Wow, so pumped just to be typing the words preseason game 1. COVID-19 wrecked any opportunity to have any preseason at all last year, but this season, we not only get THREE preseason games but we also get an extra regular season game to make it 20 games in total! OK, so preseason isn’t all that, but to me, It’s game action against another team, and I personally believe it’s essential. Practice is practice, against your own guys, but when you face a different team, guys will bring more effort and the competition sparks a little extra than you get in practice. We have such a young team, I think they will benefit from having played these 3 meaningless games. You can laugh all you want at this but Tua not having training camp and preseason games did him no favors last year.
First and foremost we need to come out of the preseason healthy. There are injuries in practice, there are injuries in preseason games and there are injuries in regular season games, but you never want to lose a player before the real season begins. There will be some interesting competitions to watch, not only for starting spots but for roster spots too. There are always surprise cuts and sometimes there are surprises as to who makes the starting roster and this year will be no different. At least this year with training camp, minicamp and the preseason, players will have had a chance to show what they can do and the evaluation process should also be easier for the coaching staff.
I think the most interesting battle in my opinion is the O-line. This is where there is the least rotation and the starting 5 usually get the greater majority of snaps. As of now, the line is as so . . .
LT Jackson
LG Eichenberg
C Deiter
RG Hunt
RT Davis
I’m not buying this, and I believe by the time the season starts it will either be Eichenberg or Hunt at RT. If it’s Hunt then maybe Eichenberg stays at LG, but if Eichenberg gets the RT spot, I think Kindley settles back in at LG. We know the 3 starting DL in the 3-4 alignment are going to be Wilkins, Davis and Ogbah. I think we also know the 4 starting LB’s in that same 3-4 are AVG, McKinney, Baker and Phillips. I know Phillips has had a slow start and it’s possible he may not start the season the season there but I also know they will give him every opportunity to make it happen. With Howard getting his extension we know it will be Howard and Jones, but then the safety battle will be an interesting one. I think Eric Rowe is safe at SS, but does the wily veteran McCourty start the season at FS, or does 2nd year man Brandon Jones get the nod or does the rookie who looked great against the Bears in practice, Jevon Holland steal that spot?
On offense, I feel like health will determine who starts at the skill positions, WR, TE and RB. If healthy, Parker, Fuller and Wilson, all veterans will “start”. There will be tons of opportunities for the others though and that’s where it comes down to the roster crunch. We know Waddle makes 4, so does that leave 2 more spots or 3? Hollins is the gunner on special teams and that’s an important factor as to why he might make the team as he’s a good one. Grant is an electric returner, a playmaker but his suspect hands (on returns and as a WR) may leave him off the roster. What about Lynn Bowden Jr.? We gave up a 4th RD pick last season to acquire Bowden and he showed some promise, especially late in the season. It would be hard to let him go so if we keep 7 WR’s, all of the above should be in. That means veteran Allen Hurns, Robert Foster, Kirk Merritt, Isaiah Ford, Malcolm Perry all gone but a couple may end up on the PS.
Oh, by the way, Gesicki is back! Can’t wait to see him back in action and watch him get his well deserved new contract! So Hunter Long is NOT gone for the season, that’s also great news! That should leave Gesicki, Shaheen, and either Smythe, Carter or Myarick to go along with Long as the 4th TE. At RB, Gaskin is the lead back followed by Malcolm Brown, Ahmed, Scarlet, Laird and Doaks. Hey, what happened to world beater Doaks you were all telling me about? Sorry, had to get that out! I’m guessing we’ll carry 5, maybe 6 so Doaks has a chance to make the roster. We no longer officially have a FB, so we might carry 6 RB’s.
The game is on NFLN tomorrow afternoon at 1PM. I will record it as I will be working unfortunately, but I’ll get around to watching it at some point, I may stay away from this blog so it won’t spoil the viewing. Enjoy the game, it will be nice to see some of our exciting rookie prospects suit up for the first time, and see the growth of our 2nd year QB. Looking forward to it!
GO DOLPHINS!!!
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Haven’t read up the page, Late watching ,, NOTES. From 1st 1/2
Tua can sling it , there was a great throw to a Hollins that didn’t make stat sheet due to a penalty, INT in endzone was a great play by DB ..
Couple good plays by NeedHAM , I think we do ..
Iggywith a good breakup
Run blocking MEH…
PAY GISIEKI
Hollins looks pretty good too
Both Waddle and Grantman looked good on returns. We could be special on STs
Arizona rookie throws a no hitter in his 1st start. Can you imagine reaching what is basically the pinnacle of a pitcher’s individual achievements in your first major league start?
If Tua doesn’t have that one bad throw, most of us would basically have nothing but good things to say about his play and the results.
1st drive- 3 and out.
**1st down, a poor run.
**2nd down, nice throw in tight coverage where only his guy could get it. Tough catch not made.
**3rd down, a throw away on quick pressure in his face. Punt
Not a lot here. One tough throw with a tough catch not converted, and one throw away. Bears defensive pressure wins that possession. Our oline got beat 3 straight plays.
2nd drive- scoring drive.
**1st down, a poor run.
**2nd down, instant pressure that Tua avoided and got the pass off for a short gain.
**3rd down, a nice deep throw to Gesicki to get us inside the 10.
**1st down, from the 7, nice throw a dart to get us to the 1.
**Two failed runs from the one. FG
Not Tua’s fault we couldn’t punch it in on the ground from the 1. He got us to the 1 with two downs to go. Tua did his part. This drive showed he can hit the deep pass, and he did it on 3rd down, so he’s not just a checkdown charlie. He had the confidence to throw it for the big gain on 3rd down. He also showed he can move the ball inside the redzone with a nice read, quick decision and dart to get us to the 1.
3rd drive- This was actually looking like his best drive until the INT.
**1st down, nice throw for 16 yds called back due to holding.
**1st down, nice throw 11 yds to get half the penalty yardage back.
**2nd down short run.
**3rd down, nice throw to convert with pressure from the backside (on a favorable spot, IMO).
**Two runs gained just two yards.
**3rd down, another nice throw in tight coverage to convert 3rd down and 8.
**1st down, Tua avoids pressure and checks down for 7.
**Three straight runs to gain 3 yds and a 1st.
**1st down, check down for 3.
**2nd down, nice run by Gaskin to get us inside the redzone.
**1st down, from the 14, INT.
Through three drives, Tua didn’t take a sack, had 4 completions over 10 yds, completed 72.7% of his passes, converted three 3rd downs through the air (all three were 7+ yds), led a scoring drive, and was one mental mistake away from 2 scoring drives out of 3 possessions. All this with an oline that performed shakily at best, most of his top WRs not playing, not much of a running game, and with what was probably vanilla playcalling from the OC.
The INT wasn’t because of mechanics or an inability to make a throw. It was simply a poor decision. He should have either thrown the ball a tick sooner, or gone somewhere else. His receiver also didn’t help him by going back towards the ball, if he had, it’s probably just an incompletion.
It was a small sample size, just a little over a quarter. I’m not saying all is decided and it’s now a foregone conclusion that Tua will be the next great Dolphins QB. It was one quarter of one preseason game, but there were a ton of positives to take from his performance. The decision making was clearly quicker and more decisive. His throws looked crisp and accurate. He looked more comfortable out there. He really only had one bad play.
I’m excited to see him (and the team) next week against Atlanta. I would assume this is the dress rehearsal, and we’ll see him for the entire 1st half. Hopefully he can build on this performance, eliminate the negative, finish a few drives, and put some points on the board. And above all, no injuries.
Go Dolphins!!!!!
Damn it. I double checked those tags twice.
That was about my read on it as well. And I think the starting D is going to be killer.
The D looked really good even without blitz packages or our top CBs out there. Needham had a couple of really nice plays, Rowe had a great play.
I really think our team is going to go as far as injuries will let us. If we stay healthy, I think we’re a playoff team that could even win a game.
But we have a number of guys on both sides of the ball with injury histories. The Niners have built their team in a similar fashion, and it has really bitten them hard the last couple of years.
I’m just crossing my fingers and toes, hoping we don’t have similar issues, lol.
If Tua doesn’t have that one bad throw, most of us would basically have nothing but good things to say about his play and the results.
1st drive- 3 and out.
**1st down, a poor run.
**2nd down, nice throw in tight coverage where only his guy could get it. Tough catch not made.
**3rd down, a throw away on quick pressure in his face. Punt
Not a lot here. One tough throw with a tough catch not converted, and one throw away. Bears defensive pressure wins that possession. Our oline got beat 3 straight plays.
2nd drive- scoring drive.
**1st down, a poor run.
**2nd down, instant pressure that Tua avoided and got the pass off for a short gain.
**3rd down, a nice deep throw to Gesicki to get us inside the 10.
**1st down, from the 7, nice throw a dart to get us to the 1.
**Two failed runs from the one. FG
Not Tua’s fault we couldn’t punch it in on the ground from the 1. He got us to the 1 with two downs to go. Tua did his part. This drive showed he can hit the deep pass, and he did it on 3rd down, so he’s not just a checkdown charlie. He had the confidence to throw it for the big gain on 3rd down. He also showed he can move the ball inside the redzone with a nice read, quick decision and dart to get us to the 1.
3rd drive- This was actually looking like his best drive until the INT.
**1st down, nice throw for 16 yds called back due to holding.
**1st down, nice throw 11 yds to get half the penalty yardage back.
**2nd down short run.
**3rd down, nice throw to convert with pressure from the backside (on a favorable spot, IMO).
**Two runs gained just two yards.
**3rd down, another nice throw in tight coverage to convert 3rd down and 8.
**1st down, Tua avoids pressure and checks down for 7.
**Three straight runs to gain 3 yds and a 1st.
**1st down, check down for 3.
**2nd down, nice run by Gaskin to get us inside the redzone.
**1st down, from the 14, INT.
Through three drives, Tua didn’t take a sack, had 4 completions over 10 yds, completed 72.7% of his passes, converted three 3rd downs through the air (all three were 7+ yds), led a scoring drive, and was one mental mistake away from 2 scoring drives out of 3 possessions. All this with an oline that performed shakily at best, most of his top WRs not playing, not much of a running game, and with what was probably vanilla playcalling from the OC.
The INT wasn’t because of mechanics or an inability to make a throw. It was simply a poor decision. He should have either thrown the ball a tick sooner, or gone somewhere else. His receiver also didn’t help him by going back towards the ball, if he had, it’s probably just an incompletion.
It was a small sample size, just a little over a quarter. I’m not saying all is decided and it’s now a foregone conclusion that Tua will be the next great Dolphins QB. It was one quarter of one preseason game, but there were a ton of positives to take from his performance. The decision making was clearly quicker and more decisive. His throws looked crisp and accurate. He looked more comfortable out there. He really only had one bad play.
I’m excited to see him (and the team) next week against Atlanta. I would assume this is the dress rehearsal, and we’ll see him for the entire 1st half. Hopefully he can build on this performance, eliminate the negative, finish a few drives, and put some points on the board. And above all, no injuries.
Go Dolphins!!!!!
(And I’d be totally agreeable to an admin deleting my first post with the messed up bold tags, LOL)
I also retract what I originally said about Palardy not having a good game (I blame it on being distracted). First I called him something like Pankey, lol. Second, he had some good deep punts, only had one touchback (not two), and he dropped two inside the 20.
My biggest takeaway was the OL needs to get much better
Lot of time to get better every game
We also can use a killer bunny on this team
how dare anyone say anything negative about our OL,
that’s very trollish! or so i’ve been told
You may be ready to change your avatar
I think Omar is wrong here but watch the video
Deiter cuts his man and there is a hole
But the LB shoot through that hole unblocked
Both the FB and RB try to go around OG instead of through the hole
looks like he slipped, but that left a wide open shot at brown for the lber
The FB probably could have picked up that LB
FB should have picked that guy up
Yep
Cav, Tua had a poor outing, with a cringe worthy 62.3 quarterback rating.
Because of the INT. Before that last play of his, it was over 100.
he looked pretty sharp, i’ll give him that, i just don’t know how effective he’ll be when the real games start.
Looks like I am dead center for TS Fred. At least he don’t look to strengthen much.
D, looks like you may be in for TS Grace. Too early to tell.
Grace will be in our face!
Piggy, yeah, Omar is wrong. Both Dieter and the RG took out their assignments.
Gotta know a LB like ogletree is shooting through
THey just let him get in the backfield
this will be a huge test for Tua, look at our first 5 games!
i’m expecting the worst!
if he can go 3-2 i will definitely gain confidence in him
at Pats
Bills
at Raiders
Colts
at Bucs
I think the Pets game will be a very good measuring stick right out of the gate. I’m guessing they will take away our run game (such as we have, lol), try to make us one dimensional, and make Tua beat them.
Belicheat is great when he has time to prepare, I think that will be offset by us having a new offense so he doesn’t have much to work with. I’m not sure what they’ll be able to do against us offensively, they have a new offense too, but it’s still Cam back there, so I like our chances of keeping it low scoring.
I’m excited by what I saw from the 1st stringers yesterday, and specifically Tua. We all want to see it in real games of course, but he’s carrying himself differently than last year, and he made plays. Whether he’s going to be a good QB in this league or not, we’ll start that get those answers soon enough.
Fitz failed this test last year. How great would it be if Tua passes the exact same test with flying colors a year later.
you have high hopes, i’m expecting the worse after watching his play last year.
this way i won’t be so disappointed and i’ll get to gloat around here.
however i’d rather have a dish of crow with barbecue sauce on it.
Bellichicks method of operation is he makes you beat him with your weakness and takes away your strength.
I would assume Bill thinks our weakness is the deep ball.
look for him to load the box
i’m building 1400 sq ft homes in Citrus Springs, I charge 130k wholesale to investors from the slab up, the lot is 16k, another 8k to clear and add fill, investor has 154k in it.
it sells before completion at 205k. there’s a buyer waiting list,
51k profit
and prices are going up
Cool, and lumber has gone down a slight bit. At least at my Lowe’s. Not sure about your truss company you may use.
I use Angle Truss out of Orlando, i had to go where there’s less building, Citrus Springs is exploding, all truss co are 2 months for engineered truss plans & 6 months from delivery, 8 months is way too long!
Angle get’s me the plans right away and are 2 months from delivery.
I have to get my block from valdosta GA
he looked pretty sharp, i’ll give him that, i just don’t know how effective he’ll be when the real games start.
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I agree ORob. I still am nervous about it for this season. If we are to go far, and this defense will take us there, we can’t afford mental mistakes and turnovers.
I know it was just PS. We won the TOP in a landslide but we lost the turnover battle which caused us to lose the game.
Rob, those first 5 games will be a test as they all have really good defenses. Raiders may be the worse D of the 5 but still good.
Colts are looking for a starting QB. Going to watch them today to see how Ehlinger looks.
Raiders have home field & The Colts are always tough
nothing worse than watching miami lose! even my cat hates it as he has a limp from last season!
it was a good first half, but the scrubs looked like shit in the second half
fortunately many of those guys wont make the team
i hope to see more of Waddle in the second game,
i feel like he is the best player on the team, but he wont get called that, until he gets opportunities
The Dolphins defense did not allow a first down, until the final minute of the first half.
The problem with the 2nd half was Reed Sinnett. Games he plays the entire 2nd half we’ll probably lose
he is underwhelming, but we also played horrific defense in the second half
the starting defense played excellent, but the lack of overall depth is alarming
while the secondary did well in the absence of Howard and Jones in the first half, the scrubs looked like high school dropouts in the second half
the touchdown to jesse james was SO wide open, i have seen better coverage in high school ball
i would have benched the entire defense after that play, none of them deserved to be on the field
You seem to be good at taking something obvious and turning it into something like this.
Fields has much better skills, than our 2nd half D as a whole, you know guys that won’t be on the 53 or at least most of them won’t be
im sure most of the losers in the second half wont make the team
thats why preseason games suck for fans, we are forced to watch guys that are not NFL worthy
Wyoming, I missed much of 3rd qtr. I hated that cause I wanted to watch those who will be backups.
Griffin and Duke Riley’s speed showed up for sure. Does not look good for Munson (LOL) who might get munsoned. Also for Render who I had High hopes for. Looks like they have Render listed as a LB instead of DE. He may end up on PS again though.
Benito Jones and Ledbetter looked good. Ledbetter was the one who got held real bad that last long run the Bears had before they started kneeling to end the game. He was in position but the RG practically tried to rip his shoulder pad over his helmet. Again, that was the end of the game and they let it go. The DB’s were hit and miss the last 20 min of the game.
Big difference for guys like Shak Griffen, when they play with a bunch of scrubs as he did in the 2nd half, compared to being inserted in a package with 1st teamers.
Hard to evaluate our scrubs against a runnung/mobile QB like Fields, because things breakdown too often due to his mobility
Fields got all the praise, but didn’t do shit, unless you call indecisive wobble passes a thing, until the end of the half.
He even had a fumble before getting it going in the second half against 3 and 4th teasers.
There’s something there with Fields for Bear’s fans to look forward to, but all his best work has been done against deep bench players, even in practice.
He’s not ready to start yet.
On the other hand our O moved the ball pretty good through the air and our D looked great.
I’d rather win the first half as we did, with actual top 53 playing, than win the game the way they did
In other words the games don’t count in the W/L column, but it does matter how your key players played against top tier players.
In past years when we had a shitty team, we’d often win these types of PS games as the Bears did
I agree, I put more stock in the 1st half than the outcome. I thought we looked good on both sides of the ball in the first half except for some of the OL play.
we made it very easy for Fields in the second half, by not covering the receivers
Fields had a rough day in the first half, but cruised against the second half swinging gate defense
Agreed with the take on the W/L. I mean it’d be nice to get the win, but it really doesn’t matter, and I’d much rather win the time with 1s vs 1s, which we did, handily.
Some are knocking on Fields. I said in the draft that he is not just a product of OSU like the QB’s before him. He is going to be really good. Possibly better than Lamar Jackson. He is already a better passer than Jackson coming in. Wait until this NFL game slows down for him and his confidence grows.
i say its too early to tell, he struggled for the first half, and only looked well against players that arent likely to make the team
I think most of the bloggers could have got a completion to jesse james, he was open by 15 yards
Most of the time he was in there he was up against Holland, Fejedelem, Needham(1st half), Iggy, Griffin, Riley, Benito Jones, Ledbetter.
That’s 8 players who most likely make the team.
any of the secondary players that were in on that play, do not deserve to be on ANY NFL team
receivers have to be covered tighter than 15 yards, thats not even close to acceptable
LOL! Steve, this was not a response to you above. We were basically writing at the same time. Funny our different takes on him.
He was actually up against our 2’s and 3’s but I see what you are saying.
He is a rookie. Wait until the game slows down for him.
Think Fields has a chance to be great too, just not sure he’ll be able to read a D.
He’s fast, but not Lamar fast, so the plays Lamar makes with his feet he won’t make, but his arm is so much better.
He could be a poor man’s Josh Allen, if he can read a D
i cant believe new homes in orobs area are selling for a little over $200K, thats a huge bargain!
most new homes are going for over $300K in FL, even a small condo in kissimmee is going for $270K
ORob is correct, been looking at new homes around the state 2k sqft homes going for 270k with 10k lots.
You can’t compare Kissimmee with Ocala
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yea, Ocala sucks
Your belief wasn’t accurate, but what you take from it is Ocala sucks.
narcissist
a person who has an excessive interest in or admiration of themselves
I’m just a Bill and I’m only a Bill. 🐕
I think some people think if you get an ingrown toenail that you need to amputate the toe….
Blow it up
Flores does the same type of D coaching job
Thought Brown, even though he hesitated at times, was crucial in our early success.
He ran hard, when there were no holes, and got the all important OROB 3-4 yards
At the time was praising him for his work, thinking I’m glad Gaskin isn’t in.
There will be times for both to be in there, just felt it was the right decision, against a tough front to start Brown and he delivered.
When Gaskin did come in, he looked better, but by that time we had thwarted the early energy from the Bears.
Ahmed may have looked the best of the 3, but think the transition from 1 rb to the next allowed the next to be better.
Meaning the previous rb set the tone.
If I watch the replay, with the emotion out of it, I’ll likely have a different opinion, but it’s just something, that doesn’t translate to replay
Fields will be good. 2nd best QB in this draft. Glad Jets didn’t get him
He’s going to be a pain in the ass for his division opponents for a long time, with his ability to extend plays
Exactly
After watching a Fins game, don’t really take much stock in the meat and potatoes of what I read following.
What I do look for is opinion based material on the off the ball play, that is hard to pick up, if you watch the ball, like I do.
Kyle Crabbs has some good stuff out there this morning
Jackson sucked and Jackson was left in the game long after the other starters were out. We’ll never know for sure there was cause and effect on that rather than as planned….. but that is a good observation.
Ocala is very expensive, I’m not building in Ocala, I’m building in Citrus Springs, that’s about 45 mins west of Ocala, near Crystal River, about an hour north of Tampa.
i play golf in Kissimmee at Harmony Golf course & Mystic Dunes, I don’t want to say anything bad about Kissimmee however as far as living there? i prefer Ocala. it’s not even close.
if i were to move south it would be Vero or somewhere north of Vero.
not in the center of the state that far south.
the weather in Ocala is awesome, I lived in S FL most of my life, 85 degrees down there is a cold front, 8 to 9 months out of the year in Ocala it’s a pleasant 75 degrees.
Just curious — When you sell pre-completion for the 205k…. how long until delivery?
Also, how many houses like that have you done? Have known people who have done similar and said the more you do the easier it gets cause they refine “their system” on it.
100s, takes 9 months from start to finish, apprx 60 days just to pull permits. just completing ones that started Jan 1.
The homes sell as they are being built, the investor gets the 205k after completion right now, the buyer puts a deposit in escrow with the title co and closes when the C.O. is issued. i charge 130k from slab to roof including landscape, other costs would be lot, clearing and fill. there’s apprx 55k profit for the investor.
everything is done under contract.
i just bought 5 lots last week in Citrus Springs.
check out 1648 ST Elizabeth Pl Citrus Springs Fl 34434.
1/3 acre corner lot, that’s a premium lot, minutes to golf course
1684 st elizabeth place, i think i’m dyslexic
That’s awesome ORob. Why do you choose to still have investors rather than doing it yourself? To have more projects going at once?
investors are required to do 2 homes a year
to answer your question $$$$$$$$$$$$
So you maximize your profits by doing more houses for a smaller take each rather than getting all the profit from a smaller number. Makes sense given the dynamic am sure.
another ready lot in prime location is 2124 beach plum dr, citrus springs fl 34434
Why are you throwing addresses out at me? Not like have ever been to Citrus Springs.
i figured you or someone else with interest could google them to check them out.
i just bought them, they are my children!
Your children that you are going to sell for money…lol. For one of my buds is more like that. Not a builder like you but buys, renovates, and rents. Always for positive cash flow that pays the bills now. Think he’s got 8 or 9 places going and the increase in property value is his retirement plan.
Been a lot of talk about the QBs and that is natural. But what stood out to me was the Bears didn’t get a first down till was almost time to head to the locker room for half time. X and Byron Jones weren’t even playing.
Once again…. it’s the D that makes this team good. O gets going and it could be great.
Yep
Oh ah wasn’t playing either.
I think Chad Henne could be the out the door in KC. To early to call. They have second year gunslinger Anthony Gordon and rookie Shane Buechele in camp. Both had a good game yesterday.
as much as i hate to say it, Chad may be an upgrade for us
LOL
I agree. He is much better than Brissett.
Brissett didn’t look that good. Very slow delivery
Brissett didn’t look great, but he wasn’either either. With the rush all over him thought he did a decent job.
He’s no gunslinger, but he can hold down the fort
Time to go tee it up
Anyone know what injury Fuller has that keeps him from playing? Guess part of it is how Flores works, but a great mystery. Did he have surgery in the off season?
Tim Tebow had zero catches on one attempt in his first preseason game. He’s in a 3-way tie for 4th string TE. I’ m guessing he makes the team. Jags want fannies in the seats.
Damn, that is getting beat like a drum every which way.
https://twitter.com/PFF_RyanSmith/status/1426924967027953670
Dieter had a 77 pass pro grade.
Thought last thing we should worry about is Jackson . Kindley was already worried about.
The good thing is it’s just one game, the very first preseason game I might add. Just getting work in, and I’m sure all the guys will be better. CHI has a nice veteran front 7 so a bad 1st outing is not a major surprise. They need to just get better and I think they will
Think a lack of competition in TC and then wonder about our DL, too, who he goes against. WTF?
Now we know how far the left side of OL has to go….geez loueez. Good thing we have some time, lol.
Sorry that was about Jackson and Kindly
Starting DL crushed against the Bears. What’s your concern there?
Why Jackson was do bad….if he’s practicing against our stellar DL, imo, I would have thought he was more prepared.
Trying to figure out why he had such a bad game. Is our DL that much inferior to the Bears? Hope not.
Our DL is great, or at least very good. You got me as far as Jackson. Concerned about that too.
“It was crazy just seeing how big people are. After the first couple hits I got acquainted, like, OK, I’m supposed to be here. First couple, I was like, ‘Whoa.’ When Tampa Bay had their ones in and I was looking on the sideline, I was like, these dudes are huge. (Jason) Pierre-Paul was standing there just looked like a creation. When I got in the twos came in and I said, ‘OK, OK,’ this look a little more familiar to me.”
— Bengal’s rookie running back Chris Evans on his first NFL game.
Again the OL is generally behind the DL this time of year.
Jackson and Kindley do seem to be sleep walking though.
Even with their bad play, Tua still moved the ball, but those guys have to be better or Flores will make a change
And why we couldn’t punch it in from the 1….
We couldn’t punch it in, because they brought more, than we had to block knowing it’s preseason and we weren’t going to show anything
You can say Mano a Mano, but when they blitz…
And, agree Tua moved the ball….
Jackson fell right Tua’s knees as Tua ripped off a perfect pass over the middle.
Jackson almost got Tua hurt, imo.
Was hoping Fields wouldn’t get that last chance before the half, poor clock management on our side with the 3rd TO around 45 seconds left
Remember that we’re allegedly looking to trade for a swing-Tackle… makes me wonder if it’s about Jackson, being the right side of our O-Line looks alright and has depth.
Jackson didn’t look like he was moving at full speed yesterday and his efforts looked as though he was struggling/laboring to keep up to the sub-par 2nd and 3rd team competition. I wonder if he’s nursing an undisclosed injury (not likely), or if he just doesn’t have his head in the game. Whatever the case may be, I’m seeing why we might be shopping for a swing-Tackle after yesterday.
Hopefully, Jackson’s performance yesterday was just an aberration and all goes well for him next week and beyond. But if ya connect the dots, I’d keep a very close eye on Jackson moving forward. Something seems to be amiss.
Eich can also play LT, but then the depth suffers. I think Jackson will be fine
One observation: Grant is absolutely making this team. He fielded every return cleanly (at least in the first half, haven’t watched the 2nd half yet) and looked totally electric as usual. Can’t let that go
I totally agree with ya, Mike E. The only thing that would prevent Grant from making our final-53 would be his $alary: trade.
A month ago I didn’t have him making the team, but with the reports from training camp, and his contributions in the 1st game, I’m thinking he may stick.
If our offense is opened up this year like we’re expecting, he’s just another weapon that you get the ball in his hands a few times a game on offense along with his touches as a PR. He’s a big play threat each time he touches it.
I didn’t think he was going to make it either, I kept thinking about all those bobbles on returns last season and previous seasons. He looked very smooth, maybe he’s worked hard with his hands, really the only thing holding him back.
Player on the O-line who did the best yesterday as far as the depth chart was Eich. And he didn’t play.
It’s still early and I think the pass pro was solid early in the game, but I’d like to start seeing our OL moving people in short yardage and goal line.
I also thought Brown ran hard, but looked very stiff on one of the passes he caught, has no wiggle or shimmy, he’s pretty much a downhill north-south type of runner. I liked his effort and that 3rd and short conversion, it was all him, line got no push. Gaskin looked a world class sprinter when he came in compared to Brown. lol
Brown and Gaskin are totally different backs. Brown is like you said a downhill north-south runner and not much more. But he has a role because of that and he’s reportedly good in pass pro. Gaskin and Ahmed both looked quick and fast.
When saw Brown in the game all could think about was Jordan Howard. Hope he proves me wrong.
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Yeah hope that’s not the case.
Can’t see Grant being cut. Trade maybe but I think he makes the team.
Yeah — don’t think he gets cut. He’s most likely worth a 6th or 7th in trade. And they might keep him. Problem is he gets paid a lot more than whoever else would be taking his spot.
Not sure his salary is an issue with the team, he doesn’t make that much. It seems to be more of an issue with fans.
I still don’t see Grant making the team. Waddle does everything Grant can do and does it better
I don’t see him being an outright cut but they could move him.
Waddle will be better this season not having to worry about the return game. Grant is 100% making the team
I think Mack Hollins is going to make the team too.
I missed Friday night music so I’m sneaking one in here
My friends and I do a Zoom where we discuss two albums each week and we did this one a couple of weeks ago. It’s pretty good and it seems like their growing as writers but too many of the songs sound the same. However I would not be surprised if they put out a killer album in the next few years.
Tim Knight says:
August 15, 2021 at 8:37 pm
Not sure his salary is an issue with the team, he doesn’t make that much. It seems to be more of an issue with fans.
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We currently only have $7.3M in cap space, according to Spotrac. Jakeem is set to count for $4.7M this year, and we’ve an over-abundance of WRs at the moment.
FWIW, I want to keep Jakeem (yes, I DO!)… but we’ve got several other guys returning kicks and punts, too. Don’t be surprised if it’s Jakeem who we trade. We’ve got plenty of speed to go around in our WR room, even without Jakeem.
We’ll have more cap space after cuts. I just don’t think we’ll cut Grant.
And as I stated above, I WANT to keep Jakeem (yes, I DO!). Love that little mofo! LOL
Only other guy who could be in danger of being traded? Wilson, with his $5.2M salary this year. However, his dead cap is $2.3M, compared to Jakeem’s $1.8M.
When I say “in danger” of being traded, I’m talking about a player who could have a significant yield in trading, while helping our cap status. And yes, we’re LOADED at the WR position.
Personally, I want to keep both Jakeem Grant and Albert Wilson. We’ll see what happens…
Wilson is on a 1 year deal worth $3M according to spotrac. I don’t see us trading him. He’s having a really good camp.
Preston Williams could be the odd man out or could start the season on the 8 week IR. I do not think Bowden is a lock and I don’t think Malcolm Perry makes the team. Perry plays hard but does not produce much. His skills in college don’t seem to add up at the next level.
Mike, the Mets season is going down the drain.
Yeah, it sucks. It’s really bugging me too. I was hoping they were going to give us some playoff excitement but now that’s a big Longshot w/o deGrom, and now facing the Giants after getting swept by the Dodgers
It’s hard to watch. We leave so many guys on base over and over.
M13, we really don’t need a lot of cap space this season. Even if we have to pick up a few guys during the season it’s not going to be for big money.
I don’t disagree, but we have been WINNING over the last several years in rolling $10M to the next season. Again, we’ll see what happens.
Our projected cap for next year is around $60M so I’m not too concerned about it.
With that I’m out!
I don’t think Grant’s cap figure has any impact on whether he stays. His return ability and speed in the passing game will keep him here. We might keep 6 or 7 WR’s and if we do, he’ll be one of them
I think 7 is most likely. Parker, Fuller, Waddle, Wilson, Grant, Hollins and one more.
We showed in the CHI PS game that TEs could be a big part of the passing game this season though. It will be interesting to see the final 53.
Alright, it’s 10:00 PM (later evening, not primetime). I just wanted to say that I’m very, very upset by the fall of Kabul and the way it was handled (or lack thereof: fucked up), earlier today.
We’ve lost too many soldiers in Afghanistan over the last 20 years to just announce a withdraw date and recklessly abandon what we’ve (tax-payers) paid for in the BILLION$. It should have been a phased-withdraw with benchmarks, with NO date expressed.
The Taliban now has possession of some of our most sophisticated weapons and armory… plus China announced that it WILL recognize the Taliban as the authority of Afghanistan.
Like some of you, I know many vets from the Afghan war and some who never made it back. I’m truly upset by this news. 😦
The world is in turmoil just like our country. 😦
Indeed, my friend… indeed. 😦
I think the offense will be good if the OL can get it together. On defense the only thing that will hurt us will be injuries, otherwise they’ll be good. STs should be solid as usual. How many wins no idea, the AFC is going to be very competitive.
China announced that it WILL recognize the Taliban
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The world is in turmoil
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The world is in turmoil and China is taking advantage. They are moving swiftly and quietly. First they reeled in Pakistan now going to reel in Afghanistan on top of some other stans they have already reeled in.
The number of countries indebted to China is staggering. China is investing billions in these countries and raping them of their resources.
You guys just can’t help yourselves
Humans are at war with each other. Even though I engage in it I think the overload of intel is the culprit. We divide and expose ourselves. We’re really good at opening cans of worms.
I mean you said it yourself the other day
And people have expressed it
People are annoyed at all the politics here
I don’t think my reply was anything inflammatory. I’m just sad about it. I don’t bring it up either.
I don’t think it was inflammatory
Piggy, I am trying to stay out of politics but you specifically should be worried about China!
“As the largest pork consumer in the world, China’s per capita pork consumption reached 39.9 kg in 2018” (Almost 88 pounds per person a year)
“China is in fact the world’s largest pork importer and pork consumer by volume.”
I am just looking out for you my farting friend by sounding the alert about China and their quest for world dominance. Next thing you know they will have the middle east eating pork!
When it comes to pork, I don’t trust any of you fuckers
LOL
LOL
You want to see a guitar player make his guitar sound like a jazz saxophonist. This guy changed the game back in the late 70’s. RIP Allan, would have been 75 this month.
Tim, here is Son’s Mexican hottie. Let her sing you to sleep. She’s amazing!
Some people are blessed with amazing talent. Not that they don’t work on it, but natural talent is real. Amazing!
the taliban does NOT possess our top technology, that stuff was ordered to be removed or destroyed, not even a flag was left behind
it figures the fearmongering would ensue, SMH
we should not be in afghanistan forever, its not the 51st state, we were foreign invaders, should have never gone there, and should have came home 20 years ago
afghanistan or the taliban had nothing to do with 9-11, it was an inside job
David, you aren’t paying attention, bruh…
https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1427401118334717957?s=20
trump said removal from afghanistan was a wonderful and beautiful thing, but he failed to withdraw on afghanistan, waited for Biden to do it, and he says that he could have pulled out better
the man that paid stormy daniels could have pulled out better? lol yea sure
trump keep his subjects sucking him off, and forking over their credit cards to the billionaire
fools and their money are soon parted
David, do you realize how many people had to be involved in an inside job to murder thousands of citizens and destroy major structures in our country? That you can believe, but anything else is a farce?
And if you’re right, what’s the point?
Don’t go down the rabbit hole
^
One pill makes you larger
And one pill makes you small,
And the ones that mother gives you
Don’t do anything at all.
It’s Motherfucktard Monday!
Lmao!
12 hours later trying to catch up over a bottle of Nigori and some sushi
David,
You really need to find a side political place. This is a Dolphins place man. It’s almost football season and I’ve respected my friends who don’t want to hear this crap lately even though Joe gives me lots of openings. Be like Joe and Psaki. Take the week off after disasters.
On to football, Jackson looked terrible and I can’t say I’m not concerned. He was supposed to be athletic but looked like a Columbo turnstile this past game. Where are our strength and conditioning coaches? Him and Kindley look out of shape. We need to find a starting OL that doesn’t include Jesse Davis at some point and I hope it happens this year. Step it up young men!
Or a clue
Mike E. says:
August 15, 2021 at 7:31 pm
I also thought Brown ran hard, but looked very stiff on one of the passes he caught, has no wiggle or shimmy, he’s pretty much a downhill north-south type of runner. I liked his effort and that 3rd and short conversion, it was all him, line got no push. Gaskin looked a world class sprinter when he came in compared to Brown. lol
He looked good when he ran north/south, but when he tried to wiggle he shat the bed.
He needs to know what kind of runner he is and just play that style
Tim Knight says:
August 15, 2021 at 8:37 pm
Not sure his salary is an issue with the team, he doesn’t make that much. It seems to be more of an issue with fans.
It’s not about being an issue, it’s about him playing up to the level of his contract, if he’s not, then trade/cut him.
It’s like your personal finances, when you spend $5 a day on coffee it adds up.
You save cap space when you can, every contract matters, you’re either a young guy they want to develop, an FA they’re taking a chance on or a home grown, that is either playing up to the contract or a replacement will be sought.
Leave no stone unturned
Tim Knight says:
August 15, 2021 at 9:41 pm
Wilson is on a 1 year deal worth $3M according to spotrac. I don’t see us trading him. He’s having a really good camp.
Preston Williams could be the odd man out or could start the season on the 8 week IR. I do not think Bowden is a lock and I don’t think Malcolm Perry makes the team. Perry plays hard but does not produce much. His skills in college don’t seem to add up at the next level
Wilson’s cap figure is almost 5.2m, you must’ve looked at McKinney.
This year like last the IR is only 3 weeks
Bowden looked good on Saturday, think he’s now got a great chance to stick.
Parker, Fuller, Waddle, Wilson, Williams, Hollins and Grant seem to be the top 6 or 7 depending on where Bowden is.
Week 1 no Fuller and maybe no Williams, so Parker, Waddle, Wilson, Hollins, Grant and likely Bowden are the 6 to make the 1st 53.
Don’t really see a need for a 7th for 1 week
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This is my new way of saying “^“, both loquaciously and in illeism.
Hard to keep Perry when you have Bowden just like it will be hard to keep Grant when you have Waddle
https://www.espn.com/blog/miami-dolphins/post/_/id/32852/tua-tagovailoas-mistakes-in-dolphins-preseason-loss-are-correctable
You can’t say you want Tua to open it up, then bitch, when he throws an int in PS.
He said it himself, he was late on the throw.
At least give him the preseason to air it out.
Don’t want him afraid to make a mistake, like RT was.
Part of the problem last year was he started out against the Rams managing the game, then against AZ he aired it out, but once Williams got hurt and he had a streak going with no ints, he fell into the don’t make a mistake mentality
It was a mistake of aggression. It’s not the worst thing in the world but it was still a mistake. It’s one that I don’t think you will see Tua make that often. That is why I am not that worried about that one 1 throw. I really liked what I saw from Tua on Saturday
With Tua in the game felt 3rd and long had a good chance to become a 1st down, felt the same way with Fitz the last 2 years, didn’t feel that way with RT, except, when he got real hot, which wasn’t often
They showed Tua’s progression live on the int play, Shaheen was the 2nd or 3rd option, then he looked right, then threw late over the middle.
Not sure why he didn’t throw it to Shaheen the first time he looked at him, would’ve been an easy td
An example of the homerism that ruins PS games
What do you mean?
On a side note- That was the play we got a favorable spot (IMO) to convert 3rd down.
Those are stats that mean something
And without any of his top WRs
Can’t figure out why Waddle had 0 targets
To give scale to the quality of play, 9.0 YPA would have led the league last year.
Excepting players that had like 4 attempts and such as that…
He had him wide open, but didn’t pull the trigger, then with the picture in his mind of him being wide open he threw to that picture, instead of what his eyes were telling him at the time he threw it, then didn’t put much on the throw
Really doesn’t get much worse and something you’d expect to seenfrom a rookie
Bet he doesn’t do that again
lol, he really should have thrown it on the first look. Receiver was wide open.
Tua will tell you himself he threw it late. It was a mistake, shrug, not a big deal. We have to expect there will still be growing pains. He’s not a 10 year vet out there, lol. He’s not quite a rookie, but this is his first preseason…
Nice. This is what Flores/Tua both meant by “easy to fix”. Plenty of time for a pump fake to go with the ‘look’. Tua had the right idea, just didn’t execute the fake (or DB didn’t bite)…
Either way its a good thing to ‘practice’ during PS game.
The int didn’t faze me, what I took from the game was Tua looked like the QB he has been during camp.
Looks healthy, mobile, accurate and not afraid to pull the trigger.
The real test will be against buffalo
I’ll be there.
Should get a half+ of the first team.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/watch-tua-tagovailoa-tried-to-blow-up-returner-after-throwing-interception/ar-AANkeTl
You are thinking Tua shouldn’t have done that, but at the same time you like to see it. What competitors do.
Wasn’t really paying attention during the game and don’t recall the idiots calling the game mentioning it, but taking out 2 guys wow
In case you haven’t been checking your news feed — Kabul fell to the Taliban. Was expected but man was that quick. And quicker than the US expected as well. You don’t rush thousands of troops back in to secure the airport if the withdrawal is going in as planned.
Biden is as biden does, but it’s obvious he has no clue where he is and not calling the shots
Whether the withdrawal was the right idea or not (both Trump and Biden for), clearly it was not executed well. And yeah that falls on Biden.
In an FU to LV tribute, parking for the Raiders 1st game at Allegiant Stadium saw parking between $60 and $80, and $50 a mile and a half away
Just park at the Orleans 2 miles away and hope to get an Uber.
They were actually supposed to be doing a tram to the stadium from the Orleans, not sure if that was operating
Not quite as much, but Dolphins parking ain’t that much cheaper. Encourage you and your group to get an Orange Pass on stubhub and all ride in one car for the Fest. Will let you roll right up to the tailgate.
Poupart breaks down Tua’s day against the Bears pass by pass.
https://www.si.com/nfl/dolphins/news/miami-dolphins-quarterback-tua-tagovailoa-really-impressive-in-preseason-debut
The pass to Brown was a WTF moment by Brown.
He’s got a guy trailing him, no one in front and he decides to slow down and get tackled short of the 1st down, as if the 1st down marker was the endzone and he didn’t want to score
Brown is for sure on the watch list.
If Tua doesn’t pan out as a QB, we can try him at safety!
Watching the INT from that angle, Shaheen beat the LB badly and saw the safety so he sat down in the opening. Ball was a little high and to his left toward the safety. No way he could have come back for it. If he threw it at first opportunity, it’s a TD. If he threw it when he did but hit Shaheen between the #’s where he could have come back on it a bit, it’s a possible TD or possible INT. Most probably knocked away incomplete. Instead, he tried to lead Shaheen a bit right when he was sitting down in the hole so ball ended up high and left.
He should have tried the Mahomes no look pass freezing the safety. lol
More than anything else I thought the int was just a bad decision by Tua
But I’m preseason it doesn’t bother me to take risks
He has room to scramble but he made a risky throw instead
Not sure if that’s the kind of decision that he would make in the regular season
Thought he was fixated on his receiver and didn’t see the cover guy coming in from the other side. Sounds weird cause he was so apparent on the replay , but stuff happens fast. Same time…. yeah he should have seen him. Guaranteed INT or incomplete with him swooping in.
I think I could run faster than Brissett
Tom Brady must have taught him how to run
He better stop holding the ball so damn long, I started noticing that with him last year he sometimes makes Tannehill look like a gunslinger
Difference is he actually has pocket presence and doesn’t scramble into the rush.
Reason RT survived all of those sacks early in his career was, because he was already starting to go down before contact on too many plays
The lack of speed of our backup QB seems to be the biggest problem thus far.
Reid Sinnett I thought looked pretty decent, better than the one Gase had on speed dial.
Thought Reid looked OK. Brissett looked like a back-up QB. Fitz is gone.
Tua time
Really it’s Waddle time – zoom
Shaqeem for the team!!!
Looks to me like a lock as a ST player and a role in certain speed rush packages.
👍
The year we went 1-15 under good’ol Cam we were 4-0 in the preseason so I like the way we are trending right now.
We slaughtered their ones, and it wouldn’t have been Brown slamming into the line it would have been Waddle and Gesicki and 21-0 or worse.
Cam sorry excuse for an HC
I basically throw the 2nd half out the window.
The first half, we completely stuffed their run game, and shut down their pass game (all without Ogbah, X, and Jones). We moved the ball effectively through the air on offense. We had a low penalty count, and Sanders and Palardy did their jobs efficiently. We were explosive on ST returns, and we didn’t give up any big returns.
Our oline and run game needs some work, and we need to be punching it in for TDs when we get in the redzone.
Still some work to do, but honestly, I really liked what I saw from our starting units
On tv I saw a Dolphin fan in the Chicago stands wearing a in the day Jay Fiedler jersey. There’s a lifer.
Or someone that only has 1 jersey
Makes me feel guilty that will be going with the new Sanders jersey at the Fest instead of Brandon Fields.
Maybe I’ll be able to watch the game without issue this weekend. It’d be nice, since you know I f^cking paid for it, lol.
Cheapest solution on that is to move to South Florida. And yeah am encouraging it. lol
LOL, I’d love to be close to the Dolphins, and no income tax is a big selling point…
We’re definitely moving when we retire in about 15 years, location TBD.
Of course you will move. You can sell your place and buy the same elsewhere for 1/3rd or at most 1/2 half the price and pocket the difference. And you can get out of the highest taxes in the nation outside NYC and a few other places. You can end up being one of those Californian expats people complain about in Boise that throw all their money around.
Lol, that’s the plan
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stangerx says:
August 16, 2021 at 1:19 pm
Whether the withdrawal was the right idea or not…
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*withdraw
Not trying to be a d!ck, just pointing out a common error. I don’t mind when the likes of Phelon or Rockphin point something like this out to me when I err… it makes me wiser. As such, no offense intended, my man.
I still don’t know why that word was wrong since been all over the news, but thanks for the linguistic correction on it.
No problem, Bro.