Despite the fact that the New England Patriots are still in the playoffs, and therefore “officially” we have not asked the Patriots “unofficial” defensive coordinator if he wants the job, that hasn’t stopped all media outlets, both radio and print from saying the Dolphins new Head Coach is Brian Flores. In addition, they’re already “unofficially” naming his staff, as Flores has tabbed Jim Caldwell for a senior advisory role to the Dolphins. I’d like to “officially” wish Jim Caldwell a Happy Birthday today. Caldwell, formerly the Head Coach of the Indianapolis Colts, who by the way, was 24-8 as HC before being “unofficially” forced to “Suck for Luck”.
There are rumors that Flores wants to hire former Arkansas and Wisconsin Head Coach Bret Bielema as Defensive Coordinator, but need I say, that’s “unofficial”. Bielema has good experience as a Head Coach, and has a strong defensive background.
The Bengals “Unofficially” hired former Dolphins QB Coach Zac Taylor, who was QB’s Coach for Ryan Tannehill. This leads to “unofficial” rumors that Ryan Tannehill will be the next Bengals QB. Oh please, please make that happen!
The NY Jets “officially” introduced Adam Gase as Head Coach, and I have to say that after the press conference, I kinda feel bad for him. Oh, I still hope he falls flat on his face, but his “crazy eyes” were mostly what the NY sports media talked about. The morning after on the Boomer and Gio show on WFAN in NY, there were parodies of many different “eyes songs”, like “Betty Davis Eyes”, These Eyes”, “Doctor My Eyes”, etc. I’d prefer the NY media destroy him for his football acumen, or lack thereof.
Speaking of the NY Jets, they are close to tying things up with former Browns interim HC Gregg Williams, meaning they have “unofficially” signed him. That’s a damn good hire. It pains me to say so, but the Jets are definitely making things easier for Gase. Williams will allow Gase to do exactly what he did in Miami, which is ignore the defense. While we had hack DC Matt Burke, the Jets have an excellent veteran defensive coach running the defense. It was clear that Adam Gase does NOT have any control of the 53 man roster, another bonus for the petulant young HC who routinely jettisoned players in his Dolphins tenure.
So to recap, we “unofficially” have Brian Flores as HC, Jim Caldwell as a Senior Advisor, and Bret Bielema as DC. We have “officially” lost D-Line Coach Kris Kocurek, who goes to the San Francisco 49ers. Kocurek, by the way, replaces former Dolphins DT Jeff Zgonina. I liked that guy when he played here.
Lastly, but not leastly, the Dolphins have “officially” hired former Bills Scout Marvin Allen as Assistant GM. Allen was with the Kansas City Chiefs from 2013-2017, in which they drafted QB Patrick Mahomes, WR Tyreek Hill, RB Kareem Hunt, DT Chris Jones, DE Dee Ford, OT Eric Fisher, TE Travis Kelce, OG Zach Fulton and OT Mitch Morse. That’s quite a resume! Looks like an excellent hire, we’re going to need some excellent drafts to become a power in the AFC East. Grier and Allen have a good relationship, and one that should help us going forward.
RIP Bob Kuechenberg
Finsmob Unleashed 
We’ve drafted 5 QBs since 1990
Who are they?
Chad Henne, Pat White, Marcus Vick, John Beck and Ryan Tannehill
I don’t think we drafted Vick. Hmmm
Ah, shoot, we drafted someone in the 7th RD a year or two ago, can’t think of his name
Brandon Doughty
Fox Mike E but it’s over
Who was she? I’m curious
I’ve never seen her before
But it’s 🐷 💕 now
GO ANYBODY not named the Patsies* TODAY!!!
HELL YEAH!!!
Mike E., no, he was inquiring about bonding someone out. Not going to happen unless he wants to give me full cash of the bond to hold as collateral. He wants to bond a prostitute. We rarely get them out cause they never go to court. They tend to bounce around to much and can be hard to find. Said he was a family friend but couldn’t answer some simple questions about her family. He may have been a pimp. Sometimes these pimps will move them to another city or even another state after they get arrested. It’s a misdemeanor so they won’t be extradited if they go to another state unless we pay for it and that can get expensive for a small bond of $500 where we only make $100 and the transport cost for 1 day is $300+ even if it’s only from 120 miles away like Biloxi.
Jimmy Buffett is a life-long Saints fan? I didn’t know that. Could have sworn he was a Phins fan.
He loves Florida, especially the Florida Keys, I think that’s where the marriage came in to play
His wife or ex-wife has a restaurant in Gulf Shores, AL, I believe. That’s still about 2 hous from New Orleans though…..
He’s probably one of those weirdos with an afc and an nfc team
Too many margaritas
Was Landshark stadium at one point.
Exactly! I think that’s why I figured Buffett was a Phins fan.
Piggy – You better make it 6, Josh Heupel
I think my question was wrong
I don’t remember heupel
In1990 we drafted Scott Mitchell
So I was thinking
Tannehill
Beck
Henne
White
Mitchell
So it was 7 with doughty and huepel if you count mitchell
Wasn’t Doughty a UDFA?
The Family is STRONG with this one…
If he played all 12 years with the Dolphins
Fans would love him
Piggy – I guess the important thing is we only drafted ONE QB in the 1st RD, that was Tannehill.
Agreed, Mike E.
And if I’m not mistaking, we’ve only ever drafted 3 QBs in the 1st round: Griese, Marino, and Tannehill. 2 of the 3 are HOFers.
Yeah M, can’t win ’em all. Two outta three ain’t bad
Goff is jumpy. He’s throwing off target, and rushing his throws
Ken – Doughty was a 7th RD pick in 2016
Man… when Brees drops deep (7-step drop), he does it VERY quickly. That’s a key to his success.
Culpepper could never do that after his knee blew apart.
But without using hindsight, I would have taken Pep 100 times out of 100 instead of Brees’ damaged throwing arm.
It’s crazy how things work out.
As Mike E just said above, “Can’t win ’em all”.
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Remember MY STUDY I posted a week or so ago? If you can run, you can win. And if you can stop the run, you can win. It’s still all about the trenches, y’all.
And I’m happy to see this trend continue into the playoffs, so as not to make me look foolish.
Todd Gurley is playing like he’s a Saint thus far. SMH
He has been horrible so far
We’ve got a game!
Gurley finally showed up
https://twitter.com/historylvrsclub/status/1087097450748354560?s=21
Chewbacca’s cane is a lightsaber
Doesn’t look like he needs much of a change to get into costume
LMAO!
I would rather listen to credence than hear joe buck and aikman
There’s a bad moon on the rise
🎶🎶🎶Suzie Q🎶🎶🎶
Looks like we might be in see a great finish
SUH-per Bowl
We couldn’t use him…
But we had Tannehill – woohoo
Don’t worry our run defense will be fine…
🖕 Gase
What a frickin snOOzer
Refs blew it real bad for the Saints. Should of had 1st and goal. Rams only had 1 TO. Would have run clock down to under 30 seconds at least.
It’s hard to place all your hopes on a call
Even harder if it’s a noncall
But that one might cross the line
Yeah, that was awful. That call literally gave the Rams a chance (which, credit due, they capitalized on).
non-call I should say
Let’s go Chiefs!!
mf13ss says:
January 20, 2019 at 3:18 pm (Edit)
And if I’m not mistaking, we’ve only ever drafted 3 QBs in the 1st round: Griese, Marino, and Tannehill. 2 of the 3 are HOFers.
The 3rd one probably doesn’t know where it is.
Patriots were pretty bad rushing the passer all year, and suddenly have a ferocious rush in the playoffs. Deal with the devil.
Our next HC is calling these defensive plays
This Williams guy is pretty good
Where was he before KC?
HA!!!
Arrogant POS HA HA HA HA HA
NE fans are gonna say they were screwed.
GOOD! LOL
That is clear and obvious
DAMIEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111
*in my Rocky Balboa voice* 😀
Belicheat says “that was fucking bullshit” HA!!! LOL
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeee
There’s the refs
No it’s not contact to the head
No it’s not a catch
WTF is a catch? Because the fucking wasn’t
If that was ANYBODY but a Patsie* player, it would have been ruled incomplete (re: Chris Hogan).
I think that was the right call but the roughing the passer was total bullshit
RIGHT ON with the roughing the passer call.
Tony Romo is the very BEST color-commentator in the game! HOLY CRAP, the things he sees from the booth! He’s spot-on!
DAMIEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
ROFLMAO!!
Belicheat “But they cheated, it was a pick play” …..
Isn’t it ironic don’t you think
Incomplete
That is clear and indisputable
I have a bad feeling about this…
Tony Romo is really good.
Romo is an excellent analyst
Dammit. Maybe the Chefs* let them score on purpose there, in order to get the ball back.
How many TOs does KC have left?
Nevermind. They just said.
quarterbacks
They better not win with Boise
OT, baby!!!
GO CHEFS*!!!
Y’all DO know that when I put an asterisk after CHEFS, I’m merely alluding to the famous Snickers commercial, right?!! 😀
SVUCKS!!! 😡
Fuck me
Let’s go Rams!
KC defense sucks, but Brady is amazing.
Romo calls every play and KC let’s the same shit go over and over…..
Another SB I wont be watching. Fuck me.
Least had a game to watch….. HC coach resolution on pause.
We’d better bloody hope that Brian Flores can form a quality band quickly. By the time he’s officially hired by us, he’s going to be picking leftovers at the salad bar.
That’s better than picking Burke and Loggains
I can’t disagree with ya there.
I’m not having a Super Bowl party this year. I’m tired of throwing a party to watch the fucking Patriots.
The Patriots are incredible. Once again, I envy their fans. We are watching something simply historic. Wow.
And boom just like that I’m an honorary rams fan
Ugh!
Feels like being kick in the balls….over and over.
I won’t be watching this one either. Yeah, I can’t stand the Pats but I really could care less about this matchup. If the Pats win or lose it doesn’t really matter to me. Only thing I want to see is Miami get back to where it was in the past.
And, finally, I really have a hard time believing Kraft is going to let Flores go to Miami. Yeah, you can say he can’t stop him if he really wants the job but something is going to happen after the Super Bowl and Flores ain’t coming.
The NFL is just so bad anymore. Boring games, boring Super Bowl matchups, bad officiating. Just a bad league.
There is a temptation here for the Phins brass to go after a qb in the first round and I just hope they resist that temptation.
Here is my question about Daniel Jones. If both Mannings have been coached by Cutcliffe in college and they both have intimate knowledge of him and have been working with him and the Duke football team and the Giants don’t take him before Miami then why would you take him?
If he’s that good the Giants should take him before we even got a shot. Correct or no?
You would think it’s the offensive side of the ball people would be interested in with Tony Romo but the smart person would want him as a defensive coordinator because he knows what offenses are going to do. At the least, as a defensive consultant. “Look in your crystal ball and tell us what they’re going to do on this play Tony”
Two great championship games, i doubt there’s been a championship sunday where both games go into OT
professorloumiamidolphinsblog says:
January 21, 2019 at 4:57 am
Here is my question about Daniel Jones. If both Mannings have been coached by Cutcliffe in college and they both have intimate knowledge of him and have been working with him and the Duke football team and the Giants don’t take him before Miami then why would you take him?
If he’s that good the Giants should take him before we even got a shot. Correct or no?
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your logic is flawed, first of all the Mannings don’t call the shots for the NY Giants, second, your implying if the giants don’t take him he sucks…..who’s to say they feel a need for a qb, everyone is down on Manning but who knows if the people who actually make call are. Giants would normally take an edge guy that early. and why would Manning want the Giants to draft his replacement?
you can really see the difference the way those teams operated yesterday and the way we operate, it’s night and day.
i’m not sure but i question Ross’s decision making.
why is he pursuing a high profile HC if he has plans to tank?
why not just go inside the organization and let rizzi run it on an interim basis?
this way we stockpile draft picks and may get very early picks
does he actually think that this HC will not be in a win now situation?
so if that’s the case we are still in win now mode, but that’s not what Ross has said.
All these saints people are blaming the loss on the alleged “bad call”.
but the refs don’t get the benefit of Slo mo.
the question is did the hit happen before the ball arrived
It was very close and looking at it in slo mo i’d have to say it did but in a minuscule amount of time.
it’s definitely a judgement call and a play that close…I like the no-call.
the refs shouldn’t decide the game unless it’s obvious.
at that point the Saints took the lead and Payton was still crying to the refs as if that would change anything.
why not just play D and stop the Rams?
The bad call the changed the game and gave it to NE was the phantom roughing the passer call for the hit to the head that never occurred which kept the drive alive and allowed NE to score. The NFL guy in NY said it was a blown call and should never had been thrown because if you can’t see the penalty then you shouldn’t throw the flag. the ref’s only defense was he couldn’t see that the defender didn’t hit Brady. Well if you don’t see it don’t throw the flag. it is NOT a benefit of the doubt call! It disgusts me and is enough for me to tune out from the NFL. FUCK the NFL!
Missed/bad calls are part of the game, don’t put yourself in a situation where a missed or bad call will cost you the game because if you do and lose you were not the best team on the field that day.
Both of those matchups were very even, so unfortunately, a bad call or missed call can put one team over the top. Sure, there were other opportunities, but in close games, those bad calls matter.
2 great games, 4 great teams, hope we can get to that level some day.
So it looks like the Dolphins are hiring Patrick Graham from GB to be their defensive coordinator. That’s because the last LB coach from the NFC North did so well for us.
What’s terrible about those calls is that the Saints one was very obvious and it cost them the game. They had other opportunities but it was 99% a win if the call was correctly given. Going by Rob’s logic, the phantom call in NE should never have been given in a close game but was and made a difference as well. No one wants refs deciding games but…here we are.
Soooo, according to the articles I’ve been reading if Patrick Graham is hired it may be an indicator that we are changing to a 3-4
Teams play base defense so little, it almost seems like it doesn’t matter anymore. It’s less than half the time, because most of the time you’re in nickel or dime. It’s probably 40% base, 60% other
wow those were some awesome playoff games. Very exciting to watch such highly skilled and well coached teams.
Of course i hate that the pasties* won, but KC deserved to lose if they are just going to let Brady waltz down the field for an easy score like that.
PS: I do think the roughing the passer penalty was bogus and gave them new life on that drive, but KC showed they could do nothing to stop NE.
PPS: I do think the nonPIcall was bad for the Saints, but I think it was deemed an uncatchable ball, and i think that is correct.
As above, the Saints let the Rams drive down the field at will, so they deserved to lose.
I totally agree with Armando, which is very rare for me, in his article on us not needing to tank while rebuilding. We have a great nucleus of young talent, excellent team speed, untapped potential at several key positions (TE), and numerous players coming back from non-career threatening injuries.
Let’s look for a solution at QB in FA or in mid rounds of the draft and go get us a superstar at DT and another at DE, add another starter at OG and maybe a cover corner drops to us as well.
We do not have many (any?) bad players. i do think the fan base needs to be done with Tannehill.
Not going full rebuild is at least an option. Like you say, lots of talent on the team. Have a feeling our new HC coach might want it though….. it’s a form of job security when expectations go low.
Early line on the Bowl is Pats +1. Could shift or maybe becomes the 2nd game in four years where they are a dog after last week.
PPS: I do think the nonPIcall was bad for the Saints, but I think it was deemed an uncatchable ball, and i think that is correct.
As above, the Saints let the Rams drive down the field at will, so they deserved to lose.
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There was still a personal foul penalty involved even if the pass was uncatchable. Defenseless receiver helmet to helmet contact. Pick you poison it was an egregious non-call that sent the Rams to the Superbowl instead of the team that deserved to go.
Still just one play and will never know what would have happened…. but yeah as clear a non-call as could be. The DB even said he was there too early and was just trying to save the TD cause he got beat.
Naples,
The Rams, Bears, and Cowboys have very, very average QBs but good OL and DL. These combinations got them all to the playoffs. Like you said, get a couple maulers on both lines and a fill in QB and we could easily get there too. Almost all QBs can get it done with the right protection so it’s time to give us the best chance to make a consistent run at the p,layoffs.
“A high-ranking official with one NFL team confirmed [to the Wash Post] that making pass interference reviewable will be considered, adding: “And there will be discussion on [replay] review of calls and non-calls.”
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Absolutely think that PI calls should be reviewable. Happen so fast, the refs are running to check lots of times, and sometimes the biggest game changing penalties there can be….. what other penalty can get you 50 yards?
Not so sure about non-calls though…. that’s one huge Pandora’s box. Lots of uncalled penalties on almost any play. If a coach doesn’t like a big play does he get his crew to find some DB pressing a wideout 5.5 yards past the LOS on the far side of the field?
That’s absolutely APPALLING. If this were baseball, Tannehill would be batting .086 on the season in those sits. WOW!
It’s disgusting, and I think I’d put 50/50 blame on both Tannehill and Gase as well. I guess we’ll find out how much of it was Gase and how much was just Tannehill himself when we see how Darnold does this coming season.
New Age says:
January 21, 2019 at 9:40 am
What’s terrible about those calls is that the Saints one was very obvious and it cost them the game. They had other opportunities but it was 99% a win if the call was correctly given. Going by Rob’s logic, the phantom call in NE should never have been given in a close game but was and made a difference as well. No one wants refs deciding games but…here we are.
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Saints call,
the first angle showed that the ball almost got there at impact, the 2nd angle which they kept showing looked as if the defender got there way early, but that was a bad angle almost like the media wanted to stir the shit.
from that angle you can’t see where the ball was in reference to contact.
if you look at the regular video of the pass i agree the defender got there early but it was a micro second early, if you’re a ref and a play is that close, live action in a championship game the best call is no call unless it’s obvious which it wasn’t..
Pats call,
It was not a phantom call, The defender made contact with Brady’s head, very slight but he did make contact, if you’re a defender you should know that you can’t hit a QBs head, as a coach you should make your players aware of that.
the defender is in charge of his actions so maybe he should not get anywhere around the head area as to avoid that penalty.
however slight it may have been it is clearly the defenders fault for putting the ref in that situation to have to determine if it was a foul.
JMO
Great games yesterday. Just wish the Rams/Saints game wasn’t tainted by that blatant missed call.
I was able to get in a good nap during the Rams-Saints game
Okay and you said that because…
Because it was a real snoozer
It was anything but a snoozer. But you wouldn’t know because you were snoozing. LOL
It was boring as hell.
Not sure what base scheme we’ll run on defense but I think what we do know is it will be a versatile defense that can play multiple fronts. If Patrick Graham is the DC which has been reported multiple times, he ran a 3-4 in GB and Flores has experience with multiple schemes so it kind of adds up.
So when doing your mocks, just draft the best defensive players because that is probably what we will do. Build a scheme around what players do well.
Should have said they ran not he because he wasn’t the DC.
I think there is a good chance Teddy Bridgewater will be in Miami this season.
If not Tanny or even with him here would make sense. Gonna have to be a QB no matter how they turn it.
Tim,
If we go with a base 3-4 D, we’re going to have to draft for that scheme… especially up front.
Yeah but like I said, it may not be a pure 3-4 or 4-3 scheme but a versatile defense. The Pats base scheme is a 4-3 but it rarely looks like one.
I’m with ya. Nevertheless, if we implement the 3-4 at all, we don’t have the necessary personnel to do it. That’s all I’m sayin’. We’ll need to acquire the necessary pieces.
Yeah we’ll need a big man who can play NT at times and some edge guys who can play both DE/OLB. Charles Harris may benefit from this.
But we’ll likely be in nickel most of the time so it will probably be 4-2-5 a lot of the time. And that can be 3 down lineman and one standing off the edge, or 2 down lineman and two standing on the edges.
I’m just looking forward to a change of pace from what we’ve been doing on both sides of the ball. It should be refreshing and fun to watch the transformation.
No true NT and undersized DEs without a pass rush LB doesn’t scream 3-4 for sure. But guess if you do rebuild exactly what you are doing.
Godchaux who is 6-3 315 could also play NT at times when we want to use that formation. We have some other guys already on the roster who can probably do it as well. It’s not like we’d be a true 3-4 for more than maybe a dozen or so plays anyway. I’m interested to see what type of players we acquire both in FA and the draft with Grier as the top dog and what Flores believes in.
Hard to tell when you don’t even know who your HC or DC will be, but am guessing gonna see some DL beef coming in…. whether that leads to 3-4 looks or not. The strength of this D is in secondary and we are pretty much locked into our LBs for now based on age/draft investment with the two young kids and Kiko’s contract.
I’m pretty sure our HC will be Brian Flores and the DC will be Patrick Graham. There have been reports that over the next couple of weeks before the Super Bowl the Dolphins will meet with Flores again to discuss coaching staff hires. So it sounds like we might be putting his staff together prior to him being “officially” hired.
From all reports you are right Tim. Just saying that hard to tell exactly what scheme we will play even if they do come in and without knowing how hard the rebuild is, what they have in mind, and what players they take. Lots of different looks makes sense though given what the Pats do, what is in, and who we have on the roster.
You guys ever notice that BurgerKing never calls their nuggets chicken nuggets in the commercials? My brother pointed it out to me a white ago and I have been paying attention since then and they never say CHICKEN. They say juicy nuggets, crispy nuggets, tasty nuggets but not once ever in the commercial do they say chicken. Ten nuggets for a buck. hmmmmmmm
Cat nuggets?
Anyone see this? Crazy!
Screwy part about it is that the chairlift is going backwards. Speed aside, that’s one serious malfunction.
Hell yeah