The Dolphins play at home in the friendly confines of Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, where the Dolphins are at their best. In 4 games, the Dolphins have scored 174 points good for an absurd average of 43.5 points per game. The defense has thrived here as well, allowing 74 points in 4 games for an average of 18.5 points per game. We score 11 more points per game and allow about 6.5 points per game less. We’re better at home, of this there is no doubt. I’d love to fancy our team as a team that can win anywhere, but right now, we’re a much better team at home. This just signified the importance of not only winning the division, but having a good enough conference record to have home field is as many games as possible.
The Raiders are an up and down team, but mostly they’re a team that has struggled offensively. The Raiders decided Jimmy Garoppolo was their QB, and Garropolo who we all know can’t play a full season is OUT and their rookie 2023 4th RD draft pick Aidan O’Connell has a 2-1 record in Jimmy G’s stead. In total, the Raiders have scored 17.2 points per game, or close to half of what we have scored this season. The Raiders defense has been decent, allowing only 20.5 points per game, 4.5 points less than our Dolphins defense. There are two huge difference makers for both teams entering this game though. The Raiders have finally figured out they need to lean on their best offensive weapon, RB Josh Jacobs, while the Dolphins come in about healthier than we have been all season, and more complete.
In the last 2 games for the Raiders, RB Josh Jacobs has been a workhouse, helping the team to two consecutive victories over NY teams, first the Giants, in which Jacobs had a season high 26 carries for 98 yards, and then against the Jets with a new season high 27 carries for 116 yards. For the Dolphins, we’re getting back our secondary, and possibly for the first time all season, we’ll have a healthy CB tandem of Xavien Howard and Jalen Ramsey. In addition, we’ll have a healthy Safety tandem of Jevon Holland and DeShon Elliott. Our pass rush has come on lately, and a healthy Jaelan Phillips and a resurgence from OLB Bradley Chubb has got this defense playing better. Andrew Van Ginkel has taken on more of a secondary role, but still a big part of the defensive rotation. This is the defense we’d hoped for, now they have to stay healthy and shut teams down. This week, objective #1 is to limit Josh Jacobs. The Raiders don’t want to put the game on QB Aidan O’Connell’s shoulders, so if we shut down Jacobs, it could be a long day for the raiders offense who don’t do well when Jacobs isn’t getting lots of carries and thriving.
This week could be the return of a big offensive weapon for the Dolphins, RB De’Von Achane. There are differing reports everywhere, but there is a good chance Achane returns from a knee injury suffered against the NY Giants October 8th. Raheem Mostert has logged 2 consecutive limited practices but almost certainly will play Sunday. Of more concern is RG Robert Hunt, who looks to miss this game with a hamstring injury. Terron Armstead who played last week will start at LT with Liam Eichenberg at LG, Connor Williams at C, Lester Cotton at RG and Austin Jackson at RT. Not ideal, and Maxx Crosby is feasting this year with 59 total tackles (35 solo), 9 sacks, 13 TFL, 15 QB hits, 1 FF and 1 FR. Austin Jackson and Lester Cotton and our TE’s are going to have keep Crosby in check and away from our QB Tua Tagovailoa, who gets rid of the ball ultra quick anyway. If we have both RB’s this week, keep in mind how they’ve thrived splitting carries. Against the Broncos, they had an amazing day, Achane with 203 yards on 18 carries and 2 TD’s, while Mostert had 82 yards on 13 carries and 3 TD’s. Achane had over 100 yards against the Bills but Mostert was stopped dead. Against the Giants, Achane exploded for 151 yards on 11 carries while Mostert had 65 yards on 10 carries. both scoring a TD each.
The defense needs to continue to make strides and become one of the leagues best units. This is the lineup we’ve waited to watch, now they have to realize their potential. It seems likely PR/KR Braxton Berrios won’t be playing which returns return duties back to Cedric Wilson. We do, however, get a boost with the return of WR River Cracraft. Cracraft and Ced Wilson will probably take slot duties if Berrios can’t go. One more concern on offense is the health of TE Durham Smythe who is dealing with an ankle injury, but did manage to get a limited practice session in on Thursday, and will most likely suit up. The Dolphins are ranked #10 against the run and have 29 sacks, good for 9th in the NFL in sacks. With the secondary healthy, and all our pass rushers healthy, I expect the sack numbers to go up and for this defense to start forcing more turnovers. Kader Kohou moving back to the slot where he really thrives, will share time with Nik Needham who is getting healthy as well. If and when rookie CB Cam Smith ever makes his presence felt remains to be seen, but even without Smith, this is the defense we want out there.
GO DOLPHINS!!!
Finsmob Unleashed 
Though, Jags won easy and Texans keep it rolling also.
Pretty hard to see the Jest scoring on this defense. Next week PROTECTING the ball is absolutely paramount. The Raiders score 7 points today if the offense protected the ball.
I think the offense can get back on track, but next week is the Jets who will be tough to get right against
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I expect to see more of what we saw today. We need our starting OG’s back.
I still can’t believe 3 or 4 Dolphins defenders walking around the live ball right near the goal line, lol.
I missed that
it was crazy. I was screaming “PICK UP THE BALL” for about 3 seconds but they weren’t listening, lol (they literally had 2 or 3 seconds to just bend over and pick it up).
Well, now we know we can beat a .500 football team. That’s progress 🙂
Actually, our SOV went up despite Chargers loss to .296
Go Broncos, beat the Vikes!
Defense held the Raiders to 36 yards on 16 carries
Press conference summaries before they happen.
MM takes responsibility for the offensive struggles.
Tua takes responsibility for the offensive struggles.
First 2 drives end up Bills 4th and 19 and Jets 4th and 20.
Mostert is not going to hold up having to be a bell cow like he was today. He’s going to be sore this week.
This is a revenge game for the Bills.
With 146 today, Hill now has 1222 yds.
Needs 788 yds in the last 7 games to break 2000. Appx 113 per game…
Mostert ran courageously.
We miss Wynn and Hunt at OG.
Smythe out messed up some of our rhythm also.
Them teams in Barfallo seem to be wanting to HIT each other!
Seems like good news
Tua with a 103 passer rating.
We gave up one 2-yard sack.
That two yards was critical…..
Tua completed 72% of his passes.
for 325 yards and 2 TDs (1 INT)
First time the Raiders have given up a 300 yd passer this year
Phillips with his first INT.
Hopefully, he grows into another Jason Taylor.
he sucks, should have been a sack
Ugly game on offense but the defense played great. Had to win this game. 7-3 is looking nice.🙂
lol, Wilson is so bad.
I figured they were just being super cautious with Achane. That’s the right decision. We need him down the stretch, and it proved correct we didn’t need him to finish this game off. I do hope he can stay healthy though, hopefully he’s not as fragile as he seems right now.
2:18 left in the half, the Jest have 20 yds of offense- 18 of them on one pass play
I’m so fucking tired. Got 4 hours sleep Friday night and 3 hours last night. Bunch of DUI bonds in the early hours. The stress from the game has wore off and hitting a brick wall right now. Only a little over 5 hours to go. lol
Man, the Bills with another guy being taken off in an ambulance.
Went to the Vegas F1 race 🏎 last night, it was pretty awesome, unlike today’s game
Played like shit on O, outside of Tyreek, then not taking the lateral in for 6 was retarded, if the ball is on the ground with no whistle pick it up, let the officials officiate the game
Waddle has mostly been sleepwalking this year, and today, except the series Tyreek was out
Just read Achane was held out as a precaution. He wanted to go back in.
I’m a shocking turn of events, I owe Cav yet ANOTHER beer today
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😂
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Read some comments above about not being as good as we thought. I agree, it’s like we’re still in preseason, with bad mistake after mistake
Injures don’t help, but you’d think we wouldn’t see this crap in week 10
We’d better win out, because we aren’t good enough to win on the road
Ugly win but it’s a win
Exactly . I’m concerned that MM can’t adjust to when the defensive coaches make adjustments to us. This happened last year. He needs to figure it out if he is to be more than an above average coach
We won in San Diego. That’s a long trip.
And we won in Foxboro, a tough place to go into and win.
I’m hoping we win in the Meadowlands on Friday.
Agreed. We need to start winning on the road.
A little perspective. The Raiders have been hot. They have been riding an emotional high after changing coaches. They have an elite WR, an elite RB and an elite DE. We could have and should have won by more but we beat a hot team and I will take that
Thomas Morestead has more than twice the passer rating as Zack Wilson.
We need to somehow get ahead of KC or Baltimore. If we don’t, we will have to play likely one game at home in the playoffs, and then two on the road in INCREDIBLY difficult places to play if we’re to get to where we want to be.
Josh Allen with a 69 passer rating.
I don’t think the Raiders figured out our offense. We still had over 400 yards in offense. We still were killing it on the in breaking routes. We ran okay. We kind of shot ourselves in the foot. We missed a FG. We had a horrible 4th and goal call. We definitely left points out there. That is more on us than the Raiders
That’s probably a fair point Ken
The Raiders get the Chiefs in Vegas next week. Maybe they can help us out.
The Chiefs have the Packers, Bills, Patriots, Chargers, and Bengals.
and the Raiders twice.
Here’s hoping they lose a few.
Yeah, and no Burrow. That’s a pretty easy schedule for them.
The Ravens still have to play the Chargers, Rams, Jags, 9rs, Steelers, and us.
Somebody needs to step up against the Blackbirds.
We need a hard-hitting MLB.
Jalen Phillips 6 tackles, 5 solo, 2 sacks and 1 int
Zach Wilson is horrible but his offensive line is worse
I’m hoping this is a demoralizing loss for NY.
It’s unbelievable how many times I’ve repeated something I haven’t read on here today. At least it wasn’t Cav this time. He’s drunk by now. 🍺
This is what we want. A demoralizing loss for the Jets going into Friday .
Jets season just ended
Boyle in at QB for the Jets
It would be really nice to win Friday and then have an extra two days off before traveling to Washington.
We are in “5th place” even though there are two teams from the AFCN with better records than us and only one gets a home game.
3 turnovers made this a close game. Missed FG too.
We also got 3 picks, but I hear ya
Late, we kept stalling ourselves early on.
MM praised Wilkins in his presser, even though he cost us 2 tds, one on the backwards pass he didn’t pick up and the other when he tackled Phillios on his sure pick-six😜
All the hype we heard with Ramsey, would be nice if he made a play once in a while🤪
LOL
Stayley dead man walking
I’m liking how our defense is playing.🙂
Here is a blast from the past
We Have Playmakers
Phillips is flying around with Chubb and others. Our run defense is getting better and the backend is tightening up in coverage.🙂
Fugly win against a middling team, but a WIN is a WIN! Great collective team effort today, Phins!
Yes, our Offense certainly left points on the field today… but once again (as of late), our Defense answered the call when needed.
Onto the stej… where I sure hope Thomas Morstead doesn’t become their starting QB!
Something I just realized: had we scored 8 more points than the Chefs* to beat them in Germany, we would have swept the AFC WEST this season.
That’s SERIOUSLY something to hang our hat on.
*8 more points on the Chefs*
And we were down 3 starting O-Linemen and Achane in that game. Not to mention, Waddle got injured early on in Germany and wasn’t quite the same for the rest of the game.
Big win for the Broncos. They’ve put themselves back in the hunt
And upped our SOV!
Wow…first game this year (I’ve watched) when the Defense won the game for us. Fucking awesome.
My second observation is our Offense truly suffers from not having a fucking OL. We never push the pile on 3rd or 4th and 1, we swing the ball out, any DL is always in our backfield (yesterday was proof positive), we are always rushing our throws due to pressure. It’s terrible and it’s improved…lol sadly.
Our special teams need a new coach and all new kickers.
And, we’re 7-3! Oh my….how fortunate. We need to get better, for sure. December football is nigh.
Agreed
Anyone see an update on Hunt? I know he was basically week to week, but haven’t heard much.
Haven’t heard anything.
Sure would be nice to have Hunt and Robert Jones back for this Friday. Jets front 7 is tough. We could see a repeat of yesterday’s game this Friday.
That’s what I anticipate. A low scoring ugly game
Here’s hoping the Broncos can now be spoilers against some team we need to lose.
We only gave up 1 sack against LV.
A 2 yard loss
But there was pressure on Tua
Not sure if these stats convey that,
but a broken pocket might change Tua’s launch point.
Pressure caused the INT.
Tua completed less than half his throws that took nore than 2.5 seconds. 6 of 13 for 105 yards and 1 INT.
On quick passes Tua was 22 of 26 for 219 and 2 TDs on passes he threw under 2.5 seconds.
We should easily get in the playoffs, but we’ve got a lot of problems right now. Offense is incredibly inconsistent and having TOs like crazy after having a week off for rest is pretty bad. We can’t run in short yardage situations very well. STs are worst in the league. Defense is playing well though.
I would have never thought that our offense was holding us back after the 70-20 rout, but it is. Every week they find new ways to struggle. We have the ability to be great, and the last three games should give them practice beating good teams or at least give McD and Co. some ideas how to win against great teams.
Nets are toast. Bills should lose their next three (Philly, KC, Cowboys), probably win the next two (LAC, NE). Puts them at 8-8 when they get to Miami for the last game. And probably out of the playoffs.
A Philly win tonight would be helpful. Lot of season left but Miami should be 11-3 when they go to Baltimore. Still a shot at number one seed.
steveccnv says:
November 19, 2023 at 6:00 pm
Went to the Vegas F1 race 🏎 last night, it was pretty awesome, unlike today’s game
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That’s so funny. I went to the Dolphins game with my British F1 fan. He came down for the Miami F1 last year and will again this year.
Not a lot of Raiders fans at Hard Rock yesterday. Was nice to be one of the games where we felt like the uncontested home team.
one of the very few games that feel that way!
They still had fans but not a lot.
naplesfan2010 says:
November 20, 2023 at 10:37 am (Edit)
But there was pressure on Tua
Not sure if these stats convey that,
but a broken pocket might change Tua’s launch point.
Pressure caused the INT.
Tua completed less than half his throws that took nore than 2.5 seconds. 6 of 13 for 105 yards and 1 INT.
On quick passes Tua was 22 of 26 for 219 and 2 TDs on passes he threw under 2.5 seconds.
But I thought pressures don’t count? 😉
I think we are going to face Tim Boyle this Friday
Honestly don’t know how he is event in the league
He’s got to have nude photos of Roger Goodell or something
He’s got one of the worst stat lines I’ve ever seen if you count college
In the nfl, he’s been on 4 teams in 5 years
And has completed 73 of 120 passes (60.8%) for 607 with a 5.1 3 TDs and 9 INTs
He was actually pretty bad in college
At UConn he passed for over 1300…in 3 years and passed for 1 TD and 13 interceptions
He transferred to Eastern Kentucky and played as a redshirt senior
Where he started 11
Games passed for over 2100 yards
And through for 11 TDs and 13 interceptions
If you are counting that’s 15 TDs to 35 interceptions
That’s worse than a 1:2 ratio
I’ve never seen stats like that
At Connecticut he averages less than 6 yards a pass and still threw 11 interceptions
How bad is this guy?
I’ve mentioned him before
I think he might be the worst QB in the history of the game
I’m not exaggerating
Has anyone ever seen anything like this before?
How bad does this guy suck
Said about Tim Boyle in 2022
“At no point since high school has Boyle looked like an NFL quarterback. He threw more interceptions than touchdowns his senior college season at Eastern Kentucky, which came after transferring away from UConn”
Wilson get benched? For THIS GUY!?
And there you go.
https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/jets-bench-zach-wilson-for-tim-boyle
Boyle can’t be worse than Wilson. In reality their OL is so bad it may not matter
He is worse Ken
I’m telling you is may be the worst QB in nfl history
It’s just been under the radar bc no one had cared about him
But he’s atrocious at every level
Eastern Kentucky and UConn are exactly college powerhouses and he struggled against the competition at those schools
There is a reason why he is on a NFL roster. I am not saying the guy is a world beater but I don’t like underestimating anyone
He’s only on a roster bc of the relationships he maintained
Nathanial Hacket was with the packers when they signed him
The nfl is a club sometimes and people of lesser talent who know the right people stick around
Apparently Tim Boyle was undrafted out of college
But at Yales pro day he impressed the Packers with his athleticism
No one was really looking at him
And so at Yale – the modern day Mecca of athleticism in college athletics,
He was impressive….eh…relatively
Boyle can’t be worse than Wilson. I mean he was able to walk on to the field ok
Lol
I heard Wilson was changing his name tos Sack Wilson.
There’s only one reason Boyle is on a roster in the nfl right now
Bc Aaron Rogers signed with the jests
Basically when Hackett was the OC in Green Bay, he worked with Boyle as an understudy to Rogers (😛) for two years
The jests did this weird thing this off-season where they tried to appease Rogers is everyday possible
So they brought in a bunch of former packers
And Hacket – who’s been horribly bad
And now they are starting Tim Boyle on the first ever game on Black Friday
The entire country is about to watch a guy who couldn’t compete at Eastern Kentucky or UConn lead one of the worst offensives in the nfl behind the worst OL in the nfl
Meanwhile our defense is healthy and playing their best 🏈 of the season
I just have one thing to say about that
If you google “Tim Boyle Highlights” is just photos of his high school graduation
Lol
Chargers need to get their heads out of their asses next Sunday and beat the Ravens. Not likely, but we can dream. Chargers are the darlin’s of all the talking heads at the beginning of every season. Then by mid-season, all the talking heads are wondering what went wrong.
It wouldn’t surprise me if they did beat the ravens next week
The chargers aren’t good but occasionally they play hard
Staley appears to be losing the team. Hope he can keep them together one more week.
Interesting. This chart has at the number 3 seed.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/38890147/2023-nfl-playoffs-afc-nfc-seed-projections-predictions-super-bowl
Tim Boyle went to high school with my 3rd son’s wife in CT. The school was so small that they did not have football, so he played football for a nearby school. Middleville Conn or something like that. Near Durham CT.
I read he was very good in high school FWIW
Which is even weirder because my 2nd son’s wife went to high school with CJ Uzomah the TE for the Jets in a suburb of Atlanta. He played at Auburn.
His is the article I mentioned earlier about Tim Boyle
Scroll down, he has his own tier of awful
😂 😂😂
https://ftw.usatoday.com/lists/nfl-backup-quarterback-rankings-tiers-eagles-bills-dolphins-browns
The Chargers lost Bosa to a bad injury yesterday so… He would have been one of the key players to help beat the Ravens.
Miami Dolphins
2023 · 7-3-0
INJURIES
RB De’Von Achane (knee) is considered day to day and hasn’t been ruled out of playing this week, HC Mike McDaniel announced. Achane, who made his return from injured reserve on Sunday, exited yesterday’s win over the Raiders without returning.
New York Jets
2023 · 4-6-0
OTHER NEWS
QB Tim Boyle will get the start over Zach Wilson in this Friday’s game versus the Dolphins, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported, per a source.
INJURIES
LT Mekhi Becton is undergoing an MRI on an injury that had an initial diagnosis of a high ankle sprain, NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport reported, per a source. Becton exited Sunday’s loss to the Bills on a cart.
LB Myles Jack is planning to sign with the practice squad if all things go well with his visit in Pittsburgh on Monday, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported, per a source.
The way I feel about Achane is if he’s healthy enough to play, he should play. Better that we find out he can’t handle the NFL now rather than later.
Howie’s List
Week 12
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🦬 38-9 🐬
Howie’s List
Week 12
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🦬 38-9 🐬
🐷 35 – 0 🐬
We have yet to lose a game this season when…
Offensively
— Tua throws for over 300 yards
or
— The team rushes for over 150 yards
Defensively
— When we create 3 turnovers in a game (only once, vs the Broncos)
— When we have over 30:30 in TOP (we lost to the Chiefs with 30:24 TOP)
— When we convert 5 3rd-down conversions in a game
— When we convert even once on a 4th-down
The last two points I should have listed under Offense.
And of course, we have yet to lose a game at home sweet home this season.
We created 3 turnovers vs the Raiders also
Correct. So make it twice. Thanks!
We have yet to win a game this season when…
— Tua is sacked 3 or more times in a game
We have yet to lose a game this season when…
— Tua throws for 3 or more TDs in a game
CRAZY stat…
We’re undefeated this season when turning the ball over 3 or more times in a game.
“Trevor Siemian will be the immediate backup.” — so Zach Wilson ain’t coming in even if Boyle gets injured.
Zach Wilson is going home for some tender loving care with mom
Least if he falls down again his Mom can kiss the boo boo and make it right.
Howie’s List
Week 12
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🦬 38-9 🐬
🐷 35 – 0 🐬
🌴 24-9 🐬
Looks like everyone is going to underestimate the other teams defense again.
Just because the Bills did it don’t mean crap. It was a revenge game for the Bills at home. We are on the road.
Has anybody seen any explanation or even discussion of our DL not picking up that backwards pass and returning it for a TD?
Crickets
We have one 100% of the games where our team has scored more combined points between offense and defense than the other team scored.
WON
And we have won 100% of the games played at The Rock.
We’re very close to the Jets defensively right now. You can’t compare the offenses at all. We should win, but I doubt we score more than 24 points
I don’t expect more than 30 points total scored between the 2 teams
Man, these divisional games are hard to predict.
Don’t forget, defensive scores 🤫
Howie’s List
Week 12
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🦬 38-9 🐬
🐷 35 – 0 🐬
🌴 24-9 🐬
🗿34-17🐬
We need to get our best OL in the lineup for the stretch run. Our offense looks so much better at full strength. I know duh!😂