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Vegas is giving Buffalo the home field advantage 3.5 points in our home…..
See what they have to say when they have to pay it out!
It being our home game that’s 3 pts, add another 3 for Sept 1pm game and 3.5 for the line
So they think Buffalo is 9.5pts better than us at a neutral site
Come on man
Thought home was 3.5
Oh well. Same point. Where do you get the 3 for playing in Sept? Just making shit up now?
Saw Jevon Holland Balling yesterday. #8 was like in every shot they showed of the Defense. PFF’s highest rated rookie game 1. NICE
Keep up the good work young man!
Nice that Flo got him in the game without the added pressure of starting
With McCourty grading out high too, it was a good move
Now if they both have high grades against Buffalo we’ve got something
Dink N Dunk worked well for Brady’s first couple of years. Lots of pick routes / rub routes over the middle. High percentage short throws. SO FAR Jones looks the part of an NFL QB and good competition.
You need the deep fear or a running game/OL, he’s got the running game/OL
but all that goes away in the redzone
I have to give THIS to O-rob. He was right about how Belicheat tried to stop our O. The box was VERY crowded yesterday.
How did we beat it? With quick passes and by spreading the D horizontally and then taking the vertical shots when they presented themselves.
If not for special teams and D it WOULD NOT have been enough.
Good complimentary football won yesterday.
Were not our 2 TD drivers our first possession of each half? If so we have to find a way to translate that to the rest of the game.
It looked like at the start of each half we ran a series of scripted plays
That is what it looked like to me also, and it worked very well. We looked crisp and efficient. Somehow we need to channel that for rest of the game.
Starting to think should just relax and accept this defense as for real. Last year was great that the D was like top 5 in fewest points allowed, but in yards allowed it was middle of the pack. Difference was in turnovers and holding them to field goals, but those are about luck more than anything right?
Yesterday Pats kick 3 field goals and without two fumble recoveries we don’t win the game. Has to be luck? Maybe not. And there were two other fumbles we didn’t recover.
It’s not luck. D was definitely game planned to force Pats into long 10-12 play drives. That creates opportunities to cause turnovers which our D is good at. We forced 3 fumbles and recovered 2.
Yep — part of what am starting to realize is not luck. A concerted strategy. Includes all those DBs back there and different fronts with crazy combinations of players coming at the QB…. or sometimes not coming at the QB instead.
Brian Flores: Austin Jackson is our left tackle
Fair enough, but what about Eichenberg being our RT
Maybe not right away…but soon…
I think they should wear the throw back white jerseys with dark pants next week.
Heat game — all white.
All white throwbacks
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No brainer
I have always liked Mike Vrable. LOL It does fall in that category
Sounds like Landry and said don’t let the door…when he left
I thought it was weird that the first possession of each half was so well executed and nothing else was too
But that really speaks to how prepared the team was
I hope they bring that same energy next week and can sustain in on consecutive drives
It was like two different offenses: the offense after the first half and everything else
Both halves started tied, so we needed to score, wonder if they just weren’t a little too cautious, because we had the lead
3 times we got the ball tied or behind 2 tds 1 fg
That says they were playing it close to the vest
Probably so but not that unusual for week 1 on the road
Yeah Pig, I agree with your thoughts on this, I commented on the same thing above.
Flores has seen far too many teams go into Foxboro with a big lead, only to get reffed out and lose, he may have chose this safe method just to get a win
Pats got a lot more penalties than we did. Was sorta nice, even if put that on our team being coached well.
There’s penalties, that mean nothing, then there was the roughing the passer and quick whistle on the offsides
Pats got a bunch of holds. Those meant something to me. A couple nice plays for them called back.
Stats Schmats
Mac Jones’ 74% completion is the best mark ever for a rookie quarterback logging 30-plus passing attempts in a game.
He was good. Found the open guys and got the passes there. But not much on the long stuff. Maybe it is that Bama training. Tua was going deep more than last year. Liked it.
I thought the Pats game plan on O was run, short passes and stay away from X
Well, they stayed away from X, until they didn’t 🤫
steveccnv says:
September 13, 2021 at 2:43 pm
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No brainer
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Don’t be so hard on yourself Steve! 😉
If you notice the direction of the arrow
that is the whole reason I made the post. The arrow points directly to YOU. LOL
Gotta give credit where credit is due: Mac Jones had one helluva game in his NFL debut, and I don’t think we (or anybody else) were expecting that kind of game from him. I’ll be surprised if he doesn’t get AFC Rookie of the Week honors.
If I was a Pat fan would have walked away with two thoughts.
1 — they got lucky.
2 — we got the right guy for the future at QB.
And would be telling myself that #2 is far more important.
Agreed! And I hate to acknowledge as much being the Patsies* are our mortal enemy, but Mac Jones looks to be the real deal.
Myles Gaskin… man. Not only did he lead our team in rushes and rushing yardage (9-49 yards: 5.4 YPC), he also lead our team in receptions with 5 (for 27 yards, 5.4 YPR, 5 targets, 100% CATCH).
That 5.4 YPC/R makes 2nd and 3rd downs very manageable for us, and often times gets the 1st down for us. That’s called RELIABLE.
No, he’s not going to lead the league in rushing yards or receiving yards, but he’s our low-key weapon who doesn’t get enough attention… very much like Patsie* RBs of their past. He’s our secret weapon.
I would like to see him used more as a feature back. I think he is a weapon
I agree, but that’s not the “Patsie*” way that Coach Flores is employing. Seems we’re not going with a featured back anytime soon, which further explains why we didn’t draft a top-notch RB early this past Draft.
Speaking of as much, Najee Harris didn’t do squat for the Steelers* yesterday.
If that first sentence read funny, I’m talking about how Coach Flores is employing the “Patsie*” way, which means no featured RB.
Najee had some nice plays in the TD to take the lead drive, in redzone
SB7 and David,
Yes, we had pressure on Mac Jones yesterday. No, we didn’t get there quite on time. Yes, Mac Jones surprised the crap out of everybody in his NFL debut.
Think he performed about the way most expected
Was hoping he wouldn’t go off and perform above my expectations
Thought we’d sack him more than the “2” times we did
Tua performed below expectations
Going into the game, I thought Mac Jones would be sacked at least 4 times, throw at least 2 INTs, and throw well below the nearly 300 yards he passed for yesterday.
Now mind you, we did NOT throw the kitchen sink at him… that was part of our gameplan, so as not to put too much on tape.
Agreed, Tua performed well below expectations. But again, we did NOT throw the kitchen sink at them.
Funny… where did the expression “throw the kitchen sink at them” come from? I have no idea, whatsoever.
It’s game 1, need to show stuff gradually as you need it
Those teams that put everything out there game 1, then look like crap the rest of the season like maybe Jags last year, Philly/Houston this year
That’s right, man! Gradually as you need it. It’s very unwise to show the rest of the league all the tricks you have up your sleeve in game 1. It’s a marathon, not the 100-meter dash. 🙂
I believe it’s a saying that comes from the old German expression Sahn Di-Ah-go, which of course means a whale’s vagina.
😆
LMAO!
I know how to use google. 🙂
“The phrase originated around the early 1900s and the first print reference can be found in 1918 in the newspaper The Syracuse Herald. The expression became popular during World War II, where it was said that everything but the kitchen sink was thrown at the enemy. Source: theidioms.com”
Thank you! I was too engaged to look it up, and I knew somebody would pick me up! 🙂
Interesting!
Don’t like to root for injuries to players, but if they are Jet’s players that is a different subject.
Muh ha ha ha ha ha!!
Did all that happen yesterday?
Yessir! I read about it earlier.
Holy smokes, better them than us.
I can never see Carl Tucker’s name without thinking about Tucker Carlson. He belongs on the Vikings (see what I did there?! 😉 )
Here’s a hint: Erik the Red
Erik had a son, called Leif… Leif was Erik’s son = Leif Erikson
Follow the Norse, and Carl Tucker’s son would have the last name of ‘Carlson’. And how fitting would it be to carry the last name ‘Tucker’ as a first name, to keep tradition alive?
Hence, ‘Tucker Carlson”.
And now that I’ve bored you all to death (LOL), let’s move on! Are you ready for some football on Thor’s Day (Thursday)? Yes, we’ve incorporated a LOT into our daily lives from the Norsemen.
I’m a geek like that!
We already have a starting Full Back, and full he is.
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INDEED!
I know not a lot of cricket fans on the board, but dogs are so cool.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2Pd_cPmjG8
One of you knuckleheads watch this…. it’s awesome. Only 30 seconds.
Huge play yesterday
Yes, it was a huge play yesterday. But was it really Godsey pulling something DEEP out of the mystifying and riddled playbook our Phins have? NO.
It was a mere crossing route to our biggest WR, something that’s been done thousands of times by other teams… most notably, the Arizona Cardinals with Larry Fitzgerald for nearly two decades.
Chris Coughman, like, needs to gain perspective.
This isn’t a diss to you, Pigster.
That’s fine but it’s still great execution.
Honestly I am surprised we don’t run this more often, this is what I expected to see a lot of when we drafted Tua
I agree with you on 100% of everything you just stated! Me too!
When I saw that play, thought the CB should’ve played inside position
steveccnv says:
September 13, 2021 at 5:22 pm
When I saw that play, thought the CB should’ve played inside position
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VERY dangerous to play DeVante inside… same goes for all of our other receivers. Play inside on us, and our speed will kill on the deep and boundary passes.
Except the Belicheat way, at that point in the game, is to take away the high percentage play and make them beat you over the top and how they beat Atlanta in SB comeback
Tua Tagovailoa doesn’t play well enough to stop Watson rumors
by Brian Miller7h ago
DUDE! It’s a slow process, and needs to happen over the season, not Fitzmagic one week and Fitztragic the next
We need consistency
Hated to see him get injured yesterday.
I was shocked when I heard, what’s up with Washington QBs and injuries?
Think the 2 biggest of the game were made/missed, because of inactivity
If they had thrown at Howard a little maybe he wouldn’t have been so eager to make a play at the end
The other was Gesicki batting the ball twice on the int, if he had caught some passes during the game maybe he would’ve been more engaged and made a catch there
SB7 and David,
Yes, we had pressure on Mac Jones yesterday. No, we didn’t get there quite on time. Yes, Mac Jones surprised the crap out of everybody in his NFL debut.
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He did surprise me or BBM.
From the Watson obsessed Florio: “before the draft, the Texans could have had three first-round picks and three third-round picks for Watson. The Texans declined.” Bet yeah the Texans are hating that decision right now.
Florio is on my pay no mind list
Lol MF13
Should’ve put 2 and 2 together, Chandler getting 5 sacks against RT counts for about 2.3 sacks🤪
Thought Judon might take over the game yesterday
“I don’t feel like (the turnovers) is magic. Magic is kind of up in the air. We just practice it day in and day out. We talk about it day in and day out. Man, we can be just joking in the locker room and guys like, ‘I’m going to punch one out today.’ It’s just embedded in our defense and even our team. It’s just a true testament of taking it from the practice field, the lunch room and the meeting room because guys can walk around with a football and a defensive guy will just punch it out just trying to be funny. We can’t help ourselves because when we see ball, we want to punch it out.”
— Elandon Roberts
Everyone happy we’re 1-0 in both the AFC and Division winning opening day in NE where we “rarely” win? 😉
Yep!
Any win is a good win but especially in the division on the road. You can’t get those back.
We have a very young team and lots of guys who have not played together for very long or at all. Week one got the main players involved and the opportunity to knock some of the offseason rust off. It’s always better to clean up the mistakes and continue to build on things after a win.
Anyone watching this game? I think Humphries intercepted that and no one realized it, including him
I’m going to come back to this when I can get a replay. Raiders 3rd down play right before the end of the 1st
I saw that too
Even if it ends up that it did hit the ground, I’m glad someone else saw it lol
You are not crazy … well …
Lol
I started thinking I was crazy, but a raider jumped on it after himphries threw it down. On the replay it looks like it never hit the ground, but I didn’t see the whole teplay
I too thought was picked and not realizes
Did any of you have the Eli and Peyton version tonight ?? Was funny and interesting for about 2mins , then it was apparent it was going to continue all game . I was happy to find regular broadcast on TSN2
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Does anyone know the final count on how many fumbles we caused yesterday?
Not turnovers – any forced fumble, whether the Patriots recovered or not
I think they recovered 2 of them. I’m guessing we caused 4 or maybe even 5
Dolphins.com credits Rowe, Howard and Holland 1 each
Does that count the one early on. I thought it was a sack by Wilkins but I think Jones just through it backwards avoiding sack and it was a fumble that The Patriots recovered
Does anyone know what I was talking about
It may not show up on a stat sheet bc they didn’t credit a defensive player t
I know exactly what ya speak of.. was ruled as a lateral
Are we rooting for the raiders or ravens tonight?
Yes
You can see the Mac Jones fumble here on this stat sheet
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/J/JoneMa05/gamelog/2021/
I don’t think a defender was credited bc it was a backwards pass trying to avoid pressure
I though it was a sack fumble when I saw it live
Does this sound familiar to anyone?
Am I going crazy
Doesn’t that make it 4 fumbles
We have a sack listed in the box score I saw
Is that for defensive players or for the QB?
It was listed under the team stats they didn’t identify what player or players were credited for it
4 fumbles are a lot of fumbles in one game
Much less on Foxboro by the Patriots
I don’t know if any of you remember deflategate, but as I recall there was an allegation concerning an absurdly low fumble rate by the Patriots at home
https://www.si.com/nfl/2016/01/05/nfl-new-england-patriots-deflategate-fumbles-tom-brady-bill-belichick
The Patriots don’t fumble at home
That took the air out of them
Well played 👍
😃
Ken
Espn box score
https://www.espn.com/nfl/boxscore/_/gameId/401326313
Shows a sack against Mac Jones but no sacks for the Dolphins as a team or any of their players
I think that has something to do with the roughing the passer penalty that negated the sack
No the sack on the penalty would not count as it was nullified by the penalty
It was for 13 yards which was the amount lost on the backwards pass play
Why didn’t the credit the defensive players then – and why is it a lateral and not a sack fumble then?
It’s really weird. I can’t make sense of it
In the play by play in the ESPN they identified the sack as follows:
1st & 10 at MIA 30
(12:27 – 1st) M.Jones sacked by TM at MIA 39 for -9 yards. FUMBLES [C.Wilkins], recovered by NE-J.Smith at MIA 43.
Then Wilkins should be credited with a forced fumble and a sack shouldn’t he?
So in conclusion
It’s not 3 fumbles – it’s 4
One isn’t listed as forced bc it’s being called a lateral but that’s a fumble
And it was certainly forced by pressure
And 4 fumbles is a lot to force in one game. I don’t remember seeing our defense ever do it
But it’s exceptionally rare against the Patriots in foxboro where they have historically low fumbles on offense
And that’s pretty cool
Hopefully next week we can cause 8 fumbles vs Buffalo….l
Wilkins got credit for forcing the fumble
How do you force a fumble on a QB and not get credit for a sack?
It looks like they credited it as a team sack but I don’t get that either
Who is this mysterious TM player they speak of … M.Jones sacked by TM
I think it means team
Nobody even given a 1/2 sack
That’s “Tim Might” who is cousins with a certain poster here
Same shows NFL site.. 1 sack , no player given credit …
Lemme try something. BRB
Somehow the credit for the sack to a defensive player was sucked into some sort of black hole vortex where lost stats go
I’m rooting for a tie
Ties are bad we want someone to lose
Same thing through FL play by play :
Sack
(12:32) M.Jones sacked at MIA 39 for -9 yards. FUMBLES [C.Wilkins], recovered by NE-J.Smith at MIA 43.
1st & 10 at MIA 30
I should have game on demand .. I ll check once they cap this one
Lol – everyone shook hands already
I smell a Goalline stand LMAO
This is about to get really funny after the offsides
I can’t believe this announcer want them to throw it in the flat…wtf
Holy shot!
NAILED IT !!!!
Raiders do what they do, could fuckup a wet dream
Want tie now
Wide left
Wow
I’ll take that too
Wow, that was extremely entertaining. The only thing that would have made that better is if the Ravens had actually won at the end. It would have been hilariously crushing for Raiders fans, lol.
Okay so it was Jones,AVG and Wilkins all got there to sack Jones …. So can’t give all 1-2 sack and they don’t award 1-3 sacks , thus Team Sack. No individual stats
That’s a retarded way of doing it, just pick 2
They couldn’t have all got there at the same time
Pretty much they did
https://www.youtube.com/
Jones whiffed
They’ll fix it at some point
3 for a quarter
Ok, I finally got the replay on gamepass. That was straight up an INT by Humphries, and it’s very clear on the replay. I am amazed nobody playing, announcing, or reffing the game noticed!
Humphries knocked the ball down and it got pinned against Waller’s back and Humphries legs. He would have been down by contact, and the Ravens should have had the ball right there. Instead the Raiders punted.
How the hell was Humphries not aware of that INT? I guess it’s just like the Raiders player who thought he’d tackled the RB in the backfield and was too busy walking away from the play celebrating to notice the RB never went down. Luckily his teammates cleaned that one up. SMH
Or maybe it wasn’t an INT because he threw the ball away before he made a football move, lol, but either way, he blew it.
So, I think it’s likely the refs were probably aware and called it incomplete because he never fully controlled the ball. He stood up with it and threw it instead of securing it because he was completely unaware. What a moron.
Lioneui
Lol….
https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/barry-jackson/article253646243.html
https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/sports/nfl/2021/09/13/miami-dolphins-snap-conclusions-who-played-how-much-and-why/8324837002/
https://www.nbcsports.com/boston/patriots/mac-jones-debut-performance-dwarfs-importance-patriots-season-opening-loss
Josh Allen said its hard to beat a good team when You keep beating yourself
beating himself for another week would be ok, lol
next weeks prediction
Miami 21, Buffalo 17
Miami goes 2-0, with a 2 game lead over the jills
Michael Giardi
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The #Dolphins blitz rate during the game was 47.5%. They blitzed almost 41% of the time a year ago, for comparisons sake.
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Playing the cheats in NE and winning dwarfs all stats for me
It’s really hard to beat belicheat, nevermind in NE with their handpicked ref crew
Plus its game 1, where I try not to take too much from
Rookie QB, I can see why we blitzed a lot
Fact that they had several holding means they were likely doing a ton of holding
On the other hand if we can give up 16 pts a game blitzing 47.5% of the time, then let’s do it all 17
In PS they were raving about Mac Jones, how great he looked
On Sunday he played pretty similar, moved the ball between the 20s and sucked in the RZ, just like PS
Based on that, think our D played worse than I thought, but better than I feared they would before the game
In most games for betting the home team gets 3 pts, in NE its more like 6, so winning by 1 plus the 6 pt advantage they had is like a neutral site 7 pt win🤪
30 -24 🐬 (Def/ST scores a TD)
In Vegas last night at the Raiders game, you couldn’t get in if you weren’t vaccinated, but if you got vaccinated at the game they would let you in, if you wore a mask
I fail to see the logic in requiring a Vax, when those vaxed can still get it and pass it
What am I missing here?
Not getting in to the efficacy of the Vax!
Just letting everyone know that 5 coaches from NO arei in Corvid protocols
They didn’t have to turn away anyone with a ticket. Plus they figured helped the world by sending a vaccinated person out into it after.
Mac Jones = Daniel Jones, without the wheels
Mack looks more accurate and Daniel has a better arm
4 calling birds
3 French hens
2 turtle doves
So little Timmy Smith from Andrew Jackson from Andrew Jackson Middle School will be calling the plays next week
So Fuller is back. I know we created a spot by cutting that FB from the PS, but we still need to move someone off the 53…
So we cut a full back to get a Fuller back?
Lol, well done
But I like mine rare, not well done…
So the FB being cut from the PS had nothing to do with Fuller coming back?
nope — unless they were creating a PS spot for whoever they take off the 53.
?
I assume it was to create a spot, but we still need to move someone into that spot from the active roster
Maybe we got that fool back after his PED suspension, sacrificing a foal of a back.
Someone will be going. This was the point I had picked for Preston going on IR. And he didn’t play on Sunday. Minimum 3 weeks under these new rules.
That was my thinking too, but it’s not necessary now unless we sign someone else.
I’ve been watching too much Groucho Marx as of late, if you couldn’t tell… 😀
I brought up the Fuller situation, because it seems like this should already have been done, he should already be back. Maybe it’s by 4 PM est today…
Yes, by 4:00 EST today we should know.
So both Fuller and Davis are listed as starters
Heck yeah Fuller is gonna be starting. We get to see the full fragile trio next game. And Waddle and Parker looked pretty darn good in the last.
We’re a long way from setting any records even if nice to have it.
Team record is 42 consecutive games between December of 1982 and October of 1985 by the Killer Bs.
Heard the NFL record and is a lot more than that, but couldn’t find in a quick google. So you’ll have to trust me.
Stanger – Posted it earlier, but squeaked out the FF win despite Aaron Rodgers.
Missed it earlier, but I am quite aware…… but thanks for bringing it up. Did you check out the chart? I was winning like twice in the 4thQ, but guess that’s the bitch of having a defense as your last go….. goes down as well as up.
I did see the chart. If Rodger hadn’t shit the bed, there would have never been any doubt.. I got up this morning expecting a loss.
That’s one game that if we’d watched live FF would have made gut wrenching, and glorious for you. I pretty much knew had lost before checking cause had seen the score. Was actually surprised how close.
Wonder who got cut to make room for Fuller.
Pig,
In your opinion, do you think Josh Houtz used to post on any of either Omar’s blog, the F-ME, or the F-MU?
Josh Houtz is actually Piggy’s nom de guerre and now he is pissed ’cause you gave it away!
LOL
No – I don’t think so. If anything, maybe the sunsentinal
He does often respond to me like he knows me, but I think that’s just Twitter
Curious, because he follows both of us. And me too: he responds to me like he knows who I am. He’s a great follow and knows his stuff, to be sure.
He probably knows his stuff from listening to us….lol
Yeah I think he’s a good follow too
But I think he’s just personable
He used to write for the phinsider
Horrible news. RIP, Norm
I actually got a text from another friend about this just moments ago
I didn’t know he was sick
I didn’t know he was sick either. Man, that sucks.
#FUCKCANCER
Going young never a good thing, particularly when it is a good guy.
Yeah, man. He really seemed like a genuinely good guy. His dry humor was off the charts and had me in stitches all too often. I shall miss him.
I was checking out the power rankings this week. I know, I know they are just arbitrary opinions but I still find the logic or lack of logic behind them interesting / infuriating.
in NFL . Com’s rankings we opened the season at #14 which I thought was generous due to the negative outlook always cast on the team. We beat the pats at home and moved up 1 spot to #13. Meanwhile the pats opened at #13 and dropped two spots to #15…. (the logic in that being they were more bad than we were good?) Buffalo opened the season at #3 and dropped to #6 after the loss to Pitt while Pitt climbed from 10 to 5…
I am waiting with bated breath for the spin next week after we send Buffalo home with the 2nd L of the season. Do the Dolphins move up to 6 and the Bills drop to 13? Or do they force the logic and drop the bills to 13 and move the dolphins only 1 spot to 12?
I am willing to be hard cash that it will be closer to the latter than the former.
If we are 2-0 with 2 wins over division opponents, anything negative anyone has to say is worthless
Not that power rankings ever had any value
But if you are 2-0 with wins over a team like Buffalo that everyone said was ready for a run, it should mean something, even to the meaningless
Checked a couple of them. In one we actually moved down from #11 to #13. Cause they had to make room for Pitt and some other team to move up. Seemed the overall impression was we got lucky.
If we beat the Bills, how about we worry about the power rankings then? 🙂
Yahoo and USA today actually dropped Miami’s power rating after the win….
Yahoo Sports
Ranking: No. 13 (11)
Analysis: “Tua Tagovailoa looked healthy and confident, two things that weren’t necessarily the case last season. It wasn’t the prettiest win, but it was a division road win. Miami is the only team that got one of those in Week 1.”
USA Today
Ranking: No. 12 (11)
Analysis: “Where was fourth-year TE Mike Gesicki? Two targets, no catches, while batting a ball into the air that cost QB Tua Tagovailoa a pick. Ge-sickly.”
The USA Today guy was just trolling Mike E.
I don’t get concerned with these power rankings. I mean, it’s good to see us get respect from national outlets (which has been RARE over the last two decades!), but I’d rather fly under the radar.
If a measly USA Today sports columnist wants to demote us after a week 1 win in New England, oh well. No skin off my tail.
Right with you. What actually bugs me the most is when we become the national media sensation after say having the biggest money draft class. I’m thinking know the team and thing “why are all those dudes talking about us like that?” For some strange reason had less problems with times like Tank for Tua.
Injury bug hits SanFran again…
RIP Norm Macdonald. He was one funny dude
I want to say something: should anything (knock on wood) happen to Myles Gaskin, we’re going to be in deep poop. I seriously believe we aren’t set up to sustain ANY injury to our backfield: next man up won’t be enough with our current roster.
Me? I’d be exploring the potential options should Gaskin get injured, BEFORE he may get injured.
Several of us really wanted to sign Kerryon Johnson. The FA field is going to dry up quickly.
I actually think Ahmed is good and I liked what I saw out of Doaks
I’ve been most pleasantly surprised with Ahmed, but I don’t think he’s as good as Gaskin. Doaks is on our PS and didn’t earn 53-status… plus, he’s a bulldozer: he won’t replace Gaskin’s multi-faceted attack.
Call me crazy (LOL), but two cats draw my attention in a potential trade: Rashaad Penny and Kenyan Drake.
You might be right, but then they had every chance in the world to bring in more RBs. And two are sitting there on the PS.
I really like how quickly Ahmed accelerates
He’s a good pass catcher as well, even though think he’s more an outside guy.
Me too: he doesn’t funk around. He had some nice runs for us last year, to boot. I don’t feel he’s quite as talented as Gaskin, but he’s not chopped liver, either.
Regardless (again, knock on wood), should Gaskin go down, we would need to replace his skill-set. Ahmad may do nicely, but then we’d need somebody to backup Ahmad.
Hopefully one of our PS players could do as much… but I’m not so certain.
“The Dolphins were credited with nine quarterback hits in the game, more than twice as many as the Patriots had on Tua Tagovailoa.”
i agree with MF, it would be nice to have another back for insurance if Gaskins goes down
if we can, we should bring back Kenyan Drake, he still has the blazing speed according to next Gen stats
It’s Gaskin, not Gaskins! LOL
lol Gaskin
Drake and Penny are both outstanding receivers who could replace Gaskin, should he ever go down. Drake’s got the blazing speed, and Penny is more of a Le’Veon Bell-type… if he can stay healthy.
if anyone wants to watch the game again,,,,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ6jY491zeM
here is every one of Mac Jones passes Sunday, there are many plays he has all day to throw, but there are also plays where he bought extra time by stepping up, or running to the side, and had an open throw.
but, to the rookies credit, he has about 12-14 plays where Miami did have some pressure on him, yet he made the play.
he is mature beyond his years IMO, excellent decision making ability
David, for you…
sb7mvp says:
September 14, 2021 at 9:06 am
Michael Giardi
@MikeGiardi
The #Dolphins blitz rate during the game was 47.5%. They blitzed almost 41% of the time a year ago, for comparisons sake.
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Michael Giardi
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Mac Jones was 14-of-18 for 124 yards against the blitz (sacked once) and 7-of-10 for 71 yards and a TD against pressure. #Patriots
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Yes, we pressured the $#!t out of Mack Jones, we just failed to get there on time. Mac Jones is better than most thought.
In all fairness to everybody, even I questioned our pass-rushing prowess on Sunday’s game. We need to get BETTER. But let us NOT take anything away from Mac Jones… he had a studly NFL debut.
i miss Cam Wake, he is a tough guy to replace
yes, we can agree the kid is talented, i posted all of his pass attempts above
while our blitz rate was a little higher, we didnt have enough pressure on him to take him out of his game, other than the first play he got sacked and fumbled
sometimes the pressure WAS good, and he beat it anyway, so he did very well for his team, it wasnt even his fault the RB fumbled the game away for them
but at the end of the day, there remains ALOT of room for improvement, in both run and pass defense IMO’
the Bills have a QB named Josh Allen, who torched our defense last year, We will need to pressure him enough to disrupt him, and Yes, we will likely need more turnovers, lol