QB Ryan Fitzpatrick played his best game of the season for the Dolphins. It wasn’t enough however due partly to his own huge mistake, a terrible INT at a point of the game where the Dolphins had the ball for about 10 minutes on a long drive to start the 3rd QTR and Fitzpatrick threw a crucial interception at the BUF 12 yard line. The Dolphins had an opportunity at a minimum to go up 17-9 with a FG, but the Dolphins wanted the TD, much like the decision to try for the 2 PT conversion last week. Good idea, poor execution.
It’s clear that Mark Walton has now emerged as the lead back as Kenyan Drake is expected to be traded before the deadline. That would leave the Dolphins with Walton, Ballage, Gaskin, Laird and Cox. I wouldn’t expect a big return for Drake, probably a 5th or 6th at best. DeVante Parker had a nice game, one of his best contributions in some time, and it wasn’t even really that good. Parker finished with 5 catches for 55 yards and 1 TD. Gesicki is really heating up making tough catches almost routinely now. Gesicki added 4 catches for 41 yards, a couple of them in serious traffic with a high degree of difficulty. Also very encouraging is WR Preston Williams who continues to grow before our eyes. Is he not doing what we hoped DeVante Parker could be? Williams finished with 6 catches for 82 yards leading the team in both categories.
The Dolphins won the T.O.P. battle in this game but still ended up on the short side on the scoreboard. As per usghe, we need to score more TD’s. We have had a devil of a time getting into the end zone, which is odd considering we have a fairly strong runner in Walton, 2 WR with good size (P. Williams 6’5″ and D. Parker 6’3″) and a TE with a huge catch radius and great vertical capabilities in Mike Gesicki. Hopefully we will figure out a way to use all of them.
The Dolphins managed to get 2 sacks yesterday and to no one’s surprise, it was newcomers, LB Vince Biegel got his 2nd and Taco Charlton added his team leading 3rd sack. Once again, Charles Harris remains sackless and once again you can read that as you like. It’s amazing we don’t get torched with the guys we have been playing in our secondary. Ken Webster, Ryan Lewis, Jomal Wiltz. Bobby McCain and Eric Rowe started at S yesterday. I mean who are some of these guys?
It’s impossible not to respect for Brian Flores. He’s doing this with smoke and mirrors. I know we haven’t won yet but it’s hard to expect him to win with the roster we’re throwing out there week after week. The Bills are a legit contender in the AFC for at a minimum a WC berth, but their defense is one of the better units in the NFL and we handled them in this game. The score doesn’t show it but the T.O.P. does. If not for that ill timed INT late in the 3rd QTR we had a shot to win this game. I think that was the turning point right there. Last week we took the game to the very end although we played so poorly in that game. This week we played head to head with the Bills but came up short. We’re heading in the right direction, and have to take comfort in that. At 0-6, it’s all we got.
GO DOLPHINS!!
#staythecourse
He was out of bounds – too bad
We are definitely the better team so far. Impressive turn around the last few weeks.
hey, there is a female zebra on the field
I sooooo want to play on the bra part of Zebra 🤪
Sam Darnold has been seeing ghosts… whereas I think Mason Rudolph still sees Pearl Thomas.
I think the throwback uniforms are helping tonight.
Nice
what is the team I am watching?
He’s gunning it tonight now
BAM williams
Walton is a violent runner. I like it.
Woooooooo
Pin ball TD Love it
Here in LV we say wooooo!
Saying it in WV too!
Looks like in Canada too. Went to the VGK game last night. Nothing better than exiting after a win with fans yelling out woooooo!
BOOM
Nice assist by Walton too
Eat that Steve Young!
Go Fuck Yourself!
LOL, what did he say?
Exactly
DAYUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SWEEEEEETTTT!!!!
Minkah!! Make that difference!! Steelers going all the way with you!
I like the NE O, quick passing game, but using big possession receivers.
They’re all still learning but I like what O’Shea is doing and how the team plays hard. They’re not playing to lose.
I’ve gotta ask: where are all the Ryan Fitzpatrick haters now?!! LOL 😀
Rewind to our first possession 🤡
LOL
Lmao
steveccnv says:
October 28, 2019 at 8:47 pm
Here in LV we say wooooo!
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NICE!!! I’ve been saying “wooooooo!” here for years, and thought maybe y’all thought I was strange! 😀
M – Never hated Fitzpatrick, on the other hand, if I had the choice between Rosen and Fitz it would be Rosen. They bailed on Rosen pretty quickly. Since we’re all about the future it makes more sense to see if Rosen is part of it or not. In any case, I’m freaking enjoying this game!
Dilly dilly <<< one for each TD
I think it’s more about Fitz’s experience helping the entire offense and team, not just the young QB in Rosen.
I agree with you 100%, Mike E… I truly DO.
And me TOO!!! I’m bloody LOVING this game!!!
Cheers, Bro!!!
“Atomic Dog” on the commercial!!!
At slatterys watching the game with booker
We both keep trying to guess who is on the field
Serious…who are these guys?
That’s cool. Give him my best.
I have to keep a page open with the roster.
Pre game Steve Young went off on us saying what the organization is doing is putting players at risk. Hes a typical idiot. I bet he hasn’t watched more than 2 minutes of our team. Just sees the line up and says “who?”.
He was a dick too
Yeah I missed the beginning of that comment, and only heard the putting at risk part … what was he talking about ???
X almost picked that one too
M
Fitz has started games looking awful and he stays that way. His first pass tonight had me worried. LOL
That’s Fitz! He’s either ON… or he’s OFF. Thankfully, he seems to be ON tonight! 🙂
#52 is good against the run brutha
Nice work by our Taco Baker
Jenkins is making up for that bust Wilkins the DL
😜
It takes some time but Flores and Co. has this team playing with purpose.
*porpoise
True. We look pretty good tonight
You all can forget about that time I said we had no other punt returner besides GrAntman right? I was probably drunk or something. 😉
Still not thrilled with williams back there
If we win, we make our own pick worse but the one we got from the Steelers better, so there’s that!
Playing for draft picks is such a shitty way to look at this game. The work everyone puts in. It’s a media and fan driven idea, not the people coaching and playing.
don’t see much of #39
TOOOOOOMBSTONE
I saw Laird !!!
And a great punt by Haack
NEVER UNDERESTIMATE the power of the throwbacks!! Maybe HERD will get her birthday present after all!
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THAT FULL -SIZED Dolphin on the helmets sure looks better than the Ross Minnow!!!
The Mandalorean?
Who is Ryan Lewis ? Nice tackle!!
Biegel is a DAWG !!!!!
They are embarrassed to be losing to the worst team in the league booooooo
Our team is a lot better at one on one open field tackling than they have been in the past few years
Seeing the benefits of a real coaching staff I hope
kind of what I was getting at. Progress in little steps. I THINK I see it……No, no, no, no, no
I won’t get fooled again.
Fire up the Still !!!
Getting some decent pressure on qb as well me likey 👍
No shut out ?! WTF
I’ve never watched a dolphin game and known so few of the names on the field
We’re progressing and playing a competitive football game. Let’s just all enjoy it! 🙂
👍👍
We need a drive right now
Can we decline the 2nd half ?? 🤔
LOL
I kind of agree with Booger. I wouldn’t mind Chase Young
Especially if we can trade outta 1 with a qb starved team
We have looked better each week. This week we look like the better team, but keep in mind the 2nd half has been treacherous for us all season long. Flores needs to learn to adjust
Damn Minka
Lmao
That was unfortunate
Fitz-to-Fitz
We have zero pass rush. It’s painful to watch.
I think we have been getting good pressure tonight
Everything is still relative though
I think Piggy will agree we need less ham
Let’s go hamless
Held his arm and turned him. Didn’t push off dumb announcers
Lol, I’m yelling the sam thing
two hands grabbing the arm and pulling down isn’t interference? If he didn’t do it X would have had another. He has had 1 pick and 3 other almost picks.
The refs are almost ruining the game. It’s really close. No one knows what PI is anymore(and that was obvious PI)
Wtf was that 🤯
WTF was that?!
LMAO
I’m not too sure about our DC.
Neeham is a player we obviously see some upside in. Yes he gets burned but he’s also physical. Guys get better.
And we called timeout to set that up
Howard? WTF
That was on the blitz not Howard. Graham got a little too blitz happy.
Now we have to play well in the 2nd half. It’s a learning process. We’re on the road and up by 4. It’s okay. LOL
Bad call on defense there. Learn from it.
Clearly offensive PI. Come on. I hate this league. They’ve dicked with the rules so much to promote offense/scoring nobody knows what’s what anymore.
Hamless
That might be the worst defensive play call of the entire year…for any team in the NFL.
I don’t mind
If we were in the afc championship I would be furious
But they went for the kill with that all our blitz
It could have went the other way
But what’s the value? We are up 11 points and riding high. Now we are just up 4 going into the second half …where we have struggled more than anyone.
If needham or Lewis (I think that’s their names) make the tackle they should have made, it’s probably not as bad a result
We are just playing to let it all hang out
It’s not strategical sound sometimes
Here comes the true test.. can we play a second half ??
I know we stripped the ball on one play, but with all the blitzing we’re doing it’s crazy that we don’t even have a sack.
We are sending 7-8 with no success against a OL that has struggled this year. Chase Young looks better every week.
It’s a funny thing. We scrutinize the game as in winning the game. Then at the same time worry about draft status. Fuckin’ pick one!!! LOL
The draft
Fuck that! If one college player is the key to your success over the next decade you already lost. I think it’s BULLSHIT!!!!
I know the names of more people in Slatterys than I know in the Dolphins secondary.
Piggy is an excellent host!
Lol
Tim – I’m not worried about draft status. I was just making a statement that even if we win it’s not bad for our draft stats. Chillax man.
^ Draft status
Pig and I were just talking about that. No nervous pressure as a fan this year because of that. Unless of course they get to 0-15……
I’m fine. I just see all this angst about everything. We’re 0-6 and playing a competitive and fun football game. What is different than what we came into this game thinking?
That bust Wilkins has 2 tackles
IMPOSSIBLE. Devin Bush has only two tackles and he has been better than Wilkins for ages………..or so I’ve heard.
Oh shit, you guys are at Slattery’s? We’ll lose 34 -14. LOL
I’m with piggy, every play it’s “who’s that guy”
At the Fest game, there were at least 2 or 3 guys I had never seen before, X was out that game.
The worst Defense in the NFL when in 3rd and long….
Me thinks,,,,,,
This guy has these guys playing this tough
Won’t take but a great offseason or two
This team could be special
Going to be a fun ride !
When I said 3-2
I meant tackles
Wilkins 3
Bush 2
you see that egregious holding!!?
I think Ross called that blitz that allowed the TD. 😉
Lol
Wiltz got beat off LOS and battled back to make the play.
Should have had Bush kick that
that’s a funny commercial Mom not picking her boy in fantasy football. LOL
Great punt!
Put one on my tab 😊🍺
Great Punt by fitz 🤔🤫
Exactly!
Is this the tanking part?
Damn
Good as a punt
Just sux who caught-it 😱
Puh-leeeeze. Minkah got 2 gift INT’s. He SUCKS! Fuck him!
They are both bs ints
Fitz-to-Fitz again? Weird!
Need a 3rd and 20? no problem
For years now … weird
Lammons has that JSS took it from him
You got Mossed
Shit
Yep
Sad trumpets
Need Good Fitz here
Lammons thought he was a ball hawk until JuJu took it back from him….SMH
Let’s see what they’re made of….
That’s the difference between an elite WR and just another WR
Maybe the Dolphins should put in Rosen because the Steelers don’t have a DB named Rosen
Go four it
WOOOO! FITZ!
That looked like a bad call for a minute
Okay it does again
Lol at Bookman
This is Fitzburgh
Are they asking Putin and Russia for this call? LOL
This game will end at 2 am with challenges like this
Anybody want to go tell Flores he is tanking?
Wooooo Flores bomb in F bombs out there
Screaming bullshit and drop an F bomb’s
Quiksand
2nd half team
That PI was BS.
Come on!!! Make it a one score game!!!
Seems like they play so hard, that they just run out of gas, and maybe a little talent issue.
Piggy – Slatterys curse bro!
It is definitely concerning that our team is so terrible in the second half. We haven’t scored a single point against a very bad team since Q1. Our coaches seem way out of their element…every single week. 1000 draft picks and FAs won’t change that if they don’t improve dramatically.
I’m also concerned about X. If he has knee issues, why in the hell didn’t our FO know about it?
We don’t have enough talent. It’s not that concerning. 😉
We need more talent. We all know that. But we compete.
Aaaargh
That sucked.
Fuck
Mike
This is the first time I’m at slatterys this year
We actually suck
It’s not a curse
Enough of Williams as returner
Why isn’t Grant returning punts?!?!
Time for a Slatterys MIRACLE!!!!
FU Mike!!!
Ok, never mind
So who the PR is now is the difference? LOL
They just do a lot of questionable things
Not the difference, no .. but he is not good at that job
Sorry Fitz, you’re killing us. I mean come on man.
That said do we really have to worry about this moving forward? It sucks but it’s also not the end of the world.
I think Ross called his helmet and told him to fumble. LOL
555-Bensonhurst-Ooogy-Boogy-Boogy!!!! LOL
It bothers me that we get our ass kicked in the 2nd half every game
This year or next year?
Noticeably absent in this evening’s game is a back who can chip/block for us, in order to help our Offense against aggressive pass-rushes.
Walton did a few times …,but alas
He’s gotten blown up several times in pass-pro this evening. I like Walton, but he’s no chipper/pass-protector.
Team is competitive. Plays hard. Has zero talent.
#staythecourse
Honestly, I cannot disagree with any of the above, man… I’m with ya!!!
And it’s actually refreshing… especially knowing how many top-picks we have over the next 2 years, coupled with over $110M in cap space, next season alone.
GO PHINS!!!
It’s a work in progress. It really is. It’s all set up for 2020 and we all know that. But some players are saying hey I belong moving forward. That’s what it’s all about. Keep competing and improving.
Hey we’re still good for that almighty draft pick. It’s time to go back to Rosen.
I just would like to see a more steady game from them
But you can see the improvement and the fight
We looked pretty darn good for a whole quarter.
Hope this knee thing with X doesn’t become a big problem.
Unfortunately I think it is. He’s had this issue since his first season. The talent is there but so are the knee issues,
I think the biggest need for this team is pass rush. We brought blitzes all night and just could not get pressure.
No way… pass rush, pass rush. LOL
LOL, yep
The refs had to help the Stealers win, we have seen this before
Unbelievable how they botched the fourth down run by Fitz and the phantom PI call afterwards
Stop!!! We got beat with turnovers. It’s time to go back to Rosen and see what we have. At 0-7 we can’t stop trying to see what the future is with some players and Fitz is not that.
Exactly, that botched call was a turnover on downs, and coupled with the bad PI call put us down by 10 at a crucial point of the game.
I have no problems agreeing Fitzpatrick is a terrible QB that cannot protect the ball, I have always seen that from him
Kong, a pass rush changes things as much as a QB does. You either make plays at QB or you stop QBs from making plays. It’s not that complicated.
Yep, and a pass rush makes all the players behind it look a lot better. Instead of those players’ weaknesses getting exposed, it allows you to play up their strengths.
Had a great time talking football and solving all the Dolphins problems tonight with the resident Flying Pig. Good tips for our next visit to NYC also.
No Steve Ross sighting this trip though. Must have been busy calling plays or something.
Ross doesn’t call plays, lmao SMH
Really, wow, I didn’t know that….hmmmm, I must have gotten bad information, go figure…huh.
But he picks players and nose pickers. LOL
How about the window lickers, does he pick those 😉
explaining what a good owner should be to You is pointless, lol
If it makes You happy, he called the plays, believe what You like
You pick and choose what you like and don’t like about a team.
Yep, i believe the Fins lost again, This team is full of little talent, but very cheap players
Most of us don’t even know all the names, lol
Many of them won’t be here next year
As apposed to high salaries for players that didn’t equal wins?
the players that are gone, DID help us win games in the past.
the players that are here, are 0-7, obviously they aren’t helping any wins
2020 is the key! I don’t get it… I don’t get it. LOL
Yep, but one of the announcers nailed it when he said the Fins have to make good selections with the picks
i agree, the players the Fins pick will make or break the future, it’s vital to the teams success to select the right players
There was a time when Arthur Blank was thought about as the best owner in the NFL.
His team struggles to win a game after his HC blew the Super Bowl a few years ago. They are bad now and disappointing. Yet let’s keep saying it’s about that. Kind of crazy actually!
Falcons will likely have a coaching change
Tim,
The coaches are making quite a few questionable decisions. The FO has done the same during FA and drafts. We just paid Howard the largest contract in history for his position but he has bad knees? Why do that? We talk about a team with no talent but we didn’t exactly lose a lot of super talented dudes outside of Minkah and Tunsil. Who are the guys we miss from last year?
I wonder why we blitz with a 11 point lead 30 seconds until halftime and they have 50 yards to score? I wonder why the halftime adjustments seem to make us worse every game?
Why do we want to see Rosen if the talent is so bad? What does he show us and does it hurt his ability to learn? Obviously he’s been terrible. He’s also had about 16 games of live fire. What does another 9 really show? Especially since we are picking a QB so early next draft?
Good points, except we did have more talent leave than just Tunsil and Minkah.
Cam wake was one of our best edge rushers ever, Stills was our deep threat, and there are others far better than the guys we saw tonight
Most can agree the Fins don’t have nearly enough talent to win
Nobody said this would be perfect. Why do we have to be perfect? In what walk of life is anything perfect?
As for your last paragraph, you really believe what you’re saying?
What situation has Rosen been in his first two years? The guy is 22 years old. His first team picked #1 last year and his 2nd team is on point to do the same in his 2nd season. He’s been in a great situation hasn’t he? Think about it!
Rosen is but one player on a team that seriously needs a talent upgrade.
It’s far too soon to cut bait with him, but he obviously isn’t ready to be the next Marino yet, and Fitz is terrible.
The Fins desperately need a top QB, they have had 23 starting QB since Marino retired, and don’t have a starting QB for this year or the next
The Fins need a QB extremely bad, Fitz is a turnover machine, and Rosen hasn’t played well either
David, Tunsil isn’t even playing he’s hurt. The same with James. Now what?
minkah helped his team win tonight, but that wasn’t what I said
I said the talent that is gone, DID help the Dolphins win games When they were here
This cannot really be argued, because we all know the Dolphins didnt go winless every season before this one
Well fuck a duck,,
Obviously we have a large talent void
There are some guys with potential though
This coaching staff has these guys really trying
That first game all I could say was “uh oh” lol
I think there is some encouragement in the way we’ve looked these last couple of weeks
Need a huge 2020
NEW BLOG UP!!
Lol, my timing is immaculate.
Tim,
Good points. No one is perfect and maybe I have been expecting too much especially from first time coordinators. That jailbreak rush was textbook why no one does them though. I was hoping that working with Belichick would rub off but I think he really doesn’t teach his coaches. Maybe he holds his cards close to the vest but almost all of them struggle outside of NE. Maybe he likes the reaffirmation of his ‘genius’, or to prevent future competition,? I don;t know. Maybe help your guys out more? I’d want my tree to be far more successful than his has been.
I’ll be honest about Rosen. First, I’d like 1-15 this year. I won’t see that if he plays every game He’s not good enough, he won’t get good enough with this terrible team. I don’t want that stain on the team. Maybe that’s why I’ve seen enough. Could definitely be the reason.
But, secondly, I think trail by fire won’t work with him and will probably damage him. He’s been beyond terrible. 53% completion rate with a 4% int rate is garbage. The coaches aren’t working well with him either. The Bears dumbed down their offense for Trubisky. Harbaugh changed everything for Jackson. Goff has tons of support to get him there. Rosen has none of that and he’s struggled. The Rosen I saw early compared to the one against the Redskins seemed like a different person. He was completely inept at Washington. He regressed, so are we helping him grow that way? I’m not so sure after that game. Especially after I’ve seen how well Rodgers and Mahomes looked after sitting for a year. We are drafting that shiny new QB next year. It’s happening so nothing Rosen does this year is a positive for him outside of teaching the rook new ways to cover up before getting crushed. He’s not there and he may not get there this year. That’s the reality of the situation for Rosen.
With no talent not much works, especially once they get tired. That’s why we have a let down in every 2nd half.
You can’t evaluate much this year coaches or players.
Minkah acted like he made a great play on his 2nd int, but actually it was a bad play. On 3rd down Fitz was throwing the ball away, dipstick catches it at the 3 and gets tackled. If he had dropped it and the next play we had downed the punt at the 3 everyone here would’ve been fired up.
Man I dislike Rex Ryan.
He is calling today’s game in Miami the Don’t Do it Bowl. Don’t do it Miami, Don’t win this one by accident.
Screw that. Put a beat down on the Jets.