It appears as if the Dolphins avoided a major disaster, losing LT Terron Armstead for an extended period of time after getting injured in practice, his first snap actually. Armstead left the field barely putting on any weight on the leg that was injured, but he says he’ll be ready for game #1, and there is no major injury requiring surgery. Now that we got that out of the way, there are a few things I want to see in preseason. Most importantly, NO MORE INJURIES!!! I would like to see CB Cam Smith continue to get important reps and show he’s serious about getting plenty of reps in the regular season. Backup QB’s Mike White and Skylar Thompson just have to do better. We know neither of them are going to run this offense as crisply and effectively as Tua, but we need them to be competent enough to put points on the board. I’m really hoping we see better play from both of these guys.
I would really like to see RB Chris Brooks get more carries, and see if we may possibly have something there. He’s not the prototype “big back” like Tennessee’s Derrick Henry, but compared to the stable of RB’s we have here in Miami, Brooks looks huge! I feel like all our RB’s are so close in running style and especially stature, that it would be nice to have a big back like Brooks make the team. Brooks is 6′ 223, while the lot of Mostert (5’10 205), Wilson (6′ 210), Ahmed (5’11 197), Gaskin (5’10 199) and Achane (5’9 188) are all very similar size wise. Yes, we have FB Alec Ingold who’s a load at 6’1 240, but Ingold has only 21 carries in 4 years in the NFL for a reason. Of course, the 4 best guys will make the team, this much I get, but I hope Brooks shows enough to be viewed as a possibilty to make the roster.
I’m curious to see more of LG Lester Cotton. He was great in practice, he had some very dominant reps, so I would love to see that dominance in game play, even if it’s a preseason game. It doesn’t matter what round you were drafted in on the O-line, if you can move people, you’re going to get noticed. Would I love Liam Eichenberg to play like the guy we hoped he could be when we moved up in the 2nd RD of the 2021 NFL at pick #42 to get him, of course, but at this point, I just want someone competent, and hungry for the job. If it’s Lester Cotton, who is actually 3rd string at RG, or Isaiah Wynn who is a veteran as well, I don’t care as long as they play well.
The competition at DT is pretty intense with DT’s Brandon Pili and Jaylen Twyman, Most importantly though, we need to get through the negotiations and sign DT/DE Christian Wilkins to a long term deal and keep him in Miami for another 6 years. He’s been an exemplary player, hard worker who brings it every week. Once Wilkins is signed the next up should be DT/DE Zach Sieler. There are some good battles at LB as well, with guys like Mitchell Agude, Mike Rose, and Aubrey Miller. It’s no given that last year’s 2nd RD pick LB Channing Tindall is a lock to make the roster, how these guys play on special teams could be the key to making the 53. BTW, the pronounced demise of the Mac was a bit premature. It’s slow, and uncooperative at times, and I do need to get a new one, but this article was written on the Mac, so LONG LIVE THE MAC!
GO DOLPHINS!!!
Finsmob Unleashed 
Now sign Wilkins
I say that Irsay is an asshole.
yep
I don’t get where Barry Jackson says we have 17 mil in cap space for top 51. I don’t think he is counting the 2 mil dead cap hit on Feeney.
The stock market did well today, for me anyway.
Yah, me too
YES, now keep my teams name out of your mouth.
Let’s go extend Wilkins
We want to but both camps are not in agreement on the numbers.
Not sure what we’re doing at TE. Here’s more insight into what went down to get to 53.
https://www.miamidolphins.com/news/miami-dolphins-make-roster-moves-8-29-23
It looks like Smythe, Hill and Ingold as our blockers and secondary receivers at TE and FB.
Von Miller on PUP will not see him against us week 4.
NICE
Nice INDEED!
I didn’t see all the cuts, but hope we keep Mostert, Achane, Ahmed and Brooks
They all made the team so far.
Shocker on Taylor, I called it 5 days ago
LOL yup! Stunning
I bet Conner comes back after the IR guys are settled
I’m over reading he headlines on the Phins page and it’s funny. We “failed” to secure Taylor. We were “unable” and “not good enough”
LOL fuck you all. They were “succeeded” in not getting bamboozled they were “able” to make a reasonable offer but not over pay. They actually are “good enough” so we don’t need him.
Hot ex-girlfriends are ALL crazy right? He is a home grown guy, they have a rookie QB and fucking NEED him, but they don’t want him for some reason. Or don’t want his “BS” whatever that BS may be. The have the 5th most cap room this year and the 6th most next year so money is not the reason. Hot ex-girlfriend.
Goes to show. No matter how hot she may be, someone somewhere is sick of her shit.
Cotton and Eichenberg are the backup centers
MM press conference
I wonder who won the LG job?
Wynn I assume, he started in PS and did well
You guys see Jalen Ramsey in the NFL commercial? “I got a guy”
LOL
So is Campbell okay I thought he suffered a serious injury?
He had to be put on the 53 so he’d be eligible to return this season. He’ll get put on IR tomorrow
Oh okay I thought it was season ending.
So we traded Dan Feeney who I heard was doing pretty good away for a 6th round pick. Does that mean our line is good enough to be trading away “good” pieces?
He did good enough to get traded for a late round pick instead of getting cut. How good is that really?
He got jumped by other guys and the Bears obviously needed some veteran depth.
TE Hill made 53
He’s fluid. As those old coaches would say, “he looks the part”
I’ll take a Bass Ale, haven’t had one in awhile.🙂
Brooks and Pili too
That’s pretty ridiculous by Irsay
Taylor is a free agent next season
Maybe he plans on re-signing him
That ship has probably sailed Steve
Then if you franchise him you’re clueless.
The 53 isn’t set yet. There will likely be more changes before we play the opener.
we will have a new TE on the squad tomorrow.
Of course, we have a few going on IR, so 3 or 4 spots still available
McKinley, Conner are two that should be back, if they clear
Ramsey and Campbell will go on IR so there’s two changes right there
How is it possible that Sanders is the most accurate kicker in Dolphins history!?
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Surprised to see we only kept 2 TE’s.
Didn’t we keep Kroft too?
no
Smythe & Hill
Probably bring back a TE once Ramsey and Campbell go to IR. That’s 2 spots right there.
McKinkey and Conner
Man, it’s 54 mins old. I must comment the Dolphins website for having the roster updated. USED to be their media department wouldn’t have the roster updated for days. LOL
Steve, McKinley is on the roster so it will likely be Thompson they get back plus a TE maybe Connor
I saw he was cut
Guess it was wrong
If Ingold wasn’t so impressive we could’ve used Conner as FB, he looked good against the Jags
Not trading a player bc you didn’t think the value was right
And keeping him on the PUP so you can’t play him is a spiteful act by Irsay
Taylor is just going to be free agent next year
You aren’t really achieving much for your team
Still have several games to evaluate our running game and see if we need him.
I think we will be fine
I’m just talking about a team doing that to a player – and keeping him on PUP like that
Yeah, I was just looking through our teams eyes but yes Irsay is a vindictive asshole
He can tag and trade him or tag and sit him if he wants. He can do it again the next year too if his pockets are deep enough.
He will get his game checks as long as he is on PUP
What ever happened to saurbert?
IR
Hill ate his lunch
Only 2 TEs doesn’t make sense to me
It’s not the final 53
There will be moves on the waiver wire all night.
Add Ingold to the mix because we lineup our TEs as H-backs often and they do a lot of motion before snap.
Good point
Pats cut QB Bailey Zappe. After cutting down to their final 53, they currently have 1 QB on their roster. Mac Jones
I’d put in a claim, he’s better than what we have at 2 and 3
That’s interesting
I thought they loved him
Is he better than White?
WOW
Not surprising though. They probably gave Zappe some stock options to sit while they put someone else on IR. They are not going to go into the season with only one QB who knows the offense.
Still has to clear waivers
He still has to clear waivers, so there is risk
🍺
That sounds like 0 QBs to me
😝
Frickin’ bellycheat gets more senile every year.
Who starts an NFL season with 1 QB?
And we’re not talking Tom Brady here either.
I don’t think 10 OL will be on 53 week 1, Jones to IR return likely
Campbell, Jones and Ramsey to IR would give us 3 more roster spots
good point
Needham was released right?
No, he remains on PUP for the first four games
Oh cool. I’m still getting used to these new PUP/IR rules.
So is Boston radio going apeshit?
Is Brady coming back? 🤷♂️
It’s not complicated KJP if you have a dick you play boy sports and go to fraternities not sororities
How could this even be questioned?
First and big squall passing through now
Good luck, Son. I hope all you’ll get is rain.
That’s all we saw so far.
The damn thing is still not north of us though.
If you are counting all 6 on every team, we might have the best WR room in the NFL.
Hill Waddle Berrios Ced Wilson Ezukanma and Cracraft
Probably
And we’re as deep throughout the roster as we’ve been since Coach Shula was here.
6’2 260 pound dude with lipstick give me fucking break
Whom are you talking about?
The sorority sister law suit and the judge. The judge, doesn’t know what a woman is.
Son
I hear Brady is in great shape and might come back if Jimmy G gets hurt.
I heard that Brady lost $45M in that stupid crypto fraud crash.
And Giselle lost $25M.
Oh the devastation
Thunder just knocked a Dolphins sign off the wall
UDFA Pili made the 53!
And Kion Smith is still a RT on the 53!
We did keep 11 DBs … so far.
4 Safeties, 6 CBs, and 1 DB (Campbell), who I guess can play both S and CB.
If these 5 are our RB room for real,
I really like this group for the McDaniel offense.
Mostert, Achane, Ahmed, Brooks, and Jeff Wilson.
They all hit the hole at full speed and
don’t go down by being bumped or arm-barred.
Why the heck did the Pets cut Zappe? Wasn’t he a very good backup for them last year, to the point some Pets fans were calling for him to start?
They will re-sign him after their week one. He’s a vet so keeping him on would guarantee his salary
I love that Brooks and Pili made the team
Agree
…and if Zappe is better than both our backups (I have no idea), don’t you make that move; you give up one of them….
….and pray our OL keeps Tua healthy…lol
Plus it fucks up the Patriots big time…lmao
Who changes their # from 33, Apple or Brooks? I hope Brooks keeps 33, it looks good on him
Saubert is on IR
3 undrafted rooks made our final 53…oh my
Wasn’t that better than our 4 person draft? Lol
Achane and Cam Smith, right?
Higgins was cut
I don’t understand the Cedric Wilson restructure. With the out clause we had, we could have designated him a post June 1 release in 2024 and had 1 million in dead cap.
Now he will be an UFA and we will have 2.5 million in dead cap in 2024 when we really need to clear cap.
We reduced his cap hit this year by 3.5 million but increased his dead cap in 2024 by 1.5 million to 2.5 million.
Why? Makes no sense.
Makes sense if we keep him. They like him. Who knows
Actually, we could have released him pre or post June 1 and would have only had 1 mil in dead cap in 2024.
Maybe he earned his keep at a new rate. He does have ability.
White is better than Zappe
Zappe is better than Thompson
I don’t think Ig played much ST maybe this other guy does and if he’s decent then that’s value added
Though, Wilson’s base is only 2 million this year now instead of 7 million. Makes him way more tradable. If he was traded, he would have a 2.5 million dead cap this year and 2024.
If we wanted to make him more tradable,
shouldn’t we have done this last June?
Our division and several other AFC teams (Chargers, e.g.)
have seen Iggy play for years
and know how to exploit him (not that hard).
This new guy coming over from the NFC has lots of
new flaws the opposition has yet to discover.
They all have access to the video.
Brooks and Achane
THUNDER AND LIGHTNING
I can’t find my log-in to change my Avi to Koolaid man
Damn I should have copy righted that
I think McDaniel is more committed to the run game this year. He said last year it takes time and the run game will catch up.
If the preseason was any indication we will run more and do it more successfully.
^
Years later they would look back to this moment…..
A fan fiction short novel by Rockphin
Oooh. I think we should all take turns, adding the next sentence. 😆
Copy and paste and add a line. Group fan fiction
5 RBs, maybe Wilson to short term IR
Agreed, Wilson has what sounds like a broken hand.
Did any OL become free agents
If not we can probably focus on Wilkins contract
If the rumors are true that we offered him $22M per it was probably a 3 year extension and his camp wanted 4 years. Wilkins would be entering his 9th season after a 5th year option and a 3 year extension. I think that might be the disconnect.
Honestly it’s nice to have a problem keeping guys instead of needing to find players
Yep!
Hunt and Jackson are free agents next year. Not sure about the rest
I meant guys we can bring in, not guys we might lose
You are depressing me! Lol
I’m not a big tattoo guy but owning a tattoo shop in Bali was probably pretty hard to give up
The preseason is no indicator of anything IMO.
Just how desperate we are for football
I think we are gonna see a bunch of Achane
Also I’m on the Mostert train now!
🚂 🐷🚂🐷🚂🐷🚂🐷
Just me, but I can’t help but believe that Iggy was part of the trade for Johnathan Taylor that didn’t materialize today.
Unless he was bringing a case of Liquor with him – I doubt Irsay would bite on that kind of offer
Correct!
And so as we got down to the last hour, we said ‘fuck you’, Jim Irsay. That’s when we traded Iggy to the Cowboys.
To be clear, I think we offered the Colts a 3rd round pick, Iggy, and Ced Wilson.
We may never know!
We don’t have a 3rd in 2024. I think we probably offered a 2nd and Ahmed.
Take a deep breath
Someday a meteor will make it all go away
That is some funny shit. But at least she isn’t worried about child support…
Colonpokey when he found out the jests acquired Aaron Rogers
Bring back the Pokey
No real surprises on cut day. I guess even Fangio has seen enough to know that Ifgybwas a bust.
If this is true….
https://x.com/schadjoe/status/1696687707345314060?s=61&t=NWZ–WfgKu_dYbC-fKuB3A
Oh Fuck him!!!!!! Run a probable HALL OF FAMER out in Fitzpatrick because he couldn’t figure out how to use him, and then this shit?!!!!
Ross should have counter sued over that
😂
Don’t care about the Flores era anymore. 2nd year McDaniel is what I’m excited about. Fangio won’t have a bad defense. STs is more hazy. Without disaster we should be in the 10-12 win range. I think the AFC is going to be a gauntlet.
I do, it still affects our team. It was only a year and a half ago.
Blue moon tonight…this morning, it already looks close! Wow!
I prefer Allagash for a Belgian wheat style beer 😉
Lol….I love Belgian beer…all flavors!
…and what’s with serving a Blue Moon with a slice of orange? Is that a Canadian thing? Lol.
I think Fangio knows who can play defense, their best position, and the scheme to maximize everyone’s potential.
Iggy didn’t fit and had no potential, just another freak athlete.
And Flores was just a freak, with a bad attitude, and no aptitude for offense.
Both are in the past…..lol
I’m with TK and excited going forward.
ALL IS WELL HERE in the northern suburbs of Tampa. Top gusts here were no more than 30-35 MPH. Minor tree limb damage and that’s about it. However, downtown St. Pete and Tampa have some significant flooding to deal with.
We dodged a bullet this time.
Hoping tornadoes stay away today.
It’s still very windy and cloudy here, and tennis, golf, and pilates are all shut down, but at least I have a key to the weight room, so I can get SOMETHING done.
I hope the folks on Ft Myers Beach buttoned down all the reconstruction and suffered no more damage.
Flooding in St Pete. Neighbor’s house is a 50’s ground level, so it’s flooded. Our house is 11 ft above flood level except the garage, so it’s good. I moved anything that can’t get wet out of the garage yesterday before I headed back to VA. Just have to go back down and clean the garage floor before the movers get the in 10 or so days.
Good for him.
He was our leading rusher
under Flores one year,
so maybe the man put in a good word.
And they might need a RB,
after losing Dalvin.
JUST AS I WAS going out the door to drive to work, the office manager called me and told me the owners of the company wanted us to stay home until they’ve had a chance to examine the entire two story building.
The manager told me we’ll probably reopen tomorrow, depending on how the building examination goes, Last time I was told to stay home was in Austin, Texas, about 16 years ago when an ICE STORM made the streets unsafe to drive on. They had NO ice removal equipment at that time in Austin.
Lol…I can confirm they still don’t!
Jeez Phel
do you have like, 10 houses?
Anyway,
glad your new digs in St. Pete are OK.
Wait.
Are any of those “safe houses”?
LOL, I was wondering the same thing
Lol…Currently 5, but selling 2. Bitch Idalia has sideswiped 2 of three of our coastal houses and is headed for the 3rd (Emerald Isle NC). Fortunately, that house will be on the “good” side of the storm.
Wow Phel …
I once owned sports cars and a Big Beamer
at the same time,
but that was just cause I had 2 teenage drivers in the house,
but wow, owning 5 houses, sheesh.
I tip my hat to you on that.
It’s a PITA, especially when some are in different state. Hence selling the VA house and moving to St Pete.
Good for Gaskin! Also, good not on another AFCE team.
Also a good point
Just scanning down the roster …
That’s a damn solid team.
Some serious speed at RB and WR
On offense where you need that.
Speed at ILB where you need it
for today’s football.
This is our best OL in years.
Ok, not saying much, but still …
We have hard hitters at Strong Safety and MLB and ball hawks at Free Safety.
Our starting DTs combined for more run stops than any such duo since Vince f’n Wilfork!
And we got a young leg hungry giant as backup NT.
Some writers think we have the next young star at OLB and a proven winner at the other end with a man who plays like his hair’s on fire and the leader in passes batted down by a DE as backups.
The injury to Ramsey still pisses me off or we’d have the best 123 CB squad in the NFL.
We have the #1 passer rating QB from last year who also has a black belt in backwards somersaults.
And both of our backup QBs have lots of experience in the NFL.
We have former All Pros at K, P, and KR/PR.
Glad you guys got through it ok. Not so much for the fishing retreat I go to every summer, Keaton Beach. They were ground zero for the eye of the storm.
Yeah, was just watching vids of Steinhatchee. No bueno
But maybe a change of scenery will help🤪
Joseph, a 2021 second-round pick, has never been much of a special-teams player before late last year, when he impressed coaches with his development there. But at corner? Last year was a struggle. He got a shot when Anthony Brown was lost for the season but allowed 12 completions for 219 yards and four touchdowns on 18 targets … while allowing a passer rating of 147.9.
Going off of what players normally like I’d say no way, because in 3 years he could get a new deal for more money, it’s the team that usually wants more years
Guaranteed money is also more important, than per year or length
Tim Knight says:
August 29, 2023 at 8:09 pm
If the rumors are true that we offered him $22M per it was probably a 3 year extension and his camp wanted 4 years.
The longer the deal usually means more guaranteed money.
Today at noon the waiver period for cutdown ends
We might go after a TE, but expect at least Conner back
OK
so when do we get the 3 roster spots for Ramsey, Campbell, and Rob Jones going on IR?
The team should want maybe 2 CBs and a TE to fill those slots.
or vice versa
That POS Idalia did not weaken as much over land as expected and is crossing into GA still blowing 100mph winds. Headed for Savannah and Charleston.
Valdosta, GA is getting hammered.
Phelon, yeah, Keaton Beach was ground zero but Steinhatchie being right of the eye got it worse.
Out for our game v Bills
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
I want whatever it is they’re smoking in Indy. 😎
More evidence to support my theory, that the Colts never intended to trade him
If they were asking for Waddle, then they were definitely never serious.
The Colts are really screwing their best player.
Kelvin Joseph plays STs, and is more instinctive than Iggy, maybe that was the reason for the trade
Joseph highlights include a muffed punt by Cedrick Wilson scooped up by Joseph and advanced 5 yards
Sure seems like Dallas is sending us their rejects, Conner Williams not included
Dolphins Bringing Back Nickerson
Nickerson was released Tuesday when the roster was pared to 53 players
New England Patriots
SIGNINGS
QB Bailey Zappe is being signed to the practiced squad after clearing waivers, NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero reports, per a source.
Looks like Steelers are going to sign Desmond King