The 2019 season for the Miami Dolphins is about to start for real this coming Sunday at 1PM. Both teams have had some radical makeovers, neither team is particularly recognizable from the teams that played last season. Both long time starting QB’s are playing for other AFC teams, Ryan Tannehill for Tennessee and Joe Flacco for Denver. Also gone from the Ravens are Terrell Suggs, C.J. Mosely, Eric Weddle and Michael Crabtree. Gone from the Dolphins are Laremy Tunsil, Cam Wake, Kiko Alonso and Kenny Stills.
The Dolphins have officially made the change to a 3-4 base defense. After jettisoning most recently DE Tank Carradine, newly acquired DT John Jenkins will line up at LDE, Davon Godchaux at NT and rookie Christian Wilkins at RDE. Sam Eguavoen at LOLB, Raekwon McMillan at LILB and Jerome Baker at RILB with and Charles Harris at ROLB. Xavien Howard and Eric Rowe are the starting CB’s with the safeties being Reshad Jones and Bobby McCain. That different enough for ya?!?!
On offense, recently traded for LT Julie’n Davenport makes his first start as a Miami Dolphin. Next to him at LG is rookie Michael Deiter. Veteran Daniel Kilgore starts at C with rookie Shaq Calhoun starting at RG. Jesse Davis will be the starter at RT. WR’s DeVante Parker and Jakeem Grant will be on the outside with Albert Wilson in the slot. Mike Gesicki will be the starting TE. Kenyan Drake will be the starting RB along with Kalen Ballage as the backup but I expect both backs to get to a similar workload. Mark Walton, Patrick Laird and Myles Gaskin will also get a sprinkle of touches, but more than likely we’ll only put 4 backs on the game day roster and that will include FB Chandler Cox.
It will be interesting to see how this young OL fares against the Ravens D. I’m not expecting a lot, it could be ugly at times.I’m not especially interested in watching QB Ryan Fitzpatric play, although hopefully Fitzmagic shows up on Sunday. Can DeVante Parker have a strong start? Probably not as I expect a strong dose of the run game. I don’t know if either Drake or Ballage will find much room but I expect close to 30 carries or more for us.
On defense I’m curious to see how all the parts work in the 3-4 base. Odd that Jenkins isn’t at the nose and Godchaux at DE. Hopefully we can generate some pass rush with some well disguised blitzes and keep the Ravens guessing as to where the rush is coming from. Harbaugh is an excellent coach and the Ravens a very disciplined team. We’ve seen the Ravens shred us for years, maybe the guys on the field for us will do better as most of them weren’t a part of that.
In summation, I just want us to look prepared, and I want us to be aggressive on defense. I expect a conservative game plan on offense to keep us in this game. Coach Flo won’t be caught sitting at the end of the bench by himself drawing up plays on his tablet during the game. I expect a low scoring affair, not too unlike what we saw last night from Chicago and Green Bay.
Dolphins 9 – Ravens 9
GO DOLPHINS!!!
#staythecourse
Finsmob Unleashed 
Smite ’em!
Howie – Come on back buddy! You should be able to post now
Thanks Mike, I no longer have to look at that sourpuss mug of Still’s, from the last article 😁
newly acquired DT John Jenkins will line up at LDE.
Is anyone buying this?
I don’t get it, as I mentioned in the article. Godchaux seems much better suited to DE with Jenkins clogging the middle.
Woot woot
Excited about week 1 but not so much the Ravens.
bring on the 4th qtr heat!
Surprised Walton hasn’t been suspended???
I actually hate the Ravens and Steelers more than the Jets or any other division rival. So anytime we have a chance to win one of these games I relish it. Usually kosher dill, but I’m not opposed to sweet. The Ravens have been beatable for years so losing to them makes it sting that much worse.
Piggy hate meter
1 patriots
2 jests
3 bills
4 ravens
5 raiders
6 colts (no good reason. I just don’t like that horseshoe)
They are my number 1 non divisional rival
I think it has more to do with the fandom associated with the team. Lol. I dont want to see bad people happy and you tend to meet more dislikeable fans from those teams. I only disliked the Colts because of Peyton Manning. Once he left I was cool with them again.
I forgot to add the cowboys to my list
Yes – It’s usually the fans and there is no better indication of that than cowboys blowhards
But there’s a marked distinction between division rivals and those teams for me
I only regret that I can’t move the Bills above 3…lol
SB – I’m almost with you on the Ravens hatred. For me it’s Patriots, Ravens, Jets and Bills. I don’t hate the Steelers
When we were 0-6 vs the Texans, they were high on my hate list
But that Tunsil trade was a heck of an olive branch
I also hate the Browns and I generally don’t like Cleveland teams – but that hate is directly attributable to their reaction to the Heat when we signed Lebron James, before that I barely noticed Cleveland
Include me on the loathing the Ravens train. My most despised list reads: Jest in the top spot, then the Pets, then the Ravens.
Yeah, losing 6 straight to an expansion team is a special kind of pain.
I can’t hate the Jets too much, my dad was a Jets fan and he was so cool to me taking me to a Dolphins playoff game. Somehow the other Jets fans manage to make me hate them enough to be 3rd on my list anyway.
Jests fans reached peak annoying in the Marc Sanchez years
I have some friends who have been ripping on me about how bad we’re gonna be. I have other friends that don’t rip and stay pretty neutral. I never rip on my friend’s teams. At least I don’t think I do
I just tell people we are going 16-0 and pretend I know something they don’t
How is it that the league rotates which division plays which division every year, but somehow it always seems we wind up playing the Ravens at some point in the season?
We didn’t play them last season, but we did play them ’13, 14, ’15, ’16, ’17 and now ’19
We should only rotate with the AFC north every 3 years right?
it’s about divisional standing as well. If we finish 3rd in the division we play all the 3rd place finishers from the other AFC divisions
For me, hating the Jest is all about the fans. By all rights, the Pets should be first on my list, but every Jest fan I have ever met has been a complete and utter tool. I actually know some decent Pets fans, and a number of cool Jills fans.
Mike,
I hear ya about not ripping on your friends teams. I don’t rip on any of the other teams except for the Jest, Pets, Jills, Ravens, Texans, Raiders, Cowboys, Browns, Colts, and sometimes the Niners. Throw in whatever team we’re playing that week, and sometimes the Jags, the Saints, and the Falcons, not to mention the Seahawks. Other than them, I stay pretty neutral and try to say only nice things.
Oh I forgot the Steelers, the Bears, and the Redskins. Plus I can’t stand Philly or the Panthers. The Rams piss me off too, and I don’t think anyone likes the Titans.
You may as well hate the nfl…
Why? Should I feel warm and snugly for all those teams that are trying to beat the Fins?
Shouldn’t I want to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and hear the lamentations of their women?
Are there any teams other than the 🐬 that anyone likes?
I’ll always be friends with the Giants.
Yeah the Giants seem to be most likely to be bestowed “friends of the Dolphins”
17-14 is indelibly etched in my mind. Not only did the Giants stop the perfect Pets season in the same season we went 1-15, but the half time score of that Super Bowl also won me about 100 bucks in out Super Bowl party pool (still the only time I’ve won any money in the damn thing).
It also had the single greatest play in Super Bowl history.
Actually I can’t stand Cam Newton, don’t hate the Panthers though. It’s Sonny’s fault, he adores him so. Makes me hate him (Cam) even more than I should. lol
Giants are my 2nd favorite team, I live here, they’re not in my conference, and they knocked off the Pats from being an undefeated team.
Cam rocks and that’s all I have to say about that
Does very LT we pick up have to have a J and an apostrophe? Julie’n and J’marcus
Wrong place, what belongs here is STOP, Cam sucks!
J’marcus Webb T signed by Dolphins
Probably our LT beginning next week
That’s J’great to hear!
Does very LT we pick up have to have a J and an apostrophe? Julie’n and J’marcus
Tunsil was unwilling to add an apostrophe to his name so he was shipped out
LOL!
J’LOL
J’Laremy Tunsil
I might miss the first half of the game on Sunday
Am I a bad fan for that?
You j’suck how dare you
CavalierKong says:
September 6, 2019 at 11:32 am
Mike,
I hear ya about not ripping on your friends teams. I don’t rip on any of the other teams except for the Jest, Pets, Jills, Ravens, Texans, Raiders, Cowboys, Browns, Colts, and sometimes the Niners………….
HA!! LOL
Van Ginkel to IR to make room for Webb.
Awesome quote you big ape!
Shouldn’t I want to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and hear the lamentations of their women?
Here is a gif of “their women” lamenting
LOL, I hoped someone would pick up on it and appreciate. Cheers.
And The Jerk, lmao…most appropriate 🙂
I posted about the apostrophe in Devenport’s name earlier this week. I feel foolish about it not because it is not an apostrophe, it is an l’accent aigu with the accent on the e. Julién Davenport
That being said, I still rail against black mothers who want to “fancify” their kids names by putting freakin apostrophes in the middle of their names or replacing freekin letters with them like J’Marcus.
Not so sure about that . . .
http://www.nfl.com/player/julie'ndavenport/2557963/profile
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/D/DaveJu00.htm
son of a son of a shula says:
September 6, 2019 at 11:45 am
Cam rocks and that’s all I have to say about that
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Do not use my name in vane! Especially for the sub-60% completion, 86 passer rating running back.
Most overrated coming in and counting, regardless of one “good” year. And I wouldn’t even care if it wasn’t for that stupid Superman thing he does.. if he just played football. But, I often admit I’m not in the majority on such things.
é is pronounced A (Hard A as opposed to soft ah)
You mean aaaaaaaaaaaaaay, like The Fonz?
like Café
Yeah, sure he does…..
No matter how many people think he’s gonna get cut, Aikens always makes it. He’s a good ST’s player, that’s why he makes it every year.
Surprised was Kilgore on O. But then guess what other choices were there. Could have been Stills or Tunsil but…..
Son – Van Ginkel to IR not cool. You sorta hope your rooks will be healthy and showing what they got.
Yeah I was interested to see how they would use him and how he produced.
We released Gore because Daniel was gonna Kil him.
they played together the season before they came here.
Thought I would bring this forward. I don’t think I missed any updates
Tim 23-20 Miami
Phelonius 31-14 Miami
David 24-3 Ravens
Toba 20-17 Miami
Piggy 3-2 Miami
Mike 9-9
Naples 20-16 Miami
Steve 10-9 Miami
Rockphin 26-12 Ravens
O Rob 26-17 FINS!
stang — 17-10 Miami
Kong 12-10 Miami
ER 16-14 Miami
Thanks Rock – Hopefully Howie comes back
Mike E. says:
September 6, 2019 at 1:08 pm
Not so sure about that . . .
I am sure 100%. I have an l’accent aigu in my name. Like Café
It It doesn’t show up on the American Keyboard so folks who don’t know the hot key use an apostrophe like Cafe’
2 sites I showed you have it as an apostrophe. miamidolphins.com shows it as an accent. How do you know which one is right?
because I know the difficulty of getting the é to show up correctly on the key board and I see my name all the time either with it omitted or with a wonky apostrophe in it to replace the l’accent aigu
Most likely an accent. I’d trust the dolphins page to have it right. Is it directly over the letter? Accent tell you how to pronounce the vowel and usually is over a vowel. An apostrophe would mean to pause in your pronunciation and most of the time follows a consonant
Yeah, Like D said. Plus why would you pause (how would you pause) after the E before the N?
Van Ginkel back to sleep for another year
D
http://www.nfl.com/player/julie'ndavenport/2557963/profile
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/D/DaveJu00.htm
Looks like an apostrophe to me!
Rock – OK, gotcha
Rock, I thought it would be like Julie-EHN
Juli-Ain
If it’s not a French pronunciation all bets are off because a lot of people make up their own fucking rules with names these days
Call me Pig-aye going forward
Just saw the AB called Mayock “a cracker” during their argument. lol
I would expect the nfl to fine him for that
I’m pretty sure racial slurs are against policy
If Mayock had responded in kind the world would be losing its goddamned mind right now.
That’s good news, they need to get along. No one wants him in NE.
i think the raiders are probably being smart by trying to smooth it over
But I don’t think suspending him for a game or 2 wouldn’t be a bad idea to set the tone
R.I.P. Van Ginkle
😏
This is how Phindog reacts when the Dolphins don’t score a TD on their first drive
That’s great
I think it’s bad that the Raiders aren’t suspending him. I hate letting assholes get away with shit.
I feel the same way, but how would you feel, if the cheats picked him up.
We don’t know if that would happen, and 31 other teams would have first crack before the Patriots. Honestly, I don’t even care if he goes there. makes no difference to me, we aren’t going anywhere this season.
Think whoever is the Raiders equivalent of Aponte determined that they are on the hook for the guaranteed money. Completely different world at that point.
Gruden wants to win. He’ll deal with the malcontent if they guy scores a couple of TD’s and helps to win a division game opening day.
Nothing suggests that. All reports (including below) still say they they could have cut him and voided the guaranteed money, but there is a reason they signed him in the first place. He apologized and made all the appropriate noises, likely precipitated by finding out his money was on the hook, which is what the Raiders wanted, and they are trying to move forward.
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/antonio-brown-reportedly-gives-an-emotional-apology-to-teammates-at-raiders-facility/
Well I suggested it. 🙂 And have no idea how such works but thought guaranteed was just that, even if yes we talked about this contract being different. If I was Gruden or Maycock would have done it. if could just walk away.
Lol, let me rephrase then. There is nothing credible suggesting it. 😉
You don’t have to know how it works.The language of the contract has literally been put out there by multiple outlets, lol. And neither camp has refuted it.
And guaranteed money isn’t always guaranteed. Do you think Aaron Hernandez got paid all his guaranteed money. Extreme example, but yeah, these contracts have clauses that can cost players ‘guaranteed’ money.
Kong — I’m guessing that if they didn’t pony up the money on Sunday there was at least a chance that low-life lawyers like Ken and Pig would be involved. Hate the shysters. 🙂
But that just my way of saying might not be as clear as made out in the press, especially as to conduct that triggers whatever escape clause.
I think these contracts are pretty ironclad, but ya never know 🙂
Good write Mike! I read Van Ginkel can come back midseason.
Wake him up in November
That’s good, we may need him. There’s always attrition
I wouldn’t get too hung up on the 3-4 base because we probably won’t see the traditional very often.
I’m hung up on it. I need a ladder to get me off it.
LOL
Just got the Fest tIckets. And they are hard copy. They are tiny, like half the size of the old ones but a bit more square. Also not bland like in the years before when had to push for actual ticket tickets. Has a low key Hard Rock image on them.
Dolphins are in a lot of mocks as picking Tua in the first selection overall in 2020
I have checked Tua out. Off the field , he seem like he is a good kid, has his head and heart in the right place and he works extremely hard in practice
On the field, he is extremely efficient, very few turnovers, and can scramble like few others
He has a powerful accurate arm, leads the receivers , can make all the throws
I would be very happy if Miami drafted Tua. With the pass happy rules in the NFL, a guy like Tua could dominate similar to how Mahomes is doing
How often do you think mocks in early September nailed the first overall pick which occurs in late April
There’s an nfl and a college season left to be played
I’m not sure of how often it occurs, and don’t expect mocks to be 100 percent accurate.
But it was interesting checking out Tua, he’s a fascinating prospect for sure
They are never accurate this early
A lot happens during the course of a football season
Antonio brown has obviously suffered too many blows to the head.
He used a racial slur against his white GM, and gets away with it? Wtf?
It’s Incredible the raiders put up with that, SMH. Brown has more drama than the average drama club
This makes the Stills situation seem extremely mild
Brown’s shenanigans are nothing like Still’s protests. Two totally different things.
It’s Friday night music night or is that no good after the season start?
Marino best pure passer ever, wherever the ball needed to be and threaded the needle, multiple times, multiple needles at one time. Amazing.
And, Shula couldn’t give him a defense. Fucked up. Nor, joe robbie. Losers. That’s just for OD. sorry bud.
I don’t think Tua’s the one today. He needs to play against better competition. He has talent all around that makes HIM better.
Replace left OT with draft, you need one imo. Old school, but football is football
Lots of drafts picks we need to hit on. Hopefully, the scouting department has been upgraded.
A well coached team can only take you so far. Unfortunately, when was the last time we had a well coached team. It might make a difference.
Then, you need talent. Got to hit those picks.
Krishna – I’m sure we’ll be drafting a LT, and I’d think we can take one in the 1st too. We have 4 1st RD picks in the next 2 years, one of them should be an OT.
Krishna – A little upbeat diddy . . .
Bet you haven’t heard this in a while. Best loud with headphones
Great stuff!
Star Power Farm Animal Pig Feet Hooves Gloves, Pink, One Size (15"x5")
Piggy getting his clovers cut. 😁🐕👍
That made no sense 🤓
Star Power Farm Animal Pig Feet Hooves Gloves, Pink, One Size (15"x5")
Fuck
Get your 🧠 off my feet weirdo!
Piggy getting trotters trimmed 🐕😎👍
🐖💨
HEY ROCKPHIN!!! Somehow you missed my post during which I predicted;
MIAMI –13
RAVENS –30
I’VE kicked the Kool-Aid in favor of black coffee.
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COULD SOMEBODY PLEASE tell me WHERE ARE THE BRITISH??? Seems like good ole Uncle Sam already has thousands of good citizens already heading to or already in THE BAHAMAS to help those unfortunate souls clean-up from a day and a half of 200+ MPH winds and devastating destruction. YES, YES, I know Meghan and Harry made a surprise visit to Manhattan. The Queen is sucking on her tea spiked by bourbon, and Boris Johnson is making a complete ass of himself, but where are the recovery efforts to Nassau to help a full fledged member of the British Commonwealth??? It’s NOT AS THOUGH AMERCA’s National Hurricane Center didn’t give the Brits ample warning about WHAT was going to happen!!!
AND while I’m at it, where are the Cubans? The Dominican Republic?? The people of the nearby French and Dutch Antilles? Guess my “inferior” American TV coverage MISSED ALL THEIR EFFORTS, RIGHT???
I’M DAMN PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN!!
Dolphins-ravens
Tim 23-20 Miami
Phelonius 31-14 Miami
David 24-3 Ravens
Toba 20-17 Miami
Piggy 3-2 Miami
Mike 9-9
Naples 20-16 Miami
Steve 10-9 Miami
Rockphin 26-12 Ravens
O Rob 26-17 FINS!
stang — 17-10 Miami
Kong 12-10 Miami
ER 16-14 Miami
Howie 26-17 Miami
Go phins
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Howie good to see you man. Hope you’re doing well
RAVENS –30
DOLPHINS-13
Dolphins-ravens
Tim 23-20 Miami
Phelonius 31-14 Miami
David 24-3 Ravens
Toba 20-17 Miami
Piggy 3-2 Miami
Mike 9-9
Naples 20-16 Miami
Steve 10-9 Miami
Rockphin 26-12 Ravens
O Rob 26-17 FINS!
stang — 17-10 Miami
Kong 12-10 Miami
ER 16-14 Miami
Howie 26-17 Miami
Old 30-13 Raven s
Go phins
Hell yeah! Been through some shit this past year and my PC took a crap the year before but I’m still alive 😂
You know we got a new coach and Tannehill is gone right?
Dolphins tank Ravens
27-14
Said Jackson after the game “did anyone get the name on the truck that ran me over”
OCALA!!! GRAND to see ya back, Brother!!! I’ve VERY happy to see that you’re doing alright, man!
Howie back in the house. Good to see ya, bud.
It’s nice to be back guys, thanks
I have this little tablet now. I can’t believe I figured out how to log in but it might take awhile to figure out everything else.
Ocala,
27-17, Ravens
Now we need Getterdone and Diggs to check in
I noticed tannehill when we played the bucs and I heard of the coaching change a while back but have no idea who it is
Welcome Back, Howie! You haven’t missed much. Ross hired and fired yet another so-called GM, while the coach he hired is now head coach of the Jets!! And the NEW head coach, like ALL THOSE HIRED BEFORE HIM BY ROSS, has no head coaching experience!!
Nightly update
Dolphins – Ravens
Tim 23-20 Miami
Phelonius 31-14 Miami
David 24-3 Ravens
Toba 20-17 Miami
Piggy 3-2 Miami
Mike 9-9
Naples 20-16 Miami
Steve 10-9 Miami
Rockphin 26-12 Ravens
O Rob 26-17 FINS!
stang — 17-10 Miami
Kong 12-10 Miami
ER 16-14 Miami
Howie 26-17 Miami
Old 30-13 Ravens
Son 27-14 Ravens
Marino 27-17 Ravens
Go phins
Nice to see you Howie!
Howie’s back
Howie I’m picking Miami to win
Yo OD , looking at today’s paper and it shows British soldiers from a relief ship in Great Abaco Bahamas . Not that I have any reason to defend them
The next song you post is what people hear when you walk into a room
It’s your theme song
Ready…go! 🚦
Epic fail , but ask my wife and I’m sure she’d agree 🤷♂️
It posted
I meant I posted it then saw your “next email is what people think when you walk in a room “.
Should have posted next one first 🤡
Howie!!!! There he is!!! Glad to have you back sir!
So You are a Butthole Surfer ??
No wonder you get the WhiteWater Rafter requests 🤡
Sonny – Love Airplane/Starship – That’s a great song
Should have been ….
The Flying Pig says:
September 6, 2019 at 8:28 pm
The next song you post is what people hear when you walk into a room
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Your go to is Butt hole surfers?????
Not that there is anything wrong with canoe trips! 😉
Great Minds Wyoming
It’s white water rafting not canoes WY
Sorry I got your “water sports” confused!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDnlU6rPfwY
I think you guys are viewing butthole surfing a little to literal
The Herd is playing on the smurf turf tonight.
Who’s got a Herd on?
Lol
You got 20 minutes before it starts!
Good luck! and I hope you beat them!
I hope I can keep my herd on that long
Thanks! Hope it’s exciting so I stay awake!
Come on
More theme songs
Don’t let me be the only one to embarrass myself
I think you trying to close the closet after the horses are out? 😉
Lol
OK Piggy – I’ll play your game . . .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbA7zFPzFQk
For herd although I don’t follow the smurf blue comment
The blue turf.
Boise state ?
Yes
Woohoo look at me knowing something about Us college ball 🤯
Welcome back Howie
This is more what people think when I walk in ….
Lol That was great