#1, Tua Tagovailoa is the linchpin to our season. There are so many other variables to our team’s success but if our 2nd year QB doesn’t improve significantly from last season, it will be hard for the rest of the team to get further than our 10 win season and for us to get a playoff berth. The 6 guys pictured above, WR DeVante Parker, TE Mike Gesicki, WR Jaylen Waddle, WR Will Fuller, TE Hunter Long and RB Myles Gaskin will also play a huge role in the offense going forward. TE Mike Gesicki is in his final year of his contract so he will be looking to have a big season. Our #6 draft pick this year WR Jaylen Waddle will be an immediate impact player both on offense and special teams as a top notch return man. Our #81 draft pick was TE Hunter Long from Boston College. A bit of surprise this one because I felt we had pretty good depth at TE with Gesicki, Smythe, Shaheen, Myarick and Carter but we probably intend on using multiple TE sets often. Those TE sets put the defense in a tough spot because it can be a power running formation as well as a receiving mismatch with a bunch of 6’6 250 guys that can run that need to be covered. Pair that with a burner like Fuller or Waddle who can take one to the house and big plays can happen.
Let’s get back to Tua. This guy is hungry to be a top player, to be the best he can be. He has been doing extensive weight training, it’s already paid dividends and Tua looks much thicker on his lower half, a huge boon for a QB. He looks bigger on top as well and his arms are certainly stronger as well. Besides the weight training he’s been working diligently on balancing exercises and drills. Better balance helps make a repeatable throwing motion easier and helps distribute the arm strength better. You can question his skill all you want, but you can’t question his heart, desire and sense of responsibility one drop. Once again, Tua’s success will be paramount to the teams success. In addition to Tua doing all he can to better this season, The Dolphins kept up their end of the deal by drafting OT Liam Eichenberg. I can’t tell you for sure that he will be our RT day one but if I were to be a betting man, I’d lay down some cash on that being the case. I do believe our offensive line will be LT Austin Jackson, LG Solomon Kindley, C Matt Skura, RG Robert Hunt and then RT Liam Eichenberg. Those two mountains in the middle, Kindley 6’3 337 and Robert Hunt 6’5 325 have some work to do as far as pass protection, but in my eyes, last year’s O-line was better than I’ve seen in some time. I expect that to improve with a true offseason, training camp and OTA’s.
I’m not going to continue to discuss the need for a RB. I’m in wait and see mode and I see no reason to continue to dwell on an issue that may not be an issue. Other teams do well with undrafted and late round draft picks at the RB position, and we already hit with 2019 7th RD pick Myles Gaskin. If this year’s 7th RD pick Gerrid Doaks shares the same success Gaskin had last season we’ll be just fine at RB. The RB by committe approach ensures fresher legs and also eliminates the worry of relying too much on one player and then trying to change the offense once that player goes down. I think at least 3-4 of these guys will get a fair amount of carries and some weeks one will be the feature back and the next week we’ll change it up to a different rotation. That makes it harder for opposing defenses to game plan against us.
On paper, we have so much more talent at the skill positions at WR and TE it’s actually crazy. Health can and will be a factor as we have a few that unfortunately haven’t been able to stay whole for an entire season. Still, with DeVante Parker, Will Fuller and Jaylen Waddle and then Mike Gesicki and Hunter Long at TE, that’s a lot of talent to cover. Parker always difficult on 50/50 balls thrown his way, Fuller can easily take the top off the defense and make big plays deep downfield. Waddle can do it all, turn short passes into big gains and if teams start coming up on him aggressively, he will make them pay with double moves that leave them in the dust. If teams are forced to double cover Waddle, Fuller or Parker, Gesicki will be a pain one on one against most defensive players. Add in another pass catching TE like Hunter Long and it almost seems unfair. Truth is though, it all starts in the trenches and our O-line will not only need to open holes for Gaskin and company but protect Tua Tagovailoa too. We know Tua was conservative last season, much to the detriment of the offense. He took the easy quick completions often instead of waiting or sometimes even recognizing and seeing players getting open just a few yards further downfield. If the O-line is stout, that will give Tua more confidence to let things develop. Or, the new dual OC’s of Eric Studesville and George Godsey will have to be more creative and move Tua around, who by the way, throws pretty well while on the move.
I look forward to seeing this offense get to work, it’s going to be fun. I’m already quite excited at what we can do and I can’t wait to see them hit the field. On the other hand, if I said it was the offense I look forward to seeing most I’d be lying. I really do want to see the Tua offense in year two, but it’s our defense with Jaelan Phillips, Benardrick McKinney and our most excellent secondary that I wish to see most. I think our defense can be special, one of the top defensive units in the NFL. Josh Allen won’t be so damn cocky and smirky when we play him next. If we want to to get to the top of the division, we have to beat the Bills. They shellacked us, ran over and through us when it counted for us, and we need to be the ones doing the bullying next time around. I think the defense will be a big part of the reason, although much like Buffalo found out, give a QB a great weapon like Stefon Diggs and the offense will be better. Well, we gave Tua the upgrades on offense and now along with our top defense, the QB has to improve with the defense.
GO DOLPHINS!!!
Finsmob Unleashed 
“More significant absences from OTAs Wednesday: Emmanuel Ogbah, cornerbacks Xavien Howard, Byron Jones, Justin Coleman and Jason McCourty, linebackers Jerome Baker and Benardrick McKinney, offensive tackle D.J. Fluker and receiver Will Fuller. ”
Ogbah is speculated to want a re-do. And the man does deserve a raise.
I’d give it to him now, before he plays with real pressure from the other side, but cheats never really had a big sack guy outside of John Bones Jones’ brother.
Problem is the cap being lower this year
“the Dolphins plan to give Liam Eichenberg the chance to win the right tackle job, and have Jesse Davis compete with Solomon Kindley at left guard.”
Beasley’s full article with no paywall
https://www.yahoo.com/news/real-time-updates-dolphins-otas-164735827.html
Ahhh yeah, we’re getting close. Here’s some tidbits from OTAs, can be found in the article Stang posted.
▪ Receiver Preston Williams, who missed much of last year with a foot injury, was spotted on the field, walking briskly, but did not appear to be practicing.
He continues to work with trainers, and a team source said he’s expected back for the start of the regular season, if not sooner.
Williams had foot surgery late last season and is now able to do some running.
▪ Others not spotted on Wednesday: tight ends Adam Shaheen and Chris Myarick, linebacker Brennan Scarlett and defensive tackle Raekwon Davis, who was attending a graduation in Alabama this week.
▪ Rookie running back Gerrid Doaks was doing rehabilitation work and not practicing on Wednesday.
▪ Albert Wilson and Allen Hurns, who both opted out of playing last season, were at practice.
▪ Linebacker Elandon Roberts was practicing, just five months after he sustained what the team called a significant (knee) injury. His movement looked good.
▪ Reporters are not permitted to identify who’s playing what position (such as right tackle or slot corner) or identify who’s with the first team or second team.
But The Miami Herald previously reported – and nothing has changed – that the Dolphins planned to give Liam Eichenberg the chance to win the right tackle job, and have Jesse Davis compete with Solomon Kindley at left guard.
But there was no 11 on 11 work or 1 on 1 work in the two-hour session, not a single rep in which offense went against defense.
The team practiced at a pace that wasn’t exactly high speed, part of an agreement reached between the players and Brian Flores. The session was heavy on instruction.
Tua Tagovailoa threw a few short passes — including two to Jaylen Waddle — but no defensive players were in coverage.
Jibri Blount, the former North Carolina Central basketball player who’s trying to make the Dolphins as a tight end, showed good concentration on a 20-plus yard reception – near the sideline – on a pass thrown by Reid Sinnett. But as we’ve noted here, no defensive player was in coverage.
Was hoping Preston would be practicing. “Walking briskly” doesn’t do it for me.
I was surprised to see that was even a question with Williams. We never did get an explanation of what exactly was wrong with his foot (kinda like Roberts knee injury). There was even speculation until the very end of the season Williams might play. I guess it was a serious injury.
This is just another example of how closely this regime guards information. I love it. In a league where the difference between winning and losing often comes down to the smallest factors, I’ve always been a proponent of not giving away more info than you absolutely have to.
It’s still early in the offseason.
Biden just said, people that make under 400k will pay no taxes. What a gaslighter
Did he misspeak? He’s been saying people who make under 400k will not pay more taxes for months.
Who the fuck knows, he’s a walking tragedy
So you’re giving him a free pass, because maybe he misspoke
Not at all. It’s just people making under 400k paying no taxes would make the government crash and burn. Plus he’s been talking about no extra taxes for people who make under 400k since the election. So figured he said it wrong. Just what makes sense to me. Didn’t read that in a news article.
You certainly aren’t holding him accountable for his words, on something he does everytime he speaks
We’re already paying more ‘taxes’. It’s called a massive jump in inflation.
That’s all the stimulus money. Give people money and they spend it.
Some of it for sure. But 6 months ago we had already given 2 of the 3 stimulus checks and my gas was still 30% cheaper and my food items were 12% cheaper. Can’t put it all on free money or it would have adjusted more quickly.
I believe the no new taxes as well as I believed Bush Sr when he said it. Shutting down the economy for little benefit destroyed the revenue of not only small businesses but the local areas taxing those dead businesses. They have to find money somewhere and the government destroying the value of the dollar is exactly where they will find it. Biden almost makes Trump look fiscally responsible which seems crazy as hell.
I saw the video of him saying it and he was pretty demanding
I just sorta of figure that if he is saying he wants 90+ percent of Americans not to pay taxes that it will be huge news. If he made a flub…. why should he be accountable for anything more than that?
You guys held Trump accountable for everything, and 99% of shit they made up, why the change of heart?
If you are right this will be big news in the weeks to come. And heck yeah will be bashing Biden for it….. cause makes no logical sense at all. Which is my way of saying don’t believe you, but have been wrong before.
Lol, at steveccnv who was blaming Biden for current events before he was President.
Your hatred is well noted for anything liberal. I would say you’re one of those U75s when it comes to politics.
It’s tough for cult followers to see beyond what a cult leader tells you is truth.
LMFAO!!!!
The coaches don’t even know who’s playing where on the OL yet, never mind reporters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8maNKFoJ5XU
Very honest and a lot of what many of us thought was the situation.
Yessir!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-86bww4Sqw
Gesicki very carefully mocking the stupid questions without being a jerk. Love it! LOL
I was waiting for someone to make mention of as much! LOL
Gesicki ROCKS!
Nobody settles political differences on social media. It’s the same damn thing every time. My side is right and yours is wrong. Hmmm…. never heard that before. SMH
I didn’t say anyone was wrong, just to be clear. I made an observation, imo….parse my words.
Not just you. For some reason Stanger who is a long time Republican gets called out for all sorts of stuff because he doesn’t buy into all the extreme stuff. He gets labeled with names like rhino and shit like that. Some people who are simply more liberal are now “all” socialists. Always the extreme. We are doing this to ourselves. It’s as if individual thought is not allowed anymore with anyone. You must be part of one cult or the other. I find that fucked up!
I see asinine comments made by people of power on both sides. Forget mentioning the citizens, they’re off the charts with saying stupid shit because there are way more of them. When does it stop?
👊!
I continue to hear GREAT things about Robert Hunt, who is being “projected”(?) as our new starting RG.
I’d seen somebody tweet that it looks like Solomon Kindley vs Jesse Davis as our starting LG… at the moment. Yes, it’s very early in the process.
So it would seem (again, at the moment… it will likely change many times until September), that this is what we’re looking at on paper…
LT: Austin Jackson
LG: Solomon Kindley vs Jesse Davis
C: Matt Skura
RG: Robert Hunt
RT: Liam Eichenberg
I do find it intriguing that we continue to explore ‘swing-Tackles’. Some of them can move inside to play Guard, obviously putting an emphasis on Positional Versatility (PV).
PV is the key to unlocking packages (both sides of the ball) that keep the opposition up all night.
This is the way…
Not necessarily a criticism of Biden but unemployment is crazy high and the answer is to end rewarding the people taking advantage of it. Time to shut it down and get these lazy fucking Americans back to work!!!
Man, I’m trying my very best to steer clear of this political nonsense!
I can’t help but to reply to you with this: +10000000000000000000000000000000000
It’s not really a political statement, it’s just people in our country taking advantage of a situation that happened due to COVID-19. The jobs are available in droves but the benefits now are so high there’s little incentive to get back to work. I hope this administration does something about it
Ever get the feeling that the Biden administration is doing everything it can to insensitivize people to stay home and collect +$$$? Yes, that’s political… and will collapse our country as we print $$$… and hyper-inflation is right around the corner, my bud.
We’re already experiencing inflation… just wait until hyper-inflation occurs.
I agree Mike E.! Sucking on the titty is so much easier.
Don’t think it’s just those, though. Lotsa titty suckers and lots are Republicans. Which is the point. It goes both ways.
It does. But who doesn’t like titties?
Oye Vee
Wyoming!
How are ya, bud?!!
Working to much!
Me too, buddy! Good to see ya, man.
I would bash Biden if I thought he had the mental acuity to actually be running anything. He’s just a meat puppet.
Who do YOU believe is pulling Biden’s strings, Phelon? Honest question, and not a baited question.
Everyone but Harris. She is as dumb as he is senile.
100% with ya on “Heels up Harris”. She’s nothing more than a ‘token’ VP. She’s certainly not in on anything, to be sure.
M- if that’s true that Biden wants to incentivise Americans to stay home then the country will eventually go to shit as unemployment will unnecessarily reach all time highs. They need to devise a plan to end this
This is how we enter socialism, Mike E. It’s been planned for a very long time.
I think we’d be in the same spot no matter who was President. It’s a by product of trying to keep the economy going and keeping it stimulated. Now they need to realize it has to end and find a way to do it that keeps the economy going
This is necessary for the “Great Reset” to occur. This isn’t ‘conspiracy theory’ BS… this is real.
Then, stand up for your beliefs and give the money back. I’m pretty positive most of you have received some government relief personally or in business or both.
If you walked your talk you would refuse government handouts.
Of course, I’m talking about PPP and all three stimulus checks.
Got nuthin. Can’t give back what I didn’t get
Sorry, I collected unemployment for 1 week
Like Mike. Got nothing, asked for nothing. Some of my competitors did, but they’re slimy. Laid no one off, cut no one’s hours.
Did you?
Will be in Key West next Thursday night!
Nice. I probably won’t get down until July.
https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/05/26/tua-tagovailoa-admits-he-didnt-know-playbook-well-enough-as-a-rookie/amp/
It’s not like Kindley has to compete at LG with Davis and Hunt has already been handed the job at RG. Kindley won a starting job last year early on and it took some time for Hunt to get in there. Who is coming up with this stuff? Hunt will compete with others for his job too.
No stimulus checks but lost significant business but kept my employees. That’s what it was for and that’s what it was used for. No shame whatsoever in taking care of me people.
You?
I received everything I was supposed to get as a taxpayer!
Exactly! So did I.
I miss Key West and thought hard about being there for Halloween this year.
And, those already piping in about getting nothing are the ones i expected would get nothing, like me, and a few others i might guess.
I wouldn’t give it back anyway. Why should I? I wanted to work but we closed our office. I got one week and missed 3 weeks. It was nearly impossible to get on and get that 1 week, it should have been 3 but I didn’t get through on the NJ unemployment website in time. What I’m talking about now has nothing to do with that anyway. There’s no crisis now, jobs are plentiful now, people willing to fill them while collecting fat unemployment checks are not though.
I’m not disagreeing with, I’m just pointing out another take that is congruent.
I can’t believe the Wild are about to force a game 7. I had that series ending in 5.
Pietrangelo was my favorite player on the Blues. With us out I’m rooting for VGK. I probably won’t even watch the rest of the playoffs if VGK goes out in rd 1 too.
VGK got fucked in the ass tonight.
Here’s the rule and exactly what happened:
If an attacking player has been pushed or otherwise directed into the goaltender by a defending player, that contact is deemed accidental as long as the attacking player made an effort to avoid it.
Score was 1-0, this goal would’ve tied it, by challenging it a delay of game penalty was awarded, where Minn scored again
With all the government handouts and shutting down our pipelines, wait to see what you pay at the grocery store and the pump. Why would we deliberately do this to our country? 🖕🤥
They want to break down families, and destroy the country to move us to socialism, then they’ll own all the property and be rich and powerful, while 300m+ people are poor, and every handout we get we’ll be thankful to these heros of ours
I just don’t get why this would be acceptable. I just sold my place in SoCal and paid cash for a home in Az. I know they will take over all the forebearing forclosed properties and destroy the market throughout the US.
So people want to do something different than in the past.
Can any of you explain the good book being as a god fearing Christian doctrine and treating black people as slaves on the same human level as 1960?
I’m not talking about 2021, but 1960. That’s the debate. Did it happen? Yes! So now in 2021 should we move on? Yes! Why can’t we… because the same propaganda is being perpetuated? It’s not 1960, ignorance wants to make it that.
Bigotry type commentary is keeping all this stuff alive. The thing is both sides don’t realize how bigoted the are. 😉
Are you on shrooms again?
No but I was a little tipsy and admit I didn’t really articulate my post well. LOL
I also don’t really want to revisit what I was talking about because I’m not feeling it at the moment.
Knicks win a tough game against the Hawks. They should be up 2-0, they let game 1 slip away. The bench is still carrying the team though, Julius Randle has yet to show up. Maybe he’ll do better in ATL not playing in front of his home crowd . . .
They want to break down families, and destroy the country to move us to socialism, then they’ll own all the property and be rich and powerful, while 300m+ people are poor
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Billionaires have been buying up land. I know there is an investment in real estate but why are they specifically buying up farm land recently and in large chunks? Bill Gates is now the largest private owner of farm land in the US. There are even Chinese companies quietly buying up farmland in the US.
It all goes back to its easier to fool someone, than to prove to them they’ve been fooled.
What if both sides looked at what they believe and tried to make the argument, that their side was feeding them a load of BS?
On the right, what if the election actually was fair? Video evidence shows otherwise and lots of it. Why are they still trying to overturn, if it was legit?
Socialism, should we buy into it? It’s never worked anywhere, why should we believe it will for us?
Illegal immigration, should we open our borders? How could that possibly be a good thing, when financially it would bankrupt us?
Nationalism, what other country believes that’s a bad thing?
id be ok with illegals in a swap of people. Instanly legalize in the illegal that wants to work and live the American dream and get rid of one that is sucking off the government tit and has no intention of holding down a legit job or pay taxes etc etc. There are 10s of thousands of illegals that to me are more deserving of citizen ship than a big chunk of the ones that have it and waste the luxury of living in America.
one citizen
In general don’t have a problem with illegals personally, and would be fine with that swap, but how would you get people kicked out of the country🤔
My last house there surely were some illegals working for the companies I hired to do some work, and everyone seemed fine.
Even those that hang out at Home Depot or the local nursery seem like good hard working people, just trying to make a living
I mean i know its feasible, i meant that just to say plenty of the illegals here are hard working people who id be proud to call a citizen of the country and id welcome a fast tracking of them to become citizens. The kicking the others out would just be icing for me lol, we have some people who take advantage of our freedoms and good economy yet complain about their life, when some of these illegals are escaping much worse and make more out of the opportunity.
its not feasible
“I think last year for me, I wasn’t as comfortable just in general. I wasn’t comfortable calling plays. … I just didn’t have the comfortability of checking plays, alerting plays, and doing that. I just rode with the play, even if I knew it wasn’t going to work. I was going to try to make it work still.”
“Actually, what I’m saying is: I didn’t actually know the playbook necessarily really, really good and that’s no one else fault, but my fault. Our play calls were simple when I was in. I didn’t have alerts and checks where now, I feel comfortable and I can maneuver my way through these things now.”
— Tua on last year and last year’s playbook.
Other articles say, he was just Tua being Tua and knows the playbook, just not as well as he’d like.
No one really believes he was on the field last year and didn’t know the playbook, he just didn’t have the confidence in his pre/post snap reads to change the play. He said even though he knew some plays would fail he called them anyways.
Bottom line is he feels more comfortable now in the offense.
So many things, that have nothing to do with his physical play, will increase his performance level.
Better receivers around him, more experienced OL, he’ll have the ability to change plays, D seems to be better…
It’s straight out of Tua’s mouth. Part of me thinks “that ain’t good” but another comes with lots of room for improvement. And am guessing this new O is designed around what he is comfortable with.
But does sound like he’ll never be a Peyton Manning calling new plays on the fly from the shotgun drop. Same time not many of them.
I don’t see the negative in what he was saying. Maybe it was from the coaches mouth to his ears and from his mouth. Good! At least something is happening.
At least he admits what we could all see….Nice. The next step is to be translated to the field.
Tim Knight says:
May 26, 2021 at 10:06 pm
It’s not like Kindley has to compete at LG with Davis and Hunt has already been handed the job at RG. Kindley won a starting job last year early on and it took some time for Hunt to get in there. Who is coming up with this stuff? Hunt will compete with others for his job too.
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Personally i think I’d rather have Hunt at RT, let Eichenberg kick into the RG spot until he acclimates to the NFL. Hunt was strong at RT last year, and i think would have a bright future there. If they like Hunt for RG id start with Fluker at RT over Eichenberg, again, i think jumping straight in witht he rookie at a position thats probably the toughest to adjust to the NFL speed is not the best way to go, unless he just flat our beats him out in PS.Eichenberg is the future at one of our OL positions, but im not sure which at this point, hell it might even be LT with a swap of Jackson to RT. This could make sense with a Lefty as our QB.
I think the closest things to locks right now is Kindly at LG and Jackson at LT, after that im do lean towards Skura over Deiter, and i lean towards having Hunt somewhere, maybe RT maybe RG, and then Fluker potentially in competition with Eichenberg for the last spot.
I cant get a good bead on anything right now, there isnt enough conclusive information out there to figure it out, and like i said, a lot of these guys have versatility to play different spots. What ii do feel pretty confident about is that they will field the 5 best guys, and i think we do have at least 5 starting quality guys right now, so im not overly worry about how it shakes out as long as we play better than last year.
It should all be worked out in camp, but seems only things for sure are that Jackson, Hunt and Kindley should start. And even there they said Davis will compete with Kindley at LG (even if was surprised they didn’t have Davis competing at G or T on the right side).
Eich, Fluker, Skura and Deiter (maybe) in legit play for the other two spots has to make you feel good about the depth of the OL, especially when you add in utility man Davis.
It’s good to have multiple options because we all know guys get banged up and others need to step up.
Don’t necessarily agree they’ll start the best 5, they’ll have one eye on the future and one on the present and if they don’t feel the present is worthy of a deep playoff run, they may go with the future option
Even Tom Brady said he didn’t have a great grasp of Arian’s playbook for half the season. Aaron Rodgers went through the same thing when LaFleur became HC and had a new offense. These guys are seasoned vets and Tua was a rookie. It’s not that out of the ordinary.
“I just rode with the play, even if I knew it wasn’t going to work.” is something new to me at least. Pretty clear Tua tells it like it is though.
Yeah because he didn’t feel confident changing the play. Anyway, his rookie season is in the books. It’s time to play big league QB.
SMH
There’s a difference between “knowing the playbook” and being able to actually implement it on game day. The later comes through experience and changes from game to game depending on what is going on in the game. This rush to judgement on these kids is just crazy.
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On the OL, I think Hunt and Kindley will end up at guard. Hunt showed he doesn’t have the feet to be a tackle. They could both be very good guards though….at least in the running game….pass pro is still a little shaky. Fluker is the vet guy you bring in you can trust and plug in at either tackle or guard to give the young guys a chance to develop if needed. I’d be shocked if they didn’t give Eich every chance to win the starting RT job with Fluker and Davis as your safety nets for all of these young guys. I like how they’ve done it. They’re building a young OL while bringing in solid vets they can plug in but probably aren’t guys who can’t be beat out if your young guys develop as you hope. They aren’t signing for sure vet starters who would basically prevent your young guys from getting snaps.
Randy can read between the lines.
Tua is humble, so he’ll take the route of I fdup instead of throwing others under the bus
stangerx says:
May 27, 2021 at 3:17 pm
It’s straight out of Tua’s mouth. Part of me thinks “that ain’t good” but another comes with lots of room for improvement. And am guessing this new O is designed around what he is comfortable with.
Now I see why you are who you are, you believe things you read at face value, even though it doesn’t make any sense.
Not saying it’s a bad thing, but it is gullible
Thanks for the analysis. Not sure why those sentences grabbed you so much or even what you disagree with, but appreciated.
It’s straight out of his mouth, when does anyone
ever say what they mean?
Once back in 1972 I did, but no one was listening 🤪
So by that logic whatever any player or coach says in an interview is worth pretty much nada.
Pretty much, if you take it at face value, you have to figure out what he’s really saying.
Your naivety is…
That’s me man. The naive and gullible retired lawyer/lobbyist. Makes me wonder how I retired so young.
Here’s a guy who continues to piss me off. Gee, I wonder if the timing just MIGHT be about that we’re getting back to football with mini-camps, new interviews, and the like? Cowherder is an imbecile.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUYfiHeUELY
He’s really no different than the rest of them, you just have to figure out what they’re really saying or what’s motivating him.
When lebron says the stupid shit he does, he’s just pandering to the left
Agreed, Steve.
For the record, you misspelled lebron… it’s LeBum.
Or El pendejo
Blowhard of the year
+10000000000000000000000000000000000000000
I’m drinking something called a fig old fashioned watching the Heat lose
by 30
😆
I don’t care what anyone says about Tua. I’m interested to see what Tua thinks of Tua and how good he can be because of his drive.
Yeah, it’s getting a little salty out there via the MSM as it pertains to Tua.
I don’t know why, but the MSM is always out to get our Phins… and I’m TIRED of it.
Yeah it’s been dragged through the mud ad nauseam at this point. It’s all about the season now. I don’t know why unnecessary drama has to keep following with our team especially with Grier and Flores building it the right way. Let it be and see what it is. I’m tired of people telling us what it will be.
I think he will be very good
And damnit, you’ll care about my thoughts!
I’m excited to see Waddle, Fuller, Gesicki and Parker on the field at the same time
Might be one of the best offenses we have seen the Dolphins field for a long time
Yep and Gaskin. 😉
Remember he caught 41 passes for a 9.5 YPCA last year in 10 games.
We need some of these guys to stay healthy though, that’s gonna be key. Lots of durability issues here.
I actually like gaskin a lot going back to his junior year at Washington
I’m just think the Dolphins aren’t done at the position and it happens to be a position where you can add quality in August. Some vet somewhere is gonna be cut
I’m not saying Gaskin will have some big season or anything. I just think he’s a guy who’s better than what most people think he is – both rushing and receiving. Ahmed is similar with a little more speed where Gaskin has a little more power. Then you have a guy like Brown for some specific situations whether it’s pass pro or between the tackles and short yardage power running. Maybe a Doaks or Scarlett adds depth to that as the bigger more physical backs. It’s about the play at hand with these guys, not personnel stats.
Gaskin averaging 100 ypg from scrimmage will work again
Why do jests fans even try to talk trash?
https://twitter.com/theflyingpig44/status/1398109298148970497?s=21
What a goofball tweet NYJ Mike. LOL
Waddle will be used on some plays in a running game type of way, whether jet sweeps or quick outs and screens. Get him isolated in space where he utilizes his speed. We can attack teams in more ways this year.
If Albert Wilson is part of the team he adds that too. I think we forgot about him because he only played like half a season the last two seasons. But he’s now another year removed from his hip injury. He’ll be 29 when the season starts.
We can go big or quick now. Or a mix of both.
This year is when we kind of build a core moving forward. There will always be some changes year to year. But I think the coaches find out who are the core guys this year. Phase III is the season to become the projected perennial playoff team moving forward.
Last year, I felt we could have run with our wide receivers more and used our running backs more in the passing game.
Anyone listen to “The Officer Tatum”? His video’s are a little long but he is worth listening to. They are basically reactions to anything and everything.
BBM,
I subscribed to him for probably 6 months. I enjoyed his content and he makes a lot of sense and has excellent perspective with his background.
This has been a well known fact for a long time.
Look this is a hard conversation for anyone to have. Yes problems being pointed out by the black community are real, but no they aren’t wholly real because there are multiple other complex items integrated into these issues including a hard look at their own community and leaders. Its always easy for a group of people wanting to see it as a one side issue to ignore those parts, and that’s why the wheels of progress grind to a halt. There is no progress until EACH SIDE looks hard into their own involvement. This isn’t a one side issue and it wont be fixed without both side making serious changes.
It has to start with the black community though. If everyone else is putting the work in but you and your community isn’t, it will never work. No athlete ever won by having his ‘stunt double’ put in the work and practice. No problem was ever fixed when the person most affected decides to sit out the hard parts.
Single parenthood is killing the black community. Black children wanting to be sports stars instead of doctors, lawyers, and mechanics ruins their chances of success. Black culture glorifies violence, getting yours, and a false narrative of the world being out to get you. Black people need to focus on religion(some kind of moral code), work, and education. Life is hard, and a lot of the time it sucks. It’s a slow process of small wins. Have patience and do the right thing instead of always looking to be the victim.
‘Is That a Megalodon?’ Massive Shark Caught on Camera Off New England Coast
WTF where is the link?
https://www.nbcboston.com/news/sharks/megalodon-massive-shark-caught-on-camera-mass-coast/2392114/
Thank you Mike E. You are more tech savvy than I.
Ken, I highly doubt it. Actually tech savvy and my name don’t belong in the same sentence.
Maybe, because its not a mormal shark, it has finds down the dorsal other than the primary dorsal fin. I don’t know of other shark species other than whale sharks that have those and that’s obviously not a whale shark.
It’s a basking shark
steveccnv says:
May 27, 2021 at 8:36 pm
Don’t necessarily agree they’ll start the best 5, they’ll have one eye on the future and one on the present and if they don’t feel the present is worthy of a deep playoff run, they may go with the future option
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Dunno, you might be correct too, but so far it seems to me Flores plays to win in the now. He doesn’t look ahead to the future until its time. You can still be prepping for the future while playing for the win now, and that just seems more like this MO.
It was a Basking Shark. Harmless.
I would still not go swimming with it. That is one big fish
I was diving Tenico Towers off of Broward County beach 15 years or so ago and literally bumped into a 10′ bull shark. (I was descending through a “bait ball” with no visibility and came out the bottom of the school and BUMP face to face. I found my dive buddy immediately and signaled that i was going back to the boat! LOL When we got back on the boat my buddy, who hadn’t seen the shark was like “what is the issue? Your air ok? We just entered, WTF?” I told him about it and he was a little unbelieving until he looked over the side and saw the bitch investigating our boat.
“You still want to go in here?” I said.
NOPE!! LOL
To quote Apocalypse Now. Never get off the boat
I think this story is “bull-shark”………jbb
Was Rosie on that boat? (“I think we’re going to need a bigger shark”)
You might need Moby Dick for that
there was already a big enough dick on the boat. 😉
https://www.golongtd.com/p/lynn-bowden-jr-is-free-look-out-nfl
That’s great stuff! Like the players we have on our team, now they just need to getterdone on the field.
Great article, thanks!
Really good insight in there – thanks for posting
He’s a character, but sounds one who could fit in quite well. X-Mas tree still up in March… lol.
LOL @ Bookman!
https://www.cleveland.com/browns/2021/05/can-the-dolphins-overachieve-one-more-time-5-teams-that-could-keep-the-cleveland-browns-from-the-super-bowl.html
See #2 Fuller suspended for first 6 games of 2021, typical U75
That is wrong he is suspended for 1 game
That was the point of posting it
The Basking Shark often freaks people out because of it’s size. It feeds similar to whales as filter feeders.
It wasn’t a shark
It was something far more dangerous
Bowden did flash in a few games down the stretch last year. We don’t mention him much here but he might make the team.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46TKmvPDGGs
Site is all of a sudden wonky.
LOL @ Stanger up above – Actually laughed out loud at that one
Did you read the article? He’s a different one. Long as he plays football well who cares though.
Yes, you maroon! So naive you are!
I’m a trusting soul. Still believe Home came to that one get together at D&Bs.
Damn one of my employees are going out on a charter for Red Snapper and im jealous as fuck lol. I haven’t been in forever and id rather go out for Cobia or maybe some Amberjack. Those are some fun fights.
“i’ll sign somewhere when IM ready…ain’t no more finessing me with lies and (expletive) just to get me to sign with they team…no more rushed decisions on my end, period…”
— Le’Veon Bell trying his best to impersonate a team player.
Pass
I don’t even think Bell is that good anymore. He’s not worth the headache.
Less than a week!
https://ton.twitter.com/1.1/ton/data/dm/1150077673999388676/1150077615379812353/aE90AKGU.jpg:medium
https://twitter.com/sharvey1014/status/1274007049458921473?s=20
Nice!
Cool!
Phelon,
Thanks for posting that story about Bowden: great stuff! In my eyes, he’s already made the team…
Marinofan13 says:
May 23, 2021 at 9:25 pm
I’m going with DeVante & Preston (twin towers), Fuller and Waddle (twin turbo), Lynn Bowden, and Albert Wilson.
These are the 6 WRs I feel will make the team.
Funny I was just thinking the same thing. Bowden and Wilson also add a lot of speed.
I like Grant but his receiving skills are just too inconsistent. Not sure he can make the team on just being a return man this year. I would think he’d have some trade value.
Tim, what I posted above was to YOU, 5 days ago, man.
Did I see it? LOL
I’m not sure! LOL
It’s up this page, if you want to check it out! LOL
I believe you. 😉
Now the media is ragging on Tua for his playbook comments. Just let it go and stop being jerks. Let the kid work without all the drama. It never ends with some of these assholes.
Absolutely agreed.
It means less than nothing other than potential fuel for Tua’s competitive fire. He wasn’t saying he didn’t put the work in, or that he was slow in learning, just that he wasn’t in a place where he was comfortable implementing the whole playbook, calling audibles, and using all the tools at his disposal to a high efficiency. Just like any other rookie, especially with a shortened offseason.
He could have made excuses like- no WRs, an oline with 3 rookies and just being put together, etc. Instead he laid it out there what he needed to do better instead of skirting the issue. I think that shows accountability and leadership. If clowns in the media don’t understand what he was saying and how it was a positive thing, then eff ’em.
Tua will either prove them wrong, and they’ll all line up to say they were really behind him the whole time, or he’ll struggle and they can all circle jerk each other about how right they were even though it’s really all guesswork since you can’t evaluate a player in just 9 games, lol.
LOL, exactly!
https://youtu.be/4WoxLk2g4-w
May has been kind of crazy. A few straight days of really nice summer like weather high 70’s and 80’s, even one day was muggy. Right now it’s probably in the 50’s, rainy and that will be the case for the next few days. WTF?!!!!
I feel bad the weather is going to shit on Memorial Day weekend. People look forward to this weekend and especially this year after the COVID restrictions. Who can I blame? LOL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0bdLdTJdKI
Shock G’s version, some 30 years later, adapting to the then current times…
I dig this song, Wyoming.
Old school!
Indeed it is! It’s the minor chords that make me love this song.
Tim Knight says:
May 28, 2021 at 9:36 pm
…I feel bad the weather is going to shit on Memorial Day weekend. People look forward to this weekend and especially this year after the COVID restrictions. Who can I blame? LOL
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Blame it on the rain, man… LOL
Well Kong, you can continue to be an NHL fan this year brought home the bacon
Crowd was pretty wild, no pun…for 12k fans
Even Douglie dipshit is getting in on the Tua hate. Should we be worried about Tua
The Mets have now played 7 less games than their division rivals Marlins and Phillies. It’s crazy they’ve only played 44 games and it’s almost June.
“Coming into this year, throwing isn’t as much arm this year as it was last year,” Tagovailoa said. “It’s using everything, using my legs, using my core and my arms just following. Very similar to golf.”
He gets his torque from his coil up, so being healthy and using his entire body is important to him.
The golf reference is a good analogy, as would tennis or even a pitcher or boxer.
In the 80s took a golf lesson and references from different sports were used by the instructor to find the one that worked for me.
I’m sure they worked with Tua in the same way to develop his full body throwing motion.
You could say standing flat footed Tua is in the bottom third in the league with arm strength, but when his regular motion is used he’s above average, that’s how important it is to him.
Noodle arm Pennington used timing, early release on his passes, and deadly accuracy to combat his lack of arm strength.
Tua does that too, but when you add in his coil up, he’s Pennington with better power (mobility additionally gives him more of an edge)
With that said, Tua’s floor should be Pennington’s ceiling
“He’s dealt with people saying stupid, uneducated stuff about him that they’re not right about,” Gesicki said. “So he’s dealing with that, and he’s continuing to work and continuing to come in here each and every day, and I’m happy that he’s our quarterback.“
Tua is a popular player, as evidenced by his jersey sales, so everyone has to jump on the bandwagon and write something about him.
They’ve probably found writing negative articles about him get more clicks, so they run with that.
These U75s are in business to make money, not report accurately or be right, so their opinion is like an asshole…
I’m sure everyone on here has enough of a clue to not buy what these snake oil salesmen are trying to sell about Tua
Lol
How do you really feel, Austin?
It can be entertaining when coaches slip into their answers what’s sticking in their craw. Defensive line coach Austin Clark provided such a moment when listing ways he gets satisfaction from his job.
“I would tell you heart, effort, dedication, stopping the freaking run … ,” he said.
A wisecracking reporter sought clarification on the difference between stopping the run and stopping the freaking run.
“There’s another word we probably would use instead of ‘freaking’ in there,” Clark joked. “Yeah, it’s a big deal.”
What I think Tua was getting at, when he said he didn’t know the playbook inside and out, was a comparison from year 1 to year 2.
Look guys, I really didn’t know the PB inside and out, but now I do, so I’ll be able to get us out of bad plays and switch to something that has a better chance to work, based on presnap reads.
In other words, an area of improvement in the year 1 to 2 leap.
So give me some FN slack and quit writing this ignorant shit about me😡
I don’t know how people value this kind of journalism. When you look, there’s more people trying to be a poor man’s Steven Smith and less trying to be actual reporters. These are the people promoting anger, hate, and division within our society with their constant negative opinion pieces Like this,
What value does this hold? Did anyone not think Tua needs to step up? I think it’s worse than U75. You might need to go lower with your term. Like U60. This is pure written garbage.
It’s a formal declaration….lol
Isn’t it so silly?
In comparison Tannehill wasn’t given the power to change plays under Philbin, not sure when he did, but it was several years, if I remember correctly
Yeah, I don’t think Chan Gailey did Tua any favors.
Sorry i read the article, too. What a waste of reporting.
I’d rather read Mike E’s analysis and research and this blog and throwing mechanics than the lazy-ass bullshit reports about the obvious….lmao!
I’m kidding about the throwing mechanics, but at least I learned something!
I don’t think Chan and Tua were a good fit.
I agree. He was hired way before we knew we’d get Tua and had a special bond with Fitz. They say he was good at teaching but was he? I think he preferred the guy he knew who made his offense look better. No crime in that, just a bad fit. He also retired almost immediately at the end of the season and he knew Tua would be the guy going forward.
Year 2 will really be different and I think this helps Tua. No DC will know this offense or Tua outside of his 9 games and college tape. Lots of stuff our new OCs can implement to give us advantages every week.
At least maybe Gailey’s offense wasn’t a good fit for Tua. But then they installed it with Fitz in mind and that O was what they spent all camp on. Couldn’t change the O mid-season, only the QB. Fitz and Tua are very different QBs.
Lol
No telling whats true these days, but wouldn’t be surprised, if this is. It would answer a lot of questions of what the hell are they doing
https://youtu.be/EAYO3d7rDhk
Holy batshit crazy
Anyone who voted to certify the elections is a traitor. This year the military will re-install Trump as Pres. Crazy it is, but also out there. Steve does us a favor by letting us know it is.
Twain was right, it’s easier too fool someone, than prove to them they’ve been fooled.
You guys have your heads so far up the lefts…
Anyone that certified the election, even though they saw all the cheating evidence…that is what they consider treason.
For you skeptics, wouldn’t you agree, that if it’s true, regardless of what you believe, that it’s treason?
So you thing there is a legit probability that the military will overthrow the Biden government and make Trump president this year?
I couldn’t tell you the legal aspect of doing that, but yes, if they can, think they will.
Let’s say without a shadow of a doubt it comes out, that the election was stolen, what would you think would happen?
The woman in your vid said seems the military is the only option, and that is not legal…. that is a coup. If came out beyond a doubt would mean the courts. But then up to know the strongly conservative Supreme Court has wanted nothing to do with it.
Ever notice how the guy who believes in the conspiracy is always so much smarter than everyone else?
Ever notice the guy that points it out hides behind what he writes?
I don’t hide from anything. That statement in and of itself is laughable. I have nothing to hide here, I’m an open book
Let’s call everything the other side does a conspiracy, then go 1 step further and accuse them of doing what we’re doing.
Everything is bat shit crazy, a conspiracy…if it is, then how do you explain all the stuff the biden admin is doing, that just a few years ago no one would believe could happen in the US?
Crisis on the border, the pipelines, GND BS, trillions labeled as stimulus, but most going to their pet projects, where they get kickbacks…
How do I explain? — just Biden being a Democrat, expect for the kickbacks which am not familiar with.
Just biden being a Democrat, lol
What was done illegally with legislation passed by congress and signed by the Pres? You seemed to find my answer funny.
Biden is here to stay. I hate it but it’s not going to change. His policies will, and have, caused the working class to be poorer and the wealthy to continue to benefit. I can only hope Harris doesn’t get re-elected and DeSantis wins the presidency in 2024 but the only way Biden leaves office is by dying. Trump may come back in 2024, but that’s it and I personally prefer DeSantis.
Does seem the rallying cry should be Trump 2024, or someone like DeSantis. Yet some of the far-right faithful aren’t that patient. Talking military overthrow.
Both sides have people that just aren’t willing to admit defeat very well. Hillary still can;t accept 2016 and many can’t accept 2020. My thoughts are to continue to push for in person voting, ensure fair elections, and try again in 2024.
Didn’t catch much of it but whoever says Hillary won in 2016 is as big an idiot as those who claim Trump won in 2020. They can make the elections as secure as they want in whatever way they want. Thing is voter fraud is a de minimus issue to me. Yeah it happens, but don’t matter much. Just a political tool to make it harder or easier to vote. And get where both sides stand on that and why.
The ball comes out of Tua’s hand to low, he doesn’t get the ball over his head at the release point, he’s also 5’11” and 1/2, with that said he plays much smaller than his actual size.
when he gets rid of the ball quickly he does well, when he has to hold it and stay in the pocket waiting for a play to develop he gets in trouble.
he gets caught up behind these massive OL and DL guys and he simply can’t throw over them and get the ball to the wr as well.
that’s when he gets in trouble and tries to take off to make room leading to a sack.
he can’t keep throwing check downs as that will kill the offense. we will be very predictable.
the opposing D will simply take away the short stuff and make him beat them deep.
Tom Brady is 6’4″ and clearly gets the ball way over his head at his release point, he can throw over the guys in front of him with no issue.
Tua has a semi sidearm motion on every throw, i think he does that to generate ball speed, lack of power.
I doubt that can be fixed.
JMO.
Case in point
“He’s dealt with people saying stupid, uneducated stuff about him that they’re not right about,” Gesicki said. “So he’s dealing with that, and he’s continuing to work and continuing to come in here each and every day, and I’m happy that he’s our quarterback.“
Good for Gesickis opinion however i’m just going by what i saw in 2020, like i said i doubt he can change his flaws, you just don’t change your throwing motion in a short period of time.
he will be easy to defend against, get in his face and load the box.
he struggled getting the ball deep last year.
bring a safety up in the box
make him beat you wiith his weakness which is stretch the field plays.
Boy the weather up in the NE is really being cruel for this holiday weekend. 50’s high and low 40’s overcast with rain Sat. Sun. and Mon. Then when the holiday is over on Tues., high 70’s sun and clouds. WTF?!!!
So giving the idea of a coup an honest look, how would ‘the military’ come to this decision and implement it?
The Chiefs of Staff all get together and say we’re going to mutiny against our current Commander-in-Chief, overrule all the courts that have heard dozens of these election fraud cases and basically laughed them out of court, the Supreme Court that has chosen not to give these allegations any credence, the legislative branch that has certified the election, and unilaterally decide to overthrow the current government by force?
Then the leaders of the different branches issue various orders down the chain to what? Put the entire country under martial law? Occupy the white house, capitol building, and so forth, and put all the politicians, judges, etc under military arrest- except for people like Marjorie Taylor-Greene? Then they escort Trump to the white house, Marjorie Taylor-Greene runs Congress, we’ll figure out the Senate, and all is well?
I mean honestly, how do you see this going down?
Never gonna happen.
It would be tanks in the streets. Have no doubt the military could collectively take over the country if it wanted. Has been done in many a third world nation. Never thought anyone would be suggesting it for ours, but guess a new world these days.
You’re assuming the military would be of one mind. If our military leaders attempted a coup, why do you think our servicemen and women would then unquestioningly follow orders from those leaders who mutinied against their own commander in chief themselves? Our military wouldn’t and couldn’t take over the country that way, I believe they would fight each other first.
Wasn’t saying they would to make Trump Pres again, cause find that thought ridiculous. Could see it happening in case of extraordinary civil unrest. Say after a nuclear attack or if a virus came along that killed half the people who got it.
Oh, I just assumed you were talking the circumstances in my post since you replied and your first sentence seems to be a continuation of the theme I was expressing, lol.
In the sense you are talking about, yeah I think the military is easily capable of controlling the country to a large extent if it needed to.
I was just shocked that people are actually pushing for a military takeover for political reasons. But then I should have been shocked that a US Pres called a state secretary of state and asked him to “find him some votes.” Yet I wasn’t.
Griping about Tua, griping about the weather (but I hear ya, Tim!), griping about politics, etc, etc.
THIS is the only thing that matters in the universe right now (LOL 😀 )… how did Shock G come up with this gem of a piano score, and how to play it! As featured on “Doowutchyalike”…
Guys, never lose your sense of humor! Don’t allow these dark times to keep ya down…
As a HUGE fan of the Marx Brothers (and the Marks Brothers, LOL), I loved how Shock G emulated Groucho as Humpty Hump. It brought so much fun to music, especially rap/hip-hop, when it was turning dark with ‘gangsta’ in the late 80s/early 90s.
I just feel the timing of this shit weather was crazy for the holiday weekend. I’ll get by. 🙂
I know, Bro, it truly sucks! Had to cancel an annual get together with my boyz as a result. Going to have to reschedule.
I’ll split mine with you Tim!
It’s 85 and humid as shit!
Killed a “Fatty” water moccasin this morning in the back yard!
Tim, I’d gladly give you our weather for some cool blustery stuff. We’ve been in the mid 90’s it seems like since mid April, and we’re supposed to reach flippin 106 on Monday. It’s effing May!
i think we’re headed for an economic collapse, we may not survive Biden/Harris
You can’t do anything politically till 2024. Given your fear of an economic collapse in the next 3 years how are you preparing?
Ima buying more ammo.
LOL — when the day comes you will be fully stocked and I will still never have touched a gun in my life.
Cubs have been playing well. Pressuring to take the top spot in the NLC. I guess it’s their turn, it’s been a constant rotation this year and we’ve all had our turn, lol.
Kong is correct. If a cabal in the military decided to overthrow the government it would be a prelude to civil war. The government would have to do something extreme like say they were suspending the Constitution and all civil rights to get the military to act in a unified manner.
The extreme, right or left, live in a fantasy world. Trump is not coming back and America isn’t going to become a socialist state overnight.
None of that is to say that we’re not heading for another war. We are. The tribalism being pushed – BLM, LGBT, BIPOC – will be what gets it started. As a country, we have lost our way. We’ve allowed teachers to raise our children and they are teaching social justice instead of history. You can’t correct history, only not repeat it. America was built on inclusion, at least in aspiration if not always in practice.
Oh…one more thing – the Democratic Party is the party of supporting crime and criminals. Just going to leave that there.