I look at this game as either the “Road to Redemption” or the “Road to Ruin”. I can tell you from my perspective, the final score as to whether it’s a win or loss is not what will decide this for me, but rather whether we show up and play a solid game of football, a competitive game, or once again we look totally outmatched.
The Dolphins and Bengals are 2 teams going into this game at 3-1. The Bengals earned their 3rd win in a thriller over the Atlanta Falcons, while the Dolphins were thrashed and embarrassed in the Devil’s Lair, Foxborough Massachusetts. The good thing for the Dolphins is momentum only lasts until the next game, and the Dolphins have a chance to rectify certain things, that they aren’t pretenders, they’re for real. The Bengals on the other hand, are riding a high, but that can be obliterated quickly if the Dolphins get the offense going.
The Dolphins made some personnel changes as recently as yesterday, cutting former 2015 2nd RD pick, DT Jordan Phillips. The Dolphins also promoted DE Cameron Malveaux from the PS, The Dolphins also signed OC Wesley Johnson, who started 15 games for the NY Jets last season, after signing OC Travis Swanson last week, now that former starter Daniel Kilgore is out for the season with a torn triceps injury. At the moment, the Dolphins are evaluating a number of veteran DT’s, to fill the space vacated by cutting Jordan Phillips, but have not yet signed one. Right now, we have only 3 DT’s, and only 3, because of the loss of DE/DTWilliam Hayes, so we’re left with Akeem Spence, Davon Godchaux and Vincent Taylor.
The offense just didn’t work last week, and you can assign blame to Adam Gase, or credit to Bill Belichick, and both would be appropriate. Since our offense has been predicated on speed, getting our speedy receivers in space, Belichick countered that by putting 5-7 DB’s, switching from nickel to dime to quarter depending on our offensive formation, and it completely shut down our offense. I’d be lying if I didn’t tell you that I wasn’t extremely disappointed with Gase for not having an answer to that strategy. Still, Gase has another chance this week to get the offense going. The Bengals have allowed 113 points in 4 games, for an average of 28.3 PPG. That got a little bloated from last weeks game against the Falcons, who put up 36, but the Bengals have a decent defense, but not a dominant one by any means.
We all know we have to do a better job running the football. On the other hand, I think it’s important to recognize that all those short passes at or near the LOS are truly just an extension of the running game. Some refuse to see that, but it is, nonetheless. The NFL is evolving, and very few teams hand off the football to a feature back 20-30 times a game. Almost every team has a committee of running backs, and very few backs in those situations get more than 15-20 touches, and that includes runs and pass plays. Even the teams that have elite RB’s don’t run as much as teams used to. Ezekiel Elliott and Todd Gurley are the only premier backs that have gone to 20 or more carries at least once, and the Cowboys are 2-2, while the Rams of course are undefeated. It’s about playing to your strengths, and unfortunately, here in Miami, our strength is NOT rushing the football. Our O-line has already taken 2 big hits, both of our offseason acquisitions, OG Josh Sitton and OC Daniel Kilgore are on IR. LT Laremy Tunsil has struggled with consistency, as has RG Jesse Davis and especially RT Ja’Wuan James. Our O-line just isn’t our best asset, but we need to get it to be serviceable at a minimum. I don’t think we can come out week after week and not run the football, that’s a recipe for failure. We cannot be one dimensional, as NE was so kind to point out to us.
Last week’s game tipped our PF/PA into the negative side, so we’re now allowing 22.5 PPG, not bad, considering we got blown out 38-7 last week, and we’re scoring only 20.5 PPG, also off kilter due to the lopsided score last week. Forget about all the stats, all of them, because this game our team has to show up and play competitive, physical football. I’m not going to dwell on the Phillips release, but the team showing poorly in 2 consecutive weeks will not be boosting this teams morale, or Adam Gase’s value to the team. We need to rebound, even if we don’t win this game, although winning it would be ideal.
Some have said Devante Parker could be the next guy to have his exodus from the team, and if you look at how little he’s been used, you would be hard pressed to notice if he was here or not. If the Dolphins would like to extract any value for Parker, it would be in their best interest to showcase him, and hope a team might be interested when his value is higher after a good game, rather than an all-time low as it presently is.
It looks like Bengals RB Joe Mixon is not likely to play this Sunday, which leaves veteran RB Giovani Bernard as the starter. They have remarkably similar stats in any case, but they lose the depth w/o Mixon. WR Tyler Boyd has recently become a favorite target of QB Andy Dalton. Talented TE Tyler Eifert is healthy (for now), and is beginning to round back into form. (OOPS! Eifert broke his ankle last week and is on IR) Tyler Kroft will replace Eifert at TE. The Bengals of course also have superstar WR A.J. Green, and newcomer, speedster John Brown. LB Nick Vigil, who I recall some liked here, is the team leader in tackles, and they also have DT Geno Atkins. The Bengals also have their starting OC injured, 1st RD pick Billy Price is out with a foot injury and he will be replaced by Trey Hopkins.
So which road do the Dolphins take this week, redemption or ruin? I should have been born in Missouri (The Show Me State), because until this team shows me they can compete with a better NFL team, I just don’t see it happening. Let the boos begin, and I hope I’m wrong, but . . .
CIN 30 – MIA 16
Finsmob Unleashed 
Yeah I tend to agree
Cutting A DT, even one that deserved it, didn’t really inspire confidence in me either
It does feel like we danced to this song before
But I will say this
Under Gase, I’m often left scratching my head about personal moves
And more often than not I’ve been wrong
A few years ago I thought he was a jerk for not taking Ajayi on a trip in week 1
Next thing you know, ajayi is an inspired runner leading us to a significant winning streak
Me and some of the boys got together and ended this jerk!
Then we wore his skin out to the club
It’s D day Bengals
We are coming for you!
😀
LMFAO!!!
😆
He didn’t get any of his body weight on the QB, seems legit
That was GRAND!!!!!!!!!! STILL LMFAO!!! 😆
Remember this play?
Piggy summoning up some positive to beat the Bengals. That’s what I’m talking about!!!
LOL @ Suh
Tonight I’m negative bc I’m rooting for Tom Brady to suffer a serious injury
Then let’s take a trip down memory lane, shall we?!!!
We should only be so lucky if that happens tonight
GO CULTS*!!!
BEAT THE PATSIES*!!!
I want the Colts to win tonight, but dammit, I wish we didn’t have to rely on some other team to do our dirty work!
We’re still 3-1. It was one bad game. Simmer down my man. LOL
LOL
Pigs,
I read earlier today that the Cults* signed our guy Skai Moore to their 53, up from their PS. Don’t know if we’ll see him tonight or if he’s even active. I’d LOVE to see Skai pick Lady* off.
That would be amazing
I was wondering what happened to him
Good to see him get a shot
Ken
If you are out there
I’m going to recommend that you download MArvel Strike Force (video game)
I’m addicted to it
And I just earned Hulk as a playable character
I think the colts are off to a worse start than us
From the comments I didn’t think that was physically possible?
In case anyone is wondering why I call the Colts the Cults*, that’s in reference to them intentionally tanking their ’11 campaign to draft 2012 HOF inductee Andrew Luck.
Yeah, that was some bullshit right there
Yup!
That’s why the NBA and NHL went to a lottery. That sort of stuff is absolute BS!!!
Agreed!
Let’s see how Luck responds being down 7-0 here on his first drive. He just took his golden jacket off and is coming into the game.
Oh boy. That Joe Philbin-coached O-Line still isn’t helping Andrew Luck. OUCH!
The Colts FO has done a horrible job with the OL since they drafted Luck. They drafted Nelson this year which was a good start but he’s just one guy.
Piggy I am not much of a video game guy but my son just got a PlayStation not to long ago and he loves Marvel
It sounds like Reshad will play this week. 🙂
We’re gonna need him, because Minkah will be very busy Sunday, all over the place
Agreed. I think Tankersley will play as well. Howard, Minkah, Tankersley and McTyer as our 4 corners. Smith as the backup safety.
If cheats win tonight, they will only be a half game behind us
SAW TIM’s reply to my rant a couple of night’s ago on the environment here in Florida. Appreciated your response, and David’s also. I’ll be heading to Orlando mid day tomorrow for a board meeting Saturday morning. The state coin collector’s organization (of which I am president) will finalize the arrangements for our 64th annual convention this coming January in Orlando. This is America’s LARGEST COIN CONVENTION, and the preparations have to be perfect down to the last detail. Since I am somewhat detail oriented, this job comes naturally to me. I am completing my 40th consecutive year on the board of this organization. As you may have guessed, the pay for this is zero. But the rewards are priceless.
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My prediction for this game against the Bungels is similar to Mike E.s’ I don’t have an exact score BUT I DO EXPECT Cincinnati to win and cover the 6-point spread with room to spare. We just do NOT have a good enough O-Line to compete and win at this level. We won’t be able to run the ball well enough and we won’t be able to consistently give Tanny the protection he needs to lead us to victory. –Sure hope I’m wrong!
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Mike E.–nice write-up and analysis. Typically solid stuff.
Talk to you guys on Sunday.
What politicians allow to happen to this country in so many ways is disgusting for agenda driven reasons and not what is the right thing to do. It’s sickening.
Sony Michel should have been flagged for lowering his helmet on that play… at least according to the rule book.
And yes… the analysts just agreed.
How do the Patsies* get away with this crap? But if it happens to them, it’s an automatic flag! SMH
*But if it happens AGAINST them, it’s an automatic flag! SMH
Yeah. They arent calling it at all. Why bother with it? I guess we’ll see when they need to shape a game with it later in the season?
VERY likely, ER! Good call!
https://twitter.com/jmvillelabeitia/status/1048014999589928960
It isn’t good when we game-plan to have DeVante in there, but then have to have a contingency plan for when he’s a late scratch. In short, DeVante has become a distraction for game-planning.
Devante has become a distraction. TIFI
Really Mando, are they?
Sorry, I thought it would show the time-stamp. Armando said that nearly an hour ago. Yes, things have changed over the last hour!
Sorry, Tim. I just NOW showed the time-stamp on both of our posts. Maybe it’s on my end, maybe someone is tinkering/updating with something.
Just sayin’ that things have changed over the last hour.
The Cults* ARE doomed, though!!!
How were the Colts competing and fighting even then? They have 3 points. Oh so 15 minutes into the game was the reason. The Dolphins were down 3-0 after the 1st quarter. This is typical Mando negative crap nonsense. It’s now 24-3. LOL
Ken says:
October 4, 2018 at 9:36 pm
Devante has become a distraction. TIFI
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For all intents and purposes, YES… but that’s not to be confused with the primadonna’s of league who are generally labeled as “distraction” players.
DeVante is going to be traded or cut very shortly, IMO.
Nobody is going to trade for him. Why would they? I’m about ready to take my bag of chips offer off the table. Maybe a stick of gum?
Ken
I hope you convince your kids to play Hulk when they play video games
You know I will
Or I will smash my child oh wait a minute
I like how when they show all these running play replays, you see all the holding. LOL
Ewwwwwwwwwwwww
ElephantRider says:
October 4, 2018 at 9:55 pm
Nobody is going to trade for him. Why would they? I’m about ready to take my bag of chips offer off the table. Maybe a stick of gum?
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Stranger things have happened. I don’t care if it’s for a conditional 2021 7th rounder, try to get SOMETHING for him.
Absolutely.
Yup!
Remember, the Stealers* and Saints put a claim in for Jordan Phillips immediately after we cut him. We probably could have traded him for a song to either team. At least we’d have gotten SOMETHING in exchange.
I’m really hearing Mike E and Pigs on this matter. Don’t just CUT DeVante, when it happens.
The Dolphins shopped Phillips last week and there were no takers. They were done with him before his outburst. This was brewing since TC when Phillips ended up down on the depth chart.
WTF??? As Eric Ebron limped off the field just now, a graphic came on the screen saying that he has 0 carries for 0 yards and 0 TDs.
HE’S A TE!!!
ALWAYS something screwy going on when a team plays the Patsies* at Foxboro.
And YES… the Fox Sports announcers (Joe Buck) had announced earlier that something screwy was going on with their graphic data. Coincidence?
It was accurate tho. LOL
Teams putting in a claim isnt the same as trading an asset. They were willing to pick him up, but for nothing.
^
Well, Patriots took care of their business, now it’s our turn.
WTF is wrong with you people in New Jersey ? You must have someone else pump your gas ? It is too dangerous for one to pump their own gas ? Only state in the union where there is no cell service and you have to wait for some homeless looking bomb to pump your gas for you !!
You used the right word…… “union”
I wouldn’t even know where the gas tank is. Is it in the front or back? I actually hated this when I came to Joisey from Brooklyn, that I had to wait for a freaking attendant instead of doing it myself, very frustrating. Now I’m indifferent, I just got used to it, it’s been 27 years . . .
It’s been that way for as long as I can remember. It’s not the people though, it’s the government. What do you mean no cell service?
Tim Knight says:
October 4, 2018 at 6:04 pm
The feeling around here is as if we’re 1-3.
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really what the feeling is “Here we go again”.
People are feeling this way because they were letting themselves drink the koolaide and then all of a sudden……that old familiar flavor creeped back in.
Koolaide abuse is the core problem. Crashing from that artificial high is brutal.
Mike E. says:
October 4, 2018 at 5:00 pm
I’d take Harbaugh any day of the week, I wanted him before we got Philbin, but I don’t think he’d come back to the NFL. Why do you think he would?
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they went 8-5 last year and lost to ND this year, he has 2 years left on his contract, he’s has Michigan in common with Ross and Ross pursued him before, maybe Michigan and Harbaugh will have a mutual agreement or maybe they just release him, he’s not setting their program on fire. or maybe i’m just wishing this true.
I dont think Gase is long for this job with his current philosophy of passing every down, to make matters worse we have injured OL making it more difficult to run the ball. and to make matters even worse i don’t think Gase wants anything to do with a running game.
that said ……he’s toast!
we are on pace to run the 360 times again this year, a league low last year, no other team ran the ball less. your best teams all ran the ball above 500 times.
our opponents are outrushing us in attempts 120 to 92 in yards 442 to 352.
92 att after 4 games, 92 x 4 = 368, a similar number we had last year to our amazing 6-10 finish.
With injuries to the line wouldn’t be expecting our running attempts to increase too much.
we will get beat if we don’t run the ball.
Then we will get beat.
against the Titans we ran 29 times and the Jets 31 times we cruised to an easy victory, against the raiders…14 times, we were down 17-14 going into the 4th quarter and if it had not been for trickery we lose that game, we ran 18 times against the Pats, this sounds better however most of the runs came in garbage time, we have to run the ball 20 times or more in each game, if we run 25 times or more our record is very good.
I completely agree with this, and i dont care if the first 5-10 runs is like a VW Beetle slamming into a concrete wall we need to keep at it and not just give up on it. The point isnt necessarily have those plays get 4+ yards each time, its to wear down the defense, and make them respect the fact we are willing to keep at it so they have to keep defending against it. The run game is important, despite if the stats show it was successful.
I need SB to come on and remind us of the things necessary to do to win.
We werent getting anything for Phillips. We didnt get offers, they waited it out we cut they picked him up. If we had gotten a 7th im pretty sure everyone would have been bitching we didnt get more. It is what it is, he is gone and we just have to move forward. I agree if patterns like this continue you have to wonder about how well Gase is keeping the team together, but Phillips obviously wasnt a team player and he obviously wasnt a difference maker.
I was never upset we didn’t trade him. I just don’t think we should have cut him, and certainly shouldn’t have cut him w/o having a replacement. That’s what makes me angry
Maybe, but if he was going to be a distraction like he was in teh game and was on Mondays practice, it affects the rest of the team and their preparation. Moving on lets there be a chance to put him behind them, and prepare with who they have that are willing to do their part.
If you have injuries to your OL you have to proceed on like you dont have them. What good are backups if you have to completely alter your game plan because they aren’t in there. We aren’t talking about the skill positions, that does require some game alterations but the OL’s job is pretty straight forward and the game plans dont really center on specific skills that one has vs another (unless of course you do some trickery with a Tackle eligible or something like that).
If im having to go next man up with a OL or DL player, im not altering anything. LB,TE, or RB i might alter a little depending on what scheme i play. CB, WR, QB, S, yeah you have to change a few things up, like maybe before i kept my CB’s on their side, but if i lose a CB on the left i might have my RCB shadow their best WR and let the replacement for the LCB cover the other side and give safety help shaded their way.With WR’s and QB’s ya might have to drop a few plays from the playbook. OL shouldnt need any of that kind of modification.
D, I don’t really remember anyone here getting too high at 3-0 and most of us said that the team still needs to get better in some areas. Even though the Pats game was a bad loss at the end of the day it still counts as one loss. I’m just surprised at how down some people are. Kong left the blog for now, Mike has stated if we lose this weekend I don’t know how much time I’m going to give this team, ORob is talking about Harbaugh as our next HC. All this after one loss. LOL
I didn’t say if we lose, I said if we come out like we did against NE. Right in the beginning of the article, I said I don’t care if we lose, unless we just get embarrassed like we don’t belong there. That will be the lynch pin for me.
I understand that feeling, i was in a similar place when we went 3-0 under Philbin that one year, i thought we were about to really show up and then it was a huge letdown what followed.
Sorry yes you did say that. I wasn’t referring to the article though but a comment you made yesterday. You just seemed down along with the Phillips saga as if you’re ready bail. I do agree with losing in Cincy in a close competitive game won’t be the worst thing, they’re a good team playing at home.
If we win I’ll be ecstatic because that would be a very good win for this team on the road and at 4-1 we’d be in really good shape. But like you, I’m not too confident we win this game. Until I see this offense play consistently throughout the game and not slow starts and playing catchup all game, it will be hard to have confidence in winning games on the road against good teams. Or even at home for that matter.
Oh, well yeah i thought it was a pendulum swing kind of thing. When things are going too well, and expectations are really high even a small loss feels like a real swing in the momentum. Thats what i felt was going on. Like i siad im kinda meh about the loss. I dont like how we lost because we played below what could be expected. I was kind of expecting the loss, because i never felt those wins were all that impressive. I just thought that maybe why im not so freaked out by the loss is because i was never riding the high i felt others were.
I think there was excitement because the record of 3-0 is obviously good no matter how you won the games. But I think most of us knew that this team still had work to do. The main culprit for me is the offense like I explained in my post above at 12:13.
Tim – No need to say sorry. I just want this team to play well, even if it ends up in a loss, that happens. The way I feel now, if we are embarrassed, I just feel like it doesn’t make sense to devote so much time to something that gives me such stress and anger and disappointment.
Fair enough. I was like that with the Mets this year. It was no fun watching them play so poorly and watching half the team go down with injuries again. They sucked their season away and then when it was too late played better after the all-star break and I didn’t care. It also irritated me that they ruined such a great season by deGrom.
What do you mean no cell service?
SELF Service. Damn IPhone
I didn’t know about it and pulled up to a pump and got out to pump gas In this long-haired homeless looking guy came running up to me and acosted me yelling at me. He looks like a bum and demanded I give him my credit card LOL those of you who have met me can’t imagine how that went over 😝
** fucking Siri!!
CAN imagine how that went over. Those of you who haven’t met me I’ll let you know there was almost a fistfight 🙄
LOL — hope after you figured out what was going on that you at least were humble about it.
LOL
A thing to think about — we’ve been dogs in 3 of 4 games this year and our record is 3-1. Hard to complain about that. But also makes you think we are over-performing. And if so, not a time to fire the coach either.
Well when a majority of the national media picked us to be 3-13 or even worse that’s going to make the betting view us as underdogs in most games.
Rock,
You cant pump your gas in Oregon as well. I got yelled at when I tried to a few years back. I had no idea.
NJ, Oregon and the town of Huntington in Long Island, NY. Just that one town. LOL
🙄 it’s not my nature to be humble. Especially if you jump into my space. I told the guy why didn’t you say that instead of screaming at me and telling me to wait my turn.
By the time the guy had noticed me I already have the pump in the tank and was getting ready to put the credit card in the machine. He came running around the car at me yelling I had to wait my turn and then put his hand out and told me give me your credit card.
My first reaction was to raise my fist and tell him to step the fuck off.
He was dressed like a homeless person except he was wearing a little orange vest
LOL — in NJ they know what that orange vest means. Not sure how many folks do, but I know they accept tips as well….. and they seem appreciated.
Okay Charles Harris, next man up time.
OK Astro’s I need some cheer in my Sporting life!
https://twitter.com/astros/status/1048266652108828672
Looks liek Oregon is loosening the grip on the no-self service, NJ is the only one that doesnt allow it. Oregon doesnt make the ones that want to remain no self service be self service, they just arent required to be that way anymore. This is as of January this year.
Stop trying so hard to make NJ look bad, will ya!
I actually prefer not to pump my own gas so I’m cool with it. Nasty weather I get to stay inside the comfort of my vehicle and listen to the radio. 🙂
Wow didnt realize this but Oregon has made possession of Cocain, Heroin, Meth, Oxy, LSD and Ecstasy, all drugs really, a misdemeanor.
Marijuana has been legal 3 years in Oregon
Marijuana is legal in a lot of places to some extent, but thats the first state to semi legalize hard drugs
Right, Oregon is extremely loose with their drug laws
If some parts of Fl , a guy comes running at You at a gas station. He might get shot or shanked.
Trusting strangers is like jumping off a cliff and hoping the air holds You up, not advisable.
Some parts of Florida has gas stations that are so dangerous, when You need gas and see some whack jobs living behind the dumpsters around and You can’t help but think,
Maybe I don’t need gas as bad as I thought, lol
Then you stop at Taco Bell and you have all the gas you needed. LOL
Lol
Taco Bell is so gross I wouldn’t stop if the car broke down, lol
How does that shit even qualify as food?
Everything in moderation. I like it once in awhile. It’s fun hours later listening to all the gurgling going on in your body.
That’s the carcinogens in there fighting it out for top dog, lol
Damn buddy, You need to eat better, seriously
Jus sayin
TB is actually one of my favorite FF restaurants..I am not sure that is saying much….
Taco Bell is actually one of the healthier fast food chains because of their healthy options. But I don’t order that. LOL
Me either, except I don’t get sour cream ever….so I have that going for me
I sure hope we can have as good a record in October as we had in September, but this time if we go 3-1, we better not lose that last game…..it causes all sorts of anxiety….lol
Go Brewers!!!
Pumping gas for customers? Lol
Damn You guys are lucky as hell.
Here it’s tough to get the clerk to turn on the pump after You pay them, SMH
Easiest way to get cas is witha Georgia Credit Card (siphon hose and can)
David, I eat Taco Bell maybe once a month. I prefer making my own Mexican food; tacos, burritos, enchiladas, fajitas etc. It’s my favorite food.
Springer and Altuve Back to Back!
I’ll admit, I’m a bit of a health food nut. Not vegan, and I don’t mainline yogurts and stick tofu up my nose , but
i avoid too much fast food, salt, sugars, fried foods, and I only shop at organic grocery stores.
I did all that chemical and carcinogen cheap food crap in my younger days, and an improved diet works better for Me now, although it did take time to adjust, and I sometimes have guilt free relapses
When you do go for fast food it’s because it’s quick and you’re hungry and you enjoy it. Why go to a fast food joint for a salad or some bland healthy option? Yeah there’s nothing like fat free sour cream to get the taste buds going. LOL
Exactly, whats the point….it’s fast food…..who goes to Burger King for the salads? Lol
I know some people prefer diet sodas which I can’t stand, and I’m not a big soda drinker to begin with, just with certain foods because they go well together. I drink water most of the time at home. But I used to get a kick out of watching people order a double whopper with fries or onion rings and a diet coke. LOL
That reminds me of something that happened when I worked in a Restaurant when I was a teenager. A lady came in and ordered a 4 pc Broasted chicken dinner, complete with mashed potatoes, stuffing, corn, coleslaw, and a roll. She asked for apple pie alamode later, and a large Diet Coke. Like the diet soda was going to off set all of the other calories.
LOL, that’s what I mean. I remember back in the 70’s, I’ll have the cheeseteak, cheese fries and a Tab.
Bookman, I love sour cream. Not light or fat free, the way it was fucking meant to be. LOL
But I don’t eat it every day. But when I make Mexican food, it’s happening. 🙂
I only care for it with/in certain foods, but i can guarantee when we use it…it is not fat free.
I’d rather not eat it at all if it’s light or fat free.
Then it’s really not Sour Cream…… like eating fat free bacon….lol….sorry Piggy
SMH, lol. Cringing over here, Outback Steakhouse is about as cheap of food I eat, I can’t handle too much over processed food made in laboratories and factories.
The only thing I don’t like about My diet is the expense. it does cost More to eat right, but I feel it’s worth the improved health benefits
I will eat pretty much anything, particularly if it is spicy.
Well I know you don’t eat SIG. LOL
Actually I thought about it after posting, I don’t think I’ve eaten Taco Bell in probably 6 months. I’ve thought about it, but just end up making my own when I get the urge or go to a Mexican restaurant. Burger King is rare for me because I think the beef has gone down hill. McDonald’s here and there but I usually regret it. Wendy’s is probably the closest to real food of them all. I have less after effects from eating it. LOL
Yeah, when I eat at McDonalds, I usually regret it shortly afterwards. I love the fries there though…lol
Diet coke makes the body retain weight. It’s a totally unhealthy ripoff IMO
I like Luckys from Colorado organic soda with pure cane sugar, it’s the best tasting, and the healthiest cokes out there.
A healthy diet doesn’t mean ditching taste, organics taste better than food doused in pesticides
I never drink CocaCola, not only are they very unhealthy, but they pollute Tampa Bay
Fat free is rarely ever healthy, look at the ingredients on the label, at least a few are known carcinogens.
What gets Me is Walmart poisoning the poor. Great Value ice cream sandwiches, NEVER melt, lol even at room temperature.
Wtf, if ice cream doesn’t melt, it’s not friggin ice cream! Lol what the hell is it?
LOL… McDonald’s fries taste like I don’t know what covered in batter. They used to be great when they were real. Burger King’s burgers once did taste like charbroiled burgers. Taste the meat without all the toppings and tell me WTF is this?
I believe the reason we’ve had 4 QBs on the roster is because Gase met with Ron Wolf during the offseason. Wolf was always a proponent of acquiring QB talent. Next thing you know we have 4 on the roster. Falk is a guy Gase said he’s excited to work with next spring. We all knew we weren’t keeping 4 all season.
You certainly can do worse than spending time with and listening to Ron Wolf
Yep! Great GM and executive.
Tim they actually steam those burgers now. They are charbroiled and packaged in bags and then they microwave the bags to steam them so they are moist and hot. I had heard they did that and then i paid attention one time while they were preparing my to-go order and sure as shit, they no longer have any sort of conveyor grill or anything like that, they microwave the things.
That explains it and it tastes like that. It’s pretty easy to make a good burger so why fuck with it? Oh right, never mind. SMH
I ate Taco bell maybe 3 weeks ago, its not my favorite food, but i enjoy it from time to time. Im not a big Mexican food person, but Taco bell hardly qualifies as Mexican food anyways. I like Asian food more than any other food type, and i probably like Thai and Vietnamese the best of any of the other Asian cuisines. Vietnamese in general is cleaner, lots of veggies, not a lot of fired stuff.
Vietnamese isnt very clean if cooked old school. But I do enjoy it. Lol
McDonald’s fries arent battered, and they are pretty tastee. They fry them in peanut oil which gives them a pretty tastey flavor, but the fuckers go cold after like 5-10 minutes at room temp and they they are almost inedible. Only fries i like from fast food places is Chick-fil-a waffle fries.
I like McDonalds fries, like you said, hot. Arby’s curly fries are pretty good.
Chick fil A is like no other! Cant wait to get one here.
Is there on going in somewhere?
Cant think of the name right now, but there’s a show that talks about how the potato is grown for McDs. Something about a chemical that is sprayed on them where nobody can enter the field for a week and then when picked have to stay stored for 2 months. All for the perfect potato…..
I still eat it from time to time. We all know what we are getting when we go there.
That last statement is so true.
I don’t know what it is but I don’t like them anymore but my wife does. The last few times I ate them with my burger I felt like shit afterwards. Since I stopped eating them I feel less like shit after eating McDonald’s. LOL
With young kids i am so burned out by McDonalds. They have quite the racket going on with those damn Happy Meals. A .12 cent toy dictates my choices when i go for fast food lol. I dont even ask the kids anymore what their choice is when i go to pick something fast up, i either just got to McDonalds or i executive veto the idea and make them choose something from whatever place i have chosen this time.
Lol D
Luckily I’m out of that phase. My daughter(youngest) is 15 and vegetarian. But yes before the change it was all about whatever movie toy they were advertising. They know how to market…
Had an employee once lobbying for us to have a kids night….HELL NO was the response. LOL
D, when I say I love Mexican food it’s not necessarily authentic. I think whenever we use a tortilla or taco shells we refer to it as Mexican. For me it’s about the meats; grilled chicken, steak, shrimp or ground beef with melted cheese, a sauce of your choice and sour cream. I don’t even need the rice or refried beans. I like the combo of all of that stuff together. Tacos is usually ground beef topped with lettuce and tomato, cheese, a sauce of your choice and sour cream. Whatever you call it, that’s my favorite food and I like a lot of different foods.
True Mexican Tacos are kinda like you are describing except they fold the tack shell (authentic is usually corn tortilla) into a kind of pouch shape. Its usually diced tomatoes, cilantro and seasoning and maybe a little lime with whatever kind of meat you want. You can add guac or sour cream, but they generally serve it with just the fresh produce ingredients. Sometimes they call them fresh tacos as well.
I dont really like rice or re-fried beans either, though i dont hate them. They have a place down here thats called Fuzzy’s Taco shop that i like a lot, they have some awesome burritos and tacos. We have a place called Montegos as well that have really awesome fusion food and they have jerk chicen tacos, and fish tacos that are incredibly good.
I love fish tacos.
One of our Berger King’s here still flame broils their beef patties but the newly renovated one down the road from my office does not flame broil. Have not eaten there yet and don’t think I want to try after hearing what y’all are saying. I am trying to eat better anyway. Bring my lunch to work now.
Which one still flame broils?
We have Chick-fil-a all over the place down here. We literally have two in Mobile within just a mile or two from the other and both location will be packed from when they open for breakfast until freaking 2pm and then again at about 4-5pm through close. They have double drive through lines and still have to have attendants go out and get the peoples orders further back in the line. They are so damn efficient that i can get in that line after its wrapped around the parking lot and practically out into the road and ill still get through that line in less than 5 minutes. Its am amazing company. On of the things that they do best is staff appropriately. There are tons of people all in high
My buddy in Dallas says the same thing. It’s crazy.
Whenever i’m out of town I search them out!
Ill be honest, this part of the south is very hard to eat healthy in. The food is amazing and the cooking style is heavily influenced by frech style so there is a lot of use of butter. There is a good bit of frying but even the stuff that isnt fried has a healthy helping of “flavor” which means its isnt cutting corners on fats, or sugars, etc. Its cooked for taste not for dieting.
McDonald’s puts an ingredient called pink slime in its fake cheap meat burgers to make them even more fake and profitable.
Google pink slime, lol. Nasty stuff!
They serve it in schools too. That shit caused an uproar a little while back.
its basically connective tissue and other parts ground up and incorporated into the beef mix as filler. Its technically meat, but its normally the parts that get trimmed off
David
I eat like that. No processed foods ever. No doughnuts or pastries. No sausages either.
I have never had Taco Bell, haven’t had McDs or BK in over 40 yrs, never Wendy’s.
I do like me some nuggets and fries from chick fil A though.Once or twice a month.
I only drink Coke about once a year and then only with Jack D just for old time’s sake.
I eat lots of fresh fruits and veggies. I do love MExican but I don’t ever eat sour cream on purpose.
I take my coffee black and my whiskey neat.
That is very similar to My diet, except I’m heavy into Organic Food, and Organic seasonings also
BK cooks their crummy burgers up early in the morning , and soak them in a disgusting looking mystery liquid in stainless steel drawers, that may or may not be some sort of beef broth, then microwave the old burgers up hours or days later when someone orders one and it needs to Be hot
O hell no, lol
I wish there more Chick-fil-a’s by me. I hear people rave about them all the time but they are probably only in malls around here and I hate malls. LOL
Real good team obviously! Good luck!
Thanks!
D says:
October 5, 2018 at 5:45 pm
Ill be honest, this part of the south is very hard to eat healthy in. The food is amazing and the cooking style is heavily influenced by frech style so there is a lot of use of butter. There is a good bit of frying but even the stuff that isnt fried has a healthy helping of “flavor” which means its isnt cutting corners on fats, or sugars, etc. Its cooked for taste not for dieting.
Sad but true, Texas Roadhouse coats their baked potatoes with Pork Fat.
Keep it up Bookman, and we’ll see your Brewers in a couple of weeks! 🙂
I hope so!!
I have 3 chick files within 3 miles of My house. The chicken sandwich comes with a stupid lonely pickle on it, and is mediocre at best. The waffle fries are unhealthy but quite good, lol
But there are many better chicken sandwiches available than Chick-fil-A, I don’t go there.
I like Jason’s Deli for fast food
You know what I miss, the real Arthur Treacher’s fish sandwiches. Not the ones that are part of a multi-chain conglomerate of fast food in malls. The old restaurants from back in the 70’s and 80’s. The beer battered fish with cheese sauce and tarter and if you like, the malt vinegar on the table. Loved those sandwiches. When I was a kid, that was a Friday night special. Then as a young adult whenever I saw one I almost caused accidents to pull in. LOL
I love Mellow Mushroom Pizza, it’s all 60,s counterculture and acid trips, pard Hard Rock Cafe, and the best Italian food anywhere in Florida.
They have guitar ceiling fans, Beatles memorabilia, light up Stevie Nicks poster, and Caterpiller smoking hookah kind of decor.
Their food blows away whoever is second IMO
Had one in ATL back in day. Meh…..
Only good pizza is the New York style.
All imo of course
I can only speak for central Florida area , but around here NY style pizza Is overrated crap. all greasy as hell drowning in oil, dough is soggy, and not appetizing taste
Mellow Mushroom uses organic and fresh, not corporate canned stuff from last year, and their Mushroom soup is to die for, lol
I also like their specialty beers
Dang all this talk about food and I got the munchies, lol. I’m gonna go round something up, later guys
David, I have NY style neapolitan pizza all around me and I can eat it, but it’s not my favorite. I like crispy thinner bar pies, french bread pizza and even English Muffin pizzas better. LOL
I have family in Florida and they always say you can’t good pizza or bagels down here. It’s the NY water that makes the difference in the dough.
Can’t find good bagels, true, and tough to find good pizza , but I think I’ll go to Mellow Mushroom now, lol. I’m hungry
Ya’ll are killing me!
First I wouldn’t eat at Taco Bell or Jack in the crack Unless I had a colonoscopy the next day!
I don’t eat out much, but that’s because I like things the way I cook them!
It’s easier to fry 2 eggs and toast with homemade Jam/Jelly than get up and drive somewhere!
Man have to teach you guys about food again. Take a little more time out of your life to go to Fuddruckers, get your self a two-third pound bacon cheesburger and rings….and then hit the fix’ns bar and go crazy….. make sure to get plenty of extra napkins.
We have a Hamburger Depot that does the same thing!
I’ve heard it’s very good!
It’s pretty awesome, even if a whole lot of messy. Sorta in btwn hitting a fast food place (and beef is a lot better) and getting a specialty burger at a server place (and will stick with the burger is just as good).
Loved the place, they closed by me after many years. 😦
Smashburger is like the new thing in Joisey. Fuddruckers went out
Too salty for me. Fuddruckers was so much better.
I’ve never eaten at Smashburger, but they’re popping up around my area.
anybody like 5 guys?
Tried it once, not bad. I love to make my own burgers. Never disappointed with the meat, the seasoning, the buns, or the cheese, or lettuce, or various condiments. 🙂
Yes! Because it’s classic burger and fries but you smell like it and taste it until you shower. LOL
or how about culvers?
hey David you said you want to go up to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
My wife’s father is from there and her mother grew up there although born in Minnesota.
Houghton, Calumet, Iron Mtn.
Very cold.
Not to live, just for a cool visit, fish a remote lake
Gio Bernard is out. That helps us as he is the scatback type we have trouble with.
I thought Mixon would be out, turns out Bernard is out, and Mixon is in. FWIW, I think we’re an equal opportunity rushing allower. lol
patsies* beating Colts is no big deal. Colts really do not have much talent throughout.
(Praying they stay that way when we play them)
Just my .02
Pork is very bad for you
Every year over 11 million explode after eating pork
It’s just really bad stuff
If you are going to eat pork, well…you may as well eat pork…thats horrible for you too!
Pork is one of my favorite creatures to have for dinner! 😉
It’s nice of you to invite pigkind over for dinner
What do you guys eat?
Sweet corn for a week or so! 😉
ER – Just thought you should know, Luke Falk was put on IR today. LMAO! It was like just yesterday we were talking about having a young QB on the roster. 🙂
LOL
I saw that. All I did is mention his name and proof he’s gone! Haven’t heard even a whisper about him since they picked him up.
I’m starting to wonder about he Dolphins training staff
Crazy. You’d think we’d have more sacks. Doesnt Hayes still lead the team with 2?
Naples
We have a ton of Culvers up here. Not bad.