This has been a rough season, I/we didn’t see this coming. It’s not over yet and the season is still salvageable if we get back on track. We most likely won’t be in the playoff hunt but we can play better and make it more tolerable for all of us. This week is the Fest game and I look forward to meeting some new folks and and seeing some old friends. Hopefully, more of you who haven’t made the Florida trip will be able to make it in the future.
We need to play better football. We have talent here, we need to find the best way to use it. Hoping we start doing that this week and make this team worth watching again.
GO DOLPHINS!!!
Finsmob Unleashed 
First ??
Woohoo. Now I will read 🤛🏻
In case you didn’t get — Krishna’s brother-in–law got an orange pass. So he’s set for transportation.
Yeah I got that thank YOU
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HC Brian Flores Friday October 22 media availability thread
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On play calling process: it was always a collaborative effort, it was early in the year, it is now. Our focus is on Atlanta and today’s practice.
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Flores on Watson rumors: I don’t get into rumors, Tua is our quarterback, I’m happy with our quarterback situation.
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Byron, X, Preston, DeVante and Shaheen all have a chance to play Sunday. Today’s practice will tell the team a lot about their availability, Flores says.
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Coach on Tua and how they manage his psyche amidst rumors: His preparation, the way he practices, the way he performs… it’s been good. I thought he played VERY well last week. I think his psyche is in a good place. He’s a confident kid, a tough kid.
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On where Tua’s career is headed: He’s developing, he’s smart, tough, talented, he’s accurate. He definitely has an opportunity to be a very good player, but there’s a lot that goes into that. A lot of work from him, from us, it doesn’t just happen overnight. Always bumps in road.
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On how Tua has been supported since arriving in MIA: It’s No different then we’d support any other player we bring in. We try to get to know them, find the best ways to teach, find strengths and weaknesses, build on both of those.
First? Mike – hope you and everyone has a great time at the Fest this week – go Dolphins get the fest win!
Not even close lol
Next week if we lose!
Mike E’s new blog
Fukit here’s a new Blog! 🙂
LOL
He’s already in Fort Lauderdale. So probably had to do that one on his phone.
I wasn’t making any fun at Mike E’s efforts ( which are greatly appreciated )!
I was making fun of his aggravation level!!!!! 😉
did we get two holding calls on that play? There are obviously two players holding him!
You people who are going to the fest better have fun regardless of the game outcome.
Thanks — but a good time is always had. Even if win or loss impacts the post-game mood.
Playing cribbage in a torrential downpour, what could be more fun 😊
Good thing about this area is the downpours rarely last long. Doesn’t mean will be beach weather though.
Lol 2 hours and counting… but it ain’t white and frozen 👍👍😊
HEY WATCH THAT! You people should know better.
Twice – you’ll be missed, as well as others who couldn’t make it. I want so many of you who haven’t yet made it to try and make it. Great group of people, lots of fun.
Wyo – no worries bud, I get ya man!
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So playcalling was and will continue to be a collaborative effort?
This is a pretty good reason to fire Flores
Play calling isn’t really the issue, it’s execution. If you execute the play called nobody cares how the play was decided.
what time does the soiree at Dave & Busters start tomorrow?
6/00 pm would be a strong GUESS
6-10, but not like they kick us out.
Tim Knight says:
October 22, 2021 at 2:18 pm
Play calling isn’t really the issue, it’s execution. If you execute the play called nobody cares how the play was decided.
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The question becomes, why can’t we execute Offensive plays as we did last season? Tua, IMO, is NOT the problem.
What has changed from last season?
I am glad we do the get together at D&B every year. I enjoy it much more than the game (Except of course for our first win ever against Houston. That was EPIC! We were still high fiving the last score and would score again!
It was rain , you weren’t crying 🤡
One can make the point that any play called comes down to execution, but if the play goes into a defenses strengths or is the wrong call against a certain defense, it can be blamed on play calling IMO
Absolutely agreed, Bookman.
Where are you and yer mug ??
AH THE MEMORIES!
‘‘Twas a great day
41 points in the fist half! Will we score that many point this year?
Great for the team — but the 2nd half was boring. But far better than the other reason it could have been.
That was Dan Campbell debut
I have tried forever to find the image of Dan Campbell a sour savior riding the Dolphin like a horse cresting the wave, but I haven’t been able to find it. It was so hilarious.
lol, just pretend “a sour” isn’t there
Am sure the guy just had to write a trade-deadline story, but would you trade Howard for what would probably be a mid-first?
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“ESPN’s Bill Barnwell wrote a column on Thursday listing some possible trade scenarios around the league, and he came up with one transaction that could make some sense for the Dolphins going forward.
In this suggested trade for Miami, the Dolphins would be dealing cornerback Xavien Howard and a 2022 second-round pick to the Tennessee Titans in exchange for a 2022 first-round pick and a 2023 second-round pick.”
Would septic how they feel about Iggy and Holland
Or depend
Did Titans not just trade for a dB ??
Guess Howard is the hot trade commodity for sports writers. Makes sense since he’s a big name and his age. And this guy gave us more for him.
“Kristopher Knox of Bleacher Report wrote up some proposed trade ideas…..In his proposed trade, the Bengals would send Miami their first and fifth-round picks in 2022 for Howard”
Why would we be trading Howard? This isn’t baseball where teams unload everyone once the season is in the toilet.
Good lord, I can’t wait until November 3rd, smh.
Tim
Would you call that on 4th down last week against the Jaguars?
That’s bad play calling. It’s very easy to see the many examples of just bad playcalling. I literally just pointed to out last offensive play.
Can you imagine playing a game a Chess and going to a committee for your next move?
Play calling as a shared obligation of the coaches, completely undermines the ability of a play caller to have a strategy. He can’t call a play to set up a play later.
I really haven’t understood the issue people have with the multiple hands in the play calling, but I think you make a very good point that I wasn’t seeing with the idea of adjusting on the fly and in game strategy.
You can have a strategic plan beforehand that is constructed by those multiple hands, but making tactical decisions during the game needs to be done very quickly and doesn’t necessarily allow time for deliberation.
Maybe we don’t have an offensive flow because we don’t have just one guy who is feeling the ebb and flow of the game making those in game decisions.
If you think of it as a game of chess it makes sense
When you call the play on first down, you are thinking about how you will call the 2nd down play
When you call a play in the first qtr, you may be thinking about a play you will call in the 2nd qtr
It’s just the way strategy works, a coach needs to be 2 or 3 steps ahead and if you are sharing responsibilities you undercut that
There are some things on the football we see every week that reinforce this idea
– a play action call for example. The play action relies on an effective running game. If you have run early often and been effective. The play action you call later should freeze the defense. Especially if it’s run with the same personal out of the same formation later.
– ‘4 down territory” as a phrase. 4 down territory means you can use the first 3 downs to see up a 4th down conversion. So every play call matters to set up the converting down. Really to a lesser degree this matters in 3rd down territory too. When you use every down, they play off each other. So having different people do it requires the same collective goal – and that’s hard to orchestrate
– a misdirection or counter play relies on a defense going one way and then going the other way. Like the playaction, it’s better if you run the play before to get in the defenses head. They don’t realize it’s going the other way before it’s too late
– putting a receiver in motion is not just about that play, it’s about seeing how a DB reacts to it and which DB reacts to it. It will help you create a mismatch later in the game on another play.
It’s possible for a group of coaches to observe and react. For 1 guy to call an early play and for another guy to react with his playcall – but it might be too many chefs in the kitchen
If you are making a recipe, and some one else prepped the ingredients – you better know how much salt was used in that prep right?
Getting a group of coaches on the same page, in game, so that they can get inside a defenses head, takes an exceptional amount of communication and really, that just adds to their responsibilities.
If it’s all going through one guy, he doesn’t have to worry about informing the other coaches what he was thinking when he called the earlier play. He knows what he was thinking (I hope)
In game, when you have to make adjustments or just from Strategic standpoint, having to convene with other coaches -that’s a disadvantage before you take the field.
And I didn’t even raise the most important thing
What if they disagree with each other?
No doubt about too many cooks might not be a good way to do it. But then on many if not most teams the HC has a hand in play calling at least to some extent.
That is still really some one with authority overriding an OC and that’s much different than play calling by committee
Who’s going to provide play by play post at the game?
That was a nice long post pig. I didnt get far though.
I believe why flores as dual ocs is more for not being able to point the finger at a single oc. It deflects the blame. Im dire each of them have specific jobs they need to get done
That is also a problem with the idea of multiple OCs
Effective organization requires accountability
I agree but accountability within the organization and not the media
Back to reading war and peace
This team is young and inexperienced on all levels. They need time to grow
Rpo is a different animal. The problem with Rpo is your ol is not firing off thee line.
Is it a run or is it a pass?
In a pro set your ol is firing off the line. Then you have success running and then play action works
Yeah but how many times are we running rpo?
I can see that argument though. You can see how our OL has not been good in rpo – like when we get the illegal downfield penalties
Does it make them less aggressive? I can see that. I haven’t been looking for it but it’s logical
This whole tua thing is rpo. We are not built for that
I think we run less than 10 plays a game out of it
Im at hlwd beach wheres everyone at?
Pig,
I’ve got to be quite honest with you, Bro: you continue to impress me with your knowledge of the game. No offense, but I didn’t see it from you the last several years. This year? You’re KILLING it!
I couldn’t have said it better than your 6:32 PM post above. I give you PROPS!!!
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Sometimes IMO – The offense looks unorganized
It just looks like a salad of plays
I’ve mentioned it before
We do those first down draw plays and get 0-1 yards
Then we run a little 4 yard play to waddle or Gesicki
Then it’s 3rd and 5 and we have to hope to covert every set of downs with a play similar to what we ran on 2nd down
Why didn’t you run that 2nd down play on 1st down
And set yourself up to have 2 plays to convert – with one of those plays you can take a shot downfield or try to establish the run
Keep your eyes open this Sunday for this routine
I think our offensive scheme.is not a winning scheme.
We are soft and play soft.
You have to dominate your opponent. Punch’m in the mouth.
Everything else is snake oil
For Doggie, Piggie , twice, bookman. And all others who are not in FL this weekend
So now it’s the play calling that makes us suck? I thought it was the OL? Or the coach? Or Grier? Or Tua? Or Ross? We’re running out of shit to blame! I wonder what it’ll be next week. Lol
What changed from last year’s 10-6 season? The answer lies there.
OK
so this is more my style! 😉
Think everyone is looking for so many scapegoats that too much is on the table.
They are just crying!
4 more X’s!!!!!!!
You give Tua and the run game some consistent blocking, we will score enough points to compete. It’s not there yet. You can’t run an offense blocking just every other play.
As for the defense, they haven’t played up to par this year of what we thought they would be. But the offense has been the weak link of all three phases. Our complimentary football is broken.
Football is not that complicated. If you don’t block your plays… you’re punting. If you don’t score points you’re losing. You have to be good on offense to make the playoffs. Defense might win you some big games, but if you can’t score you’re done.
The early stages of what can be good stuff ahead if you give it time. I’m being serious. Tua gets rid of the ball really quick. Yeah he has to learn from his mistakes too. But this video shows the potential. It’s just getting started on offense. When they start playing better I think the defense will too.
I believe the reason why Miami has multiple OC’s is to funnel the media blame game to Flores, and it works!
which OC is to blame for this struggling offense,
“we need to find that out so we can hang the guy”!
instead
” i can’t believe Flores has two OC’s, he doesn’t know what he’s doing”
DONE! Blame game funneled to Flores.
You can bet that each offensive coach has their area of responsibility just like any other team, when that coach fails it’s not broadcast thru out the media, it is handled in house.
to be a coach in the NFL you have to have a physcology degree.
forget about multiple OCs, that’s just a term to confuse outsiders
i can’t wait for the trade deadline to come & go regardless of the moves made, huge distraction.
i believe the texans are putting out mis information to gain interest in getting watson off their books.
as much as i would like watson to be miami’s qb; if i were calling the shots his value would be very diminished. you have to pay him this big contract, not even sure if he can play or ever take a snap for miami. as soon as miami threatens to play him he goes on the exempt list. the NFL will not let him play, it’s a black eye for them.
if everything goes good for him you’re still looking at mid 2023 before he takes the field!
no way i would give up three 1sts
i also think if tua plays this sunday there is no 3 team trade sending tua to washington and watson to miami.
if that deal had wings no way tua plays this sunday.
Back from Gatlinburg and back to work. I checked the blog when I got there last Sunday evening to get a feel for the game instead of looking up the score. After realizing we lost, I put my phone up and didn’t watch TV (except weather) the whole week.
Talk about a stress relieving week!!!!!!!!
Just mountains, hot tub, trail walking, hot tub, lot’s of craft beer, hot tub, moonshine tasting and great food.
And watched a bear try to open our car door one morning. Amazingly, there are only two small scratch’s on my wife’s Camaro that look like they can be buffed out.
Ya’ll have a great time at the fest!!! I got a bondsman on standby down there. LOL
Wow, I was missing all the fest friends last night. My family was bummed that we didn’t make it. I hope and know that you all will have a great time. BTW.. I still woke up with a hangover after last night. 🐕🎸🎼🎼🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃
You are missed , we had a couple drinks for ya yesterday 👍🐬
Miss you doggies 🎸🥃🍺💨🐬
Stanger and I heading out to buy the beer for tomorrow 🍺
Waived Sinnett? Can we still sign him to PS?
Yes, even though someone could claim him but that’s unlikely
What is the over/under on ORob making a guest appearance tonight at D&Bs?
M13, I was listening to some Danielle McCartan on WFAN today. She is very natural on the radio and does know her stuff.
Have a great time this weekend everyone!
Ditto!
It seems like everyone is at the fest even though they’re not including me. LOL
I can’t say enough good about Danielle, though I didn’t hear her today. She’s finally moving up the ladder after years of hard work… and she deserves it.
Laugh if ya want, but Cordarrelle Patterson is having a one helluva year this season, being the Falcons happen to be the first team to ever use him as an OW (Offensive Weapon). He’s listed as a RB (he can run and catch fairly well, as we all know), and he’s been flexing all over the place (slot and boundary WR) pre-snap.
Many cite him as the MVP of this young (and dismal) season for the Falcons. Keep a body on him, Phins.
You know what man, this guy is simply a playmaker. He never developed as a top WR, but is one of the best KR’s we’ve seen. Now he’s a RB wearing #84, lol. I dig that kind of stuff.
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Fun at D&Bs. It was awesome to see everyone
Dilly dilly
Thank you once again Stanger, you are the best! So kind of you to do this each and every year.
I second the motion
Stanger is a compassionate Republican. LOL
Seriously… Mike E, I will never forget him bringing us a beer and brat sandwich. He didn’t have to do that but he did. We all talked before the game during the MetLife takeover.
Stanger is good people.
No question about it Tim, he’s one of the good guys left in this world.
Rob – was looking forward to seeing you man, disappointed you couldn’t make it.
Sorry
Doggy – we miss you guys, hope like hell you make it next year! 🐕❤🎶🎸🎼
ORob you were not at D&B’s last night. We had a ticket for you but we gave it to Rock
I was there!
Have fun today ladies and gents
Give em the 🐖💨 for me
I ran into a guy at Starbucks this morning that claimed to “know people” and insisted that the Watson deal is done, Watson has already left Texas for Florida and he has settled all the accusations and signed the paperwork with the dolphins last Wednesday. According to said loud mouth Tua has already been traded to Washington and Watson has already arrived in Miami.
It was all supposed to happen 4 weeks ago, butt a last minute holdout by one of the women held things up. Supposedly the deal is done now…
I will say good bye to you all now if any of it was true.
What was Steve Ross doing in Starbucks?
So the women who sued him have veto power over a trade?
I hope the Fest Hex doesnt kill us today!
Piggy, per the know it all, he knows someone in Alabama, who is close to the situation……(don’t get that connection)….the person also told said know it wall that Tua has a learning disability that the Dolphins knew about but drafted him anyway…buy I digress…the league has a deal in place that if he could make the problem go away then the league would not step in or levy any discipline, That’s why we could see Ross and Goodell in the box together at a previous game….
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So the Dolphins knew about the learning disability and agreed to keep it secret so they could get compensation from Washington in the 3 way deal that has already been agreed to (AND EXECUTED) according to KIA
Houston is just ringing the dinner bell saying to other teams, last chance or he’ll be traded to miami.
if there was a deal struck, watson coming and tua going; tua would not play today.
I just realized that I would be tailgating with you guys and eating chef Warren’s awesome food and I haven’t even made my coffee yet. 😎👍🐕🐬🏈
wake up and smell the excremate
You should have seen the cars at the annual Kingman RT 66 drag races we have this weekend. Gave me some great ideas for my 1923 T-bucket. You would have loved this event and 3 of the fastest cars where pro- mod chevelle’s
awesome, any Shelby Mustangs there? i always liked Shelby, his racing, and his engineering
a shelby 289 would be perfect for Your Ford T bucket
I have a kick ass 302 Boss motor that is built to the hilt . I can shift at 7,500 rpm and pull the front end up in every gear. I’m thinking of getting rid of the blower and going with twin turbo. Need to switch the cam and exhaust to make it hit.
I can just picture snoopy the red baron with the scarf and the goggles in that T bucket
Ken, giving my ticket to Rock is worse than stanger giving my other ticket to Sons lawn man!
oh, I did it on the group text but forgot to here.
IT’S GAME DAY BITCHES!!
GO DOLPHINS!!
i hope You guys have fun at the fest, and hopefully the Dolphins win this week!
Dolphins waived Sinnett, probably going back on te PS
Do we need a separate blog for the game? I think I remember how to do it….
Setting up 3rd down conversions every set up downs…
Tua 3 for 3
Tua is playing great, giving the fest guys something to cheer about
7-0
blocked FG< perfect way to squander that drive, SMH
the right side of the OL on the FG did NOTHING.. they laid down on their faces after the ball was snapped
turnstiles would have briefly got in the way
this team sucks, what a waste
hopefully the fest guys have tons of alcohol
Johnston put it perfectly. Atlanta is in a better place mentally in year one than miami is in year three.
FLores has lost the players, the rebuilds a bust
Incredible how trash this team is
2nd verse, same as the 1st.
the koolaid container is empty, mold is growing in it
It’s not going to matter now bc they are about to go into catch-up mode
But first half of the game we saw that same routingni was talking about to set up 3rd down conversion on nearly every set of downs
Very few conversions on 1st and 2nd down this season
I.e. no big plays
A big part of this is wasting first downs
way to go Ross, You are the proud owner of the worst football team i have ever seen
he was a lifelong jets fan, that bought the Dolphins as an investment, i guess we couldnt expect much from jets fans
I like Waddle, but the reality is we will be giving up two top 6 picks for a slot receiver. Grier should be fired for that alone.
What a fucking disaster the last 3 years have been
They are as bad now as they were in 2019
They don’t do anything good and they can compete with the nfls worst
Getting beat in all 3 phases at home against a bad Atlanta team…
Gesicki is so good and so under utilized
Agreed. We have to extend him.
Still have a chance
Let’s go D
iggy laying some wood!
correction, was Holland
Holland
Back in this game. Need a drive
Even though we are at 3rd on 1
I like the first down call so it’s okay
Of course the holding call ruins everything
Jackson has the knack for a hold at the worst time
Austin Jackson unnecessarily kills another drive
I cant believe the refs didn’t let us run that back before blowing the whistle…