Game action is here, but don’t get too excited. The players are probably pumped up, but preseason games don’t often show a lot about a team. Teams use the most basic and streamlined playbook. What these games are about is how your starters match up against the other team’s starters, how your two’s match up against the other teams two’s, and so on and so on.
Despite the fact that we won’t see any anything exotic from either team and from either side of the ball, we may get an idea how the team looks in the various formations, such as 3-4 rather 4-3 alignment. You know we’re going to see nickel and dime formations but there may be some wrinkles as to who is in them.
The starters in this game won’t all necessarily be the starters in the regular season Game 1. There’s definitely some experimentation and psychological warfare going on here. Flores is trying to motivate certain players to ascend while also giving some people an opportunity to flourish. It’s a common theme in the preseason, all teams do it.
What I’m looking for is for guys to execute their jobs well. On the offensive side, that means the O-line holds their blocks and win their individual battles. Same goes for the D-line, beat the guy in front of you.Due to the fact that the playbook (for both teams) will be basic, I want to see the RB’s be patient and find the hole, not try to bounce everything to the outside too quickly. I want to see the QB’s throwing to multiple receivers, WR’s, TE’s, and RB’s as well, but not an overload of check downs.
Atlanta has a lot talent on the offensive side of the ball. Matt Ryan will play sparingly, and because they recently placed 3rd string QB Kurt Benkert on IR, Matt Schaub and now 3rd stringer Matt Sims will get the majority of snaps. tevin Coleman is gone, but Devonta Freeman is still there and Coleman is replaced by Ito Smith. Julio Jones is still there but he will get limited snaps. The Falcons O-line is formidable and should be a good litmus test for our front 7. On defense the Falcons are less dangerous, allowing 423 points last season.
For the Dolphins, it will be very interesting to see how LG Michael Deiter fares, and also how RT Jordan Mills is coming back from injury. Besides LT Laremy Tunsil, everyone on the O-line is a question mark. RB’s 1A and 1B Drake and Ballage should both be motivated to show they deserve more carries, so that should be fun to watch. Parker, Stills and Wilson round out the WR’s with Gesicki starting at TE On defense, Harris and Carradine are the ends and rookie Christian Wilkins and Davon Godchaux are inside at DT. Baker at WLB and RaeMac in the middle and Alonso at SLB. As of now it shows Jones and BobbyMac at S, but Jones is in a walking boot so it may be TJ. Eric Rowe will be the CB opposite X. Keep an eye on Rowe because he should see a lot of action.
Let’s hope we see some good play, and no injuries and we’ll call the night a success!
GO DOLPHINS!!
#staythecourse
Finsmob Unleashed 
Does our O look anything like NEs?
Kyler looks good so far.
Then Gaskin ran well and also caught the TD.
Our 2nd and 3rd string offenses have been doing whatever they want since the 2nd quarter. It’s only preseason game 1, but this has been fun.
Too early to tell
Way too early but I’m seeing good conditioning though.
I missed the 1st quarter and didn’t see Fitz play, but just based on what I’ve seen of Rosen this game, I definitely would love to see him get some time with the ones next week.
missed tackle
Man, he has played a lot tonight and it seems like every pass is going toward Needham
OT in preseason is ridiculous. If it’s tied at the end of regulation, then it should end as a tie.
I always thought Rudock was spelled with two D’s
Oh well, lol.
Rew-dock
Not
Rud-duck
Let’s get a stop
Nice timing on that sack!
Hendrix
Purple haze with a sack
I like Ledbetter too
Woohoo!!
Gaskin looks like the real deal tooo
Gaskin for a friend, was that 2nd TD sweet or what?
Say what?
That was weird
Sanders is money tonight
I understood everything both coaches did right up to the Miami TO.
Did we call TO as a courtesy to give the Atlanta offense more time knowing the game won’t go OT now?
You gotta score whenever you can. I believe.
And it forces our defense to make a stop…
I understand going for the TD. I didn’t get calling a quick TO without using clock or forcing Atlanta to call a TO.
But at least they ran it when they were supposed to.
Yep, totally!! Not complaining or anything, I just think there was something else going on there.
Hendrix and Ledbetter both look good.
Hendrix is a machine
purple haze all in my mind
Oh yeah, happy birthday!!
I am pleased. They may continue to exist
Whip up a batch of that Koolaid man
thanks Kong
Nice gift from the Dolphins today.
Hey we scored 34 for whatever that’s worth!
That’s worth a lot right?
Tannehill can’t even count to 34
Tannehill threw 2 TDs today.
Fun game!!
That was a fun game to watch.
That is a big improvement right there.
Last year it was painful to watch a lot of the time.
Roooo DIck was the best QB of the three tonight
Well that was a good start considering it was our first game and not Atlanta’s first game.
And they have a veteran HC and system and we have a rookie HC, OC, and DC.
and none of our QBs were even on our team last year.
And we started 2 rookie OGs and a rookie DT.
So we did not look too chaotic considering all that.
I forgot Atlanta played last week. Good point. And yeah considering the coaching and system changeover, nobody looked lost out there.
It’s my MO to be driven by game to game emotion, so it doesn’t surprise me that after this game I am really excited about this team moving forward, lol.
But seriously, do we finally have a fucking football coach?
I think we do
LMAO!!! I hope so,
I think the coaches got plenty to look at. It’s wasn’t a 13-10 ugly game. There was good and bad at 34-27. When is the last time we won like that? We may not have seen everything but the coaches did. Some guys earned their way closer to making the team and others are closer to being cut.
And see with Rosen showing so much heart by shaking off sacks and completing passes with guys all over him and dropping seeds in the bucket 30 yds downfield, it just makes his blockers want to kill people for him and his runners think hey I ‘m not going down easy either then FUCK and his WRs keep working to get open becaus hey the QB might throw the ball to you even at the last second and the defense is over there gettin fired up thinkin if we get a stop, we can get the lead cuz Rosen is gonna score points.
LOL tone it down a little. He IS NOT inspiring the team with the play he has shown so far. Too funny put down the kool aid
I had to work but I love looking it up and finding we scored 34 in any type of situation. Rosen is rough around the edges but I think he’ll help us keep all those picks for a playoff push in 2020 or 2021. Preston Williams is a fantastic freebie as well. Things are looking up again!
I think he will help those picks to be very high in each round
Williams appears to have some skills,
That’s the kind of showing you would hope to see in the first preseason game of a first rounder
Rosen also had a pretty good showing, this could be a fun season to see how he comes along
Can’t WAIT to see this at 4am tomorrow morning!!!!
I can’t remember when we scored 34 points in any game last season. WTF???
AND, thanks ER for the reference. Got the MN game taped, too.
with Rudock continuing the production, it shows that our offense has good design that gets guys open and beats coverage. We had open RBs, TEs, WRs, slot guys, long, short, outs, ups, crossing patterns … you name it, it was there and open … if our OL could’ve given our QBs more time, we could’ve scored 50.
Sure some of it was against their 3s, but it was our 3s.
Atlanta never really defensed us successfully at all.
Compare that to how Denver’s QBs played in the HoF game
and the paltry offensive showing they had.
On the first post after the page turn I asked, if our O looked like NEs? This post suggests it does. Thanks Naples.
Didn’t see any of the game, but so pumped we scored a bunch of points! Yessir! I don’t know any stats yet, I’m going to record the game Saturday morning and watch it at some point. Quite happy I can look forward to watching it!
Looks like Ballage doesn’t qualify yet as a power back. He gained over 10 years on one carry, WTF!!!
Drake on the other hand went to the ORob school of power backs and kept his best run under 10 yards (9), so he’s the power backiest of the backs at the moment.
LOL MIke. When it happened I posted “IT COUNTS”
🙂
i was yelling at him “Fall down! Fall Down! or it wont count!
LOL
🔔🐄
News Media Blog Brian Flores wants Josh Rosen to rein in “gunslinger mentality” [1 hours ago] [Open in Separate Window]
Most unhappy person the game last night must have Devante. Preston Williams is the real deal. On the roster at least, we’ll see ho much more.
Maybe Williams will have the X effect for Parker.
That way he can have their Needham covering him instead of their X-man?
I wouldn’t go that far on Williams yet, but you never know. Do know Parker is on a short contract though and Williams is not.
Fuck Needham was just embarrassing himself last night
Is Needham #40?
naplesfan2010 says:
August 8, 2019 at 11:03 pm
Well that was a good start …………So we did not look too chaotic considering all that.
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I agree, Although when our D was on the field everything seemed to be a lot more chaotic, but in a good way because our boys were creating the chaos
Yes Needham is #40 and we cannot get Rowe back soon enough
Watching highlights I kept seeing 40 lagging behind, then I remembered comments people made on here last night saying he sucked. Putting 20 and 20 together, I came the the conclusion…😉
Jason Taylor is the new man in the preseason booth. Did a pretty good job.
At one point Geise was talking about how Preston Was 6-5 and JT said “Don’t count on it. I was listed at 265 my whole career and I never spent a day north of 244.” Amazing given what he did.
I liked his insight. He has a good speaking voice too.
Who is the ancient guy not named Griese in the booth? Man, crypt keepers older brother.
Dick Stockon — he’s the professional announcer and it shows.
#55 Double Nickle seems to be the real deal too. He is “undersized” but man does he fly around. He is in the shot every defensive play.
https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/gallery/10-winners-from-the-dolphins-34-27-victory-over-the-atlanta-falcons/
OT Laremy Tunsil – Tunsil didn’t play last night, but his value to the Dolphins has never been more clear than now. Watching Miami’s other tackles try to step in on the left side was an ugly sight — reaffirming Tunsil is one of the two or three most important Dolphins in 2019.
© Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports
OL was did not look good last night, but guess that was expected.
One thing that was clear about the D we were playing at least last night was that included a centerfielder. And that FS was way deep.
https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/gallery/10-losers-from-the-dolphins-34-27-victory-over-the-atlanta-falcons/
CB Nik Needham – Needham had a brutal night, the Falcons continued to attack him in coverage and Needham continued to give up real estate. There were mental errors, penalties, poor anticipation in coverage, getting run over in run support — you name it, we saw it from Needham last night.
© Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports
I am actually surprised that he didn’t have to get his own flight home from Atlanta LOL
OL Will Holden – Holden lived up to his name last night, grabbing Falcons defenders to try to slow their rush. Holden was the source of multiple pressures and penalties — expect a few trips to Brian Flores’ T.N.T. wall for that.
© AP Photo/Rick Scuteri
LOL (not funny, but funny)
One thing I noticed about our QB’s that was very obvious and something we have not seen in a while. Pocket presence and escapability!
i’m looking forward to seeing the game. I haven’t even seen a highlight
In a post game interview, Stills said he’s gotten “five to 10” death threats in the last 24 hours. And he wasn’t talking about during the game.
That’s a damn shame. I would imagine he wishes he spoke privately to Ross rather than make a big deal out of it on twitter.
I could not for the life of me imagine calling out my old boss publicly for something. Many times told her in polite terms that she was a stupid ass for this or that behind closed doors though.
Especially since Ross has been very supportive of Stills’ cause. That was a slap in the face.
How can you get 5 to 10 death threats. If I was threatened in that way, I would know exactly how many times. With that aside, this is a shame and hopefully the FBI in on it.
is on it
More QB notes:
Fitz didn’t look his age. Scrambled very well and made plays out of it.
Rosen’s talent is obvious but had 2 bonehead throws. 1 intercepted the other he threw up for a prayer. We caught it but was lucky it was not picked also.
I wouldn’t bet on it Mike E
OK then, he obviously doesn’t care what Ross thinks, and how long it is before Ross doesn’t care if Stills is still here. Was one of the death threats from Ross? lol
That should have been about 3 days ago!
Thanks Kenny! Now Piggy and David get to see their favorite person in Dolphins news! 😉
And that is going to make the boycott’s of Ross’ places bigger. Trump has to know that.
From wyoming’s link, Flores had the same Q that a lot of us do.
“I asked him why he didn’t talk to the owner, why he didn’t talk to Steve before putting something out there. That’s something we have to do more of, more communication, more conversation, if we want to make change. I wish he would have done that. I told him that.”
“It’s not about politics. It’s never been about politics.
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Uh, Kenny, you are the one who made it political. SMH!!
Wow, really? Maybe he doesn’t quite grasp what he said then . . .
We all saw it, but this is Andy Cohen, who has met and seen a bunch of wideouts come and go. Trying not to give into the hype, but right now thinking we at least got a quality wideout on a UDFA contract.
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We’ve seen impressive summers by rookie receivers before. But this impressive? This quickly? From an undrafted player? Can’t remember the last time that’s happened. A cautionary note: It’s still very early.
I wouldn’t expect kenny stills to waver in the face of opposition. He’s a man of character. This whole situation is being overblown by internet drama queens. Calling out his boss on twitter wasnt the best decision, but it’s pretty benign. Its definitely not cut worthy of death threats or being cut. Leaders shouldnt be impervious to criticism, no matter where it comes from.
Going to have to disagree here. There’s a right way of doing things, always is. Stills didn’t take that route.
Well said
I don’t have any oinks to add
SB – It wasn’t just what he said, it’s where he chose to say it, and now all the hassle Ross has to deal with all the protests. If he had come to him and discussed it privately, this wouldn’t have happened.
What it actually reminds me of is my sister-in-laws ex wife telling me I HAVE to vote for Clinton for my family, because of gay rights etc . . . OK, I believe in gay rights, but there are about 100 other issues which I can’t vote Democratic for, so therefore I’ll vote for I want to.
Mike, I dont know what you’re disagreeing with. I already said he shouldnt have gone to twitter with it.
I guess what I’m saying is he should let the issue die. Not saying he has to think differently, but he shouldn’t be pressing the issue. He could just say I’m not going to answer any questions about this matter, I meant what I said, but that’s over, now on to football. Instead, he’s enjoying the stage and continuing to press.
Rosen’s cursed run continues.
Does anyone agree with this? I thought Rosen played good last night.
I saw that, thought it was a stupid headline. The article did go on to point out some positive stuff after all the woe is me crap. I personally was pleasantly surprised by Rosen last night. I can definitely see the potential there.
I guess that’s why we have to watch the games and form our own opinion.
Kenny…….don’t take this personally, just shut up and play football….granted, you do have the freedom of speech…….but you also the have the right to shove you your opinions up your ass while you suck a big ol’ bag of dicks…..GO PHINS !
Welcome back, Top! It’s great to read ya.
remember, by taking a knee….that puts you closer to the dick.
LOL
LMAO
Top — no doubt you are back. 🙂
KONG…… what’s up brother?
Just living la vida loca, eating bananas, stealing blondes.
baaad….monkey.
STANGER…..I’m old school…..big fan of talent, but couldn’t care less about opinions…..just saying.
that goes for hollywood as well.
Was just saying missed your alliteration. Most distinctive….. but not like didn’t play rugby for 15 years. 🙂
You think hollywood should shut up and play football too?
Nah, we’ll settle for just shutting up.
Did I just read that Trump thinks the controversy will make Ross “hotter”?
Wow, when you conservatives get kinky…you take it to the next level.
At least we dont take it to pedophile island 😉
Which Seth Rich, pizzagate, Q, Area 51 secret file can I read about pedophilenisland
I’m not very well read on every Trumpian conspiracy…
😄
But you are on anything Trump supposedly did or said.
“hotter”…..as in sexier?…..I hope not…lol.
That’s what it says in WY’s post in the headline (and I’m being tongue in cheek about it)
Yeah, we shouldnt allow people who have public jobs to have opinions. That should be left to the uneducated masses on the internet.
And reality show stars
They can have opinions, just don’t throw them around carelessly, especially about your boss
no doubt…..smh.
PIGGY…..Hollywood football ?…no, love their entertainment value, but don’t really care what they think……when I watch a deniro movie (which I love as an actor)….don’t care what he thinks of whomever.
oops…..bummer…..lol.
If he wasn’t activated for the game, does it still count as a game missed?
Trump and Ross. Very sexy! NOT!!!!!
ew…..old wrinkly balls.
Mike E……. speaking of old wrinkly balls…… have you ever went to sit on the toilet and accidently sat on your own balls?…..yea, me too….lol.
LMAO!!!! No I haven’t, really . . .
I throw them over my shoulder first . . .lol
Yes Hollywood can do Football.
Invincible
Any Given Sunday
The Longest Yard (Burt not Sandler)
North Dallas Forty
Remember the Titans
Brian’s Song
Rudy
The Replacements
We Are Marshall too…. even if less football. Guessing Herd would agree. 🙂
I need some help
play golf with this guy on Fri Morn, you can tell a lot about someone by playing golf with them, the tee time is 10:30 am a lot of guys play in this skin game so you have to be on time.
this guy had to take his 90 year old dad to the doctor this morning. the dad could barely walk, he had to be helped into the golf cart, the reason being the guy couldn’t take his dad to the DR, take him back home and make the tee time, so he brought him with him,
it’s 100 degrees, the dad can not get out of the cart, he has to stay in that cart in the heat for 4 hours! can barely speak, i kept asking him if he was OK and he would give me a thumbs up.
this guy is a real selfish guy, you can tell how he plays golf, he would never help you find your ball, it’s just all about him.in many ways
so i’m thinking this was elderly abuse, after 9 i told him to take his dad into the restaurant to get him out of the heat, you could tell he was very uncomfortable the way he was leaning in the seat.
the guy said don’t worry he’s ok.
I just wonder to whom do i report this too?
as for playing golf with this guy that bridge has sailed
ship
You are a good guy for being worried about it, but don’t think you have a legal issue to report. Sounds like the dude was a huge ass (and that you should take note of), but if the Dad said he was OK not much to do.
In my position, I am a mandated reporter (I have a legal obligation to report suspected abuse if I come across it). I’ve had to report elder abuse a number of times. The agency we report to in your scenario is called Adult Protective Services. Should be a similar agency in Florida.
Not sure if anything will come out of it based on what you’ve stated. If the guy appears to be competent and said he was ok, then shrug, but who knows.
Play with him one more time. Have no etiquette, mash his ball into the ground when he’s not looking, leave his clubs scattered about the course when he’s not looking, fart in his backswing
Note to self, dont piss off Son while playing golf.
Damn straight and this former caddy knows ALL the tricks
You must play winter rules. Fellow choppers please replace…
Friday evening music exchange time
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=46TKmvPDGGs
So if I understand the blog left’s stance, it’s okay for Stills to call out Ross publicly and still be a good employee, but Ross can’t donate to the politicians of his choice and be a philanthropist for civil liberty causes. Got it.
BTW – Fuck Stills. Hope he ends up giving blow jobs in an alley for his next rock.
Certainly wasn’t the consensus view on the blog. If you have someone to call out on that then ask them about what they said…… well that’s my take at least.
Ross can, he’s just got to deal with the consequences
Which is being called out by stills and other people who object to trump
Stills has to deal with the consequences too
Apropos
Lol
Orob
Check this link out
https://www.myflfamilies.com/service-programs/adult-protective-services/
Re: elder abuse
Does Hendrix ( the guy on our team) play over the left tackle but play it as a rightie only upside down? Anybody know?
Awesome
stangerx says:
August 9, 2019 at 12:24 pm
We all saw it, but this is Andy Cohen, who has met and seen a bunch of wideouts come and go. Trying not to give into the hype, but right now thinking we at least got a quality wideout on a UDFA contract.
We’ve seen impressive summers by rookie receivers before. But this impressive? This quickly? From an undrafted player? Can’t remember the last time that’s happened. A cautionary note: It’s still very early.
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Hey, Brother Stanger… my avatar is a very friendly reminder of the last UDFA WR we had who set NFL records at the time. 🙂
Many on Omar’s blog for a time actually thought that I was Davone Bess, true story, man!
Bess a good comparison for what we hope might happen, but Preston is something else. Or at least was last night. And X was gushing about him before that. We’ll see, but hard not to think we got high round draft value on the real cheap.
Agreed that Davone was a slot master, and Preston is a big, boundary WR: they are totally different. Just thought I’d mention that we’ve had success in the relative recent past with UDFA WRs.
I REALLY hope that Preston is the real deal, bud.
Thanks Piggy i reported the ass hole
phish!
It’s definitely not the stance of the blog!
Just a couple!
It’s OK, we are all free to fuck up as much as we want too!!!!!! 😉
I think he meant the left leaning people on the blog
Not the blog as a whole
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/antonio-brown-reportedly-says-hed-retire-over-helmet-heres-why-its-now-banned-by-the-nfl/
This guy is such an idiot. Raiders haven’t even played their 1st preseason game yet, and this drama queen has already froze his feet off, and is now threatening to retire if he can’t use a helmet that is now banned by the league. lol
The raiders are off to a good start…lol
They are going to be entertaining, lol.
LOVE this song, Wyoming!!!
The way I see it, we have some huge choices to make at the WR position with some really good competition. I choose not to chime in on Kenny Stills with regards to politics, but he may have become expendable… as in a trade.
What could we get in return for Stills? A 3rd, more likely a 4th, maybe a 5th? That dude can stretch a field and create YAC galore. I don’t want to lose Stills’ talent, but he may have just talked his way out of Miami.
Agreed. Previously, I firmly believed Stills would be with the team moving forward, but publicly calling the owner out for exercising his right to be involved in the democratic process completely changes that dynamic. He may be expendable now.