A tale of two halves – Dolphins can’t finish, lose to Steelers 27-14. Dolphins are 0-7

Once again, the Dolphins managed to play some good football this week. The Dolphins actually dominated the 1st QTR leading 14-0, but as has been the case, good play for this team has been difficult to sustain. Talent and depth have something to do with it, but it also could be in part to a 1st year HC not having answers and unable to make adjustments. It’s likely a combination of both.

I’m sure some media people who cover our team will be hailing Minkah Fitzpatrick as taking revenge on his former team and playing unbelievable football in doing so. If you watched the game, the first INT was a true gift, a pass thrown by Fitz to TE Nick O’Leary that bounces off his pads into the waiting hands of Minkah Fitzpatrick. Couldn’t have been any easier unless it was thrown harder and and stuck in Minkah’s facemask. The next INT was just a desperation deep throw in which Minkah had deep coverage and ran underneath it for another easy INT, a pass thrown very poorly. Otherwise, Minkah was very quiet, didn’t do anything really and I hardly noticed him on the field to be honest.

Was James Connor imitating Ryan Fitzpatrick here?

I laughed pretty good when I saw Conner walking back to his sideline for assistance to remove this large chunk of turf that got stuck in his facemask after being tackled. I woke up my wife but she also laughed once she finally listened to me that it was a funny thing to see. I needed the levity, I want our team to win, and I enjoy when we’re winning. We play the Jets who have looked heinous lately. We need guys healthy to beat the Jets. X can’t play a half and then go out with an injury leaving a defensive backfield full of Nik Needham, Ken Webster, Ryan Lewis, Chris Lammons, etc. No offense to any of these fine young players but they wouldn’t be on the field other than ST’s for just about any other NFL team.

I want to beat the Jets and damn the record! I want to see Gase tormented by us, I think he’s a cocky dude who needs a little humiliation, and we can supply just that with a win next Sunday. I want to hear audio all week after the game of Adam Gase trying to explain how they lost to us and making excuses as usual. It never seems to be his fault. Sam Darnold did better last year in his rookie season w/o Adam Gase than he is doing this season with him. The great offensive guru that he is.

Did anyone last night not enjoy Allen Hurns pinball his way into the endzone last night? Was that not sumpin? I have a feeling we’ll be trying to shake up Sam Darnold next week. If you think you saw at least 3 too many blitzes against the Steelers, there may be more next week. What scares me is Gase loves the short game and the screens, and that’s what burns a blitz. When too many guys are on the wrong side of the LOS it’s easy for a short pass to turn into a long one. I hope Patrick Graham and Brian Flores keep that in mind next week!

GO DOLPHINS!

#staythecourse

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1,293 Responses to A tale of two halves – Dolphins can’t finish, lose to Steelers 27-14. Dolphins are 0-7

  1. The Flying Pig's avatar The Flying Pig says:

    That would have been a circus catch by Williams

  2. Tim Knight's avatar Tim Knight says:

    I like what O’Shea has been doing and we all know we’re not where we want to be yet.

  3. manitobafinfan's avatar manitobafinfan says:

    Still perfect in 3rd 1/4 woot woot

  4. Tim Knight's avatar Tim Knight says:

    Sanders is kicking his way out of town. He’s missed too much this year.

  5. Ken's avatar Ken says:

    Why is Sanders still on the team ?

  6. Tim Knight's avatar Tim Knight says:

    Does Bell look a lot slower then when he was the best back a couple of years ago?

  7. Rockphin's avatar Rockphin says:

    That Ficken kicker from NY is going to wind up winning the game for them. Insert rage emoji here

  8. Rockphin's avatar Rockphin says:

    Gesicki is looking sick go boyeeeee

  9. Rockphin's avatar Rockphin says:

    Our receivers (including Gesicki) look really good against the Jets

  10. Rockphin's avatar Rockphin says:

    OMG you guys recognize that blitz?

  11. Rockphin's avatar Rockphin says:

    First points in th4e 3rd quarter this year

  12. Tim Knight's avatar Tim Knight says:

    Back to a 9 point lead. You have to love that we’re torturing Gase. LOL

  13. Ken's avatar Ken says:

    Sanders made a FG

  14. Wyoming85's avatar wyoming85 says:

    Toba Jinxed it! 😉

  15. steveccnv's avatar steveccnv says:

    I was thinking that too Wyoming, jets don’t want us drafting Tua.

  16. son of a son of a shula's avatar son of a son of a shula says:

    Harris got home
    I saw it

  17. Rockphin's avatar Rockphin says:

    Vince is looking like a good pick up in that trade

  18. son of a son of a shula's avatar son of a son of a shula says:

    A Stop 🛑

  19. son of a son of a shula's avatar son of a son of a shula says:

    Whoever is the Welker/Edelman clone in this draft we’re drafting him.

  20. son of a son of a shula's avatar son of a son of a shula says:

    Good line play today

  21. stangerx's avatar stangerx says:

    If you are only gonna win one game this year….. I’ll take against Gase.

  22. Rockphin's avatar Rockphin says:

    Kiko Alonzo was a disappointment pick up. he looked so awesome for the bills his rookie season qt least we got a good player for him.

  23. Ken's avatar Ken says:

    Good decision to challenge

  24. Wyoming85's avatar wyoming85 says:

    Good challenge!
    35 yard swing!

  25. Dloxahatchee's avatar dloxahatchee says:

    Don’t see anything wrong with that

  26. son of a son of a shula's avatar son of a son of a shula says:

    Doesn’t the ball have to be in the air for interference?

  27. Dloxahatchee's avatar dloxahatchee says:

    Don’t like it

  28. son of a son of a shula's avatar son of a son of a shula says:

    I hate this fucking ref he’s always fucked us over

  29. The Flying Pig's avatar The Flying Pig says:

    When you need a break to design another WR screen

    https://twitter.com/nemmykash/status/1191092255018356736?s=21

  30. The Flying Pig's avatar The Flying Pig says:

    We need that ham!

  31. Dloxahatchee's avatar dloxahatchee says:

    Damn
    Driving sack
    Love it

  32. son of a son of a shula's avatar son of a son of a shula says:

    I swear right before that sack I said “go get him now”

  33. Rockphin's avatar Rockphin says:

    Oh no, williams keeps getting injured

  34. son of a son of a shula's avatar son of a son of a shula says:

    Today we get perhaps a glimpse of what the future holds

  35. son of a son of a shula's avatar son of a son of a shula says:

    What a throw to Parker

    That’s driving the football

  36. steveccnv's avatar steveccnv says:

    The theme I’m seeing is when you challenge a PI call and they don’t overturn it, they later give you a PI call.

  37. sb7mvp's avatar sb7mvp says:

    2 wins against the Jets is all I ask out of the season

  38. Tim Knight's avatar Tim Knight says:

    Do you play back on defense or attack? I would attack.

  39. son of a son of a shula's avatar son of a son of a shula says:

    Haack is a beast

  40. Tim Knight's avatar Tim Knight says:

    LMFAO!!!!!!!

  41. The Flying Pig's avatar The Flying Pig says:

    I guess we don’t have to attack Tim

    😂😂😂😂

  42. Wyoming85's avatar wyoming85 says:

    Safety!
    They are truly worse than we are! 😉

  43. son of a son of a shula's avatar son of a son of a shula says:

    Safety Dance on Adam Gase face

  44. son of a son of a shula's avatar son of a son of a shula says:

    Nice Parker

  45. ocalarob's avatar ocalarob says:

    I stand corrected

  46. Tim Knight's avatar Tim Knight says:

    Gase is gone!!! 1-10 in his last 11 games. His teams are not prepared in all phases. He’s too much of a specialist. He’ll become an OC somewhere.

  47. son of a son of a shula's avatar son of a son of a shula says:

    Lol at Stej

  48. The Flying Pig's avatar The Flying Pig says:

  49. Wyoming85's avatar wyoming85 says:

    Here we go!
    Our nemesis! The dreaded 2 minute warning! 😉

  50. bailbondmike's avatar bailbondmike says:

    Son, he’s not really a Welker/Edelman type, but the best slot receiver in college right now is Devin DuVernay of Texas (IMO). He played outside last year due to his speed but Texas moved him to slot this year and he is thriving. He has speed and power at 5’11” 210 lbs. Very good route runner and hands. He has 69 rec for 800 yards and 7 TD’s through 8 games. His best game this season was against LSU where he caught 12 for 154 and 2 TD’s.

  51. Rockphin's avatar Rockphin says:

    DuhArnold owes me another Int.

  52. Dloxahatchee's avatar dloxahatchee says:

    26 points

  53. son of a son of a shula's avatar son of a son of a shula says:

    Only Gase would kick right there

  54. son of a son of a shula's avatar son of a son of a shula says:

    Love winning

  55. Tim Knight's avatar Tim Knight says:

    Tank is over!!!! 🙂

  56. Dloxahatchee's avatar dloxahatchee says:

    Way to go Flo
    Happy to see you get one
    Go Phins

  57. Ken's avatar Ken says:

    Well there goes Tua

  58. Wyoming85's avatar wyoming85 says:

    WAHOOOOOOOOOOOO!

  59. stangerx's avatar stangerx says:

    NO BAGEL this year

  60. sb7mvp's avatar sb7mvp says:

    So do we get downgraded to a humvee?

  61. The Flying Pig's avatar The Flying Pig says:

    Aside from the win it was nice to see production from Gesecki, Parker, Williams, Wilkins and Biegel as well as our “no name secondary”

  62. bookman11's avatar bookman11 says:

    I don’t care what the stakes or draft consequences, anytime we beat the Jets is a great day!

  63. CavalierKong's avatar CavalierKong says:

    ocalarob says:
    November 3, 2019 at 4:04 pm
    I stand corrected
    —————-
    Cheers, bro. 🍻

  64. D's avatar D says:

    Nice way to decoy everyone off your tanking Flo. Masterful move. Lol

  65. CavalierKong's avatar CavalierKong says:

    AH, glorious win against the stinkin Jest. No winless season. I honestly don’t care about getting the number one pick. We’ll get a good player in the top 5.

  66. bookman11's avatar bookman11 says:

    I got the hype for Luck at the time, I just don’t think it is the same as Tua. I just don’t think it is that much of a slam dunk.

    Continue to progress and develop identity and culture and let the draft picks fall as they may

  67. CavalierKong's avatar CavalierKong says:

    Our pass rush actually looked pretty good in the 2nd half.

  68. CavalierKong's avatar CavalierKong says:

    Honestly, both of these teams still looked pretty bad. We made a number of mistakes that would have cost us the game against good teams, but the Jest are hapless. Gase is awful. I still don’t get how a HC can be so disinterested and out of touch with the defensive side of the ball.

  69. ElephantRider's avatar ElephantRider says:

    This team blows! Can’t even lose!!

    LMAO

    GO FINS!! HELL YEAH!!

  70. D's avatar D says:

    They should say the Jets are tanking for Young and call them out for not being able to beat us

  71. Phindog's avatar Phindog says:

    I’m so happy we got the win against the jests. Gase just can’t win in Miami. 🐬🥃🥃🐕

  72. bookman11's avatar bookman11 says:

    Can we now put to rest that the Dolphins were, or are, TRYING to lose games?

    Yeah, I know probably not…,🤪

  73. bailbondmike's avatar bailbondmike says:

    After 8 games, we are no longer the worst scoring team. The Jets and offense guru Gase have scored 96 points. Dolphins have scored 103!

  74. CavalierKong's avatar CavalierKong says:

    Our big bodied WRs looked great today, and Gesicki keeps improving.

  75. bailbondmike's avatar bailbondmike says:

    Look at all the teams at the bottom with us. None of them are in rebuild mode like us. We knew from the start of the season how our team would be. Just think how their fans feel.

  76. D's avatar D says:

  77. Wyoming85's avatar wyoming85 says:

  78. Ken's avatar Ken says:

    Gase may be done in NY

  79. Wyoming85's avatar wyoming85 says:

    Can we schedule the Stej for the next 8?

  80. Wyoming85's avatar wyoming85 says:

    Your Picks:
    Round 1 Pick 2: Chase Young, DE/OLB, Ohio State (A)
    Round 1 Pick 12: Justin Herbert, QB, Oregon (A+)
    Round 1 Pick 22: Tyler Biadasz, C, Wisconsin (B+)
    Round 2 Pick 2: Trey Adams, OT, Washington (A)
    Round 2 Pick 30: Jeffrey Okudah, CB, Ohio State (B+)
    Round 3 Pick 2: KLavon Chaisson, DE/OLB, LSU (B)
    Round 4 Pick 17: Zack Moss, RB, Utah (A+)
    Round 5 Pick 12: Michael Pittman, WR, USC (A)
    Round 6 Pick 2: Sean Pollard, OG, Clemson (A+)
    Round 6 Pick 21: K’Von Wallace, FS/SS, Clemson (A+)
    Round 7 Pick 23: Richard Moore, OLB, SMU (A+)

  81. bailbondmike's avatar bailbondmike says:

    Poor Falcons fans were expecting their team to battle the Saints for their division but their defense has given up 250 points through 8 games. We have given up 256. After next week we shouldn’t be the worst scoring D either as the Falcons play at the Saints. There are 10 other teams besides us who have given up over 200 points through 8 games.

  82. D's avatar D says:

    I think it’s been pretty obvious the worst team in football is the Bengals for several weeks now. Now it’s getting harder to label any one team as the worst because so many are piling up to take it. Cincy had a first round QB one of the top receivers in the league. A solid TE one a much better (at least on paper) OL than us, a better defense (again at least in paper) better running game etc. Never have understood why the couldn’t be called out as tank since they have so much more to work with. Same with Denver, the Jets, hell pretty much every other team at the bottom right now

  83. bookman11's avatar bookman11 says:

    The NFL is crazy. Packers with zero points in the first half.

  84. Wyoming85's avatar wyoming85 says:

    Shoe gate! 😉

  85. manitobafinfan's avatar manitobafinfan says:

    Both Beckham and Landry have been told “change yer shoes at half time, or you will not be allowed to play 2nd half”

  86. Tim Knight's avatar Tim Knight says:

    We won because we played hard and made plays. Gee what a concept!

  87. Wyoming85's avatar wyoming85 says:

    • bailbondmike's avatar bailbondmike says:

      He can’t cover, though. At least half the tackles he has to make are on receivers he was covering. If he is a good tackler, then try him at FS and move dude back to covering slot.

  88. stangerx's avatar stangerx says:

    TMRW is

    OOPS…my bad

  89. bookman11's avatar bookman11 says:

    Phindog, I thought so also. Packers with 52 total yards in 3rd quarter.

  90. Wyoming85's avatar wyoming85 says:

    Everyone piling on the Stej! 🙂

  91. naplesfan2010's avatar naplesfan2010 says:

    Are most jests fans in NJ? most fans in Conn split between NYG & pasties?

    • stangerx's avatar stangerx says:

      Grew up in CT near NYC. Was mostly Jets fans, but that was before they played in NJ. Turned to Pats fans in the side of the state closer to Boston.

  92. Wyoming85's avatar wyoming85 says:

    Wheeew!

  93. manitobafinfan's avatar manitobafinfan says:

    Tim, they were both wearing Gold Unapproved shoes , and were warned to change them at the half … don’t know if they changed them or not yet .. that game is only one NOT on my TVs at the moment

  94. bookman11's avatar bookman11 says:

    Dolphins at Jets on 12/8. I am thinking about going back to NYC before Christmas.

    Any North East area fans interested in going to Slatterys for the Jets game on 12/8?

  95. Mike E.'s avatar Mike E. says:

    Naples – Lots of Jets and Giants fans in NJ. Pretty split I’d say. There is a common combo of Jets/Mets and Giants/Yankees, but there are exceptions of course. My family is all Mets and Jets.

    That was the most fun I had watching football all season. We played 2 halves finally! What a pleasure to win, and not gonna lie, felt good to beat Gase.

  96. The Flying Pig's avatar The Flying Pig says:

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