The Miami Dolphins return home from an unsuccessful trip to Buffalo, NY. You can look at this game from many different perspectives. You can say it was a tough task traveling to Buffalo for the 3rd road game in 4 games. You can say in general Orchard Park is a house of horrors for the Dolphins, which it is. You could also look at it from the viewpoint that if this team is really ready to compete for a division title and beyond, we need to be able to not only compete with teams like the Bills, but beat them. Well, this past Sunday we did neither, at least not past the beginning of the 2nd quarter, where the score stood at that time at 14-14. The Bills then ran away, scoring 17 unanswered points and eventually finished on top with a lopsided 48-20 victory.
One game however, does not mean that all is bad in Miami. Credit Bills HC Sean McDermott for finding a way to shut down the Dolphins offense, something the Patriots did as well up to a point. The bright side is, I have no concerns with our offense. We lost a couple of role players, WR’s River Cracraft and Erik Ezukanma, Cracraft more in a receiving role, while EZ was used in the rushing attack and seldom used as a receiver. Both players are on IR so they will both be out a minimum of 4 games. In the mean time, the Dolphins acquired former Steelers and Bears WR Chase Claypool for a 6th RD pick in 2024, the Dolphins receive Claypool and the Bears 7th RD pick in 2024. This offense is evolving constantly, and now LT Terron Armstead will spend some customary time OUT, he’s also now on IR with multiple injuries. We have seen the emergence of rookie RB De’Von Achane, and he’s been nothing less than electric. His stats are off the charts, but lest we not forget how well Raheem Mostert looks this season. I’m also impressed with big back Chris Brooks from BYU, and RB Jeff Wilson is set to return shortly from injury. RB Salvon Ahmed is also healing up, so that’s one very crowded backfield, and how the touches are divided are anyone’s guess. Achane has been used sparingly despite the outrageous returns on his limited touches, and to be fair, they might just keep it that way to keep him healthy. This may also benefit Raheem Mostert who is now 31, and although he’s bulked up and looks like a different back, he’s got quite the injury history, so splitting carries might be the recipe to keep both healthy and productive.
OK, finally, what about the defense? I loathe to talk about the defense, or lack of defense if you will. This defense scares no one. It’s toothless. We’ve been gashed on the ground, through the air, every which way. ST’s has allowed a blocked FG attempt and has allowed a return TD. The super hyped Jaelan Phillips wasn’t much when he played, and now he’s likely to miss his 3rd straight game. The defense has 10 sacks after 4 games, and if I told you after 4 games that Andrew Van Ginkel would be leading the team with 3 sacks, you’d have laughed at me. AVG is doing his best while Phillips is out and while Bradley Chubb is largely ineffective. The other 7 sacks are distributed with a sack each for Long, Ogbah, Chubb, Wilkins, Sieler, and Kohou, and hype-boy Phillips shares 1/2 sack with DB Justin Bethel. The Dolphins defense is allowing just a hair under 30 PPG, a far cry from what we all expected with the Vic Fangio hiring.
The Jonathan Taylor rumors went wild, this after the Dalvin Cook rumors went wild. OK, the problem on this team is not the run game, or the players in the run game. Now that Taylor is eligible to return, he’s eligible to come off the PUP list, and appears fully healthy from his January ankle surgery. We just traded for WR Chase Claypool, so how long before Taylor to Miami starts again, and it probably already has, although I’ve read the Packers really want him. I said we didn’t need him before, and I’m sticking to that position. We could potentially be better with Taylor, but I think we’re more than fine with what we currently have.
Back to the dreaded defense. Cam Smith, ZERO defensive snaps, has only played special teams. Our 1st pick in this year’s draft, #51 (2nd RD pick), can’t seem to crack the lineup ahead of Eli Apple for one. I love Kader Kohou, what Dolphins fan doesn’t? Kohou is a nickel back, and actually, good news is on the frontier, because Nik Needham can potentially be back as well as OG Robert Jones. Both have been designated to return in which the team has a 21 day window to be activated, much like the Colts Jonathan Taylor. It would be wonderful for Needham to get back, he’s a favorite of mine because he always seems to step up to the challenge before him. I don’t know whether Vic Fangio just feels that Cam Smith isn’t ready, doesn’t like rookies, I’m not sure, but to see Eli Apple lining up and playing like Eli Apple has, it’s disheartening to fans that Cam Smith hasn’t received a chance.
It’s looking Connor Williams may miss another game with an injured groin muscle. Both Robert Jones and Nik Needham logged back to back limited practices, so they’re not on the radar for this week. C Connor Williams also has 2 limited practices, so we’ll see whether he suits up against the Jints, who by the way will be without 3 starters on their O-line, LT Andrew Thomas, LG Shane Lemieux and C Jon Michael Schmitz, while RB Saquon Barkley will be a gametime decision. Our beleaguered defense may actually have a favorable matchup, stay tuned. You have to figure we’ll rest Phillips in this one as he’s still bothered with that oblique injury. I expect our offense to get back to normal, not necessarily 70 points, but 30 or more points in this one. The NY Giants are league last scoring only 11.5 PPG, while allowing 30.5 PPG on defense, just behind our Dolphins defense. Hopefully the Dolphins get their mojo back and come back again next week to Hard Rock for the Fest at 4-1, still atop, either tied or maybe alone after a battle with the Jacksonville Jaguars who got back on track against the Atlanta Falcons to go to 2-2.
GO DOLPHINS!!
Finsmob Unleashed 
THUS EFFING OFFENSE IS AWESOME
They can do whatever they want
We own this game
Rock, maybe you can make a Chubb and a Holland jersey out of your Achane XL
I live watching mostert run
That was awesome. That is imposing your will on the other team
It’s imposing your will
And leaving a little on their face
It’s called Eich out
DOMINATION
211 yards rushing, Mostert needs to run for a high YPC or he won’t get many yards 7-56
The running game is something else
It’s outrageous
Imagine if they do work in claypool in a Deebo Samuel role
Ok, I am ONLY wearing the Tee during games. Deal with it
You ain’t wearing shit next weekend
If I try that they will MAKE ME wear at least a blanket. Trust me. I know….
That pressure WAS worth something
Yes it was. Problem is, the pressure is way too hit or miss
So let’s agree that Sacks are awesome, but pressures are good too.
(the worse BJ I ever got was really good(
Dom
I
NATION
Our O is very taxing on our D, they give the ball back so fast, score or not
Marino did that too
Yep, just was telling my wife the same thing
We’re even just trying to run it, but still picking up such big chunks it might as well be passing it
Kong except for the Pick fest
We’d have 40 if not for the picks
Even when we run the ball we go 70 in 50 seconds
WHO IS HURT!?
Wynn
Here comes Eich
LMAO @ Rock, can’t argue that
LOL, it’s hard to argue with that comparison…
OMG
I am drunk but I love that new Liberty bibbbberty commercial
He doesn’t even have a mustache
We keep going faster every game LOL
We’ve committed hara-kiri on t/os, been sloppy from top to bottom and we are still walking this game. Quite the achievement. We still need to do it against a good team though
Then the 20 yard punt
Just like we didn’t survive our heat check last week coming off of 70-20, the bills didn’t either today
“only the ninth punt this season.”
“That punt looked like he hadn’t punted in a while”
ROFLMAO!!
Our STs suck
Today is a cakewalk, but we need to clean a lot of shit up if we want to beat elite teams
RIP
VAN
GINK
EL
Pin em back boys
AVG! yes
You may get your 8, Bri
I think AVG just ate Jones
That sack was more fun to watch than any pressure
Jones reminds me of RT, very good running with the ball, very bad pocket presence
Got to be a concussion
uh oh, former dolphin
might have a career day and come back….
Zappe in the game for the Pats
I hope Phillips watches tape of AVG
How to finish 101
Don’t they have meds for that?
First time he goes for it on 4th today is with his backup
Over 200 yards rushing again today. HOLLAND!!! BREAK UP!!! what was I saying…um GO DOLPHINS!
7 sacks
Why would you go for a FG there?
Makes it a 2 score game
OK fuck it
I’m going to put it out there.
I WANT A BLOW OUT LIKE THIS AGAINST THE PANTHERS NEXT WEEK
(But with the points not the interceptions by Tua.)
I want that every week
31-0 Saints over Pets
2 score game, not over yet
Wtf was that dumb play on 3rd and 1
Just run the fucking ball
Week 6
🐈⬛@🐬
FEST GAME!!!!
🗿 44-17 🐬
Too fucking cute. Just fucking run the damn ball! Run, run, run!
Seriously
Just give it to the FB or something
MM annoys me with his short yardage play calling sometimes
^^^
So many either throws in that 3rd down and they throw to Waddle running back to the LOS
Horrible
Ravens trying their best to lose, Pitt in business at 2 minutes
Week 6
🐈⬛@🐬
FEST GAME!!!!
🗿 44-17 🐬
🐷 42-10 🐬
Down 10-8 under two
LET’S GO PITT
We should be up by a lot more than 15
Wilkins held again
Wilkins is a Manimal!
Kinda torn on this game. Always glad to see us win but we’ve been awful all game. The Giants are really, really bad. There is a talent difference, and we are built to quickly dominate which we’ve done. I was just hoping after getting the crap stomped out of us last week that I’d see more fire, determination, and focus today. It’s been similar to a really sloppy pre-season game which just won’t get us where we need to be. This team is built for just this year. They need some urgency.
RIP again
AVG relentless!
gladly buy you you a (_)3
RE
LENT
LESS
That okay is a microcosm of our play today- sloppy and shooting ourselves in the foot
Play
AVG is anything but
The Team
LOL, how did Taylor get out of that?
Shitty tackling by the secondary
That pressure made Tyrod shit his pants. Does that one count?
It looked like the defender (Chubb) may have released him early for fear of driving him into the ground .
Tyrod probably wants out if this game. He’s probably also thinking this isn’t the Dolphins team I faced when I played for Buffalo and beat them 19-3 in December to keep them from making the playoffs
Bijan Robinson, 8th overall pick … Achane 84th pick
Before THIS game only 9 yards rushing difference with Robinson having twice the number of touches.
Another example of why RBs aren’t getting paid and rarely getting drafted in first round.
Right now I’d say we are not an AFC Championship game team. That doesn’t mean we can’t become one but against a well drilled team we might well not have won this one. Against the 💩 we never looked like losing it.
I WANT ACHANE TO TAKE IT TO THE HOUSE
Game over!
We have shit to clean up, but even with sloppy play, we dominated a bad team. Lots of room to improve
That was a good eyeball by the ref
Dolphins and Chiefs the only 1 loss teams in the AFC
Ravens are going to lose!
VICTORY FORMATION
VERY sloppy game by Tua. Almost like they weren’t taking it serious.
Tua could have cost us this game with his over confident assholeism
Good thing the O Line is buying in on the system because our back have holes 6 yards wide to run through.
Shyte O line that it is….
Come on VIKINGS … put Fins back on top of AFC by themselves!!
Van Ginkel is a badass!
Looked like the best O in the league at times, D had lots of pressures, STs still the Achilles heel, D too much bend, but don’t break
What does it all mean? We’re 4-1 lead the AFC East and aren’t close to playing a comolete game
maybe close? even so. We have NOT played up to the potential that’s there. Exciting but scary to tempt the football gods
Anyone want this oversized Achane jersey?
I’m going to buy a bargain bin Jackson jersey.
I’ll heatedly discuss this with you next week at D&B’s with food in my teeth.
I’d of I was going I’d buy it off of you!
If
Van Ginkel makes me want to sleep under a tree for 20
Years
😂
Steelers beat ravens
NFL games can be games of inches, bad pass one week not intercepted, the QB looks great, the next week that same pass is intercepted and the guy is a bum
Just nice to know we don’t have to play our best to win
Ravens and the Bills have looked dominant some weeks, but sit at 3-2
Was telling my wife this is the first time in 20 years I feel our team is so good we can easily beat a bad team even if we don’t play a great game.
I was confident from the opening play; we are WAY better than the Giants, and I knew we’d win handily.
We have to be better if we want to beat the best teams; we have a lot of room to grow.
Dirty player
4-1 and division leaders.😎
Tua could have cost us this game with his over confident assholeism
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So true! He could have easily had 3 INT’s. If it were just a slightly better team, it could have been ugly.
Before Tim gets on to me, Yes, I will just enjoy the win. LOL
We could have also won this game 45-10 without stupid mistakes in all phases. Next! 😉
Yes, that is what it should have been.
Bottom line is does it really matter?
Putting it all together in October leads to frustration in January
Speaking of INT’s, can we get one sometime this season?
The lack of turnovers is concerning
Don’t want this to get lost in the jubilation over today and looking forward to THIS WEEK BITCHES!! WE ARE OFFICIALLY IN FEST WEEK!!
Week 6
🐈⬛@🐬
FEST GAME!!!!
🗿 44-17 🐬
🐷 42-10 🐬
Joe Schad
@schadjoe
“If you guys had it your way (the running backs) would have all been run out of town,” Mike McDaniel said.
“Just kidding,” he added. “Too soon?”
COME ON DENVER!!
LET’S GO ARIZONA
LET’S GO MINNESOTA
Come on Green Bay
Miami #1 in the AFC
GO MIAMI
Ha Ha
Like pressures? Lol.
Defender had the angle
But I like the kids moxy
I LOVE IT!
I can’t believe our offense! Imagine if we had a top-notch, uninjured OL…..wtf?!
Tua needs to get it together. He now has 5 INT’s in 5 games
The horror of it
With 15 seconds left in the half and 0 TOs left, numb nuts Zach Wilson throws the ball 5 yards downfield…clock ran out B4 they could kick an fg
D…..good and bad….it was nice to see three DL or three D in on sacks and TFLs, a lot.
It seemed when we blitzed we succeeded, too.
Can we fucking tackle?
Keep STs off the field…..lol. Seriously!
Great game and nice to watch another one where the Dolphins seemed in control almost after the first series for each team. Almost…lol.
Kelce to locker room to get xrays