Disappointment heaped upon disappointment. That’s what the 2021 Miami Dolphins season has become. This author is having a difficult time finding a bright spot to focus on to assist him in getting past this current 1-7 record, and the organizational dysfunction from the the top (Owner Stephen Ross) all the way down from the GM (Chris Grier), Head Coach (Brian Flores), the OCoCo’s (George Godsey & Eric Studesville), the DCo (Josh Boyer), the STCo (Danny Crossman), the rest of the assistant coaches and of course our players. It has been a failure at every avenue, not one good unit to look at and say “Well, at least the ____ is playing well. 29th in points scored and the same 29th in points allowed. 1 year ago, we were SIXTH in points allowed, SIXTH!!!! We were 15th in points scored, midpack.
In addition to the poor play of our football team, we have the team owner calling a QB on a different team on the phone to talk, a QB who is embroiled in a legal mess as he faces 22 civil lawsuits for sexual misconduct.
Mathematically, this team can still salvage a better than .500 season, which seems more ridiculous at this point than our current record of 1-7. If Xavien Howard doesn’t force that fumble, and recover it Game 1 in Foxborough we’re 0-8 folks!!! How have we fallen so far, so fast? Coach Flo looked he had this team on the upswing. Yes, lots of moves were made, but think about the players besides Kyle Van Noy that were traded or cut. Shaq Lawson was not good last season, he had a very subpar season for our Dolphins last year. Benardrick McKinney hasn’t seen the field and he’s healthy in 2021. Ryan Fitzpatrick is on IR for the season. I’d say one guy who may have helped this season may be C Ted Karras but even has only started 4 games this season, played in all 8. What’s basically happened is we have just regressed in every facet of the game. At this juncture, it’s hard to think anyone who is part of this team or organization is safe, all ripe to be fired, traded, or cut, sans the owner who unfortunately can’t be replaced until he decides to sell.
The vaunted secondary, second to none. X has 2 INT’s, and Elandon Roberts who appeared to be the target has one INT, and the rest ZERO. Yes, ZERO! The LB’s we thought were going to wreak havoc on NFL QB’s this season. Andrew Van Ginkel or (AVG at best) has 1/2 a sack. Rookie pass rush terror Jaelan Phillips has 1.5 sacks. Jerome Baker who has been injured most of the season has 1 sack. Emmanuel Ogbah leads the team with 2.5 sacks. Team can still focus and double team Ogbah while tight ends or RB’s can keep Phillips at bay. Shaq Lawson didn’t get it done in 2020 and the combo of AVG and Jaelan Phillips aren’t getting it done in 2021. Christian Wilkins has played OK, and Raekwon Davis was injured and gets a pass. Rookie safety Jevon Holland has been somewhat of a bright spot showing above average athletic ability but I’ve seen him toasted quite a few times. He hasn’t done anything extraordinary yet but he seems to have a good trajectory.
I think we have talent on this team, I really do. I think the coaches have dropped the ball this season, and I believe most of them, if not all of them will pay for that with their jobs. The CoCo’s will be gone. Josh Boyer has a bit of time to fix this defense but more than likely he’s gone too. Whether Head Coach Brian Flores can survive depends on the next 9 games and how the team does in them. He has a chance to come back. If he somehow survives, does GM Chris Grier keep his job? At the moment we have the #12 pick via SF. The Philadelphia Eagles own our 1st RD pick currently at #3. Truth is, while I’d love to have the better pick, we’d find some way to fuck it all up, as it appears we have been doing the last few years. in 2020 we had THREE 1st Round picks. We have an average young QB (Tua Tagovailoa) with our #5 pick. We have a struggling LT (Austin Jackson) who is now playing LG with our #18 pick and we have a defensive back (Noah Igbinoghene) who has only played and been active in 2 games thus far in 2021 after playing sparingly in 2020. Does it matter how low or high picks are for that matter how many when you continue to strike out? Out of the three first rounders, none of them are excelling to the point where they are considered a blue chip player. With our 2 second round picks in 2020 we have 2 starters, RG Robert Hunt and NT Raekwon Davis. Neither has been excellent, Hunt has struggled quite a bit lately at RG while Raekwon Davis showed lots of promise last season and was injured early this season and is slowly regaining his form. 2020 3rd RD pick Brandon Jones is slowly becoming part of the defense and has potential to steal the job from veteran Eric Rowe which could potentially give the Dolphins a nice young safety tandem of Holland and Jones.
The 2021 draft doesn’t seem as bad as the 2020 draft class. Jaylen Waddle is getting lots of targets, but far too many of them are within 10 yards of the LOS. It’s not a Tua, or a Waddle problem folks, it’s an O-line failure. Jaelan Phillips came to the Dolphins as a very athletic, diversified pass rusher. So far, he’s been stifled. He supposedly has a nice pass rush repertoire but it hasn’t been effective as of yet. S Jevon Holland seems to be the darling of this draft so far. OT Liam Eichenberg has played a lot but hasn’t shown he belongs at any particular O-line spot, whether it’s LT, LG, or RT. We’ll see if he develops. Honestly, it’s hard to gauge a player when a unit is playing so poorly, and our O-line has been the worst offender. TE Hunter Long who was hailed as the Gesicki replacement hasn’t quite hit the field running, and has been mostly inactive. You better hope he’s not the guy that replaces Mike Gesicki!!! The other 2 picks, OT Larnel Coleman and RB Gerrid Doaks haven’t seen the field and their fortunes or misfortunes remain to be seen.
All in all, 2 very disappointing drafts, probably much more with the 2020 draft class, considering we had a treasure trove of picks to improve our team and it’s yet to materialize. Chris Grier has to take the hit on that. If somehow he manages to keep his GM post, I’d expect our record at the end of the season will have to be much closer to .500 than it currently is. Same goes for Coach Flo, who built this coaching staff and elected to have Co Offensive Coordinators. That contemporary style most likely won’t be seen again in the NFL. This week we play the even more inept Houston Texans, whose QB our wonderful owner has outwardly courted. Oh, he doesn’t actually play for the Texans, but maybe he will eventually now that we didn’t actually trade for him. He’s been inactive all season so the Texans can, you know, trade him. Well, now, maybe their supposed top 10 QB will hit the field for his team. It won’t happen this week which means our putrid team will probably find it’s only week in which we will be the favorites this season. I’m so excited!!!
GO DOLPHINS!!!!
Finsmob Unleashed 
Hollins !!!
TD MACK HOLLINS!!!!
Good throw
Nice turn of events. Good job.
bring on the ravens!
If Jackson plays like he is today we have a chance
miami killing them in stats,
brissett 13-25 132 yards
total yards 160 to 125.
we need to have a better running game though.
We are really not playing all that well on O but I will take it so far. We should be up by another 10. Okay maybe I should be happy we are leading by 11 but I am the Hulk after all. I am always angry 😠
Overall entertaining first half played in front of a sparse crowd. Neither of these teams will be mistaken for playoff contenders. However, Mike Gesicki’s TWO one-handed catches were truly spectacular.
Five turnovers and plenty of penalties are what you’d expect from a pair of one win clubs.
only 11 rushing att for 28 yards.
11 rushes vs 25 passes, imbalanced offensive scheme
We get no push in the run game. It’s one thing to want to run but we can’t.
our OL looks like a three legged dog, that lost his tail
how dare you bash our OL!!!!
Anyone else have a feed go into a loop with commercials
yes, all season, lol
sucks!
Yep, lol
Dolphins no penaltiea
🤫🤫🤫
whats the internet feed to watch the game?
TuaisthebestQB.com
Woohoo!
lol Taylor REALLY sucks
Tua is out scoring Taylor in FFB 🤔
LMAO
I am sorry Brissett sucks
Not your fault
he sucks way less than tua
Orob sucks the most
Disagree not even close. Tua is way better
Tua is too damn short, can’t throw over the damn line . . . Oh wait, that was 6’4 Brisket Boy!
what a tough game to watch,,,,
this team fucks up sunshine, lollipops, and cute puppies
Browns beating up on Cincy
Brissett will play better against the ravens
I agree we will have much better QB play against the Ravens
Nice recovery by Jones
hey, there is amendola.
he and part time wilson were Jarvis Landry’s replacement
Amendola’s brain must looked like scrambled eggs
Why hasn’t he retired?
many here claimed that he and wilson would do much better than Jarvis Landry
of course i didnt buy that shit, and took heat for having the foresight to know it was a huge mistake
Damn you Kong !!!🤡
It was unlikely we’d go the whole game without one, lol
This is a really an ugly game but at least so far we are the less ugly ones
David, Landry is nothing special but is being paid like he’s a top WR. Move on already. LOL
thats just it, the team CANT move on with that putrid decision
wilson is still not doing much, and amendola was a total bust i n Miami
Jarvis Landry played excellent in Miami, and it was a stupid decision to replace him with total losers
They didn’t want to pay an overrated WR. It has nothing to do with the other WRs.
1st time Gesicki didn’t need to jump outta his shoes
shaheen is better than gesicki
Not even close to home on that point
shaheen can block
Orob, You are just trolling , stupid, or dishonest
tough to figure which one of the three
Well Shaheen isn’t as big, fast and has a smaller catch radius
shaheen is 6-7 257 lbs, gesicki 6-6 247 lbs
Plays a lot smaller than that
there’s a reason shaheen gets more playing time and is a strter
I am not sure what you are watching but he is not the stater and has much less targets than Gisecki
he has way more playing time than gesicki this year because he can block
Gisecki leads the team in receiving yards not Shaheen. Not remotely close
Way to announce where to get sacked
Lol
Worst audible in nfl history
Davis is so bad
and they call them professionals,,,,,,,,, wow, the money they make for NOT doing their job
DEFENCE!
And here comes the collapse
Flores is desperate to win his first challenge
Someone is chumming the waters. LOL
I’m pretty sure Flores doesn’t understand the way challenges work
Dumb challenge
Why did he challenge – was it worth it?
Exactly Mile Peteria
He’s coaching desperate.
Yep
ok miami, lets put some more points on the board
Flores is the worst ever dolphins coach with his challenge decisions.
Merritt sighting
Well, I hope we don’t need timeouts at the end
Dumb challenge and timeout
Nothing like throwing away timeouts in a one score game
Does Flores know he can save timeouts to use in the last few minutes of a game?
Tim Knight says:
November 7, 2021 at 3:22 pm
They didn’t want to pay an overrated WR. It has nothing to do with the other WRs.
that doesnt make sense, Landry was breaking all time NFL records, he earned his pay and if he were still on the team, would be the Dolphins best WR right now
Amendola and Wilson were brought in as Landrys replacements, and were expensive mistakes, there isnt any way to defend the mistakes
the Dolphins are not benefitting muchvfrom AMendola and Wilson, im sure you have noticed
Fucking Brissett and the OL
I was literally about to post – given the turnovers they just need to set up FG position
Ridiculous
Plenty of time to lose this game.
You can’t win with 5 turnovers
5 flippin turnovers
They’re going to score and tie it up and we have one timeout.
Bad coaching 101
Lmao!!!
Lol. Thanks Taylor
If we were playing anyone else we would be getting destroyed right now
Yep, there is a reason they are 1-7 too.
Wow Daryl Johnson – pick a stripe!
The one time they don’t underneath…sheesh
We have seen this script before
This should be ours
I agree with this challenge
^
No challenge flags left?
It’s out yep
He should get this one.
Jags.. WOW
It looked like the bulls are going to lose to the jags
N Ice !!
9 turnovers in this game. What shit
game
I wonder about piera sometimes. He brought the ball down to tuck. That’s the football move.
Jags won 😱
jax beats bills!
You have to at least try to get a first down Dolphins
K Palardy shank it like ya can
Nice save Hollins
Woohoo. Great win
😎
An inspirational win
The Jags over the Bills? 😉
😆
Do you believe in miracles…Yes
I told you Brissett was better than Tua, what a great win, we’re only 3 games behind Buffalo!
LOL
5,4,3,2,1…. Right on cue LOl
bring on the ravens!!
It’s a win. Lots of ugly play from both teams but some good stuff too.
Mack Hollins is a great STs player and a pretty good WR too.
Mediocre WR he had one notable drop today
I said pretty good. He’s made plays all year as a 4th and 5th WR and sometimes he had to play as a 2 and 3 like today. He’s a very valuable player on this team.
we agree on mack hollins, he’s a beast!
Whoever is advising Flores on the challenges needs to lose their job because they suck at it.
2nd one was spot on
Without the defense today we lose easily.
9 turnovers and several penalties later, Miami’s 7-game losing streak is over!! Inspirational? —-Hardly!! This only served to solidify my opinion that Miami’s destined for LAST PLACE in the division and double digits in losses.
But, for now, we can celebrate victory! Hopefully there’ll be 3 or 4 more of them this year.
It was said tongue firmly planted in cheek
Musta been the Tua Jersey🤡
we suck rushing the ball, 25 runs 47 yards
you have to be able to run the ball to contend
🍺
lol
25 carries for 47 yds, wow that is bad.
2 penalties for 13 yds
At least we ran the ball 25 times today…
Tyrod out scores Tua by 5.9
as a hc, the first thing you want to do is acquire players that are run supportive, that should numero uno!
then you pound the ball so that your young players will learn the run game.
these coaches have no concept of this
We went too young on the OL and they are not good enough right now. Jesse Davis the veteran of the group is not starter material. He’s a flexible backup and that’s it. But he starts for us. We’re not good enough. We’ve also played 3 centers this year. That hurts continuity.
That is not today’s game
jordan love playing for GB, that’s who i wanted miami to draft, where they drafted jackson
Ravens win in OT .. Jackson did not play well
But pretty good for fantasy purposes
Apparently Yes , hmmm ,
OD, you paying attention to VGK trading for Eichel, who is having surgery and will be out 3 to 5 months, but will be ready for the playoffs?
Wonder where they learned that🤪
NOTE SURE RIGHT NOW IF EITHER VGK or the LIGHTNING will make it to the Finals.
ASK ME WHEN the playoffs are rolling.
The Ravens are never out of a game.
This offense has no identity and is disorganized and never in a flow. Our Offensive coaching is exactly that. This game was pathetic and do is this coaching staff and organization.
But , but, but we won ?! 🤡
The OL isn’t good enough. We can’t function on basic plays. They get no push in the run game, and our QBs are always chased off their spot in the pocket. That’s why there is no flow. I think it’s more of a personnel issue than coaching. The players on our OL are not good enough, at least not right now. Too young and not ready as a group. That’s on Grier.
IMO it is the offensive coaching
The OL gets beat physically most of the time every week. There is not one one proven starter in the group.
Defense was like last year’s today though. Saw it coming back in the Bills game, and man am I glad played in FF today.
Brian : I hope Sean enjoyed his birthday
^
When you lose 7 in a row…. yeah it’s nice to get a win.
Defense Box Score Today
9 points allowed
3 INTs
1 Fumble recovered
5 sacks
Lots of pressure all day.
That’s a pretty good day ..
Even for the best defense in the league against the team with the worst offense.
I take nothing good from this game. Two bad teams, 2 bad offenses. To me this victory is hallow at best. Pathetic game all around
It’s a win that’s basically it.
I was happy about it, but we each have our way to be a fan. Did you think the defense played badly? The D could have done much worse.
I think the D played against a pathetic team like ours. Their D got 5 turnovers against our pathetic offense. Nothing to see here, IMO
Our O did not look good. Wasn’t talking about that. Really liked what saw out of the D. Don’t know how its stats could have been much better. Also liked how it played against the Bills, which to my mind is not a pathetic team.
To each his own.
Absolutely bookman. What it is all about. In no way at all was saying you were wrong. Being a fan is most subjective.
Yeah, didn’t get to watch the second half but a win is a win, I guess.
Why do I not feel excited? lol
I think that is pretty much how we all feel. It’s better than a loss but hard to get too excited about what we saw
I don’t feel giddy in the least. We didn’t win convincingly by any means. We haven’t had a game that I can say, wow our team looked good out there today. Not one. We have the Ravens on Thursday night and we haven’t belonged in the same stadium with that team, let alone the same field. They have outscored us 137-16 in the last 3 games. This one should be right there with the 59-10 or 38 -6 or 40-0 losses we’ve seen. I may just watch it to witness the carnage. lol
not sure why you cant disseminate?
LOL
Lol!! I am right with you there Mike. Thursday may get ugly. They want to even begin to earn a portion of my respect back, beat the Ravens, and do it by out game planning them somehow. Like Eddie Murphy said about Stevie Wonder, “ you want to impress me Stevie, take the wheel”
I guess I’d feel worse if we lost this game but I don’t feel like winning it means a lot.
We were 4.5 point favorites and we won by 8. And when you move from 1-7 to 2-8 against a bad team not sure how could mean a lot. Was still a win.
I never want to see Brissett on the field again. He was horrible
But he’s so much taller and throws into defensive linemen helmets much better than Tua does!!
Sure did make you miss Tua. And Tua might not be anything special, but no doubt who is better.
am i detecting moderator sarcasm?
Homerob would disagree. 😎