikes. Didn’t see that coming
Tenn / Jax game tied at 3 – 3 half time
does that mean Tenn is good or not? they lost to us right? they must suck, then Jax must be a mirage…
? what do you guys think?
😉
So now we have to beat the officials too.
Oh and how the fuck are the Bills beating the Vikings 27-0? LOL
I’m starting to “feel” the narrative the NFL might like: ‘Gruden reverses slow start to take Raiders to playoffs in their last season in Oakland’ blah, blah, blah.
OR
I’m just pissed about blatantly horrific penalties being called to stop our momentum.
The D played soft Pig, we see it every week to close a half.
If it weren’t for some fundamental mistakes by the 0-2 Raidahz, this game could easily be out of hand for us right now.
We have run with our RB’s seven times for a total of 5 yards.
That needs to change.
We’d be better off limiting the run game in the 2nd half.
Jordy Nelson used to have break away speed, he got caught twice once by Baker.
Fins 7
Oak 10
Refs 7
Close game
Lol
that second long pass to Jordy Nelson… he DID get run down from behind by Minkah (regardless of how Nelson got open, Fitzpatrick has wheels)
Or Nelson has lost a step. He looks slow.
We get the ball back and historically for the past 5 years this is our best quarter for scoring.
We must NOT abandon the run! The game is far too close to do that. Hopefully, we make some really sound changes coming into the second half, in terms of a game plan.
Let’s see how the coaches did during half time. I want a scoring drive by the dolphins offense on the opening try.
Cant fight authority
Is the sideline reporter going to the prom after the game?
WTF? off PI again?
These refs suck
The refs are controlling the game
The pocket is secure and Ryan runs out of it right. wtf
I think Ken said it better
ANOTHER BOGUS pi CALL.
Anyone see the pick this time?
Shade line could not be more clear on the TV feed today. Dolphins are on one side of it and the Raiders bench on the other. New roof is more than about shade for fans. Thinking Lynch is gonna be real tired come 4th Q.
And I see that we’ve already abandoned the run.
Ugg
Spence
Hayes
Allen
Derby
All gone…..
They showed no flag, it didnt come up on the screen, but I knew the PI was coming.
That last OPI was a lot more legit than the first. Grant made it too obvious he was intending to rub him. Still kinda weak call and most refs wouldn’t call that.
Even the biased for Raiders announcers are talking about the calls.
Just call the obvious penalties. This shit is getting out hand.
Huge hold just then on Taylor
It was egregious
The holding was practically the highlight of that last play
TURN OVER
TURN OVER
TURN OVER
Twice on this drive Quinn has been held blantantly.
I’m about to lose it
Got a little hold help by the LT
The DL is tired
From fighting off holding
They are out “heating us”
They are just gashing us now