Game saving plays. Other than the tackle Ingram made inbounds to run the clock out, that kickoff punt by Morstead was huge. It was a high booming kick of probably 60+ in the air.
I have a problem with the spot on Ingram’s tackle, it was on the 42, yet they spotted it on the 40, if there was any time left, that could’ve been huge 58 instead of 60 yards
That is what is bad about them outer bands. They dump a lot of rain and soften the ground before the winds come. Hard for some trees to stay rooted. Palm trees have a unique root base that anchors them very well. Pine trees have a deep anchor root, but the wood is weak, and they snap in 2 like a toothpick.
We just had the cold front come through the panhandle last night. It’s a dry, crisp and cool morning here. I hope the front doesn’t fizzle out too much. I hope it sucks up some of this dry air and weakens.
In case you were wondering how important the running game is in the NFL, four of the bottom five teams in adjusted line yards are Buffalo (32), Jacksonville (31), Miami (30), and Baltimore (28).
Thursday is a Trap Game, imo. Did some research on trends for TNF …
… these are just trends, and clearly are not 100%, but they are strong enough to consider this a Trap Game coming off a 3-0 start.
Road teams all time on TNF, straight up, win only 36% of the time …
but throw in variables that apply:
1. both teams coming off a win
2. intraconference, non-divisional, game (80% go to home team)
However, the glaring Trend is based on how many points are scored by either the road or home team:
1. road team ‘magic number’ is 25 pts. Above that, since 2012, 85% win rate. Below the 25 pts has been a disastrous 17% win rate.
2. home team ‘magic number’ is 17 pts. Trend shows that under 17 pts the home team only wins 10% of the time. wow!
Again… just trends. Fins are 2-5 on TNF, but THIS is a different team. Coming off an exhausting win (emotionally and physically), TNF is going to be a BIG test of the ‘character’ that I believe many of us have seen ‘new’ from previous seasons.
Our Defense played a lot of minutes. Can they find the energy to hold Cincy under 17 pts.? Will Tua ‘muscle through’ and find enough big plays to get us over the 25 pt. magic number?
Keys:
Def: Fins DL / pass rush … everybody gets to Burrow. We got to Allen, so maybe we make Burrow’s life hell.
Off: Obviously Tua playing, cuz these guys should be FRESH, and Cheetah will be seething to make a bigger impact.
Bucs think there was a 5 second discrepancy with the play clock on their final 2 point conversion (where they got a delay of game). Pretty lame when this happens in your own stadium, lol.
We rode out Irma, and it was a Cat 5, so I think we can handle this one as well, although we have not been through a hurricane in this house yet.
My only real concern is my coconut palms leaning into the back wall of my house. They are huge, heavy trees, and the wind will likely be coming from that side, and there’s only a lake out there, no buildings to slow it down.
“I think the answer is obvious: I’m picking against the Dolphins. However, I would like to note that I’m not just doing it out of spite at this point. The biggest problem for the Dolphins is that their defense is getting rolled every week. Through three weeks, the Dolphins are surrendering an average of 413.7 yards per game, which is the second-most in the NFL. You can throw the ball on them, you can run the ball on them and the Bengals will likely do both. ”
Ya’ll be careful down there!
10′ of storm surge is no joke!
That’s getting up to Ike size!!!
9/27 11am ET: Life-threatening storm surge from #Ian is increasingly likely along the Florida west coast where a storm surge warning is in effect, w/ the highest risk from Fort Myers to the Tampa Bay region. Listen to local officials & check https://t.co/0BMJEA5Wz0 for updates! pic.twitter.com/Yvimd5FMzT
Thank you, Sir.
not as bad as fires or tornadoes;
I feel really bad for people that have to deal with those.
This thing is
just a really badass thunderstorm.
I don’t know if you guys read my comments in game Sunday
But I was a little upset at the DB blitzes in the red zone
Mainly my issue was it was leaving singletary wide open underneath
I think it worked though
Next thing you know Josh Allen is taking what the defense gives him, the Bills hold the ball for 40 minutes and score only 19 points
I don’t know if it was a strategy by Boyer to end up with that result, since our defense blitzes so much anyway, but in retrospect, it seems like they were willing to give up a lot of underneath stuff
I’m thinking we might do something similar on Thursday against the bengals who have a history of relying on big plays
It’s been my contention it was the plan all along to force the Bills into long drives by keeping everything underneath, hopefully force mistakes, and then tighten up in the redzone. Make them earn everything, which is what we did.
I think it was born out of the way the Ravens put up big numbers with big plays on us, and our coaches decided that wasn’t going to happen in this game. We missed on capitalizing on some mistakes- mostly dropped INTs- and came up just short on a few would-be drive ending plays that really could have pushed this game more in our favor TOP-wise, but it still worked and we still got the W.
If it wasn’t the plan, then they should say it was, lol. I’d be willing to bet nobody hold the Bills to less points (17) this season.
You guts kept talking about how bad we did when blitzing, but the numbers show we didn’t blitz as much after Bills scored 2nd td, then we played better
I've been on the Emmanuel Ogbah bandwagon for a couple years now. He had seven total pressures against the Bills, and he was one step away from about five sacks. 91 is a frickin' dude all over the defensive line. pic.twitter.com/0blbUbC5bN
Every year when the schedule comes out first thing I do is look at our Thursday game for road/home, because of the advantage I know the home team has, then I look at the same for cheats
We’ve had like 2 home Thursday games in the last about 8 years, while the cheats have had like 1 last 8 years
While Ross was asking for road games to start the season, when the stadium was getting renovated, Belicheat was asking for home Thursday games
As someone up above said, … “we wore out their OFFENSE.” We made their blockers work on NINETY plays. 18 and 20 play drives. They were so gassed by the end of each half that they mismanaged the clock from stumbling around in fatigue.
And the same for Josh Allen. At the end of the first half, he fumbled the snap and then threw a no-chance fake spike pass that was both dumb and crummy.
Then at the end of the game, he threw a catchable but very short pass to a guy who ran around like he was dizzy, did not get out of bounds, got caught from behind by a DE, and therefore between the two of them, they wasted all their remaining time.
What if Allen had thrown it into the dirt? 2-3 seconds lost and time for one more play and then an organized spike.
We know he can throw it into the dirt, because he did that on the goal line earlier. Again that was a tired stumble and a fatigue type throw.
“And the same for Josh Allen. At the end of the first half, he fumbled the snap and then threw a no-chance fake spike pass that was both dumb and crummy.”
I was actually impressed that Allen knew that once the ball was fumbled, he wasn’t allowed to spike it, even if the announcers were clueless (including a former QB in Green).
Agree the throw was dumb because it was just a hair away from being a pick 6. He should have just kneeled.
I just have to say this again. I fucking love Mike McDaniel.
How often do we say things on this board, and when game time comes around, the coaching staff seems to be thinking entirely different things?
Case in point: Before the game, numerous Mobsters expressed concern about how our oline would hold up against their dline because they get pressure with their front 4 better than anyone in the league.
This isn’t secret information, it never is. But it will often happen that exactly what we were concerned about is what happens- such as the Bills dline wreaking havoc on our offensive possessions.
Then there is this from The Herald:
Not only has McDaniel extracted the most out of Tagovailoa and shown a boldness and creativity with his play-calling, but he made a very smart strategic decision on Sunday.
As ESPN’s Dan Orlovsky noted, “I loved Miami’s plan offensively. They went to a bunch of seven man protections, hard ball play action so at least Tua would have the time to go through his progressions and so that pinpoint accuracy can shine.
“I counted 11 times where they made sure they had seven guys blocking four guys on that defense. Weeks 1 through 2, Buffalo led the league in pressures and sacks (nine).”
On Sunday? The Bills had five pressures and one sack. “That’s great coaching to understand the likeliest way we lose this game is we allow Buffalo’s defensive line to dominate,” Orlovsky said. “They didn’t.”
Could not be more excited about how the team has looked, but we are still one play (pick among many against Balt) and a Josh Allen short hop from being 1-2.
But I’ll take 3-0. Now thinking we make the playoffs long as Tua stays healthy. The win column doesn’t analyze what’s in it.
I could still see us making the playoffs with Skylar, especially if camp practice and PS are as they appear. Tua great in both, Betty horrible in both, Skylar great in both
“I really do think a lot of this early success, is the way he’s being coached and the relationship that he has with the head coach. Because I think that was a huge sticking point and something that just was difficult for him in the first few years.
And I don’t want to speak for him. But I’m sure it’s evident to everybody the way that Mike McDaniel has come in and embraced Tua and made sure that he knows that he’s the guy and that he’s loved and that they’re on the same team, and trying to have success together. I think that’s been really helpful for his mentality.”
Joe Burrow & Bengals O got on track taking deep shots vs Jets blitzes & some single high safety. Dolphins do both plenty but play it better. Worth watching.
Burrow said we have to get ball downfield to big 3 “whether they are open or not b/c they are going to make plays for us.”
2nd in Yards (925)
2nd in Yards/Attempt (9.2)
3rd in TDs (8)
2nd in TD % (7.9%)
2nd in QB Rating (117.8)
1st in QBR (82.8)
1st in 4th Quarter Comebacks (2)
3-0 Record
6-12” of rain with winds up to 65 mph starting tomorrow afternoon with rain bands and tropical winds chance of tornadoes, eye coming through my county mid day on Thursday
Weeee 🍺💨☔️😁
But man are a lot of the ranks begrudging. Just waiting for the fall that proves them right on what they thought before.
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Dolphins Week 4 Power Rankings Roundup
The Dolphins got the No. 1 ranking from four of the 10 national outlets in our survey and the No. 2 spot three times, with the lowest ranking being sixth.
The weather guys are saying the two big fears are the storm surge (not a problem for you) and Ian stalling and raining down like with Harvey over Houston, which would be a real problem for you.
As you should. Still feel blessed that during Irma 90% of Broward lost power but our power, internet, water and TV never went out. We were stuck in our place for 2+ days up high without A/C., but I’ll take it. Weather was temperate.
He said throwing with the back injury in the second half on Sunday against Buffalo “was pretty difficult,” more so with the long gaps between Dolphins possessions. “The back started to lock up.”
Besides Tagovailoa, eight other players would have been unable to practice Monday, had the Dolphins held one: tackle Terron Armstead (toe), tight end Cethan Carter (concussion), cornerback Xavien Howard (groin/glute), offensive lineman Robert Hunt (shin), linebacker Melvin Ingram (rest), safety Brandon Jones (chest), tight end Hunter Long (ankle) and wide receiver Jaylen Waddle (groin).
“They all know how important it is to have them operate,” McDaniel said. “We had guys in the training room in the facility after the game Sunday. I expect to see most if not all of them” on Thursday.
“Gesicki played just 17 snaps in Sunday’s win over the Bills and caught just one pass for six yards. For the season, Gesicki has just six catches for 48 yards” and one spectacular TD catch plus nerdy celebration.
I get that the new scheme takes away from his snaps. Don’t get why having Hill and Waddle out there don’t mean balls to him when he is lined up.
Game situations. We only had 39 offensive plays. We were using max protect a lot and blocking isn’t Gesicki’s forte. But 17 snaps out of 39 isn’t so bad.
Wyo and others – Thanks for the thoughts. Keys are getting about the worst we’re going to get. Currently rainy and gusty. Storm is about as close as it going to get and we should hit the dry side of the storm after 9-ish. Boat is still on the lift, so all is good. Naples and OD are going to catch it hard (y’all be safe and get out if they tell you), then Son.
Son – Be safe. This bastard is going to slow to a crawl over you.
On bills first 3 drives, we blitzed 57% and he completed 88% and got 2 TDs.
After that we only blitzed 20% and yet he only hit 59% and no TDs, so great adjustment by Boyer .
But in Allen’s mind, we were still blitzing a lot because we lined up that way but backed out into coverage, so he was still going for short passes on hot reads.
Blitzing early sets the tone then you can disguise it. Kind of like a pitcher in baseball that uses his fast ball to set up the off-speed stuff. It throws guys off.
When we moved to Fort Myers, we moved 30 miles north but also 15 miles inland. Naples has a white sand front beach, while Ft Myers is more protected by barrier islands like Sanibel and Ft. MYERS BEACH.
I think we are still seeing a gradual implementation of the playbook.
It’s still year 1 and just 3 games done.
I also truly believe McDaniel is only using or revealing the plays he needs.
When he needed points in game 2 , you saw what Hill called Madden play calling.
Incl. Gesicki.
We ran it in for 2 TDs against the Bills.
We coasted over the patsies.
Hill was hardly used against bills except as a decoy to draw double teams.
One more indication of McDaniel’s ability to game plan.
Well said. We did what we had to do to win the game. It wasn’t easy but it worked. We can’t keep letting teams run 90 plays on us but not every offense are the Bills.
Our running game is also off to a slow start but that should be expected. Everyone who knows about the zone scheme we run says it takes awhile to get it rolling and we’ve had a lot of injuries on the OL so far, which seems to be a league wide problem.
I like how this team competes and adjusts though. It’s a sign of good coaching.
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September 27, 2022 at 5:24 pm
Pretty far, 45 minutes to Cocoa that’s due East.
It’ll be interesting, we’ve had ass loads of rain lately
Lol Son, I’m pretty sure he meant the coast the storm was coming from
I bought the in-flight WiFi to let you know that I've been watching tape from the plane all day and Josh Boyer called an absolutely deranged game against Buffalo on Sunday.
There's no way he didn't spend his entire summer in a cave just for that game. Truly sicko stuff.
That’s the thing with our defense. We force the action based on what we do and that’s attack in all sorts of ways. We’re an opportunistic defense that relies on creating havoc, and like you said “Then one game they’ll actually catch some ints and blow someone out”. That’s how we play and we live and die by it.
Nothing McDaniel and his staff does on offense is predictable. The same with Boyer and his on defense. McDaniel likes deception and both sides of the ball uses it. Fun stuff!
I was HELL BENT on waiting out the flood of ’11 in my area (TS. Lee). Bought food, water, alcohol, cigs, and enough other things to last if worse came to worst… but it got worse than worst. Thankfully, my blood brother talked me out of it, and I ended up spending the next month living with him before the flood waters overcame my house.
At the end of it, I lost my house. Funny thing… when I came back to my house after the flood waters had receded, the second floor (where I was going to hold out) was inundated with (HUGE!) wolf spiders, mice, toads, and many other undesirable pests… happy I didn’t hold out there!
I can only speak to flooding and its devasting effects (post-hurricanes)… I cannot speak to hurricane winds pummeling a house. Just PLEASE, be safe, my friends.
That was fun because he knew some football stuff and was also just chill about some other stuff.
The blocking schemes we run need to be precise. There is so much pulling and trapping. It’s a much more cerebral system than physical. It’s about angles and boxing people out – letting the speed do its thing.
I disagree with the guy about the injury. Watch the vid and he hits the ground hard on his tailbone / lower back before his head does bounce. When he went down after it looked like he got a spasm and went down. I think he did get his bell rung but also had his tailbone rung.
He probably had those white lights you get when you get dinged and his back was part of the nervous system as well. He finished the game. He never had a concussion.
I hit the ground like that while sledding in a disk and besides nearly losing control of my bowel I also had smasmotic control of my legs and my back tightened up like wet rawhide after.
CANCEL THE HURRICANE PARTY!!
THE MIGHTY HURRICANE IAN has taken a sharp right turn and is headed for Florida’s east coast. I mean, it was like at one moment we are going to get CRUSHED by 150 MPH winds then DROWNED BY RECORD RAINFALL!
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But, now, we’re looking at winds in the 50’s in Pasco County and less than half the rainfall that was predicted by the National Hurricane Center this morning. It will take the forecasters WEEKS to peel off all the egg that’s on their faces!!
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TRUTH IS the Euro forecast was much more accurate than were the U.S. hurricane track forecasts. BUT, the Euros didn’t exactly nail it, either. So, all this proves that hurricane forecasting is extraordinarily difficult, even by some of the world’s finest minds!! They’d have a better chance of predicting Miami would start the NFL season 3-0!!!
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SPEAKING of Forecasting;
Already walked the Greyhound. A super stressful day is over!
Tomorrow the really heavy rains will hit Tampa Bay.
But it could have been FAR WORSE!
A kiss from Mrs. OD and I will be snoozeville in about 10 minutes.
Go Fins!!!
This is just epic.
What a great breakdown of how our DL won the Bills game.
I hear a lot that Miami can't get pressure without brining the blitz and I am here to say that is complete BS. The defensive line took this game over. Really awesome performance.
I said I would do a thread for my favorite defensive plays against Buffalo, so here it is. 👇
9/28 7am EDT UPDATE: Catastrophic storm surge along with destructive waves from #Ian are expected along the southwest Florida coastline from Englewood to Bonita Beach, including Charlotte Harbor. Residents should urgently follow evacuation orders from local officials. pic.twitter.com/EQ535FGmhY
I'm not sure how many truly grasp what just happened tonight with Hurricane #Ian. It went through a full eyewall replacement cycle, hardly blinked, grew by 50% (as measured by its RMW), and delivered the 3rd highest storm surge since 1913 to Key West in the process. Just wow. pic.twitter.com/UmbuA8gJ7v
Finsmob Unleashed 
Game saving plays. Other than the tackle Ingram made inbounds to run the clock out, that kickoff punt by Morstead was huge. It was a high booming kick of probably 60+ in the air.
pinned them much farther back than a punt from the end zone with short spacing would’ve.
74 yards
I have a problem with the spot on Ingram’s tackle, it was on the 42, yet they spotted it on the 40, if there was any time left, that could’ve been huge 58 instead of 60 yards
I was yelling that and cussing the refs,
and my wife calmly says, “Game’s over. We won.”
Bengals list 3 TEs on injury report.
Our list is HUUUUUGGGGGE.
It’s been raining steadily here since about midnight, but no wind yet.
Here in the Keys too
That is what is bad about them outer bands. They dump a lot of rain and soften the ground before the winds come. Hard for some trees to stay rooted. Palm trees have a unique root base that anchors them very well. Pine trees have a deep anchor root, but the wood is weak, and they snap in 2 like a toothpick.
We just had the cold front come through the panhandle last night. It’s a dry, crisp and cool morning here. I hope the front doesn’t fizzle out too much. I hope it sucks up some of this dry air and weakens.
Crisp and cool for here. It was 63 degrees when I got up. Now 65.
I hope it does fizzle out, it’s pushing it east, OD is in for a rough one
Still making excuses, they never say a word about it when we lose at home in Sept, like last year to Buffalo, but as soon as we win a big one…
https://dolphinstalk.com/2022/09/rex-ryan-says-tua-has-won-over-the-dolphins-locker-room/
Rex likes Tua’s big Samoan feet.
Short week so here we go.
Howie’s List
Dolphins @ Bengals
🦬 33-24 🐬
🐷36-14 🐬
🦈🐡🐟🐠 35-10🐬
Who is big fish, little fish, swimming in the water?
That would be me.
For all the bowling ball RB touters
😺28-10 🐬
Thursday is a Trap Game, imo. Did some research on trends for TNF …
… these are just trends, and clearly are not 100%, but they are strong enough to consider this a Trap Game coming off a 3-0 start.
Road teams all time on TNF, straight up, win only 36% of the time …
but throw in variables that apply:
1. both teams coming off a win
2. intraconference, non-divisional, game (80% go to home team)
However, the glaring Trend is based on how many points are scored by either the road or home team:
1. road team ‘magic number’ is 25 pts. Above that, since 2012, 85% win rate. Below the 25 pts has been a disastrous 17% win rate.
2. home team ‘magic number’ is 17 pts. Trend shows that under 17 pts the home team only wins 10% of the time. wow!
Again… just trends. Fins are 2-5 on TNF, but THIS is a different team. Coming off an exhausting win (emotionally and physically), TNF is going to be a BIG test of the ‘character’ that I believe many of us have seen ‘new’ from previous seasons.
Our Defense played a lot of minutes. Can they find the energy to hold Cincy under 17 pts.? Will Tua ‘muscle through’ and find enough big plays to get us over the 25 pt. magic number?
Keys:
Def: Fins DL / pass rush … everybody gets to Burrow. We got to Allen, so maybe we make Burrow’s life hell.
Off: Obviously Tua playing, cuz these guys should be FRESH, and Cheetah will be seething to make a bigger impact.
With the trends above in mind … let’s pick both sides of the score. 26-16 lol.
Short week so here we go.
Howie’s List
Dolphins @ Bengals
🦬 33-24 🐬
🐷36-14 🐬
🦈🐡🐟🐠 35-10🐬
😺28-10 🐬
🦏 26-16 🐬
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/buccaneers-investigating-after-aaron-rodgers-cryptic-jumbotron-comments/ar-AA12gR6l?cvid=eaf8374c953b4f3db97b9e2f14cf2a23
Bucs think there was a 5 second discrepancy with the play clock on their final 2 point conversion (where they got a delay of game). Pretty lame when this happens in your own stadium, lol.
just snap it, and you won’t need to whine
Short week so here we go.
Howie’s List
Dolphins @ Bengals
🦬 33-24 🐬
🐷36-14 🐬
🦈🐡🐟🐠 35-10🐬
😺28-10 🐬
🦏 26-16 🐬
🦍 31-24 🐬
Short week so here we go.
Howie’s List
Dolphins @ Bengals
🦬 33-24 🐬
🐷36-14 🐬
🦈🐡🐟🐠 35-10🐬
🌴24-14 🐬
test
fixed it
Short week so here we go.
Howie’s List
Dolphins @ Bengals
🦬 33-24 🐬
🐷36-14 🐬
🦈🐡🐟🐠 35-10🐬
😺28-10 🐬
🦏 26-16 🐬
🦍 31-24 🐬
🌴24-14🐬
Pass
yikes
the storm has taken a definite turn towards us here.
Could hit us in 15-20 hours
hoping to have power back to watch us beat the Bengals
Go Dolphins.
Prayers with you and OD.
t/y
We rode out Irma, and it was a Cat 5, so I think we can handle this one as well, although we have not been through a hurricane in this house yet.
My only real concern is my coconut palms leaning into the back wall of my house. They are huge, heavy trees, and the wind will likely be coming from that side, and there’s only a lake out there, no buildings to slow it down.
Good luck and be safe.
thnx
I bought tequila, so my wife should be ok.
Short week so here we go.
Howie’s List
Dolphins @ Bengals
🦬 33-24 🐬
🐷36-14 🐬
🦈🐡🐟🐠 35-10🐬
😺28-10 🐬
🦏 26-16 🐬
🦍 31-24 🐬
🌴24-14🐬
🤠 45–42 🐬
24-21 fish
Short week so here we go.
Howie’s List
Dolphins @ Bengals
🦬 33-24 🐬
🐷36-14 🐬
🦈🐡🐟🐠 35-10🐬
😺28-10 🐬
🦏 26-16 🐬
🦍 31-24 🐬
🌴24-14🐬
🤠 45–42 🐬
🪨 24-21 🐬
I haven’t seen the phins ranked 1 in these power rankings in a long long time 🙂
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/34670270/nfl-week-4-power-rankings-2022-1-32-poll-plus-rating-qbs
“I think the answer is obvious: I’m picking against the Dolphins. However, I would like to note that I’m not just doing it out of spite at this point. The biggest problem for the Dolphins is that their defense is getting rolled every week. Through three weeks, the Dolphins are surrendering an average of 413.7 yards per game, which is the second-most in the NFL. You can throw the ball on them, you can run the ball on them and the Bengals will likely do both. ”
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-week-4-power-rankings-eagles-soar-to-no-1-spot-with-dolphins-right-behind-jaguars-leap-into-top-10/
Ya’ll be careful down there!
10′ of storm surge is no joke!
That’s getting up to Ike size!!!
Naples…all the best for that hurricane. Nasty things I assume. I’ve never had to deal with one here. Can’t imagine how terrifying they must be.
Thank you, Sir.
not as bad as fires or tornadoes;
I feel really bad for people that have to deal with those.
This thing is
just a really badass thunderstorm.
Tampa
All you Gulf Coast mobsters stay safe!
err, and/ or east coast Mobsters
Stay safe PP
https://twitter.com/mumblesthestray/status/1574789271394951169?s=20&t=Xoisr91JArmKd3TxYzBTjQ
Why no line?
I don’t know if you guys read my comments in game Sunday
But I was a little upset at the DB blitzes in the red zone
Mainly my issue was it was leaving singletary wide open underneath
I think it worked though
Next thing you know Josh Allen is taking what the defense gives him, the Bills hold the ball for 40 minutes and score only 19 points
I don’t know if it was a strategy by Boyer to end up with that result, since our defense blitzes so much anyway, but in retrospect, it seems like they were willing to give up a lot of underneath stuff
I’m thinking we might do something similar on Thursday against the bengals who have a history of relying on big plays
It’s been my contention it was the plan all along to force the Bills into long drives by keeping everything underneath, hopefully force mistakes, and then tighten up in the redzone. Make them earn everything, which is what we did.
I think it was born out of the way the Ravens put up big numbers with big plays on us, and our coaches decided that wasn’t going to happen in this game. We missed on capitalizing on some mistakes- mostly dropped INTs- and came up just short on a few would-be drive ending plays that really could have pushed this game more in our favor TOP-wise, but it still worked and we still got the W.
If it wasn’t the plan, then they should say it was, lol. I’d be willing to bet nobody hold the Bills to less points (17) this season.
To clarify- when I say ‘more in our favor TOP-wise’, I just mean less of a disparity.
You do what ever you have to against Allen
You guts kept talking about how bad we did when blitzing, but the numbers show we didn’t blitz as much after Bills scored 2nd td, then we played better
As if they were reading you guys
I just saw the Chargers labeled as the NFL’s premier tease. lol, great line…
Let-er RIP
Sounds like Tua is playing 🤞🤞
And if that 1 is road-apple I’m throwing his way all day
We do need to be careful about DB Chidobe Owuzie of the Bengals.
Ogbah on the extreme pressure.
Burrow is much easier to sack and holds it forever
This is the game where hopefully our dline shines and puts it on their shoulders.
That would be our 4th way of winning- domination by the dline.
looks like he’s holding his back very gingerly
Every year when the schedule comes out first thing I do is look at our Thursday game for road/home, because of the advantage I know the home team has, then I look at the same for cheats
We’ve had like 2 home Thursday games in the last about 8 years, while the cheats have had like 1 last 8 years
While Ross was asking for road games to start the season, when the stadium was getting renovated, Belicheat was asking for home Thursday games
Isn’t this every game?
As someone up above said, … “we wore out their OFFENSE.” We made their blockers work on NINETY plays. 18 and 20 play drives. They were so gassed by the end of each half that they mismanaged the clock from stumbling around in fatigue.
And the same for Josh Allen. At the end of the first half, he fumbled the snap and then threw a no-chance fake spike pass that was both dumb and crummy.
Then at the end of the game, he threw a catchable but very short pass to a guy who ran around like he was dizzy, did not get out of bounds, got caught from behind by a DE, and therefore between the two of them, they wasted all their remaining time.
What if Allen had thrown it into the dirt? 2-3 seconds lost and time for one more play and then an organized spike.
We know he can throw it into the dirt, because he did that on the goal line earlier. Again that was a tired stumble and a fatigue type throw.
“And the same for Josh Allen. At the end of the first half, he fumbled the snap and then threw a no-chance fake spike pass that was both dumb and crummy.”
I was actually impressed that Allen knew that once the ball was fumbled, he wasn’t allowed to spike it, even if the announcers were clueless (including a former QB in Green).
Agree the throw was dumb because it was just a hair away from being a pick 6. He should have just kneeled.
Wyo
Right?
Keys to the game:
1. Score
2. Tackle
3. Don’t fumble
Wishing the best for all of you dealing with the storm.
I just have to say this again. I fucking love Mike McDaniel.
How often do we say things on this board, and when game time comes around, the coaching staff seems to be thinking entirely different things?
Case in point: Before the game, numerous Mobsters expressed concern about how our oline would hold up against their dline because they get pressure with their front 4 better than anyone in the league.
This isn’t secret information, it never is. But it will often happen that exactly what we were concerned about is what happens- such as the Bills dline wreaking havoc on our offensive possessions.
Then there is this from The Herald:
Not only has McDaniel extracted the most out of Tagovailoa and shown a boldness and creativity with his play-calling, but he made a very smart strategic decision on Sunday.
As ESPN’s Dan Orlovsky noted, “I loved Miami’s plan offensively. They went to a bunch of seven man protections, hard ball play action so at least Tua would have the time to go through his progressions and so that pinpoint accuracy can shine.
“I counted 11 times where they made sure they had seven guys blocking four guys on that defense. Weeks 1 through 2, Buffalo led the league in pressures and sacks (nine).”
On Sunday? The Bills had five pressures and one sack. “That’s great coaching to understand the likeliest way we lose this game is we allow Buffalo’s defensive line to dominate,” Orlovsky said. “They didn’t.”
http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/barry-jackson/article265289101.html#storylink=cpy
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I fucking love our head coach
I mentioned that maybe we use more max protect and play-action with boots to soften up the Bills rush. I guess they did and it worked. 🙂
On the last play of the game Ingram almost sacked Allen, if he had, they would’ve gotten at least 1 more play off, to throw a hail Mary
Sometimes you win in unexpected ways
Short week so here we go.
Howie’s List
Dolphins @ Bengals
🦬 33-24 🐬
🐷36-14 🐬
🦈🐡🐟🐠 35-10🐬
😺28-10 🐬
🦏 26-16 🐬
🦍 31-24 🐬
🌴24-14🐬
🤠 45–42 🐬
🪨 24-21 🐬
stang 21-13 MIA
ukfinfan says:
September 27, 2022 at 7:44 am
I know M will approve
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BALL HAWK!!! (hiccup) 😀
GO X!!!
Thanks for sharing, mate!
Could not be more excited about how the team has looked, but we are still one play (pick among many against Balt) and a Josh Allen short hop from being 1-2.
But I’ll take 3-0. Now thinking we make the playoffs long as Tua stays healthy. The win column doesn’t analyze what’s in it.
I could still see us making the playoffs with Skylar, especially if camp practice and PS are as they appear. Tua great in both, Betty horrible in both, Skylar great in both
Soo if Tua is questionable for Thursday, even if he starts I’d think Skylar would still have to be active for the game?
👍
“I really do think a lot of this early success, is the way he’s being coached and the relationship that he has with the head coach. Because I think that was a huge sticking point and something that just was difficult for him in the first few years.
And I don’t want to speak for him. But I’m sure it’s evident to everybody the way that Mike McDaniel has come in and embraced Tua and made sure that he knows that he’s the guy and that he’s loved and that they’re on the same team, and trying to have success together. I think that’s been really helpful for his mentality.”
— Ryan Fitzpatrick throwing Flores under the bus
Get in line
Oh I certainly hope he tries!!
ok
Could bode well for the run game
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Tua Tagovailoa through Week 3:
2nd in Yards (925)
2nd in Yards/Attempt (9.2)
3rd in TDs (8)
2nd in TD % (7.9%)
2nd in QB Rating (117.8)
1st in QBR (82.8)
1st in 4th Quarter Comebacks (2)
3-0 Record
And all done against the Pats, Ravens and Bills defenses.
he will never be elite…
6-12” of rain with winds up to 65 mph starting tomorrow afternoon with rain bands and tropical winds chance of tornadoes, eye coming through my county mid day on Thursday
Weeee 🍺💨☔️😁
Hope you guys “weather through.” Think about where water pools up in a heavy rain and multiply it out.
How far are you from the coast?
Pretty far, 45 minutes to Cocoa that’s due East.
It’ll be interesting, we’ve had ass loads of rain lately
But man are a lot of the ranks begrudging. Just waiting for the fall that proves them right on what they thought before.
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Dolphins Week 4 Power Rankings Roundup
The Dolphins got the No. 1 ranking from four of the 10 national outlets in our survey and the No. 2 spot three times, with the lowest ranking being sixth.
https://www.si.com/nfl/dolphins/news/miami-dolphins-week-4-power-rankings-roundup (all power ranking write-ups included)
Same path as Charlie in ‘04 that kicked our ass. This ones moving much slower what Charlie did with wind (over 100mph here) Ian will do with rain.
The weather guys are saying the two big fears are the storm surge (not a problem for you) and Ian stalling and raining down like with Harvey over Houston, which would be a real problem for you.
I just hope I have power to watch the game
As you should. Still feel blessed that during Irma 90% of Broward lost power but our power, internet, water and TV never went out. We were stuck in our place for 2+ days up high without A/C., but I’ll take it. Weather was temperate.
Good luck, Son.
Charley was a nasty tight little razor blade circular saw type storm.
I hope this one does not do that.
Yeah a buzz saw.
Hope you’re alright Naples it looks like you’ll get a much stronger impact than I will. All the best.
He said throwing with the back injury in the second half on Sunday against Buffalo “was pretty difficult,” more so with the long gaps between Dolphins possessions. “The back started to lock up.”
Besides Tagovailoa, eight other players would have been unable to practice Monday, had the Dolphins held one: tackle Terron Armstead (toe), tight end Cethan Carter (concussion), cornerback Xavien Howard (groin/glute), offensive lineman Robert Hunt (shin), linebacker Melvin Ingram (rest), safety Brandon Jones (chest), tight end Hunter Long (ankle) and wide receiver Jaylen Waddle (groin).
“They all know how important it is to have them operate,” McDaniel said. “We had guys in the training room in the facility after the game Sunday. I expect to see most if not all of them” on Thursday.
Brandon Jones said he plans to play.
http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/barry-jackson/article264819599.html#storylink=cpy
Trevor Lawrence is playing very well for the Jags, so far.
Anyone else think Doug Pederson has a lot to do with?
Yes! Urban Meyer was a train wreck as a HC.
Flores did Tua no favors and had no clue about offense. Now he has McDaniel who is the opposite.
“Gesicki played just 17 snaps in Sunday’s win over the Bills and caught just one pass for six yards. For the season, Gesicki has just six catches for 48 yards” and one spectacular TD catch plus nerdy celebration.
I get that the new scheme takes away from his snaps. Don’t get why having Hill and Waddle out there don’t mean balls to him when he is lined up.
Game situations. We only had 39 offensive plays. We were using max protect a lot and blocking isn’t Gesicki’s forte. But 17 snaps out of 39 isn’t so bad.
What game situation haven’t we been in? Six catches for 48 yards over three games shows he’s not seeing a lot of ball.
I should have also mentioned matchups. Maybe Gesicki hasn’t been open a lot against the opponents we’ve faced.
Wishing all of my Floridian Bros safety in light of H. Ian. Be careful, please.
Tyvm
Wyo and others – Thanks for the thoughts. Keys are getting about the worst we’re going to get. Currently rainy and gusty. Storm is about as close as it going to get and we should hit the dry side of the storm after 9-ish. Boat is still on the lift, so all is good. Naples and OD are going to catch it hard (y’all be safe and get out if they tell you), then Son.
Son – Be safe. This bastard is going to slow to a crawl over you.
Glad you didn’t get a bad hit. Guessing you are gonna have a bunch of “shelter in place” food to eat now. 🙂
Fortunately, I like Spam…
On bills first 3 drives, we blitzed 57% and he completed 88% and got 2 TDs.
After that we only blitzed 20% and yet he only hit 59% and no TDs, so great adjustment by Boyer .
But in Allen’s mind, we were still blitzing a lot because we lined up that way but backed out into coverage, so he was still going for short passes on hot reads.
This according to ESPN article
Blitzing early sets the tone then you can disguise it. Kind of like a pitcher in baseball that uses his fast ball to set up the off-speed stuff. It throws guys off.
Perfect analogy
This is what I was referring to above, when I said, they were reading you guys and changed it up
You guys were all over it
Thanks, Phel. Glad to see it sweep past you.
When we moved to Fort Myers, we moved 30 miles north but also 15 miles inland. Naples has a white sand front beach, while Ft Myers is more protected by barrier islands like Sanibel and Ft. MYERS BEACH.
They will catch hell but are 90% evacuated.
I think we are still seeing a gradual implementation of the playbook.
It’s still year 1 and just 3 games done.
I also truly believe McDaniel is only using or revealing the plays he needs.
When he needed points in game 2 , you saw what Hill called Madden play calling.
Incl. Gesicki.
We ran it in for 2 TDs against the Bills.
We coasted over the patsies.
Hill was hardly used against bills except as a decoy to draw double teams.
One more indication of McDaniel’s ability to game plan.
I could not have said it any better, Naples. I agree with ya 100%.
Pretty sure you said almost the same thing yesterday.
Great minds, my guy… great minds… 🙂
Well said. We did what we had to do to win the game. It wasn’t easy but it worked. We can’t keep letting teams run 90 plays on us but not every offense are the Bills.
Our running game is also off to a slow start but that should be expected. Everyone who knows about the zone scheme we run says it takes awhile to get it rolling and we’ve had a lot of injuries on the OL so far, which seems to be a league wide problem.
I like how this team competes and adjusts though. It’s a sign of good coaching.
Been raining here now for 19 straight hours,
but not hard, just a steady drizzle with a light breeze.
How far are you from the coast?
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son of a son of a shula says:
September 27, 2022 at 5:24 pm
Pretty far, 45 minutes to Cocoa that’s due East.
It’ll be interesting, we’ve had ass loads of rain lately
Lol Son, I’m pretty sure he meant the coast the storm was coming from
My son is going to a shelter, with the gf and 5 pets, so he’ll be fine, hope his trailer is too
My sister is in Daytona Beach, expected rain 15.59″, but she’s in a condo on beach 17th floor, so…
Last I saw was Venice thru Orlando to Daytona, but it keeps going further south
Entry point into FL
Be safe, Bro.
HMMM
He couldn’t have, Omar said the D was all Flores
LOL!
If he didn’t do that MM would’ve called him out
Probably went something like, the D is yours to do as you please…until you aren’t getting it done
The D has given up a ton of yards, but just like the cheats Ds of the past, they always seem to getter done when it matters
If you can do that, stats don’t mean anything
Then one game they’ll actually catch some ints and blow someone out
That’s the thing with our defense. We force the action based on what we do and that’s attack in all sorts of ways. We’re an opportunistic defense that relies on creating havoc, and like you said “Then one game they’ll actually catch some ints and blow someone out”. That’s how we play and we live and die by it.
Nothing McDaniel and his staff does on offense is predictable. The same with Boyer and his on defense. McDaniel likes deception and both sides of the ball uses it. Fun stuff!
Yeah see the video below
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month!
Is that from the Rocky Horror Picture Show?
Lol
Pretty scary huh
I was HELL BENT on waiting out the flood of ’11 in my area (TS. Lee). Bought food, water, alcohol, cigs, and enough other things to last if worse came to worst… but it got worse than worst. Thankfully, my blood brother talked me out of it, and I ended up spending the next month living with him before the flood waters overcame my house.
At the end of it, I lost my house. Funny thing… when I came back to my house after the flood waters had receded, the second floor (where I was going to hold out) was inundated with (HUGE!) wolf spiders, mice, toads, and many other undesirable pests… happy I didn’t hold out there!
I can only speak to flooding and its devasting effects (post-hurricanes)… I cannot speak to hurricane winds pummeling a house. Just PLEASE, be safe, my friends.
Be careful out there
Wilkins 😁😅🤣
splatterwhacked him
Tua’s td to Cracraft was so good, I think Tua caught it for River too
What’s that they used to say around here?
Catch it with your hands or it will leave a bruise! 🙂
This cat (YouTube poster) is pretty good! Thank you for sharing, Steve!
“The Samoan Sniper”… I dig that!
That was fun because he knew some football stuff and was also just chill about some other stuff.
The blocking schemes we run need to be precise. There is so much pulling and trapping. It’s a much more cerebral system than physical. It’s about angles and boxing people out – letting the speed do its thing.
That was one of my favourite plays of the game … yelled Boom , then LMAO until the next play
I disagree with the guy about the injury. Watch the vid and he hits the ground hard on his tailbone / lower back before his head does bounce. When he went down after it looked like he got a spasm and went down. I think he did get his bell rung but also had his tailbone rung.
He probably had those white lights you get when you get dinged and his back was part of the nervous system as well. He finished the game. He never had a concussion.
I hit the ground like that while sledding in a disk and besides nearly losing control of my bowel I also had smasmotic control of my legs and my back tightened up like wet rawhide after.
CANCEL THE HURRICANE PARTY!!
THE MIGHTY HURRICANE IAN has taken a sharp right turn and is headed for Florida’s east coast. I mean, it was like at one moment we are going to get CRUSHED by 150 MPH winds then DROWNED BY RECORD RAINFALL!
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But, now, we’re looking at winds in the 50’s in Pasco County and less than half the rainfall that was predicted by the National Hurricane Center this morning. It will take the forecasters WEEKS to peel off all the egg that’s on their faces!!
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TRUTH IS the Euro forecast was much more accurate than were the U.S. hurricane track forecasts. BUT, the Euros didn’t exactly nail it, either. So, all this proves that hurricane forecasting is extraordinarily difficult, even by some of the world’s finest minds!! They’d have a better chance of predicting Miami would start the NFL season 3-0!!!
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SPEAKING of Forecasting;
Howie’s List;
25-17 Mia
Dolphins have better coaches!!
TONIGHT, I’m gonna get a good night’s sleep!!
They are stilling showing the path unchanged on the weather channel. Right through Tampa area.
JIM CANTORE was seen leaving Clearwater Beach about 3 hours ago heading south to Port Charlotte!
Or, perhaps, it was his look alike twin??
naplesfan2010
12h ago
I see that the Tampa Bay team went to Miami
to work out for their game
while the hurricane passes through their town.
Steven Ross’s way of giving Brady a Taste of Miami 🤡
Robert Kraft got a better taste of Miami
You a bad man 😊
😃
ok
Be safe everyone. Tornado warning in my area.
Stay safe one and all
Yes … please all be safe .. I cancelled our Friday Miami truck this week …
Random thoughts
Nothing makes you think about how you’ve treated your redneck neighbors like flooded roads and trees down.
Not sure if was posted already ..
In the last 16 years, NFL teams are 2-106 when being out-gained by at least 275 yards. The two wins:
2020 Dolphins vs Rams (Tua)
2022 Dolphins vs Bills (Tua)
From Ben Volin
Tua is so bad that he does amazing things that are rarely done. It’s science! LOL
Wow a tornado moved through Naples in the last hour from Golden Gate to Barefoot Beach. Glad I moved up here. That’s right where I used to live.
Already walked the Greyhound. A super stressful day is over!
Tomorrow the really heavy rains will hit Tampa Bay.
But it could have been FAR WORSE!
A kiss from Mrs. OD and I will be snoozeville in about 10 minutes.
Go Fins!!!
This is just epic.
What a great breakdown of how our DL won the Bills game.
Our DL wore down the Bills OL. As I said the other day we were the more physical team
Tua number one in long balls.
I don’t understand why Mahomes is in the bottom half when he has such a strong arm
WRs matter
Stay safe all you Florida people. 🤞🏻
Thank you … just lost power
Short week so here we go.
Howie’s List
Dolphins @ Bengals
🦬 33-24 🐬
🐷36-14 🐬
🦈🐡🐟🐠 35-10🐬
😺28-10 🐬
🦏 26-16 🐬
🦍 31-24 🐬
🌴24-14🐬
🤠 45–42 🐬
🪨 24-21 🐬
stang 21-13 MIA
👨🏻🦳 25-17 🐬
Naples looks like it may get go just north of you, Ft Myers
Stay safe, think about evacuating
Howie’s List
Dolphins @ Bengals
🦬 33-24 🐬
🐷36-14 🐬
🦈🐡🐟🐠 35-10🐬
😺28-10 🐬
🦏 26-16 🐬
🦍 31-24 🐬
🌴24-14🐬
🤠 45–42 🐬
🪨 24-21 🐬
🐎 21-13 🐬
👨🏻🦳 25-17 🐬
🎰 27-21 🐬
Howie’s List
Dolphins @ Bengals
🦬 33-24 🐬
🐷36-14 🐬
🦈🐡🐟🐠 35-10🐬
😺28-10 🐬
🦏 26-16 🐬
🦍 31-24 🐬
🌴24-14🐬
🤠 45–42 🐬
🪨 24-21 🐬
🐎 21-13 🐬
👨🏻🦳 25-17 🐬
🎰 27-21 🐬
🇨🇦 31-17 🐬
lost power
ooops meant to say for only a little while … back now … this thing is crawling towards us, which is good in some ways and not so good in others
need it go away so I can watch the Bengals game
Howie’s List
Dolphins @ Bengals
🦬 33-24 🐬
🐷36-14 🐬
🦈🐡🐟🐠 35-10🐬
😺28-10 🐬
🦏 26-16 🐬
🦍 31-24 🐬
🌴24-14🐬
🤠 45–42 🐬
🪨 24-21 🐬
🐎 21-13 🐬
👨🏻🦳 25-17 🐬
🎰 27-21 🐬
🇨🇦 31-17 🐬
🇬🇧 34-20 🐬
Stay safe all you Floridians who are going to cop for way too many elements than you want or need in too short a period of time.
Fins up, storms down
The storm surge is getting really bad fellas!
Fond Bengals memories!
#72! Worth every fricken penny!
Gulp