The Fest, it was beautiful. Great meeting some new, very cool people. Great spending time during the week with those I’ve already met. The Game, anything but beautiful. I would say to most of our surprise, it was the defense that apparently got stuck in the team hotel, and didn’t make it to the game. Quite a few were so concerned about the play of QB Brock Osweiler, and it was our defense, which had been playing opportunistic football, that really let us down.
I, and a few others, including Bookman’s pal and Lions fan Fred, felt like the score didn’t accurately portray what we all saw on Sunday. We were thrashed, and the 10 point differential doesn’t tell the story. At the game, it’s hard to see the individual battles, but we were getting wiped out, and run over all day long. 248 yards rushing, with most of the damage coming from rookie Kerryon Johnson, but really, the Lions O-line, which was devastating our front 7.
I noticed so many damn substitutions that looked to me like we weren’t sure WTF we were doing. For instance, at least twice, I saw Minkah trot onto the field, Baker trot off the field, only to have them turn around and switch back. On the O-line, it looked to me from up on high, that Ted Larsen had an awful game, and sure enough, he was replaced by newly acquired OG/OC Wesley Johnson, who was the Jets starting C last season.
The injuries are really piling on up us and I fear what happened last year, starting the season 4-2, only to go on and lose 5 in a row is a real possibility. We lost a dynamic offensive playmaker in WR Albert Wilson. You could say he made enough of an impact to almost single handedly give us 2 of our 4 wins. Now he’s gone for the season. Our deep threat WR, who has been somewhat forgotten lately, Kenny Stills, gone for at least this week and maybe more. We will be scraping the bottom of the depth chart barrel to bring in Devante Parker and possibly LCIII (Leonte Carroo). Hey, if you can’t get onto the field at first, hang around and wait for the attrition to happen, and you’ll get your shot.
I thought Brock Osweiler played well enough, and was surprised that some thought he played poorly. Sure, Matt Stafford played better, but Stafford is a much better QB playing in his 10th season for the same team. I thought Osweiler made a couple of great throws, and yes, one particular throw should have been picked, but he wasn’t the reason we didn’t win. Even if Tannehill were 100%, I want to see more of Osweiler. My plan would be draft a QB in 2019, and try and find your backup QB. Maybe Osweiler is that guy. Tannehill doesn’t fit that bill at $26M next season, so I believe this is Tannehill’s last season here, or at least it should be.
It’s tough to overcome injuries, and this will make 2 consecutive seasons where injuries have ravaged our roster. Last season, Raekwon McMillan was injured early in game 1. T.J. McDonald was suspended for 8 games. OG Ted Larsen was on IR for 8 games. CB Tony Lippett tore his achilles and missed the entire season. Later on RT Ja’Wuan James went on IR, along with DE William Hayes. This season has been much of the same. TE MarQueis Gray started the avalanche, followed by Pro Bowl OG Josh Sitton. ST’s ace LB Mike Hull and OG/OC Jake Brendel followed suit, and were both placed on the returnable IR. William Hayes was just a little later, as he tried not to get a roughing the QB penalty by placing his full body weight on QB Derek Carr, awkwardly landed on his knee in his effort to do so, and joined the barrage of injuries and ended up on the IR. OC Dan Kilgore who we traded for with SFO in the offseason also landed on the IR with a torn triceps muscle.
The last thing we needed was a Thursday Night Effing Football game after these injuries. We’re short in the WR corps, with just Amendola, Grant, Parker and possibly Leonte Carroo, the latter 2 have 2 receptions for 40 yards on the season, and both of those are Parker’s. DE Charles Harris is OUT (Disappointing!), TE A.J. Derby DNP, TE Mike Gesicki has a shoulder injury and was limited in practice, as was WR Danny Amendola and S T.J. McDonald with an ankle injury.
We still have a winning record, but can we maintain it? We’re going to have to be creative on offense, now that 2 of our HR hitters are out (Wilson and Stills). We’re going to have to look for Grant and Drake, and maybe our old long lost pal Devante Parker becomes a hero for a day. On defense, we shouldn’t get run over by the Texans. Lamar Miller has 371 yards on 95 carries for a less than stellar 3.9 YPC. Alfred Blue has 216 yards for a 3.4 YPC average. It shouldn’t be the run game, although QB DeShaun Watson is tied for 2nd with 216 yards rushing, so we have to contain him. I’ve already mentioned DE Charles Harris is out, but DE Jonathan Woodard will be back.
DeShaun Watson lit up the NFL last year before getting injured, but this year has been a fall back to earth for Watson. Watson has thrown for 1937 yards, 10 TD’s and 7 INT’s, along with his 216 yards rushing and 1 rushing TD. WR DeAndre Hopkins is still one of the NFL’s best, but he’s been doubled quite a bit, and WR Will Fuller has been the beneficiary of much less attention on the other side. JJ Watt is back to being JJ Watt with 46 total tackles, 7 sacks, 8 TFL, 12 QB hits, and 4 FF’s already. We somehow managed to contain Khalil Mack, but the Bears didn’t have Jadeveon Clowney opposite him.
When we’re on defense, it’s time to start sacking the QB! If I told you before the season that after 7 games that DT Vincent Taylor and LB Jerome Baker would be leading the team in sacks with 2 each, you’d think I was crazy. What’s even worse is that 3 of our sacks came from William Hayes (IR) and Jordan Phillips (Waived). That leaves only 8 sacks from our current roster. Ugh!
For now, just figure out a way to get a win, and try to hold tough until the BYE week, which comes in Week 11.
I want to thank Stanger for his wonderful hospitality, Chef Warren for his chefness, and everyone who came down to make this last Fest another success. I hope to see more and more of you in the coming years, and you all know I’m older than Methuselah, so please don’t wait too long!
Finsmob Unleashed 
OBVIOUS free play, and we throw an outlet pass??? C’MON!!!
Exactly!
Free play….throw the ball downfield!
EXACTLY, BRO!!!
JMO, but THAT is about our COACHING!
Chips was wide open….
Horrible deep ball thrower
Well that was a TD missed
At least they were going to run just then lol
Great catch Mr. Chips
Don’t like the play call but I will take the first down
It’s all about Tannehill eh? Preach on folks. If this defense doesn’t force turnovers we’re bad. We stop nothing. Burke will be fired soon. Not his fault solely, he’ll be the next scapegoat though. We’re not that good.
Not but it’s also about Tanny
He’s part of the we just aren’t good part.
Oh and 26 million and the most expensive not good player
He’s not even playing and you still go there. Focus on team for once, bro. Your bias is out of control. 53/46 is losing this game and Tannehill isn’t part of it. We’re coming apart with all the injuries and not the roster we started off with. One man who hasn’t played a game the last 3 weeks is not responsible for this. Are you watching this game? We swung and missed. I saw it in the Lions game. Maybe we will go 4-12 to get you that QB you desire.
damn, I hate having to throwing over middle like that on 3rd and 1. ugh. Such a high risk play, even if it was successful this time.
Here comes a 1 yard pass
LOL. He wanted it! They are covering it now.
This team is hard to watch
Jesus, again we run the ball once…gain 4 yards and then throw, throw, throw.
“throw it away” on 3rd down. lmfao. We need a turnover in a big way to create some energy.
RT17 hits Parker there and they are back in the game. 🙂
Exactly
Before or after he fumbled it on a sack by Watt that he walked right into?
LOL
Tannehill would have been sacked 5 times already.
How many fumbles?
Exactly
Reshad!
Bout time.
Let’s get aggressive. Nothing to lose
They dont show the push off before he jumped….typical
I would rather see Fales
Tannehill sucks at the deep ball so please stop. Just because he hits one every 3 games doesn’t mean he’s good at it. You guys are just trying to justify your years of supporting the guy.
LOL. I’m just trolling. Fish are biting.
Grant really has improved immensely as a returner
Yeah he is a bright spot this year. Wilson was. Drake and Gore both have been good. Tunsil. There just isn’t a team of good stuff and q lot of the good has been destroyed by injuries
We need a completely clean QB room next year. Well we can keep Falk but every one else goes lol. Like a spring cleaning
I tend to agree with this. I will still cheer on our QB til then. But i’m not going to be upset with total reset.
ER,
I’m in a pissy mood. Gase is costing us a game we have a shot at winning!
I would like to emphasize my earlier comment about Gore’s “25 yr old” play
BOOOOOYAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111
Smoke and mirrors baby!
There is a go. Amendola is our new QB
No way he could have got that to Gesicki with pressure coming from the side it was. That announcer was stupid with that
At least someone on this team can throw deep
Brilliant play design by Gase.
Great throw by Amendola but I thought it would never fall out of the sky.
Touch
Something we don’t see much of
Maybe Amendola should be the QB
We found our new QB! Lol
That was a GREAT ball thrown by Amendola!!! DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!
I think we found our Quarterback
Damn I knew I was too late
LOL @ all the QB comments!
Wow!!! That was awesome!!! Sorry I benched Drake in FF for Kamara this week. LOL
That’s complimentary football.
Keep it going!
Now if our defense can just get a stop.
That’s the issue.
Nevermind
Matt Burke: your days are getting numbered.
It’s a shootout now. Put the pedal down Gase.
That is how throw a deep ball
Lol….this Defense is unreal
I said it at the Fest. McCain is not a boundary CB.
McCain was looking for help….
yeah because he let his man run right by him.
Remind me who said Bobby was worth a shit??????????
Wow that lasted long. Better find a new QB fast. SMH
Get rid of Burke now. This shit continues week in and week out
Looked like they are always confused out there.
We’ve got MASSIVE talent within our DB corps. Defensive playcalling like we just saw won’t be tolerated.
Buck was saying Burke is a huge Red sox fan and wanted to talk more this week about baseball.
Hell
He should not even know there is baseball being played.
He should spend every waking minute on Dolphins D and Houston offense.
Tim,
Our offense is ranked near the bottom of the league. Sadly, both sides of the ball just aren’t very good right now…but the offense is worse! Lol
1 yard pass?
I dont have much confidence getting to 30pts now.
Thank God the Wild won.
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111111
Holy shit!
What the hell was that?????
… and NO penalties for head shots on Grant (of course)
Trade Parker now he will have some value
Everyone forgiven Parker yet
sheesh … OZ missed a TD right there or at least a first
I think Burke is overmatched. This has been a constant with him. Players confused and out of place. I would not be surprised if he gets fired. We make it a game and right off the bat we call a horrible defensive call and get beat on a 73 yard TD to erase that score. Enough is enough.
All of our coaches suck
Including Gase
Osweiler is terrible
I tend to agree
The mug is never wrong
He was the answer a couple of weeks ago. LOL
He’s not been the major problem though. It’s the defense. Without turnovers we allow teams to shred us all day.
An onside kick now. Wow, way to say to your defense that they totally suck. Lol
Well they kind of do..lol
oh lord
I like the attempt
There is no way Osweiler could have made that throw to Gesicki. Pressure was coming down on him and he couldn’t have throw across her s body with pressure and completed that
By the way it’s still a game heading into the 4th quarter down 28-20. Anything can happen. But I have no confidence in our defense. Without turnovers we allow teams to make plays all day.
If we win this game it’s because Houston musta shit on the football God’s alter there should be no way they lose this. I definitely won’t count it as a quality win for us
Just means Miller won’t have to run so far this time?
Yeah why not be nice to one of our former players
McDonald screwed the coverage!
And
Bobby is always trailing! 😦
looking at the replay, I do see that McCain should have had help from the safety on his side,
(not TJ as Buck said.)
But still if you are the under guy you should be stride for stride with the WR so the QB has to put air under the throw so your over the top safety CAN help. McCain offered no resistance so Watso n was able to hit the WR in full sprint.
This 8 point game feels like a 17 point game
Never mind, it will be soon
Give a few more seconds … itt will be
Nice DB alignment there Burke.
How is Hopkins standing there with nobody within 10 yards of him?
WTF Kind of scheme do you let watson run uncovered?
Hpllkins
Shit I knew we forgot to practice defense
Fire Burke Now
see my avi
Yeah, like right in the middle of the game….why not?
That there was just HORRIBLE.
omg… our defense ???
Fuckin embarrassing!
And Burke just flipped out on the sideline.
Who was the idiot DB pointing at Hopkins?
He’s one of the best WRs in the league and you POINT at him?
was that nine on first down?
Of all the guys on offense to forget about
Ok guys I’m going to recant my statement about not picking in the top three lol
That rookie Parker can really play.
Lol
DeVante!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
Nice catch by Parker
Trade Parker now that he has value
Parker making me think Gase is incompetent
agent provocateur
At least we know Parker can play
Only when it benefits him
Trade parker for a DC
There is the Parker we know
I was getting worried that aliens had replaced him trying to infiltrate our workd
I’m done with Gase.
at least we know we have a kicker now.
Fist pump
We actually have a bunch of good players. We just don’t play well as a team.
Parker should look good against these CBs off the street.
Brock is so inaccurate tho…
That last one was a drop, but yeah
Why are you done with Gase, Randy?
Like I said the other day. Gase is set up for at least 2 more years as long as he changes QBs he still has that card to play.
Ken says:
October 25, 2018 at 8:15 pm
Rock:
Who haven’t you said fuck you too? 😉
Reply
Ummmmmm……………………………………
Fuck you. LOL
Thank you I feel better now
lmao… classic
Sanders and Parker
2 best players for us tonight
And if we waive the in 2 weeks – no one will care…
That’s a different kind of suckage
That was an easy 19 yards.