If you’re a regular reader here, you know I just highlighted our 2nd first round pick, Jaelan Phillips in my last article. Now it’s the guy on the other side, WOLB Andy Van Ginkel. I think Phillips will be an NFL star, maybe even this season, but I think we may have a star in the making in AVG. A little shorter and a little lighter than Phillips, AVG is a fast moving, agile athlete. Phillips is 6’5 260 while AVG is 6’3 241. Both ran the 40 in 4.56. AVG really excels in that short burst speed and agility running the 10 yard in 1.56 and the 3 cone at 6.86, fantastic for his size. Many WR’s and DB’s can’t post times that good. His 4.14 20 yard shuttle shows elite quick burst speed. Speed is his game so don’t expect AVG to ever exceed 245 lbs, he’s not a power player.
What can we expect from this much unheralded player who quietly made himself known to Miami Dolphins fans? Playing in only 46% of the snaps, AVG posted some heady stats in limited playing time. 48 total tackles (29 solo), 10 QB hits, 5.5 sacks, 3 FF’s, 1 FR returned for a TD, 7 TFL and 4 passes defensed. Well rounded numbers showing legitimate versatility. With KVN gone this season, AVG is the started opposite Phillips who will be playing the strong side. Will AVG be able to withstand more snaps and will his body be able to endure more snaps? We’re going to find out because I believe he will be given every chance to do that and will play as many snaps as he can. One thing I do know is the league has definitely shifted towards speed, and this year, the Dolphins defense has the speed to match up. Even big Benardrick McKinney who will be side by side in the middle with Jerome Baker can run well. He’s the sole LB who doesn’t cut the sub 4.6 threshold but his 4.66 is nothing to sneeze at considering his 6’4 260 size. McKinney is a thumper that can move though, and that’s good considering Elandon Roberts is returning from an injury sustained the second to last week of the season. He may not available to the Dolphins defense until mid season.
If more playing time is better for AVG then it’s not unrealistic to think AVG may nearly double his sack total to 10 or more, and his QB hit number to close to 20. With the added attention Phillips and Ogbah will likely garner, it’s not crazy really. The one thing we don’t know is what AVG’s body can endure. Some guys are relief pitchers simply because they get exposed the longer they are out there. Will that be true of AVG? I for one don’t believe so, I think he will shine once again, but time will tell.
GO DOLPHINS!!!
Finsmob Unleashed 
As always, thank you for your efforts, Mike E.
And to your article, he was always flying around the ball. Definitely a gamer.
You’re welcome Krishna
Good write Mike E
Thanks Wyo
LOL!
Ha! Awesome! Sums up my family pretty good
Good write, Mike. I agree with you on this article. This defense has a lot of potential to build on what they started last year. AVG is definitely one of those players I can see taking it to another level.
Not my grandfather’s LBs (except McKinney)…… but love these LBs.
Thanks Tim
Nice write Mike E
Thanks Ken
Mike E — great info on AVG. When we took him he was sorta a head head scratcher. Pass rushing guy but way too light for it. Figured special teams and specialty packages. But we hadn’t seen what this D is like before that. And here he is starting WOLB.
Part of that though is that Baker is playing inside. On most teams Baker has Will written all over him.
In a 4-3 Baker is a Will but I think he could also play the Mike. He does a lot of things well.
Baker is light and fast. Doesn’t it start with that? I think on the back 7 or 8 we have the “everyone can do pass coverage or rush the QB” D.
I still see AVG as a specialist pass rusher. I don’t think he is good enough at setting the edge against the run
That’s the area he needs to improve on. In an interview this offseason he did mention that one of the things he’s focusing on is strength.
When we’re in the base 3-4, he’s playing OLB. Yes, he will be employed in speed rushing packages as well. He’s a versatile player
In a normal 3-4 the WOLB has a lot of pass coverage responsibilities. Do we even know AVG can do that? Or in this D is it the normal rules don’t apply?
I would not like to have him in pass coverage
He dropped in coverage a lot last year. We do a lot of fake blitzing and then drop. But sometimes when he does that we send a DB off the edge. We do a lot of mixing it up blitz packages.
I’m pretty sure I saw AVG in coverage last year
I have no idea how this stat is kept or measured but this site has him targeted 6 times last year, and has 5 completions on this targets
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/V/VanGAn00.htm
That’s when targeted. There may have been a bunch of other times they didn’t target him. Also sometimes we use zone blitzes where he’s not necessarily covering man, but dropping into a zone.
Might be as simple as Baker will be doing the covering and AVG will do the tackling. And much as love the LBs in other ways….. Baker’s the only one know can cover well.
Don’t sleep (under a tree) on Van Ginkle
Developing players like AVG into playmakers is a a sign of a good system and good coaching job
So his success in a lot of ways reflects on the coaching and the atmosphere that we are building
We drafted him for his versatility. He dropped in coverage a lot in college. He’s got good instincts too. He’s not a one trick pony.
He’s not a pony either
He’s a Dutch American Colonial Villager who fell asleep under a tree for a few decades and can bring pressure from the outside
Also, nice write up Mike
You blog producing jerk!😆
LOL – Thanks Piggy 🐷
AVG can definitely cover. Only other LB on our defense I’d rather see in coverage is Baker.
Another good write, Mike E. If Van Ginkel continues to flourish, we’ve truly found a diamond in the rough… and a keeper, at that. He plays with his pants on fire, high-motor class, and he’s a playmaker, on top of it all.
Many Phin fans will point out the fact we’ve not had a dominant QB since Marino (MOST true)… but we’ve also not had a dominant LB (any LB position) since Zach. We’ve continued to miss on LBs for two decades, and it’s sad!
Between Baker and AVG, I think we’re finally getting it right at LB. I hope AVG can play his way into an extension, just as Baker has done. As a matter of fact, I believe he will!
Pig won’t understand “playing with his pants on fire”, being he doesn’t wear pants… but I think he’ll understand what I mean. LOL 😉
If he had a sense he woul have burnt those pants a long time ago!
LOL
Thanks M. We’ve definitely had a LB drought. That’s how Joey Porter ended up here. 🤮
You’re welcome, and YUP… Joey Porter and many, many others. We haven’t gotten the LB position right in forever.
Joey Porter did have 17.5 sacks in his 2nd season with us when we switched from a 4-3 to a 3-4.
Remember too this is just year 3 of this defense being built. A lot of it has been about acquiring talent that fits what we want to do and then coaching them up. It takes time but now we should be settling in and taking the next step.
I think we have accomplished a lot of the acquisition of talent that we need to see then Identity on the filed (although I acknowledge that we need more and even if we have enough this is a continuous job)
I’m a lot of ways that 🗑 2015 season accelerated the process
Remember guessing who our DBs were every week?😲
Are we counting Porter and Wake as part of the LB drought
Bc I thought both were pretty good (even Porter)
Speaking of good LBs in the past- what about John Offerdahl. He was Very good on some very bad teams. And his bagels are very good too.
Wake was primarily a DE for us, and most of his success came from the DE position. Yes, he was an OLB for us for a short bit. Porter did have a very good year with us, but it was but one year.
We’ve truly sucked at drafting or signing FA LBs over the last 20 years.
Offerdahl was back in the 80’s. M13 said for two decades.
I forget how old I am sometimes
Yeah, he was before Zach Thomas
I remember that Bill Parcells used to have pretty strict requirements for size and weight of LBs
And I’m pretty sure Jeff Ireland followed that model while Bill Belicheat did not follow that model
Maybe it’s a shitty model?
Belichick has definitely followed that model. His LBs are usually big dudes.
Joey Porter had 32 sacks for us in 3 seasons. His first year was under Cam Cameron when we played a 4-3 that didn’t fit what he did well so he only had 5.5 sacks. Parcells took over, we switched to a 3-4 and he racked up 17.5 and 9 sacks. That’s what he did well, off the edge as a 3-4 OLB.
As for Offerdahl, he was the only bright spot on those shitty defenses during that time. It seemed he had to make every play.
Porter was an overpriced FA. He had a good season for us but we overpaid for his services. Steelers know when to say goodbye
He produced all three seasons with us. But it was Mueller/Cameron who signed him and then played him in the wrong defense in 2007. He still had game when the Steelers let him walk. So I disagree on that one.
Parcells LB’s here in MIA were a bunch of sloths. I hated what he did here for our team. I couldn’t give a flying fuck what he did for the Giants, Jets or Patriots because he sucked ass here. Mr. Money Grab was what he was here
Why go there again? The only mention of him was Piggy talking about the LB criteria which worked for many years. It just didn’t work long term here. We all know the history. It didn’t pan out. But this discussion was not about Parcells being great or anything. We’re just talking LBs.
As for Porter, he has the 2nd most sacks in a season (officially) in Dolphins history with 17.5 behind only JT with 18.5. The only other guy in that range was Bill Stanfill (unofficial) before sack stats were recorded was 18.5 in 1973.
Phillips is going to got 20
🐷trotters crossed
Just the mention of Parcells name sets me off sometimes. Can’t help it
Miami Dolphins LBs drafted since 2000
2001: Morlon Greenwood
2003: Eddie Moore
2004: Tony Bua, Derrick Pope
2005: Channing Crowder
2007: Kelvin Smith
2009: J.D. Folsom
2010: Koa Misi, A.J. Edds, Austin Spitler
2012: Josh Kaddu
2013: Jelani Jenkins
2014: Jordan Tripp
2017: Charles Harris, Raekwon McMillan
2018: Jerome Baker, Quentin Poling
2019: Andrew Van Ginkel
What are you trying to do, bum us out? LOL
Jelani Jenkins looked promising and was ascending similar to Baker has been but just phased out all of a sudden. I think it was injuries.
Charles Harris was not really a LB, he was an edge/DE. But he was a swing and miss for sure. He was a tweener who was not strong enough at DE and not quick enough as an OLB.
LOL, NO, NOT trying to bum anybody out, man. I think the future looks VERY BRIGHT with AVG and Baker!
M13: that is really ugly list … 😊
Mike E : nice write as usghe
I expect our team to be much above AVG this year …<< see what I did there😎
I trust in Flo and Grier!
LOL – Nicely done. Thanks Toba
I am reminded by that list that a few of us (me) hated the Jordan Tripp pick
Although I would love to claim I had it right, I am also reminded that I wanted to draft Lache Seastrunk with that pick
I really liked Seastrunk, too.
Those are all good reads….
Futility….sisyphus..
That’s all I got out of the LIST…..lol.
I think we all want to see how we use Phillips. He has film both standing as an OLB and hand in the ground DE. He played a lot on the left side at UM ala Cam Wake on the strong side, but played right side too. Ogbah plays left side predominantly with hand in the ground though. AVG also has played left strong side at OLB. So how do we utilize them all? Maybe they all play some versatile roles and move around both left or right side. The bottom line is just get to the QB.
Don’t count out Vince Biegel either, he was progressing in 2019.
I love it! If some of you can’t figure it out that’s a good thing.
Most QBs won’t be able to either. Brilliant!
Our core players on the front seven without counting some surprise players we’re not aware of yet.
DL: Wilkins, Davis, Seiler, Butler and Jenkins
Edge: Ogbah, Van Ginkel, Phillips and Biegel
ILB: Baker and McKinney
That’s 11 players rotating in base, nickel and dime. We all know we’re going to see 5, 6 and 7 DB packages as well.
It’s a much improved group. Big difference from just 2-3 years ago
Yessir! Our DB talent and depth is as good as any team. They can also be involved with pass rush on blitzes. I think we’re building a monster on defense but it’s still a mostly young group. I’m psyched to see it develop.
Great article MikeE.! For some reason, I am real hyped about AVG this season.
Thanks BBMike
TK…..cautiously optimistic. The potential is there but…..
we shall see.
Yes! The potential is there. But results are all that matters. The 2021 team is not the same as the 10-6 2020 team. I think it has more potential, but it hasn’t happened yet.
We all know a lot of this rides on what will Tua be. He knows that too. That’s what being a QB is all about.
A bright spot in an otherwise very disappointing season so far:
Most goals in a match?
That’s impressive!
Nice write Mike E !! I’m a huge fan of Van Ginkle and think he will continue his progress to be great for us. Can’t effin wait for the season to start.🐕
Thanks Doggy! If AVG really becomes a star this defense is going to be something special
I see AVG to this team as KVN was to the cheats D, in that they’re scheme players.
Sure they can move around and play different positions, but their value is in how they’re used.
You play them straight up anywhere, like you see done in preseason or Wanny’s vanilla Ds of the past and they’re JAGS.
Not trying to take anything away from him, just pointing out what I see.
Think AVG will have a big year, and think he gets more sacks than Phillips
Some of his success will depend on X playing, and how the O plays.
If the O takes a step back, X is traded, then I don’t see much coming from AVG, but if things progress as expected from the team overall, then lookout he could have that breakout season.
Point being a lot of his stats success will depend on what the team does.
For example how many ints did X have in 2019, when the team sucked. That’s taking it to the extreme, just showing its a team game and he’s a team player
“The Dolphins’ record will depend on Tua Tagovailoa and the young QB erasing the doubts surrounding him. There is no more Ryan Fitzpatrick to save the day. That role would fall to Jacoby Brissett, and the guess here is the former Colt eventually sees a lot of action. Miami should scramble with New England for second or third in the AFC East. Record: 9-8″ — Barry Werner, The List Wire
Typical of what I expect from a U75, that didn’t do his homework.
Just as with AVG, Tua’s success will depend more on what the team does as a whole, than how he progresses.
Tua wasn’t good last year against the Rams, but the D made it easy for him to play game manager.
Don’t expect to see that type of play week in week out from the D, but do expect a more well rounded group, that is better in run D, a d QB pressure.
From the O the 3 2020 rookie OL should be at least a little better, the WRs will for sure be better, and the RBs can’t be much worse, even though there were some bright spots from Gaskun and Achmed.
With these team improvements, Tua being fully healthy and supposedly having better understanding of playbook, why does he need to erase the doubts surrounding him for the team to be better?
If Tua takes the next step, as I expect he will, and the team progresses as a whole like I pointed out above we could win 13 or 14 games.
We don’t need Tua to take the next step to make the playoffs, we just can’t have him regress
Xavien Howard only played 5 games in 2019 so I’m not sure he could have been that successful anyway.
5 games 0 ints
But that was the point, just like X got 0 ints on a bad team, AVG is only getting double digit sacks, if the team is good.
He’s not the type of player, that can get 10 sacks on a crappy team
He had 1 interception, but it’s still a bad example, and doesn’t validate your point.
7, make 7-up yours
An interesting comment from a reporter: “If Tua Tagovailoa had Justin Herbert’s rookie season (or, cynically, had the Dolphins drafted Herbert), we’d be touting this team as a Super Bowl contender.”
Guess that says a lot about the rest of the team and what we can be if Tua shows it.
Except Herbert hasn’t showing he can win.
Years ago we saw Gabbert in Jax with gaudy numbers, mostly from garbage time, then the next season, when the team was supposed to compete he sucked.
Just saying it’s different playing on a good team in high pressure situations.
Think Herbert also needs to be able to adjust once the league has adjusted to him, and since he’s been using his feet for a lot of his success, instead of sitting in the pocket, he’ll need to prove he can read a D.
He’s done great so far, but his hardest test still to come
Think the guy was telling the truth, but then reporters love gaudy numbers. One thing in the article was that a guy like Gabbert sets in quicker in the league than a passer.
As in if he had the Herberts season with our all the losses….lol
14 WR’s will be coming to camp. Seems not even enough reps. At least 3 of them will make the roster….. on other teams.
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DeVante Parker
Will Fuller V
Jaylen Waddle
Albert Wilson
Preston Williams
Lynn Bowden Jr.
Mack Hollins
Jakeem Grant
Malcolm Perry
Isaiah Ford (signed this past weekend!)
Allen Hurns
Robert Foster
Kirk Merritt
Kai Locksley
The top 6 of your list, should make it, which means the rest will be hard to trade for more than a 7th.
If we keep 7 Grant would likely stick, but I’d rather see Foster make it.
Could see Grant, Hurns and Hollins playing for another team and maybe Foster
Think they will keep 7, but not sure that will be Grant. Would like to see Malcolm Perry land on a roster instead of shipping out to sea. Best case on our practice squad.
Perry was a good college player, but his skills don’t really matchup with the NFL.
After 5 or 6 years in the league he may be that crafty vet, but he’s just a guy, and don’t think we can afford to let him develop on the 53
Like the guy. Would be happy if was on the practice squad.
2 of our preseason games to be aired nationally, if you count NFLN
https://www.thephinsider.com/2021/7/19/22583983/the-dolphins-will-solve-preseason-questions-on-national-tv
“I want my audience to live. I don’t want anyone dying from this thing. It’s dangerous. Take it seriously.”
— Sean Hannity talking about Covid vaccinations.
Re-sign X to a new contract, and let the games begin.
Never mind, scratch my post above. We’re currently at $4,894,175 under the cap, and we’d like to re-sign some players before their contracts expire.
We’re going to have to wait and see who gets cut on our way to our final-53.
We can still do all of that, there’s plenty of wiggle room
I hope so, my man!
Beasley keeps pushing this story even though the likelihood of Watsons legal issues suddenly resolving between now and Labor Day are as as likely and finding the lochness monster in Your swimming pool
He got his new job and wants to show everyone how great his connections are in Miami.
If it happens he’ll feel like the king, if not, well they couldn’t get the issues resolved in time.
He has nothing to lose, except for those, that will hold him accountable for his fishing expedtion
Agreed with both Pig and Steve. Beasley was never that great a reporter, to begin with.
“still consider” is a real easy thing to put out. Whether to us or not, do think Watson gets traded. But not till the mess is over and the NFL suspension known. That just makes sense from the Texan’s side as far as trade value.
Here we go again. SMH
LMAO @ Piggy
Ingram is going to BEAST in Pittsburgh. I was hoping we’d sign him.
We didn’t need him Pitt does, good choice he made
Concurred that we didn’t “need” Ingram. We probably would have used him as a situational pass-rusher, whereas Pitt is committed to using him as an every-down backer.
I’m interested to see what the $$$ are for Ingram on the 1-year deal with Pitt.
Can’t sign everyone.
August 5 – Hall of Fame Game (Dallas Cowboys vs. Pittsburgh Steelers), Canton, Ohio
August 10 – Unsigned drafted rookies cannot be traded
August 14 – Preseason Week 1 – Miami Dolphins at Chicago Bears (1pm ET)
August 17 – Teams must reduce rosters from 90 to 85 by 4pm ET
August 24 – Teams must reduce rosters from 85 to 80 by 4pm ET
August 31 – Teams must reduce rosters from 80 to 53 by 4pm ET; Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform, Reserve/Non-Football Injury lists begin
September 1 – Waiver claims awarded for roster cuts at 4pm ET; Practice squad signings begin after waiver claims awarded; Players designated for Reserve/Injured or Reserve/Non-Football Injury lists after 4pm allowed to be activated later in season
September 6-11 – First injury reports
September 28 – Waiver order changes from draft order to inverse order of current NFL standings
October 12-13 – Fall League Meeting
November 2 – Trade deadline at 4pm ET
November 3 – Players with four credited seasons subject to waiver system for remainder of season
November 16 – Deadline for signing drafted rookies, franchise-tagged players, and tendered players to allow them to play in 2021 at 4pm ET
January 10 – 2019 drafted players or 2020 undrafted signings may sign extensions; 5th-year option period opens for 2019 first-round picks
January 15-16 – WIldcard Weekend
January 17 – Deadline for underclassmen to declare for 2022 NFL Draft
January 22 – NFLA Collegiate Bowl at Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
January 22-23 – Divisional Round of playoffs
January 28 – HBCU Combine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama
January 30 – Conference Championship games
February 3 – East-West Shrine Bowl, Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, Nevada
February 5 – Senior Bowl, Hancock Whitney Stadium, Mobile, Alabama
February 6 – NFL Pro Bowl, Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, Nevada
February 13 – Super Bowl LVI, SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, California
February 19 – HBCU Legacy Bowl, Yulman Stadium, New Orleans, Louisiana
March 1-7 – NFL Scouting Combine, Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana
March 2 – 2019 first-round draft pick fifth-year option period deadline at 11:59pm
March 8 – Deadline to designate players for franchise/transition tag at 4pm ET
March 14-16 – “Legal tampering”/negotiating period
March 16 – New league year begins at 4pm ET; Free agency/trading period begins
March 27-30 – Annual League Meeting, The Breakers, Palm Beach, Florida
April 4 – Teams with new head coaches may begin offseason training program
April 18 – Teams with returning head coaches may begin offseason training program
April 28-30 – 2022 NFL Draft, Las Vegas, Nevada
Draft for 2020 3 1st riders
2021 2 1st
2022 1 1st
2023 2 1st
SMH, the year we have 1 pick the draft is here
He looks like he is peaking above the water and staring down Adam Beasley
😆
Stanger,
I think you should be watching Tucker right now.
Why, does he have all the answers?
8 days from TC. 🙂
LOL, no, Stanger CERTAINLY doesn’t have all the answers, and that’s for sure! 😉
8 days from TC is right! 😀
I meant Tucker. We all need to move on from this stuff.
He was JBB
Wow
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/report-bucs-could-face-major-punishment-from-the-nfl/ar-AAMk4y5?li=BBnb7Kz
“The NFL world learned last week that Tom Brady played the entire 2020-21 season with a torn MCL. Talk about a legend. Unfortunately for the Buccaneers, they could face a massive punishment from the NFL for keeping the injury a secret.”
Not the same as the cheats getting penalized, but sure does make you wonder who was really behind deflategate, in that Brady is the common thread. Once a cheat…
That was the first thought that ran through my mind as well.
Bezos is leaving today…..
Not sure how long he will gone….
Without a pilot, no less….
WOW!
David should be happy….lol.
To the moon Alice!
lol too bad hes coming back, deadbeat space asstronaut
Jealousy a fine quality
according to Reason from Phinside the NFL, Miami hasn’t “even come to the table with Howard to discuss the parameters of a new deal or more guaranteed money.” Reason also added, “The belief is X will show up to camp and if this situation isn’t worked out, relationships will be “severed.”
https://phinphanatic.com/2021/07/19/miami-needs-trade-xavien-howard-things-get-worse/
since Bezos is flying on my money, im hoping for a good fireworks show, lol
more bang for the buck
Why would you hope for that ? And I’m not a fan of him, I just don’t celebrate someone’s demise unless they’re shooting at me.
It’s who he is. He votes swampy, then bitches about the result
Yeah I’ll say you can pick and choose whose life is important to go SJW for, if you can stand for all life, you are a hypocrite and you argument falters as a result.
Can’t
September 12 is the first game of the season for Miami, cant wait!
its a road game in NE to get their first win!
It’s not soon enough lol
We have 5.2m in cap space, but haven’t signed our 3 picks in rounds 2 and 3, which takes all of about 1.5m net cap space.
Brian Miller is reporting we need to make moves to get these 3 rookies in under the cap.
Most of the top picks in rd 2 have not signed yet
The flying penis successfully landed
I always hear the joke that if you drive a big truck with a lift kit and big tires you are compensating for something (small dick).
This takes that to a whole other level. LOL
This is compensation on a clit level
I might be late to the party on this but anyone notice Reshad Jones’ twitter looks to have gotten hacked?
Have I mentioned how much I like the shade structure at Hard ROCK Stadium?
‘Bout time they figured out how to get a home field advantage.
Vikings do the opposite, they get the sun
we need to start getting more than one home game in September! We seem to always have more road games in Sept than home games. This needs to change!
You just need to have been in the stands in the sun and in the shade to know what a difference the new partial roof makes. Teams bring their own shade tents now.
Welcome back a healthy Vince Biegel!
The Dolphins currently have 91 players under contract with three rookies still un signed. Durval Queiroz Neto doesn’t count against our total so there will need to be three cuts made to sign the rookies; Jevon Holland, Liam Eichenberg, and Hunter Long who are still unsigned. They will need to be signed in the next 7 days or they will not be allowed to attend camp.
Looks different from the last 2 reports I recently saw, that said 88 players under contract, but we did just resign Timon Parris, so 88 is probably wrong.
Making cuts on the bottom of the 90 not really a big deal though, they probably already have it figured out
Future location of the NFL Combine.
How cool is it to be this guy? At college parties in the Fall Oliver Daemen says he took a gap year. In answer to “what’d you do”…. “became an astronaut.”
It’s cool now and was earlier today, but if Jeff had bezo’d something up…
Sorry. Didn’t see him mentioned before. Still going with the coolest line at a college party ever.
“I was fully in to helping Tua. And at the same time, I wanted this young guy, who otherwise would get zero reps throughout the year {as a third-string quarterback], to have an opportunity because I was in his shoes once. I sat there as a third- and fourth-string guy and just watched and watched and watched and never had any opportunity to get better. I saw it as a way to help Reid [Sinnett]. I saw it as a way for me to give extra help to Tua. And I also saw it as a way to prove to myself that I could come out of the stands five years from now and still play this game.”
— Ryan Fitzpatrick on practice after Tua became the starter
Yeah I heard about that. That really sucks.
We actually have the haze from the wild fires out west here on the east coast. Crazy!
When the Twin Towers went down they could see the smoke from the Space Shuttle. Volcano eruptions have gone world wide. Smoke travels.
Yeah it just shows you how big those fires are.
We get the dust haze from the African desert down here in FL. Last summer we had an orange haze for weeks.
Supposedly we’re going to get an amazing sunset tonight.
How long does Durval Queiroz Neto get to be exempt?
Until he figures out the difference between a football and a futbol
LOL
“Six months into his administration, President Joe Biden should be applauded for making a huge dent in the COVID pandemic. He inherited an effective vaccine from President Donald Trump, took it into his arms, and ran with it….. Newsmax has strongly advocated for the public to be vaccinated.”
— Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy, who seems to get that since his viewers are the ones who didn’t get the shots the whole anti-vax thing don’t make sense.
That’s a great gesture to bring people together, biden should take the hint
Don’t forget biden saying he wouldn’t get the vaccine, if Trump was president and when Kamala was asked she said, oh he’ll no
Last two days been Doocey, Hannity and now head of Newsmax. Seems the times are changing in news outlets on the right. Whatever Biden said months ago he did.
Ok, whatever. In the UK, 40% of the people with serious COVID infection being hospitalized are fully vaccinated people.
The 99% number being put out by the lying Fauci and pushed by media outlets is another lie.
This high rate of serious COVID infections in hospitalized people who were fully vaccinated is being reported by many other countries as well.
Check the Israeli data, too, Brother… it’s most alarming how many people who got the shot are dying.
Given trust CDC data…. sounds like the US does it better for some reason. If you don’t want to believe the government then you don’t. Don’t blame the media though…. where else should they get their US stats?
Fuck the CDC we know they’re sucking off china
steve — so you thinking the CDC is getting it’s US Covid stats from China?
We can still blame the media, aka propaganda arm of the left.
You can’t trust them as far…
steve — again, if not from the US government where should the US media get its US statistics?
The largest demographic who won’t take the shots are minorities, not conservatives who watch Newsmax.
Most of those who say they won’t get vaccinated are Republicans, by a huge margin. But admittedly don’t know if the 40-whatever percent of the Republicans who say they won’t are minorities. Do know the basic breakdown of the GOP though.
George Soros bought and paid for Gov Newsome is mandating the wearing of masks in CA. What happened to the Science?
Right?!! Whatever happened to the science is an excellent question!
100% with ya, Steve.
Your WH is so concerned about spreading COVID but not concerned about spreading now over a million unvaccinated illegal migrants all over the country. Spending tax dollars to fly them to every reach of the country and unloading these unvaccinated and many untested migrants on communities who don’t even know it’s happening.
There is a new giant waive of migrants heading to the boarder. The WH is so concerned about COVID that it is suspending Title 42 which is a regulation used by the CDC to block migrants from entering the country for public health reasons. Pandemic anyone?!?
As if they needed to open the flood gates anymore.
Yeah, give me a break.
Hypocrisy at its finest
They should all be tested for Covid. If they are not it is a huge mistake.
UK and Israel have some of the highest vaccination rates in the world
Of course they have higher rates of vaccinated people being hospitalized – they have higher rates of people who are vaccinated
Places that rain a lot also have the highest rate of wet seats too
I don’t know how you guys twist yourself into pretzels to draw really bad conclusions
I haven’t read the stats on those. Just conclusions, which am guessing someone else picked and chose. What was not there was the stats. And yeah am guessing if everyone is vaccinated the only people who get hospitalized are just that.
The data I am hearing is that people who are vaccinated are less likely to get gravely ill from the delta variant
MIT published this
https://medical.mit.edu/covid-19-updates/2021/07/deltas-here
But you still can spread delta pretty easily
It’s still just data at the end of the day
That can change In time and I bet it will given the limited time people have to study it so far
We are asking scientists to study and give us their best conclusions based on what’s available
Lashing out at Dr Fauci, the CDC and others bc the data available changes is just a rudimentary lack of understanding of how science works. I don’t think you are going to persuade people to follow the science when they are inherently inclined to reject science bc it’s inconvenient to them and they already believe something else
Not one doubt in the world that if you are vaccinated and in the US that with rare exception don’t go to the hospital or die. Still can get it though. Apparently the vaccine doesn’t work as well in other countries.
I don’t know about that
60% of the people in UK hopsitals are unvaccinated
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/60-people-being-admitted-uk-hospitals-had-two-covid-jabs-adviser-2021-07-19/
What BBMike said is correct about 40%
But it’s probably not bc the vaccine is not effective
It’s bc the country has a high % of vaccinated people
So if 54% of the UK is vaccinated
And 60% of new delta cases are unvaccinated people
It’s pretty clear that the vaccine reduces the risk substantially
But it’s not a magic wand that makes everything go away Bc that’s a FUCKING FAIRY TALE!
Keep in mind that the UK is 80-some percent vaccinated before you do the math. So 20% of people are 60% and the other 80% are 40%. You took the SATs.
I read 54%
This says a little higher
https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/vaccinations
I think 80% is the first dose only
It doesn’t matter though, you are drawing the same logical conclusion that I am
People who are unvaccinated are obviously much more vulnerable
If it’s 50, 60, 70 or 80% vaccinated, that’s a big chunk of the unvaccinated population being hospitalized
I was going with this from the BBC a day ago, but they could be wrong.
“So far, more than 46 million people have had a first vaccine dose – almost 90% of the adult population – and more than 36 million – around two-thirds of adults – have had both doses.”
I like it better when we talk football and flying penises
Now someone has to invent the flying vagina. Then someday someone can actually give a flying fuck
Been done already…..they’re all over the place down here. 🙂
Then let me be the first to give a flying fuck
Seems a pig with wings would have a better shot…. but then the hulk can zoom up. 🙂
In 7 days you’ll get your wish. It is known. 😉
😀
For Kong:
Either show them ass cheeks or pay us your hard earned money! Seems crazy if you ask me, but they signed up knowing the rules, so . . . .
Hulk want bikinis
Fucking Norwegians
https://twitter.com/mayorrharris/status/1417617475986989057?s=21
No more Davie
https://www.wpbf.com/article/dolphins-unveil-state-of-the-art-training-facility/37083449
Not sure how they are going to block belicheat cameras
But it looks nice
Showing ass cheeks must be official uniform. Like bathing caps to accommodate those with dreads are unofficial.
What a farce both ways!
It’s close to Hard Rock…..I don’t know where thiugH, google maps stills shows the one in davie
You can see the stadium in the background here – it’s basically right there
Should we order tickets to watch the draft at this lounge…lol
There’s a slide
And a pool
I don’t see any play toys so again, it’s probably for laps and training and building breath…
Not saying they want to build a swimmer’s body, but there is benefit to the body and bteathing.
^breathing
Cardio without the pounding that comes with gravity.
One of the reasons I prefer elliptical machine.
Underwater treadmill?
It’s a form of rehab where water is resistance without the force of gravity.
Excellent way to train with an injury and build back muscle tone and allow ROM acivity in the healing process.
Good points but electronics in the water?
Yep.
“Dynamic element to his game that’s really hard to account for. A true matchup problem.”
– AFC Scout on Mike Gesicki
Fear is not a virtue.
LOL….well I agree with you, but don’t really know why you put that out there.
Because so many people are afraid of COVID and speak as if they are being virtuous by being afraid. And if you’re not afraid, they imply you are not, that you are ignorant.
Then, I must be ignorant and afraid…..lmao!
Not trying to be offensive to anyone.
Respect and everyone needs to make the best decision for themselves and family….facts.
Exactly.
I feel like I just watched ESPN Cribs, but without 100 posters of Scarface. That facility looks really nice though. Steve Ross doing work.
Also, what on earth is beach handball? What’s next… sunbathing? Anything is an Olympic sport now.
Team handball is a cool sport. Like a combo of Lacrosse and ultimate frisbee, you pass a ball downfield to your teammate. They have to catch it, if they drop it, the ball goes back to the other team. After catching the ball, I think you get 3 steps and then you have to pass. There’s a goalie and they have to stop some wicked shots because some people can really hurl that ball.
Never played it on the beach though, but it would probably be more fun though, especially with a bunch of women wearing bikinis.
Right? Remember when the Olympics were about individual achievement not team sports?
What’s wrong with team sports? So many events, some of the best are teams or duos.
Nothing wrong with team sports per say, I just don’t like them in the Olympics.
It’s all about money, if they can make money with it…
Steve are you advocating for socialism now? from AOC to SCC lol
Maybe corruption or exploitation
Maybe capitalism with the athletes getting paid is in order, instead of the authoritarians getting fat off of the myth, that it’s amateur athletes
AOC probably doesn’t even like socialism, she’s backed by a Marxist and just does what he says and gets paid biggley
She’s no different than one of these singers, that the music companies own and exploit
I don’t mind team sports, but a lot of these new Olympic sports are things that even ESPN wouldn’t have shown coverage of in their first 5 years. Hell, you could pick a group of dudes from this blog to compete in some of these. I’m gonna go with me, D, Mike, Kong, and I was gonna go with Phel, but he doesn’t like these team sports so I’ll need an alternate. Maybe Doggie can bring his fetching skills.
So why do they put such sports in?
Bottomline really is a lot simpler, than people want to believe, there aren’t that many high level reasons behind these decisions
Greed, power and fame
The discussion isn’t why it’s done, Steve. The discussion is that the sports are lame. Try to keep up with the topic.
Speaking of lame…your assholiness always comes out
you’re still off topic Steve. see me after class.
I don’t know what beach handball is but involves Norwegian women running around in bikinis it has to be good
I keep wondering how skate boarding became a sport in the Olympics?
This is unwatchable. Not only is it boring, but the girls look 15. Y’all some creeps. lol
I think beach handball is worthy!
I am a fan 😀
I wonder if it is a rule that they have to do a cork screw twist in the air when then take a shot at the goal.
You guys are pretty judgey about what sports deserve to be in the Olympics. The Biathalon has been in the Olympics for some time now. Since when is being a Nordic assassin a sport? (Ski into the hit area, shoot the target and ski out)
Always. Olympic were competitions between warriors.
People like to complain about Nordic assassins until they need one.
Honestly I hope more sports become sports on the Olympics
I want things I don’t even recognize to be Olympic sports
Give me turtle races and hotdog eating contests in the Olympics
And you’re really going to watch that shit?
One reason I don’t pat for cable TV is all of the commercials.
Would rather watch a video, so I can fast forward the turtle races or on ESPN streaming I can rewind the live broadcast and watch what I want.
FOXNEWS, ESPN and there 5 minutes of program and 5 minutes of commercials is FDup
Ken, you OK with the crisis on the border? You OK, that they let these unvaccinated illegals into our country, even though many of them have covid?
Today’s Republican fear mongering talking point brought to you by Steve. I like it better when you post funny videos about flying penises
Typically of you, that you have nothing to say about something that matters, but are concerned over rhetoric
Figured since these illegals may kill you with covid you’d care
Guess your issue with the unvaccinated isn’t important any longer
Immigrants are not the reason why Covid is on the uptick. It is our citizens across the country who refuse to get vaccinated that are. This a fear mongering ploy to rile up the base and apparently it’s working
People who are vaccinated are also spreading it.
Yeah, I guess little girls getting rapped doesn’t matter to some. Not counting the hundreds of thousands of people coming to your town with more infectious diseases than COVID.
It’s just Republican fearmongering. I guess that is the lefts new word of the month.
Been team sports in the Olympics for a good long while. Just happen to know that the US won the rugby gold in 1924. Don’t ask me how….. the internationals regularly kick our butt these days.
In the camp, that team sports have no place in the Olympics, because it takes away from the original, who is the best in the world
Team sports don’t fit that
Maybe team sports don’t fit whatever they did in ancient Greece, but like said has been going on for at least a century. Would you do away with the team competition in gymnastics and track relays?
I wouldn’t, because it’s an extension of individual achievements, after you get the baton passed you’re on your own
What killed us in the past were FA contracts, where the player didn’t perform up to his contract.
Signing 1 year contracts is a good way to make sure a player fits, sure you’ll pay more for the 2nd contract, but it’s OK to have a large contract for a difference maker.
https://phinphanatic.com/2021/07/21/will-fuller-miami-dolphins-contract-one-of-the-leagues-best-per-pff/
Quality FA’s only sign one-year contracts when they got something to prove, think they can get a better contract if they show it. Downside is if they do show it you will pay more or some other team will. Plus side is if they don’t show it then you are off the hook.
What Fuller has to show is that he can stay healthy.
Ok, then we agree
I was mainly agreeing with you on that side. Other side is if you sign them before they show it you get them cheaper, but guess we’ve seen how that worked out with X. Most players don’t do such though.
Satan again proves how FOS he is
One of our unsung heroes of last year. Dude consistently made big time stops when we needed him to.
Liked Gore coming out of high school, great U alumni
Well, good thing he’ll be back for the stretch run