The Dolphins defensive line is definitely an underrated unit in the NFL, by fans (including myself), by NFL talking heads, and of course by own local beat writers. It’s more than just the 3 guys pictured above, it’s the depth of the unit. Add in one of the best rotational DL in the NFL in Brandon Sieler, and backup NT John Jenkins and backup DE Adam Butler and it truly is a complete unit. It’s not the flashiest unit, and more than likely most NFL fans don’t know the front 3 pictured above by name. Emmanuel Ogbah has been about as steady as they come. He gets pressure so often, including 2 seasons ago when he had inadequate pressure coming from anywhere else. In 2020, Ogbah had 9 sacks and 21 QB hits, the team totaled 41 sacks. In 2021, Ogbah once again totaled 9 sacks and added 24 QB hits, the team though totaled 48 sacks. Christian Wilkins is an invisible elite player. Wilkins last season finished with 89 tackles (2nd on the team behind #55), 4.5 sacks and 13 QB hits. Raekwon Davis played injured most of last season but I have so much optimism that he will have a really nice season provided he stays healthy.
It’s not just the DL that’s underrated, it’s the entire defense. I’ll be the first to admit that I feel and have said so many times that for once I would like the defense to play like a championship defense and just shut down the other team, like our team gets shut down so often, especially when playing our own division rival Buffalo Bills. The problem is, the Bills just have a great offense, and Josh Allen gives them that running threat that we so often struggle with, while our own offense has been far from a juggernaut. The Bills averaged 28.5 PPG last season, good for 3rd in the NFL. No easy task to stop them, but 2 teams in particular shut them down, the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Bills were somewhat flat on opening day in Pittsburgh, only scoring 16 points. They won the TOP battle 33:17 – 26:43 and only lost the turnover battle 1-0. They had more yardage on the ground and especially in the air but couldn’t out the ball in the endzone. The 9-6 loss to the Jaguars was an aberration. Or was it? The jaguars stifled the run game, held both Singletary and Allen in check, sacked Allen 4 times and ran the ball themselves 27 times, for only 70 yards. They turned the Bills over 3 times. This is the kind of effort I’d love to see just once (or twice?) from our defense against the Bills.
OK, here’s the good news. I think there’s every reason to expect more from this defensive unit. This is a defense on the rise. Rookie OLB/DE Jaelan Phillips exploded toward the end of the season. He should be as good or better than that player was last season. We added an athletic inside LB in the draft, Channing Tindall who should help not only with Bills QB Josh Allen, but he can cover and will free up #55 Jerome Baker to create more havoc. AVG is still a player on the rise and I expect better things from as well this season. Did I mention we signed Melvin Ingram? Depth is better, Elandon Roberts is still a nice 1 or 2 down thumper in the middle, but Tindall gives them the speed and athleticism we’ve needed. We have the 2 veteran cover corners in Xavien Howard and Byron Jones. Both are excellent cover guys but X is clearly the playmaker, imposing his will on games so often. It’s not just INT’s, he creates forced fumbles and just has a knack for finding that football. The safeties are quite the trio, and underrated once again comes to mind. Jevon Holland had an excellent rookie season, and SS Brandon Jones seems to be becoming a full time starter and combines great tackling with strong blitzing abilities. Jones had 5 sacks last season and had the 3rd most tackles on the team, behind Wilkins and Baker.
Depth, depth, depth. Sieler, Jenkins, Butler. Ingram, Tindall, Eguavoen and Riley. Needham, Rowe, Igbinoghene. Is it possible we actually see the emergence of former 1st RD pick Noah Igbinoghene? He’s been showing up in camp, and it would be great for the talented young player to finally make it in the NFL. Nik Needham is one of my favorite Dolphins players, a guy who plays above his head all the time, max effort guy who does whatever the coaches ask. We basically brought last year’s defense back intact. We added a nice rookie LB (Channing Tindall) and a nice veteran LB/DE (Melvin Ingram). Once again, this is an ascending unit. If the offense can hold up their end of the bargain, be more balanced and be able to keep opposing defenses on the field longer, just imagine how much better our defense can be? All this remains to be seen, but it’s hard not to be optimistic that it can be so.
#stangerstrong
GO DOLPHINS!!!
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I don’t see why anyone should care whether or not someone else had the vaccine or not. They’re vaccinated, good for them. They’re not vaccinated, good for them. It’s called being responsible for yourself and having the freedom to do so. I don’t see why anyone should find it necessary to question someone else’s decision or ridicule them for it. Everyone has their reasons.
+100000000000
Thank you!
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Well stated
What I think we learned from COVID was being more sanitary is a good practice. Let’s be honest, humans are disgusting. We touch doors and handle public products and things, touch our face, some people don’t prepare food in a sanitary manner, we get intimate without washing in the spur of the moment, and all sorts of other habits. When people were wearing masks, gloves, using wipes, washing their hands, sneezing in their elbow and armpits along with social distancing as opposed to just blowing it at everyone, COVID died really fast. It did more than vaccinations. Think about it.
Wry good points as well .. 👍
Very , not wry
I stupidly told someone at a bar I wasn’t vaccinated and she blurted it out and others heard.
I got called out…lol
I asked him if he was vaccinated and he said yes. Great! You’re protected against people like me…..(edited)…lol
Get the fuck out of my face…lol
I’m not sure anything was learned…sorry TK.
Unless you’re saying health care is up to us…facts
I think that’s what I was suggesting. If you touch a shopping cart after someone was picking their ass and touching it, coughing and sneezing on it, there’s a good chance you might not feel better later. LOL
Lmao…and if you touch that cart and you have a strong immune system because you eat well and are healthy, etc. it probably won’t matter…just saying.
Weak immune systems allow fertile soil for disease. The American diet is shit…lmao.
I’m going to drop this here and call it a night…
As a follow up to the corkscrew saga of a week ago. I’m back at my mom’s for the week. I have a new corkscrew I got just for here. I’ll have to find a good hiding place for it. It’s not the ikea one but it got the job done a few minutes ago, even with the top of the cork being mangled all to hell from the last time. 🥂
Lol…get another one with a different hiding place…like a squirrel…
It amazes me, there’s stuff here that should have been gotten rid of before the millennium but if she finds something here that she doesn’t know what it is, who it belongs to or anything about it, it’s gone.
Yep…and best. Probably more, too….sad but true and time…
I watched/helped when I could with Mrs K and her mom….kinda been there
Krishna, just going by what I saw. Not looking for a debate. During the pandemic I also saw people throwing their masks and gloves all over when a garbage can was right there. Humans are disgusting. 😉
Seriously! No debate…Herd said it best…
To each his/her own…ok
Yeah of course.
Don’t sleep on Cedric Wilson making an impact on offense this year. He can do what Parker does at a similar size/speed ratio, along with Hill and Waddle flying around. Wilson is about 3 years younger than Parker. Then you have Preston Williams who is a big target and Gesicki with the other TEs. Then we add Ezukanma to the mix. The backs catch passes too.
Tua has a lot of weapons with a running game setting him up. We have more explosive skill players this year, there is no doubt about it.
BBM
Just tell them you are a homophobic, pedophile, woman hating racist who’s hobbies are stealing, carjacking, trafficking heroin and stalking women in the park and Walmart.
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BBM…I thought this was normal behaviour for you blokes.
In retrospect (sort of), if today’s team/talent on offense were going to be coached/schemed by last year’s O coaches, we would fail again this year…..a musing opinion.
O coaches/scheme last year were garbage…lol.
That is so true, Hill wouldn’t even have come here nor would most of the other free agents who we signed.
Well point was even if they all magically decided to be here to work with the great HC Flores, I predict our O would fail again…same calls, same shitshow, and all blamed on Tua….lol.
That’s one way to ruin a QB….
People should remember that Tua has had 7 different offensive coordinators.
One each year at Bama, 3 under Flo, and now this one.
Not saying 7 different schemes, but still … that has to be confusing.
I thought it was very interesting how Robert Saleh reacted to McDaniel coming to coach here.
He couldn’t even keep a poker face.
He said he was not happy about having to face the McDaniel playbook.
Plus I got the feeling he liked MM so much that t h at made it even worse to have to try to beat him.
The Minka thing was when I first began to doubt Flo.
Well that and half his staff leaving after one year.
This video ends with Tua throwing over 50 yards to Grant
Dude before the page turn and his twits saying Tua can’t throw it over 50 is FOS
We saw some throws in camp going over 50 also
This one talks about the Hollins vs Jets td
I have it going 51, but it could be 53, if you drew a straight line
If you use geometry 18 squared + 50 squared = c squared (2824) square root of 2824 = 53
+2
If the ball had went incomplete, it would have went 55. lol
That prick can’t take the heat so he uses libel to scare people off
It’s aiight these wussified men will get there’s in Nov
We’ve already seen it start in VA, and in CA this last week we saw a couple of liberal DAs starting to get recalled
Florio is now Wussifer
Several years ago in the playoffs Flacco threw a deep ball, what seemed like a mile high, completed for a td to stun Denver I believe, enroute to an SB championship
Afterwards I started paying attention to that trajecory of sky high dropping into the receivers hands, with less chance of being knocked away
Rodgers also throws that type of deep ball, especially on hail Mary’s, Russell Wilson also, and Tua
Accuracy shouldn’t come as a surprise on Tua’s long passes
Come on!!!!!
Did they go to a commercial and skip our pick😉
Playing all of our PS games on Saturday night in the 7 o’clock hour, when there’s several other games played doesn’t help
Our game vs Tampa could’ve been aired, but Tampa is on the next week in that time slot
The Come on was having to post it 3 times to get it to show!
Are preseason games just on NFLN?
No but I heard none of our games will be televised out of area
That whole thread about Cam throwing it farther underhand than Tua can normal is stupid. The video shows him throw it TOPS 36 yards but even so it just stupid.
One of our Twitterites should go on there and challenge him
I’d really like to see the overhead view of the 70 yard pass Tua threw in OTAs, it’s for sure over 50, the guy had to back up to the back of the endzone to catch it
It really looks like 70 yards
LOL, the twitter guy who said there is no video evidence of Tua throwing 50 yards is a joke account.
Like all stats they can and will manipulate it
“TuAnon revelers, unite! When pressured in 2021, Tagovailoa completed 49 of 104 passes for 606 yards, 356 air yards, three touchdowns, eight interceptions, and a passer rating of 43.2. Less than ideal when your offensive line allows 253 pressures — per Pro Football Focus, the most allowed by any front five in the league.”
Do these stats count pressure, only when throwing the ball or does it also count when pressured out of the pocket?
He was really good eluding the rush, so would think it wouldn’t
I remember a couple of ints against Falcons under pressure, the first one Waddle sat down, then when Tua threw it he moved, on the second one Smythe ran a sloppy route and didn’t go where he was supposed to
These are QB stats, but receivers are part of it
Again trying to use the stats they want to prove their point
Last season, despite Tagovailoa having the edge in completion percentage (67.6 to 66.3), Mahomes had the edge in accurate throw rate (78.3 to 75.3).
Maybe that’s not what he’s talking about or what he said
“I love the deep ball, but guess what though? I done expanded my game,” Hill added. “So, now I’m doing a lot more than just the deep ball now. I’m doing intermediate routes. I’m doing short routes. So, now I actually need a guy who can just get me the ball now on a dagger route, on a corner route, on a shallow cross route. You know, right now, right in my chest. So, I can do the rest. I make you look good now.”
He’s talking about ball placement
These guys slobber all over themselves to find any little thing to bash Tua, true or mot
Watched the first half of the Jan 6 commission hearing. They really are trying to get people to watch. Keep them 2-3 hours and splice in lots of vid. Not like the long drawn out hearings I’m used too. Give them props on production value.
This morn they established real well that a whole bunch of folks on Team Trump told him he lost the election and the various conspiracy theories on it were BS. That’s not a smoking gun, but should establish that any belief Trump has otherwise is either a convenient tool or a product of him being unreasonably unwilling to admit he lost.
Pay no attention to man behind the curtain. SQUIRREL!!!
By “man behind the curtain” do you mean Steve Bannon?
nO…tHE GUY IN THE wHITE hOUSE THAT HEY ARE TRYING TO DISTRACT FROM.
Caps lock!
I think you give Biden too much credit for an ability for concerted plans. He’s just sorta of along for the ride.
LOL…I don’t think it’s his concerted plan. He can’t answer a question the same twice in one conversation. The plan is the Dem party’s. They are afraid of the mid-terms.
Jan 6th and gun control are both distractions from what’s really going on with the worst in history WH
I’m starting to think what MF said/predicted months ago, that closer to the election we’re going to start seeing the mass murders again, isn’t coincidence
What kind of people would vote for a party, that’s caused this much destruction?
I think Andrew Johnson, Millard Fillmore and Herbert Hoover had worse White Houses than this one. A bunch of others were no gems like Jimmy Carter’s. But just my opinion.
Mike Masala is right in pointing out we don’t have much depth at CB. And not like X and Jones haven’t missed games before. CB should be a target in the off season.
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Noah Igbinoghene, coming into his third season in the NFL, is slated as the fourth cornerback on the roster, but there’s been little proof that he can be a capable player at the position if an injury were to take out one of the starters.
Behind Igbinoghene, the Dolphins have Trill Williams, Keion Crossen, Quincy Wilson and a couple of undrafted rookies in Elijah Hamilton and Kader Kohou.
How come no mention of Nik Needham. Some teams don’t even have one good CB and we’ve got three.
Was mentioned that X, Jones and Needham were our starters in another section. Was just putting out the depth part.
Not sure I agree, as the TH did leave for a reason….
https://phinphanatic.com/2022/06/13/miami-dolphins-tyreek-hill-starting-sound-like-bitter-ex/
Takeaways…
https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/lists/dolphins-otas-minicamp-2022-takeaways/
Stanger, you should watch 2000 mules.
Bill Barr bashed that as inconsequential in the hearing today (wasn’t even asked, just brought it up). I take it based on cell phone GPS data. He said the actual videos shots didn’t show much of anything and that with a million cell phone users in the area natural that some come close to multiple ballot boxes.
But that’s just Barr talking. Did you get more out of it?
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/philip-baker-hall-dead-seinfeld-library-cop-dies-1235164442/#utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=social_bar&utm_content=bottom_amp&utm_id=1235164442
RIP the Library Cop. You gave us Joy Boys a lot of laughs.
Yeah I saw that. RIP Philip Baker.
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Patriots DT Daniel Ekuale has been suspended for the first two games of the regular season.
Well I guess I’ll starting posting these as text!
You will just have to trust I didn’t change anything!
Drama…lol
https://phinphanatic.com/2022/06/13/no-one-should-believe-that-tyreek-hill-prefers-tua-over-mahomes/
What he said was Mahomes has the stronger arm but he prefers Tua’s accuracy. Whether he really believes that or not doesn’t matter. I think what he’s doing is prompting Tua up against all the naysayers. He’s got Tua’s back as does the rest of the team including the coaches. That’s refreshing because Flores surely didn’t and the team didn’t do a good job showing confidence in him with all the Watson rumors. That’s over now so just let this team go about their business instead of all the predictions and nonsense.
That’s how I took it from the beginning….then it gets picked to pieces and analyzed upside down to death
Of course it does, media peeps have all become yentas. LOL
Yentas….good enough…lol
I might have to take a break from all the yentaing….lol….just shit
Man I am losing my mind and am going to vent.
My HOA just had fiber optic high speed internet and cable through Atlantic Broadband / BREEZELINE
Everything comes in on a fiber optic cable and lands in a router / Wi-Fi antenna then the cable box plugs into the router. I have every channel on the cable working but I cannot connect to the Internet through the Wi-Fi or the direct LAN ports. I did a search through the LAN and got an error message that data is being restricted.
So I call breeze line customer support and cannot get a human. I just get an automated message saying that they are aware and that we are currently experiencing an outage. Well they are not experiencing an outage because data is coming through the system to my cable box. They are just restricting me from using the data usage to connect to the Internet.
My internet is that way. In fact I canceled cable because I never watched it but I still get channels up to 100 because it’s through the same cable. Internet goes out sometimes and I still have tv. 🤷🏼♀️
It’s kind of fucked up that there is Saharan desert sand and dust raining down on my car here in Florida!!
The NFLN just discussed the Tyreek comments on Mahomes/Tua and none of them looked at it like he is talking his QB up. I think that is absolutely what he’s doing. The negative commentary about Tua has been so absurd that Tyreek felt he needed to chime in as a leader and because of his status as a player. I love it!
As many dysfunctional reports we get about this team mainly from Ross and the Flores nonsense, the players truly like each other and push each other. Then the new coaching staff lead by McDaniel have brought a positive vibe to the players and the organization. I truly believe the team is in a place where all the outside noise doesn’t effect them. That also helps Tua who handles this nonsense so well.
You mentioned above it doesn’t matter, if he’s more accurate than Mahomes, I agree
What matters is the sports media either trying to find a fine line between the 2 or agreeing
If Tua is in the conversation with a generation QB like Mahomes, then that in and of itself is a win
Perception can be more important than reality
I think Tua is more accurate, and I think Hill said it, because he hated the showmanship of Mahomes, one video showed him missing a wide open receiver in the EZ, because he threw a no look pass
Mahomes often threw some whackjob pass for some unknown reason, when a basic regular throwing motion would’ve got the job done
His left handed passes, where he had pressure on the right is great, but make them only when warranted
I hear ya. Mahomes is a playmaking QB with great physical skills. But he has not become a better rhythm QB over the years. He’s an improv guy who does not see the play and constantly runs around but he can do that. It has also cost him some big games in recent years. Running around in the pocket 10, 15 and 20 yards deep is not the objective.
Tyreek Hill was who he is before Mahomes replaced Alex Smith. Let’s see Mahomes without Tyreek. You don’t just replace him with anyone.
As for the Sean Payton story and how much money we were willing to offer him, who cares to keep discussing it? He’s a great coach, but he was still Saints property and he stepped down. He wanted a year off. He walked away from $15M per year with two years left on the deal. We would have had to trade top picks to acquire him and may not have had what it takes to acquire Tyreek Hill.
What I do find interesting about it is Frank Smith might have still been our OC under Payton.
They did their due diligence on Payton, isn’t that what they’re supposed to do?
Yes I said this to M13 the other night. But this story broke a week ago. Why is it still a hot topic? It didn’t happen and we have another new HC. I Googled Miami Dolphins news today and 4 or 5 stories were about this.
Can someone explain to me why it is when the media says something good about the Dolphins everyone is excited and happy and when they say something bad they’re all idiots and we’re pissed off. If they’re idiots, they’re idiots when they say anything, good or bad. Or did I miss something?
Because they’ve said so many bad things about us, that when they say something good it must be true and obvious
Would you ever hear me say anything good about the cheats or jets, if it weren’t true
Sometimes these guys have to try and save face or they’re just Homer’s or haters
It’s not about positive vs. negative for me, it’s about constant stories that didn’t happen and they keep making it seem like we’re a team without a direction when that’s not true. The Tua bashing is ridiculous. The rumors to replace him are rampant and never ending.
As for the positive stories I’m not sure how many there are from the media because I rarely seem them. The only positivity comes from in house.
I don’t care if the media isn’t all in with our team and doesn’t think they’ll be a top team. But the extreme stuff seems totally unwarranted. One guy a few weeks back picked us to finish 5-12. Really? We were 10-6 in 2020 and 9-8 in 2021. With the roster we have now we fall that low?
Go Phins!!!
Dolphins were ready to offer Sean Payton a $100 million deal to coach the team, per report
First of all it was the Sun Sentinel, so…
But why would Payton or Brady deny something, that might burn a bridge?
Who cares what was talked about or how serious it was
Hey lady, would you sleep with me for 1m?
Lady: of course!
Now that we know what you are let’s discuss the price
Maybe Ross just wanted to gage the interest
CBS Sports predicting NFL awards Buff Champs, Herbert MVP, Parson DPOY
Would you rather…Buff wins the SB this year, then fades off, not winning a div title for the next 5 years or doesn’t win an SB in the next 5, but wins the next 5 div titles?
Can’t wait for none of that to happen with your first sentence. LOL
It’s kind of fucked up that there is Saharan desert sand and dust raining down on my car here in Florida!!
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I know! They need to keep their dirt to themselves. I washed my truck this morning because it was going to rain in the afternoon. It did rain. No worries, right? Wrong! I picked up some carry out an hour ago and my truck (dark blue) looked like it had not been washed in 2 years. WTF!!
I will say this, Micah Parsons is exactly who I thought he was. He’s a versatile LB who can play a lot of roles and dominate. We could have chose him at #6 in 2021. We took Waddle instead. Both were really good prospects. I think our defense still has great potential without him. Our offense needed a player like Waddle. Now we added Tyreek Hill with him. That’s a huge jump on offense.
What I think most pundits are missing is our defense. I think Jaelan Phillips is the guy they’re sleeping on besides Jevon Holland. There is a really good solid core on defense that also features one of the best ball hawks in the league in X. This defense is not 7 or 8 deep, they’re like 15 deep. 🙂
The media loves their drama…it’s kinda girlish, sorry Herd….lol
Yeah, that Twitter dope who stated that there is no video evidence of Tua throwing 50+ yards? I did get at him yesterday… I’ve yet to hear back from him.
Perhaps he’ll name me in a defamation suit… LOL
32 LBs ranked on this list… and not one single Dolphins player, SMH
been saying it’s our weak link.
No one will vote for AVG as a top LB, but he will make plays.
same with Jerome Baker. I’ll keep him too.
The new draft pick Tindall will help, but he didn’t play last year in the NFL.
And Melvin Ingram bounced around too much to get votes last year.
Jaelan is not really a LB, even though that’s how we list him. He’s really an EDGE rusher, which seems to be gaining acceptance as a new position.
But if Wake and Lawrence Taylor were LBs, even though they did not really “back up the line,” like a MLB or ILB do, then JPhillips is also a LB and should be on this list.
The rest of our guys are backups on every team, even though I like those guys making plays and giving 110% for us. (Roberts, Scarlett, Riley, Eguavoen)
Just had a 2+ hour or more conversation and drinks…lol..with Baker’s dad…oh my
Very nice guy…met his wife before a few times….been in ATX “area” for 40 years…did not know that…born, bred, balled in TX…cool.
Were you able to glean where Baker’s next stop could be? I’m curious about where he may go.
You guys talking about Jerome Baker?
stangerx says:
June 13, 2022 at 4:41 pm
Bill Barr bashed that as inconsequential in the hearing today (wasn’t even asked, just brought it up). I take it based on cell phone GPS data. He said the actual videos shots didn’t show much of anything and that with a million cell phone users in the area natural that some come close to multiple ballot boxes.
But that’s just Barr talking. Did you get more out of it?
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In the meantime, the media is bashing Tua as essentially unwatchable and unworthy… they won’t ‘vet’ him.
So why not watch “2000 Mules” as BBMike has suggested? Do ya believe everything ya hear from the media and political blowhards? You are strong enough to make up your own mind, without hiding behind a Bill Barr… that much I know, man.
I was asking BBM about it to decide whether I want to watch about it. Mostly all I know about it is what Barr said and that Fox News and Newsmax wouldn’t run commercials for it. And “hiding behind a Bill Barr”? I offered what he said as a way to talk about it.
Where no, but, clearly out for a while…has guaranteed money.
To mf13ss..
We talked about family first, diversity, business, yada yada…very cool
To mf13ss for some reason none of my replies are going to you…lol…probably best lol…
If this guy gets better… look out! He uses size, strength, speed and technique too.
Like him alot! Kept getting better every game…imo
Yep! We all watched him get groomed from week one to the end of the season. What I like about him is he wasn’t happy with his rookie season. He had a historic season with 8.5 sacks as a rookie being somewhat green. He feels he missed a lot of plays. That’s scary.
Ogbah said he’s bigger, stronger and faster this year and has special upside. Nobody in the media is really talking about him. Lots of draftniks said Phillips was the best pure edge rusher in the 2021 draft. Now it’s year two. In the words of Son, pain is coming from #15 in Miami. 🙂
Go to :50 and see him take on the tackle than the guard and he still tackles the QB in the backfield. That’s LT type stuff.
Jaelan Phillips could be our Jared Allen/DeMarcus Ware Edge guy. I’ve said T.J. Watt before. It really comes down to being that guy. We might have that in him. I think he’s a player people are sleeping on.
High motor, with speed and power, and he’s stronger this year, he’s going to be a beast
Something I heard about why KC doesn’t match up this year, they only have 1 star rushing passer
With Phillips/Ogbah we matchup
JP (from the video) has got some moves….the :50 mark was awesome, but so was the next play after that….actually all of them….lol.
some of these headlines are just so over the top.
“Dolphins Tua Tagovailoa has the hottest seat in the NFL”
Really? Does he really? Buffoons.
About those linebacker ratings, are they only considering inside linebackers?
cuz
I’ve been saying it’s our weak link.
No one will vote for AVG as a top LB, but he will make plays.
same with Jerome Baker. I’ll keep him too.
The new draft pick Tindall will help, but he didn’t play last year in the NFL.
And Melvin Ingram bounced around too much to get votes last year.
Jaelan is not really a LB, even though that’s how we list him. He’s really an EDGE rusher, which seems to be gaining acceptance as a new position.
But if Wake and Lawrence Taylor were LBs, even though they did not really “back up the line,” like a MLB or ILB do, then JPhillips is also a LB and should be on this list.
The rest of our guys are backups on every team, even though I like those guys making plays and giving 110% for us. (Roberts, Scarlett, Riley, Eguavoen)
This is from an article from PFF on 10 NFL Players who struggled as a rookie:
I have my opinions about PFF, but this is just bad
EDGE JAELAN PHILLIPS, MIAMI DOLPHINS
Phillips was the first pass-rusher selected last season (assuming Micah Parsons was originally intended to be a true off-the-ball linebacker), and he played extensively as a rookie, posting 10 sacks but only managing 39 pressures from 402 pass-rushing snaps while earning a 53.7 overall PFF grade.
His best play came when he was moved around and allowed to exploit more favorable matchups against interior offensive linemen. Phillips flashed playmaking ability, but he was drafted to be a difference-maker on the Miami defensive line, and he hasn’t yet come close to that. He had just one or fewer pressures in nine games as a rookie, which is something that won’t cut it if he wants to be an elite pass-rushing force at the NFL level.
Well PFF, I guess he is worse than even you wrote since he only had 8.5 sacks not 10…..
message to all the talking heads freaking out about Tyreek’s podcast
Great post, Rock.
also from PFF
X-Factor for 2022: CB Byron Jones
Since signing with Miami two years ago, Jones hasn’t eclipsed a 70.0 coverage grade. While he did force the fourth-most incompletions from man coverage in 2021, he and Xavien Howard each gave up over 400 yards on such plays. Howard was able to offset the yardage allowed with three interceptions en route to a 70.7 man coverage grade, but Jones did not record a single interception on 46 such targets. Instead, he allowed two scores and finished with a sub-par 51.1 man coverage grade, a minuscule improvement on his 50.2 grade from the year pro.
Jones has always been a better zone cornerback, and his past two years with the Dolphins have amplified that notion. He’s recorded his best individual coverage grades playing the scheme and even collected his lone two interceptions as a Miami Dolphin in zone during 2020. Josh Boyce’s return as defensive coordinator also provides some familiarity for the defense despite Brian Flores’ departure as head coach, which could spur Jones to rebound as a consistent boundary cornerback.
Jaelan got a late start on the field.
He missed reps in Training Camp and preseason games.
He only played in 14 of the 17 games.
He played like a rookie. He WAS a rookie.
He started though, and they depended on him; he’s no where close to a bust.
PS:
He got run over by a car in college and has been rebuilding his body
(and his whole life, really, as he withdrew from college, withdrew from football, and went into a psych shell in a world of music for a year).
He was 6’5 265 last year with some baby fat.
This year … look out!!
Josh Boyce+who the fuck is that maroon? Josh BOYER, you overpaid idiot.
Charles Harris is the true definition of struggling as a rookie, buffoon.
How does Zach Wilson not get a hotter seat?
after that disaster last year,
than Tua, whose rookie year was way better.
btw
typing “have went” is always incorrect grammar.
also
have came
have did
have drove
etc.
All media is garbage. Liars and hustlers. They predict things wrong all the time and then act like what truly happens was part of their coverage. Meteorologists get paid to guess too so I guess they have some value? I’d put them slightly above politicians on the value and lies chart and below just about everything else. I’d trust Deshaun Watson with my niece in a bathhouse before I’d trust a journalist to post something that isn’t on the propaganda agenda.
I disagree.
Meteorologists now have radar and satellite imagery that have greatly improved their prediction success ratio.
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I do agree that politicians have an agenda.
They SHOULD have an agenda.
An agenda is the work that needs to get done.
as in “What’s on the agenda today?”
It is supposed to be the agenda that their voters elected them to work on. …
which SHOULD be the business of taking care of and improving life in our country.
However, it seems some of them have sold out to special interest groups.
That is why I would like strict and short term limits.
Hopefully the “lobbyists” can’t afford to bribe a new set of reps every 2 years.
Meteorologists still guess though. It may be a high value guess but still a guess. I never mentioned politician agendas. Their main agenda is getting elected and usually not much else. It’s hard to accomplish goals sometimes but many don’t put much into their work. I agree that most have donor agendas above all else beyond reelection.
My main issue is media propaganda. No one wants to do investigative reporting anymore and it’s very needed. The people who own papers do not want certain info to get out more. Like how wide the wealth gap is today. Propaganda sells, it always has but it leads to a divided and poorly informed populace. Like what we see today.
I’d be curious to see Phillip’s numbers, grading, etc from the 1st half of the season vs the 2and half.
I really hate that my phone auto corrects ‘2nd’ to ‘2and’. I cant figure out how to make it stop doing that…
I didn’t realize this about Brandon Jones-
“Jones, whose signature play as a rookie was a sack against the New York Jets, led all NFL defensive backs last season with five sacks, which also represented the highest total for a Dolphins DB since sacks became an official stat in 1982.”
https://www.si.com/nfl/dolphins/news/miami-dolphins-db-brandon-jones-looking-to-expand-his-repertoire
pretty good, huh? and that’s the OTHER young safety.
Jevon Holland is even better!!
I really want a Holland throwback jersey
Jaelan may have “struggled” last season as a player, but he is showing himself to be a great young human. This is leadership.
yup
Been wondering the same. Signing Tyreek didn’t match up with the run-heavy offense we thought McDaniel was bringing. If any thing our skill guys suggest we should be pass heavy.
uh huh
Something they are not considering or at least haven’t mentioned is more successful offensive plays will lead to more offensive plays per game. If they stop punting 2 out of 3 series they will accrue more plays per game and thus have more balls to go around per game.
Yep. Our offense was anemic and if it improves, those WRs will still see their targets. With accurate Tua, they should reel them in more as well.
The Dolphins punted 78 times last season. 4.58 punts per game. If we punted one less time per game we would accrue at least 3-5 more plays per game. That is an additional 50-85 plays per season. That is a LOT of touches to go around.
Not to mention it would be an additional 51-102 points per season…..
Miami had 1.3 punts per offensive score last season. KC had .5 punts per offensive score. Just one more 1st down per game (one less punt) can make a huge difference.
Let’s try it again
Congrats to Yadi, but you put out that list and all I see is.
The Pirates could use some of that Jason Kendall fielding; they have 4 errors against us today.
does this have any significance? Why should a random Dolphin fan care?
If you don’t care, why comment? Seems rather counterproductive…
Significant to me. And how much baseball talk have we had over the years?
LOL, as if visiting or posting on this blog is productive.
LOL, well I guess that’s fair, although my comment was more figurative than literal in intent.
Also, I’d say the relationships developed here are quite productive. I know I wake up each morning racing to turn the computer on thinking “I can’t wait to see what my good buddy Rock has to say today” –good shivers– 😆
Oh my ….(sobs) I am so sorry Cav! {sniffle sniffle} I had absolutely no idea!!
I never realized that your life was so tragically sad that you looked forward to reading whatever garbage I happen to vomit out on here like a partially digested hairball. 🤮😂
I think we can pretty much all agree that my contribution to the substance of this blog is mostly my ability to cut and paste a link To whatever entertained me in passing
🤪
😜🤡
I was just salty because I didn’t know what a putout is.
Apparently put out has a different meaning than when I was younger. 😳
OMFG….LOL….and bromance brewing….
Can’t way to see the gleam in your eyes at the fest…lmao
Don’t ask what you can do for your dem party, ask what they can do for you
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gWe1TJQ-6HI
STEVE; YOUR VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS just hired Bruce Cassidy as their next head coach!! Cassidy coached the Bruins for 6 seasons and produced 6 winning seasons. His reward?? HE GOT FIRED!! Leaving that beat-up team of over the hill players might have been THE BEST THING He’s ever done for his career. I predict Cassidy gets Vegas back into the playoffs next season while the bruins fall out of the Playoffs!
Looks to be a good signing
Too many injuries this season, but without a top notch goalie they had no chance to beat Colorado, if they made the playoffs, so maybe the extended rest will do them some good
Time to go power wash…literally…lol
ABOUT 23 HOURS BEFORE THE PUCK DROPS FOR GAME 1 of the 2022 Stanley Cup Finals. This will be Colorado’s first appearance since 2001. The Lightning will be appearing in their 3rd consecutive Stanley Cup Finals and their 4th in the last 8 seasons. The Avs are prohibitive favorites to win these Finals.
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A BIT OF MYSTERY surrounds both teams. Colorado has not played for 9 consecutive days. Will they be rusty?? The Bolts also had a 9-day layoff after sweeping the favored Florida Panthers. They did NOT play well in games 1 & 2 against the New York Rangers. But they rallied to defeat New York in four consecutive matches to advance to the Finals. And speaking of rust, Top Playoff goal scorer from the prior two Stanley Cups–Brayden Point– should be back for tomorrow night’s contest for the underdog Lightning. Will he be sharp after his long layoff??
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AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, I’m on record as predicting that Tampa Bay will complete a historic “3-Peat” with an upset over the Avalanche in this series!!—GO BOLTS!!!
CavKong and Jahndoh will be able to appreciate this: E40 gettin’ RESPECT at the NBA Finals…
Love to see it! Eastbay taking over!
TURNING IN EARLY TONIGHT to rest-up for what I believe will be an explosive Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals tomorrow night. THIS TOWN IS HOPPING with “Hockey Crazies!”
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“LET’s GET READY TO RUMBLE!!”
OD, you got any pull on finding a house or townhouse for rent at an affordable price somewhere around the Brandon FL area? My son is moving there end of next month
STEVE: I’m sorry to tell you I DON’T have any pull around here in that regard. PRICES
for non-ritzy townhouses start around 2,000 and up; houses are MORE. Literally thousands of townhouses are nearing completion in southern Pasco County where we live. It’s about 20 miles north of the airport and about 30 miles north of Brandon. I figure nearly all of these projects will be complete in the next 4-6 months, if not sooner. By then, the economy in general and the housing market in particular may be measureably slower than it is now.
GOOD LUCK!!
Interesting…
NOW we know why we got after Chase so early and quickly in FA.
Edmonds said he played more inside zone with ARZ and we’re going to run more outside zone in Miami. He’s a good fit for that too.
Ahhh, dang, Cardinals gave up the no hitter with one strike left
I could see our backs catching quite a few passes to assist the ball control game. Wouldn’t be surprised if it’s 6-7 times per game.
Tim Knight says:
June 14, 2022 at 10:43 pm
Edmonds said he played more inside zone with ARZ and we’re going to run more outside zone in Miami. He’s a good fit for that too.
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I’m the type of cat who doesn’t care about what the players or coaches say,.. it gets put in my mental ‘spam box’, if you will. I’m more about potential, probability and statistics, history, game tape, and shit like that.
You, on the other hand, soak all of it up every single year. And every single year, I find you to be a great resource for the stuff I don’t care to sift through (interviews and press conferences). For instance, I had no idea that Chase had played specifically inside zone with the Cards, being I really don’t follow the Cards. Yeah, I knew they played under a ZBS, but not to that specificity (inside).
Tim… THANK YOU! That’s not a backhanded compliment either, Bro. You bring much to the table here and you’re appreciated! 🙂
BTW, Krishna and I were talking about Baker Mayfield last evening, not Jerome Baker. Krishna was talking about Mayfield’s father. That’s pretty cool!
*Krishna was talking to Mayfield’s father.
And that’s if I understood him correctly.
No worries and thanks. I just share info. and I got that from a video with Edmonds.
So the latest I’ve heard about Baker Mayfield (and y’all probably have heard it as well), is that the Carolina Panthers are seriously trying to acquire him. The two sides (Browns and Panthers) have yet to come to an agreement for compensation ($$$, trade values, etc).
Sam Darnold is a complete joke (another USC QB with limited college experience drafted all too early), and Matt Corral is going to be a WIP (Work In Progress) who is not yet ready to start.
The way I see it? Baker Mayfield is going to be the starting QB for the Panthers by the time the regular season opens, and Deshaun Watson is going to be suspended for some time. Meaning, Jacoby Brissett is likely to be the opening day starter for the Browns and possibly for the whole season.
The Browns are likely in DEEP POOP.
And I have a gut feeling that Jimmy G will remain a 49er until Trey Lance proves himself. IF Lance proves himself, I see Jimmy G getting moved via trade before the trade deadline of ’22.
I’m looking forward to seeing the increase in overall team speed.
Me too… just hope we aren’t going to fail like an Al Davis ‘speed team’. Don’t think we will, to be honest.
Not even the additions in individual speed but the team playing faster overall. Our defense should play faster with more continuity. McDaniel likes playing fast.
James Mayfield threw some shade at Tua about his arm/success…I threw shade back about Brees, Montana, etc. He laughed, touched, and fist bumped….
Baker just wants to play, not with the Browns….
I laughed when he said Brissett was their backup. I said, he sucks and he agreed…
We sat for 2+ hours….covered a wide range of topics….all Texan…lol
,,,touched???? wtf was I trying to say there? Lol…
LOL
That’s awesome, man!
I happen to like Baker and feel he’s been given a bum rap in Cleveland with all that has occurred over there. He’s truly a decent QB IMO, but things always seem to fall apart in “The Mistake by the Lake”.
Gotta run, y’all. Peace!
Cool story Krishna. I don’t know much about Baker but I definitely think he got a bum deal in Cleveland.
Do you think his attitude had something to do with it? I do. He was in a good spot a couple of years ago. I think he rubs too many players the wrong way.
…Haslam is the reason Watson is there. Why, who knows?
Touched v touche….lol…autocrrect. He gave me the “touche” comment and we fist 👊…
…Baker has seen the shitshow there and basically wants to find a better team….he’s been paid, so it’s not money.
Jesus Herd … that was hot as fire
LOL Herd, it had the same definition when I was a kid, but then we are about the same age so there is that.
I’ll ask this question – What is the purpose, the goal of the investigation of Jan 6th? What do the Democrats hope to accomplish? Honest answers only please . . .
They’re afraid of Trump running in 2024
These swampers on both sides are afraid he’s going to take down their corruption ring
By making him look bad they feel people will believe their bs and it will hurt his chances in 2024
The ramrod impeachment they tried after Jan 6th was for the same reason
Idealistically, it’s a referendum/calling out anyone who challenges this country’s historical peaceful transition of power/presidency.
Liz Cheney is co-chairman and believes it’s the right thing to do.
The whatabout isms over the George Floyd protests are false equivalencies, imo. Those were about a public “lynching” in today’s world due to the “perceived color” of a person’s skin….fucking shameful and the perp is behind bars….not even close to a comparison, imo.
Mike E., I don’t care to debate it. You asked a question and I gave you my opinion. And, I’m not a Democrat or Republican…never have been.
Lol…you’re in Jack Del Rio territory and it cost him $100K…a simple question…lol
Now, it seems SCOTUS thinks it’s ok to allow praying on a football field in a public school is a good thing…lmao….
I thought there was somewhere in the Constitution about the separation of church and state….fuck it…lol
I can only imagine if a coach in a public school got on knees and prostated to Allah or the whole team donned yamikahs vs helmets to pray after a game…lmao!