It’s that time of year folks, the time of the NFL football season where you start doing mad calculations as to what your team’s playoff chances are. Think about it, really think about it. It’s crazy that we’re even in position to be thinking about such things. This season was going the way of blowing it up, and that means GM, Coach and starting all over again at 1-7. When you consider that this was the feeling here and now that an unlikely 6 game win streak which included some “gimmes” but also included a game I figured we had no business winning against the 6-2 Baltimore Ravens. That was a game I expected to be thrashed as per usghe, especially considering the the Ravens had pulverized our Dolphins in the last 4 meetings to the tune of 137-16. Yes, we beat the Jets twice, the Watsonless Texans, the Panthers who were flying high because their “Superman” Cam Newton was back at QB, and the other NY Football team, the Daniel Jonesless Giants. Whatever the level of competition you play in the NFL, it’s remarkable to run off 6 straight wins. So now our Dolphins sit at 7-7 and enable us to banter back and forth and argue about which teams we should root for in which matchups. Gotta love it!
We travel to play the New Orleans Saints, led by one of the better NFL Head Coaches around, Sean Payton. He’s hamstrung somewhat because he has to rely on a guy that he used to draw up a number of offensive packages for and pull then QB Drew Brees and let the gadget guy Taysom Hill go out and use his athletic ability, a nice change of pace from the heavy passing offense of Drew Brees. However, COVID-19 has struck the Saints and both starter Taysom Hill and backup Trevor Siemian are both out with COVID so they will be forced to start rookie QB Ian Book. Ian Book was the Saints 4th RD Pick (#133) this year. When you face this current Saints team, you no longer worry about WR Michael Thomas, it’s basically the Alvin Kamara show. For perspective, Kamara leads the team in rush attempts (184), receptions (38) and total yards with 1016, 668 yards rushing, 348 yards receiving. He’s basically their offense, and if you can limit Kamara, you’re probably going to beat the Saints. The Saints are also 7-7, but unlike the surging Dolphins, the Saints were 5-2 and now have lost 5 of 7. The Saints have one of the better NFL defensive units, currently 6th in points allowed at 20.4 PPG. The Dolphins slipped a bit and are now worse than midpack at 22.3 PPG. Offensively, the Saints are 17th (22.4 PPG) and the Dolphins are 21st at (20.4 PPG). With QB Ian Book in, you really are playing against The Kamaras this week.
The Dolphins managed to slip past the Jets last week and although we didn’t look great doing so, we did enough to win, and that’s what it’s all about now. Just win baby. I know some of you people are all on board “The Duke Train” but I’m of the opinion that he had a really nice day in front of a crowd he was eager to be in front of and seized the opportunity. Does he end up being another Lamar Smith type story, we’ll find out. For the record, I hope Duke is even better than Lamar Smith, but I’m not expecting as much as others from The Duke. I do like the physical style and effort he brings so maybe that rubs off on the other guys. Tua had an uneven game against the Jets, we’ll need a better effort from him. The good thing is the O-line play is trending upwards, a great sign. They have quite the challenge in the Saints front 7, Cam Jordan is one of the best DE’s in football. Marcus Davenport excels as well and benefits from the extra attention teams usually slide towards Jordan. Kwon Alexander is a fine LB along with former Jet Demario Davis. LB Kaden Ellis is on the COVID list so not sure if he plays. The Saints secondary isn’t too shabby either with CB’s Marcus Lattimore and Bradley Roby. SS Malcolm Jenkins is a wily veteran and is joined by FS Marcus Williams. The trio of Davis, Jenkins and Williams are the Saints leading tacklers.
As you are all aware, our friend Jon (Stanger) is still fighting the good fight. At times it looks like he’s turned a corner only to fall back a few steps. This is going to be a tough battle for him so please keep him in your thoughts and prayers. At this time, I want to wish all of you here Happy Holidays, and also hoping for all of you to stay safe and healthy.
Merry Christmas
GO DOLPHINS!!!
Finsmob Unleashed 
17-0 chiefs
17-0 chiefs
Hell yeah
HELL YEAH!!!
Phone is killing me today
naplesfan2010 says:
December 26, 2021 at 5:10 pm
i mean are we ok if raiduhzzz win?
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Marcel Louis-Jacques
@Marcel_LJ
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Dec 26, 2021
The Bills winning and Chargers losing was massive for the Dolphins.
If Kansas City beats Pittsburgh and Miami beats New Orleans, the Dolphins will be the No. 7 seed in the AFC entering Week 17
Marcel Louis-Jacques
@Marcel_LJ
Had some people saying the Raiders need to lose as well.
Based on the wild card tiebreakers, if LAC/LV/MIA/BAL had the same record entering Wk 16:
– LAC would eliminate LV based on division record
– BAL eliminated based on conf record
– MIA eliminates LAC based on common games
Lol, I’m posting an article from 2 days ago where the author said this could happen, but he screwed it up.
I corrected him down in the comments.
LET”S GO LESBIAN QB’S!!!
23-0 Chiefs!!! Keep on rolling.
We legitimately could get to #6 if we win out, especially if the raiders lose today, lol
Denver’s up 13-7
It’s coming up all Dolphins today!!
Jeez … Burrow threw for 525.
Yeah him and the Bengals WRs shredded the Ravens defense all day.
14 yards per completion.
I just googled “who is the verizon spokesperson who walks like Bigfoot and found the response. LOL
HEY WAS THAT OCALArob I saw sitting behind the Chargers’ bench wearing a Chargers’ hat and a CLOWN SUIT??
My internet has been down all morning. They’re sending a tech tomorrow.
If it’s not fixed, to watch the game I’ll have to do what my forefathers did in the days of yore and go to a sports bar
LOL
LOL in the days of yore…
Thursday at lunch there was a little kid across the restaurant when i was getting lunch. He was telling a story in a very loud / excited 5 year old voice and the story started “A LONG TIME AGO WHEN I WAS FOUR YEARS OLD……..”
Everyone in the place got quiet at the same time and then busted out laughing. It was a classic moment.
LOL, love it
WTF???????????
What happened?
Pit receiver had just dropped the ball!
Literally!!!!!!!!!
Lol, damn wish I could watch that game.
Forefathers???.
I’m at one now for a change of pace…lmao!
TD KC the rout is on
It’s 30-0….wtf
Christmas was a day late this year
Bronco’s strip sack on Carr for the TO
CavalierKong says:
December 26, 2021 at 6:19 pm
Lol, damn wish I could watch that game.
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It’s a rout now!!
I changed it to the Denver / Raider game
Denver’s missed the fg. It was just a bit outside…
Taunting when down 30-0 is a special kind of dumb.
Tim,
I’m getting destroyed in FF too. I had Burrow on my bench for Rodgers, but it would have mattered . Went up against AJ Brown, diggs and Andrews. Mahomes to boot. Game over .
Yeah I only had one TD pass from Herbert with :38 seconds left. None of my other players scored. They had good yards but that’s not enough. I have Kamara and the Saints DEF still going tomorrow night but I had to start them. I don’t expect big points from either though.
Steelers on the board with a sad, wilting 3 points…
Rashaad Penny is ROCKING today!
No team in either conference really looks dominant as the season is nearing the playoffs
Chiefs look pretty tough
Even they have some notable flaws. They turn the ball over a lot and they don’t run that well. It’s not the same team they were a couple of years back
8 straight playing top level on both sides of the ball.
Why did we allow Robert Quinn to walk?
He did squat when he was here
Broncos suuuuuck
Stay the course is taking on a new meaning! Just win baby!
Lol!
Fortunately we don’t need the Broncos today
And Henne is in. Looks familiar. 😂
Big Ben looks so slow and imprecise.
ABOUT 25 HOURS TO KICKOFF OF MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL!
TV ratings expected to be sky high in Miami and West Palm Beach!!
It’s nice to know all we gave to do is win. Tuesday morning we’re sitting in a playoff spot.
3 weeks from now if we take care of business!
I had a tough week in FF last week. I was in 3rd place, quarterfinals playoffs. I played Gaskin at RB and that was my big mistake. It was a low scoring match, if I had played Devon Singletary I would have won. My stalwarts had an off week, Kyler Murray, Davante Adams, Stefon Diggs, and Kittle all scored lower than expected. It was a bummer.
I hate FF. It’s so stressful.
This is the intangible….
What do you say to the team for tomorrow night?
One game at a time. Focus on one game at a time.
You’re all professionals, do your job?
Ian Book worries me a little. We haven’t had time to prepare for him, and when he was at ND he was pretty adept at running when there was no one open. Maybe it’s from years of being burned by nobody QBs and running QBs. Maybe a similar game plan that we had against the Ravens.
Methinks we’re going to BURY the Saints tomorrow night. 0-blitz, here we come!
What’s more, the Saints are so concerned about us that they tried to bring Drew Brees out of retirement.
They have to blitz him, correct
The coaches/coaching need to bring it!
+1000000000000000000000000
Brian – it us definitely a big source of stress, but now I can focus on the games and not the players
We’ve done well this year with Running QB’s by blitzing our DB’s.
I will be expecting lots of Jones, Holland sacks!!!!!!!
YUP!
I think it would be wise to firstly lull Ian Book into a false sense of security… meaning, not to use the 0-blitz off the bat.
I think that is what we did to the jest rook.
wow the seahags blew their game wit da bears.
LOL the play of the day came from a game that didn’t matter. Braxton Barios ran a kickoff back 103 yards in the loser bowl Jax vs Yets
I’m hoping we can get to him with 4 on a consistent basis.
I’ll wait to see Ian Book play before getting nervous about him. He’s the one who should be nervous.
It should be all about taking Kamara out of the equation, containing Book and don’t worry about him throwing over the top.
Agreed. I expect Baker and our Safeties to shadow him all game. We know we’re going to blitz the QB.
The deadline has passed for the saints QBs to clear covid protocols, right? It has to be book or bortles?
He turned it down. They also reached out to Phillip Rivers and Josh McCown
Lol
Oh, I thought i saw they signed Bortles.
They did sign Borttles. He is the backup
👌🍺
You’re a rookie backup/backup QB playing your first game against a defense playing really well with one of the best man coverage secondaries and a fierce blitz package. That’s not ideal. LOL
He’s a savvy little scrapper, though.
Without our Dolphins fandom how would you view this matchup? If you were a Saints fan are you feeling good about your QB situation?
If I am a Saints fan, I am pissed at the NFL for not moving the game to Tuesday. lol
I was honestly looking \ forward to Taysom Hill
But I am sorry, if you are worried about Ian Book who will be making his first nfl star against us, you are always going to be worried
Relax! It’s a great scenario for us.
Just play your game – blitz the shit out of him, and avoid our own turnovers
dolphins control their own destiny,
win, and iN
https://www.si.com/nfl/dolphins/news/miami-dolphins-now-in-control-of-their-playoff-fate
NBC just reported on its Sunday Night Football pregame show that if Miami beats the Saints tomorrow night, they will leapfrog to the #7 (and final) seed in the AFC Playoffs!!
If our defense can’t stop the Saints offense with Book and/or Bortles at QB that’s going to be a very big disappointment. My biggest concern is our offense against their defense. They’re a good defense. It’s going to be a good test for our OL.
Lmao
LOL! Wtf?
I heard that live 🤣
I just saw that, that’s a bizarre question especially to Belichick. She was either being a smartass or graduated from Ding Bat University. LOL
Stefan Diggs has words for Pats fans
When you start the question with “football aside” for Bill Belichick……
🤪🤪🤪
Right?! Especially in a post game interview. Who let that person in the room?
“Coach, what’s your favorite color?”
Coach, I’m doing research on healthy sex practices, what type of condom do you prefer?
‘Coach, football aside, you can have french fries, chips or coleslaw with that burger, which do you choose?”
He answered “Piggy Pink” didn’t he??
(Damn my hearing aids!)
Coach, have you ever heard of lamb fries and do you know who holds the record for the most eaten?
Red no blue …ah
Dallas just tried the trick play the jest ran on us, and they screwed it up.
🍺 🦧
“Coach, football aside, the leopard slug has both male and female genitalia, do you think there was 1 or 2 on Noah’s Ark?”
Lmao!! 🤣🤣🤣
LMAO!!!!
Cowboys just tried the Jets 3rd down play from last week and botched it up
WOW, Miami area sports reporters look like geniuses compared to her (Braided Coconut excluded).
Lol @ coach jokes
“Coach, football aside, is Die Hard a Christmas movie?”
LMAO!!!
Coach, have you ever referred to Mac Jones and Mac & Cheese?
Lol
“Coach, football aside, what do you see when you look at this?”
Belichick: It could be Tom Brady’s pelvic area or maybe the Mongolian moth.
Belickick: Gisele’s bush?
I’m fuckin crying laughing. LOL
These wannabe guys like Heinicki, that have to throw the last warmup pass midgame before getting on the field, like Brady does, remind me of basketball players, that wipe off their hands on the bottom of their shoes like Larry Bird used to
STEVE, You’re confused. Larry Bird wiped his hands off the bottom of his shoes BEFORE he stepped on the court. It was to wipe off the horse manure they got while working in local horse stables while in high school.
After Pats losing 2 in a row, she was probably afraid to ask a football question.
She was probably the gossip columnist for that news outlet filling in for the sports reporter who was still on Christmas vacation.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/12/26/sports/turns-out-patriots-super-bowl-contenders-was-just-mirage/
What a trip. Diggs has given up the most yards in the NFL and has the most interceptions with 11.
He’s a feast or famine corner just getting started. If and when he learns the finer points of the game, his upside is huge.
Washington has checked out
Checked out what? The endzone?
That play was amazing
From NOLA.com:
Ultimately, Brees nixed the idea, in part, because on such short notice, he wasn’t 100% confident he would be able to make the throws necessary to successfully lead the offense. He didn’t want to short-change the Saints in such a critical game at such a critical time in their playoff run.
He didn’t want to face our D
BBM, we’re in Pensacola heading over to Bubba’s 33 for some wings
Damn, I am waiting on a bond to come in and for the cleaning people to leave or else I could forward the phones to my cell and meet you. Are you staying overnight here?
I wish we could take off and go to the game but pool people are putting in a new liner starting tomorrow.
Every year it seems we lay an egg, when our destiny is in our own hands
Let’s see what happens tomorrow
I was thinking this earlier today. We were in the same position last year and were destroyed by the Bills. I think we have this game but the next two…while winnable, needs our best effort. Can we put it all together? This late we should but it’s a tall order.
Things have really lined up for us to beat the saints. It’ll be a huge disappointment if we lose this one.
@Tenn on a short week with them looking to clinch the division is really tough.
I hear ya on the annual egg. When we came out flat last week, I thought “here we go”, but we turned it around.
Was that the Flowers everyone wanted us to keep fight there??????????
Yes not his best play but he has played well this year
The WTF football team
Dallas scores 42 in first half. Haven’t seen anything like that since…the ravens did it in 2019 😤
Looks like Miami vs Buffalo
Son,
Damn, I am waiting on a bond to come in and for the cleaning people to leave or else I could forward the phones to my cell and meet you. Are you staying overnight here?
I wish we could take off and go to the game but pool people are putting in a new liner starting tomorrow.
We’re staying over. At the Hampton Inn by the BJ’s
Traffic sucked ass today. Took forever to get through shithole Ocala.
Would have loved to have a beer or six with you.
Stanger’s wife needs to whisper in his ear the Dolphins control their own destiny now. 🙂
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
I got a weighted blanket for Christmas. If you don’t see me on here again it’s because I can’t get it off me to get out of bed. WTF?
Maybe the gift giver doesn’t want you out of bed. It’s a trap!! LOL
The ex! You’re probably right! 😂
He is invited over on Christmas Eve, that’s when we do Christmas with our kids. He probably trying to off me!
Those are so weird. I tried one once well I should say my wife did. It was a short lived experiment
It’s a good thing Wyoming already played in it’s Bowl game!
There might not be anymore at the rate they are getting canceled!
We’re staying over. At the Hampton Inn by the BJ’s
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The one right down from Bubba’s 33?
Yup
Darlene is going to beat me for the 3rd time this year in FF. First time, she won by less than a point. Tonight, I needed 2 more points from Antonio Gibson and they aren’t playing him since 2nd q because they’re losing so bad. #WTFWFT?
Congratulations Darlene! Go get the championship for the girls!
Okay that’s funny , sorry … Dar says WOOT WOOT GIRL POWER
Son, I can’t catch a break. Keep getting one bond after another.
BTW, if you need me, my office # is 850-444-BOND. I will be in the office until 6am. LOL
ROCK : I know exactly the Verizon girl you speak of and YES she annoys the shit out of me too
I think that’s the point. They want to annoy us, so we’ll remember her
She walks bent over in the red pants suit, like she’s got a bag of d…
Yes, I suppose being nervous of Ian Book is born from the last two decades of ineptitude and mediocrity. Thank you, Miami Dolphins; look what you’ve done to me.
Lol
i;m not sure how we jump the Raiders with a win tonight? we would both be 8-7, they have the head to head over us also they are 6-4 conf, we are 5-5?
first tie breaker isnt head to head, its conference record
we are 3-2 in the division, chargers are 2-2, raiders 2-3
Dolphins win, they are in,’
masters of their own fate
markets are bullish as hell,
gotta luv it!
Nice tackle Minkah
😂
Rob, it’s a multi-team tie, and the 1st tiebreaker is divisional (only one team from a division moves on). The chargers knock the raiders out first, same as if we were tied with buffalo and they knock us out.
Right. I believe if we wind up tied alone with the Raiders, then they would hold the tiebreaker because it would be head to head in that case. It changes when there are multiple teams involved.
Exactly
Piggy,
In football, nothing non-Dolphins makes me happier than seeing Minkah have little success. I hope he visits the playoffs as little as Fitzmagic has in the future
The Steelers look like they are out of the postseason now
They still can get in with two wins and a fair amount of help
Last 2 games are browns and ravens
T minus 8 hours
🐬🐷🐬🐧🐬💪🐬 ☀️ 🐬
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/32943257/nfl-playoff-picture-2021-week-16-standings-bracket-clinching-scenarios-division-races-postseason-outlook
They used FPI (their own made up) stat and their own instincts for these numbers
Super scientIfic
The Patriots can clinch a playoff spot, though, with a win over the Jaguars and a Raiders loss next week
Looks like the Cheats will be clinched before we play them week 18, but if we win out it would push them down to #7
It’s ok if they have little to play for.
If you can go to the ESPN page that is depth charts and look up the Saints you will see an unmitigated disaster. 3 QBs out, 3 TEs out, The PK and the KR are out. The LB, OL, and DL are decimated. We look great compared to that.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/depth/_/name/no
Sean Payton will have his team ready but if we lose to the, we don’t deserve to be in the hunt
Plus Darren Rizzi is OUT. “duties covered by ‘others.’ Could cause a breakdown.
Agreed