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!!
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Here is Amon-Ra St Brown
Some of the highlights make it look like he’s a speed outside guy
But really in the nfl he will probably be more like a slot guy
So far Bowden and/or Perry really haven’t broken anything big
There’s time for them to develop
But it never hurts to bring in competition
My guess is he goes anywhere between 2 and 4th rounds
We have the picks…..lol
I should have said “first and oink”
excellent article Mike, i concur with Your points, this is an exciting team, and they find a way to win in crunch time. Christian Wilkins wont let the guys get down, lol unless Wilkins takes them down in a TD celebration !
Happy New Year everyone!
Thanks David! Happy New Year!
Christian Wilkins Mic’d up for the Raiders game,,,
https://m.facebook.com/watch/?v=233266871653658&_rdr
Great write up Mike
The new NoName Defense
Thanks Piggy! If you think about it, the only household name is X. If you asked NFL fans most of them probably couldn’t name one or two more guys on our defense, past X.
That’s true
I have a theory about that
I think there are so many former patriots on radio and tv they talk down the Dolphins
Piggy – It’s not just former Patriots although I’m sure there are enough of those fuckers. I listen to NFL radio a decent amount and when they talk about the Dolphins and Bills, they talk about the Bills as the team with the great defense and it just freaks me out. Like have they watched these teams this season? If they have, how do they come up with that conclusion? I know in recent weeks the Bills have defense has better than earlier in the season, but I think that has a lot to do with who they played and when they played them. Last 4 weeks they played the Niners w/o Garoppolo and 3/4 of the the Niners team, The Steelers who are in a major offensive rut, the Broncos who have thrown in the towel and the Patriots which are a total mess. I hope we light those fuckers up Sunday and wake these ANALysts up some!
Good write Mike E and heck yeah been a great season already and the future looks even more bright. But gotta correct your first line. Should read — “The last week of the 2020 NFL REGULAR season is upon us…” Hoping the Phins got a game or two more in them.
Well, that was implied that Week 17 is the last week of the regular season, but . . . Thanks! 🙂
How long has been since Week 17 was not guaranteed to be the end of the season? Gotta enjoy that while we got it. 🙂
Mike
I just never miss an opportunity criticize the Patriots
🐖💨
Understood and agreed!
Nice article Mike E. Hulk concurs with your thoughts
Why was our relief pitcher not at practice today?
We NEED Fitz! How will we win if we don’t pull Tua in the 2nd half!!!???
Doomed! DOOMED I SAY!!
He’ll be available. This is nothing
The Miami Dolphins’ 2020 average margin of victory is 6.4 points per game.
In 2019 it was minus 11.8 points per game.
That’s 18.2 points better.
This rebuild has been fast.
And we are only in phase 1.5 😉
Like someone else besides me said, Phase 2, year 1 of the rebuild. 😉
Fitz = 2 x the yards in 1/3 the time same score in 1/3 the time. WE NEED FITZ!
“For the fourth time in sixteen weeks, Miami Dolphins kicker Jason Sanders has been named the AFC Special Teams Player of the Week.” And 2nd most points in Phins history with a chance to break the record….. but yet no Pro Bowl.
You got robbed Jason.
who do u have to suck to make a pro bowl, lol JK
YES, Sanders is the best in the NFL, and the best K in Fins history
Cleveland Covid … Sittin’ Steelers … that game is a mess! No doubt about it, the back door to the playoffs is nearly locked…. gonna have to kick down the front door and earn it the old fashioned way. 4th and short for Miami should be a hoot to watch.
i love our D run lane stuffs, when other teams have the foolishness to go for it on fourth down
We must have at least a half dozen stops on fourth down attempts this year, and Seiler is a big part of that
Ryan Fitzpatrick QB, Miami Dolphins
Dolphins placed QB Ryan Fitzpatrick on the reserve/COVID-19 list.
Fitzpatrick is reportedly COVID positive, and not merely a “close contact.” At least as of 1:30 PM ET Thursday afternoon, Tua Tagovailoa has yet to be designated a close contact of Fitz. It would appear the Dolphins followed all mask and distancing guidelines, unlike the Broncos quarterbacks ahead of Week 12. Nevertheless, Jake Rudock has been promoted from the practice sqaud to serve as either the No. 2 or No. 1 quarterback depending on Tua’s status. Depending on when Fitzpatrick first tested positive, it’s possible he will not be available for a potential Wild Card matchup should the Dolphins clinch a playoff spot against the Bills on Sunday. It’s a disaster for Miami after Fitzpatrick served as a Mariano Rivera in Week 16.
Holy Shit! Tracing is likely underway … its gonna be a tense couple days.
good chance Tua was exposed to it , SMH and crossing fingers
As fans we are thrilled with how this season has progressed … however, I am pretty certain that Flores, et. al., don’t see it that way. His message is that our players belong here, so play that way. Whatever happens in this game, I can assure everyone here that a Flores led team in a win/in position will be in this game to the end. It will not be a game like the Pats played on MNF.
Christian Wilkins is making a name for himself this year, and Jerome Baker has turned it up a notch as well, i think he has 7 or 8 sacks
sure hope Tua stays healthy, or we could be looking at Malcolm Perry or Patrick Bowden JR at QB, lol
Good write, Mike. I agree with what you said. This season has been so much fun. We would have all signed up for this season in the offseason. We’re on the right path.
Thanks Tim – Fitz out makes this game more interesting. Maybe it gives Tua more confidence to step up, we’ll see.
Yeah heard it’s Covid.
Are NFL players being tested using ‘rapid’ or ‘pcr’? We sent our rapid tests back because they were wildly unreliable for something that causes major upheaval in people’s lives/routines/etc. White House was using rapid tests when they had all those outbreaks (false negatives! as much as false positives). Anyone we had with a positive test we made them follow up at CVS with pcr test.
I was pretty sure I had COVID-19 in the summer along with my wife but we both tested negative. We had only GI issues, no respiratory issues or coughing. Does a nasal swab show COVID-19 when the infection is the in the GI tract? No one knows . . .
Right? And waiting to 5 to 7 days for results completely eliminates the possibility of contact tracing.
We’ve obviously have had to keep working through this pandemic, and the hardest part has been the OTHER medical issues that now required a Covid test to eliminate it… but most of those were unreliable. Every single person at our clinic except my wife has had to go to quarantine at least once. 5 have been positive. We still can’t get access to an in house PCR, only rapids.
Will preparations for the game be halted? LV Raiders are big time protocol violators … you see where I’m going with this?
What really sucks is this Week 17, and the NFL has done everything in their power to make sure there is no Week 18 of the regular season. Other teams have received consideration for situations like these postponing games. If Tua isn’t available and we followed our COVID-19 protocols, is that fair not to postpone the game to maybe Tues or Wednesday if Tua could play then and couldn’t Sunday? We deserve that courtesy too!
without bye weeks, and only big money playoff games, I have a bad feeling that Monday Jan 4 is a concrete wall for the regular season.
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Phew….
Rhino – I believe the NFL uses both tests
This recent spike in NFL Covid issues is a microcosm of the nation at large. Only the general population does not have access to many of the things the NFL (and NBA) have had. Fingers crossed. Football has been a guilty pleasure/distraction these past several months.
Well looks like it’s truly Tua time. No billy, no safety net.
Binky not billy. Fookin’ autocorrect.
In Tua we trust
Fitz has 7 kids….. that’s a lot of ways to get Covid.
Don’t know what you are talking about
Kids are very sanitary
Hi daddy!!!!
It would be a black eye to the NFL IMO to have Jake Rudock as our starter against the Bills Week 17 with the playoffs on the line. Good thing Tua appears to be in the clear.
Dolphins fans giving Ben Volin shit on twitter. All he said was it’s sink or swim time for Tua, no safety net. TRUTH! Why do people care if he talks about the Dolphins and not the Patriots. Patriots are last year’s news, irrelevant! Dolphins are relevant!
Ben is a good dude. And aren’t these Phin fans following him on twitter?
Not sure but they’re all very salty. Saying shit like I don’t talk about my job from 4 years ago. Yeah, because you’re not a fucking reporter! I think it’s totally normal he would be discussing Dolphins, especially big news like this. Not like he’s writing an article in the Boston Globe about it, he tweeted
Your Picks:
Round 1 Pick 15 (S.F.): Micah Parsons, ILB/OLB, Penn State (A+)
Round 1 Pick 23: Rashod Bateman, WR, Minnesota (A+)
Round 2 Pick 3: Najee Harris, RB, Alabama (A-)
Round 2 Pick 15 (S.F.): Joseph Ossai, DE/OLB, Texas (A)
Round 2 Pick 23: Andre Cisco, FS/SS, Syracuse (A)
Round 3 Pick 22: Alaric Jackson, OT, Iowa (A+)
Round 4 Pick 23: Amari Rodgers, WR, Clemson (A+)
Round 6 Pick 28: Chase Allen, TE, Iowa State (A+)
Your Future Picks:
2022 Round 1 Pick
2022 Round 1 Pick (S.F.)
So 3 to 15 got you a 2nd and a first next year? I’d take that.
I’m intrigued with keeping the 2 picks in the first round going!
How the evil genius did it for years. Would trade a 2nd for the next year’s first all the time. Flores was there for that.
Parsons and Ossai would be sick
But those guys aren’t going as low as they went in this draft
This one will make Orob smile!
Your Picks:
Round 1 Pick 3: Trevor Lawrence, QB, Clemson (A-)
Round 1 Pick 23: Kyle Pitts, TE, Florida (A+)
Round 2 Pick 3: Najee Harris, RB, Alabama (A-)
Round 2 Pick 23: Sage Surratt, WR, Wake Forest (A)
Round 3 Pick 22: KJ Britt, ILB/OLB, Auburn (A)
Round 4 Pick 23: Zaven Collins, DE/OLB, Tulsa (A+)
Round 6 Pick 28: Tyler Vaughns, WR, USC (A+)
Yes I took 3 WRs
https://twitter.com/theflyingpig44/status/1344739032719384576?s=21
pheloniusphish says:
December 31, 2020 at 11:08 am
Aquatic mammals
Warrior receivers needed
Samurai wind blows
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Phelon, Haiku is 5-7-5… not 5-8-5. NOT calling you out, just trying to keep you from repeating a mistake, sir.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
MF13 say’s
Haiku is not up to speed
Wyo counts seven
😉
I suppose it depends on if one counts “warrior” as 2 or 3. Where I come from, it’s 3. Perhaps I’m wrong though, on second thought…
Warr -ior
Technically you would split a t the double consonants: War-rior
FitzMagic is out
Tua reveals his mettle
Phins survive the Bills
LOL, I finally know how to pronounce Iggy’s name. ‘burning ziggurat’
Great autocorrect from Piggy, lol
Miss State and Tulsa having a rumble after the game on ESPN!
Hopefully they are all wearing their masks!
WOW!!!
Durham Smythe has only ever been on THIS NFL team. Poor wording Travis.
Interesting. Maybe have Grant bad hands and all.
I’m pretty sure this is the definitive proof…
Of life on Mars? God? Colloquial English?
yes, I’m amazed you got all 3 right
Proof that Cav knows good movies and that “play” can be as many syllables as you want.
LOL
Pu-lay
Pl-ay
P-lay
Syllables are vowel sounds you hear in a word (i.e. pronounced). If two vowels together make one sound, it’s one syllable, if the vowel is silent, it doesn’t count.
I have always pronounced warriors as ‘war-yours’, but I guess the correct way to pronounce it is ‘war-e-yours’.
You learn something every day
Bang Bang
Exactly, they are right on top of each other due to emphasis on the first syllable
I was thing more in the sense of Patty Smyth…
One of my oft inebriated arguments is who made up all these “proper” English rules?
And why would I give a shit what they have to say on the subject!
We’re talking about foundational elements that form the basis of our language rather than ‘proper’ English, but the point is still well taken, lol. We have a bunch of stupid rules in American English.
And on that subject.
Why does that Webster guy think he spelled that right?
LOL, Phel, that one went right by me. And I’m an 80’s boy that knows that song.
You capitalizing both bangs should have clued me in…
And Patty was hot.
A lit-tle back-ground on Kirk Mer-ritt. 4.33 40, standing jump of 62 inches, won Nike’s SPARQ (speed, power, agility, reaction and quickness) national championship in 2014
https://www.si.com/nfl/dolphins/news/dolphins-rookie-deep-dive-kirk-merritt
None of the talking heads give Miami a chance this weekend.
Good!
Build a fire under that ass!
They may ask themselves, why didn’t they give the Phins a chance to win after the game.
Is it weird that I read that in time to the Talking Heads Once in a Lifetime? lol
I did too
Ouch… just realized that Jerry Jeudy criticized Drew Lock on Twitter fairly recently… it didn’t go over very well with management, and he deleted the post.
Perhaps the Broncos would indeed be willing to part with Jeudy in a trade with us.
Sounds like an OBJ clone?
Didn’t he have like 5 drops the other week?
All I know is that Jeudy didn’t have the dropsies with Tua at Alabama… nor was he vocal about anything.
Phelon, as a reference to a matter on the previous blog, you are correct, it should have been SBJ instead of “sigh”
lol
It would have been pointless to engage.
agreed, no need to embellish things, its time to move forward IMO
that still is bothering You? lol it may be best to let it go, only a few more weeks
Happy New Year !
In the power rankings the Dolphins range from like #10 to #14. Sorta blows my mind.
This is one of the youngest teams in the league (depends on the roster at given point, but one of the 3 youngest for sure). And a lot more draft picks coming next off season. Only problem I see down the road is we might not be able to sign all the guys we draft to a 2nd contract.
Jeudy’s stats this year. Alabama notwithstanding, he’s playing more like Garland.
GP GS TGT DROP REC PCT
15 13 106 10 47 44.3
Holy smokes, 10 drops on 106 targets, that’s nearly a 10% drop rate
716 receiving yards and 15.2 YPR… as a rook on a terrible team with a terrible QB.
However, I highly doubt that Coach Flores would bring somebody in (Jeudy), who publicly trashed his QB. I guess what I’m saying is that we won’t be trading for Jerry Jeudy.
That’s not being sarcastic, that being being real. I made my statement about trading for Jeudy before knowing what I know now.
Give me DeVonta Smith, instead.
Devonta Smith is the best WR in the NCAA< and without the Jeudy baggage
Exactly, David. I didn’t realize before today that Jerry Jeudy was a rook who publicly criticized his QB. No way does Coach Flores bring somebody in like that.
DeVonta Smith is my pick over trading for Jerry Jeudy.
CavKong and Phelon,
You guys got my dry humor above, regarding “they may ask themselves”, regarding “talking heads”!
Props!
I know Tim would have picked up on it instantly! LOL
Lol @ burning ziggurat Kong
Wtf….how did it autocorrect “bringing iggy” to that
I just assumed you use that phrase on a weekly basis. LOL
I preface with apologies to anyone from BUF, or surrounding areas . . .
There once was a lad name Tua
When compared to Fitz he is newer
He was taken at five
Dolphins alive
Only if we win in that sewer
lol, very nice
Happy New Year to all you peeps. Just to be a debbie downer, after years of waiting tables only two nights don’t go out (no covid involved). This and Mother’s Day. Seen how it works on the other side. Man did my boss bark at me to rush people in and out on a limited menu with much higher prices.
My New Years dinner has been New Years Day for many a year.
So what are you guys doing tonight?
Ordering some nice food in. I’m going chix thai red curry with a shrimp tempura app and she’s getting Sea Bass with a thai garlic sauce. Yeah it’s one of those thai/japanese place. If you like can go some Fest…. it’s real good.
Kong, speaking of pronunciation . . . The way I say that limerick in my “Brooklynese”, the 1st, 2nd and 5th lines all sound exactly the same. FWIW, I lost a lot of my Brooklyn accent, so I no longer sound like that. I would do it just for the sake of the poem. lol
As I read it the first time, I added a ‘New York’ accent in my head- Tua, newa, and sewa. I don’t know if you have sub-regional dialects within NY so it was what I think of as NY, lol.
Different parts of NY have different accents, but a NY accent is a NY accent. I’d say any NYC accent, possibly excluding Manhattan, encompassing Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx and Staten Island mostly sound alike. Manhattan might include the finer folk (richer, more refined) than the rest, so they just might sound like rich doucher from anywhere. lol
It’s a beautiful planet we live on. The trees, the oceans, the burning ziggurats. Let’s all come together in welcoming a new year to this wonderful planet earth.
Phelon, lol, pointless indeed.
lol and smh. happy new year to the debbie downers!
Burning the ziggurat on both ends tonight
Stanger – Nice man, enjoy! Going to a small gathering at a friend’s house, maybe 40-50 people.
J/K bud, should be about 10
Enjoy. Kinda thing I would do on New Year’s Eve before. Stay safe.
We are normally getting together with 4-5 other people , but current lockdown RED states , ya don’t live there, ya can’t be there … so wife and I plus son playing some Yahtzee other games.
Happy New a year to all !!!! Go Tua
I am getting together with a small gathering of myself.
That’s not exactly a SMALL gathering sir 🤔
Lol, it is not!
Well best in the new year to ya big guy.
You too!!!
Thanks again, Mike E. Good read.
I know we will beat the Bills to get in the playoffs, but everyone seems to be focussed on the Steelers/Browns game. Would it not be 2020 like to have the team who got the 1st pick LAST year and took Burrow to beat the Ravens, a hated rival, without Burrow so we end up getting in?
A reward for us not tanking last year
That would be incredible on many levels – Ravens fans heads would explode. Never discount a game between division rivals, no matter the disparity.
Calling my shot?
Happy New Year everyone. Had plans to go to dinner with a few friends but I’m feeling a little under the weather so will be staying in this NYE. I had to laugh, my son just asked me if there was a Dolphins game tonight. Told him no, and his response, but you’re doing laundry! 😂
He knows you!
That is funny. One has to wonder how much laundry piles up in the off season if you only do laundry on game days. 😉
DVR??????
Trust me, many loads a week, every week.
Happy new year FUckers!
Happy New Year and wishing everyone a great 2021!
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year
Happy New YEars! 2021 is here
2020, the year that took years is GONE, smiles
the best way to beat the Bills is score more points than them, works every time !
Tua must learn to step up and deliver strikes downfield, toss up some high pointers to Gesicki, take some chances even if it might mean a INT or two. WR in college get massive seperation compared to the NFL
But i think a large part of Tua not getting the ball in the end zones is the crappy play calling
too predictable, and too many 2 yard passes, I saw Big Ben do the same thing, but when he aired it out, and started gunslinging, the steelers got TDs and came from behind to win
of course Ben is a seasoned vet, so its pathetic he had not learned that yet,
Tua will learn,, and be one of the best QB in the NFL
Happy 2021 I hope all is well with my old friends I pray that God has kept you all safe!
back at ya Markey, have a great year
Thank you, Happy New Year To All!!!!!!!!!!!
Happy New Year FMU crew!!
Happy New Year All!!!!!!!!!
Hope we see some of this Sunday.
Happy New Year everyone !! Shit man, except for the Dolphins 2020 sucked ass.
HERD: I’ve already got one full load set aside for Sunday. May end up with two loads.
MIKE E.; I AGREE with every point you’ve made in this wonderful preview. EVERY DOLPHIN FAN should be thrilled with the results of THIS SEASON!! The stands at HARD HEAD STADIUM should be filled to capacity when the 2021 season kicks off in September (IF the Corona virus permits).
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SPEAKING of the virus, even those of us who are at or very near the top of the priority list to receive the vaccines CAN’T get them, currently!!! The “WARP SPEED DELIVERY PROCESS” has crawled to a snail’s pace here in the northern suburbs of Tampa Bay JUST AT THE TIME the positivity rate for the Covid tests has jumped to 22.75% state wide!!!
WHERE THE FUCK ARE THE VACCINES WE WERE PROMISED??? ONE of the possible explanations being passed around is the belief that “the proper state political leaders have not received their ‘campaign donations’ from the drug makers yet!” Let me say I CHOOSE NOT TO BELIEVE THOSE ACCUSATIONS because they totally lack documentation so far. THAT SAID, SOMETHING MAJOR is delaying the shipment of these desperately needed innoculations. ONCE, AGAIN, our government has FAILED US!!!!
agreed, but we all should have known it would NOT be as fast as trump lied about.
only 3 more weeks of mismanagement and dishonesty left,
America leads the world in covid deaths, we managed it the Worst of any nation. one would think maybe someone like bangladesh or Congo would be worse, but no, the blood is on his tiny little hands of 340,000 Americans, SMH
thats more than the nation lost in WW1, and only 65K less than the nation lost in WW2
firing him doesnt seem fit punishment IMO< jail time would be more appropriate
my prediction is the Dolphins win the super bowl in the 2021 season , GO DOLPHINS!
PIGSTER: I WON’T BE HAPPY until both my wife and I have the vaccines we were promised. I believe 2021, health wise for this country, has a chance to be WORSE THAN 2020!! We need to mandate mask wearing & social distancing country wide if we are to stop the senseless spreading of this death machine known as Covid-19. Those who “refuse to wear a mask” should be dealt with the same way as those who refuse to pay their federal and state taxes.
My doctor says they dont have the vaccine yet, but will soon, Moderna will be the first in this area,
$MRNa was the number 4 stocks for shorters last week, thats incredibly bad for the nation dealing with this pandemic.
the SEC banned shorting for 2 months last year, March and April, and stocks EXPLODED, for those 2 months. My portfolio rose 2000 percent in those two months, companies were able to dilute or other things to raise capital for debt payoffs and hiring Americans.
but wont do it now , SMH
Shorters have driven companies to bankruptcy, but why allow them to do damage to Moderna and Moderna investors? its dangerous and unAmerican that shorters profit at Modernas expense, SMH
Bills activated WR John Brown from the reserve/COVID-19 list.
Brown was cleared after being ruled a close contact of T.J. Yeldon, who tested positive for COVID-19. Already activated from IR, this puts Brown on track to play in Buffalo’s Week 17 game against the Dolphins. Brown’s return comes at a good time with Cole Beasley (knee) sidelined.
Beasley out is good for the Fins though, he was effective last game against us, and has been pretty solid for the Billsies
That was the game that Iggy really struggled. Our defense is very different with Byron Jones back and Nik Needham in the slot. Both Diggs and Beasley were torturing Iggy.
good point, i think we all expected MORE from Iggy
Beasley has 967 yards and 4 TD;s this year, Im happy he wont be playing us next Sunday
Sorry, but this just click bait horseshit. The “benching” thing is so overblown. The prevailing theme is he’s too careful and that’s why he was benched. If he went wild throwing the ball all over the field and had n45 pass attempts and 3 INT’s that would be OK, because he threw downfield? I’m so tired of seeing shit like this, I’d love Tua top put this stuff to bed with a strong game this Sunday.
This is from Bucky Brooks
DINK AND DUNK
Should the Dolphins draft ANOTHER quarterback in 2021? Perhaps the Miami Dolphins believe Tua Tagovailoa will eventually become the kind of elite quarterback who can lead the franchise to a Super Bowl title, but if general manager Chris Grier and coach Brian Flores have any doubts about Tagovailoa, they must consider selecting a quarterback with the top-five pick they’re receiving from the Houston Texans in the 2021 NFL Draft.
Don’t @ me on Twitter suggesting that I’m fanning flames as a hot-take artist. The truth is, the Dolphins owe it to themselves to compare the No. 5 overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft to the top quarterback prospects in the Class of 2021. The next wave at the position includes potential Pro Bowl-caliber players who could challenge or supplant Tagovailoa as the QB1 of the future, based on their combination of athleticism, arm talent and passing skills. Grier and Flores must project Tagovailoa’s ceiling against the talent and promise of the newcomers, evaluating every play from practice and games to determine if the rookie QB is significantly better than the other options at hand. As a playoff contender holding a lottery ticket that could net a blue-chip talent, the Dolphins must be honest in their assessment of Tagovailoa, to avoid bypassing a potential franchise cornerstone.
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In studying Tagovailoa, he is an efficient quick-rhythm passer with a conservative approach from the pocket. He has posted the second-best touchdown-to-interception ratio (10:2) by a rookie in league history, per NFL Research. And he has the lowest interception percentage (0.9%) of any quarterback in NFL history with 200-plus pass attempts.
Most importantly, Tagovailoa is one of four quarterbacks since 1950 with a .750-plus win percentage and an interception rate below 2.0 in the same season. Considering that puts him in the company of Tom Brady, Patrick Mahomes and Lamar Jackson, who’ve accounted for five NFL MVP awards, 18 Pro Bowl selections and seven Super Bowl titles, it is hard to dismiss his potential as a high-level winner.
That said, the rookie has been benched twice due to performance, with his inability or unwillingness to throw the ball downfield standing out as a major concern. Does Tagovailoa possess the arm strength and confidence to challenge top defenses? Can his ultra-conservative playing style win against the elite AFC quarterbacks in a shootout?
The Dolphins must answer those questions while comparing Tagovailoa’s talent to those in the 2021 quarterback class, with his showing in Sunday’s win-and-in regular-season finale (without safety blanket Ryan Fitzpatrick, who was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list Thursday, to lean on) serving as another key data point. If the Fins don’t believe their current QB1 gives them the best chance to hoist the Lombardi Trophy, they should pull the trigger and upgrade the quarterback room in April.
agree with ya Mike, so many people THINK they are smarter than Flores, However, what team are they coaching now? lol yea,,,, thought so
BTW, Michael Vick was crowing about TUA a few weeks ago, hypocrite
of course John Brown is no slouch, he has already scored against Miami before, lol
this is a huge challenge for the team, but I think they are up to it, just ask Christian Wilkins, lol He would say something like, we got this dub in the snow, thanks for being excellent hosts Bills !
i still say that Tua takes a major step forward next year, and the team will utilize him better than they are now. i dont like the playcalling for Tua or the team
i DID, when they ran the ball for 250 yards against the Raiders. we should establish the run game, and take play action shots down the field along with our other passing plays
it worked in 1972, and still works today, RUN the ball!
I think one of the things that I keep hearing that just drives me crazy is that Tua can’t throw downfield because he lacks the arm strength. He has at least an average NFL arm, it’s getting silly. He may not have a plus arm like Herbert but he’s capable of throwing the ball deep.The fact that he hasn’t done it doesn’t mean he can’t. He’s just being careful. I think that’s something that can be fixed, he’s young and hasn’t done it so long that there’s no hope. This story line needs to go away.
WOW! This really hurts the Packers
Packers placed LT David Bakhtiari on injured reserve with a torn ACL, ending his season.
Bakhtiari suffered the injury in Thursday’s practice. It’s a crushing, crushing blow, as Aaron Rodgers’ spotless 2020 protection has been an invaluable part of his rebound to MVP contender status. The Packers spoke to 29-year-old Bakhtiari’s importance when they made him the highest-paid offensive lineman in NFL history last month. He is one of the best players in all of football. Now instead of letting Bakhtiari handle all comers on Rodgers’ blindside, the Pack will have to mix and match just as the stakes are the highest. Bakhtiari should be considered questionable for Week 1, 2021.
Last minutes of the Raiders game has already gotten the NFL films treatment. Interesting in there is seems the facemask chuck happened cause Fitz looked off the safety.
that will be remembered as one of the Dolphins greatest plays ever, it ranks with the hook and lateral , the Miracle in Foxboro with Drake beating Gronk for the TD, the sack in the end zone by Cam Wake in OT against the bengals, etc
It was Top 10 of all time the moment we all saw how bad the facemask grab was.
correction from above, the Dolphins had 250 yards rushing against the patriots, not the raiders
I loved the playcalling in the patriots game
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Brian Flores says team is in “good shape” from a close contact standpoint relative to the Ryan Fitzpatrick positive COVID test. Praises training and medical staff for protocols.
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Brian Flores said he was “disappointed” and “disappointed for him more than anything” about not having Ryan Fitzpatrick for Sunday.
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Brian Flores says all the injured guys — Grant, Parker, Lawson, Kindley — were limited in practice today and questionable for the game.
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No offensive coaches were deemed missing from Dolphins practice today, per the pool report, so they were not deemed a close contact to Ryan Fitzpatrick and are on track to work on Sunday.
thanks for the update, sounds good !
HAS PRESTON WILLIAMS OFFICIALLY been put on the Injured Reserve List (and out for the season)?? – – IF he was, I just plain missed it. I’m thinking Flores is deferring action on Williams just in case we last deep in the playoffs. This would give Williams more time to rehab and, perhaps, a shot to play in another 2-3 weeks.
MIKE E., or ANYONE, do you have an update on Williams’ status??
The new Covid rules let you put a player on IR for a minimum of 3 weeks and activate any time after that. Williams is long past 3 weeks so they can activate any week. Hasn’t been practicing this week though. So he’s not going against the Bills.
JUST DID A LITTLE research on Preston Williams. The last time he was mentioned in the Sun-Sentinel was Dec. 9. (22 days ago). At that time Flores “Was hoping Williams could overcome his foot injury and come back later in the season.”
I could find NOTHING after that.
It would be just like Flores to sneak him onto the active roster when many people have forgotten about him!!
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Raekwon Davis says he hopes he gets to make a Snow Angel in Buffalo.
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Raekwon Davis on Alabama-Notre Dame: “We want them to go out there and destroy them boys.” #RollTide
YOUNG STANGER: Thanks for the update on Williams.
DON’T be shocked if we see Mr. Williams at practice in a few days if we beat Buffalo.
(Or should I say “WHEN” we beat Buffalo?)
Would be great to have Williams back. Parker and him are a great duo…. gonna be a short CB on at least one of them. Problem is they are a fragile duo it seems.
Funny, I was thinking similar to the article Mike E. IFF, there is a QB that rivals Tua in the draft available to us, I say we take him.
Competition is good. The QB position is a WIP and needs to be upgraded. Tua has to get better, and i think he will. Or, we need to find a replacement and this draft seems to have some good ones.
If Fitz isn’t coming back could see taking a round 2 or 3 QB to develop and be the break glass guy. But if we use our top pick on QB that has to mean trade Tua. Would be real messy otherwise.
what if we did that, drafted another first round QB< and give up on him after several games too?
the team has decided long ago that Tua is the franchise QB, and the team needs to get some WR and other players around Tua, He isnt a one man team
While competition is good, you don’t want to use a high draft on a QB two years in a row. Unless you really feel you struck out with the guy you drafted like the Cards did with Rosen, and have a plan in place for the QB you know you want to take and have a HC with an offense built for that guy, why do it? We’re ready to compete, build around the QB and build a winner. I don’t see us wasting a high pick on a QB. I don’t see how the Dolphins would feel that way. Tua has a great attitude, he’s a winner. Josh Rosen is none of those things. He never had football as his #1 priority like Tua does.
Don’t think using a 2nd or 3rd on a top back-up QB is a wasted pick. Plus you can trade them away as well. Pats cashed in on their #2 QBs many a time. Got a lot more than the draft cost…. like an investment.
Stanger, that’s what i was thinking. It’s not a wasted pick. If Lawrence is there do you take him? I would.
Krishna — Lawrence won’t be there….. but for that very reason heck yeah I would. And that’s not a knock on Tua.
if Miami could get Trey Lance with a second round pick. i sure would think long and hard about that, because he is a multi talented athlete, the best running QB in the draft., but not JUST a running QB
Lance had 32 TD, to only 1 INT in 2 seasons, and ran the ball for 1325 yards and 14 TDs for NDSU
If Fitz wants to return here as a backup, why spend a 2nd RD pick on a QB?
agreed, IF he wants to return, if Not, we need a backup QB
If Fitz is willing no one would rather have so long as they are set on Tua. He is 38 though…. so time for someone else at #2 will come.
Stanger – there are always different ways to skin a cat, but we’re at the cusp of being a legit SB contender. With that being the case, I would only be looking to draft players high that immediately impact your team. We have holes thst need to be filled if we’re going to turn it up a notch to make that next level. I understand what you’re saying about the QB but that’s a luxury when you’re already at that level and are a perennial playoff team and SB contender. We’re just trying to get in now and then build from there. Just my take of course
Not sold that we are “a perennial playoff team” yet. Think being one comes with patience as opposed to maxing out for a given season. But then a long-term guy. If I was GM would trade our two second rounders for 2022 firsts right now so long as the highest one was with a real bad team.
I would like to see Tua have a great game. Balls to the wall while taking care of the football. There is no safety net this time. Go for it!
Stanger – that’s what I said. We’re not there yet. That’s why I want to spend high picks on players that impact the team now. I said when we’re at that point, if we ever get to that point, then you can make investment picks like that. We’re still trying to get on and then if we do, build better to go further
I just like to invest in the future regardless of where the team ended up in the playoffs before the next draft. Might come a day where we crush the cap for high end vets and trade away future picks to get in the Bowl, but it’s not now. I see the goal as Steelers and Pats (before this year ) instead of first round of playoffs instead of 2nd. But that just me.
I think it’s important for this team to get into the playoffs and show what they’re made of, or if they can truly step it up a notch. Whether that’s this year or next, who knows? Until we see what this team can do in that crucible, I’m just enjoying the ride and hoping for the best. A playoff win or two would be nice before I get too ahead of myself.
I agree with what Mike is saying. Use the picks on players that can help put us over the top. Surround Tua with more explosive weapons. I think any pick above the 4th or 5th round on a QB is a waste. I would only use one at all if Fitz wasn’t coming back, but even then another vet might be available.