Our Miami Dolphins (6-3) travel across the country to play the Denver Broncos (3-6). This Dolphins team has had one consistent thing going all year long, whether we won or lost on game day, it’s that’s the fact that this has been a well coached, well prepared team. The Dolphins are the 4th least penalized teams at 4.3 penalties per game and are 5th at penalty yards per game at 37.8 yards per game. It’s much more than the penalties though, it’s about getting the players to buy in to the program, and in that regard, Brian Flores has been excellent. The contract extension of DL Zach Sieler is an example. Sieler came from the Baltimore Ravens, a winning program and a perennially well run organization with excellent coaching provided by John Harbaugh. Sieler was originally a 7th RD pick that was discarded by the Ravens in 2019 after Week 4 and the Dolphins picked him up quickly. This year, Sieler got more playing time due to a season ending injury to DL Davon Godchaux and Sieler never looked back. Cultivating players like Sieler is just as important as grooming our young QB Tua Tagovailoa as after all, this is a team game.
The Dolphins remain in the top 10 on both offensive scoring (9th at 27.9 PPG) and defensive scoring (5th at 20.2 PPG). The win streak is now up to 5 games in a row as we take on yet another young QB, which will either be 1 year vet Drew Lock if he’s healthy enough to suit up, or rookie Brett Rypien. Which QB starts has yet to be determined at this writing. The Broncos are 28th in offensive scoring at 20.7 PPG and 27th in defensive scoring at 28.2 PPG. QB Tua Tagovailoa gets his 4th start after winning his first 3 contests. The Dolphins will likely get RB Matt Breida back this week but after a strong showing last week, RB Salvon Ahmed will most likely get the majority of the carries with Breida filling in as he had been doing for Myles Gaskin most of the season.
The Broncos bring a good RB tandem of Melvin Gordon and now healthy Phillip Lindsay, as well as a sprinkling from Royce Freeman. The ball has been spread around pretty evenly among the receivers, the leader is TE Noah Fant (35 receptions, 367 yards 2 TD’s), second is rookie WR Jerry Jeudy with 34 receptions for 552 yards and 2 TD’s and a heady 16.2 YPR, followed by WR Tim Patrick with 31 receptions for 444 yards and 3 TD’s. RB Melvin Gordon is the rushing leader with 439 yards and 4 TD’s but the more explosive and more dangerous back is Phillip Lindsay who has an impressive 5.5 YPC. On defense, the Broncos haven’t been effective stopping the run or any passing attack and are in the bottom 5 statistically in both. On the flip side, the Dolphins are just about mid pack in both categories but more importantly, as previously stated, are stingy when it comes to giving up points.
On the offensive line, it looks like Jesse Davis will be back at his usual RT position next to RG Solomon Kindley. Ted Karras remains the center next to LG Ereck Flowers and rookie LT Austin Jackson is back as well, returning a couple of weeks ago against the Cards. On the defensive line, I’m not sure whether DL Christian Wilkins will be able to return, if not the Dolphins will run with Zach Sieler, Raekwon Davis and Emmanuel Ogbah along with depth guys rookies Jason Strowbridge and Benito Jones. At LB, Shaq Lawson, Jerome Baker, Elandon Roberts, Andrew van Ginkel and thumbs up Kyle Van Noy round out the corps. Xavien Howard and Byron Jones make up one of the NFL’s best CB tandems along with slot CB Nik Needham. Rookie Noah Igbinoghene has been pulled back some and is usually in when the Dolphins employ multiple DB’s. The safeties are Eric Rowe and good ole Bobby McCain. I say keep Going with the Flo!
GO DOLPHINS!!!
Finsmob Unleashed 
The biggest issue on O is not having a go to guy to move the chains, someone Tua feels comfortable with. I think Williams was that guy against AZ, then Parker was it in the 2nd half.
The cheats had Welker and Edelman, and the Bill’s have Beasley. Someone needs to step up, maybe Perry can be that guy.
First ^^^
Very informative article Mike, it changes my opinion of the Donkies. Their running game could present a problem, if we can’t get off the field on 3rd down or don’t jump out to an early lead.
Not sure which QB I’d rather see. Will the injured Lock be like what we faced against Garo Polo? Will Rypien be the clutch performer he was against the jets?
I like our chances against either QB, but the Broncos run game does scare me a little bit. We’ve been somewhat generous against the run although we haven’t allowed a lot of runs over 20 yards (4). We’ve definitely been a bend but don’t break type of defense.
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November 19, 2020 at 9:50 am
Tim Knight says:
November 18, 2020 at 5:39 pm
Just realized Gaskin and Ahmed both played at Washington. Is that our RB factory now?
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They produce good backs i think, not your top tier guys but a lot of very good blue collar kinda guy, mostly waterbug types as BBM would call them.
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bailbondmike says:
November 19, 2020 at 10:29 am
Yeah, they don’t really have a good feature back coming out this next draft. I believe it has been running back by committee this year between some seniors who were stuck behind Gaskin and Ahmed. One big back and another dude who doesn’t get many touches but is one of the fastest players in college football. Runs a sub 4.3. Must not have the instincts to go with that speed.
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Steve – I’m almost enjoying the fact that we don’t have that one go to guy. It seems like someone else steps up each week and opposing defenses don’t really know who to concentrate on stopping each week, although they will always pay more attention to Parker. I think it’s been working to our advantage. I do get your point though, we really don’t have that one receiver that can consistently get open and that you can always rely on to make the catch.
Having a go to guy isn’t nearly as good as having a bunch of them. We really need all of our receivers to be clutch, thats the way this system is designed and its designed that way so its not predictable what the target will likely be on any down and distance. We have the players that can get that quick separation, they just need to work on some things so they can start getting open on those plays. Better breaks out of their routes, quicker acceleration through the breaks. Its a refinement of their route running that will get them there.I think a couple of them need to work on their hand-catching too because they dont have the softest hands of receiver i have seen be the kinda “clutch” 3rd down guys.
Best reciever in the draft coming up for that is Devonta Smith, but Waddle is no slouch running routes either and he gives you that severe next gear speed.
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wyoming85 says:
November 19, 2020 at 11:31 am
I’m re-watching LSU vs ALA. from last year!
Man what talent on that field!!!!!
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Its scary but Alabama has better talent this year. LSU doesn’t, not by a long shot, in fact this may be one of the worst bounce back years LSU has ever had. They usually have pretty good talent behind the starters but they apparently dd not this last year.
Hurns probably would have been the best receiver for that “clutch” 3rd down guy for us if he had not opted out. Wilson not shabby at it either.
Good read MikeE! You are getting to be almost like a pro. Thanks again for keeping things fresh with new articles. You are the man!
Don’t associate Mike with guys that call themselves pros, it lowers his IQ perception🤔
Thanks Rock!
It’s Game ………………………….
2 weeks in a row??????????
M#*$% F!@^*^# C%#^ S%*^@#
LOL There is only one person on this board who cares 85. LOL
I hope the Donkeys start the lesbian QB and that he tries to “tough it out” a sack or two will get him discombobulated and rushing through his reads trying to prevent getting those ribs cracked.
Two RB’s I have not brought up yet, I guess cause their teams are just getting their seasons going are CJ Verdell from Oregon and Max Borghi from Washington State.
Borghi 5’10 198, “4.35 40-yard dash and 335-pound max bench press is described as “a genetic freak””. He has really good vision and a receiving threat since he played in the “air raid” offense his first 2 seasons. I see him as a much, much faster Patrick Laird. Last year he racked up 817 yards on 127 carries with 11 TD’s and a whopping 86 rec for 597 yards and 5 TD’s.
Nice write Mike E
Thanks Wyo!
I’m re-watching LSU vs ALA. from last year!
Man what talent on that field!!!!!
With our defense, I’m amazed we are the 4th least penalized team. All that movement, different match ups play by play and different player packages coming in and out seem a recipe for penalties. Must be some good coaching.
Lock has a rib injury. Man do those suck. You feel fine moving your upper body in one direction and then one degree off of it and jarring pain hits you. And I never had 300 pound lineman hitting and landing on me….. but then I didn’t get shot up before the game either.
Damn…the Herd’s game on Saturday is cancelled too. No game until 12/5.
So nice of you to come in and kick me while I’m down Rock!
I can always count on you!!!!!
CJ Verdell, 5’9 210, is a lot bigger than I had thought, kind of like one of those bowling ball types. He had a 2238 yards rushing his first 2 seasons with 18 TD’s. Also a decent receiver with 41 rec for 440 yards and 2 TD’s his first 2 seasons with the Ducks. He has had a strong start to this season as well. He is not a speedster and projected to run about a 4.5 40. He is one of players who look much faster on the field than their 40 time suggests. IMO
Howie’s List
🦍 31-16 🐬
🐃🐃34-20 🐬
🤠27-13 🐬
🦏 30-10 🐬
🎲 31-13 🐬
🐷 35-14 🐬
🗿36-24 🐬
💰30-17 🐬
Not sure if it was posted yet…
Vernon Carey’s son was drafted #32 overall by the Hornets last night. He actually looks like an OL.
6′ 10″ 270 lbs.
Amazing that with all that coaching by Dad that he didn’t go football. But maybe 6-10 is just too tall as far as center of gravity or maybe just too good for B-Ball.
Probably the latter, though usually those guys make damn good TE’s, if he has anything close to 4.6 speed he need to talk to him about doing both.
Outside linebackers coach Austin Clark present, so he is also out of the COVID-19 protocol.
Looks like Van Noy got a hip stinger, and the cure for it was “the Shocker”.
D says:
November 19, 2020 at 1:19 pm
wyoming85 says:
November 19, 2020 at 11:31 am
I’m re-watching LSU vs ALA. from last year!
Man what talent on that field!!!!!
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Its scary but Alabama has better talent this year. LSU doesn’t, not by a long shot, in fact this may be one of the worst bounce back years LSU has ever had. They usually have pretty good talent behind the starters but they apparently dd not this last year.
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Lol with as fast as Van Noy recovered i know that everytime a dolphin goes down on the field, im gonna be screaming for the trainer to give him the goose lol, i mean if its that effective at curing what ails ya, long as its not me on the field im good with him doing it to all of them.
Never have had a major rib injury, just ankles and wrists and i had a huge fluid knot on my knee once from getting hit there. Little iddy biddy things like eye gouges, bruised testicles from getting stepped on or a polite squeeze from someone in a pile up. I have had hip stingers, the breath knocked out of me, etc. Lets just say, if you haven’t played the sport, and you dont think you should sustain injuries from a sport, dont play Football. Hell ya might wanna leave rugby and ice hockey off you list and stick to pansy sports like soccer and basketball.:)
Geez D — did you wear a cup? And sounds like you played in a rough league. Rugby is all about pile ups but never heard about anyone grabbing another’s privates (even if the kicked and stepped on came up, but not on purpose).
I think there was a lot of hatred in my division ;lol. Im assuming they were trying to grab for the RB’s balls, to make him turn loose of the ball so they could hopefully get a bullshit TO, and they got whatever pair they could get their hands on.You dont wear a cup in football or most of us didn’t, with the fact you get mushed in so many odd direction in pileups the cup is as dangerous or more so than any foot or elbow or hands could ever be.
I should have anticipated tutu gifs
I fell off a roof when I was 25 and broke two ribs (one a dislocated break , one only fractured) I couldn’t breath deeply without pain for weeks and any movement might bring a surge of pain out of nowhere if I wasn’t careful, even lifting a coffee mug wrong. Clearing my throat with a minor cough would wrack me. Not sure where the lesbians’ are dinged but mine were broken in my back and even sitting in one position too long could get me to cramp. The worst was waking from a dead sleep with it when I rolled over in the middle of the night. It seemed to take forever to heal.
Lock and I didn’t break ours, but man do I know what you mean about that surge of pain. Hits like lightening. While sleeping was the worst. But since they are saying he might play must have a North Dallas 40 plan in mind.
I once had a hangnail and I put my hand in my winter glove . . . I’m sure it was worse than any of you other wussies injuries!
LOL — potential career ending injury for a hand model. 🙂
Nice write up Mike E
Thanks Hulk!
I fractured my ribs on couple of occasions. Once from a bad case of bronchitis and the other on a restraint on a roller coaster. Fractured ribs hurt like a bitch
If you live in a green area — you get Phins @ Broncos.
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Goddamn it
If only that were the electoral map!
Navy only has flag football but the Marines play regular football, “Iron Man Football”. The Navy is able to play when there is a Navy command (mainly Naval Hospitals) on a Marine base. When I was in Beaufort, SC (Parris Island), I was the softball coach. We had an Iron Man football team but they would go 0-6 every year. They asked me to be coach cause they always had a player coach and would argue all the time. First practice I realized that there were only 18 people on the team and about 15 were any good that played the entire game on offense and defense. After one practice, I told them I was going to be a player coach but only play on offense. We were in just helmets and shoulder pads and was teaching these guys how to run proper routes. I was playing CB and challenging them to beat me. I (5’10”) under cut this one guy (6’1″) on a post route. I had the pick but the QB threw it high. I had a hand on it but got “Mossed”. I was still trying to pull ball away and got spun around and landed awkwardly on my elbow into my side and broke a rib and cracked 2 others. That was the end of my Iron Man football career. LOL
Them ribs fucked with me for a long time.
I was able to recruit more players from the Parris Island clinic and Dental Center fielding about 27 players. We went 2-4 that year and 4-2 the next and missed winning the base championship by 4 points in the final game. We had 4th and goal at the 16 with 20 seconds left. We ran a trick play that worked to perfection and the guy dropped the ball in the end zone with nobody around him.
Sure sounds like Coach BBM made a difference. Good job man.
Damn Pig took my usual score….
🦍 31-16 🐬
🐃🐃34-20 🐬
🤠27-13 🐬
🦏 30-10 🐬
🎲 31-13 🐬
🐷 35-14 🐬
🗿36-24 🐬
💰30-17 🐬
🦈 41-14 🐬
When ever these injury discussions get going, my trump card (god I dislike that saying now!) is to pull out my electrocution to death at 21. I was clinically dead fro 20 minutes before they revived me and it took 9 months of therapy to get me back to “normal”. (The electrocution also strained my muscles so hard that I had tendons pop AND when they gave me CPR at the job-site where I was hurt they did it wrong and separated my sternum from my ribs (broke all the cartilage connecting my ribs to my sternum)
Beat that!
But your hang nails sounds rough MikeE. LOL
You know it bro! I’m one tough hombre!
Rock – Did you go into the light?
Sure sounds like Coach BBM made a difference. Good job man.
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Thanks but it was the recruiting and not the coaching. LOL I was able to add 9 more guys to the roster who could really play including a 6’5 TE with some wheels and this other dude who was on the Navy weight loss program for being over weight but a freaking animal. He played NT and OC. He would rarely get tired though. He was 1 of about 4 guys who played about 90% of offensive and defensive snaps.
After the season, the Coach who was putting together the base all star team to play against other bases, approached me about 3 of our players. One of our CB/RB’s, FB/LB and our NT/OC.
Rock,
Clinically dead for 20 minutes, eh? At least that explains the brain damage. Lol
https://phinphanatic.com/2020/11/19/myles-gaskin-will-have-to-beat-out-salvon-ahmed-wh/amp/
Stanger, our softball team was the shit though. We went 56-4 over 3 years. Again, it was not the coaching. LOL It was a label for the guy who made the lineup. We had the luck of having the right guys stationed together at the same time. Our 1st baseman was a 4 year starter at 1st base for Syracuse and now an Internal Medicine Physician. Our SS played 4 years of AA baseball and was now a nurse anesthetist. Our 3rd baseman was All-State in NC as a 3rd baseman and pitcher. Our LF was a former professional baseball player from Cuba. He came over (escaped on a boat, his words) when he was 25 and became a Naturalized Citizen. Our Left CF was a former minor league pitcher who threw 90+ but had no control. He could throw a softball from the fence (300′) to home plate. We had another stud in Right CF. There was so much talent on this team, I had to put myself in at catcher when I normally played OF.
We were 29-0 going from one season and 11 games into the next. We played our biggest rival and lost 12-11. They talked so much shit. The base newspaper dedicated a whole page to Weapons Battalion beating Navy. We played them again in 2 weeks. We were playing them on the shorter field, 280′ to all fields. They had the stands full of people including their CO, XO, Sergeant Major. Many drinking beer and heckling us. We trounced them 35-5 in 4 innings. The umps called the game due to the mercy rule. Our 2 through 9 players in the lineup all hit a homerun. Three hit 2 homeruns (I was one of them) and our 3rd baseman hit 3 homeruns. The next base newspaper that came out had a small 4 line article that said “Navy Gets Revenge”. LOL
How’d you lose the first game? 🙂
Sounds like you drafted well though….that counts.
I played softball years ago. We had a traveling team. American airlines. They would fly us every where. We mainly played in AD griffin. I dont think it’s there anymore. Its now Dolphin HQ
That is really cool. I had a buddy who played with the Coors Light Silver Bullets.
We flew to Minnesota one year. Middle of July. You needed a jacket in the morning. Cold as hell in july
Nice write Mike E !!
Hang nails suck.. Try getting stuck in another dog and people chasing and squirting you with garden hoses. Totally sucks 🐕
Thanks Doggy! That’s when you leave a nice yard cigar or two on their lawn to show your appreciation!
RIP, Jake Scott ;(
Damn, that’s another great one down this year. RIP Jake
I like their forward thinking. Article says Miami leading the AFCE
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2021-nfl-draft-race-for-no-1-pick-why-dolphins-are-patriots-fans-battle-for-trevor-lawrence-and-more/amp/
https://www.miamidolphins.com/news/the-blitz-sure-tackling-safeties
Nice write, Mike.
RIP Jake Scott
SB, we’re here for you at this tough time. Anything you need buddy.
Goes the same year as Shula is ironic somewhat
RIP Jake Scott, one of the greats a legend
What’s up with SB?
Jake Scott is his guy
Ah…thanks
Randy, i get that joke a LOT. LOL I did in fact suffer severe memory loss and am told change in personality. When I first awoke and for the first week or so I had no short term memory and had lost a decade. My family made thing lighter by making fun on my account by leaving the room and then coming back in. Every time I would be like HEY I’m so glad your here, blah blah blah. I was like a gold fish.
I had to learn how to read again, and at the time of the accident I could read a 5-600 page book in 10 – 12 hours and have full recall. I would read my school books the first week of school and then fuck all for the rest of the semester. It has taken me 30 years to get back to where it takes me 60-80 hours to read and try to retain the same amount of information.
Jake Scott too? 2021 HURRY UP! I was in that town in Hawaii where he lived, but before I found out he was there. He went to the same bar for happy hour every day. Would’ve been a fun stop.
In Kauai
Wow, insane story, Rock. I think you win that one, lol.
The Dolphins also announced they waived running back Jordan Howard. Head Coach Brian Flores explained the decision in his Monday press conference.
“We released Jordan Howard this morning,” Flore said. “This was a mutual parting. Given the circumstances, Jordan handled himself professionally. He was a consummate pro. There were no issues. We just felt this was in the best interest of both parties. I have a lot of respect for the way he worked, no ill will or anything of that nature.”
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My feeling is he’s lost a step and is one of the examples why a lot of RBs with a lot of mileage on them don’t last long. It’s a brutal position – they get hit all the time. I wish him the best, but did any of us see anything special from him other than hammering it in on the goal line a few times? He’s gotta do more than that with what he was being paid. The team has to eat $4.75M in dead cap but he’s off the books next year. That signing didn’t pan out and the Breida signing has been ho-hum as well at 1 year for $3.26M. We’ll see what happens there, but then you find the Gaskin and Ahmed type of guys.
We need to draft a quality RB next year. I’d like to see a bigger more physical back like what Howard was supposed to be, and keep rolling with Gaskin and Ahmed as well. That’s a good committee on the cheap.
This is some cool stuff describing what’s going on. Watch Brian Baldinger’s video below on Tua. That’s why he’s accurate. Bill Parcells always told QBs you throw with your legs not your arm. That’s where the strength and accuracy comes from. It’s a stable form. QB’s who throw when off kilter usually make mistakes.
https://www.miamidolphins.com/news/top-news-supporting-a-rookie-quarterback?fbclid=IwAR3g4FZxuC6kwOUOB0Aps5kWdYszBcPcDQcQdRhyf3GJT_zGiDPVgC-NJcs
Another wonderful job Mike E! Thank you!
I want to see Brieda out there. He’s the only RB we got with homerun capabilities.
My main worry is Denver pounding this D into submission….we’ll see.
GO FINS
Why? What is Denver so good at?
It’s what we arent good at…stopping the run.
Shoot, I couldn’t sleep last night, I should have come down and chatted with you guys. lol
stangerx says:
November 19, 2020 at 7:25 pm
How’d you lose the first game? 🙂
Sounds like you drafted well though….that counts.
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We were playing on the biggest field, a baseball field which was 320′ down the lines. We were a power hitting team. We had a couple guys who hit one out of there on occasion but not this game. They were a really good defensive team and chased down a lot of balls. We were the home team that game and had a chance but put up a goose egg in the bottom of the 7th, just didn’t get it done.
Rockphin says:
November 19, 2020 at 4:37 pm
When ever these injury discussions get going, my trump card (god I dislike that saying now!) is to pull out my electrocution to death at 21. I was clinically dead fro 20 minutes before they revived me and it took 9 months of therapy to get me back to “normal”. (The electrocution also strained my muscles so hard that I had tendons pop AND when they gave me CPR at the job-site where I was hurt they did it wrong and separated my sternum from my ribs (broke all the cartilage connecting my ribs to my sternum)
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I cut an pasted all of this to say your use of normal is abnormal. I think the damage being dead for 20 minutes did, had rendered you unable to distinguish what normal is if you consider yourself back to it. Although, to be fair to you, its hard to analyze a communist Canadian barely legal immigrant by such a moving mark, as “normal” in the year 2020. Let me also put down the obligatory 🙂 so that you know that i am JK and BB.
LOL I DID put “normal” in quotation marks to imply that my normal might not be the universal “normal”
I fully expected one of you wiseguys to take a swing at that softball.
Here is my obligatory FU. LOL 😉
BTW, FUCK YOU 2020! Jake Scott…..really, Sean Connery….Alex Trebek…… I mean dont do me any favors with Clint Eastwood or Christopher Lambert!
Oh shit i forgot….Don FUCKIN Shula!
Sean Connery and Alex Trebek RIP
Reminds me of one of the funniest SNL running skits
what is the sound a doggy makes.
Mooo
No
Well that is the sound your mother made last night
Yeah when i saw Trebek had passed too, at about the same time as Connery just a few weeks ago, thats the first thing that popped up in my head, was how ironic is was they died so close in time to one another given that skit that linked them in life.
RB is a position you draft yearly IMO, you dont have to go all out with a high pick as long as you have an established bell cow, focus back that you can keep drafting around. At some point one of those middle to later round guys are going to hit, and when they do you have the next focus/bell cow back to keep adding around. RB’s really shouldn’t make it to a second contract with you unless they are just really really standout and probably more of the focus of your offense than your passing game.
That said, we need to establish our bell cow, and i dont mean that as in a guy who can only do grinder yards, but rather a guy we plan on having as the focus back in our offense and other players are just rotational to keep the number of carries down. So this next year, im looking for us to have selected a standout back, by early day 2, and maybe even double down on the position with a guy later in the draft.
RIP Jake Scott The best there was
“The brightest player I ever played with,” Anderson said.
One example: In 1973, the Dolphins were clinging to a late six-point lead against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday Night Football when they took an intentional safety to avoid punting from their end zone, and the TV crew praised the tactical genius.
“Shula’s ahead of us all!” announcer Howard Cosell exclaimed.
The intentional safety was suggested to Shula by Scott. The ploy paid off in a 30-26 victory.
I was at this game and screaming my head off, what are you doing! My dad had it figured out, he said, they’re taking the safety, because the 2 pts don’t mean anything and it gets them out of a field position hole. Seiple, then punts the ball 80 yards to the endzone.
The score had been 30-0.
That is clever and its part of why i watch football, to see the chess match going on on the field. Just like when to go for two because statistically it only can change it in your favor on success, fail doesn’t change anything. Sometimes they are pretty obvious but sometimes its like oh wow, that shit is smart. Laying down at the 1 with a lead, time running out and the opposing team with no time outs. A lot of these things are previously discovered things, but they are fading a bit because of the players and their stat whore mentality. Staying inbound with a lead, running out of bounds when you dont, even though you could have eeked out a few more yards turning it back inside. Smart football.
I think going for 2 should be used at the end of the game when beneficial, but not in the 3rd qtr no matter the score, when leading.
Here’s the kind of thing I’ve seen, team leading is up 5 with 10 minutes left and fails on the 2 pt conversion, then 6 minutes later kicks an FG to go up 8, instead of 9, which would put the game out of reach.
https://www.miamidolphins.com/news/dolphins-at-broncos-preview-keys-to-victory-week-11-2020
Lol thats literally the keys to winning every week. Convert on third down, create scoring chances and pressure the pocket.
Its almost like he went madden and say “uh ya see the goal is to finish the game with more points than the other guy” “Ya cant do that by either scoring more points than the other guy, or giving up less points.” “but basically you need to have more points when the clock gets to 00:00 in the 4th quarter, having more points at any other time doesn’t do it ya see….”
Lol….pretty much.
Another reason I want RB Javonte Williams, “he currently leads the country in multiple categories including yards after contact (583), broken tackles (41), and rushing touchdowns (15).”
I like Najee Harris but I am hearing 1st round talk about him now and possibly challenging Etienne for RB1.
Its possible, but i dont really thing he or Etienne are 1st rounders personally. I like the skill set they have but to me 1st round RB is for guys like Todd Gurley (who was super elite when he was drafted) or Zeke, or Barkley, those guys were way ahead of their peers in their draft years, probably could be considered a 5-10 year type of talent do to their uniqueness.Hell even Edwards-Helaire i thought was about the right spot for his draft position and he has some very elite skills as well.
I could see both going close to where CEH went, but not much higher. Im leaning towards early round 2.
5 to 10 year RBs? Gurley sucks, Zeke isn’t elite now, Barkley is always hurt…just get a couple of cheap guys that can catch, have good vision, that can break a tackle or two.
Yeah he is a downhill guy, he gets a good body lean when he is running and prefers to finish a run by taking it to the defender, those guys usually do break tackles at the point of first contact,. He reminds me a little of the way Ricky ran for us, he isn’t blazing fast but he accelerates well and times that burst well. Again, these are all things that Ricky did. I had a guy from last years grouping that i really liked that had a similar running style and that was Keshawn Vaughn, so yeah i think this guy could be viable for us,thought i still prefer Najee Harris. Like i was saying the other day, this is a running back heavy draft coming up, plenty of good prospects.
steveccnv says:
November 20, 2020 at 12:59 pm
5 to 10 year RBs? Gurley sucks, Zeke isn’t elite now, Barkley is always hurt…just get a couple of cheap guys that can catch, have good vision, that can break a tackle or two.
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5-10 year talent, meaning that RB’s of their talent level dont come around but once every 5-10 years. I agree with your assessment on how they are performing right now, but im talking talent level coming out of college.
I also agree with the dont waste a top pick on a RB, i didnt want Gurley when he was drafted, or Zeke, or Barkley for the most part. Thats what im saying about Najee, he probably isnt the 5-10year talent guy, but he is good enough to give us a little more than basic at the RB position and he is a well rounded back, good at blocking, receiving and running. From what i see about the guy that BBM is all about, I haven’t seen much with regards to his blocking ability, but he runs well, very down hill and aggressive, and he seems to be a pretty solid reciever too.
D says:
November 20, 2020 at 8:46 am
BTW, FUCK YOU 2020! Jake Scott…..really, Sean Connery….Alex Trebek…… I mean dont do me any favors with Clint Eastwood or Christopher Lambert!
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There can be only one
Watched it once more a couple nights ago…. the more I do the more I like the Kragen. He’s the comedian in the flick.
Blair Brown is a really good actor. My favorite line: “hi I am Candy” kragen: “of course you are”
Doesn’t translate in text….but love after he hijacks the car from the elder couple, throws the husband out then looks over at the old lady and goes MOM.
I don’t mind investing a high pick on an RB. I think this team is poised to make a real run over the next 2-4 years so I am not concerned if we don’t get 5 years out of a RB in the draft if that RB is missing piece to a championship run
By high pick do you mean our first pick or do you mean like a late 1st or 2nd RD pick? I wouldn’t spend an early first on a RB
Honestly I don’t mind our first pick on a RB if they believe that is the missing piece to a SB I am fine with it. My preference for our first pick is the best DE on the board but I won’t bitch if they go best RB on the board
DE or pass rushing LB, either one. I can wait until RD 2 for a RB, the overall value for the RB is poor that early.
I agree with Mikey, even the transcendent ones seem to peter out pretty fast. So you get that magic for a couple of years, three if your lucky so you better be ready to get to those superbowl in those three years if your depending on that guy getting you over the hump.
D, I am right with you on the RB’s 100%. I really don’t see that true 1st rounder in this next draft though I believe that is where Etienne will go and possibly Harris. There are more and more QB’s climbing boards now. I have seen 6 QB’s mocked in the 1st round at times. The latest being Mac Jones and Trask. (Lawrence, Fields, Lance, Wilson, Jones and Trask)
I think Lawrence deserves to be in consideration for number 1 overall, but the rest should be outside the top 5 if not the top 10. There are a lot of 1st round capable or worth of first round consideration, but i think some of these mocksters are getting too crazy with their evaluation, especially of Fields.
Whatever we do with an RB in the draft, just don’t sign him to a 2nd contract, unless on the cheap.
Tough job. Looking for a position at 29 and people think you are old.
Not just old but over the hill and pretty useless lol.
yeah i dont think many if any RB are really worth anything but a team friendly second contract. There aren’t any more AP’s or HW or LT’s out there that just give you decades worth of top tier play.
The value at the RB position just isn’t there anymore. From the standpoint of the reduction of running plays and less reliance on the running game in today’s NFL. Also from the standpoint that you can get fairly comparable production from guys picked much lower. Hell, I’d rather pick a WR over a RB in the first.
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If I am going to take a RB in the 1st, I’m looking for a guy like Kamara. I want a guy who can impact the game in multiple ways…both in the running game and the passing game. That’s the trend in the NFL anyway.
Im same boat but id rather have a guy who can also help by blocking, which i think is still in desperate need with the more complex blitzing schemes out there. Id sacrifice dynamic ability like a Kamara or a Hunt or something like that for a guy who knows hows to read and pickup pass rushers when they delay blitz or flip flop their rushing lanes.Drake was pretty damn solid that way, he might not have been the absolute best grinder back, but he had dynamic ability, good receiving skills and was a good blocker, though i did see him fuck up in the game last night a couple times. This is why i lean toward Harris because he is similar to that, except i think he is more capable power running and maybe a little less capable getting around the edge as Drake is. Also Saban trains those guy to be capable in every phase of the game, so he comes from good coaching.
D,
Blocking and blitz pickup can be learned. Some guys just don’t like to do it and never really become good at it because of that, but you can still teach/coach it. Plus, you can also implement other ways to block by scheme and alignment. Yeah, I’d like a guy who can block too, but I’d prioritize their impact in the running game and the passing game before blocking if I’m picking a guy in the first round. Also, if I pick a RB in part because he’s a good receiver, I’m not gonna be asking him to block a lot anyway. I’m willing to accept a subpar blocker if he excels in the other 2 phases. I don’t like it, but I’d take it and try to coach him up. Personally, I just wouldn’t draft a RB in the first round. Problem solved. Lol
Im pretty much with that latter part, kinda how id see it, i would draft one maybe very late first or early second, but im not going top 15 or probably even top 20 for a RB.
Ken says:
November 20, 2020 at 2:26 pm
Blair Brown is a really good actor. My favorite line: “hi I am Candy” kragen: “of course you are”
stangerx says:
November 20, 2020 at 2:35 pm
Doesn’t translate in text….but love after he hijacks the car from the elder couple, throws the husband out then looks over at the old lady and goes MOM.
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Both great scenes. He played that part to perfection. Its also a great character and probably would be my favorite if i wasn’t forced to hate him so much for being the villain to Christopher Lambert’s Highlander, hero character..
and its Kurgan…
That move is chock full of great scenes and lines. I love the dueling scene where he duels Bassett and he is shit faced drunk and the dude kills him over and over and eventually he just gets tired of it and is like “im sorry for calling your wife a bloated warthog, and i bid you good day!”
You are right that doesn’t translate well in text but since i can see that scene in my head clear as day, it plays back fine for me.
And since doesn’t translate well in text mean good acting like Ken said. Dueling scene was funny as well. They didn’t develop the black guy too much, but then the first Polish guy who died was only a name.
Kastagir and yeah they didn’t flesh out his character, but he probably did get a little more time than Fasil, though Fasil is french not polish.
Wasn’t talking about the guy Conner fought in the garage. Could have sworn there was a guy who died before that, or may be just after who was identified as a Polish national in a news report. You never see the guy on screen.
Im pretty sure you are right, there was no character appearance for him but he was identified as a polish national.
Sounds like Wilkins does have Covid.
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The Dolphins announced yesterday that they have signed wide receiver Antonio Callaway to their active roster and that they’ve also promoted interior defensive lineman Benito Jones off of the practice squad for this week to serve as an active player.
The news of Jones elevation for another week off the practice squad does not seem to bode well for Dolphins standout defensive lineman Christian Wilkins
Sure hope he gets over that shit, i mean like i said a little while back, that stuff can take people down even after recovery, so maybe he wont have any of the longer lasting symptoms.
BTW Ken, howd the test go for you and your wife?
Thanks again, Mike E. Good stuff.
To reiterate, I “love” what I’m seeing in all 3 phases of this team. That’s coaching! Leadership!
Now, I want to see consistency….so far so good.
This is the time of year you’re a pretender or a contender.
Stealing OD’s line, “show me.”
well for us it will be about if Flores can keep their eye on the prize, because we have gone through most the tough games against other “contenders” and we have fared pretty well. I think the biggest test we still have is against Buffalo. Chargers were actually a pretty good test, despite their record, Arizona was a strong test, as were the Rams. Chiefs, Raiders and Bills should all be tests, and if we can go 1-2 in that set, and remain focused enough to win the ones we should, we would roll into the end of the season 1-5 and thats definitely going to be good enough for playoffs
11-5
Is this the first time Dolphins have been favored? Probably.
Please, don’t play down to the record of the other team
Its about getting ahead of yourself, putting a W in the basket before you earned it. thats all coaching, and i think he can keep them focused. It is scary because thats a tendency of a young team, but we have a coach with an old soul.
Love old soul!
2nd or 3rd time they’ve been favored. They were favored over the BiPlanes for sure.
And the Chargers
So 3rd time
We were favored in the Chargers game, but only slightly right?
Yes, slightly..
Might be the first time we’ve been favored on the road….. what a new world that is.
Definitely the first time they are favored on the road.
we are only 2 games from hitting my middle of the road prediction, i was saying 7-9 to 9-7 so one more gets my low end, 3 hits the high end, and im actually getting pretty confident they cover the whole range for the last few games of the year.They gotta do it, but they seem capable to me of even more than i had thought at the beginning of the year.
They’ve already lost 3 games more than I predicted. My new prediction is 13-3 regular season and a sweep through the Super Bowl.
Lol…I’m with you. I hate losing, especially predicting losing. Fuck that.
Miami lost Jones early in the first Buffalo game and were still competitive even though Diggs ate them up. Also I believe that was a Fitztragic 2 INT game was it not? The secondary has come a long way since then and by then Tua will be well seasoned.
To me KC is the litmus test. If they can compete with them, no one else scares me.
KC is the test of how you play against top of the top. Good teams find your weaknesses or have strengths that your strengths can’t handle. Don’t think we are there yet.
Kind of fun looking forward to Sundays so much that you can’t wait for Saturday to be over.
Yep
The late game starts have had me wishing the early games would end already. LOL
One game at a time. Next kill. Show me. And, you agreed with my point.
It’s game time and Dolphins are in a great place. You need to bring it home.
Lol…that was to D at 4:23. Keep fucking this shit up….oh well.
Ha! 4:18!
Which reminds me….
What’s nice to me is seems we are setting up for the future quite well.
Yes sir, but you have to establish the culture, the heart of any team or squad.
That’s the future.
It’s Clancy (Clarence), not Blair.
He does a lot of voice work too. For any Venture Brothers fans out there, he voiced Red Death.
And he was awesome in Shawshank, but then everyone was.
Just had a flashback to Olivadatti…..yuck.
Our D is nothing like that now, thank god!
Shula’s faithfulness to him cost the Dolphins a decade and cost Shula more championships. I hated Olivadatti!! He was an anchor around Shula’s neck.
The defense during those years also lacked talent. Shula did a bad job building the defense when the Killer B’s were getting old and slow.
I’m with Rockfin on this.
And, I’m loyal to a fault.
They should have figured it out.
Sorry man, Rockphin.
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/748776-miami-dolphins-the-11-most-despised-players-and-figures-in-dolphins-history
Krishna, figuring it out would have been drafting good defensive players instead of offense over and over and looking to Plan B FA and the Canadian League for defense.
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Lol they might as well get the smelling salts ready so they can wake up dudes after they pass out for oxygen restriction.
The Steelers should place an order for 150 of these right now. Let their opponents wear regular masks. it will be a unfair advantage, but not against the rules.
Not against the rules for Hardrock to be set up for the heat advantage either.
From 1987 to 1995, he oversaw one of the worst defenses in football. The Dolphins finished, in chronological order, 26, 26, 24, 7, 25, 10, 20, 19, and 16th in the league under Olivadotti.
The Dolphins didn’t ignore the D during this period they were just awful at wasting draft picks and / or Olivadotti’s schemes doomed us.
in the 9 years he was the D coordinator the dolphins used 45 picks on Defense. (that’s an average of 5 per year in case you don’t want to do the math) I don’t know this as a fact but I know it’s true 😉 Shula didn’t work in a vacuum, Olivadotti had plenty of input on the draft too.
He just sucked but Shula loved him.
Not defending Olivadotti – he wasn’t good. Mentioning drafting defense in a draft doesn’t mean much, there were 12 picks during that time until 1993. But I agree we shit the bed when we did draft defense too. We ended up in a situation where we were forced to draft defense even when it wasn’t a good draft at the top for defense. I remember those times well. I followed the draft way back then before it was the in thing to do. 😉
Tim, I totally get Rockphin. I couldn’t stand Olivadatti. He totally fucked up Marino’s best years.
We should have had one, maybe two SBs during Marino years. Just shameful, imo.
Thanks Krishna!
first round picks during Olivadotti’s tenure
87 John Bosa
88 Eric Kumerow
89 Luis Oliver
92 Troy Vincent
92 Marco Colemen
94 Tim Bowens
That is a lot of draft capital Tim, and not many misses.
The defense got better in the 90’s, but the Killer B’s were already slowing down when Marino came onto the scene in 1983. The defense was already trending bad in 1985. Marino carried the team in 84 and 85. Put an average QB on those teams and we don’t even make the playoffs.
Thanks for making the point.
The D was fucking awful and only someone like Marino could make a game of it.
Exactly the defensive personnel was awful. We couldn’t stop anyone.
Also Shula only had to deal with Free Agency for two years. (93 & 94) it wasn’t even a thing before 93.
There was Plan B FA before that if you remember. But that was like picking up scraps of aging players which we did.
BTW, I am just arguing to argue right now. LOL
LOL, I’ll engage. I remember those days well.
I thought it was called smack. Is that dinosaur thinking?
No idea what that means?
I knew as soon as the Highlander started with the Fabulous Freebirds in a match against Greg Gagne, Jumping Jim Brunzell and the Tonga Kid from the AWA in Minnesota that I was gonna dig it. I grew up watching that shit growing up in Iowa. Then the music rocked with Queen. I was hooked.
87 John Bosa – couldn’t stay healthy and made very little impact.
88 Eric Kumerow – a total bust.
89 Luis Oliver – a feast or famine player, got beat as much as he made big plays.
92 Troy Vincent – very good pick.
92 Marco Colemen – average player who played hard but lacked quickness.
94 Tim Bowens – very good pick.
My issue is Shula waited too long to start rebuilding the defense and one player in the 1st round doesn’t make a good defense. Why was 1984 11th rd pick Bud Brown ever a starter at safety? LOL
Ok, I thought we had an understanding around here that He Who Won’t be Named, you know, won’t be named, dammit. You guys are kicking in my PTSD with talk about the guy!
This made me laugh out loud for real. HWWNBN from now on.
ME!! I DO!
(ask me again in a century)
https://sports.yahoo.com/pennsylvania-masks-football-steelers-penn-state-pittsburgh-223854114.html
“The State of Pennsylvania on Friday clarified its new mask mandate, saying that football players, “whether professional or youth,” while competing on the field, are exempt for medical reasons.”
Due to rising COVID rates, the Broncos will not have fans in attendance for their home games………after this Sunday, lol.
They only allow 5,700 people anyway, which is one of the reasons I am confident we’ll come out with a win.
is it Friday night yet?
I remember in 1986 (before Olivadotti) when Dan Fouts and the Chargers destroyed us 50-20 in the opener, they played the Giants the next week and lost 20-7. When reporters asked Fouts what happened after such an impressive opening day performance against the Dolphins, he said something like the Dolphins defense is not in the same class as the Giants. We were already bad on defense and getting worse.