Every game counts. While every game counts, once you get to this point of the season, to the point where playoff talk is no longer just talk, it’s a reality as the 7th seed in the AFC, the games right now are basically playoff games in and of themselves. There’s no room for error, any loss can potentially eliminate our playoff chances so when we square off against the AFC South division leading Tennessee Titans, this is HUGE. The Titans at 10-5 are one game ahead of the Indianapolis Colts. We are 8-7 and Wild Card #3, the #7 seed. It’s clear how we’ve arrived at this point, it’s the men pictured above that have carried us here. The defense is the unit that is ready for prime time, ready for the playoffs and maybe more. The offense has improved, but without stellar defensive play, this team can’t hang with the big boys.
This week we face a very good team. They’re not the same team without their star RB Derrick Henry, but they’re still a tough team. Derrick was injured in the 8th game of the season with the Titans at 6-2. Since then they’ve gone 4-3 to get to 10-5. They have a good defense, midpack statistically and the same for their offense. They are not nearly as fearsome without Derrick Henry in the lineup. The Titans haven’t scored 30 points since Henry’s departure and they’ve been held to 20 points or lower in 5 of those 7 games. QB Ryan Tannehill misses Henry. Tannehill wasn’t exactly killing it with Henry but he’s dropped off some without him. For comparison, Tannehill had a 90.2 QBR through 8 games with Derrick Henry. 10 TD’s – 7 INT’s, 2002 yards, completing 65.6% of his passes. With Henry OUT, Tannehill’s QBR is 78.6, 5 TD’s – 7 INT’s, completing 68.4% of his passes for 1325 yards. Clearly not as effective without the elite run game. The Titans trio of RB’s (D’Onta Foreman, Jeremy McNichols and Dontrell Hilliard) have managed only 755 yards combined since Henry’s injury. The good news for the Titans is that WR A.J. Brown is now healthy, and he’s the biggest threat in this offense. Tannehill has really had to spread the ball around when A.J. Brown was out. Still, Julio Jones is just a shadow of his former self and still has zero TD’s playing in 9 games.
Not being cocky here, but I like our chances with our defense against Tennessee’s offense. If there’s anything I know about Tannehill (and most QB’s really) is that they don’t do well with lots of pressure. I think if we turn up the heat on Tannehill our secondary could have a day. They will try and run the ball on us, as they should, but if we can hold up like we did against New Orleans and force them into 3rd and long situations, I think we’ll thrive like that. On offense, we have to protect Tua from LB Harold Landry, DE Denico Autry and DT Jeffrey Simmons with 11, 8 and 7.5 sacks respectively. The Titans have 37 sacks as a team, we lead the NFL with 45. The beauty of our defense is our sacks come from everywhere. DT’s, DE’s, LB’s, S’s, CB’s, all of them. DE Emmanuel Ogbah has been the constant throughout his tenure here in MIA. Rookie Jaelan Phillips and LB Andrew Van Ginkel have been coming on strong the second half of the season. Our scheme on defense has been tough to solve for opposing offenses. It’s the old Dolphins QB vs the new Dolphins QB. It’s the new Dolphins era vs the old Dolphins era. Can Brian Flores give this team the intestinal fortitude to step up instead of fold?
Historically over the last couple of decades, games like this have been a nightmare for Dolphins fans. I’d like to think it will be different, and I honestly do feel like it’s different, but it sure would be great to actually see it happen. Just last year it was against the Bills Game 17, and we were shredded by a team who pulled their starters after the 1st half departing after a 28-6 lead at half. We lost 56-26. In 2018, at 7-6, we got crushed by the Minnesota Vikings 41-17. In 2016, it was the Wild Card Playoff game against the Steelers losing 30-12 with Matt Moore in for the injured Ryan Tannehill. In 2013, at 8-7 we go up against the Bills with QB Tyrod Taylor OUT, and QB Thaddeus Lewis (Who???) in for Taylor, and we fall 19-0 as Ryan Tannehill before getting injured was sacked 7 times and put up a 46.7 QBR. These are the nightmares I’m talking about. Oh lord, we need to be different, we need to be better, we need to be tougher. We need our O-line to be mean Sunday. Maybe Duke Johnson and Phillip Lindsay bring the physical nature we need but we need the hogs up front to open holes and keep the defense off of Tua. We need to include DeVante Parker and Mike Gesicki in the pass game. I love Waddle but I’m going to guess that Titans HC Mike Vrabel, much like Bill Belichick will do his best to limit Waddle, which means the other guys I mentioned should have opportunities. Make it happen, make our fans happy, and turn that corner from meek and mediocre to tough and battle tested and winners!
A prayer for our friend Jon (#stangerstrong) Hoping for Godspeed in his recovery.
Happy New Year!!!
GO DOLPHINS!!!
Finsmob Unleashed 
JUST GOT OFF THE HORN WITH my buddy “Buckeye Bob” from Columbus.
“Aren’t you guys getting tired of getting your asses kicked by an SEC team?”
He responded, “Well, it’s Michigan and Georgia is beating the shit out of them!
We’re OK with that!”
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“DOWN HER” I told him, “if a southern team is playing a Yankee team, we ALWAYS
root for the southern team, EVEN IF THEY’RE ONE OF OUR BIGGEST RIVALS!”
Another friend of mine (who went to Auburn) says if Bama or Georgia are playing
northern schools, “we always root for the southern schools.” Possibly, this has its
roots in the Civil War. But, among fans under 50, it’s purely regional. Anti-black
or pro-slavery points of view are seldom in play here during football season.
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BTW, with Texas and Oklahoma moving to the SEC in a couple of years, this
lopsided control of college football by the SEC is sure to continue. Big 10 fans,
the college football future doesn’t look so good for you.
Welp, wife has COVID-19
That sux!!!!!!
Be surprised if I don’t have it too or get it 😔
It’s blowing up
But at least this strain is mild
How bad is she feeling Mike E??
Not too bad Wyo. She has a mild headache and a low fever, 100.7, mild scratchy throat.
Well that’s good at least, so far
Yep, hope it doesn’t get worse.
Piggy, I probably brought it home from work. I was with 3 people this week that have tested positive
Be well and feel better to you and your wife
Thanks Ken
Oh noo Mike, sorry to hear about your wife. Hopefully it’s mild and is over soon.
Thanks Herd. Just goes to show you that triple vaxing doesn’t save you from getting it.
I think sooner or later we’ll all have it sometime.
I agree, think that’s how it looks about now
Pretty awful playoff games. I just hope UGA can finally get over the hump this year. Saban has enough rings.
Mike E, glad to hear your wife is doing fairly well so far.
Thanks New Age, seems mild as most cases have been that I’ve been hearing about
So now we’re all concentrating on typical winter upticks with the cold, flu or whatever. It’s got to stop. I’m vaccinated, you told me to do it and I did. I’m not going to have swabs put up my nose like I’m taking a pregnancy test every few weeks or months. LOL
This is insane, folks! It’s almost like let’s give paranoid people a say in all of this because we always thought they were fuckin nuts. LOL
Like every death was a COVID-19 death, now every cold or flu is going to be COVID-19 positive.
It’s not a typical winter uptick. It’s so bad here in Connecticut right now. Hospital beds are overwhelmed. They had to shutdown an urgent care clinic this week because there were not enough healthy health care to staff the facility. This is not a cold, this is not the flu it is still putting people in the hospital and on respirators
Was that not happening before?
It’s almost like there is a movement to make it worse than it is. Were hospitals empty before COVID? I know for a fact, the answer is no.
Ken, there is a greedy factor to this. It’s like an experiment. How will people respond. It’s science. Right… and science is never absolute. LOL
Ken – just repeating what an ER nurse told me this week. Hospitals are inundated with people with mild, cold like symptoms going to the ER. She said it’s crazy, they’re totally overwhelmed and they can’t treat these people anyway.
Well it’s ventilators here and I know a lot of health care workers and it’s not that mild here. People with mild symptoms are not hospitalized. They may inundate the ER but it’s the actual hospital beds that are filling up and those are not mild cases.
That’s a stark difference for sure. All the cases round here seem to be Omicron and they have been mild. To be fair, all of the cases I know of are all vaxed
My ex says pretty much the same here. They’ve stopped all elective surgeries and staff and beds that would normally be for those patients are now Covid.
The other interesting thing is this: Staff are leaving, doing locum tenens at higher pay elsewhere because staff at that hospital has left to go elsewhere for higher pay and so on and on. Musical chairs. Healthcare is a mess right now.
Fun fact…The lead singer (Taylor Mumsen) was Little Cindy Who in Jim Carey’s Grinch.
Here you go Mike…this one is for you…..lol
Love that game!
Mike E. says:
December 31, 2021 at 11:00 pm (Edit)
That’s a stark difference for sure. All the cases round here seem to be Omicron and they have been mild. To be fair, all of the cases I know of are all vaxed
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In Connecticut 79% of the hospitalizations are amongst the unvaccinated and Connecticut has amongst the highest vaccination rates in the country. It just goes to show that a small percentage of holdouts can overwhelm the health care system
Tim Knight says:
December 31, 2021 at 11:07 pm (Edit)
Was that not happening before?
It’s almost like there is a movement to make it worse than it is. Were hospitals empty before COVID? I know for a fact, the answer is no.
Ken, there is a greedy factor to this. It’s like an experiment. How will people respond. It’s science. Right… and science is never absolute. LOL
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No it wasn’t Tim. Hospitalizations are at the highest they have ever been here in Connecticut
Right… because they tested positive for COVID. I was just at a wedding with people I know tested positive in the last few weeks from different states. They were there. A negative test is not a death sentence. Paranoia and hypochondriacs are ruling the day. It’s got to stop.
No you don’t get hospitalized for having a positive test. You get hospitalized when you need assistance breathing. That is what the bulk of the hospitalizations are. I know a lot of people who work in the hospital system. They are not admitting people for cold and flu like symptoms. Those are seen in the ER and discharged
Ken, people get sick and die for all sorts of reasons. Not saying there isn’t a fucked up virus messing with us all. But it’s not killing people like it’s made out to be. If it was we would all be dealing with that and the numbers don’t match up. It’s a fear tactic.
“I’m not going to have swabs put up my nose like I’m taking a pregnancy test every few weeks or months. LOL”
You think the swab goes up the nose for a pregnancy test? You must have had some pretty weird sex when you were younger. 😂😂
J/BB
LOL
For those who are smoking in their New Year.
Mike, best wishes to you and your wife, hopefully it stays mild. Same to Rock who I read earlier has dealing with it. So far, everyone I know who has had it recently have had pretty mild symptoms, all vaxxed.
Thanks Kong!
I love this one. That sax is straight-up badass
I was watching Deathproof about an hour ago. Love Tarantino
Same on Tarantino. Everything he makes is completely entertaining,. Rodriguez is pretty great too. Planet Terror is awesome,.
Time to watch a ball drop drink a beverage and go to bed and put this year behind us. May 2022 be better than 2021. Happy New Year everyone
I mentioned above the business/logistics side of this latest surge. The other thing my ex was saying, this variant is mild and that’s great. But sooner or later it can mutate the other way and be really bad. He’s a really good doc, knows his medicine, despite my personal feelings for him. I was asking him if it was necessary to get the booster, seemed like this variation was milder etc. So there’s that.
I can’t believe I’m still up. I popped my bubbly earlier because I didn’t think I’d make it. 😂 🥂 🍾
I didn’t think I’d make it.
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LOL, Been there a few New Year’s Eve’s myself.
Tim, I am on board with you.
Happy New Year you East Coasters!
Oh my, I missed the great moment. Happy New Years!!!!
Now I got 50 min to go.
Maybe, this new variant could be a blessing in disguise. Mildly infecting the masses and, at the same time, giving the masses natural antibodies to help fight against the next variant just like getting the vaccine. The “unvaxed” are getting “vaxed” naturally.
Already 5 DUI’s and 1 Disorderly Intox in jail. May be a long night.
Here is another big back some may like. Chris Rodriguez, Kentucky, 5’11 225
I’ve never seen a runner so eager to may contact with the defenders
Lol – this guy is awesome to watch
Yeah Piggy, he loves to punish would be tacklers.
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year FMU crew!
20 min and counting down
Happy New Year from us central time peeps.
Happy New Years to each and everyone…
May 2022 be good to all, and God Bless Stanger, and his family…
Going back to what I said about the Omicron variant being a blessing in disguise due to it being mild. This video pointed out that the unvaxed who have had COVID previously had the same T cell response as those who were vaccinated. This Omicron could considerably reduce the number of unvax by giving those people natural immunity while, in most cases, suffering only a mild infection. They really should be counted as vaxed.
Question: If you have had both shots then come down with the Omicron or other variant, shouldn’t that count as a booster shot?
Mike,
I hope that your wife feels better soon. My son had the same exact symptoms you described and it never progressed further than that; it lasted less than a week- hope it’s the same for her.
He is vaxxed, and anyone I know that has it/has had it recently that is the symptoms are mild. I know a few people who aren’t and it has knocked them on their asses.
Happy New Year Ya Fargin Bastiches!
and Herd!
Hahaha! Thanks you fargin icehole!
Happy new yera
Mike it sucks your wife has covid, i hope she feels better soon.
Happy New Year! Thanks Rob!
Conventional Wisdom has a team with a good OL and a powerful RB. this combo is suppose to put you in manageable down and distance on 2nd down, then the playbook is wide open and keeps the D guessing.
Our offense seems to be unconventional to say the least, trickery has never worked in the NFL.
is our offense Trickery? not sure but it’s definitely different.
will this offense work well enough to make us a contender? I certainly don’t know that answer.
with Tua avg 213 YPG it’s not like it’s lighting up the scoreboard.
This offense will prevent us from being a true contender. The OL is abysmal, Tua needs to improve on his deep throws. I’m hoping that if the former improves next year the latter will as well.
We’re not ready to be contenders this year, it’s about making the playoffs
We have 2 winnable games in front of us, win them and we get our answer on Tua, if he plays the way he’s been
It’s always been about Tua this year, derailed by WTF are you doing Flores letting Flowers, KVN and McKinney go
Dan Reeves and John Madden gone in the same week!!!!
RIP Dan!
I hate that they keep saying we are the only team in NFL history to win and lose 7 games in a row in the same season without putting it into context
Mainly because we lost 7 first, but give us some teams that were close, show us what company we’re in
Also didn’t have our starting QB for the better part of 5 of those games
Yep, that’s why I feel no pity for NO or other teams. We dealt with adversity all year as well.
BRIAN IN NY; Completely agree with your 9:07 post that says “The O-Line has been abysmal.”
To me, the WORST PART OF THAT ISSUE is the fact that we’ve spent nearly a DECADE looking to upgrade it!!! – – AND FAILED!!! That’s why I firmly believe that changes in the scouting department ARE LONG OVERDUE (altho’, by his inaction, Ross apparently disagrees(!!!).
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The lack of a solid, reliable, O-Line is the #1 reason why this team is very unlikely to go deep into the playoffs (and I hope I’M WRONG on that opinion!) If we eventually get an NFL above average O-Line, the problems with the deep passing game should become more manageable.
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HOPE Young Stanger gets to see tomorrow’s Dolphins @ Titans game. I believe we will WIN THAT GAME and that the “medicinal effects” on his recovery will be noticeable!!
GO STANGER!! – – GO FINS!!
OD,
I think it’s more about finding a top tier OL coach than scouting. All of the guys we’ve gotten are highly rated OL from multiple sites and sources. Yet, they do poorly here (and elsewhere tbh). What gives?
I think OL followed closely by TE, then DE and DB are the hardest positions in football today. No other position is as affected by lack of padded practices than OL or TE. QB is more like the college game. WRs are exactly the same. DE can’t touch QBs except in a very small window. DBs have all the rules stacked against them. LBs can’t hit as hard. RBs still hit the hole. Lots of changes but reducing padded practices hurt the game.
OL have to block the strongest and fastest young men America can produce on the football field. They get 16 practices a year max to learn their craft at a high speed. It’s just not enough. They can spend all year overworking muscles they don’t need in the gym, but the practice needed to be a good blocker? Fuck that, who needs that?! Not the NFL! Guys like Scarnecchia are like red diamonds. Almost impossible to find and worth everything you pay for them.
Mike E; Just found out your wife is ailing. Hopin’ for a rapid recovery!!
Thanks OD! Happy New Year!
Happy New Years everyone! special prayers and well wishes to Mr Stanger, and Mrs Mike E
and go DOLPHINS , maybe this is the year they win a super bowl
Thanks David – Happy New Year!
2 points wins a game if the defense shuts the opponent out
Brian Flores is a defensive coach at heart, and heavily emphasizes defense first
over the last 7 games, the Dolphins defense has played phenomenal, and the offense had good field positions from turnovers and sacks generated by their defense
sometimes the defense scores as well, IE Nick Needham
championships are won by defense first and foremost, everything else can be complimentary, and thats been enough to win SUPER BOWLS
remember the Ravens won with Trent Dilfer, lol defense comes FIRST though,,,,,
Thanks Kong.
It is definitely NOT a cold. I’ve been struggling for a week now. I’m sleeping 14 to 16 hours a day and am still exhausted.
You should get tested for covid 19 and take care of Yourself, best wishes!
Your Picks:
Round 1 Pick 21: Jameson Williams, WR, Alabama (A+)
Round 2 Pick 19: Kenneth Walker III, RB, Michigan State (A)
Round 3 Pick 36 (COMP): Dylan Parham, OG/C, Memphis (A+)
Round 4 Pick 14: Brandon Smith, ILB/OLB, Penn State (A+)
Round 4 Pick 19: James Cook, RB, Georgia (A+)
Round 5 Pick 19: Abraham Lucas, OT, Washington State (A+)
Round 6 Pick 22: Junior Fehoko, DE/OLB, San Jose State (A+)
Round 7 Pick 3: Joshua Williams, CB, Fayetteville State (A+)
I’d love that draft.
I am getting wood thinking about this draft
That’s an amazing draft. Is cook coming out this year? I thought he had one more
https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1477345871230640132?s=20
It IS COVID as I said above. Thanks though
Feel better Rock!
It’s kind of annoying all the games I want to watch are on at 10 AM tomorrow. Although, with the Garoppolo injury and the Texans whipping the Chargers last week, the Texans/Niners game might actually be worth watching.
New Age,
I tend to agree with you on an OL coach. All of these guys can’t be THAT bad. You see some of our guys like Turner go to other teams and become competent starters, so there has to be something to that.
Thanks Brian! Glad you’re back!
We’re heading into week 17 with not a single player on the injury report.
We are currently -10 in point differential, the only currently slotted playoff team with a negative diff. The next closest current playoff team in differential is the Titans at +31.
With 2 games left to play, only 8 teams have been eliminated from the playoffs, only 3 teams in the AFC have been eliminated.
That’s mostly due to the fact that at 1-7, our one win was by 1 point but we had a 35-0 beatdown by the Bills and a 45-17 walloping by the Bucs
I may be caught up in the hype, but I think we have a good chance of getting onto the positive side of that stat tomorrow.
The Titans Henry is reported to be working out with no limp and is expected to be ready for the playoffs.
If we make the playoffs, we may face this very same team again in two weeks with Henry toting the rock. (If the Bengals lose to the Chiefs this weekend, it’s a good possibility the Titans end up the #2 seed even after we beat them.)
Saw that. I thought he was done for the season initially
I was watching NFL network and all 3 “experts” picked the Titans. I think that’s mostly on our offense. If they looked at the defenses, I think we have the edge there
I think our defense matches up very well against the Titans, especially without Henry. They are at home and did get four more days than us to prepare though.
We know what Tanny’s weaknesses are. Without Henry to lean on, we should get a few sacks and force a TO or two. If that happens, and our offense does what they have been doing, I love our chances.
I do as well. As long as we don’t let them run successfully, I think we have the kind of defense Tannehill hates
LOL, this is pretty wild.
With two games left to go, the Dolphins could still end up anywhere from the #2 seed to the #13 seed.
Disclaimer: (I’m not going to work out all the possibilities to confirm they could end up at #13. Due to the combination of teams playing each other it might be ‘only’ as low as #12, but my cursory glance makes me think we can still drop all the way to #13.)
Jack Coan improving his draft stock today. I see him as a mid round prospect. I can see him as a pro backup
He is 50/50 with good and bad days. Very inconsistent. I am not really impressed with him overall and I watch a lot of ND football.
Someone will take a shot with him
Wyoming, I love that draft. Though, I think OG/C Parham may be a project player for a bit due to his size 285 pounds playing OG. Also, he is a RG/OC and would rather draft someone who has been playing LG/LT and ready to win a job like Thayer Munford. Parham is really talented though and still very powerful at his size.
You get me Jameson Williams, Kenneth Walker and Brandon Smith in the draft, I don’t care who else you get, you killed it. Especially with the double down on UGA RB James Cook. Nice!
happy new year to everyone 🐕 #Sangerstrong💪!!
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Fuck autocorrect… #Stangerstrong💪
Happy New Year to the Doggy family!
Rock, you should get tested again. It might be a positive negative false positive.
I know, sorry ass attempt at humor when you are feeling like crap.
Get Well Man!!!!
And Mrs. MikeE!!!!
#StangerStrong
At least there is a reason Iggy is inactive this week
bailbondmike says:
January 1, 2022 at 12:23 am
Here is another big back some may like. Chris Rodriguez, Kentucky, 5’11 225
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Love this guy! However, I caution that his running style (ANGRY runner) may get him severely or frequently injured at the NFL level. I’m an instant fan but for that one caveat. He can be coached out of putting himself in dangerous situations though.
Thanks, BBMike!
Aaron Jones and Dalvin Cook are angry runners. They run hard and fast all the time. You can’t take that out their game, it’s what makes them what they are.
It’s kind of cool that these games we’re playing now are kind of like playoff games. We need to win them to make the playoffs but if we lose it’s like being eliminated in the playoffs. So as we watch the games, it has the intensity of a playoff game. Each possession, the score, the clock, it’s all intense.
Yes, these are the games that we have failed miserably. You know what though, we’re not that those teams. People can belittle our schedule but we won 7 in a row while the Titans are 4-3 in their last 7. We’re playing well, doing what we need to do to win. I hope we can continue that tomorrow. I don’t worry about Tua’s psyche, I think he’s confident and smart and knows what’s going on out there. Our defense will have to continue to set the tone but any big plays we get on offense are gravy
My stomach is in knots
Yeah the schedule excuse is nonsense. This is the NFL. We see every week teams get upset by a team they were “supposed” to beat. Nobody cared when we were losing with a backup QB and injuries to key players. You still have to play the games.
As for Tua, he’s been playing in big games and moments his entire career.
RB Chris Rodriguez, Kentucky with a solid game against Iowa. Also, I think I need to look at some of these Kentucky OL.
They have a highly ranked interior OL
New Age says:
January 1, 2022 at 11:27 am
OD,
I think it’s more about finding a top tier OL coach than scouting. All of the guys we’ve gotten are highly rated OL from multiple sites and sources. Yet, they do poorly here (and elsewhere tbh). What gives?
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+100000000000000000000000
I think it has more to do with them being really young and learning on the job all at the same time. It’s one thing if a young OL or two are struggling playing with a veteran group, but we have 4 of them and we all know Jesse Davis is a borderline starter. We’ve also used 4 different centers this season. Not saying a top tier OL coach wouldn’t make a difference, but not sure it would be a lot. The players are still who they are and where they are in their careers.
He’s not a significant player though.
No, he’s not a stud, for sure. He’s a rotational guy who has seen 4 starts this year, but I’ll take anything that helps our young O-Line in tomorrow’s game, including Murchison’s unavailability.
“We see every week teams get upset by a team they were “supposed” to beat.”
Yep! It happens all the time. Just looking at the games in December-
Week 16: Chargers got clobbered by the Texans.
Week 15: Lions shocked the Cardinals
Week 13: Lions beat the Vikings
Hell, it happened twice to us this year. We shouldn’t have lost to the Falcons or the Jags.
Yep!
Must poking and hoping on a negative test?
I could be wrong, but I think when they’ve been activated off of COVID, but are still questionable it means they have a negative test, but still have symptoms. So if their symptoms are clear by tomorrow they can play.
They need to have a negative test tomorrow
Gotcha, thanks, Brian.
Thanks Wyo!
How’s the wife feeling?
Man, I am hyped for this game!
I feel ya, Ken, my stomach is in knots too, lol.
It’s a like a playoff atmosphere right?
It is funny, when your team makes the playoffs you get so excited, then when the game starts you get nervous. LOL
If you weren’t hyped enough yet!!!!! 🙂
Not surprised. The defense hasn’t allowed more than 17 points in those 7 games. 9, 10, 17, 10, 9, 17 and 3.
Wyo – she’s fatigued, just keeping to herself, staying in my son’s room who moved out. Still has the sore throat and sniffles but nothing too bad. Thanks for asking
Glad she’s doing well Mike! I don’t think you saw it, but I messaged you earlier about my son having the same symptoms- it never progressed past that.
Wishing your wife well, Mike.
Thanks Bri, Tim
Just dusted my wings for tomorrow. House is cleaned, new security camera installed, microwave deep cleaned, cats are brushed. I’m out of chores and I still have over 19 hours until game time. What the heck do I do now? lol
Thanks for the recipes Kong- I’m going to have to try it! Are wings crazy expensive near you now too?
No prob, Bri! I wish there was a way I could post pictures in their various stages.
A 2.5 lb bag of wings is about $13-$14 at my local Safeway. It’s up a buck or two over the last couple years. If I catch them on sale, I can usually get them for about $8-$10 a bag and I’ll buy 10-15 lbs at a time.
You could do a video and post to youtube….
Some of y’all may remember me talking about a QB height study I’d viewed a couple of weeks ago. Well, here’s the WR version that just came out yesterday…
Our old buddy Jakeem Grant is featured in this.
This is the QB version that I saw a couple of weeks ago…
Happy New Year MFers.. hope all ailing have a speedy recovery…
#stangerstong, #fuckcovid
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Happy New Year to you and the family Dougie Fresh!!!
Good luck to both Twice and Darlene in Fantasy championship this weekend
Game plan against the Titans.
Offense: The Titans are very good against the run but can give it up in the passing game. Therefore we should challenge that early and often to see where they’re at. Run to keep it honest but attack their weakness. Even if it’s short and medium range while taking some shots down the field. I pass more than run unless we’re somehow getting it going on the ground.
Defense: Right now the Titans are banged up on offense so they’re not the team that has been really good when at full strength. Obviously you want to stop the run and we’ve been doing that because Ogbah, Wilkins, Davis and Sieler are really good run defenders. Then the LBs and DBs join the feast We know we’re going to blitz Tannehill. The key is taking A.J. Brown out of the game or not allowing him to have a big game. I’d have 2 DBs around him all the time. We are a good man secondary so I think we’ll do that against the rest of their receivers.
Special Teams: That’s always the wildcard. You never know what’s going to happen. But I know we’re pretty solid there.
I see another somewhat low scoring defensive game to keep us all on the edge of our seats. Dolphins win 20-17 on a last second FG to make up for losing like that a few times this year. 🙂
As far as the Offensive line knowing if it’s a pass or run prior to the snap, please see the video at the current time.
It’s not quite like that. So the discussion is nobody knows what the play is. Does that make any sense? We’re not running anything that other teams aren’t running. There is a lot of RPO out there and it doesn’t always involve the QB running. It is a form of play-action because the defense doesn’t really know if it’s a run or pass.
The OL knows the play. The QB could decide to hand it off or pull it out at the last second based on what he’s seeing. That’s now an improv play. Maybe he saw there is no LB in that gap and the RB has daylight. We throw so quickly in this system the OL rarely gets called for ineligible receiver getting too far down field, but it does happen.
Another point is we do not run RPO all the time. It’s not a system issue, it’s a talent issue. Our OL rarely converts short yardage in the run game when we have to have it. Even when we go big with Wilikins at FB we can’t punch it in unless it’s a pass play.
This OL is not good right now. We’ve all watched the games.
Would you have your best golf game during a hail storm? 😉
Bro, Omar said that the Patsies* and our Phins both run the RPO, and that we’re essentially the same team. The Patsies* can run the ball, but we can’t.
Both Mac Jones and Tua came from Alabama, and Jones doesn’t have a cannon by any measure.
To me, it’s NOT about Tua. It’s about a lousy O-Line coach, a lack of gel time and/or lack of vets on the O-Line to stabilize the rooks, and the lack of a REAL grinding RB on our roster.
I’m absolutely CERTAIN we agree on most of the above, with the exception of Tua, my man!
By the way… Omar dribbles when drinking out of his cup! LOL
Oh yeah… and Omar is WRONG about not knowing if it’s going to be a run or a pass in the NFL RPO. He’s talking college football, not the NFL.
For instance, the Patsies* O-Line doesn’t seem to have any problem knowing if it’s going to be a run or a pass in the RPO.
Santa Clause doesnt deliver to tannehills pocket.
maybe that’s why he has…..
no pocket presence
Thanks, Herd, that’s a fun idea! I know ages ago, for a class she was taking, my wife made a video of me doing barbeque chicken halves set to Jimi Hendrix that she uploaded somewhere. I’ll look into that and maybe give it a try.
Does anyone know Van Ginkel is tied for 4th in QB hits/knockdowns with 14? The leader is at 17 and you would probably never guess him.
I was going by PFR but okay. It’s the same deal. Van Ginkel is a really good OLB. He also tipped the pass that setup Needham’s pick 6.
Pro football reference shows Ogbah with 24 QB hits. AVG has 19
It’s all over the place. Either way they’re pressuring the QB. 🙂
Don’t look at me! I’m not going back and count them! 😉
AVG has had a great year so far!
Yes he fits what we do on defense. He’s a drop/blitz OLB who isn’t afraid to get physical in the run game. He’s the best 5th round pick we’ve had in years.
I wanted to go to this Titans game so bad, but our plans changed for this week with company coming to visit and I couldn’t go.
You better hope we win or there will be blood on your hands!
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Tim, don’t know about having 2 dbs on Brown, if we do that it takes away our Omeoba D
Sure Belicheat does it, but he doesn’t use the cover0 too much, unless they get behind
Who is the deep Safety (Holland) focused on? Julio Jones is out. A.J. Brown is the 2nd best player on their team other than Derrick Henry, who is also not playing. Make mediocre beat you.
Tanny
Yeah but both are connected. Don’t let Tanny get the ball to Brown.
Don’t let Tanny out of the pocket,
.Let X worry about Brown.
That’s how we ride or die! 😉
Wow. OSU WR Njigba had 15 catches for 346 yards and 3 TDs tonight. He was insane!!!!
This is all pretty new to me. I just threw some pictures of my char siu together as a test to see if I can do this. Can anyone besides me see this video? lol
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Yes
Where’s the play by play???????
It looked pretty damn fancy when you plated it!
Cheers, guys. I didn’t put any effort into this one, Wyo, just through a couple of pics into the video maker. I didn’t want to waste my time if I couldn’t figure it out, but it was actually pretty easy.
Thanks for the idea, Herd. 🙂
Corral just got hurt with a nasty leg injury. I guess this is why these guys opt out of these games
Well my reason for watching the Sugar Bowl just got carted off
John Madden was on Saturday Night Live (back when it was good)? Didn’t realize that until just now!
You can steal this
That is awesome, Wyo. I’m definitely using that.
Wyo, blanket Brown and attack Tanny. Let the lesser players beat us. I don’t think that happens. lol
I don’t think they do a whole lot extra for Brown.
We have X on one side and Byran on the other.
Let the rest of them EAT!
Yes! But who would you focus on in this game?
I don’t think that’s how we run things.
Maybe if they had 2 great WR’s and a all pro TE we would have to scheme a little bit?
but one guy? Either one of our CB’s can lock down 1 guy!
If anything we can shade Jones or Holland to his side & use the other to press Tanny?
Agreed. The strongest part of our defense is our ability to play cover zero, that’s why we are able to blitz so much.
Wow. OSU WR Njigba had 15 catches for 346 yards and 3 TDs tonight. He was insane!!
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Bryan, He has been playing big the last 5 games since he caught 15 for 240 vs Nebraska but I didn’t notice him until I watched the MICH/OSU game. I thought maybe he was taking advantage cause teams had to account for Olave and Garrett Wilson. This game vs Utah tells me that was not the case since both Olave and Wilson opted out. He will be one to keep an eye on for 2023.
Also, who was that Marvin Harrison, Jr kid playing for OSU? Man, will be interesting to see if he turns out to be anything like his dad. OSU will have another dynamic duo at WR next year.
Yes, that game against Nebraska was his coming out party of sorts. He’ll get a lot more playing time with Olave headed to the NFL. I remember being kissed he went to Ohio State- he’s a Pennsylvania boy and PSU was of course recruiting him.
It’s going to be real hard rooting against RT17 and hoping Fins demolish him. Oh well….
Happy New Year ER. hoping all the best for ya …
Thanks Bud!
Same to you and everyone here!
I’m ready for the best year yet!
Tua is 16th in QB ratings.
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2021/passing.htm
And 1st in accuracy.
Go Falcons, go Jags!
I will take #16 after just over 1 season body of work and a shit OL. If he cleans up his INT %, he will be top 10 with a shit OL.
Yes. I’d like to see him be more accurate with throws down the field though. I know the OL contributes to that, but he really hasn’t been too successful in that regard.