After drafting Safety Jevon Holland with the 36th pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, that may have just sealed Bobby McCain’s fate as a Miami Dolphins player. Good Ole Bobby McCain spent the last 6 years with the Dolphins as a defensive back playing CB outside, quite a bit inside in the slot, and both safety spots, FS and SS. I always liked Bobby McCain but he doesn’t fir the Flores prototype, at 5’11, which I believe may be generous. I always defended him here, he played with a bad shoulder and always gave his all, so I appreciate what he did on the field for our team, even it wasn’t always top notch play.
After releasing Bobby McCain, Brian Flores plucked another familiar face off the FA scrapheap in former Patriots S Jason McCourty. McCourty will be 34 years old at the start of the 2021 season, so I’m not sure how much playing time he will get, but he’s a consummate professional who knows how to play the game, and his position. Jevon Holland can learn much from his professionalism and pick his brain so to speak. McCourty is a 12 year veteran who played 8 years with the Tennessee Titans who drafted him in the 6th RD of the 2009 Draft. He then played 1 season with the Cleveland Browns and the last 3 with the New England Patriots.
If you’re interested, here’s a partial listing of running backs available . . .
Todd Gurley
Kerryon Johnson
Rex Burkhead
Le’Veon Bell
T.J. Yeldon
D’Onta Foreman
GO DOLPHINS!!!
Finsmob Unleashed 
Wait, what!? Tim Tebow is coming back to play in the NFL? Hasn’t played a down in the NFL since 2012 and he gets a contract from Urban Lyar? WTF?!
He worked out for them, not like he walked in and said gimme a contract and they just gave it to him. They guy is as fit as he ever was, and if he is a tenth the athlete he use to be, he is better than most players signing for what he will be. This isn’t a big contract with tons of guarantees, its a league minimum non-guaranteed, what’s the risk?
He’s also 33. Seems a promotion for both him and the team . He exploded attendance in some minor league baseball at one point.
You must be a fan. He is 33 YO and played TE for one (half) a season. There are much better TE Sitting at home waiting on a call. He got this shot because of Urban Lyar, no other reason. I never understood the Tebow love. He sucked as an NFL QB
Maybe, but he may still be a viable player too. You could also look at it as 33 with a lot less tread on the tires. I wouldn’t bet against him that’s for sure.
PAGE TURN!
David Collins says:
May 10, 2021 at 8:32 am
Hunter Long LED the entire nation in catches.
Hunter came in second in total yards
that was enough to get the FIns attention, and they drafted him
ill take a wild guess that the ones not impressed, are not a threat to Griers career either, lol
but for the ones that would have been impressed with the last place TE in the nation, he is likely still available,
but nobody knows his name, they arent very impressed with the last place guy for some strange reason, i guess the Dolphins are stuck with the nations leader, arghhhh thats awful?!
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Stats don’t mean much in the college game, David. I could rattle off the all-time leaders in college stats, and many wouldn’t even know their names or what college they attended. There is this thing called <b<game tape, and it Trumps everything else.
But speaking of stats, here’s a fun little fact: in the weak-ass ACC, Hunter Long only ever went over 100 yards receiving ONCE in 26 games. What’s more, he’s never scored more than 1 TD in a game, over 26 games.
Long hasn’t the speed, the leaping ability, the hands, nor the skills of Mike Gesicki… and it’s not even close, to be honest.
Gesicki was the 1st TE off the board (R2P10) in the 2018 Draft.
Long was the 3rd TE off the board (R3P17) in the 2021 Draft.
That’s why I said Durham Smythe (or possibly Adam Shaheen) might be in trouble, but certainly not Gesicki. And I’m STILL not impressed by Hunter Long in the 3rd round, as we failed to land a Center or a RB on Day 2 of the Draft.
For 2020 it was:
Niners – 3.8……..6-10
Minny – 3.7……..7-9
Lions – 3.6…….5-11
Saints – 3.4……..12-4
Jets – 3.4……..2-14
Rockphin says:
May 10, 2021 at 4:21 pm
You must be a fan. He is 33 YO and played TE for one (half) a season. There are much better TE Sitting at home waiting on a call. He got this shot because of Urban Lyar, no other reason. I never understood the Tebow love. He sucked as an NFL QB
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You are obviously a hater too. Its ok that’s kind of how it goes, ya either love the guy or hate him, but i dont think you can count him out as a publicity stunt until you have seen him play. If they worked him out and gave him a contract and he looks awful, then you can call it like that, but i don’t see how you can when you haven’t seen anything of him on the field. Maybe he has been training at the position while he has been away. Im not saying that i know he is going to tear it up out there, but i certainly don’t see why people are quick to poop on it…
I don’t hate Tim Tebow. I just always thought he was going to be a bust in the NFL. Turns out I was right before….
Let’s see now. Hasn’t played the position. Has been out of the league 9 years. Went out for ONE pass as a TE in the NFL and dropped it.
Yep, you are right of course. There is no way I can predict the future based upon the past. It must just be me being a hater. LOL
Nice stat MF13. Kyle pitts only went over 100 yards 4 times in 24 games.
You know how many times Gesicki did it?
ZERO
The most yards in a game he ever had in college was 89 yards. (in 45 games)
Thus, the TAPE is what reigns supreme. That’s why I told David that stats don’t matter much in college football.
OD and I went to the stadium to watch the Phins take on the Broncos when Tebow was their QB. It was surreal. At the bottom of the ramp as we walked up was a band playing Florida fight songs (in colors). Stadium was half filled with people in Tebow jerseys. Some Broncos and some Florida.
Phins lost in OT after a big Tebow comeback….. so the Tebow folks were happy. But man does that guy have a cult following.
Looked up and that was in 2011….. does time ever fly.
Now to be clear MF13, I am not advocating for Gesicki to be replaced with Long or saying that Long will be a better deep threat then Gesicki. He is a Dolphin now so he will get my support.
EXACTLY! And same here.
Who will be the better TE this season (any measure you want to use, except maybe jersey sales) Tim Tebow or Hunter Long?
My bet is Long
$100.00 any takers?
I’ll bet Tebow sells more jerseys. Seems no point in thinking Tebow will be a force at TE.
Game tape > interviews > level of competition faced (esp Bowl games, Senior Bowl week, and individual match-ups) > Combine/ProDays > stats
This is how I evaluate. Unfortunately, we aren’t privy to most interviews.
I’d like to throw football IQ and college GPA in there, too.
Tebow at TE meh. He is a specialty gimmick player only at this point. It’s not to say he won’t catch a few passes or create some mismatches especially in goal line situations but that is about his worth. Earlier in his career he should have gone to the CFL and played QB that is where his game is/was best suited for
Only reason we are talking about Tebow now is cause he is Tebow. Even if he makes the team how many TEs are better?
I’m very happy for Tim Tebow. No, I don’t think he’s going to amount to much in Jacksonville, but he sure as heck is going to pack the stands. It’s all about the $$$ with Khan.
Not to mention, it’s all about the $$$ with all of these billionaire owners. But Tebow back in Florida WILL sell.
Tim Tebow coming back to the league at 33 years old is kind of ridiculous
If he would have come to the league and played FB and TE after UF, that would have been believable but still a bit of a transition
But singing a 33 year old who has to learn the position is kind of gimmicky for my taste
I wouldn’t be happy about it if I was a Jaguars fan and this was the way my team pursued building a contender
That team is already on track to wasting Trevor Lawrence’s talent
There is literally nothing for them to lose there. He’s not getting a huge contract, he isnt getting guarantees, he is getting a chance to come in and prove himself. How many players have we had the same reaction to. We wouldn’t have been happy if we signed them and paid big money or long term contracts to, but since it wasn’t, it was fine because it was a low to no risk At this point you have to ask yourself why are you opposed to it, i mean even if your a Jacksonville Jag, where is the downside?
If there’s nothing to lose – sign me or any shmuck. We don’t need guarantees or a huge contract either….lol
Singing a guy that’s been out of football for more than a decade isnt serious football
They are going to enter camp wit 80-90 players who need to make an impression to make the final 53. At a minimum, he is taking away an opportunity from some one who has a chance to compete for that final 53 or make an impression
Tebow wasn’t in college last year
he wasn’t in Canadian football last year.
He was on tv.
There’s plenty of athletes with potential than him to make a roster
This is just a ratings gimmick
The downside of a team using their football operations for marketing rather than making their team better on the field are obvious. Remember the orange carpet here in Miami. It’s just silly stuff that’s not about football.
At least we play them in Jacksonville
& ROSS cant proclaim a Dolphin home game as
TIM TEBOW DAY 😉
Still Kick’n Ehhh All
Hope All been good !!!
Pretty cool, was thinking bout the schedule and with our usual 8 homes games and the 17th game addition being a home game, and with 1 road game at Jacksonville & 1 at Tamba Bay
ELEVEN of Miami’s 17 games will be in FLORIDA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Means we only leave Florida for NYJ, BUFF, NE, TENN, NO, & VEGAS 😁😁😁😁😁😁!!!
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!
GOFINS!!!
3 cold weather games. Maybe less if those first 3 are earlier int he season. I havent checked the schedule yet.
Hey D
Comes out Wednesday Prime Time
We go West of FLORIDA’S GUN BARRELL ONE TIME
VEGAS
Well Louisiana, but that just a small leap from the barrels site
“The Dolphins continued to boost Tua Tagovailoa’s supporting cast on Day 2 with the selection of Long, who can team with Mike Gesicki to give the offense a pair of seam stretchers.”
Umm… Hunter Long is NOT a seam-stretcher. And that’s why I graded our Phins’ Draft class as a B+, instead of the A- given above.
Hunter Long runs a 4.71, whereas Mike Gesicki runs a 4.54. I’m sorry, but that’s night vs day!
Long can’t block like Smythe. It’s Shaheen that should be worried
One last post on this entirely ridiculous Gesicki vs Long comparison (SMH)…
MG: 4.47 40-low, 22 BP reps, 41.5″ VJ, 4.10 Shuttle, 6.76 3-Cone
HL: 4.65 40-low, N/A BP reps, 32.5″ VJ, 4.42 Shuttle, 7.41 3-Cone
Hunter Long will have to buy Mike Gesicki lunch… FOREVER. It’s Durham Smythe who needs to watch his back.
Ken says:
May 10, 2021 at 9:02 pm
Long can’t block like Smythe. It’s Shaheen that should be worried
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I can’t disagree with ya on that, Ken. So was it worth drafting Hunter Long in the 3rd round, when we had a major need at Center and RB?
It’s not about drafting need it always about who is rated where on your board
i’m hearing Smythe should be the worried one barring a gesicki trade.
From who?
Long is a pretty good receiver. I don’t think he’s in Gesicki’s category but he has potential to be productive in this offense
I just think the team wants a bunch of Tight Ends….lol
What’s wrong with people
What a f#%king mess
Ok that’s kinda fun. That might be interesting for a party of 10-14 year olds. For adults, I’ll spring for a few large disposable trays and not have my guests eating off my countertop, lol. If people are serving themselves, I bet it gets all over the floor. If there is alcohol being served, it definitely gets all over the floor. 😆
WTF?
I mean why use Prego?
https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/barry-jackson/article250986734.html
For Mike, please read carefully, there will be a test on this subject later on during the season.
https://phinphanatic.com/2021/05/09/miami-dolphins-myles-gaskin-will-rb1-2021/
if you want to find out ways to have a winning team stats can be very useful and sometimes misleading, you use certain criteria to eliminate the misleading stats to reveal the truth of what makes a team better.
some rogain needy corndogs around here prefer the blindfold instead.
forest for the trees
It’s going to be weird seeing these guys with these crazy numbers. Not a fan of that.
i’m not too concerned about the qb situation and i really hope tua does well, i think this fo covered there asses getting brisett to fall back on just in case.
the big question for me is, can tua hit waddle or fuller deep, make a deep threat to open running lanes, his long game last year wasn’t very good and the only way to compliment the additions to this team will depend on that deep threat.
Sometimes the combo of hitting a deep one once in a while and having fast receivers is enough to keep the D honest, that’s really all we need.
Waddle and Fuller getting open deep earlier in the route could also help, so Tua doesn’t have to throw it too far.
Cover 1, motion Waddle out wide, with Fuller on the other side, then run option.
Many ways to soften the D
Tua doesn’t have the biggest arm, but he does have cajones unlike one RT, so he does know how to work the D
Ken says:
May 11, 2021 at 8:55 am
I mean why use Prego?
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More than likely a sponsored post
They shopped at Costco, but its not meant to be a serious hack ( as Cav explains why it doesn’t work for adults🤪) just a couple of bored people.
The more I read about McCourtey, the more it sounds like he’ll be a good addition.
His versatility is likely why Flores picked him up.
We’ve talked about how are teams going to cover all of our receivers. I think our D can.
McCourty has logged 137 regular-season stats in 166 games. He has 18 career interceptions, 106 passes defensed, nine forced fumbles and five fumble recoveries in his career. McCourty drew quick praise from Patriots coach Bill Belichick during his first season in New England.
“He plays multiple spots on the defense, so he really has moved around more than any other player in our secondary over the 10 games we’ve played,” Belichick said, via USA Today. “But even at corner, he’s played inside, he’s played outside unlike really any other player we have. He played safety.
He’s a smart guy, he’s a versatile player. He’s shown a lot of versatility considering he missed in the spring. From training camp on, he’s done a lot of good things for us. He’s been very dependable and tough and durable and played multiple positions for kind of the newest player in the secondary. … He’s had a lot of responsibility that kind of [Pat] Chung or [Devin] McCourty have had. At corner, he’s kind of taken the brunt of that”.
More important to our success than our offensive players is the situation that we have at OC. Passing on a top running back in the draft with faith in our current roster won’t mean a whole lot if the tandem that they have running our offense don’t use our players better than they were last year. Rarely did we run the ball twice in a row and there weren’t many times where it was down and distance that dictated that. We just chose not to do so.
Our game plans were often baffling and there were plenty of games where we didn’t change it until it was too late. You could tell Gailey was just going through the motions in most games and he really just seemed to brainfart during important situational times. I’m interested in seeing how this offense will operate and how the two guys are handling/dividing the duties, but more importantly, will it be successful? It’s not going to matter who we passed on and who we drafted if these guys aren’t going to be good at their jobs.
I’d think having Co OCs would be the ultimate motivation.
With 2 guys it means they won’t be pulling a Gailey and slacking off, they’ll be competing with each other week to week, not directly, but in the back of their mind how can they be comfortable?
We keep hearing Fins will only go as far as Tua takes them, but think we only go as far as the team takes Tua.
Meaning Tua isn’t going to carry the team, but the team could carry him.
Tua needs to be a glorified game manager, more than the game manager he was last year.
Last year he was mostly a game manager, took the team on his back a few times, then just played not to lose.
Isn’t the idea behind giving him Waddle, Fuller, Eichenberg, Long, Brown and Doaks to put him in a position to succeed (and to make sure he’s right for the job)?
Our O was recently ranked 23rd. I mean gimme a break already, with the can Tua take the next step.
He can be the same player he was last year and still get us to the playoffs, we know he can game manage most weeks with our D.
To win in the playoffs he’ll need to have taken the next step.
Don’t believe the negative hype, we’re loaded and ready for a playoff run
Steve, I agree that we should be far better just because it will be very hard to cover our speed. I really think the differences for Tua will be night and day. Healthier, more practice, and guys that can separate. He might be able to use the ‘it’s easier than I thought’ line again. I hope so.
On the McCourty signing, I’m not a fan. He’s 34. It’s ridiculous to think he will be good at CB. You need the speed and agility of youth. I think he’ll be a solid safety but they brag about his versatility. I’ll be very surprised if he can handle slot receivers this year. He’s short snd light so he isn’t winning against TEs either. Maybe I’m proven wrong but he’s OLD for a DB ‘with versatility’. He’s fine for a smaller safety. It’s a young mans game.
Good think we’ve also have Holland, Coleman, and Needham to play in the slot.
Between these 4 and maybe Iggy, think we’ll be much better covering slot WRs
Just based on new acquisitions on O Tua should be much better, add in fully healed and a full offseason no reason he can’t be closer to what he was in Bama, since he’ll have help
Good points Steve even tho I doubt Needham sticks.
If Needham doesn’t stick what does that say about Iggy? He started at slot over the rook.
Don’t think he sticks either, at least that’s what I’m hoping, because it means the projected upgrades are actually seen or practicing as upgrades
Vegas has our over/under at 9 wins, which is actually pretty good. But what I don’t get is why it didn’t change when the 17th game was announced. Opened at 9 and still there. Gotta figure the Giants game is good for say a projected .7 wins or something. Not like our draft didn’t offer immediate help.
That’s not how gambling odds work.
Some “expert” comes up with a number of wins for each team, with the goal being equal amount bet on each side.
The line or odds change based on how much is bet on a side, if it gets too far out of whack, then they may adjust the games to win.
We may be at 9 wins, but what is the line at 9? Over -200? Being a large minus number means more money bet on that side
Thanks. Was never sure about how the bet odds part of it worked before (even if get the you lay this you get that part). But even what you explained leaves me shiot out of luck. There is some metric to say that money odds of this or that mean a win more or a win less…… but that math is beyond me.
Probably not a lot of money bet on this yet
Dolphins win totals
9 wins (-122 over)/(+100 under)
While the saga is far from over, the Dolphins at one point this offseason looked like they were going to land Deshaun Watson. However, they roll into 2021 with Tua Tagovailoa as their guy, putting a cap on the talented Dolphins’ projected win total.
Those Vegas guys are smart!
You have to be smart to know that Watson or Rodgers at QB offer a greater upside this season than a second year Tua? Two top-5 QBs.
Do you remember where they had us last year?
I don’t remember but I’m guessing it was like 6 wins or something in that area
They had us at 5.5 wins during preseason last year.
https://dknation.draftkings.com/2020/11/16/21569545/nfl-win-total-over-under-betting-results-2020-updates
I see
Thanks
And Tampa at 7.5…..lol
It’s gambling and perception and not reality.
These are moneyball types of people that set these odds.
They use lots of statistics, history and surveys.
They don’t care, if they’ve set you up for an easy win, just their bottom line, that’s where the Sharks come into play
They just want the money bet on each side even and get their 5%. So they are looking at how the bettors will bet rather than what happens on the field. But the bettors ain’t that stupid….. what Vegas puts out is at least closer than the talking head football guys do.
Really? You should see some of these shit for brains people that roll through the sportsbooks, some can’t even follow the line path setup for them
RIP Colt Brennan
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/record-setting-hawaii-qb-colt-brennan-dies-at-age-37/ar-BB1gClgT?ocid=msedgntp
M13 and I both thought he would develop into something special.
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Here is to Mack Jones and Zach Wilson being NFL Busts!
🍻
People are so F-ing stupid. Funny how everything that is too good to be true includes paying money for it first.
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A message on the broadcasts said: “Elon Musk has devoted 500,000,000 DOGE to be distributed to all DOGE holders. Anybody can get some, just visit the website.”
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But you don’t think sports bettors are stupid
I think the Vegas lines pretty solid. Maybe stupid on one side balances out stupid on the other. Or maybe the sharks correct when a discrepancy is there. Believe me have sat at enough blackjack tables to know people don’t always make smart betting moves.
Wow. Tough to hear about Colt Brennan. I hope his family is holding up okay.
Couldn’t determine from the article but it sounded like he may have had an addiction to a substance that eventually got the better of him. Really sad.
We had a phishing scheme come through our work and the communications (IT) guy that sat behind me says, did you see that email, that just came in?
I said, I must’ve deleted it.
He clicked on it, then his senses kicked in before he got the virus.
I checked my deleted folder and said, we get these all the time, you can see them from a mile away they’re just phishing scams.
He said, well I’m new I didn’t know.
I said, you’ve you have a computer at home and just retired from your old job in IT of 30 years, what does being new here have to do with it?
His partner on the communications team, employee of 25 years also clicked on it and got the virus.
Yes, people are FN stupid
Not surprised they got caught by it….. am that they are your IT guys. Sure sounds like you set them straight though…. not surprised by that either. 🙂
Set em straight by shame
https://dolphinstalk.com/2021/05/10/dolphins-draft-film-room-hunter-long/
Fan study
Did you read the part about YAC?
This was not a one-off on Long’s film. For every insane catch he makes, there is also a play where he fails to successfully attack the ball and instead lets it get into his chest. This is a pretty simple fix, and I’m definitely nit-picky, but it’s something to keep an eye on.
This is what I saw too, when I watched game tape of him after we drafted him, and why I responded to David, that he didn’t have great hands
“Long very much embraced the nuanced strategy of holding on for dear life when in pass protection.” — that’s an interesting comment at least.
Long reminds me of Jason Witten, he’s not very athletic, but uses his frame well to fend off defenders in middle of field
Colt Brennan? NO…….. that’s very saddening to me on many levels. That kid once had the one of the brightest futures out there, but tragedy and circumstance derailed his NFL career… now this? Don’t know what he was addicted to, but now we know how he coped with losing all of his dreams… so sad, dammit.
RIP, Colt Brennan *tears*
#15 forever
D,
Yeah it sounds substance abuse related and also like there was some CTE involved, just reading between the lines, but can’t say for sure.
You are correct, SB7.
I posted a couple of videos here several years ago, tracking Colt Brennan’s comeback in one of the other leagues (XFL? Arena League?). After they performed a scan on his brain, he was told that one more hit to his head could possibly have life-altering consequences.
The team cut him for that very reason, not wanting to be liable for Colt’s health. That’s when Colt finally hung it up. I don’t know if it ever deteriorated into CTE, but his brain was at severe risk.
And yes, he became an addict… just don’t know what to.
His family said he had been in a rehab facility for 5 months. That’s a long time.
Yes, that IS a long time. He had to have a severe addiction for it to be that long. So saddening, man…
And they didn’t say how he actually died. At his age and given his history have to think most likely was an overdose.
Totally agreed, Brother.
Rough stretch for me, this last week and half. Lost my man and mentor Shock G last week, lost Colt Brennan today (y’all know how much I liked him with my connect to Hawaii and Davone), and I’ve been sick since Sunday.
Took a COVID test today (that wasn’t fun) and I’ll get the results back in 24-48 hours. I’ve got all the symptoms but for loss of taste/smell and a fever. We’ll see how it goes. I’ll whoop it’s ass, one way or another.
That sucks M13. If helps any, the loss of taste and smell are the guaranteed symptoms. Hopefully is something else.
Thanks, Stanger. I’m hoping it’s just the standard flu and nothing more.
Honestly, the only times I see success is when they move far away to rehab and they don’t come back…or prison and they lack access(are to find). Good rehab really takes about 2 years but that’s an eternity for just about anyone and it’s hard to find long term facilities, especially after COVID. Five months can work but most people go back to old habits, friends, and problems.
I’d a friend who went to dozens of rehabs, stayed for the standard month, came back home, and just kept going back to the BS. Finally, he took the advice of several… don’t come back to where you keep picking it back up again.
It’s been about 6 years and according to his mother, he’s doing great: he lives about 3 hours away from home. That makes me happy that he’s finally clean! Yet, I’ve not seen him in 6 years now… makes me sad.
Bottom line being, you are quite correct, New Age.
Sad to hear about Colt Brennan. Way too young. RIP
M – sorry about Colt Brennan. Godspeed on your recovery. Hope it’s not COVID-19. Feel better my man
Feel better M13. Without fever or loss of taste doesn’t sound like Covid. Cross your fingers
Yeah M13, hope it’s not COVID and you’re on the mend soon.
He has kind of a choppy running style similar to Ajayi. From what I’ve seen of him he seems to have a good feel for the game and displays very good hands. He always looks to move forward which is a trait I like in RBs as opposed to guys who dance around too much. He’s not overly quick or fast but he’s not slow.
I think he has a good chance to make the team as the backup to Brown as the bigger back. The way it looks now and I know many of you are not happy with the RB position at this time, Gaskin and Ahmed are the quicker more elusive backs who actually run more physical than they probably get credit for, then Brown and Docks as the bigger more physical backs. Both are good in pass pro.
The speed we added at WR with Fuller and Waddle should open up our offense and back off 8 in the box. Gesicki adds to that at TE and Parker has solid speed as well. This 11 Personnel with whoever at RB is a formidable group.
The key is we need to block it and Tua makes the throws. The offense has the potential to get to another level this year.
I’m still interested to see if Eichenberg or Jackson play RT. Both have been mostly LT but either could switch sides. Jackson is still very young and is the better athlete, Eichenberg enters the NFL with more college game experience than Jackson did, and is considered the better technician. It sounds like Kindley and Hunt will be the guards. There are 4 Centers on the roster with Skura and Deiter at the top. Davis and Fluker are quality game day backups at G/T.
This was supposed to start with Gerrid Doaks.
I thought you were playing a Who Am I game with us.
I play guitar when I’m unhappy and like long walks in the forest. My running style is choppy like the sea on a rainy day. I catch passes but they aren’t my favorite parts of football.
Who am I?
LOL @ New Age
LOL @ New Age
Good game going on in Milwaukee, Bookman.
Steve, if the Avalanche win both their games, I believe they take the division on the tie breaker. I’m not sure if Id rather play them or your guys. Both teams at our lunch this year.
Sepak Takraw?
Correct and that’s BS, the tie breaker was changed, it used to be reg/OT wins as the first tie breaker, now it’s just regulation wins.
So a team that loses in OT or shootout benefits by getting the extra pt, then OT loses don’t count against them in the tie breaker.
What numbnuts thought that was a great idea?
So how does the runner starting on 2nd for extra innings work in regards to pitching stats? I assume if that run scores, it doesn’t increase the pitcher’s ERA.
And is this just the way baseball works now or will they take that away next year? I hope they don’t keep it. It’s pretty stupid you can lose a game on just one single in an inning.
I guess it will be considered like a reliever with inherited baserunners.
probably done to prevent games from going into very high innings, i don’t think you can lose the game on a single hit, shouldn’t the home team get an at bat as well?
Sure, the home team gets to bat but Kong’s point is you can lose a game on a single without giving up a walk or any other hits.
It’s regular season, would you rather play an 18 ininning game and have your pen fucked up for the next several days?
film study eichenberg
i always thought it would be cool to have a fest in NE
lol first game of the season, go into the cheats cretin filled stadium , flying Dolphin colors and wearing miracle in Miami tshirts, lol
game schedules are due to come out today, hopefully Miami doesnt have to travel to Buffalo or NE, late in the season when its so cold
last year was very rare , because the Dolphins didnt travel to their annual Baltimore away game as usual
im hoping their isnt another Baltimore away game this year, and maybe once a century isnt too much to ask, the raven/buzzards need to come to Miami, it seems whack the Fins have to travel to Baltimore all the time
SMH
Home and away was determined when 2020 reg season ended.
Home
Buffalo Bills
New England Patriots
New York Jets
Houston Texans
Indianapolis Colts
Atlanta Falcons
Carolina Panthers
Baltimore Ravens
New York Giants
Away
Buffalo Bills
Jacksonville Jaguars
New England Patriots
New Orleans Saints
New York Jets
Las Vegas Raiders
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Tennessee Titans
Week 6 at Jags in London
So look for our bye in week 7
i hate London games, and for some strange reason the NFL thinks Miami is next to London
Miami has gone way too often, the other teams should shoulder some of that crap
whens the last time vegas went to london, lol yea, send those bozos
Well @Patriots wont be a cold weather game at least so only 2 potential ones @buff and @nyj thats good.
If the rumors of Bills in late October are true we might be slightly in front of the really intense cold there.
the all electric ford f 150 pickem up truck is coming out this month, it will be their fastest version of the F150 ever made
it also has the ability to be a generator to power your house in case of power failure
thats huge for FL, its a summer ritual to lose power in hurricane season
I bet the intention isnt to be a full house generator, maybe for some electric tools or something but those batteries wont hold up to a full house of power usage
that is not what Ford announced. try and keep up with technology
it WILL power a house
Ok David, i will. lol. You go an power that house with your truck and then call me when the battery is dead. Ill be waiting for your call about 15 minutes after you finally get it all going.
also the new models wont require hand cranks or horses , lol
its 2021, even if your calendar says 1930,
gas cars will be in the junkyards soon, then we wont have to listen to orob complain about 20 cents of gas, lol
Ok so i “researched it” which is advice you should take, because its not the full electric that can act as a generator, it was a hybrid, which this makes sense since its using GAS to supply power when then gets converted to electricity. Electric only wouldn’t be able to supply electricity as it need what its producing so its a net loss scenario, meaning it would run out of juice and then stop supplying it.
it will be a great day in America, when we can tell Russia, Iran, and Saudi Arabia to shove their oil up the azz, we dont want or need it anymore!
Uncle sam needs to wipe the foreign enemy jizz off his lips, and learn how to produce the nations power, instead of import it from horrible countries that would do the nation harm
Yeah that’s a visual i didn’t really care to have.
Steve, I’d absolutely like to see those 18+ inning games. Last night’s game against the Brewers was one of those great low scoring pitchers duels that becomes a battle of team wills as the innings start piling up. But now, suddenly in extra innings the format of the game changes and picking up runs is cheap. I prefer those long running games every so often.
That’s baseball, and managing those resources is part of what makes it fun- knowing your team is screwed the next few days as you bring in tomorrows starter in inning 19 because you’re out of relievers, lol.
I’m hoping this is still just a covid thing to keep games shorter, but is not the way baseball will operate next year forward.
One of the greatest switches in baseball is bringing in the infielder who pitched in high school to pitch in the 23rd inning because you have run through your entire bullpen. That’s the good stuff, lol.
Might work for you as a fan, but sure the players don’t like 18 inning games, the season is long enough
I’d bet some players like it and some don’t, just like fans. Baseball players are often far more into tradition and keeping the game pure than players of other sports are.
As a matter a fact, I guarantee a lot of players hate the new rules. What often happens in those 18 inning games, is the regular players get the next day off, and a bunch of utility players get an opportunity to play the next game.
Maybe in the 70s that was true, but young people in this country don’t give a shit about tradition, schools are responsible
Well, I would agree that some of the youngsters don’t appreciate tradition or the unwritten rules, but baseball players are funny with their traditions and superstitions, even a lot of today’s players. It’s woven into the fabric of the game.
Sept 12th at Cheats again
Knew we’d be playing the cheats in the opener with Fuller out
Travis Wingfield
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Dolphins get 9 games at Hard Rock Stadium compared to 7 true road games. Scheduling gods smiling
Give it a couple of hours Travie I’m sure they’ll make up for it, like having a road game on Thursday for the 20th straight season, and like last year we’ll be playing multiple teams coming off their bye
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A leftover note: if RB Kerryon Johnson had not been claimed by the Eagles, he would have become a Dolphin. Miami was the other team to put in a claim on him off of waivers.
Miami has built some backfield depth and almost added more.
I see Wingding is busy this morning
Steve, are they releasing the schedule a little bit at a time? Why can I only see the Pets and the Jags games listed as our 1st two games?
Actually, the Jags are Oct 17th, so not our 2nd game, but still the only game listed other than opening at the Pets.
They rumored that the @Bills game will be end of October.
That would would be a good break for us instead of that late december game in Buff
They always leak a couple of games of significance, because you know these guys have to be first, no different than people on here
Oh, I see, the actual schedule release isn’t till 5.
You’d think the NFL would want to see the Pets/Dolphins each getting their home field advantage. Doesn’t that make the games more interesting or is that just my own perception?
Why have us play in NE in Sept and them play in Miami in Dec? Why not switch those games to the appropriate months? I bet Belicheat requests it be scheduled that way since his teams always lose in Miami in Sept.
Fuel shortages have widened across the East Coast , as consumers continue to panic buy amid the fallout from a cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline last week by Russians
its a horrible idea to keep using oil, we send money to Russia for their oil, and still have a shortage, because Russia damaged our pipeline
America is the NY jets of the oil playing field, other nations control and bully America into giving up their money and subjecting them to their will.
the US needs to grow some, and stop being the worlds biggest idiots and wussies, or learn to speak russian for daddy putin
several governors have declared states of emergency, and largely blamed the shortage on consumer panic buying, SMH
thats the way it goes, the rich and infamous steal our money, send it overseas, and blame American citizens when it all goes wrong
its time to get those governors out of office, and feel free to blame it on the citizens, lol
You mean get the left and their cronies out of power.
This is exactly what Trump ran on doing, and why he has such a large backing, but many on the left just listen to the bs that’s fed to them
Thanks for the well wishes, y’all. I’m starting to feel some better today… just waiting for a phone call to let me know positive or negative.
not sure what happened, but wishing You the best MF< hopefully your pregnancy test comes out negative, lol JK
COVID, brah. I don’t have a fever or lack of taste/smell, though. Been flu-like sick since Sunday.
And thank you, David!
hang in there bro, gonna say a prayer for your speedy recovery
Thank you.
The Patsies* schedule leaked, and we allegedly host them the last week of the season.
An actually road TNF for cheats, this schedule must be wrong
how does an NFL schedule get leaked? the NFL is supposedly going to release the schedules tonight?
do You think teams already have their schedules?
it all seems very weird that some people would know the schedules, just asking if You know the details on it
I’m sure teams already have the schedule, and somebody chose to leak the Patsies*. I think the NFL is trying to make it some kind of ‘drummed-up’ event with the schedule release, and somebody rained on it’s parade in the case of the Patsies*. I saw the alleged document/schedule, too. It would appear to be real.
Dec 27th, Phins @ Saints.
Saints vs Bills on Thanksgiving
ah, so the Teams are getting it early, thanks for that info
lol this is nuts, the cheats are already selling tickets to their home opener against Miami, for $313.00, WOW thats pricey, BEFORE the schedules have been released
https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/schedule/_/name/mia
do u have the Fins? lol
I’ll try!
Phins @ stej, Nov 21st
stej @ Phins, Dec 18th or 19th
october 31 game hosting the bucs? wow thats interesting
correction, hosting the bills, not the bucs on haloween
that sounds like a fun game for the fest, lol
You can go to Buffalo on Halloween🤪
Hosting nobody on Halloween.
awesome, start the season 1-0, and the 1 is a division foe
Just got my results back: I’m COVID NEGATIVE. I’ve just got a nasty flu going on, which still sucks. Thanks for your thoughts and prayers, folks!
Awesome news….. hope you feel better.
Good to hear
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Thanks, y’all!
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Thanks, Hulkster!
Leaving doctor’s office after destroying COVID
BOOM! Thanks, Pigster!
None of those game dates came out of the Dolphins office. They run a tight ship.
Or else
Mando trying to confirm week 2 home opener vs Buffalo, so 1st 2 games same as last year
So our season opener is a 1 o’clock game even though it’s east coast? That suuuucks. The Niners will almost certainly be a late game too, which means my buddy and I will miss our opening week tradition.
There’s always picture in picture.
I got a multiple tv set up, so I’m hoping he’ll be down for that.
He’s very particular though. There can’t be any distractions during the Niners games, and I am very boisterous during Dolphins games, lol, so he may decline.
Wonder how he will handle the distraction of you rooting for the Niners to lose. 🙂
LOL, we have a gentleman’s agreement about actively rooting against our teams, so he doesn’t have to deal with that even though we both know that is what I’ll be hoping for. 🙂
Yeah — Phins ain’t exactly done on RBs.
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Kerryon Johnson is now a member of the Philadelphia Eagles. The running back was claimed off waivers from Detroit last week by the Eagles, but they weren’t the only team who tried to pick up Johnson.
Per Field Yates of ESPN, the Miami Dolphins also placed a waiver claim on Johnson when the Lions parted ways with the fourth-year back. The Eagles had a higher waiver claim order based on the finish of the 2020 season.
Why are we getting the schedule piecemeal like we are building a couch from IKEA
Just release the whole thing nfl!
That’s what leaders do
Leakers
Yeah i thought i had Covid a weekend before last, was sick all of last week, mostly just drainage, a really bad cough that made me lose my voice and sore throat that only lasted like a day or 2. i didn’t check daily but i don’t think i ever had a fever. Still working on getting my voice back, but not covid. Sad that every time you get sick these days the first thing you feel is fear its covid lol.
I hear ya, D. My biggest concern was my shortage of breathe, infection, and chest congestion. Still have all of the above, but I’m progressing.
CavalierKong says:
May 12, 2021 at 2:07 pm
So our season opener is a 1 o’clock game even though it’s east coast? That suuuucks. The Niners will almost certainly be a late game too, which means my buddy and I will miss our opening week tradition.
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According to that Patriots schedule our season opener is 3:25, or it could be if ya ditch that trash time zone your in.
This time zone is awesome, you wake up and watch pregame or just get settled, next thing you know the games are on, and the prime time games are actually in prime time
I love that my football starts at 10AM and goes through 8:30. It’s perfect. I’d hate to be up at 11:00+ for the late game every Sunday.
4:25 for east coast.
LOL @ belittling my time zone. Your bitter remark fills me with the desire to defend the honor and integrity of the P.S.T. The PST has a long and storied history of being the best time zone…pretty much ever, man. No other time zone has come close to distinguishing themselves in the same way. Other time zones wish they could be the PST.
Viva la PST!!!
EST is trash too. 🙂 CST is where its at, its why most your major cities are in this time zone, and well no one had to _pay_ people to move to the CST zone by hiding gold in their land so people would more there for a adult version of a Easter egg hunt.
Ohhh, you’re a CST’er, the time zone that no one knows exists except the people that live there (and not even all of them), that’s why the 3:25. I thought you were at least EST. Poor fella. 🙂
I think your confusing us with MST. CST was the improvement made over EST. People were like man this thirteen colony shit is for the birds we need something better….boom CST. PST and MST were just labels so they could identify the tards that decided who left the best timezone ever for the worst. On the way a few of them decided they were indeed tards for doing this and stopped so they became half tards and for the lable MST.
This poster states this video was taken back in March, but Tua’s looking good here…
Isn’t that the same throw that faggy jets QB threw at his pro day that all the U75s were all gogga over
Similar to, yes.
hes alot stronger this year, he looks jacked
Lol at Kiper rating the jets draft saying, if Darnold was in this class he’d have him #2 overall
The London game is fine, since it’s a road game
LOL @ D. Cheers, mate
All time zone kidding aside, I’ve always found it odd that football start times seem to favor the west coast. Maybe my thinking is wrong, but it always seemed that logically it would be 10 and 1 for EST and 8 and 11 for PST.
The start times have been consistent as far back as I remember, but I’m too young to know, was it the same in the 70’s or did the league ever mess around with the times?
I would assume the league just gets more viewers with these time slots.
My math was funny. I meant 11 and 2 EST
i see us having the same advantage just we get to sleep in until noon.
I would go nuts waiting till noon or 1 for football to start. For me, every football Sunday is like a Christmas day. I’m usually up early in the 8 o’clock hour preparing food.
Of course we all get used to our routines. If our games started at 12 or 1, I’d obviously just have a different pregame ritual. Maybe I would shop that morning instead of the day before.
Same times in 70s
Interesting feature here… skip to 5:12 for Jaylen Waddle. One of my good friends has a Slingshot… very fun ride and she loves it!
Forgot to mention, UCF’s Richie Grant is in here, and he’s a very high charisma cat.
How to be a first round pick…..go to the University of Alabama…..the end.
Ain’t that the truth! LOL
congrats MF< for the negative on Your pregnancy test, lol
that would have been bad, really bad, lol JK
Yeah, but that was but ONE test. Problem is, I may have failed 11 other tests like Cromartie! JK/LOL
The more…..uuuuuuh..impressive part is that he just didn’t fail 11 times with one woman, he failed 11 times with 10 women, which does seem to lead you to believe by deduction, the women were the the factor in the failures…..
In Tally, you can go to to any of the HS football practices and yell “Hey Cromatrie” and half the team will turn around.
You at least have to figure that Moms 4-10 knew what they were signing up for.
that is false, he had 5 children with his wife
if you dont like the guy, and i dont, it is still no need to put out incorrect info on him, and the football team comment was obviously not true either
from wikipedia
Cromartie married Terricka Cason, on July 2, 2010.[32] Cason gave birth to a daughter in April 2010[32] a son in early 2012,[33] twins in 2016, and in August 2017 a daughter.
he also had 9 more kids with 8 other women, 14 children total
and BTW< you call children, failures? says alot about how you perceive children
David — he was talking about failures on pregnancy tests. Not the kids themselves. No reason to attack.
im not attacking D, i have no problem with him
that was why i asked a question about his statement and how does he perceive children, if thats not the case, My apology is in order.
if he meant no harm, was only innacurate, no big deal, but
it was not correct info that was provided, so i provided the wiki entry on it to clear it up
Started to reply, nothing attacking but even explaining seems a bit of a waste here.
David — what did you mean by “you call children, failures? says alot about how you perceive children”? Cause D did not mean kids.
i feel we are being redundant now, im not sure what else to say
Guess we’ll end it with no answer then. Life goes on.
we good D, if i interpreted that line incorrectly, im sorry for that interpretation,
i apologized for My misinterpretation, but if You had provided correct information, it may have prevented this misunderstanding
what else do u want stanger? answer is there
Nothing else David. You’ve made me quite happy already. Appreciate it.
Check out this incredible modern house
https://twitter.com/douzmanian/status/1392169876312182785?s=21
it looks ok in the front, lol
I cant believe they got a permit for that, lol maybe they got a permit for the entire house restoration, and its either not finished, or somebody screwed up
I’m pretty sure permits are as foreign as consistency on that house
if they didnt pull a permit, they are in deep chit, lol the county will fine them daily for that atrocity
ill bet a dollar there is a very interesting story behind that house, lol
too bad we only have the photo
crazy stuff
in little haiti and other impoverished sections of Miami, the houses are worth next to nothing, but the land is premium, because its some of the highest elevation in Miami dade county
Miami Beach will be a fish attractor soon
David, but seriously, how long have we heard that Miami Beach will be under water? No offense, but doesn’t it seem it a little bit like ‘Chicken Little’? I don’t want to get political, but you were lied to.
sea level rise is science, not chicken little
Miami Beach is extremely prone to flooding, they just spent $40 million to raise the roads so cars can use them instead of boats
the higher elevations are commanding higher prices now, same thing is happenning in New Orleans,
insurance companies are denying coverage in flood prone areas that they previously ensured
https://sealevelrise.org/states/florida/?gclid=CjwKCAjw-e2EBhAhEiwAJI5jg1sAupdNeHjWCrsjiMZLcqGaZHdNWwLELflbqU99mRP5auRNExdH-hoChIUQAvD_BwE
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/climate-change-miami-little-haiti-gentrification-cbsn-originals-documentary/
I know that the beaches in Jupiter are getting smaller and the water is getting closer to structures. It’s been going on for over a decade.
agreed, on Jupiter, another one of my favorite snook fishing spots
also i have waterfront property on the west coast fed by what used to be a fresh water river
the river is almost dry from drought and excessive pumping out of the groundwater, yet the water level is rising on my dock
also i cant catch freshwater bass there anymore, but redfish , snook, and snapper are everywhere from the gulf of mexico, well up into what was freshwater rivers 20 years ago
MF, lived in FL all my life, i dont need anyone to tell me the seas are rising, i can see it myself, as well as the other FL residents can too
i fished sebastian inlet for 40 years, had my favorite rock picked out next to the water level
i cant fish it anymore, the rock is underwater now
there are many factors making the sea rise, along with ice melting, the gulf stream is also slowing down, and excess water has to go somewhere, it piles up on the beaches and breaches the dunes and sea walls, flooding out commercial and residential districts
David, where my in-laws lived (they have both passed), every time we went there we saw tractors trying to push sand at the surf to slow it down. But we’re not stopping the ocean from eventually being right at the door step of the residential structures. I think LBI in NJ is going to have the same problem. Hurricane Sandy already changed the landscape.
Meant to say in Jupiter.
yes, FL is especially problematic because it sits on sand and silt, on top of porous limestone, at low elevations
the cities and counties in FL are erecting higher sea walls and roads, but now FL has a thing called sunny day flooding,
the saltwater leaches up through limerock, and up through drains , and floods out everything, even though there was no rain
FL did not have this problem 20 years ago, and just like Sandy changed the landscape up north, Irma did the same down here
FL is ground zero on sea level rise, we are screwed, lol
Floridians better hang onto high elevation property, and dump the oceanfronts before they topple into the surf, seen some of that too
Humans think they can build anywhere because of the beauty. But when the oceans, wildfires, mudslides and earthquakes compromise it, people seem surprised.
LBI is a barrier island, and FL has tons of those also that will be suffering from rising seas , higher tides, and stronger storms
i had a condo in Melbourne beach that was flattened to the ground by Hurricane Francis, and it was about a half mile from the beach. it was mandatory evac, so we moved everything to orlando before the storm hit
We had to rent a Uhaul truck, and pack everything we wanted to keep, in 8 hours, that sucked SMH
but the entire barrier island went underwater for Francis, nobody was spared
it pounded Brevard and indian river county beaches for 3 days before it moved on
we came back to our home, and it was in millions of pieces, most of it in the retention pond, and the ground was solid pink from all the homes attic insulation
You know Jupiter Island where wealthy people live with the ocean on one side and the intracoastal and canal on the other side? That will be gone someday.
yes, i know that area, multi million dollar homes, and huge condos and hotels
YES!!!! WEEK #2, Bills at Dolphins!!!
HEAT INDEX over 100 DEGREES
BILLS COMING OFF ULTRA-Physical game
vs. STEELERS!!
Pitts in our house 10/24 see you there
BET YER ASS, SONNY!!!
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Colts come in 10/3
Grudge game for Brissett
Our opening slate of teams is also the toughest stretch of the season…
at NE
v Bills
AT Las Vegas (west coast trip)
v Indy
at Tampa Bay
THEN a trip to London (regardless how bad Jax might be) without a bye before or after …
finish vs NE.
one Thurs game, one monday night, no Sunday night. Feels like our division games were set in a template from last year and then they worked around that.