It’s still one game in 17, and at 6-3 the Dolphins are far from being out of contention. However, one needs to accurately put in context exactly what we are in contention for. To win the division, sure, its definitely possible, likely even if the Bills lose tonight against the Bengals. Winning the division is nice, but we have tried to assemble a team with a very small window of opportunity to go all the way. As currently constituted, that won’t happen. At least I should say “shouldn’t happen”, because we haven’t defeated a good team with a winning record since September of ’22.
We got back Jalen Ramsey, Xavien Howard, Jaelan Phillips, Bradley Chubb and Andrew Van Ginkel are all healthy now and playing well, yet we still can’t close out a good team. The offense was more of an issue, and if I’m being honest, why was Raheem Mostert used so sparingly in this game until it was almost too late? Besides De’Von Achane, Mostert is our best RB, our most consistent guy. I know he’s a little banged up, but Ahmed and Wilson just don’t threaten the defense like Mostert does. He looked pretty darn fresh in the 4th quarter, I wish we didn’t save him until then because we squandered too many drives without him. Penalties have been a killer as well, and we escaped a penalty today that should have been called against AVG. It’s not that AVG was looking to hurt Mahomes, he actually turned away and hit him with his back, but the fact is, Mahomes was out of bounds when AVG ran into him and that’s a penalty.
I don’t want to hear the excuse that we had 2 OL out. Every team has subs somewhere, and the O-line was making plenty of room for Mostert in the 4th quarter. Tua had a subpar performance for him. Tyreek Hill dropped a big pass, but Tua with the game on the line let a pass slip out of hand and mishandled a snap, one which did not look egregiously off target. He said it himself, you can’t end a game for your team on a play like that. Another observation is we’ve had a few slow starts. Those of you that attended the Fest game know we were behind 14-0 after the 1st quarter. We scored 3 points against the Eagles in the 1st quarter. We scored 7 against the Patriots, and were shutout the entire first half against the Chiefs. If we’re going to defer, we need to do a better job in the first half because the really good teams put their foot on your neck and don’t let you back in the game.
What can I say, the narrative that we can’t beat the good teams will continue to exist as long as it’s true and accurate, and right now it’s 100% accurate. We look like a different team against the better teams, we’re tight, and we get shut down on offense, and sometimes it’s the defense that looks disinterested. Today, the defense did its best, but the offense was the weak unit that didn’t hold up their end of the bargain. It’s great to be the #1 ranked offense in the NFL, but it sucks when you can’t back it up against better competition. Who cares if we can score 70 against the Broncos when we can only score 14 against the Chiefs?
We have the BYE week next week. Last week we lost OG Isaiah Wynn for the rest of the season, and it’s likely the same fate waits for OG Robert Jones, who ironically just filled in for Isaiah Wynn after coming off this week. Hopefully, after 2 weeks of rest, RG Robert Hunt will be back, and be healthy for the rest of the season. Lester Cotton, who played RG today will probably slide to LG as long as Hunt as healthy. RB De’Von Achane should make his return in Week 11 at home against the Las Vegas Raiders. He will undoubtedly give the offense a huge boost, and when we split carries between the two backs, Mostert and Achane both really thrive. It doesn’t leave that vacuum every time Mostert comes off the field.
Listen, it sucks, if you have friends that are NFL fans like I do, you know they’re getting a hearty laugh at our team, and rightfully so. We have yet to look anything like a team to fear when the opponent has been top level. 48-20 loss to the Bills, 31-17 loss to the Eagles and now a 21-14 loss to the Chiefs. Just remember, the #1 scoring offense in the NFL at a whopping 33.9PPG, practically 34 points per game has scored 17PPG against winning teams. Forget the defense which on occasion has not played well, but the high flying offense seems to wither when challenged, and our young HC Mike McDaniel needs to find a way to stop that from occurring. That won’t be an easy fix, but it has to happen if we’re going to ascend to a playoff winning team. I think our defense is going to be good going forward, but the offense has to be as effective against the good teams as they are against the weaker ones. I needed to vent this, spew it out of my system, it’s cathartic.
GO DOLPHINS!!!
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Holy shite! DOGGY!!!! What up dog?
Damn, would have been really cool if I got the page turn.
Mike E. Everything is going great. We sure did miss all of you folks at the fest. We will be there for sure for the next one 🐕. Hope you and the family are doing great 👍
Really glad to hear that Doggy! We missed y’all this time, but will great to see you next Fest!
Wow, they put Zappe in just to make sure they didn’t win???
Hey Toba, The wife’s teams are next. Could really care less. I need the jags to lose so they have a worse record than us. 🐬🏈
Oh and just that you all know, I updated my IPhone 6 on Friday. I’m somebody know. 😆
Now ^^^
I guess the new version still sucks 🤔
Good start Niners.
Please tell me Bellichek is fired. Please tell me Bellicheck is fired. Please tell me Bellicheck is fired.
All I want for Christmas
Been hearing they may hold out for a trade. Not sure why any team would give up draft capital to get Belichick, but some owners want a big name
He is a dinosaur. The game has passed him bye at least in terms of being a GM
He doesn’t have a legendary QB, that’s what has done him in. Still a defensive genius .
Oregon QB Bo Nix has put himself in the convo for the #1 QB next draft, not to mention Heisman. He has completed 77.7% of his passes for 3135 yards with 29 TD’s and only 2 INT’s through 10 games. He also has 5 rushing TD’s and only been sacked 4 times.
Mike E. says:
November 12, 2023 at 1:37 pm
Been hearing they may hold out for a trade. Not sure why any team would give up draft capital to get Belichick, but some owners want a big name
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Trade BB to Raiders, then Pats sign Josh McDaniels to be HC who was fired by Raiders.
Perfect!!!
In a perfect world…
I thought the Belicheat firing stuff was put to rest when it was announced he signed an extension in the offseason? My wife brought it up today too, saying there is s till a lot of chatter out there about it.
There has been a lot of talk up this way that if the Patriots lost today that he would be fired. Now I don’t put to much stock into talk radio but it is still fun to hear
The Ravens will be a really tough matchup for us. I hope we kick the living shit out of them. I don’t think I hate a team more than the Ravens. Every time we needed a win to make the playoffs, the Ravens were there to absolutely dismantle us. I want to return the favor this season. Maybe that game will be a seeding game, and I’d Love to get the better seed by beating them
DeShaun Watson playing like 💩 today
He really looks bad
That’s because he’s a shitty person!
Plus, they now have a healthy and explosive RB Keaton Mitchell.
Texans up 10-7 in Cincy. Houston is a team that is coming together pretty darn quick.
They have been hitting on their draft picks and brought in some good players also.
Isn’t Michael Deiter their starting center??? lol
lol, he is
I can’t believe RB Keaton Mitchell went undrafted. I wanted us to draft him late but after we got Achane it didn’t matter. But, damn, if we had brought him in as an UDFA we would have had Mostert, Achane and Mitchell who ran a 4.37 at the combine.
I’ve been watching the 49ers @ Jax. Close game, but the ‘9ers are up at the half. Jax could really mess up our playoff seeding… we really want them to lose this one.
^
The score was close at the half, but the Niners absolutely dominated the 1st half. This game is over now after that INT
Kittle!
YESSIR!
GEORGE KITTLE!!! TD!!! 66-yards to paydirt from Purdy!!!
Joshua Dobbs is pretty good
Why do the Jets have another prime time game tonight?
Aaron Rodgers
Bob Kraft is probably redirecting the jet to Jupiter Beach to drown his sorrows in a “massage”
Best comment on reditt
Texans up 20-7 on Bengals
LOVE IT!!!
OBJ getting a big TD reception for the Ravens.
Jaguars and Bengals losing
But ravens are winning
I’ll take that result
Steelers losing now too
Weeeeeeeeeeeeee
M13,
Penn St. just fired Yurcich. Thank God.
Let’s go Browns
(Piggy pukes in his mouth)
Wow, crazy play for the Niners to really seal this game
Oh, crazy, they called the TD back on some unsportsman call mid-play, wtf? This is Brad Allen’s crew, so who the eff knows
Oh, looks like some Niners players on the sideline entered the field of play during the return, wow. Jaguars still have a weak pulse
Doesn’t matter as the Niners drive it and put the nail in the coffin anyway
Can almost put a fork in the Jags
Yup! I think I’m going to turn to another game at this point.
Brian in NY says:
November 12, 2023 at 3:09 pm
M13,
Penn St. just fired Yurcich. Thank God.
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GOOD!!!
Browns score to get within 7
Ken, I was just going to mention that some have under rated Minn new QB Joshua Dobbs. He is a smart and athletic QB.
Actually, saying he is smart may be under rating him also. In his life outside football, he is an Aerospace Engineer/Rocket Scientist.
The guy will be playing football next year. He earned a chance to start
I don’t often get to see the ‘9ers or the Redskins before he was traded to the ‘9ers, but HOLY WOW is Trent Williams an incredible LT!
Texans need a TD
and Thank you!
And there you go
Hell yeah, Houston!
C’mon, Brownies!
Myles Garrett just sacked Lamar.
7 straight seasons now for Garrett with double-digit sacks.
Browns getting the ball back with a chance to tie
But their offense
Yeah, still a tall order down 7, but they have chance.
Texans INT!!!
They can seal it here with a 4 or 5 minutes drive
ANOTHER sack for Garrett!!!
Fecking Browns fumble the punt, smh.
FUCK…
It’s really not a bad thing if the Browns lose
Kind of a smack down of the jaguars
Paper tigers…or some other kind of big cat
Packers need to hold to a FG
Big 3rd down here
nice!
Jameis Winston coming to the rescue in Minny…
Nice start for the Packers
Wooohooo! Burrow throws a pick! Game!
EXCELLENT!!!
Burrow INT again!!!!!!
Packers to the 15,
Ahh, Steelers with a pick in the endzone.
Cleveland can’t get out of their own way sometimes. Hate it when it happens to us.
Shyte! Stroud with a rookie mistake throws a pick. bengals were effing done
Dammmitttt
Love with the pick as well
I can’t believe how dumb that was. Take the bengals last TO and punt it away. You had the damn game
Bengals with the TD
LFG, CJ STROUD!!!
Ok, down to 1 play to go into victory formation. Come on Houston
Sigh, just stupid. You don’t need 20 yards, you only needed 3
So you pick up 3 on 1st down running it, 4 on 2nd down running it. Both downs when they know you are running it. Then you throw 20 yds down field along the sideline when 3 yards wins you the game. Just stupid
TD Cleveland!!!!!!!!!!
Houston choking this game away
Browns INT to maybe tie it up!
OMG missed extra point
again can’t get out of their own way
unreal
Packers with a chance! Aahhh, all these gaems coming down to the wire at the same time!
GB needs a miracle right here
Steelers win
Houston driving
Houston big play, just needs to hit a 40+ yd fg
Steelers just find ways to win.
Cleveland with the ball back. First play false start. SMH
Bengals lose!
TEXANS WIN!!!
Cincinnati are pretenders, right?
Well, this was a big game, and they lost, so call ’em what you like! I’m just glad they lost.
AFC North giving us some really good games today
Watson sucks
He’s been awful. It’s amazing the Browns have a chance to win this game
Browns with a chance
Woohoo, Browns can win the game here. Just don’t do anything stupid
Dolphins should be the #3 seed now, half game back of the Ravens who haven’t had their bye yet.
Pretty awesome the Dolphins passed the Jaguars and gained ground on the Ravens without even playing.
Nice
Man, there is this girl in jail who is just a knockout. She called me but I can’t get her out. She is not a legal citizen though speaks decent English. In there with a 500 bond for DUI but she has an ICE hold. I’m like, can’t we just keep this one???
Seriously, she looks like a mix between a young Salma Hayek and a young Penelope Cruz.
I could pick her up in Slave-1 and return her to a safe location… 😉
“she looks like a mix between a young Salma Hayek and a young Penelope Cruz.” — sounds like the kind of immigrant we wamt.
Browns win
BROWNIES WIN!!!
So the Packers are the only team to have let us down this BYE week.
Yep, that’s why we hate the Packers also. lol
Crazy the Steelers are 6-3 with a -26 point differential.
Like Bri said, they just seem to find ways to win
Now if the Broncos could do us a favor and knock the Bills off on Monday night, we’ll be sitting really pretty.
yeppers and hoping da raiduhzzz whip the jest.
Might be a defensive struggle.
Dolphins should be the #3 seed now, half game back of the Ravens who haven’t had their bye yet.
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Not really. Looked it up. We are still #4. Jags win tie break over Miami based on strength of victory.
Our strength of victory (SOV) has fallen to .259 which is the lowest in the NFL now.
Our SOS (to this point) also sucks at .420 which is lowest in the AFC and 2nd lowest in the NFL now. Only the Saints have had an easier schedule.
We won’t win any tie breakers unless we have a better conference record than the other team(s).
While we are bullshittin’ Texas are now a WC team and have the best SOV in the entire AFC at .565.
Bills dropped to #9 in the playoff standings after the Texans win. Bengals still ahead of Bills at #8.
The rest of today’s games could also impact that.
If the Chargers and/or Jets win today, they would also pass up the Bills in the playoff standing due to Bills 2-4 conference record.
This all pending what happens Monday night, of course.
Ahh bummer, I didn’t look it up. We had the tie breaker on them prior to our loss, so I was thinking we still had it; I didn’t consider their loss today was out of conference. Oh well, at least we still gained ground on them.
Actually, both the Chargers and Jets could lose today and the Bills could still drop to #10 in the playoff picture with a loss on Monday night. The 5-5 Colts would pass them up with a better conference record.
Go Broncos!!
Detroit looking strong in LA right now. I wonder if Staley makes it to the end of the year before getting fired.
Yeah, Detroit with 177 yards rushing in the first half already.
As I mentioned earlier
Every team that isn’t the Dolphins sucks
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Also
Ravens problem holding leads from last year resurfaced
Weeeeeeeeeeeeee
A rebound game by the Bengals Thursday night would be nice as they travel to the Ravens this week.
Also, 6-3 Steelers are at the 6-3 Browns next weekend.
and Jets are at the Bils next weekend in a revenge game for the Bills.
Jags will be at home vs Titans
Texans should win another as they are home vs the Cards.
Chiefs will be at home next Monday night vs the Eagles.
Chargers did a heck of a job staying in the game when Detroit was moving up and down the field, and now they’ve tied it up.
I see Lions weakness is still their secondary.
For two decades and counting!
Good game
Unlike the Giants/ Cowboys game
Can’t believe the Browns won. The Browns played like crap especially on offense
Ravens were everyone’s darling last week now they look less than impressive after blowing a 2 TD lead in the 4th quarter
Enjoy the moment, Hulkster!
Ballsy call by the Lions
Thank you, Lions.
We had a lot of games go our way today.
Chargers lose!
Quinn with a fist pump win
Now let’s get a Raiders win to cap off a damned fun bye week Sunday!
We win the bye week!
We are a last second play by the Packers from a perfect weekend so far.
Sheesh, how many games ended on a game winning fg today? 5?
Um, between both conferences we haven’t beaten any team better than the 12th ranked AFC team (Chargers).
Yup. We need to fix that, and soon. It’s definitely getting into or will get into their heads, it’s only natural. Their confidence against good teams will inevitably take a hit, if it hasn’t already.
It’s a rope a dope move by McDaniel.
Not that he’s trying to lose.
Ali wasn’t trying to lose.
he was just buying time,
watching what the Big Guy would do,
then Float like a Butterfly (Hill&Waddle)
and Sting like a Bee (Mostert&Achane)
when it counted.
McDaniel is watching, watching,
calibrating, designing,
and building our team’s understanding of
the complex offense and the new Defense
and what it takes to win the Big Games,
so we peak at just the right time.
As long as we win enough to get
as high a seed in the playoffs as possible,
I like our chances against any other team
in the AFC at Hard Rock.
SF on a good night is formidable.
So is Philly.
But they’re not perfect either.
It’s a relatively meaningless statistic. You can only play who is on your schedule. We took the Chiefs to the wire. I don’t think our confidence is lacking