What a job these 4 guys have this weekend. Our X-Men, led by Xavien Howard, along with Byron Jones, Eric Rowe and Bobby McCain. This game goes way beyond just these 4 players but they will have their hands full this week with Patrick Mahomes throwing to WR Tyreek Hill, TE Travis Kelce, and to a lesser extent, WR’s Mecole Hardman and Sammy Watkins, as well as RB’s Clyde Edwards-Helaire and Le’Veon Bell. It’s going to take a monumental effort to keep this offense in check. The Chiefs come in as the 2nd ranked scoring offense at 30.8 PPG and #6 in scoring defense allowing only 21.2 PPG. The Chiefs have a +116 point differential. The teams that gave the Chiefs the most trouble were the Chargers, Bills, Bucs and Broncos, and of course their lone loss in a shootout with the LV Raiders. I consider that game the anomaly, and I think if we have a course to victory, it’s closer to the way the other teams played them.
This Week 14 game is one of the most exciting times for Dolphins fans in recent history. Yes, in 2016 were 7-5 coming off a demoralizing loss to the Baltimore Ravens (38-6) and we defeated the Arizona Cardinals 28-25 led by Carson Palmer. This is different, way different. I didn’t feel anything like I do now, having a legitimate confidence in our team. We relied on a strong running game with Jay Ajayi and play action from Ryan Tannehill (sound’s like Tennessee eh?) Both our offense and defense were less than midpack. This 2020 team is different. We have a young exciting defense who happens to be #2 in the NFL in points allowed at 17.7 PPG. Our offense is exactly 16th but I have more confidence in this group because it’s a more well rounded offense. If anything, our run game has been a supplement to our passing game. This is Tua’s biggest game as a starter and I feel like he will rise to the occasion. What a game this is, the excitement is tenable. Too bad we couldn’t fill up Hard Rock for this one, I would love to see a raucous stadium pulling for our guys.
This KC offense which is #1 in the NFL in yardage has evolved as most teams do during a season. In the first 6 games they really featured RB CEH (Clyde Edwards-Helaire), but more recently, his role has really been reduced. CEH has an average of 37.4 yards rushing and only 11.4 yards receiving over his last 5 games. For some contrast, CEH averaged 84.1 yards rushing and 29.5 yards receiving in the first 6 games. The one player who has benefited most from this is WR Tyreek Hill. Hill has seen high double digit targets most of the last 5 games and his numbers are astronomical. Hill has 640 yards receiving in the last 5 games which is good for 128 yards per game and he has 8 TD’s. That’s just outrageous. If only Tyreek Hill was all we had to worry about. Travis Kelce also has surged during the last 5 games while CEH has been scaled back. Kelce is right behind Tyreek Hill with 613 yards receiving over the last 5 which is good for 122.6 yards per game. Now as we know, things evolve, and if we look to just shut down Hill and Kelce, another person will emerge, and with CEH, Sammy Watkins, Mecole Hardman and even Le’Veon Bell, there are many candidates.
On defense, the Chiefs don’t excel in any one area but they do have a couple of very good players to watch out for. On the DL, Chris Jones is still getting it done with 5.5 sacks and in their secondary, the Honey Badger SS Tyrann Mathieu lurks with 5 INT’s along with FS Daniel Sorensen who has 3 INT’s. Mathieu plays very smart and Tua will have to be careful of him. The starting corners are Bashaud Breeland and Charvarius Ward.
I don’t have an injury report yet for Sunday other than a lot of our guys were limited in practice. Key guys to keep an eye on are LG Ereck Flowers who went out with an ankle sprain. Also, LB Kyle Van Noy has that bad hip along with LB Elandon Roberts who came out with a chest injury last week. Jesse Davis will likely fill in at LG and Solomon Kindley will man the RG spot next to RT Robert Hunt. Sam Eguavoen, Calvin Munson and Kamu Grugier-Hill will fill in for Roberts and Van Noy if they are unable to go. Tua is a go for this one and has apparently ditched the thumb brace. Matt Breida is on COVID-19 but still might be available, and Salvon Ahmed is still dealing with a bad shoulder. I’m not sure where DeAndre Washington is at with his hamstring, he did practice on a limited basis which is a good sign. Myles Gaskin appears to be 100% but he will need help in the backfield other than just Patrick Laird who garnered only 5 touches.
I think this is such an interesting game and my perspective on it changes often. Sometimes I think like we’re playing with house money in this one, we’re not expected to win by any of the experts so if we lose like 10 of the other 11 teams that played them did there’s no shame in that. Part of me wants to think that enough of that loser mentality, we belong here at 8-4 and they play in our house and you know what, our defense is the kind of defense that can match up well against them because we have the talent in the secondary to defend their guys. Our X-Men back there might just give Patrick Mahomes a tough day and if we can find a way to turn him over a couple of times and turn those into scores we can upset the Chiefs. It’s not silly talk either, it’s possible. If I’m being honest, the one thing that worries me is our offense. Will we be able to run the ball effectively and will Tua be up to the task of giant slaying on Sunday. He did it against Arizona which to me is the closest equivalent. He led the team back for the win in that game and maybe has to do that against the Chiefs. All I know is, I haven’t looked forward to a Week 14 Miami Dolphins game with such excitement and happiness since, well, I have no idea really . . .
GO DOLPHINS!!!
Finsmob Unleashed 
ocalarob says:
December 14, 2020 at 11:41 am
kc started playing prevent with a 30-10 lead, that’s the only way Tua could produce.
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Not true. If you watched the game you would have seen KC was going max pressure/blitz schemes and Tua kept beating them with hot routes and his lightning fast release. And another argument fails
Ken
That IS playing prevent defense, well at least it was for Greg Williams LOL
LOL an example of when a team should have played a prevent defense
Our Houston 1st rd pick currently sits at #8, but 4 other teams are tied with 4 wins. Houston plays the Colts, Bengals, and Titans. That Bengals game is huge. If the Texans lose out we could move up as high as #4.
If we finish at 4, im trading that pick if im Grier. If we wind up at 8th as we are right now, i stay put and take Pitts or Barmore, and then Waddle or Smith later.
I’m good with a trade back to keep the draft capital train rolling into 2022. More than anything, I just hope we hit on a few more players. I can’t remember the last time we had a draft as good as 2020, it would be great to build on it with another great draft in 2021.
The Flying Pig says:
December 14, 2020 at 8:47 am
We have seen 9 interceptions a few times in the last decade
We haven’t seen 10 since 2007
But it’s 11 that really catapaults a dB, we haven’t seen that since 1981
From 74 to 81, the nfls interception had no less than 10. I guess that’s the golden age of inaccurate passing…lol
Double digits seems the norm up until the early 80s
13 – Don Sandifer in 1948
And 14 night train lane in 1952 are really holy ground in terms of interceptions
If Howard continues his streak he will finish at 12 and we haven’t seen 12 since 1979
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You do remember how much they let the DB’s manhandle receivers back then right? Those ints come from DB’s that could wrestle the receiver the whole route and Safeties that were allowed to decapitate a player when he crossed the middle.
CavalierKong says:
December 14, 2020 at 12:16 pm
If the Ravens win tonight, we likely need to win out to make the playoffs. If they lose and we win against the Pets and Raiders, we’re in.
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Cav — doubted it being that simple when first read that but after going through the remaining schedules think you are right. All the teams we are fight with for playoff spots are on easy street the rest of the season while we play two potential post-season teams and the Pats.
Yesterday really clarified the playoff picture for the AFC.
But upsets do happen….. why Flores was eating that KC BBQ sent to him by Reid.
Browns and Colts would have to full on collapse to miss out on the playoffs at this point.
So if upsets are going to happen, let’s hope they happen to the Ravens and Raiders. I could see the Ravens getting upset by the Giants.
Sooooooo, the prevent is designed to allow a QB to move down the field very quickly right?………
Damn your eyes!
Too late…
OK, had to do another one. lol I really like it. Picks in rounds 3-6 were steals IMO.
8 Devonta Smith WR, Alabama
21 Jay Tufele DT, USC
40 Najee Harris RB, Alabama
53 Jabril Cox LB, LSU
84 Josh Myers OC/IOL, Ohio State
122 Carlos Basham Edge, Wake Forest
195 Caden Sterns S, Texas
202 Marquez Stevenson WR, Houston
252 Chris Rumph II Edge, Duke
I approve
I don’t think this is a legitimate playoff caliber team just yet. It would be nice if they get a shot this year to let the team get a feel for what playoff football is like, but it won’t dampen my enthusiasm for what Flores is building here if they fall short. This is still a young, developing team that needs to get better and mature. I don’t think we’ll be seeing a SB contender next year as some suggest, but I do think we’ll see a solid team that could have some success in the playoffs. And what the heck…you never know, right? Get a chip and a chair and you never know!
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Im just enjoying the ride after decades of false hope and meaningless promises from this organization. Flores is doing it right by actually building a tough, smart, disciplined team….and not just saying it. Those qualities….added to a few more personnel pieces….will be the foundation for this team’s future success.
If by legit you mean go deep into the playoffs, for sure not there yet. We’d belong in them though, especially with 7 spots. Not bad for the year after the nuclear tear down.
I don’t expect to do too much in the postseason if we get there
But it’s nice to be building something
Last week we were all focused on whether our D could at least cool down the KC O and if our O could keep up. But turned out the game came down to special teams — a return TD and a missed field goal cost us ten points. Takes all 3 phases.
Terrible punt by Haack. It was a 37 yard punt with no hangtime.
Id say the dropped passes were pretty bad, several receivers, Hollins, Grant, Parker, just to name the ones i can think of off the top of my head dropped big passes. Smythe had a whiff on what should have been a completion late. Not stopping them on 4th down (easier said than done but it was a good reason we didn’t have a real shot at the end. Defense as good as they played had some blown plays too that cost us points. They played well but you are right there were some costly failures on all phases.
So, the Electoral College officially votes today. What are the chances Trump finally admits he lost?
Better question is who cares WTF he thinks? He’s yesterdays news
About the same as ORob admitting Tua has played well
Rock — seems the answer to your Q.
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“As we speak, an alternate slate of electors in the contested states is going to vote and we are going to send those results to Congress.”
— Stephen Miller on Fox & Friends this morning
One game at a time. We knew this week was a tough matchup, then all the injuries came and left us weaker and yet we still managed to give them a scare. I hope we can make the playoffs but if we win the next 2, you never know if the Bills play a full squad against us the last game. Just win one at a time, it starts next week against a rival who embarrassed us last time we played them. Fuck them returning the favor from last year, time to fuck their shit up and send them back to where they belong as a lower tier team!
YES! Crush and embarrass the Pets!
Remember when the don’t draft Tua crowd thought he was only good bc of the weapons around him?
Did they change their opinion after his 300 yard performance yesterday without ny weapons?
People are always going to stick with whatever they said originally. How many people do you know that can admit they were wrong about anything? If you have any, just keep in mind on this blog they don’t exist!
I was wrong on Haskins and more wishy washy on Tua than I should have been.
I was totally wrong on Cam according to everyone here but in reality I was way closer on him then most of you and I’m talking about before he became a drag queen.
There
Who would win the division if we win out and the bills lose one before we meet them and we end up with same record?
Bills have the tie breaker no matter what. So we’d have to be a game ahead of them and they have 2 wins on us right now.
BUF would have the better division record
Their one loss would have to be to the Pets to make it interesting, but I’m pretty sure they would still win based on strength of victory tie breaker.
We would tie head to head.
We would tie divisional record.
We would tie common games.
We would tie conference record.
Next tie breaker is strength of victory.
The Bills have a win against the Steelers which I think puts them over the top.
Boom thanks then they’d have to lose out and that ain’t happening
Actually scratch that. They would win on common games, because they would have a win against the Broncos next week which gives them a 1 game advantage in common games
Yeah, they’d have to lose out and us win out for us to win the division.
Stanger – What tiebreaker do the Bills have over us besides division record?
Conference record — they are 7-2 and us 5-4.
Actually Cav was right on that one they could end up 8-4 and us too on that one if we win out and they go 1-2 down the stretch, with one loss being to the Pats. But that’s the only division winning scenario.
I was totally wrong, but I was closer to right than you guys…..
uhhhhhhhh
Ok, Son
Whatever makes you feel better about it. lol
There was a qualifier in there but that’s funny like that. Prick
Sonny – Do you think when Cam’s career is over he’ll be considered in the same company as other elite QB’s from the past? I think he’s gonna be a JAG, on who had one very impressive season. Let’s face it, Tannehill who you hated is a much better QB than Cam is right now, it’s not even close. BTW, you’re allowed one mistake. lol
Cam will be Jag, until his first arrested for soliciting sex from men then he’ll be a whole different memory.
All I really mean was he wasn’t the bust most predicted and he had a good career in Carolina, he’s not what he used to be I’ll agree with that.
He does hold NFL records as a running QB that’s something
Steelers might end up 11-5
If the Browns win tonight, there is a strong possibility they and the Steelers are both 12-3 and playing for the division title in week 17.
So I think the Steelers could easily end up 12-4. They could easily lose to the Colts and Browns. Not sure they lose to the Bengals to reach 5 losses though. But it is a divisional game, and you never know with those.
If we’re the 7 seed we’d play the 2 seed (Bills, Browns or Steelers, assuming Chiefs are 1)
If we’re 6 we’d play the 3 (one of the 2 left above)
The South winner will be the fourth seed – Titans or Colts
I’d take any seed no matter who we play. Nothing like another week of Dolphins football…. and think we proved yesterday we can compete against any team.
Geez, I can’t believe the regular season is already almost over.
I know it, it flies by
LOL, so the Browns are 9-3 with a -15 point differential. That is insane.
By comparison, we’re 8-5 with a +85.
CavalierKong says:
December 14, 2020 at 12:21 pm
It actually doesn’t really bother me if we don’t make the playoffs this year. We’re not there on offense yet.
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right, who cares? we are use to not making it anyway.
are we two years away from being three years away?
Completely agree with both you and Cav. Why worry about the playoffs when you know can’t make some noise?
Think we are getting there though….. in the hunt right now.
Yeah, you’re probably right. I mean we’re a whopping 13 games past the year we completely tore down our roster for an entire overhaul. We should probably be a perennial playoff team and have our ticket punched to the Super Bowl already because that’s not retarded at all.
you are assuming we have the brain trust that will take us in the right direction going forward, how long has that been the case?
Cam also holds and likely always will hold the record for most pressers wearing a woman’s scarf
If we make the playoffs, we might play the Bills on back to back weeks.
“if a frog had wings”
Even without wings some frogs can fly.
I think we had the talent to make the playoffs, the one crucial mistake was benching Fitz, i think that killed us.
Completely agree that we have the talent to make the playoffs. Think having a spot right now proves that. We probably won’t….. but isn’t it spectacular that a team Vegas would win 6 is in our position? The future is bright.
i keep hearing ” the future is bright” every new regime.
Do you think the team has played badly this season?
No i don’t stanger, to be honest i expected a breakthru this year with the FA talent we acquired, not to be the case though, same ole shit.
very disappointing.
what happens next year at this time if we are in the same position?
will everyone be still clammoring on how great this team is?
or will the Flores/Tua honeymoon be over.
will i still be around to see a playoff win?
So you don’t think the team has played badly but still disappointed? We are 8-5. If you though the AFC Championship was coming…. then guess you are just a hard man to please.
How many playoff games has Fitz led his team to in his 16 year career? Why on earth would this year suddenly be different?
I think he gives us a better chance to win as opposed to tua, that being the case i think we may have had another win under our belt, for instance the denver game
We likely would have won the Denver game with Fitz at the helm and probably would have lost two of the other games with bad INTs like he does every year. There is a reason he has never made the post season.
I honestly think we’d be in the same exact position at 8-5 with either QB.
remember when gase traded away Ajayi? that sealed gases deal and ours.
same shit different year.
Current picks in first 2 rounds.
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Texans’ 1st-round pick: No. 8 overall
Dolphins’ 1st-round pick: No. 21 overall
Texans’ 2nd-round pick: No. 39 overall
Dolphins’ 2nd-round pick: No. 54 overall
we should draft a qb with one of those picks
Good idea. A solid back-up QB would be a good pick, if Fitz says he is done at least. If Tua doesn’t work out he could step in. If Tua does we could trade for high value.
competition
Sonny – Cam was far from being a bust. He had talent, and his size made him an imposing figure for any team to match up with. He was just a great passer. All round though he was better than a lot of other QB’s Now w/o his running ability he’s not the same guy, which is usually the case with running QB’s.
cav, i’m going to play golf now, last time i shot an 18, all cup!
Keep knocking down those perfect rounds. lol
LOL — could he have been talking about the 7th hole? 🙂
Rob,
I am not assuming, just hoping. It’s been a long road for us. We’ve had failed regime after failed regime. But I’m not holding this regime accountable for failures of the past and placing unrealistic expectations on them because of it.
This regime still might fail, but it’s undeniable we have taken a major step forward from last year to this year. My own expectations have been exceeded in that regard. I’m not overly concerned with making the playoffs because we don’t have the talent to do much with it. I want to see progression.
We need to take another major step forward next year. We need the whole team and especially Tua to continue progressing, and we need a major upgrades to our skill positions. It’s that simple in my estimation.
If you want to argue over dumb things like the deep pass to Grant and how it should have been 8 millimeters to the left, have at it. That kind of stuff has no meaning, and everyone here knows it. It makes no difference to me if you want to push buttons. If that is how you enjoy Dolphins football, then enjoy, lol.
CavalierKong says:
December 14, 2020 at 2:28 pm
Yeah, you’re probably right. I mean we’re a whopping 13 games past the year we completely tore down our roster for an entire overhaul. We should probably be a perennial playoff team and have our ticket punched to the Super Bowl already because that’s not retarded at all.
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LMAO 😂 post of the day
Good experience
“That veteran mindset, you could see that when they were down in that game, he didn’t try to force it. He just took what was there and moved the ball down the field and found a way to get the game close. He’s going to continue to learn more and more and continue to get better and better, and it’s a bright future for the Miami Dolphins. Just hopefully, not too bright.”
“It’s a good football team that will probably be in the playoffs and a team that will be a hard team to take out in the playoffs.”
— Mahomes on Tua and the Phins
Wait but ORob said…
ORob knows a lot more about this stuff than you, me or Mahomes.
I’d hate being a sourpuss all the time. Or….do you not realize it?
First batch of the vax is in your state as I type. Gonna take some months but gonna get better…. including for your place.
stangerx says:
December 14, 2020 at 1:09 pm
Last week we were all focused on whether our D could at least cool down the KC O and if our O could keep up. But turned out the game came down to special teams — a return TD and a missed field goal cost us ten points. Takes all 3 phases.
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Id say the dropped passes were pretty bad, several receivers, Hollins, Grant, Parker, just to name the ones i can think of off the top of my head dropped big passes. Smythe had a whiff on what should have been a completion late. Not stopping them on 4th down (easier said than done but it was a good reason we didn’t have a real shot at the end. Defense as good as they played had some blown plays too that cost us points. They played well but you are right there were some costly failures on all phases.
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Wasn’t saying everything went perfect on O and D… just that we make that field goal and don’t give up the punt return for a TD and we probably win… but obviously game would have changed.
I think this regime passes the eyeball test….. I mean there is no doubt that every year since Flores took over this team has felt different. We have been winning and losing as a team, but the encouraging part is we are competitive now and we are winning more games that in the past we likely would have lost. We might not be at the place we can proclaim ourselves “fixed” but we aren’t embarrassing ourselves, and we seem to be moving forward every game. This is what a lot of people with a lot of experience are seeing.
Under Gase yesterday’s game if the first qtr was the same we lose 52-10
Gase and Bill O’Brien proved that you don’t get better letting your best talent leave. Flores coaches up uses the entire roster with efficiency and accountability.
“Yesterday, Xavien Howard played in his 53rd career football game and logged his 21st career interception — a pace that only Hall of Fame safety Ed Reed of the Baltimore Ravens has matched in the last 30 seasons.”
Wow
That’s amazing!
Any Gesicki news yet?
Kind of
son of a son of a shula says:
December 14, 2020 at 4:41 pm
Gase and Bill O’Brien proved that you don’t get better letting your best talent leave. Flores coaches up uses the entire roster with efficiency and accountability.
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Gase really didnt let the best talent leave, none of those players actually did much since they left, Phillips is doing much for the Cardinals and Ajayi isn’t in the league. The bigger problems is he couldn’t resolve character issues and keep players invested int he team like Flores does. I mean Flores and company have technically sent more talent packing than Gase or BoB, but those were moves healthiest for the team not issues where Flores couldnt manage the player and just got rid of them.
“”They’re winning these things on little technicalities, like a thing called standing.”
— Donald J Trump on why the Supreme Court is not wise and corageous.
LMAO, did he really say that or is that a joke?
Yeah he said it.
SMH
HEY WTF? NO POLITICAL TALK BITCHES!
stangerx says:
December 14, 2020 at 3:49 pm
ORob knows a lot more about this stuff than you, me or Mahomes.
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way to lump Ken and you in with Mahomes LOL!
Piggy look, no photoshopping here
Sorry to steal your pic Stanger!
Cool by me. And that’s one special frog.
it’s off kilter, it may have bumped its ass!
Who are you accusing of photoshop?!?
My wings are all-natural
Rookies accounted for 45.6 percent of the Dolphins offensive snaps in yesterday’s game.
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This has to be the stat of the year. I had to sit back and think how amazing that is against the super bowl champs. Then I thought, I wish they would refigure that percentage for just the second half or even 4th quarter when we mounted a comeback. It think it would blow my mind!
We have some coaching going on in Miami my friends, COY!!!
Hmm, could this also mean some good drafting going on….
I can’t say I’m sold on this team 100%. I definitely think it has to continue to get better in a number of areas. But, you can see how the team is being built by the way it handles itself. You could see this defense being built and progressing week to week. You can see progress on the offense too, but it’s still got a ways to go.
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We didn’t see that with other regimes. We heard it, but we never saw it much. I think this season has already been a success, but it’s just been a step along the path. This team can be better, and I think we have the guys in place on the coaching staff to do it. I’m not there yet on the roster, but we’re getting there. Keep working. Keep getting better. It’s been fun to watch.
Mariucci just glowed over Flores and Tua saying we are in great hands for the long term with them both …
As for we would be one and done in playoffs 🤔 we just barely lost to the defending SB Champs who really havent slowed down .. give us back a few of the following bodies Gaskin, Parker, Williams, Gesicki, Van Noy , Roberts… most of whom WILL return , and we can take down a couple of the playoff teams .. we are a long way from being an Offensive Juggernaut, but observe the difference 1 Offseason made on Def side …. we ARE on the Rise. , and building to sustain it …
Good news : Grant is week to week
Great. He can drop passes weekly.
Or weakly 🤔
He will be strongly dropping them
And it’s all Tuas fault 🤬
I believe I have stated Grant scares me every time he “catches” the ball….NOT.
LMAO, he dropped the first SHB first down of the game and slapped himself in the head. Guess he knew or knew Orob had his back. LMFAO!
Troller???? Sounds like a Trump pass. Fuck that.
Not a political statement just trying to point out the bubbles.
The catches are the NOT….probably should said attempted receptions in phase of the game. He’s fast, just has trouble catching a ball ‘that’s not perfect’ and even then, not reliable.
Blame someone else for his failures. LOL!
Flag fest tonight
https://twitter.com/MattM334/status/1338648430927900675?s=20
That’s an odd stat
Guess the offense isn’t so bad
Inflated by defensive scores and special teams scores, I think.
Tua has impressed me so far in that every game he gets better. Still makes mistakes as a rookie. He should not have taken the sack at end of first half or the safety. There’s 5 points potentially.
He can’t throw off his back foot very far, but shouldn’t anyway.
He seems to be baller. Please, don’t break.
I wonder how much Clayton and Duper contributed to Marino’s success. Never good enough for a SB.
Stanger
I wasnt talking about myself! Lol
I think I haven’t griped in a long time…..on here anyway. LOL
ER are things opening up at all for ya ?
The capacity limits aren’t enforced, but they don’t need to be. People are not really going out to eat like before and I can’t blame them. They’re still cramming in bars which is just crazy to me. We’ll make it as long as things get better around summer.
I have a good friend just lost his dad. Picked up covid somewhere, nobody can figure it out. He was dead in 2 weeks. 65 and diabetic, but was fine before he got it.
Better than here , our bars and restaurants are closed except for curb side and doordash … sorry about friends dad though
They screwed everything up when they shut down back in March. There was no reason to yet and now that its finally up here they cant do shit.
I really think it’s pointless anyway. I dont have the answer either. It is just what it is. Wear your mask and if you have any health problems, stay home. That’s all I think we can do. Shutting everything down without any support is just putting more people in the shitter.
I’m with ya. Healthy people should not be told stay home, and don’t see family at XMas.. stay out of seniors homes, until they get them cleaned up, we have followed most protocol, lucky enough that wife has been able to work from home, and my office is business as usual, so zero missed time.. we go shopping we do wear masks … may an end to it magically appear in the new year. Not sold on vaccines ending it or being mandatory.. again start with healthcare workers.. and yes common sense should come into play if it were still a thing
Tua seems most comfortable in the quick pace situations
Holiday gift idea
Brown’s got a Chubby
Browns take the lead. 6 and a half minutes left
And the Ravens don’t have Lamar Jackson.
Scratch that he’s back.
Jackson out for cramping ?? Game up ya suck 😊
It happens to him one game every month. Trainers are stumped. 😋
LMAO. I had to work at Not going there 👍🤡
He got his tampon and chocolate
Holy crap, I’m on the edge of my seat with this game. It is so big for us that the Ravens lose this game.
another QB is down. Feels weird cheering for a team ahead of us in playoff rankings just to push down the guys behind us. Kind of feels like “earning it on the cheap”. Oh well, save the integrity stuff for when we are winning multiple division titles. lol
All teams and fans cheer for their best option. Nothing wrong with that.
Wow
are you fucking kidding me? one play? cramps and all. smmfh.
lol, of course
Well let’s see what Curtis mayfield has
Ravens D exposed this 2nd half
Wow again
Wow. That was a hot knife through warm butter easy
lol, crazy game. Still plenty of time for 4 or 5 more scores.
Why do these teams even have defenses on the field?
2 secs left lol
yup. Ravens got a leg too
Our road just got a lot tougher.
Browns COULD lose 2 of 3 Giants is a bit of a stretch but stranger shit has happened. Jets should win 1 game ??🤔
Was a crazy game. Entertaining
Don’t worry guys
I just came back from the future
We win our next three games
Now let me get some rest, my wings are tired
Oh well. They talked about this game as the game of the year but I’m not a fan of games with no defense.
Just win out. None of our games are impossible.
Bills game is the toughest game on Miami’s schedule. It’s also the last game of the season and the Bills will likely have nothing to play for so they may be resting players. Winning out is within reach.
Depends on how they do in the next few games, they could have to win to win the division.
We still likely get in winning 2 of 3, so we just need to play our best and i think thats doable when we do play our best.
Did we finally stop paying Suh? lol
stangerx says:
December 14, 2020 at 5:55 pm
“”They’re winning these things on little technicalities, like a thing called standing.”
— Donald J Trump on why the Supreme Court is not wise and corageous.
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CavalierKong says:
December 14, 2020 at 6:03 pm
LMAO, did he really say that or is that a joke?
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stangerx says:
December 14, 2020 at 6:59 pm
Yeah he said it.
Ken says:
December 14, 2020 at 6:07 pm
SMH
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I get it….self interest over national interest,
you guys stink like a day old diaper in a red lobster dumpster!
Can’t speak for the other two but I was just making fun of someone for calling standing “a little technicality.” Requirement #1 for a legal action.
Not permitting frivolous lawsuits is certainly a national interest especially when those lawsuits are so fundamentally flawed they are designed to generate donations instead actually win
One state with no knowledge of the others states processes contesting their results so that they are thrown out to alter the results of an election is as frivolous as it gets
Standing is not a technicality, its a door to the court
It’s how we prevent frivolous endless lawsuits every time some one feel’s aggrieved or disagrees about something
You need a right to sue. You need to be a person or entity with standing to sue
And one state doesn’t have a right to compel another state on how to compute its voting
If you open that door, it never ends, election after election
Every legal expert understood this suit would be dismissed before it even got started bc of standing. In fact, and let me be clear on this – I TOLD YOU SO! In fact all 3 of Trumps appointees refuses to grant cert to the lawsuits bc it was so fundamentally flawed.
If this kind of thing is permitted, guess what, Ny will be filing a suit against FLA and TX for the way they counted votes. I personally don’t like how they did it. I think they suppressed votes and engaged in fraud, but I don’t think it’s my right to tell Texas and FLA how to run their states
This is what standing is. There wasn’t even a right to try to do this. It’s by the way, the most embarrassing way to have a suit thrown out. The decision may say lack of standing, but every lawyer in America is saying, how did you not know that?
Ravens remaining 2 conference games (for tie break purposes) are Cincy and Jax … meaning they will surely be 7-5 in conference games.
We sit at 5-4 with 3 conf games left, as everyone here knows… so…
Pats and Raiders are clearly MUST wins … at Buffalo isn’t out of reach but looks more and more risky.
If Miami and Balt both finish 10-6 or 11-5, and both with 7-5 conference records, Balt would get the spot because of better SOS and/or SOV (?) Is that correct?
if miami had not benched fitz we wouldn’t have these problems.
Considering we are the same record right now and we are the 7th seed and they are on outside looking in, i think if we finish with the same record, we should be in and them out. They do have one of the easiest last three games though.
with the same record as the ravens, considering we have the pats, raiders and bills, the ravens have giants jags & bengals,
it doesn’t appear they are on the outside looking in.
ocalarob says:
December 15, 2020 at 10:44 am
with the same record as the ravens, considering we have the pats, raiders and bills, the ravens have giants jags & bengals,
it doesn’t appear they are on the outside looking in.
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Thats not the scenario he purposed, he said if we finish with the same record, you are saying we wont, which i dont disagree that they dont have a much easier schedule but thats not what i was answering.
Trump is old news. Nothing to see here. It really is time to move along. I couldn’t give a flying fuck what he says now, it’s meaningless. He couldn’t prove his case, so it’s over and time to move on. He can’t blame the SCOTUS, he put half of those people in place. lol
Im kinda in the same boat, not that i really had a dog in that fight anyways. Its just time to move the fuck on. Whats done is done, and now its time to see what damage this new terd will do. Maybe one day we will get a toilet bowl cleaner of a candidate and he can scrub away all the shit streaks the others left behind.
D — has there been a President in your lifetime you liked?
Colts: vs Hou, at Pitt, vs Jax … 11-5, 7-5 conf.
Browns: at NYG, vs Jets, at Pitt … need Giants to play great BUT call it 11-5, 7-5 conf.
Titans: vs Lions, at Packers, at Hou … loss to Packers (?) means 11-5, 8-4 conf.
Ravens: vs Jags, vs NYG, at Bengals … win out is 11-5, 7-5 conf… NYG win 10-6, 7-5
Raiders: vs Chargers, vs Miami, at Broncs … current conf. is 5-4 like us
Perspective is that Ravens victory last night removes Miami’s probability of a playoff IF we lose one of remaining three games. We need to win all three games to avoid conf. tie-break loss to Ravens. IF Ravens lose, the only way Miami can lose a game is if that Ravens loss is to Jags or Bengals.
Yes, there is a lot of football to play and upsets happen.
Upsets we really need requires Houston to win 2 more games lol … could drop Colts or Titans back to a conf. tie-break loss to Miami. After cheering against Houston all season, I’ll have to cheer for them. We’ll find talent no matter where we pick. 🙂
AND/OR we are big NYG fans as that could effect SOV between Clev and Miami if both end up 10-6 and 7-5 conf.
Dolphins are now in a 3-week playoff scenario for wildcard (Bills will own all tie breaks even if we win so they literally need to lose the last three games … Den, NE, Fins while we win out… not gonna happen for Bills games).
After today, for me, it’s all about revenge against the Pats for game one when our defense played together for the first time.
Absolutely want revenge against the Pats. We need to knock them back where they belong, below average!
Great summary of the next 3 games, but every year we are in the hunt we see such. And you know what happens?….. doesn’t turn out exactly as you would expect. Something about December football. Or maybe we are just paying more attention to each game.
Sorta gotta like Mahomes. Laughing at yourself is a good sign.
Right now Sporttstrac has our 2021 cap room at $35 mil. Not nearly as good as last year, but not bad either.
stangerx says:
December 15, 2020 at 10:41 am
D — has there been a President in your lifetime you liked?
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Not old enough to really remember Regan when he was president, i was still really young when he was in office, BUT i do know that the stuff i have seen and read about his presidency means i would have liked him as a candidate. I would have felt good about voting for him. H.W. Bush didnt do much but he surely wasn’t the embarrassment over a lot of the candidates are now days, and he puked on a dude! GW was comical, goofy, probably not the best representation as a president but compared to the past few (including the incoming one), fucking amazing. Ill even go as far as saying Clinton and Obama didnt do much either, but they weren’t an embarrassment either. My issue is its a trend that the slope keeps getting steeper and steeper on. Replace terds with more terds. Party politics hijacking the primaries to push their guy instead of whats really the best of their candidates. Then after shit gets pushed up by both sides, its shit vs shit and we end up with ……yep shit.
I dunno if im a hold out for quality or if i have too high of an expectation, but i just cant seem to get behind people i dont feel are good enough.
Up to you on how you feel about a given Pres. Cast my first vote for Reagan and really liked him. Pluses and minuses on each Pres since, but wouldn’t call any of them a turd except the current one…. even if appreciate some of what he has done (dude just scares me).
But maybe your standards for such are higher than mine.
Yeah the last 20 teams aren’t much competition, but we have 330 points with 3 games left.
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Over the past 20 seasons, only six Dolphins franchises have scored more points in a season than the 2020 Dolphins:
2016: 363 points
2014: 388 points
2009: 360 points
2008: 345 points
2002: 378 points
2001: 344 points
None of which were Marino years, so you wonder about the changes in passing rules and how that might have changed the game lol.
FMU Playoffs are set .. outside looking to next year..My Wife and Stanger (last years Champ)
Week 1 matchups:
Toba VS Twice (tied for League lead)
Mike E (League leader) vs Phelon
Herd vs Piggie
ER vs Hulk
reminder there are Thursday and Saturday Games..
good luck to all but Twice, all but Twice
🙂
Appreciate you throwing in the last years champ. Was a tough year. And thanks for all the time you put in to keep the league going.
i appreciate the effort most people put in, it was a very difficult year for sure.. hope all are having fun, and if any ideas on tweaks, i am open to them,, will be changing playoffs next year so week 17 not involved..
My suggested tweek for a ten-team league would be 6 teams make the playoffs (two with byes) and “a toilet bowl” bracket. But might not be 10 teams next year.
Stanger : I just looked and on consolation side you and Dar play week 17 for Ninth Place
My suggestion is that I win every game. Then I wouldn’t have to spend so much time tweaking my roster.
Phelon — but you are in the show. Any Given Thursday ,Sunday, Monday, and this year Wednesday. And soon to be Saturday. 🙂
noted… hope everyone comes back.. but long way away ..
The Flying Pig says:
December 15, 2020 at 11:41 am
Not permitting frivolous lawsuits is certainly a national interest
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boom, right over your head! i could care less about any law suit.
Is Joe Biden using his position in Govt for self financial gain with Ukraine, China & Russia national interest to you?
seems like he’s more into self interest policies to me.
So you could’ve cared less about the Supreme Court lawsuit that would have made Trump president for the next four years? Seems if the Supreme Court went with that one you wouldn’t have to worry about Biden much.
you’re biden blind, anything i say to try to take the blindfold off is rebutted whether there’s merit or not, so maybe we should stick to football and hold the moronic political views
Just asked you a Q based on what you said. And btw not a Biden fan. I’m OK with him, but wish could have been voting for Rubio or Haley.
It didn’t go over my head…lol
The fact that you don’t care about is actually the problem. More specifically it’s your problem. You are the target of this grift. It’s the MAGA crowd financing these frivolous suits
Having the Supreme Court, Including Trumps 3 appointees tell you exactly what people like me were predicting should have been a wake up call to you.
If I commenced a case against some one and it was thrown out for lack of standing, that’s borderline malpractice on my part. If that happened then I mislead my client to believe there’s a case for my own profit. FYI I’ve never had a case dismissed for lack of standing…it ridiculous…
Standing is not some random technicality….lol
It’s not failing to dot your “I”or cross your “Ts”
It’s not having a basis to bring a case to begin with
That’s why the lawyers on this blog are laughing about it
All of Trumps lawyers knew it and didn’t care. They mislead you.
These lawsuits are being financed through contributions to the campaign.
You are the target of this grift. I’ve been telling you the man is a conman for more than 4 years now. The sooner you realize it the better for you.
The whole election was stolen fundraising has made Trump like $200 million. Only a few million have gone to the lawsuits. In a weird way…. guess that does make him a smart businessman. What he ran on after all.
Why are you bothering? He doesn’t care about facts. He’s as idiotic as David. He gets his information from youtube and wiki, and thinks Trump is a saint. He responded to comments about the president saying “standing” is a technicality with a moronic jab about national security, then immediately tries to spin it. He’s just winding you up so he can throw a bunch of garbage around, and you are trying to use logic and reason? Good luck, LOL
Stanger
He’s exactly who we’ve said he is
Kong
I respond bc I still think reason has a place here….lol
I also just flat out love the chance to say “I told you so”
Piggy, yeah I get it. I just wanted to compare him to David since he included me in his jab post and I used you guys as the canvas. LOL
the other FFB league i run , a co worker came storming to my desk this morning demanding i change the results of his (loss) game, as he was fraudulently screwed…. going into last night game he had Chubb and was down 120 PTS…
i told him to piss up a rope as well..
Based on remaining schedule, if we end up with the same record, we hold the tie breaker advantage over the Ravens and the Colts based on conference record.
The Browns are a bit more complicated. If we end up with the same record, we either beat them on conference record or common games depending on if one of their losses is to the Giants. Either way, we have the tie breaker advantage over the Browns
We have 4 paths to the playoffs.
1: We win out
2: We win 2 games and the Ravens lose one game
3: We win 2 games and the Colts lose 2 games
4: We win 2 games and the Browns lose 2 games
That’s it. The bonus scenario is if we win out, and the Bills lose out, we win the division.
The last 2 scenarios are a very long shot, and the Ravens getting upset by the Jags, Giants, or Bengals is also not very likely. Assuming we can beat the Pets and Raiders, we are likely going to need to beat the Bills in week 17.
Go Phins!!!!
Woohoo!! We’re talking playoff football in December.
Exactly!
Well Colts have two they should win, but i do think its possible the Texans can beat them, but Jags i dont think will be doing us any favors. G-Men could possibly beat the Ravens but not very likely. I think they could beat the Browns as well and Steelers could take them out as they probably have to fight to the end for playoff positioning.I agree though, the only secure scenario is win out, so lets hope we can keep our heads on straight, stay focused and make that hapn capn
Your post makes me realize I left a blurb off. If the Ravens one loss is to the Giants and we lose once, then we have the tie breaker against the Ravens on Strength of Victory.
It doesn’t change anything, but I was trying to have all the info in one tidy post.
I just added up victories, and we lose to the Ravens in SOV, so their loss needs to be someone other than the Giants, lol. I just assumed we had a stronger SOV because they play the NFCE. But we had the Jest twice, so that is no wins.
Everyone in the NE ready for the storm? I just went and got a bunch of stuff so I don’t have to go anywhere for a couple of days. Be safe.
Hope yall got yalls jock warmers ready, keep your outies from turning into innies.
LOL
Lack of standing is basically a Judges way of saying….Why the fuck did you waste my time with this shit, lol. Now take that and multiply it by the number of the top legal appointees in the US who had to agree to make it that ruling. Thats bad.
Its pretty nuts to me that the number of playoff teams has been expanded and we are still talking scenarios where a team might have to be 11-5 just to get in.
its also crazy we could still technically be anywhere from the 7 seed and it could take an 11-5 finish to do so, or we could end up the 3 seed at 10-6. lol.
LOL, it’s crazy with the expanded playoffs we’re talking scenarios where it’s very possible an 11-5 team might get left out.