It’s been a crazy week, it seemed as if we may be heading into this huge divisional home game missing quite a few very important players. As it turns out, we may actually be getting back some extremely important players. Nothing has been confirmed as of yet, but there is a chance we may see CB Jalen Ramsey get his first game action as a Miami Dolphin. It’s also possible that DB Nik Needham may see his first game action since his achilles tear in Week 6 of last season. Needham plays mostly inside at nickel, and always seems to rise to the occasion. WR Tyreek Hill, who injured his hip last week against Philadelphia was seemingly going to miss some time, but now appears to be ready to go against the Patriots. On the bad side of the ledger, it looks like we have lost OG Isaiah Wynn for the rest of the season. With Terron Armstead perpetually OUT, and Connor Williams questionable with a groin injury, that leaves the O-line paper thin. RB Raheem Mostert looks like he will play after sustaining a knee injury in Sunday Night’s game against the Eagles. The invisible rookie CB Cam Smith is now out with a foot injury and did not practice yesterday. One more to add, S Jevon Holland did log in a limited practice wearing the customary red jersey for those in concussion protocol. LB David Long Jr. appears to be fine and logged a full practice, which is good news.
With the Isaiah Wynn injury, and the aforementioned Terron Armstead OUT, the Dolphins O-line if Connor Williams can’t go will look like this . . .
LT Kendall Lamm – LG Lester Cotton – C Liam Eichenberg – RG Robert Hunt – RT Austin Jackson
OG Lester Cotton looked like he might have been close to winning the starting LG spot in training camp and preseason where he impressed. He did struggle some against Philadelphia’s big defensive line, but I expect him to be more prepared this week. Kendall Lamm looks passable at LT, but definitely not as good as Terron Armstead when healthy, whenever that actually occurs. Liam Eichenberg has had a difficult time, and while his snaps are accurate, more than starter Connor Williams, that’s the only positive to speak of. Back to safety for a moment, I had heard earlier in the week that DB Nik Needham might play Safety opposite S DeShon Elliott, but now it appears as if it will be Brandon Jones. It seems as if that situation is fluid and could change depending on the matchup. Hopefully, Holland can clear concussion protocol, but that doesn’t seem likely.
Let me address Jaelan Phillips, and clarify some things. I’m a Jaelan Phillips fan. I like the kid, he has the right work ethic, enthusiasm and physical ability to be a great player in the NFL. What I hated was all the hype he received before the season. I liken that to being on the cover of a Madden game. It’s a curse! As such, it has been a curse. Phillips is nowhere near a player being considered for DPOY, he was injured early, played ineffectively through that injury for 2 games before missing 3. After 7 games, Phillips has played in 4 games (starting 2) and has 20 tackles (11 solo), 1 TFL, 5 QB hits, and 1.5 sacks. His replacement, on the other hand has been far more effective, AVG or Andrew Van Ginkel. AVG has started 5 games, played in all 7, and 31 tackles (19 solo), 4 TFL’s, 9 QB hits, and 4 sacks. When folks gush about how great Phillips has been, sorry guys, but just not true. The stud has been AVG, not Jaelan Phillips. Now Phillips has plenty of time to be the stud we all hoped he could be, but up till now, as Larry David might say, “Curb Your Enthusiasm”.
It looks as if RB Raheem Mostert will likely have a large role this week. It’s odd, I haven’t seen anything about RB Jeff Wilson Jr. What will be interesting to see is who gets the touches when Mostert comes off the field. RB De’Von Achane will probably not see any action until after our BYE week, so Week 11. That leaves Jeff Wilson Jr., Salvon Ahmed, and rookie Chris Brooks. If it were my choice, I’d like to see more of Chris Brooks. Wilson is under contract in ’24 as well, but can definitely be a cap casualty with only a $700K dead cap hit. Brooks is not under contract for next season, he came in as a UDFA and is a bargain at $600K this season. Brooks and Wilson both are hard runners, but Chris Brooks will be 24 going on 25 while Wilson will be 28 going on 29 with a long injury history. Of course, Achane returning will mean less carries for everyone, including top back Raheem Mostert. Before Achane was injured, Mostert and Achane were basically splitting carries, and with great results.
If X is healthy enough to go Sunday, we may finally see the CB tandem we’ve only dreamed of, Xavien Howard and Jalen Ramsey. To be realistic though, Ramsey should be on a snap count, which will limit how many snaps he plays, so Eli Apple will probably see a fair amount of action, or possibly Kader Kohou. If Ramsey and Apple split time on the outside, Kohou and Needham may split snaps inside, where both are best suited. Both Kohou and Needham have done their best work inside. Ideally, we’d see Holland and Elliott at safety, but unfortunately, we might have to wait a week to see that quartet. If somehow Holland were to clear concussion protocol, I wouldn’t be surprised if Brandon Jones plays while Holland, who is so important to this team is given a rest this week.
At WR, River Cracraft has been designated to return from IR and has the customary 21 day period to be activated. If Hill is playing, and it appears as if he is, and WR Jaylen Waddle is able to go, he was dealing with a back injury in Sunday Night’s clash with the Eagles, it will probably be Hill, Waddle and Berrios. After that, Cedrick Wilson Jr. got some action and made the most of it, so I’d expect him to be active. It would be a toss-up between Robbie Chosen and Chase Claypool, I don’t expect the Dolphins to rush back Cracraft this week, but who really ever knows? Also, hopefully FB Alec Ingold is ok with his foot injury and create some room for whomever is carrying the football. I’d love to see the 3 pass rushers, Phillips – AVG – Chubb make a killing this weekend. You can include Wilkins, Sieler, Davis and any of the other defenders as well, but I’d love specifically for the trio to wreak some havoc on Mac Jones, and take over the game.
GO DOLPHINS!!!
Finsmob Unleashed 
Fuck!
WTF!!!!!
We must score on this next drive.
Need a nice long drive to ice this fucking game already
I WANT THAT PLAY
Let’s goooooooooo!
Let’s kill the clock next drive…..😁😆😎🗿
Tua with another game winning drive.
PENGUIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now I can chillax
Hell Yeah!!!!!!!!!!
Tua owns the Patriots
Love that play design
Ross with a little shimmy in his waddle
Brandon Jones is back.
BRANDON F’N JONES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ah, shit. Incomplete
No hips on the waddle Ross stop it
Nice pressure by Phillips 😁
😂
Phillips!!!!
Jaelan with the heavy hands.
Really GOOD pressure by Phillips there…😁
Phillips with a SACK!!! Holy shit!!!
15
not saying I’m excited, but I’m hammering the fast forward button on my remote.
Jones got leveled
That’s the same as hitting a defenseless receiver
That’s a bull shit hit by Smith Schuster
It wasn’t dirty, he’s not going to just let him catch the interception
Isn’t that the same as hitting a defenseless receiver?
Nothing wrong with the hit itself
Man, sssssssssssssssss looked like a legal hit but man laid him out.
I hate that they’re kneeling
SIX AND OHHHHHH
6-2 fellas and lady
PHINS WIN!!!
Let’s GO GIANTS!!
Bye-bye, stej!!!
Not so fast. shanked it
*gulp*
Jets lining up for a chip shot with a second left
OT
Holy shit!
C’mon, G-Men!!!
Win this in OT!!!
That was a good win
Welcome to Miami Ramsey it was a pleasure to see you out there.
It looked to me like they threw to Ramsey once and he picked it off. Am I missing something?
6-2 and feeling groovy!!! 🙂
LOL @ “groovy”!!! 😉
Scooby Doo and Shaggy would agree!!! 😉
Speaking of “Groovy”, two fine sistas from Miami… Lady Tigra and Bunny D.
Lady Tigra still follows me on social media.
That’s cool, they’re hot
VERY sexy!
6-2 is nice
We’re winning games going three deep into the roster a lot of times, this is a good TEAM. Good guys buying in overcoming whatever injuries.
Beat the Gloried Patsies twice now but we haven’t beaten anybody yet 🤷♂️
I’m feeling very huggy right now. I would even give one up to you if you were around.
We didn’t look amazing, but it’s better to look OK and win than to look amazing and lose, so I’ll take the W
It’s the NFL, I thought we looked like a really good NFL team today, they looked very average at best and it played out just like that. We’re good face it lol
They’re a good team … Cheatie draws up a good D … it’s hard to play a team that knows you so well.
We MUST take the win, being that once again, we were without 3 starting O-Linemen. And on the Defensive side of the ball, we were without X and Holland.
My guy Brandon finished strong
Yessir! I was very happy to see Brandon back in the lineup today, and he played well!
I think Fangio’s feeling about him changed today. 29 is a good fucking player.
Thought J Wilson looked good if rusty … same for B. JONES and Robert Jones. And Ramsey is a star of Tyreek’s level.
The Patriots beat us in games like this for two decades and nobody cared. They got the W and moved on.
So true. This is the same thing in reverse.
Going to Germany 🇩🇪
I like our chances
This is what it’s all about.🙂
We easily could have scored again and “blow them out” like the Iggles “blew us out” last week….
Woah, The Broncos up on the Chiefs
Shouldn’t EVERY team put up 70 on them? They are so awful
This same Patriots team upset the Bills last week, so I’m more than happy to beat them this week. Definitely concerned with all the injuries. No idea when Armstead will get back and if he can last more than a few plays. Also, can’t wait until Needham is really back, and of course we get the A-Train back!
Coming into the season when the afc East looked like it was going to be a 3 team race, I thought, all 3 of the top teams will split with one another but the team that wins the afc East will sweep the patriots
8 weeks into the season, we are the sweeper of the patriots
It’s easy to downplay this win bc the patriots aren’t good
But the fact hat we aren’t struggling with the bad or mediocre teams is ideal for playoff seating
Some how the knee jerk media is beating this lame drum that if you lose to good teams you are fraudulent. The reality is beating the rams yiu should and beating the good teams at home is how you get a top seed in the playoffs and a home game or more
^ it’s a grind.
I read something the other week that a coach (in the past) said- “you have to beat the teams you’re supposed to beat, and beat half of the other teams”. That makes total sense. We’ve been beating the teams we’re supposed to beat, now we need to make progress on that other part…
We DO NOT want the Chiefs losing to the Broncos today
Care to explain that, my guy?
Bills are only 1 game behind us BUT,
Dolphins are 2-1 in division and 4-1 in conference
Bills are 1-2 in division and 2-3 in conference
We are the only undefeated team at home in the AFC.
Bengals playing tough today and last couple games.
Next week: Bills at Bengals Sunday night.
Thinking of gong to the home Monday night game vs the Titans.
Another solid game for Phillips. 8 tackles 7 solo and a sack
Don’t think Tannehill will be getting any more starts for the Titans
We controlled this Pats win better than the first Pats win, and any Pats win is good.
Pats were only in this game because of mistakes we made. We were clearly the better team
^
As I picked Sam Howell as my inury repacement QB in Fantasy this week….. I realized I don’t have to hate the Skins cause Dan Snyder owns them any more.
There is still the vision of Riggins that drives my Washington hate… Howell played well today
For a change
I always liked RIggo. He was one of a kind.
Russell Wilson just took a horrible sack
Denver ball woot woot
That was vintage Russell Wilson. TD Broncos
Sutton TD 👍🤯
KC looking very average recently
Through 8 games Tyreek has 1014 yards receiving.
Woohoo Chiefs turn it over on downs
Bengals up 14 on 9ers 👍👍
Overall record , and personal gathered 🤷♂️
Or hatred
Browns lose
Mahomes getting beat up
KC at Denver = “division road games are a bitch”
100%
Was that the Broncos we put up a 70 Berger on???
Yep
M – my guess is Brian is thinking if KC loses this week they will be fired up to win next week. I got nothing else I can imagine he meant
I am sure that is what he meant
That’s how I took it
Wonder which Bears team will show up tonight vs Chargers
Wonder which Chargers team will show up tonight
lol
Bengals with an impressive road win.
Again, Bills at Bengals next Sunday night.
NFL network shows the Queafs as #1 in the AFC still even after the loss and the fact that we are tied in conference, division and nondivision wins and we have the higher net points by nine points.
That will change when we put up 40 on them next week for the win.
Didn’t realize Cousins has an Achilles injury
Great win today!! Loved seeing the Fins beating the Pets in the throwbacks.
This game played out a little like the Panthers game. It took us a few possessions to get going, but once we took the lead, I felt the Pets never really threatened to win this game.
Chiefs looked bad today and still have the lead on us due to SOV, since we’re tied in division and conference. We win next week, we’ll have a two game lead on them, and if the Bengals can give us an assist and beat the Bills, we could potentially go into the break with a 1.5 game lead in the division and be at #1 in the conference.
I think our defense is really close. Once we get Howard and Holland back there with Ramsey, Elliott playing well, Kohou moves back to the nickel, have Needham and Jones waiting in the wings, front 7 is getting pressure and defending the run well. Our LBs are showing up a little more each week- maybe we put together a high level performance next week…
Injuries on the oline are obviously the biggest concern right now
Defense is definitely better in last 3 games
Oh, and the refs gave us a ‘we owe you one’ game, lol.
Freaking have to wake up at like 6 am next Sunday to get donuts and watch our game start at 6 effing 30.
No omelets on the menu?
lol, unlikely
Tua 6-0 against Belicheat
It was nice to see C. Wilson get rewarded with that TD and have another big catch earlier in the game. Dude is lost on the depth chart but is finding ways in recent games to show up and contribute.
Absolutely. He’s been playing well.
Woohoo! I know nothing except we won! All that matters
Amazing day. 😊
👍
I did the laundry!
This game is turning to shit
Our bye week is coming at a good time. One more game against the vulnerable Chiefs on a neutral field. We need to get through one more game and try to get some guys back for the stretch run.🙂
Michigan rescinded Jim Harbaughs contract offer. He’s done there – my bet is he goes to the Raiders.
Another cheater
SF drops 3 in a row.
Brock Purdy with 2 picks and a lost fumble.
Mahomes same.
Mahomes with a 59.2 passer rating.
KC zero TDs, zero 2nd half points.
Not spam
https://x.com/Marcel_LJ/status/1718731429188694216?s=20
Coach’s quote on Jalen Ramsey
It’s fun watching the team have fun.
Dolphins home record is best in NFL since 11/7/21 … 89%
That’s impressive
Naples,
Mahomes was reportedly playing with flu symptoms . Hopefully he shares it with some of the team.
Maybe the Germans won’t allow him in country…
KC game is obviously important, for a myriad of reasons: shut everyone up about us not being able to beat a good team, get a win streak going, go into the bye with a win. But looking ahead, this could decide who gets home field advantage and the first round bye in the playoffs. The Baltimore game in Week 17 will be a big one too.
Yeah, I am watching every scenario with an eye to get that home playoff game.
Second Quarter of the season is done after tonight.
We went 3-1 in the first quarter and 3-1 in the second quarter.
As I said after the Buffalo loss,
if we go 3-1 each quarter,
we’ll be 12-4 going into the last game
… with the Bills.
If we lose to KC,
we’ll need to win 3 in a row
to achieve the 3-1 for the 3rd Quarter.
That would mean beating the Raiders, Jets, and Commanders
all in a row.
We can do that, though.
(However, the jest have won 3 in a row as it stands now,
which is concerning,
as we don’t want them to get confidence.)
It’s the Jets D mainly. Their D is very tough.
It was pretty impressive (they don’t suck that bad) to beat NE with all backup O linemen except for IRONMAN Austin Jackson….(waiting on Ken…3…2…1…)
🤣 I have to give Jackson his due this year. He is playing pretty good
Next Gen stat of the game: Tua Tagovailoa used play-action on a season-high 38.8% of dropbacks in Week 8 against the Patriots, completing 14-of-18 passes and throwing for a season-high 189 yards on such passes.
NFL Research: Tyreek Hill crossed the 1,000-yard receiving mark on Sunday, bringing his season total to 1,014 — the most receiving yards by a single player through a team’s first eight games in the Super Bowl era.
So, someone please answer me this. We beat the Patriots by the exact same score the as we lost to the Iggles, but somehow we got blown out by the iggles and I am hearing it was a “close game” against the Pats. How is that?
Exactly. We were not blown out by the Eagles. We didn’t blow out the Pats
That shit had me rolling yesterday. Told you all. LOL
I’m just tired of these fines,” Hill said. “The NFL, they fine me so much, they been finding small ways to fine me. Like they even tried to fine me for my shirt today. And I’m like, what’s going on with that?
“So I don’t want to be part of no NFL fine list no more, for the rest of the year. I’m sick of it.”
So the Dolphins O-line for a while was Kion Smith, Lester Cotton, Liam Eichenberg, Robert Jones, and Austin Jackson.
Kudos to those guys for trying so hard and over-achieving.
Kudos to Grier for assembling a great group of backup OL.
But McDaniel’s play designs are what really made that work.
We just have to get through one more game (I agree with BrianNY about hoping Mahomes spreads the flu to the rest of the KC team lol) …
After the bye week, and barring any new injuries during the KC game, we should be at full strength …
But that means we should be getting back:
Armstead
C Williams
Cracraft
Wynn
Brooks
ACHANE !
B Jones
X
Holland
Clearly waiting on:
Lamm – could be out much longer
Hunt – can’t find any updates this morning on severity (anyone?).
Coming off bye, healthier than any part of the season, at either 7-2 or 6-3, with weeks 11-15 all games we will be favored in before closing out with 3 tough games … we will be a dangerous team.
I think Lamm returned to the Patriots game and played very well.
I think C Williams was active yesterday,
but they were saving him for the KC game.
It’s always nice to wake up, but it’s even better the day after we beat the Pets.
It’d be nice to have Holland and Howard back for Mahomes.
Cracraft is in his 21-day window, but we might decide to let him lapse into a year-long IR unless we lose another WR, just to save a roster spot, although I’m a big CrayCray fan.
Craycraft played yesterday
He’s not on the snap count sheet. Are you thinking Claypool?
I could have sworn he was targeted on one throw. I remember the announcer saying a pass was intended for Cracraft but maybe they were mistaken