I’ve never hated Stephen Ross like so many people in South Florida do. I think most of the people who hate him, hate him for the wrong reasons. They hate him because he’s a New York guy first and foremost. Cracks me up how much people from Florida hated him for that reason from the get-go. How many people who live in Florida are actually Florida natives? Florida is littered with transplants, littered! If he came from South Carolina he’d have been fine. I always saw Ross as a guy who just wants to win, and would do anything, even things outside the rules to win. I think a lot of rich, billionaires feel that way, they’ve been doing that their whole lives. On the other hand, the NFL has 32 billionaires all in the same boat, and there are rules that have to be followed or there are consequences for breaking those rules. Well, now as Dolphins fans, we have to eat the shit sandwich of losing one of our TWO 1st round picks in next year’s draft, and then another 3rd round pick in 2024. It sucks, it definitely does, but do I hate Stephen Ross? He’s done everything he could to make Hard Rock Stadium a great place to come for Dolphins fans. While we haven’t won a Superbowl or been perennial playoff contenders, no other Dolphins Owner in the last 30 years did that either! So I still don’t hate Stephen Ross, but I wouldn’t hate if he sold the team either. Then you have to worry about who takes over.
To be clear, I’m not defending Ross. I hate what he did tampering with Tom Brady of all people. I tell you with all honesty I could not watch Tom Brady play on the Miami Dolphins. Whatever we would possibly accomplish with Tom Brady as QB would only be another feather in the cap of Tom Brady and our team would be on Brady’s coattails, just as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers were. He went to a very talented Bucs team, and then he recruited other NFL talent (Sound like the NBA anyone?) to put them over the top. The Bucs that previous season were 7-9, but their QB Jameis Winston turned the ball over a historically high 45 times, 33 interceptions and 12 fumbles. He also threw for over 5000 yards and 30 TD’s because that team had talent. Brady didn’t go to the Detroit Lions and win the Super Bowl, no, he went to a team on the cusp and then brought in a few extra great players to get them over the top. If having Tom Brady, Rob Gronkowski, Antonio Brown, and Leonard Fournette on your team all due to Brady recruiting, and winning the Super Bowl with those guys make you feel good, so be it. It would do nothing for me and the entire season would be tainted and unwatchable for me.
So, on to training camp. It’s been a competitive camp so far, but it’s hard to glean important information until they get the pads and helmets on, which just recently happened, and even then, it’s not that easy. Guys that are training camp stars sometimes get cut, and sometimes guys don’t get exposed or ball out until the real games start. Undrafted WR Braylon Sanders is getting a lot of hype right now, but who knows if this guy even makes the roster. 4th RD pick Erik Ezukanma is also getting positive hype, and is a more likely candidate to make the roster. Then again, undrafted WR Wes Welker is the WR Coach now in Miami, so maybe I’m off on that. There’s also a lot of hype going to TE Durham Smythe. Plenty of talk that he will be getting more reps. Well, he’s the better blocker, that much is clear, and he’s a decent receiver as well. Doesn’t matter who starts, but if you think Durham Smythe is going to get more targets than TE Mike Gesicki, you’re crazy. My hope is that Gesicki becomes a more balanced NFL TE under McD, but if not, he’s clearly the better receiving TE with speed, agility, the ability to high point the football and catch anything near him, and of course make a contested catch.
It’s impossible to gauge the running backs right now so we’ll have to wait some for that to develop. It seems Raheem Mostert is healthy and feeling good, so that’s a plus. LT Austin Jackson is having a strong camp so far, but it’s too early to get real excited. Let’s hope the injury bug stays away, it has so far, and that’s one of the most important things. Get through training camp healthy, and get ready for the season. There’s always feel good stories in training camp, but often times they don’t amount to much. One of them is Noah Igbinoghene, and how this may finally be his year. That would be great, just don’t bet on it. Tua is throwing the ball well, his best passes are touch passes because he doesn’t throw frozen ropes like Justin Herbert. If he’s going to do that, it’s going to be within 20 yards, he doesn’t have elite arm strength, he has elite accuracy with average NFL strength. He makes good decisions most times, has a quick release, and sees the defense well. I think he’s going to have a great year, can’t wait to see it!
#stangerstrong
GO DOLPHINS!!!!
Finsmob Unleashed 
welp
Well that sounds a little better
Larnell got roast early and often at the practices I attended, but they keep putting him in there, much like Flores did in 2019 with Needham, they must’ve seen something from him
Sounds like overall we had a couple of solid days against a top contender in the Bucs. Nice to see we had a bit of a dustup that didn’t amount o much towards the end of day two. That means intensity, but not stupidity. Plus it sounds like were were the aggressors.
2 days to go!!
hmmmm
Travis Wingfield
@WingfieldNFL
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Jevon Holland is asked who stood out the most these two days — Keion Crossen
Our DB well seems to be overflowing, which is awesome because you can never have too many quality DBs.
REALLY LOUD WITH FINGERS IN EARS :
LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA I CAN”T HEAR YOU LA LA LA LA LA LA LA!!
Football gods, please ignore this foolish man!
LOL
Kong like play with fire
U got mail Cav
Cheers, UK. I skimmed it, and will go through it in detail tonight. have to order a firestick first as I’ll want an upgraded version. I’ll be in touch. Much appreciated 🙂
Ouch
Wrap up
Why Smythe will be starting and playing more.
quite a different take from the Bucs beat writer.
https://www.si.com/nfl/buccaneers/news/buccaneers-win-day-1-of-joint-practices-with-dolphins
That’s yesterday
yes, but all of our reporters said we “won” yesterday.
Nice placement on this pass
It’s what he do
My apologize for misgendering “her”
not spam
Coach says they may not let Tua play this weekend? They fucking better!
LOL!
I don’t know cheetah, he is kind of dweebish.
Action Jackson (prayers) IS looking slimmer.
I find it amusing that blogger Brian Miller calls Travis Wingfield “Dolphins Personality Guy”
News Media Blog Tua Tagovailoa still doesn’t realize the Dolphins were trying to get Tom Brady for 2022 [2 hours ago]
Mike Florio still doesn’t realize that he is a douche bag and what does he expect Tua to say?
I saw that headline and was smh. That Florio is a smelly little c^^t of a troll.
It’s completely unnecessary. Tua is obviously trying to put this whole thing away, and Florio is just trying to provoke a response.
As it turns out Julio didn’t practice today. Darn!
Wow, Adam Beasley is a bit harsh here.
https://www.profootballnetwork.com/tampa-bay-buccaneers-training-camp-report-without-tom-brady-the-bucs-scare-no-one/
I figured Brady was just getting a vet rest day, didn’t realize he was taking two weeks for personal reasons.
YAY! Go Miami Dolphins offensive line development! YAY
— Salvon Ahmed and Myles Gaskin each won his rep in a pass-protection drill against Bucs linebackers, but Raheem Mostert was shoved out of the way by Tampa Bay’s Devin White.
— Along with Coleman, Robert Hunt also had a very 1-on-1 pass-protection drill, with two wins in two reps against veteran Akiem Hicks and Connor Williams twice stood up Pro Bowl defensive tackle Vita Vea.
— Terron Armstead got extensive action in team periods, a very good sign regarding the veteran tackle. In the 1-on-1 drills, he split his two reps against star pass rusher Shaq Barrett.
Hill is just a BAD MAN. This is some awesome moves.
They build supercars low to the ground for a reason.
Welp
Ah damn! we really needed those 10 draft points between a 7th and 6th rounder…..
Here is another one. LOL
CB’s better be getting some insurance against broken ankles!!!
You can only hope to contain him
Waddle seems to be getting some energy off of Hill, in more ways than one, it shows in every highlight I see of him
“We allotted this time because Brady wanted to get in and get chemistry with the guys and go through two weeks of training camp, knowing he wasn’t going to play the first two games. He didn’t want to take away reps from Blaine, Kyle Trask as far as going into the next two games. … We trust him. We talked about it. It was scheduled way before training camp that he wouldn’t be here until after Tennessee.”
— Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Todd Bowles making me think there is a lot more to the story than that.
I read something a few days ago about his marriage not being all Rosie
And I’m not buying, that this was planned
Bowles is a bad liar
So the players had about 6 weeks off, and they expect us to believe whatever is going on couldn’t have been handled during that time?
Doesn’t make any sense, that it was planned for him to take 2 weeks off
What would belicheat tell him?
Who knows? Would make more sense if they said “Yeah he is old and we want to give him a break to keep him fresh for the season.” But they did not and clearly was his idea. After one joint practice with us is even more screwy.
Well, they announced LAST WEEK on the 3rd that he would not be playing in the Miami game. So they knew at LEAST on the 3rd.
Not playing is differnt than taking two weeks off. Tua might not play on Saturday. He’ll still be at the next practice.
This is the one that has gotten the most reposts so far. Mostly by Jets douches.
Lol
If that was Wilson throwing it the DB would be running in for a pick6
Their boy in action
wow he is taking conditioning very serious.
That’s a great thing.
He was known as being fast and mobile in college,
so maybe he can chip and sprint/pull off Tua’s back side.
??
oops sorry
this was supposed to go with the Austin Jackson pic showing he has lost weight and firmed up.
Tom Brady went home for “personal reasons” for TWO WEEKS!!
What a prima donna.
His HC says he’ll be back in time for the season opener.
So i put in a vacation day request for the Monday after the Fest so I can go back to the hotel after the game / hang out / whatever. My office manager came into my office today to hand me the form back and said “sorry, it wasn’t approved” to bust my chops. I laughed and said “oh, I feel an illness coming on.” She said, that doesn’t fly your requested day isn’t until October. So I replied, yeah, but I am sick of working here NOW.
You must be real good at your job Rock. 🙂
I have “Tenure” here. I’m not irreplaceable they just have failed to do it in 25 years of recycling the person at the other desk.
I dare them to fire me on a regular basis.
But yeah, I am REALLY good at what I do.
Wyoming,
Thanks for correcting your ‘mis-genderization’ (LOL) of Josina. Not your fault that ya didn’t know, Bro, but she’s one of the very best in the biz, and has been for many years.
For whatever it’s worth, I’d ‘mis-gendered’ one of my followers on Twitter once upon a time. I was truly embarrassed!
It happens, man!
TO BE CLEAR, we’re not talking about LBQT with every other letter of the alphabet following. I’d done FUNKED UP!
I said “Thank you Sir” to a cashier last week, and as I was walking away had a sudden feeling of guilt / uncertainty that I may have offended the person because truthfully, I wasn’t sure…..
I’ve done the exact same thing, Rockphin. You meant well, and I think that’s all that matters.
When I was brought up I was taught to show respect to everyone (It was regularly reinforced with the back of the hand from Dad, or what ever Mom could grab to hit you with) so “Mam” and “Sir” just fall out of my mouth. Young women hate me calling them “Mam” and confused people don’t like it either.
I hear ya, man… minus the back of the hand from anybody. I was essentially raised the same way, to show respect to others… and I still do.
I just skip the whole ‘ma’am’ thing today, knowing it offends women regarding age.
I’ll sometimes revert to ‘miss’, and if it isn’t ‘miss’, they’ll correct me to ‘Mrs’. That’s fair, and it makes the ladies feel young.
Rockphin says:
August 11, 2022 at 4:37 pm
I have “Tenure” here. I’m not irreplaceable they just have failed to do it in 25 years of recycling the person at the other desk.
I dare them to fire me on a regular basis.
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Just be careful Rock. One of my best buddies was the top score board tech guy for AMF (the bowling company). Talking if there was a crash or an install problem anywhere in the world he was the 4th person some tech guy in Saudi Arabia would reach and he would then solve the unsolved problem. He was indispesible.
Then he got promoted to overseeing 4 different sections and he trained someone else to do what he did. A couple years later he got laid off cause wasn’t indespensible any more. Was just management.
2 tiered justice
LOL — she talks aboout Espstein and Hunter Biden.
Trump’s people have a copy of both the search warrant and what was taken pursuant to the search warrant. Why do you figure they don’t make those public?
So you agree with the search?
I don’t know enough to either agree or disagree with the search. Why would like to see the warrant and return that Team Trump already has. Wouldn’t you like more info?
No, the entire thing stinks to high heaven, is unprecedented and if done to a dem we’d be seeing it every minute of the day on MSM and the they’d be screaming banana republic
What you’re saying basically is this isn’t a partisan hit job
What I specifically said was “I don’t know enough to either agree or disagree with the search. ” Seems we have a communication ptoblem at times.
The most imperfect crime…. you just can’t make this stuff up.
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A Maryland man described by the FBI as a “self-professed” white supremacist was sentenced on Wednesday to four months of incarceration for storming the U.S. Capitol while wearing a court-mandated device that tracked his movements.
Betancur, 22, was on probation for a 2019 burglary conviction when he traveled from the Washington suburb of Silver Spring, Maryland, and joined the mob that attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. A GPS-enabled monitoring device that he was wearing under the terms of his probation showed that he spent roughly three hours in or around the Capitol that afternoon.
Is it illegal to be around the capital?
You take it as fact, but dismiss the same type of thing from 2000 mules
I took the guy’s confession as fact, but understand was not in the part put out. He wore a GPS monitor and then broke into the Capitol.
Broken News: Criminal conman dupes rubes.
Oh fuckity, fuck !
Lol
If all attorneys looked like Trump’s attorney, I might like attorneys. She’s hot..
Phelon : are you in for Fantasy football again this year ?
Yep
👍👍 Tanx
She’s a hottie
Not sure why CavKong lumped me into the political realm the other day. I haven’t introduced politics here for a very long time. Yeah, I’ll engage (reply) on something I find to be politically wrong, but I certainly have NOT introduced politics here for a VERY long time.
Just wanted that matter to be clear and clean as it regards ME.
CavKong, you are WRONG about me, my bud.
If you tell yourself you don’t post comments about politics…shrug…it’s not the craziest thing I’ve seen you say…
Piggs ha ha this has been fun wondering where tf you are but we play on Saturday and your presence is required
🐽🐖🐷🐧❌☃️🐆🐬💪❤️
Right on!! We want our Piggy back Piggy back Piggy back!!! 🐽🐽🐽🐽🐽🐽
I miss him, I hope he comes to the fest
Mike E you rock just in case I haven’t told you recently, I always love seeing you at the Fest. 💪
Hey Sonny, same here my friend! Can’t wait! You make it fun!!
We’re still gonna be on Krishna watch lol
Be ready
The joint practices is good to see the team against other competition and the Bucs are a good test. None of this counts in the standings. It’s getting into football shape.
They Bucs were a good test against our run D and we didn’t fair so well, they had no receivers yet Iggy got destroyed
Tua went up against a good D and was stellar, running game not so much
Right we’re finding out what looked good and what needs work. I don’t expect our offense to look good at this point in time. It’s a totally different scheme. Need to get down the basic concepts.
I’m not worried about the defense and Trill Williams looks to be flashing as the 4th corner over Iggy.
LOCK UP YOUR PROPERTY! Look what happened when Rock didn’t secure his Phins Kool Aid store? Everyone be goin crazy
“Retorted”
“Retorted”
Definition – does not have the mental capacity to reply to said statement?
There’s a lot of that going around these days! 😉
Kool Aid is stronger than it looks? 40 proof!
Beal out as heir to the franchise as Ross will leave team in the family to his daughter. All of that nonsense was Beal but Ross had to pay the price.
Did this really happen? Is Beal out?
https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/nfl/miami-dolphins/article264432391.html
Wow, could you imagine being on the cusp of owning an NFL team, then losing it in this fashion? I’d almost feel sorry for Beal if it wasn’t for…you know…being part of costing us a damn 1st and a 3rd…lol
More than likely to be called spam
so many different cool parts
For the history buffs
Field Yates
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Ever since the NFL’s first year in 1920, the Bears have always led all franchises in most career wins.
They currently stand at 783.
If the Packers win 2 more games than the Bears this season, the Packers will become the winningest NFL franchise ever.
If?
If they don’t they’ll be a 6 win team
CBS Sports HQ
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“Tua, you could tell, was just absolutely excited to have Tyreek Hill on one side and Jaylen Waddle on the other.”
Waddle is pretty excited about it too
Don’t know if you guys get Bally sports but this is pretty cool for you if you do. (Locals can watch on local TV)
OOPS
https://www.miamidolphins.com/news/press-release-miami-dolphins-partnership-with-bally-sports-florida-sun-kicks-off
https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/2022/08/12/dolphins-vs-bucs-preseason-week-1-odds/
1.5 favorites
1.5??
Is that when you win by almost getting a safety?
You get 1.5 fir doinking it off the goal post now! 😉
Dolphins football tomorrow- WoooHoooo!!!
“Now is the winter of our discontent/Made glorious summer by this son of York…”
Civilized ape
Brady doesn’t want to go against our defense
LOL….what watch?
son of a son of a shula says:
August 11, 2022 at 10:00 pm
We’re still gonna be on Krishna watch lol
Be ready
NEW BLOG UP!!!!