We all know Kenyan Drake is a HR hitter, a big play waiting to happen on any and every play. However, is he the proverbial cowbell running back that you can feed the ball to 20+ times a game and control the clock and have long productive drives? To be fair, he hasn’t been a given a huge opportunity to do just that. He was given a small audition, but with future HOF RB Frank Gore at his disposal, Gase chose Gore over Drake to get the slight majority of carries over Drake, and start drives on 1st and 2nd down. With Gore gone, there is no other proven NFL back on the roster.
Ballage showed some nice things last season although in a very small sampling. Ballage had only 36 carries for 191 yards last season and also added 9 catches for 56 yards.Ballage did have one huge run for 75 yards, which makes up almost half of his production, but we shouldn’t punish him by detracting that from his stats. I think Ballage may have some potential, he seems to be a solid receiver out of the backfield, and possibly offers more in the power department over Drake.
Myles Gaskin is probably the closest thing to Frank Gore in this backfield. I’m in no way saying he’s as talented as Gore, but he’s more of the low to the ground bowling ball type that that run either inside the tackles or to the outside. Gaskin had a wonderful, productive career at Washington. His 945 carries i9s actually more than both Drake and Ballage’s college carries combined! His 57 rushing TD’s is also more than Drake and Ballage combined at 57-46. His 5323 yards rushing is almost 1.5X Drake and Ballage combined. So what does this all this mean?
I think we’re going to have a backfield by committee. I don’t think we’re going to have a feature back, and I think if we’re keeping along with the New England way, we will feature a back that best fits our particular game plan that week against a particular defense. If we we’re playing a slow plodding defense we may feature Drake more to exploit their speed. If we’re playing a fast defense we may feature more a power set with double TE sets and a FB and either Ballage or Gaskin getting more carries in a power rushing attack. Just like we will be on defense, we will use personnel on offense to match up better with our opponent that week. The Patriots constantly changed like a chameleon using James White, rookie Sony Michel and RB/FB Rex Burkhead so that each week, their opponent couldn’t nail down a game plan against their offense. It was pretty effective in that regard. It’s like a baseball team trying to gameplan against 3 pitchers in one game, very hard to accomplish.
I like the different skillsets each back brings and as a unit, I think it’s a pretty solid one. This is the final year of Kenyan Drake’s contract so I would imagine he will be hungry for a nice contract next season which will give him some incentive to play his best. Ballage will want to add more of a workload from last season, and Gaskin is really the wild card. He has a lot of miles on those legs, but he might get a fair amount of carries if he can do for the Dolphins what he did for the Washington Huskies. As far as our 4th back, that’s too much up in the air right now to go into depth about it. It will probably be either Kenneth Farrow, Mark Walton, Patrick Laird or possibly even a player on another roster that gets cut once teams cut down to the 53 man roster. No matter what, I’m confident in the 3 we currently have.
GO DOLPHINS!
#staythecourse
Finsmob Unleashed 
Tried posting an awesome Zach link and got denied .. WTF ?
https://youtu.be/TDXmr-_8Grs
I can post animal farts and not Zach Thomas ?
Some links have restrictions. It’s happened to me too.
For you and David etc., it’s not a censorship issue as some have suggested. I’m not part of running this site but I also know what is and what should never be. 😉
For Mike E 😂🐕
Stang got a slow start there
HEY KEN if you are out there. I now have even more respect for you and your battle against cancer. What I’ve been through isn’t even close to what you went through. Perhaps we can trade a few stories at this season’s Fest?
Be well, my friend.
The Zach video is up.
There was a guy named Atemplin who had a post needing approval it is so feel free to post we’d love to meet you. Go Dolphins!
He was atemplin to post ?
OD : hoping a speedy recovery for both you and the missus
Going to Wyoming’s Marino vid — Dan Marino in 1984 — 48 touchdown passes, 5,084 passing yards. No other QB had more than 5,000 yards in a season till Drew Brees did it 24 years later….. and he’s an at least almost Dolphin.
The Man would have 7k plus if he played in this new age
His style and abilities would have been picture perfect for the new hands off passing rules. The pass happy offenses too, but then we had one back then already before no one other than Dan Fouts did.
Are we talking about Marino with his old team, or Marino with the current Dolphins? If you’re talking about our current team, you’d have to temper those expectations just a bit. He’d still be great, but he had a great O-line and great WR’s.
Plus, I doubt Flores would want him throwing as much as he did back then either
Think Marino could have a lot of fun playing with Stills, Wilson, Grant, Drake, Geseki and the rest of the crew. Whole lot of speed options, and man did he have that ability to see the open man and then put it into a tight window with both speed and/or touch. OL might be a problem….. but then the about the quickest release ever would be there too.
Just think about Flores as HC, it would be pretty similar to what happened with Dan with JJ. JJ wanted so badly to be a well rounded offense, not to have have Marino throwing the ball 50 times a game.
I think Marino would be just as special with today’s Dolphins. He was a generational talent.
There are only a handful of QBs who truly raise the level of their teams and Dan was one of them.
He was, but it’s harder to try to figure out whether he would be throwing for 5K or 6K yards and how many TD’s with this roster, and not the one he had during his career. Also factor in the HC who will want to have a balanced attack.
Phelon – While you’re here, was I supposed to be posting those pictures you sent me?
I think so, although I cannot remember the context.
Or what pics I sent.
LOL!
Flores might want a balanced attack — but then he’s never had Marino either. His arm is far better than Brady’s and Tommy Boy still gets 3-5K every year. Plus he’d have a whole lot more yards if the Pats weren’t playing with the lead so often. With the current roster, Marino might be getting a whole bunch of catch-up yards.
Play to your player’stalents.
https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/2019/06/15/breaking-down-the-contenders-in-dolphins-wr-competition/amp/
We’ll never know what Marino would have done in today’s game. But with the rules the way they are, a coach would be nuts not to build an offense around him. Balance is great for any offense, but it’s hard to handcuff a QB like Marino.
Stills could be today’s version of Duper and Wilson like Clayton. 😉
Wilson isn’t man enough to be like Clayton , they are total opposites
Clayton was tough as nails, our best WR ever
Part time Wilson is not even one of our top 20 WR
Tim, I agree. They would also be top ranked recievers. Sometimes it’s the QB that makes a difference in how good/productive a WR is and if they make the pro bowl. Someone on here would disagree and still insist our WR group is garbage even though they had RT, Os and Moore throwing them the ball.
Well they’ve been productive with those QBs too so just imagine with Marino.
Hard to erase knowing his history and what team you root for. But what QB today would you take over Marino if there was some kind of draft on it? And make them all the exact age.
None!
Hmmm….Keeps telling me I’ve already posted this, but I can’t find it.
https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/2019/06/15/breaking-down-the-contenders-in-dolphins-wr-competition/amp/
Kewl read Phelon . tanx.. if Wilson and Grant haven’t lost a step and are ready week 1 I think we look pretty good. .. Butler did flash a bit at end of last year , can be a cheap replacement if Parker tanks in camp .. Preston sounds like a steal as long as he keeps His head on straight. Training with Brandon Marshall though ?? Physically good choice, Mentally ? nassomuch
YOUNG STANGER: RE your Marino comments. It was my distinct pleasure to see every one of Marino’s home games during the 1984 season, including the playoffs and the Super Bowl in person.
To say it was beyond mind-boggling would be an understatement. The NFL record for TD passes in a season had been set way back in 1961, I believe, by TWO MEN: Y.A. Tittle threw 36 TD’s for the Giants and, in the AFL, the venerable George Blanda tossed 36 TD’s for the Houston Oilers. Marino broke their records weeks before the end of the season. He and the Marks brothers were unstoppable! It was an unbelievable THRILL to see history in the making!!! And every trip to the Orange Bowl in 1984 was “an event of the highest order!”
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MANITOBA: Mrs. OD is set for an MRI in a few days to determine if she needs a 4th lumbar surgery. We are hoping for the best. As for me, I got to see my “scar” today as we removed the surgical bandages to discover the LONGEST SCAR IN MY KNOWN FAMILY. IT’s longer than the distance from my wrist to my elbow, about 8-9 inches or more! I’ll find out if I’ll need further surgery or treatment in a little over a week. I trust all is well with you and your special lady. Looking forward to seeing both of you at the Fest.
How are things looking this year for the Blue Bombers?
OD , missus and a I are okay thank you.. blue bombers are 1-0 , game actually just ended 33-23 over BC .. many are saying favourites to win the Cup .. game 1, and an 8 Team league I will curb my enthusiasm for a bit ..
I hear Chicks Dig Scars 👍👍🤪. Looking forward to seeing all at the Fest as well.
HAPPY FATHER’s DAY to all you dads!
Mike E., I LOVE the art work!!
MANITOBA: Mrs. OD already has commented on my scar!!
Looks like I’m gonna get spoiled today.
Happy fathers day to all you MFer’s! 😉
we always read or think domestic terrorism is somewhere else, someone elses problem.
but, they are in every community, and they are very dangerous. i protested a hate rally today, got right in the organizers face and called him out for his hypocrisy and BS.
he said he hopes i and the ladies that were standing near me get raped for daring to question him
i told him try it mother fucker, try to rape one of us and see what happens
things got very heated, not just Me, there were many fights going on and the police had to break shit up
thats the first time i ever was a legit protestor, but anyone advocating rape and murder of US citizens, and falsely claiming they are independant baptist, isnt gonna spout that shit in MY community without repercussions
i know the landlord of the strip center, im gonna let him know what his tenants are doing
That’s some serious encounter David, but even if you might not like to hear it…. think the exact kind of one guys like him feed off of. What was the theme of the hate group?
Let’s see how well he feeds when the landlord boots him out for preaching murder and rape against Americans
It’s a white racist group claiming to be a baptist church.
Besides Those 400 pound old fat men already fed
If it hits your local news or something — send a link.
its all over the news
ill provide the name after i contact the landlord monday
Obviously you have your strategy on this. If all over the news not sure why not share now, but then don’t know all involved either. I’d at least put something out to get it going.
Happy Fathers Day to everyone!
Happy Fathers Day to all you Dads out there. And feel the special need to give you appreciation cause just don’t get enough. Waited tables and Mother’s Day was one of the busiest ones of the year. Right up there with New Year’s and Valentine’s. Fathers Day….. sorta like any other Sunday. 🙂
All Fathers are Mother Fuckers.
Whoa that is funny, Phel.
If marriage were illegal, your in-laws would be outlaws.
🤙
Happy Father’s Day, you bunch of old codgers!
Now- get off my lawn!
I can picture David throwing beer bottles at a bunch of Baptist’s singing hymns! 😉
No gathering….even at the river!!
they arent baptist
ive been to dozen or more baptist churches over the last 50 years, and they are nothing like that
that is what pisses me off, they are false prophet cowards, hiding behind a bible that isnt big enough to cover their fat asses and lies. they are hypocritical fried chickenaholics
the sheriffs department made an official statement, they will not provide any parking or other security for them, labeled them a hate group
Smoking a bison sirloin tip roast for F-Day. What is everyone else doing?
The boy is picking up some steaks to grill.
Ungrateful lout should be hunting your steak!
Happy Father’s Day you mother’s
And grandfather’s day too. Anyone other than you and OD?
Not talking about David at all other than for bringing his protest up, but went through a bunch of them in the day on the receiving end. One time there are like 5 guys outside a conference (will note free) we were holding with signs calling us N@zis and such. What do I do? — go out and talk with them. But funny part was as the conference was about start watched them take off their “protesting the Vietnam War stuff,” put on blazers and transition into “conference attendee” wear. But guess everyone does what they do.
Can’t find anything in the news about 1/4 Wit’s protest.
you wouldnt make a good detective, lol
its low hanging fruit and You dont know where to look
do You have google over there in nebraska ?
Stanger, just curious, but were the nazis less than 6 feet tall, and yet weigh over 400 pounds?
they look more like weight watchers gone bad than nazis, lol
thats the fattest people i have ever seen
At that point in time I was the “Nazi” David….. and since was still playing rugby (bigger than you have seen me) and their size, not all concerned on the physical side. Still aren’t, but given all the gray hair thinking should be more so these days.
You arent fat enough to be a nazi, lol
i think they eat people they dont like
I don’t have that long before I go back to work Phelon!
Lol!
Is this it David?
thats not it, but thats another bag of worms for a different day
Or this one?
that isnt it either
This one?
David’s protest was against White Nationalists rather than homophobia….so seems unlikely.
I’m just checking the news sites to see what was going on?
I’m only finding these 2 though!
It’s all over the news…. and was up where David lives. But he’s making it like Quiz of the day for whatever reason. Not sure what you or I would do to spoil his plan on Monday to get the faux Baptist Church kicked out, but he’s a careful planner. So must have his reasons.
nope, i dont live in south FL
but you are getting closer, that arizona guy also attended this seperate event
alot of hate going on today though, SMH
i guess its not a big deal to say, but they are in Clermont, pastor/false prophet Boyle
and his hate group
he advocates arresting and executing American citizens that are what he calls weird?
yet Boyle is the king of weird, he hopes I and some ladies standing near Me get raped because We dont share his hate , and called out his BS
this is a slap in the face to all baptists, and to all Americans that arent party of his tiny yet very obese hate group
Happy Fathers Day to all.
Being a dad is not easy work, but it is well worth the effort to try to do it right.
I’m happy my sons are Dolphins fans, although we don’t back the same teams in other sports.
But football is King in my life now, so I’m glad we can agree on cheering for Miami.
And they’re all coming here to watch the Jets game for my birthday, so that will be fun.
Sad that they live so far away now.
Seems like just yesterday that they were so into dinosaurs
that they wanted to be paleontologists.
Thank god they realized that meant digging in the desert for a living.
Anyway … Here’s a sincere toast to all you dads out there. This is Your DAY!
And let’s all remember our own dads and the great times we had growing up with the Big Man.
Good times.
@Naples — my bet is you are one cool Dad. My Dad was a pain in the F-ing ass, but same time made me who I am. Funny how when those NFL players after all those years of their Dad pushing them in sports always say “Hi Mom” when on camera. 🙂
Gosh thanks Stanger…I gotta give your dad credit, cause you certainly turned out fine.
my father started the Central FL Independant Baptist preachers meetings about 30 years ago, so i know most of the baptist pastors in the area. they are nothing like Boyle and his obese band of fools, not even close
he indirectly smears My fathers name with his false prophetic teachings, and drags his name in the mud, this is personal to Me
If my father were still alive, he would have them shut down immediately.
Boyle is making us all look bad, and he will pay for it by God and a community that is rejecting Him and his domestic terrorism
So the Arizona guy was protested yesterday and they had another one today around the time of what they call services that you were at? How many folks at the protest? today
i live in Clermont, i drive past this place all the time
there were only a few female protestors, one told me everyone else left because they were going to shoot to kill anyone that came inside, and use the stand your ground law
but then Boyle came out and i tried to have a civil discourse with him, and he had the face of satan, like he was possessed and said he hopes we all get raped
Sounds like you and the others became the aftermath of yesterday’s protest. He for sure is on warning at least. And know you are going to call his landlord.
I want to go on record as being opposed to murdering or raping or assaulting LGBTQ+ people.
Just how I am.
he also advocates raping real baptists that arent gay,
sorry for the disgusting subject matter
i just couldnt believe nazis came into my community on fathers day to slap him in the face and shame his legacy. he was a pioneer in this area, and well respected
my father reached out to everyone, and did alot of good for the cent FL area.
churches are to help people, not harm them
my father preached about a God of love and forgiveness for all of us sinners
nuff said
https://twitter.com/ChauxDown/status/1140348996965273600
cool pix … all in white suits.
When i was that age, we always got a new white suit for Easter
because we always had outgrown last year’s one.
Even down to “white buck” shoes.
Don’t know what those really were, but they had a nap to them like suede.
We thought they were buckskin, which we thought was cool, but they were probably just some cheap synthetic.
Not sure though … I’m so old we used to have real stuff back then before a lot of plastics and other synthetics were even invented.
Good lord my wife tried to burn the house down cooking links on the gas grill!
lol have a fire extinguisher nearby,,,,,
It’s bad enough she turned the brick black without having Ext, dust all over the place!
Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads.
Just got back from Tacos and Tequila Cantina.
My wife took me for Shrimp fajitas and blood orange margaritas.
She had mahi mahi tacos.
The Fathers Day barbecue around the pool at our resort got rained out.
Big summer thunderstorms here all week.
High temps just in the 70s all week.
While standing up to hate is not a bad thing, calling everyone you disagree with a nazi takes the power out of the word. The group in question is indeed homophobic. Dumbasses, but entitled to their opinions and beliefs. If they were preaching their nonsense to each other and inside their property as it seems from the reporting, what right does anyone have to protest them? That’s just looking for trouble. The two groups sound like opposite sides of the same coin. Both trying to suppress someone else’s beliefs. Dumbasses one and all.
I don’t understand why so many people/groups have such issues with how others live their lives. How does it affect your life? Everyone likes to say freedom but it doesn’t seem that many of them understand what it means.
they were advocating government arrest and execution, similar to the final solution
thats nazi like behaviour
you werent there and totally dont understand the situation.
i gave You a chance to google the incident, and u failed to do that as well.
i was certain you wouldnt understand the story, before the story was given
if u want to know something, feel free to ask, ignorant assumptions arent helpful to anyone
I am spending Father’s Day weekend in Keaton Beach, FL for opening day (yesterday) of scallop season. Getting ready to do our big shrimp boil, drink more beer and play cornhole! Happy Father’s Day all!!!
OF ALL the calls I received today, the two I received from my 2 stepdaughters were among the best. Being a stepdad can be a tricky, sometimes difficult, task. But they’ve both made it very easy for me. AND I TOLD THEM SO!
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Next year my 2 oldest great grand daughters will be calling “POP-POP,” according to their Mom.
I CAN’T WAIT!! May all of you live long enough to get calls from YOUR Great Grand Kids!
HAPPY FATHER’s Day!!
phel, Your posts on the subject have no truth, no merit, and no understanding of what went on
You assume things , but were not there to see what really happened
You know there werent nazis there, but You werent there, thats pretty obvious BS
You DONT know who was there
didnt mean to be so harsh on ya Phel, my issue is not with You
these people are deceitful and dangerous frauds, and got Me going on Fathers Day
have a good evening
David – Did you read my post? It was more of a general statement than a specific comment on your event. However, reading the articles it would seem the “Baptists” we’re preaching their brand of stupidity to themselves in a legally rented facility, not marching down the street harassing people. Is that not correct? We’re they marching around with signs or something? The fact that the preacher came out of the building to confront protestors indicates not.
Then you have the protestors. If the Baptist’s were holding a service inside of a legally procured facility, why were the protestors there harassing them? Doesn’t matter if they were preaching satanism…that’s their right and harassing them was wrong. All religions have intolerant sects that espouse hatred and violence towards anyone different. From the articles and from your posts, it sounds like there were maybe a handful of the alphabet community there, outside of the building, harassing the congregation. They, nor you, had any business being there. You and they were doing the exact same thing as the Baptist – preaching hate and intolerance. You cannot force acceptance on people. They will believe what they want to believe.
The other part of this is the hyperbolic use of terms like nazi and domestic terrorism. The incident you were involved in had nothing to do with either. Actually you and the protestors came closer to fascism by trying to suppress another groups beliefs than the religious dopes did by preaching their hate to each other. They are, at worst, cultish. And there was no domestic terrorism. Words have meaning and when people throw them around incorrectly, words lose power.
if u wanted to know what happened, feel free to ask, but assuming what You dont know is not doing anything but wasting our time and making yourself look dumber by the minute.
i dont need You to defend nazis, and i dont need them defined either
IF i ddint know what a nazi was, i can google, i would never ask YOU
You are a poor source of information
i know what a swastika is, i know what it means when its on someones arm, neck, head, and car
i didnt come close to fascism, i have a legal right to walk down a public sidewalk.
i dont like or support nazis, and i dont defend them like You do.
i didnt go in their property and harrass them, the pecker head came out and got in my face, said that i and some other ladies should be raped. of course i would confront the idiot at that point, and dont give a damn if u think i should just watch ladies get raped and do nothing about it or not
there were police there, if i did anything wrong they would have said or did something
i didnt do anything wrong, but as usual, u have to make up lies and false assumptions about Me
you are clueless , and just trolling cause u like to argue and troll.
im not just attacking You, im also pointing out where You always go wrong in your logic
nuff on the subject, find something u know about
i cant waste any more time or crayons on You
SBJ. I don’t know why I try to converse with you like a normal person. You are truly a 1/4 Wit, incapable of cogent discourse. You were asked several times, not just by me, what happened. You either deflected or didn’t answer. At this point, I don’t think you even do it on purpose. I think you are just too stupid to do otherwise. Reading is fundamental, but only if it is accompanied by comprehension.
what you arent getting, is i dont want to answer anymore questions from You,
i feel like You wouldnt try to understand, or would just try to fill in the blanks with innaccurate comments
the event is over
i have to get back to work
you are the king of inaccurate assumptions though, lol
if there were awards for that,,,,
a little hint on yesterday , yes i did do that on purpose, i wanted to see if others could figure it out and if u couldnt, it would expose You as the weak link.
it was illustrated for all to see that You dont have good detective or fact gathering skills
everyone figured it out quickly, it was only a simple test, and yet, You failed too
buy some BTC phel, its more profitable than arguing
🙂
They must of used you for a case study:
https://www.foxnews.com/health/marijuana-damages-adolescent-brains-nyt-op-ed-column-says
this is why we cant have a discussion, You arent capable, nor do You try to learn
you failed a simple task the rest of the room had no problem with ,
you have no proof or reliable sources
sorry to interrupt the cogent discourse however i never liked Matt Burke, he has a stupid look about him and i said this back a while ago and Tim came to his rescue telling me i shouldn’t insult him.
i got a kick out of this article i read today.
https://www.thephinsider.com/2019/6/17/18679270/miami-dolphins-2019-off-season-therapy-ridding-the-thoughts-of-matt-burkes-defense-scheme
Really I told you that you shouldn’t insult him? I doubt that was the case but it’s not important.
Discipline and competition are among some of the topics the Brian Flores stresses daily. Under Adam Gase, the players looked undisciplined on the field.
source SB Nation
can’t wait for the start of the season, Wilson should be ready to go, a great slot rec, he’s way better than Landry, tougher and faster. he should have a big season this year.
i know You intentionally lied to try to piss me off, but phel failed at that too
it’s an opinion not a lie David.
ok, if u truly believe that
i will try to to take it in consideration some may feel Wilson is better even though he didnt come close
Good article ORob. We all knew last year that when we needed them the most, the Defense was going to fold. It was as certain as Gase calling a pass on 3rd and 1.
we were getting crushed in all 3 facets
3rd and 1 against Cincy, 3rd quarter, we’re up 17-3 and Gase decides to throw a stupid deep pass to Stills, from that point on we got our asses kicked!
Looking back i’m glad he did that as that was the beginning of the end for Gase.
I thought the special teams were adequate most of the time. They were the only thing that was.
i like the kicker we drafted, why pay a kicker millions when you can draft the best kicker in college with a late round pick and pay him peanuts, smart move by the GM
when you are irrelevant for 2 years straight you throw the baby out with the bathwater!
T.N.T. wall (takes no talent) I love this shit! bout time! this HC is growing on me!
https://www.espn.com/blog/miami-dolphins/post/_/id/29333/brian-flores-experience-t-n-t-wall-one-line-mantras-and-more-in-miami
Under this HC’s regime, it is unimaginable that a Dolphins assistant coach would ever get busted for snorting lines in his office…
Read that as well.. Love the TNT Wall idea..
Thanks ORob.
I do think just the change from Burke will help us not lose winnable games.
In his defense, he was a first time DC thrown into the spot when our previous first time DC left to go fail at Denver. Since Vance sucked, Burke inherited a dysfunctional defense which then lost Suh and Byron Maxwell and suffered lots of serious injuries.
Not that Burke got either help or support from his HC.
Gase completely ignored the defensive schemes and personnel, apparently knows and cares nothing about defense, and frequently didn’t even look at the game while we were on defense, as he was often seen with his head down designing new offense.
sheesh
It pisses me off that Gase didn’t saddle the Jest with some nuttickler like Burke, but instead got Greg Williams, a proven DC. F%&^ing douchebag.
My Favorite thing about Matt Burke was he looked like a DC should….. right out of central casting for the next serious football movie.
The Dolphin’s Wire guys (USA Today) do a pretty good job. And no paywall to worry about yet. Less than enhused on going over our Tight Ends, but still a nice breakdown.
Hope everyone enjoyed their Father’s Day yesterday!
I don’t get why Tim busts everyone’s balls about criticizing the team’s staff. Why does he do that? 😛
LOL
It’s funny that after the Lions game last year I said Burke could get fired because he made no adjustments as the Lions ran the ball the same way over and over and they gashed us over and over. It was rumored Gase was going to fire Burke in the offseason but he got fired so it didn’t matter.
Yeah, he deserved to get fired for sure. Gase I was willing to give another year, but I wasn’t at all disappointed when they canned him.
I’m glad with where we’re at with a new approach on building this team and a new staff with new philosophies. We needed change because we were stuck in same old same old mode that wasn’t working.
Agreed!
Stanger – Just goes to show looks can be deceiving
Sonny – You would have been proud yesterday. I was able to pitch all 9 innings against the best team in the league, and we beat them 7-6. I hadn’t swung the bat all season, we usually have a DH, but we only had 10 yesterday so everyone has to bat. Chipped in with 2 hits yesterday, one of the them got the comeback rally started in the 9th when I led off with a single. Neither ball was hit particularly hard, just a couple of well placed line drives, one to right center and the other between the 3B and SS to start the 9th. That was a great win! They were undefeated last year, this year they were 6-1, now 6-2.
Jim Abbott would have been proud. Good for you for gutting it out. Really jealous you still get the glory days chances even now.
Not sure I get the Jim Abbott reference. I have two hands. I know I’m known as “The Hand” but I have two. lol
Dealing with your handicap from the sciatica and still making it happen.
Thank God it wasn’t a pool tournament!
Mike, the Mets season will likely be defined on this road trip. Not confident they can survive this.
Stanger – Ah, OK, actually I’m past the sciatica pain thankfully. My biggest obstacle was really not pitching in about 4 weeks, and this was really the first major activity I’ve done in a few weeks. I have been working out but not my usual workouts, and I avoided any heavy weightlifting to avoid any further back issues. The rest helped a lot.
Tim – I’m not sure the Mets will ever see .500 or better this season, unless somehow they just wake up or something. They look an average club at best.
The bullpen is atrocious and the starting pitching has been sub par. It’s so frustrating, we hit and can’t pitch, or we pitch and can’t hit. Ugh!!!!
Good for you Mike E, way to tough it out. You’re a gamer.
Thanks man, it was fun. I was so happy my back didn’t let me down. How are you feeling, how’s your shoulder doing?
LOL Rob – True that!
Had good Father’s Day. Went scalloping for 3rd day today. Got our limit again. Going home tomorrow. So beautiful here. Wouldn’t mind retiring here. Very peaceful!
BBM — if the world ever comes crashing down I’m heading to your place….. you’ll always know how to eat. How many of your favorite scallop dinners could you feed on one day’s limit? Where I grew up had clams, oysters and mussels. And getting a bushel of any of those took a team of us.
Where did you go scalloping at BBM?
NM i saw you say Keaton beach earlier. I prefer the scalloping a little further up the gul up closer to PSJ and Apalachicola. PSJ bay usually is really good for scalloping, but im not sure how it would be now after hurricane Michael.
Son – No go on Sanford. I hate losing. At anything.
David and i against you and son, team game low man wins, match play, Golf
You play golf with David? Does he talk about Albert Wilson sucking the entire time? LOL
Maybe he pictures Wilsons head on the balls to get that extra oomph needed on his drives.
Dammit!
Sorry man
BBM
I’ve never been scalloping.
That’s fascinating.
How do you do that?
What’s the catch limit?
Mike I’m doing a lot better. I’m back to my standard ordinary pain now.
I’m not playing golf with David. With the things I call a golf ball he’d have protests lined up for days.
You call golf balls Nazi’s? LOL
I just thought i’d take David to give you guys a chance.
ORob, I suck at golf. Anything close to 100 is a good day for me. But I do hit the ball hard.
i can show you a trick or two to help you with consistency
I want to reply so bad but I just can’t. But I would pay big money to put a GoPro in the cart that Phelon and David would share on the links. 😁
🤡
good article about wilson, david you should not read this, i don’t want to take away from the landry infatuation you have.
https://www.thephinsider.com/2019/6/17/18681991/miami-dolphins-90-in-90-roster-breakdown-2019-albert-wilson
David, have you ever seen Landry do this?
that was great, wilson and grant high 5ing as they sprint down the field in the oakland game!
Isn’t it odd that article said the QB play could be a reason why Wilson isn’t as good this year as last year. Maybe I’m having a selective memory moment but I don’t remember Tannehill being so great last year
not sure about rosen however fitz is certainly a step up from last year.
fitz was a stud with the jets when marshall was there. he just didn’t have the support in tampa
he went 10-6 in ny in 2015
He should throw more TD’s and more passes downfield than Tannehill, he’ll also likely throw more INT’s, but that doesn’t affect the WR. I think the receivers could be better off, but we’ll see.
So this article has nothing to do with the Dolphins
except that
1) the Patriots did not get the slick young TE they wanted and still have a mess at that position
and
2) the video of the TE in action shows him scoring one of his 3 career TDs. The man guarding him is Kiko Alonso, and he looks terrible on the play. And I’m a fan of Kiko’s, but that was the epitome of how he breaks late in coverage. I mean a LB MUST wall off the outside on that play that close in the red zone, because his help is on the inside where the traffic is. The TE just waltzed in, and of course Matt Stafford is not going to miss that throw. Did the DC not account for the TE pre-snap?
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001034027/article/packers-claim-exlions-te-roberts-after-voided-trade
I heard that this morning. Do you know why he failed his physical? No doubt Kiko struggles in coverage.
The PATRIOTS say he failed his physical and you know they always play the edges of legal on everything, so maybe either they just thought he sucked upon working him out or that he’s being wimpy about a hangnail.
Green Bay immediately grabbed him off waivers, since they only have 3 TEs on their roster, and I think every team these days needs 4 on the 53.
Derrick Morgan is out there as a pass rusher. He’s 30.
Is he an example of what we want to stop doing?
(attempting to reuse retreads as stopgaps)
Or is he still young enough to offer a one-year make it deal?
He had 9 sacks in 2016 and 7.5 in 2017.
Then a terrible lost year last year.
So he is trending down.
But he’s experienced in multiple formations, quick, a vet, and a good guy (I think)
Naples – Maybe the Patriots wanted to grab him off waivers but the Pack beat them to it. I hope that’s the case, it makes me feel good. 🙂
I know right?
They might’ve been trying to finesse giving up a conditional 7th round pick for him, as it became obvious that Detroit did not want him anymore. That is so cheap.
Remember who the HC is for Detroit now.
But I think NE must wait on a waiver wire guy to clear every single other team.
So Green Bay noticed that NE liked him, and they needed a TE, so they used NE’s scouting and stole their guy.
Awesome.
ocalarob says:
June 17, 2019 at 6:21 pm
David and i against you and son, team game low man wins, match play, Golf
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ORob is hustling cause that just means he wins the hole he does. And dude is a tournament golfer. Wonder if he’d take the same bet if winner is lowest combined team score. 🙂
Actually a real cool painting, but not one would put on my wall about this team at least. Maybe the ’72 Phins though. Don’t think Rock will like who is front and center of the new era… but hoping this guy is right. 🙂
Very cool poster. Where’s X?
click it to open it!
That guy on NFL.com that I don’t like (one of several)
ranked the 8 divisions and
SURPRISE SURPRISE
AFC East was last.
In his write-up, he snidely mentioned that even having the odds-on favorite to win the next Super Bowl could not save the div ranking. He did say maybe the Jets and Bills both improving so much might make it a little harder for the patsies to win it.
He never even mentioned the Dolphins
(although he was forced to list them as having finished 2nd last year)
He only commented that the 3 young QBs, Darnold, Allen, and Rosen, might make the div more interesting as the other 3 teams wait for the patriots to finally show their age.
Thanks Wyo, I thought that was the whole thing
Here’s hoping he has the quicks to get to the QB and the strength to set the edge.
mind your own business stanger 🙂
Once played an amazing pool player. He spotted me 3 balls my choice and beat me for ten bucks….. but it was close (whether he was coasting don’t know). Was like no way again, but then offered to play me one-handed straight up my break. He won another ten. Then offered to spot me 6 balls his choice after his break double or nothing. Won and broke even, but man did he make feel like was his little nephew he was just having fun with.
One time in band camp I . . .
LOL — not all of us were hauled off the mound and carried off on the shoulders of our teammates last weekend. Some of us relive the old days and other fought domestic terrorists in central FL.
Sorry, that wasn’t at your expense, that line just popped into my head and I had to put it down. That still cracks me up
Would have been de nada even if you did mean it. And used to love the American Pies, but some of those that have lost their appeal a bit for me. Stifler is still my dude though.
D, scallop season doesn’t open in PSJ for a few more weeks. The zone Keaton Beach is in is always the earliest to open. We have some guys in who are fair skinned and older than me (I’m 54) so they like to go as early as possible before its gets really hot. Also, when it cools down toward the end of the season (September) it’s harder to find them. Going this time of year, we get our limit in 1-2 hours. Gives us time to drink some brews and fish before we head in.
Naples, scalloping is really simple and fun. All you need is snorkel, mask, fins and a nylon mesh laundry bag to hold your scallops as you swim around. We go anywhere from 1/4 to 1.5 miles off shore in the gulf but the depth stays relatively the same (about 5ft) depending on the tide. Also, if the winds are from the NE, E or SE and less than 10 mph (which it was this past weekend) the water is almost like glass. No waves but sometimes a light chop so it does not really matter the size of the boat you use. Water is crystal clear as well. It’s not just the scalloping but checking out all the other sea life as well. I had a 2-3 foot jack crevalle come within 4ft of me. We carry 3ft pole spears with us but I wouldn’t try to spear a powerful swimmer like a jack. We mainly carry them incase we come across a flounder. Most of the houses in Keaton Beach are rentals and on canals with docks. The house we rent is this one: http://www.bbpfl.com/Slice-of-Paradise.html
We like this house cause we are on the main canal from the boat ramp (only one for many miles). We are done cleaning scallops and fish, showered up, drinking beer and playing cornhole by 2pm while we get to watch a flotilla of boats and bikini’s coming back in. So many boats are put in there that the flotilla lasts 4-5 hours. LOL
How cool is that!
You rock BBM.
The coolest part of the hole thing is it’s a perk from my boss. He takes me and pays for everything. Sweet!!
This scallop discussion is making me hungry!
Scallops are very tasty.
Yeah, I like scallops, most seafood really
Yeah same here.
These are the smaller bay scallops and not the big sea scallops but, yes, very tasty.