The Dolphins come home to Hard Rock Stadium and get an extra day of rest when they face off in a Monday Night Matchup against the Tennessee Titans. For those of you who don’t know, I used to love the Dolphins playing in a Monday Night Football affair. You also know how I lament the fact that it is no longer the NFL marquis matchup it used to be, and if my feelings aren’t enough to prove it, this is actually a Monday Night Doubleheader, the other game being the NY Giants hosting the Green Bay Packers. As a football fan before the likes of the NFL Sunday Ticket, nothing was more exciting than having the Dolphins slotted to play on Monday Night Football. With Thursday Night Football, Sunday Night Football and soon to come Saturday Football, it’s really just another game, which in my mind is a shame.
The Dolphins have a lengthy injury list, and those include LT Terron Armstead and RG Robert Hunt, and of course LB Jerome Baker, all who did not practice this week. Armstead still has a chance, but if I had to make a guess, I’d say Hunt won’t be playing this week. Good news is G Robert Jones is back at practice and full practice. T Kendall Lamm also did not practice which would give T Kion Smith another start if Armstead doesn’t go. RB Raheem Mostert gets these “maintenance” days which translates to veteran rest, and he’s good to go for Monday night, as well as De’Von Achane who participated in full and is no longer on the injury report. TE Durham Smythe did not practice but I suspect he will play Monday Night.
The Titans at 4-8 are having a miserable season, but QB Will Levis is a bright spot in the murky darkness. WR DeAndre Hopkins is having a nice comeback year, with 50 receptions for 774 yards and 5 TD’s. RB Derrick Henry is 2nd in the NFL just ahead of our own Raheem Mostert with 841 yards rushing and 8 TD’s. I don’t need to tell you all which back leads in the NFL in rushing TD’s, but it’s so much fun to say Raheem Mostert with 14! Mostert trails Henry by only 13 yards so let’s hope Mostert takes over 2nd place after this game. The Titans offense is 25th in the NFL scoring 17.8 points per game and the defense is mid pack at 16th, allowing 21.3 points per game. The Dolphins are 2nd in the NFL in scoring at 32 points per game and on defense, have improved to 21st allowing 22.2 points per game. Our defense has really been killing it, and although it was thought RB Derrick Henry may miss the game with a concussion, he will be playing. First we lost OLB Jaelan Phillips for the season and now LB Jerome Baker is week to week. AVG and Emmanuel Ogbah have done well in Phillips stead, and LB Duke Riley played his best game as a Miami Dolphins last week against the Commanders. It’s obviously a tough task trying to bring King Henry down at 6’3 247, so this defense will have to get to Henry early and not allow him to get a head of steam.
The Dolphins signed DE Jason Pierre-Paul, and also signed big DT Justin Ellis to the PS this week. Ellis is a massive 6’2 350 nose tackle type of DT who may help down the stretch as we know our DT’s all play tons of snaps. I think JPP will be playing mostly on the D-line either at end or maybe even tackle in pass russ situations. Both Sieler and Wilkins have been over 75% of the defensive snaps, so both Ogbah and JPP can give these guys a breather so they’re ready for the championship run. On offense, WR River Cracraft is back, although Tyreek Hill is the show in Miami. WR Jaylen Waddle is a distant 2nd to Tyreek, Waddle has almost exactly HALF the receiving yards (743) of Hill (1481) and 1/4 of the TD’s (3) to Hill’s (12). Still, Waddle is important as he’s always a threat, but he’s had a tough season with some untimely drops. RB Jeff Wilson seems as the break glass in case of emergency back with Mostert and Achane sharing very productive carries. WR Cedrick Wilson Jr. has quietly done some good things although the last 2 games he was not targeted.
Now that the Dolphins are the #1 seed, they have a target on their back, but also have a target set for themselves, to keep the #1 seed and play every post season game, with the exception of the Super Bowl at home at Hard Rock. Will Levis is a capable QB, and while his completion percentage is garbage at less than 60%, he has 7 TD’s and only 2 INT’s, splitting the season equally, and sharing a 2-4 record with QB Ryan Tannehill, who this season had 2 TD’s and 6 INT’s. Titans TE Chigoziem Okonkwo has the 2nd most receptions (35) behind WR DeAndre Hopkins (50) followed by RB Tyjae Spears with 33. We need to shut down King Henry and let our new dominant secondary and pass rush limit the Levis to Hopkins connection and we should be able to win this game. No trap games, every game must result in a W to maintain that all important home field advantage.
Finsmob Unleashed 
Chubb ya dumbass
Stupid penalty by Chubb
These are the stupid plays that keep us from winning these types of games handily
Chubb brain dead move
I’m have this nagging feeling for this game and next week: we are the only good team in the NFL that hasn’t lost a game we should have won yet.
They need to get their shit together.FFS! that was horrible
Narrowly missed out on lots of big plays there but that’s a wake up call score
Tyreek should be rested now
THAT was not playoff worthy
not sponge worthy
It’s been a while since bone-head moves were an issue. Chubb does not need to slide us back toward that. It was still 4th down. smh.
This game is just flying by
just thinking the exact same thing. Even with the injury ‘pauses’
I hate stupidity on the field. You were a couple yrs from the sideline Chubb, get there first then throw your helmet, you fucking moron!!!
*YDS
That is what we need
Mostert and Achane gonna have to carry this offense… hopefully Hill is back for 2nd half.
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Reek’s 2k season up in smoke? Typical cheating from a team led by an ex-Pat
Suck on that Lamar
No penalty for getting kicked ?
OL not doing it in pass pro tonight
Receivers aren’t getting open
Maybe so but OL is struggling in pass pro
This game has been a disaster. Get 3 and a stop. Go into half and regroup. Overcome adversity. In years past, this is the game we fall apart. Not this fucking year, assholes
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I am NOT liking this fucking bullshit.
wow, this has been an ugly first half
Horrible first half. We play like this the last three games and we will lose all three
Of course
Oh my .. this is not good night so far
Yuck!!
Unreal the way this game is playing out
Aside from the start of the game, we have lost our intensity. Need a big D play now
10 yards for holding is so crushing when you CAN call it on every play
Personally, I woulda let the clock run
Lick yer wounds regroup and start again after the half
Not their style
True bu t we look outta sorts , and don’t want Tua rushing into a mistake
56 seconds is a lot of time
Waddle needs to step up
100%
Playing devil’s advocate here, Cheetah’s absence means we have to run more and play big on D. All things we need to do in the playoffs.
This is sloppy though.
Descending into a shitshow
See if #28 had caught that Tua would be elite…
Just end this half
Waddle isn’t stepping up at all though. He’s getting his chance to shine and it’s like he doesn’t have any familiarity with Tua and his responsibility in this offense
Agreed he looks out of sorts
Jeeeeeesssssuuuusssss.
Fuck. Every play another Dolphins player down
Pathetic
FUCK! Now Elliott?
Why did they give them 4 seconds back
I give up
That is OPI
Cheating bastards
So fucking frustrating
Fuck you Hopkins
How did that play take 1 second?
It didn’t. They kept adding time to to the clock
They gave them a free timeout bc they needed to look at where to spot the. Ball
They gave them 4 seconds
They didn’t call opi
They Blew the play dead on the Hopkins catch and gave up a timeout
They gave them more tiMe
Then they gave them more tiMe again
This is horrible officiating
Horse collar on Hill was egregious
Frustrating 1st half.
I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW ENRAGED I AM RIGHT NOW THERE IS SHRAPNEL IN THER ROCKPHIN HOME
That bitch ass trick fucking Hopkins begging for pi after fouling Howard on that big play!!!
What a shit 1st half for us. C’MON!!! 😡
So now is the theme going to be that not only can’t the Dolphins beat good teams but they can’t win Prime Time games either?
We won Black Friday
there had better be some quality coaching going on right now in the Miami locker room
After the non all on the OPI, they blew the play dead for no reason effectively giving Tennessee more time on the clock
Wtf are they doing
I am not happy right now. RUN THE FUCKING BALL MIAMI
Hit the PA. It still works without Hill
Titans offense 10 dolphins offense 0
This feels every bit of “that game”
That we should win, but will
Lose
I can’t see from the camera angle. WTF are they doing to shut down every pass lane?
Receivers aren’t getting open
Don’t know why people were predicting this team to score 40 with 3 backup OL playing.
Now 4 backup OL. We will be lucky to squeak this one out, IMO.
Chubb really fucked up. A vet should know better.
Big time
alright
alright
alright
exhale………
You did it early in the game with the pick six. Focus….
inhale….
CONCENTRATE
Achane 55 yards for a TD!!!
If this team is who we think they are, they will come out and bust some teeth.
Correct. The mark of a good team is one that wins when they aren’t at their best.
Why the fuck do we get sooooooo many injuries on the OL???
I need another drink
I’m so pissed the dogs went to lay down in the other room. lol
LOL. First time I read this I thought you were mad that the digs went to the other room 😂
Lol, same
McDaniel has appeared to adjust well at the halves
We got lucky on the Wilson catch
Wilson doing his best DVP impersonation
At least they call dpi on cheating bastards
Wilson stepping up.🙂
WTF injuries
This is a fucked up thought. Admitted
The Dolphins are a rhythm / timing offense. They keep getting hurt when we get rolling
Right decision
The way things are going tonight – take the 3
Didn’t like the 3rd down call though. We were running well
Sigh, we keep getting good push on run plays and we pass it there
Beer 🍺
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Is Claypool on the team anymore? Seems like he’d be a good option there. Poor pass by Tua though
Great coverage.
It was a poor throw. Tua needs to get that ball up
Jones was right there. I feared for Xavien
Yup
So do we just go up against the best punters in the NFL every week? I’m just curious as to why Berrios always calls for a fair catch.
Because fuck crossnan
😂
maybe we continually fail at rushing the punter?
And blocking the gunners
I have been cursing at him as well.
I don’t love Tyreek coming back in
Would have preferred we attempted to win without reek
Fuck, just overthrew Achane
Fuuuck
Achane slowed down
Thst was a good throw
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Fuck! That was there
Inexperience by Achane he slowed down
Tua overthrew a player…
Our D is on fire
We are going to lose
Nope we gonna win FUGLY
I think we are too. I had a bad feeling about this game.
Stop with the double box!
Stop with the fucking split screen!!!! If i wanted to watch the game I’d be watching it!
It’s infuriating me
We are going to lose this challenge
Never win this challenge
That’s a catch
No pass rush
They didn’t even look at that and force McDaniel to challenge
I do t understand how they stop for minutes to figure out to spot the ball and then on something like that that is a questionable catch – they don’t take a second
Not until 2 minutes left in half
Can’t catch a fucking break- if it had just stayed in bounds. We’re clearly not going to win this game
I mean, fuck. Our offense may not even score a TD
Ok, so we’re going to be down 7 with most of the 4th left to okay. Offense hasn’t got into the end zone yet. Team looks like shit
Wilkins looked less me he stopped
Not a catch
Incomplete
Incomplete!!!