The last week of the 2020 NFL Regular season is upon us, and no matter what the outcome of our game versus the Buffalo Bills is, I’m thankful for our Dolphins for giving us a great season. Whether we win or lose, make the playoffs or don’t make the playoffs, I think I’d be hard pressed to find a Dolphins fan that feels that this 2020 team didn’t exceed their expectations. This team had a bumpy start but once we got rolling, we have been an ultra competitive team. Our worst loss was the first game of the season against the Patriots losing by 10 points. Since then, our loss to the Seahawks in Week 4 was our 2nd worst losing by 8. Our seasons point differential is +96. We are the #1 scoring defense (points allowed) at 18.8 in the NFL. If I told any of you we’d be traveling to Buffalo Week 17 with a 10-5 record as the #5 seed in the AFC, there’s not one of you who wouldn’t be thrilled with those circumstances.
I’m not going to bore with you with last week’s theatrics, we won a game we had no business winning but we did win, and now we live to fight another day. Coach Brian Flores has already decided that Tua Tagovailoa is the starter. Is this decision made for this week or for the future as well? I’d say in some ways it’s probably both, but I also believe that Flores believes Tua is his best QB. I don’t think Flores is a puppet and no one is pulling his strings. He’s making the personnel decisions and he’s declared Tua is the QB. Once again, I mean absolutely no disrespect to QB Ryan Fitzpatrick but there is a fine line between Fitzmagic and Fitztragic. He’s a gambler, and as everyone knows, sometimes ya win and sometimes ya lose. I’m going to enlighten some of you here, so be prepared. Over Ryan Fitzpatrick’s career, his TD% is 4.4 and his INT% is 3.3. Tua Tagovailoa in his short career has a TD% of 4.3 and an INT% of 0.9%. This doesn’t tell the entire story, and there are many metrics to look at, but I think Flores wants a player that’s careful with the football, and Tua Tagovailoa is that guy. That doesn’t mean he couldn’t be better, he can, and hopefully Sunday he will be.
The Bills are 12-3 for a reason. The best teams in the NFL score points, and the Bills are the 4th best scoring offense at 29.7 PPG. Their passing offense is #2 in the NFL throwing for 4,398 yards. Josh Allen is having a monster year, completing 69.1 % of his passes with 4,320 yards with 34 TD’s and just 9 INT’s. The Bills defense is stingier giving up yards than our Dolphins as they are ranked at the #10 defense in the NFL but they are allowing nearly a TD more per game than our defense. Their rushing attack is on par with our own rushing attack and they have used a 1-2 punch with Devin Singletary and Zack Moss. They are 19th in the league rushing and we are 22nd. The problem is their rushing attack doesn’t stop with these 2. QB Josh Allen is a legitimate weapon with over 4oo yards rushing and 8 rushing TD’s. When they’re in the red zone, you have to account for the QB running as well.
On the injury front, we know that LB Elandon Roberts is OUT along with Jakeem Grant. Practicing on a limited basis were WR DeVante Parker, OL Solomon Kindley and S Bobby McCain. McCain is not a threat to miss the game. Both TE Mike Gesicki and G Ereck Flowers were both FULL participants. That’s good news. I think Elandon Roberts is done for the season and that’s unfortunate. He wouldn’t be getting as many snaps this week anyway because the Bills throw the ball more. Can we talk about a Dolphins defender who gets very little ink in NFL circles? #55, Jerome Baker is having a great season. He leads the Dolphins with 108 tackles, he has 11 QB hits, 7 tackles for a loss along with 7 sacks and 2 forced fumbles. This really is a no-name defense, with the exception of X who is known league wide. So many contributors including lesser known Zach Sieler, Elandon Roberts, Eric Rowe, Andrew Van Ginkel, rookie Raekwon Davis, Christian Wilkins, Nik Needham and a guy who leads the Dolphins in sacks, Emmanuel Ogbah. Hope Ogbah can be the first Dolphins defender since Cam Wake to have double digit sacks with a great game against the Bills. We need to take Josh Allen down! Hopefully Shaq Lawson can make it for this game, although AVG certainly made his presence felt.
In summation, I think it’s important to have the right perspective. The Dolphins are a team on the rise, no question about it. We have built a team so quickly it’s shocking. We are set up to have another strong draft and a top 5 draft pick which currently stands at #3. Once again we have TWO 1st RD picks and TWO 2nd RD picks, most likely 4 in the top 60. We also have a fair amount of cap space ($32M) as well to fill in Free Agency. The future looks so much brighter than we could have imagined. I didn’t expect us to be at 10-5 going into the last week of the NFL season. I didn’t expect our team to be this good, this fast. Whatever happens this weekend, the future is bright my friends, enjoy it!
GO DOLPHINS!!!!
Happy New Year!!
Yes it was tipped but he still let it come to his body
Maybe draft 3 WRs and pick up a few more in FA…
Trade Parker to Houston for their 3 and 1st next year 🙂
Lol
I honestly want to draft 3 WRs
Parker has reverted to his old form
Even with tip Ford should have caught it
Catches are tipped all the time
It bounced off his chest after it was tipped
Sucks, this game will leave a bad taste in our mouth after a great season
Depressing showing
Browns about to score again
Not on Ford at all
Just run the fucking ball Buffalo don’t be turds
#1 defense my ass
Howard!
Van Ginkle has at least showed up , and woohoo X
TD Browns
Figure the end of the Raiders game was a gift from god. If the high and mighty shows up for the Phins today will be by helping the Steelers or Jags. And anyhow….. was a great season.
Can’t get excited
Glad X got #10
Me too
Maybe he’ll get a deserving DPOY
10 is an achievement. Way to go X
No separation
Nother drop
They barely covered it
But what that just a drop by Ford
It look like ti was perfectly placed
Then Bowden as well
No WRs
Bowden again🙁
He keeps throwing too high
Yeah that was for sure
Of course it’s an interception off the hands of one of our receivers
Of course
Tua fucking sucks
LOL!
Cant even beat their scrubs. Lol
This team forgot to get on the plane.
Well they sucked in all phases today.
Looks like I will be streaming the Jags game today LOL
Good thing Miami has a lot of picks in the draft. And hopefully Gailey retires. No need to ruin another QB.
We’re gonna be 10-6. I’m cool with that.
Devonta Smith, Pick 1. He may be small but I bet he’ll be injured less than Parker next year no matter where he plays.
Our loss means the titans are in even with a loss. The only way today gets worse is a titans loss
But they need to win to guarantee the divison title
Unless you think the Jags have football movie magic in them……. Titans/Texans game is the one left that counts.
Td steelers
Beer
Or Capt and Dew 🍺
19 killed us today
Horrible
TD Steelers on 4th down
20-19 giants
#1 defense my ass…
Bad karma on bills running up the score (throwing deep) – then again the D has to stop them.
Honestly, I’m embarrassed. This team looks just like any iteration of the Dolphins the last decade or more. Need a W to make the playoffs and shit the bed
At least it’s a learning experience (I hope)
Hadn’t lost a game by more than 10 points all year before this one.
Just one of those days
parker sucks, bowden sucks, chan gailey sucks, Gesicki sucks?????
it’s everyone else’s fault except for the common denominator,
Gesicki doesn’t suck
i doubt he wants to be left out
Tua sucks today no doubt. I’d love to waste another top 5 pick next year to make you happy but I think that’s a bad idea.
you could take a qb off a practice sqaud to replace Tua
Hey at least we kept our turnover streak alive woohoo
Tua is not an NFL QB.
But yet he is. But understand you don’t think he’s the one for us.
Well that one is all Tua
The dolphins of the last 20 years finally showed up. We’re back!!
Keeps throwing high – I wonder if that thumb injury has been a problem?
#1 scoring defense … pfft! gone, just like that.
So if I’m scoring correctly, it’s Bill’s back up 14, dolphins starters 7…
I feel like I should be at Slattery’s for this game
Bills trying to run up the score?
No fight from Dolphins, rub it in. The key is for the Dolphins to remember this
They keep throwing it – seems like it to me. Bad karma for them.
yep
Tua looks terrible today. The team looks terrible but Tus has been pretty bad most of the year. We have a lot to think about this next offseason.
I’m shocked. I didn’t see this coming
#1 defense my asssssssss
bring fitz back, fitz is serviceable, draft a qb 2nd rndish or bring in a FA.
have a real competition at the qb position, not get the job based on how likeable you are or where you were drafted.
trade back that #3 pick and pick up more future draft picks
So , if the stars align and we manage to get in I assume we draw a rematch with Bills
21-7 Bill’s backups
Bills are totally running up the score and playing like the classless team we know they are
Wow that INT was ugly by Tua.
I see why they only let tua throw it 5 yds or less
THIS GAME proved that Miami is STILL under talented on BOTH sides of the ball. We will need to hit on all 4 of our picks in the first two rounds of the upcoming draft. THAT SAID, we are NOT as bad as we looked today. IF we can win 10 games with the talent we currently have, we can WIN MORE THAN 10 GAMES if we have a solid draft.
ALL IN ALL, this season certainly exceeded my expectations. And, in a way, this sour ending will serve to light a fire under this team during the off season (which is just what coach FLO wants to do)!!!
Nice catch by Ford
Ford’s last game in a Phins uniform.
we have a good team that will only get better, all we need is a decent QB, at this point we are not playoff ready,
I can understand why Ford dropped that. That ball is scary
It is a Flying Pig
He batted it away
Woohoo. 🐬🐬🐬🐬
Really scary…
Steelers with ball 3 minutes left
Inside the 10 👍
1st and goal Steelers
Question is, if say the Jags upset the Colts, can this team actually show up again this season?
7 more scores and we’re right back in it
This team was a total surprise this year. At the beginning of the season if someone said we’d be in the playoff hunt at the last game of the season I’d have thought they were insane. Hate losing, but still see the upside.
This is me trying to be positive.
I wish I could get into that groove. I’m furious, not that we lost, but how we’re doing it.
That’s more of it yes … BUT zig we get in and play Bills again Flores had best remember how this played out
We are still a team on the rise
No matter how bad today is
Steelers had better not win. we don’t deserve to get in
When Isaiah Ford sees the ball come towards him
Nah he don’t run that fast lol
We need to sign that guy. He’d be our #1
TD Steelers need the 2 pter
Steelers just scored
Even if we shit the bed today…. I’d still like to see a chance for some playoff experience.
just need steelers to get 2 pt conv . to get a chance.
Good for Salvon. Good for the team.
Steelers miss 2pt conversion
Beer^
Erased the typing 😊
Steelers do have 3 TO left
Are they just struggling with a cold ball?
Piggy, looks more like they’re struggling with no balls today
WTF screw Buffalo
Fuck I hope we get in and mash these fuckers next week
Bills totally just rubbing our face in this shit
I would be really pissed if I was Flores
#1 defense my aaassss
Dolphins now #28 in scoring defense
Lol
Browns in
At least all they need is kneel downs
Steelers going to lose
Based on the scoring on bottom of my screen…. looks like they missed on the 2 pointer.
Throwing the bomb when you are up by 30 in the 4th Q is a real dick move.
That’s really a classless play by the Bills
You don’t throw the ball deep in first down with 7 minutes to go and a more than comfortable lead
Same 5 offensive play calls over….and over….and over…….
Well, just need the titans to lose to finish this wonderful Sunday
Buffalo Bills now the big bully on the block. Gotta do something about it
Throw the ball at Josh Allen’s knees
LMAO, that one he catches
Maybe the Bills are trying to show Miami how to throw it downfield even if your QB is fucking Barkley.
He might actually throw for 400 yards today
Silver lining I guess
I hope they score 9 more tds. Run it up. Embarrass us. Maybe it’ll mean something
Ok first down. Work the clock.
That was a nice throw – and wow Tua’s thrown almost 60 times now, ORob’s TuaMarinowhatever statement on the mark for attempts anyway.,
Even though I know it was a sarcastic statement from him…
Bills just flat out bullied us today. Beat us with their starters then undressed us with their backups. They sought out to embarrass us and they succeeded
If somehow the Jags beat the colts
Then we play the bills again next week….lol
That would be something…
I’m glad they are gonna be out after this. Go Colts.
It’s still a good season to build on, but they’ve got some questions needing answers that I don’t think they planned on.
I’m shocked the Bills didn’t try to throw it deep there
I don’t get blaming Buffalo for kicking Dolphin ass. Seriously?
I don’t get Dolphins shitting the bed? Seriously?
We’re not close to finishing the rebuild, but hopeful.
Thank God this is only year one of the rebuild…
Now you finally got it right!
I finally understand what was really happening, lol
Nice touch pass by Tua.
We achieved well over expectations, lots of work to do in Off season ..
We’re a media darling at least as far as going forward. And I get why. One of the youngest teams in the league.
I think we had a very successful season.
Better than anyone expected for sure .. horrible way to wind it up /down though
How can you complain?
Piggy – I really feel like this was a Slattery’s type of game
Obviously, I’ve had much better experiences than you at slatterys
I’m going to have a hard time rooting for the Colts after this game. If this is what we do when the chips are down, I can only imagine further embarrassment next week in a rematch.
Tua — 35 of 58 for 361 yards, a 6.2 yard average with 1 TD and 3 INTs for a 62.5 QB rating.
You guys wanted more yards. 🙂
Would have been nice to have some when the mattered though 🙁
Toba – Suggestion for next FF season, have the playoffs Weeks 15 and 16. Week 17 is a bad week because teams rest starters and it’s kind of all up in the air.
Yes I realized that a week ago , that will be adjustment #1, QBs TDs for 6 instead of 4 will be 2 …. you guys like full point per reception? Or scale back to .5 ??
Whatever the rules are they are. Maybe I missed, but this year didn’t get had turned to PPR until was checking the game scores. But I’m cool with whatever.
Possible Fumble return TD Colts
Nope incomplete
Mike E that was a tough homer call to leave Diggs on bench.
I don’t even care about the Colts game. All that matters to me is securing that #3 pick.
Would sure like it if the Jags won…… but we are talking about just that. Unless the NFL has some rule where they can trot Trevor Lawrence in pre-draft. 🙂
One has nothing to do with the other. 🙂
I’m sure that relates to my statement somehow, I’m just not sure how, lol.
Kyle Murray injured former Blue Bomber QB darling Streveler in
I’m not going to get into too much detail but this game was… we faced a team way ahead of us and we did not play well in all three phases. Almost like we hit a wall. Let’s see how it ends.
The season has ended, imo. I have seen enough. Let’s get ready for next.
Unless the Colts get 4 turnovers, our defense ended up tied with the Steelers for #1 in forced turnovers. WOOOOHHHOOO FUCKING HOOO!!
lol the silver lining!
There is one to be found in every asswhooping, lol.
Actually, the turnover numbers I was looking at was prior to today, so we’re actually #1 by ourselves. Oh yeah
Colts game basically over…
Titans/ Texans tied at 3
Piggy,
I really like that draft. I don’t think Pitts will be available but I’d love to have him. Devonta is the surest bet in my opinion to start getting separation for easier throws.
Titans up 10-3
Toba – PPR is essential. Otherwise it diminishes anything other than the top players. PPR evens out the playing field. It makes players like Austin Ekeler able to compete against a guy like Nick Chubb.
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Our offense does need a lot of work. I’ve said all year the defense and ST’s was way ahead of the offense. That said, all phases let us down today. The bottom line is the Bills are really good. The last game they lost in their last 11 was that Murray/Hopkins Hail Mary play. The Bills are for real.
My favorite wife of a player at this point on this day.
Pick #3!!!!!!!!!!!
What a pass by Tanny! Wish he was still a Dolphin. lol