So Dolphins fans, here we are again. I think I was so focused on the Dolphins playing a playoff game at home, but as we witnessed last night, that really doesn’t matter much anyway. Half the damn stadium was filled with Buffalo Bills fans, so any true home field advantage we should have had was diminished. Besides, we can lose on the road just as well as we lose at home. The Dolphins have not signed QB Tua Tagovailoa to a contract as of yet, and in my mind, he has one more shot to prove he’s worth a huge contract. Plenty of QB’s have come through the NFL that put up gaudy stats but play small in big games, and as of this moment, that’s what Tua Tagovailoa is. We play a good team, and all of a sudden, he’s just not the same QB. Against the Bills in October, Tua was 25-35, 282 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT. Against the Philadelphia Eagles, Tua went 23-32, 216 yards 1 TD, 1 INT. Against the Kansas City Chiefs, Tua went 21-34 193 yards and 1 TD. Against the Cowboys, Tua threw 24-37 for 293 yards and 1 TD. Against the Baltimore Ravens, Tua was 22-38 for 237 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT. In the finale against the Bills, Tua went 17-27 for 173 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT’s. So in 6 games against winning teams, Tua managed 7 TD’s and 6 INT’s. I’m sorry folks, that’s not good enough. Much better than a 2:1 TD:INT ratio against the weak teams, and 7:6 against good teams.
Another huge disappointment in my eyes has been the play of Tyreek Hill. Last night, he was not great, and last week against the Ravens, his TD drop was crucial and changed the complexion of the game. In last night’s game, he dropped a pass that could have been a huge gain, but there was a penalty aginst the defender covering Tyreek. He had a clean opportunity, and he dropped it. Maybe he’ll be fired up for the Chiefs next week, we can only hope, but he hasn’t been the guy that took over games earlier in the season. The problem isn’t the defense, who did enough to win, it was the offense and of course the ST’s, allowing the punt return for a TD. Back to Tua though, like I said, he has one more shot to prove he can win a big game, and if he fails, why offer him a tremendous contract? pay him what he’s worth, nowhere near the top QB salaries, because frankly, he doesn’t win big games, he doesn’t carry the team, and against good teams, he doesn’t make a big play to close out a game.
I don’t have much else to say other than if I’m a LB and the Dolphins call me, I think twice about saying YES. WTF is happening with every-single OLB-we-have? It’s insane! Jaelan Phillips, Bradley Chubb, Andrew Van Ginkel and then Cameron Goode. You can’t make this stuff up! Not sure if the Dolphins promote OLB Quinton Bell and secure at least 2 more LB’s, because you can’t expect 34 year old Melvin Ingram and 30 year old Emmanuel Ogbah to play the amount of snaps that Chubb and AVG were playing. You can’t expect them to not get injured either! Honestly, this is all just so frustrating because we’ve been here before so many times. Never ready for prime time, coming up small in make or break games. Still have one more chance, but my confidence level is at an all time low.
Finsmob Unleashed 
Me trying to figure out how to watch the game this weekend
https://x.com/theflyingpig44/status/1744796392554377539?s=46
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Damn — and I thought I smoked it at my try out.
Now we are just signing guys we should have drafted a decade ago…lol
https://x.com/tompelissero/status/1744797658282127536?s=46
Who else will be happy next year when Belichick becomes the coach with the most losses all time?! Especially when he won’t have passed the GOAT, Don Shula before that ‘accomplishment’ becomes fact.
I know a number of people have pointed to Ogbah and Baker as cap casualties, and maybe X too.
We really need some draft infusion to get some talent for cheap in some spots.
The problem is Kong, that we gave away that draft capital for expensive players in trade and for tampering with other expensive players.
Yep, that has definitely hindered us the last couple years and will continue to hurt this year.
We’re missing our 3rd and 4th rd picks this year. It makes it even more important to hit on our 1st and 2nd rd picks.
If we keep singing pass rushers who like that – we might have to play with leather helmets
Ken says:
January 8, 2024 at 7:04 pm
I feel like next year is a big year for us. I expect big things from this team next year
I am wondering how that is going to happen when we don’t have the cap room to field 45 let alone 53?
The cap number will be higher next year and I expect a significant increase in the number when we extend and restructure Tua’s contract
There’s the ILB I thought they may add, Malik Reed. He was with us the whole preseason (98 snaps worth) and was a final cut.
M13, you finally get to see Bruce Irvin in a Dolphins uniform. LOL
50 years later. Where’s Bruce Smith?
So we’re adding some edge guys to help us chase Mahomes around. Hopefully they will help.
Wow Mike Vrabel fired.
Wow, really? Didn’t see that one coming
I could see him in NE if they part ways with Belichick.
I had somewhat expected that. Team is going in a different direction
Yeah they’re starting over.
Wish we didn’t have to pay Byron Jones 10M next season (he already got it in bonus / salary, it’s just still on the books as dead cap for next year!)
We are currently 43M over the projected cap next year. which includes 2+ mil in rollover that we MAY still spend on these guys we are bringing in for the playoffs. So we MAY be 45M over when the year starts. That is for ONLY the 37 THIRTY-SEVEN!! players that are under contract for next year.
Tell me how we are going to be OK Ken?
37 players under contract. 16 new players needed to make up 53.
5 or 6 of the guys included in the cap will not be able to play at all or most of next season because of injury.
Tell me….Tell me…
The answer is you cannot tell me. Either can Grief. He went all in for slightly better than mediocre.
We will be okay. This is life in today’s NFL. Every team finds a way
Yep
I did not realize Zach Sieler finished with 10 sacks this year. Best waiver wire pickup I can remember.🙂
Most sacks by a DT in team history.
Kevin Harlan is calling the chiefs game
He’s the “he’s got Hill” guy and one of the best out there IMO
So we won’t have to listed to a lot of Miami bashing from the game commentators in the game – which is good news
He’s the best.
He’s the best in the NFL for sure. Love him. Gus Johnson in college football is my other favorite.
Quarterback Josh Allen continued to torch the Dolphins inside linebackers. He completed all 12 of his targets for 101 yards against Duke Riley, Long and Jerome Baker.
Entering that game, the Bills had a 149.6 passer rating (34 for 40, 390 yards, 5 TDs, no interceptions) when targeting Miami’s inside linebackers since the start of the 2022 season.
The D needs to get new blood at ISLB!
Yeah the Ravens went after Riley all game as well.
channing tindall is a bust so we need to draft LB’s better at coverage this year. HIGH in the draft
Lot of biotching about the Phins after the last two games, but the Chiefs are only 3.5 point favorites at home. They finished out 3-3 over the last 6 games.
This weekend the Dolphins are playing a playoff game! Whenever it comes there will be a whole offseason.
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Dolphins Fans
LOL — guess the one in blue just isn’t happy with 11-6.
Call me crazy, but I think we are going to win this weekend.
We may or we may not. But unlike in past years we have a strong running game. That’s the cold weather weapon. Don’t think the D cares that much.
Kind of have that feeling, slightly. It started to come on this morning. It is going to come down to who is active for the game for me.
This is the first time I’ve had it, I’m going with it! Mostert and Waddle both practice Friday with hopes of playing Sunday, so I would assume they are go. It’s the playoffs they’re gonna have to suck it up.
“If you’re not excited about playing in 0 degree weather in Kansas City, in Arrowhead for a playoff game, then you shouldn’t be doing this. I think the guys are excited about it.”
— Durham Smythe
I just read a stat : Patriots had 2 wins against teams .500 or over. Dolphins obviously only one .
Actually, over .500
The 2-15 Panthers also had 1 win vs a team over .500.
So we’re not the best team and we only lose to good teams, except for one. Okay that makes us frauds or whatever? Anyone who doesn’t think injuries are valid excuses then don’t worry about FA and the draft, because it doesn’t matter. Anyone can play. 😉
Mentioned that in my post earlier about being hard on Tua. That is where all this frustration is coming from.
Even though I think Tua is limited, I believed and still believe we could win it all with him. Thought so much this year was IT. With Tua we just can’t have all the injuries we have had. It’s just stupid ridiculous.
No other team comes close.
That said, there aren’t many QB’s who could have won those last 2 games with this decimated roster.
Tim, we aren’t frauds, but we have a problem winning games against tough teams over the past two years, that’s a fact. We haven’t been ravaged by injuries is every one of those games. We didn’t lose to the Bills this past week because we had tons of injuries, which we did indeed have. We lost because the offense couldn’t execute against a Bills defense who had their fair share of injuries as well. If you can’t see that, well, I don’t know what else to say.
We lost a close football game. There is nothing else to say.
Yeah. We barely rushed the ball in the second half, had a grand total of one first down before the final drive that needed with an interception. Those were the main reasons we LOST a close game instead winning it. Hopefully a different outcome this week.
Ken – How bout this . . . I don’t want to discuss whether Tua is a franchise QB or not worthy of a $50M per year mega contract. I hope he puts an exclamation on this season by first beating the Chiefs, and then whoever else we play. Then we can pay him a kings ransom. If not, well . . . .
McDaniel and Tua have earned to keep building towards the goal. We haven’t made the playoffs two years in row in over two decades. Now we did and that’s not good enough. Enjoy a more positive ride. We all know what it feels like to be stuck in the middle for a very long time. 😉
Tyreek liste with an ankle and quad on the injury report
He got beat up last game.
Have any of you read Sanderson’s mistborn series? Was it any good? I just finished the Stormlight saga book 4 and the ending left me wanting. It sucked. Now I am without anything to read.
Any suggestions?
No but I remember the adventures of Funky Winkerbean.🤣
I find Sanderson to be an ok writer, and I find all his Cosmere books to be readable but just ok. I didn’t even finish the stormlight saga.
I thought the mistborn series was one of the better series in the Cosmere along with mistborn series 2 (wax and wayne cycle). Elantris is a stand alone that was pretty good.
If you mostly liked stormlight, then google sanderson’s cosmere and just start getting books off the list- starting with mistborn. Basically, every book he writes are all interconnected (different worlds in the ‘cosmere’). The magic systems are different in each world, and the stories kind of intertwine and some characters cross books. There were a couple of characters in stormlight that are in other books.
The best thing about the cosmere is the different magic systems in each world- for example, in mistborn, certain people are adepts and can ingest metal (they make vials of metal flakes in a serum), they can then ‘burn’ the metals in their body and each metal yields a different power.
There are like 20 books in the cosmere and a couple of books with short stories, so it’ll give you some reading material, but like I said, they aren’t great, just ok IMO.
Thanks! That’s how I found the storm light saga. Just OK. I think the last chapter was a tie into a Cosmere connection because I didn’t understand it.
I’ll have to check out the last book in stormlight. I think that one wasn’t out when I read through the cosmere books.
Making the playoffs would be enjoyable if they didn’t back in to them 2 years in a row. That’s where the disappointment lies. Fade away………
We didn’t back in. Clinched before final week. Maybe “limped in” is the way to put it.
We clinched with two games to go.
I’m still disgusted…lol.
And, I agree with most of the MM and Tua critique. Playcalling and terrible INTs, playing small in big games seem on point to me
The reason we barely rushed the ball in the 2nd half was we couldn’t convert any 3rd downs. We only ran like 15 plays or something, and had one 1st down until the last drive. The Bills brought a safety down, took away the run in the 2nd half and we just weren’t able to convert passing the ball. When a team forces you to march down the field playing small ball, you have to be consistently good on 3rd down.
The mistakes our stars made in the 2nd half on numerous drives have already been outlined, so I won’t outline them again, but Tua and Hill were instrumental in killing 3 or 4 of our drives.
And you can go back to the first Bills game, the Eagles game, and the Chiefs game, and you’ll find it was the same thing- the offense had a couple of nice drives, but when the opponent was taking away the big plays and we were forced to drive the field, we just couldn’t do it consistently enough.
Maybe a playmaking TE will help us be better in that regard.
Maybe Tua takes a good look at his play this offseason and improves this aspect of his game (taking what is there and keeping drives alive instead of trying to force a big play).
Tua has improved an aspect of his game each offseason, maybe this is something he can improve on.
I also think this is where Tua’s lack of athleticism and inability to run when he breaks the pocket makes it that much harder for us and forces Tua to be nearly perfect.
When you are forced to play small ball, but the QB isn’t really a threat to run, it’s just one less weapon in picking up those key 3rd downs in long drives.
This kind of goes back to what Randy was saying in regards to how the game is played, and why athleticism is looked at as such a key element for these QBs to have. Maybe it isn’t a must have, but it certainly helps.
Good points Cav
So you need experience to know haw stupid you used to be. I used to say “I’ll never be like that when I’m old”.
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I actually said today “ the youth today” in a condescending manner.
I am dealing with folks in positions of authority above me because they work for the company. My company is doing work for who are 25 to 30 years younger than me. And they know nothing. And I swear to God, if another one answers a business email with a fucking emoji I’m going to print it with their name, included, and create a meme of it you do not reply to business emails with emojis !!!!!
Rock: “GET OFF MY LAWN!!!!!!”
Mike E. says:
January 9, 2024 at 5:37 pm (Edit)
Ken – How bout this . . . I don’t want to discuss whether Tua is a franchise QB or not worthy of a $50M per year mega contract. I hope he puts an exclamation on this season by first beating the Chiefs, and then whoever else we play. Then we can pay him a kings ransom. If not, well . . . .
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A big contract is going to happen because it is an economic necessity. They need to restructure his contract to make cap room and it will be done in the context of an extension of his contract
Yep
It’s not a necessity if they decide to let him go via free agency after 2024
If they sign him to a big contract this offseason, they can use it as an opportunity to open up cap room in 2024
if he is willing
But he has to be willing for starters
And it’s not the only option
There are other players that can be the vehicle for that without committing to Tua through 2030
Saying you have to commit to Tua for 5 years after 2024 to open up cap room this offseason is a hard sell for me
One way or another to re-sign him will take a chunk of your cap room,
Either in 2024 or later and our Front office has a major decision on their hands in deciding whether his play warrants that
It is going to happen. You don’t let 25 year old QBs who led the league in passing go unsigned
They’ve already let him go unsigned longer than Any of the QBs who were drafted the same year as him
That was coming off an injury. That is no longer the case. He also did not lead the league in passing. No team lets him go unsigned under these circumstances
Nice work Mike, you read my mind. I also blame MM. he’s being out coached in these big games. Coaching has also let us down in the big games. Just win baby!
I’m sure LT is also available. Look for him in a motel with a lot of lube lol
2 years in a row we haven’t be able to handle the injuries. We have star players that cost a lot of money and when they get injured their backups aren’t doing their job specially against good teams. I also think getting mostert and Waddle
Is gonna make a huge impact on the offense. My worry is the defense at cb and pass rush
I’m less concerned about the defense than I am the offense right now
Mainly bc the offense has been slumping for weeks
A side of me is holding out hope that MM has been playing his regular season like a poker game and playing his cards close to the chest – ie we’ve been playing with a limited playbook so that we give our postseason opponents less to look at
But it might be a Huge difference maker if we have waddle, Mostert, Hill and Achane available
We really haven’t had that 4 piece combo for many games this season
I’m guessing 1 or 2 games
Beleive it or not
If it’s this cold I think it’s so cold that it’s not an advantage to the chiefs either
Is anyone even going to be in The stands?
https://x.com/yahoosports/status/1744856613586911738?s=46
KC fans will be there including some idiot with no shirt on.
The stands
I went to the playoff game in Pittsburgh in 2016 or whenever it was, 5 degrees. Stayed for the entire game. So yes..there will be idiots like me in the stands! But I had a shirt on….several in fact! 🤣
1991 Winnipeg hosted the Grey Cup game in November for the first time EVER.. I was given tickets , bundled up The temperature at kickoff was -16 °C (3 °F), making the game the coldest Grey Cup in history.. you could tell how many swigs it took to drink yer beer by the ice rings inside the cups…. Stay outta the wind and it’s all good 🥶
We fielded a junior varsity squad in a snowstorm in Buffalo last year and lost by 3 points….
https://images.app.goo.gl/iGt1QUweecbza5sP7
Piggy, I’m not sure about that. I think the injuries forced him to do certain things. I hope all those guys play
Doug Pederson fired…not surprised with that one
Scratch that. I read the headline wrong. They fired a bunch of the coaches, but not Pederson.
Lol…random thought…I would not take JJ McCarrhy in the draft. No sir.
…McCarthy
He’s coming from a run first and run often offense in Michigan. He rarely got to showcase what he can do. Anyway, he has not declared for the draft yet so there that. He had to wait until his season was over and has 5 more days to make that decision.
I think he gets selected on day 2 if he declares so he might decide to stay.
I listened to WQAM this morning, and hearing my argument regarding Tua from other people, and then hearing the responses by both Joe Rose and Woody, has me realizing that I’m definitely letting my emotions creep into my opinion about Tua. Regardless of the fact that he’s earned the right to be our QB of the future, I will always feel like he can’t win a big game, until he does. He’s got a chance this weekend, make it happen.
Cav – indeed – 74 bucks to freeze your arse off – Si Clancy is making that trip.
Braver man than me!
Hey UK,
I have a question about soccer (brought on by Ted Lasso). In the show, Jaime was on loan to Richmond from Man City, and Man City later took him back.
I assume this is a real thing, that the top teams will develop some of their players by loaning them to other teams so they get playing time.
If so, can they really just take those players back at any time, or how does that work?
It seems to me, if you’ve got a player on loan to another team, then you and that other team happen to be neck and neck to win the league, you could take your player back at the most inopportune time to help you win. Are there stipulations written into the loan that they can’t do that or something along those lines?
I was thinking maybe there was a clause if the player isn’t getting playing time the team could take him back, but not just whenever they want to.
That situation is a little ambiguous Kong. Usually, loans work on the basis of younger players going down the pyramid to get playing time and experience.
For Cup games, if you play for one team, you cannot later represent another. I don’t think there is such a stipulation in League football.
Wages can be paid by loaner, loanee or split. Playing time can be included in contracts but if the player on loan is bad, he won’t get time. Players can be recalled by the parent club based on need at any time.
My home-town club is non-league now, but we had Robert Sanchez on loan from Brighton at one time. He is now at Chelsea’s and Spain’s #1 for the national team. We also have a kid on loan from Derby which we have just terminated as we now have enough coverage in defence. Ironic as he scored his first goal for us the time before last.
Higher up the food chain, Man Utd have Jaden Sancho. They signed him from Dortmund for £72M and he’s going back there on loan. They are paying £100k of his £300k/w wages. He fell out with the Utd manager so his days are probably numbered.
I can’t really think of a case where a “good” player would go on loan to a rival to make a contribution as most teams at the top have huge squads and rotate them (especially in Cup matches) to keep players “interested”. Even then, the nature of player power is if a good player doesn’t get enough playing time, he’ll ask to leave rather than hang around forever. Young players are usually glad to get extra playing time rather than warming the bench and lower or non-league clubs often only stay alive because of this.
I appreciate the thorough response, UK. I now understand that it is way more complicated than I thought, lol.
PS you reminded me how much I enjoyed Ted Lasso.
I’ve followed all the post-game stuff with interest – I usually try not to rant too much as it’s often a knee jerk reaction which mellows out over time.
For example, there was no way I was watching on Saturday after FT vs Bills, but I’ve already climbed back from that stance.
With age comes a “little” wisdom (don’t mention ladders), so on NY eve, I baled on the Ravens beat down and went back to the buffet we’d prepared and the 20 y.o. bottle of wine I’d opened rather than watch the death throes of our beat down. On Monday morning, I baled at 4 am knowing the Bills had more than enough to secure #2 seed (even though I lay awake replaying and rationalising it for at least an hour).
I think KC will beat us on Sunday morning, but I still don’t want to wake up (for the second time) later that morning to find out we’d won, so I’ll gut it out with you guys.
I’ve thought long and hard about where we are and where we are going. With regards to the AFC we are not the best team in the AFC as things stand, as proven in Baltimore. We are not even the best team in the AFC as proven in Miami. But sometimes, the best team beats a good team and this is what the Bills did.
This is an interesting Tweet from Marcel.
Sometimes, the other team does the right things at the right time and just flat out beats you.
Ironically, we have the NFL passing leader, in a passing league, and we beat good teams less than 50% of the time, when we need to do that consistently. We also had the NFL rushing TD leader too. And a bunch of injuries. We also have a 2nd year HC and a QB who has now mastered the offense. At season’s end, I hope our HC does a 360 evaluation of everything, including what worked and what didn’t, then go back to the drawing board. We have a QB with a lightning release who throws to windows in ~2 secs, but no plan b for when the WR isn’t there or Tua gets pushed off his spot. We have a line which often necessitated this quick release. That isn’t smart against top Ds imho. We have no TDs by TEs in a league where TE is trending to become more important as a receiving threat, especially in the RZ. We throw FADES to the fastest and possibly the shortest WR in the league. I know he leaps like a salmon and our TEs block but ……….
Our short yardage game is sh1te. OK the tush push will prolly be outlawed, but why did MM not, as an innovator, add this to our O as a threat. Or even a decoy.
I love many of the concepts MM has brought to S. Fla., but equally, in a team game, a lot of our failure lies at his door, not just Tua and Hill. As has been said multiple times on here, we don’t spread the ball around enough. Our offense isn’t necessarily being put in position to succeed often enough and that has to improve starting Saturday.
Fwiw, on the Tua debate, I wouldn’t extend him now – give him a better line (the Bills line all had >1,000 snaps in 23) and a more balanced attack in terms of run pass and spreading the ball around and let him prove he merits a new contract. If we have to let some players go to accommodate this strategy, so be it. It’s better than the flip-side imho – paying Tua and watching a glass ceiling (even a high glass ceiling) for the next x years.
Let’s see how he does Saturday night – though with Hill, Waddle and Mostert all reportedly carrying high ankle sprains, maybe we should temper expectations? I already have.
Nice article UK. 🙂
And the way I figure it we had a real nice season already. As we well know not every team makes the playoffs. Don’t collapse to the TItans and we are the #2 seed. Make us healthy again and we could play like that.
Mike
I don’t get too carried away with the “can’t win the big game” stuff
Most people that are labeled that way beat the label when they are given opportunities to beat it
The reality is the longer you keep playing a guy the more likely he is to win a big game
Maybe it’s just the way I think about football but I do not generally believe in the mystique of football. I don’t think there are guys that are winners and guys that aren’t. I think some QBs have skill sets that lend themselves to making the right plays when they need to. Some players are cool under pressure. Some see the field better than others. Some just olay smarter.
Tua has some really special qualities. I think he’s earned the right to be given more opportunities to win the big game
But I also think the way he has performed in clutch moments this year has been pretty awful. The Germany KC game, the end of the first half v the Ravens and then this Bills game – all not the way a franchise QB should perform
So when we think about Tua long term and the contract he might get, I think we have to consider those performances and I also have to consider his positive qualities. One way or another the decision of who will lead this team through 2030 is going to be in front of us. It’s a huge decision for the franchise and should not be taken lightly
So I kind of think drafting a QB and naming Tua your starting QB in 2024 is ideal
It give us flexibility to sign Tua later
And gives Tua more opportunities to beat the label
And the QB we draft will be ready in 2025 if we aren’t happy with Tua – or alternately that QB will probably give us trade value back
I don’t think drafting a QB should be viewed as giving up on Tua or an emotional reaction. It’s a smart move IMO
But for now – Tua gets another shot in a big game this Saturday.
I behind him and I think he and the Dolphins can beat the chiefs
I think some guys are winners, and just play well on a big stage with a lot on the line. Some guys get tight, and can’t handle the pressure. This is in all sports, and for some reason, I think of the Yankees and Paul O’Neill and Scott Brosius. Those guys were notoriously clutch performers in the playoffs and especially the World Series. Neither were HOFers, but great players when the prize was on the line. Tua has not done that yet, and no one thinks of him like that.
Paul O’Neill one of my favs. Hated the Reds let him get away. Clutch in big games and a cannon of an arm.
For anyone who hasn’t seen it and doesn’t have a subscription – no doubt it will be taken down soon.
bailbondmike says:
January 9, 2024 at 2:47 pm
M13, you finally get to see Bruce Irvin in a Dolphins uniform. LOL
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Love it… albeit over a decade later. LOL
Man, I feel like I scouted him just a few years ago… my how time flies.
Right!
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39279807/bills-fan-killed-dolphins-stadium-sunday-game
Hate to see that. In the age of cell phones don’t know how he got away in post-game traffic. No high speed chase required. Read in another article that the guy was parked in the WalMart, which some of our folks have parked at.
Not sure about today. This was yesterday.
WR Tyreek Hill’s new quad injury is not a concern, head coach Mike McDaniel told reporters. Hill was limited Tuesday with the quad injury and his existing ankle injury.
S DeShon Elliott (calf) will not practice today, per McDaniel, but added he’s hopeful about his availability for Saturday
Andy Slater
@AndySlater
The wind chill in Kansas City Saturday night is now expected to drop to -21 degrees, the National Weather Service says.
During the Dolphins-Chiefs game it won’t be as bad though!
The second half wind chill should only be -14 with a real temp of 4 degrees.
Trying to have hope but, Dolphins are 0-10 in their past 10 games when the kickoff temperature was 40 degrees or below, losing those games by an average of 17 points.
But we have a running game. In many of those games we did not.
Patriots RT Trent Brown said that people are being misled about Mac Jones. He basically said all their QB’s struggled and regressed because BB brought in his ex-defensive coordinator to be their new offensive coordinator. They didn’t have the staff to help them get better.
Makes sense.
Also, another reason I think BB is gone. Pats players are starting to speak up. I think he has gotten arrogant to the point he has lost his mind.
I think he was always arrogant to the extreme, but that only works if you have a record to support it.
The high tech cold weather gear these days is amazing. Went skiing first time in a very long time with Dameon (DIlly Dilly to you) like 4-5 years ago. Brought all my old gear but by the time the trip was over had bought a bunch of new stuff.
Those petro-fibers are like one-quarter the bulk/thickness but just as warm. You can layer them up as needed and take off/add layers as the temp changes.
Seahawks fired Pete Carroll today. Team was 9-8 this season. That one is a surprise.
WOW!!! Didn’t see that one coming.
He’s staying on as a consultant. So no visible bad blood and might be more like a retirement.
All these big name coaches getting fired might save us from losing our OC.
Another thing that has me worried is the cold weather will exacerbate injuries our players already have.
I was thinking the exact same thing.
So we’re obviously not going to get the ‘get-off’ from the edges that Phillips, Chubb, and AVG would usually bring this Saturday @ the Chefs*.
I’m actually beginning to wonder if that’s a good thing for us after all. See, teams like the Chefs* are so overly prepared to deal with a massive pass-rush off the edges. Perhaps our lack of edge-rushing might throw them into disarray.
I mean, if we can’t get to Mahomes on time, may as well keep at least one of our edges back for pass defense or to spy on Mahomes, right?
We might find fortune in this approach out of necessity. But with that being stated, our DBs will have to be at their very best in coverage… without X.
Howard was already ruled out? I saw about AVG and Baker, but didn’t realize X has been ruled out too. smh
stangerx says:
January 10, 2024 at 3:35 pm
He’s staying on as a consultant. So no visible bad blood and might be more like a retirement.
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Yup, read the same thing. I wonder if Carroll was coerced into this, or if it was done of his own volition. Very interesting…
The 2nd half play, that made me lose my mind was the 3rd down to Berrios on our opening drive
The route was a half yard to short and he peeled back after making the catch
Yeah, that was frustrating. I almost put that one on Berrios, but then I started to think it must be a timing route, right? Which means he has to run a certain # of steps then turn back and come back to the ball. So I’m not sure if the problem was the receiver, the play, or the play call
And then he is also just one option on the play, so you call a play and not every route may be going past the sticks.
I don’t know where Berrios was in the progression. If he was the 1st look, then it’d better be a route past the sticks, but if he was the 3rd option, then ok, maybe that player has to make a play.
So his legs are a couple inches shorter than Tyreek…. Takes him 4 steps per yard and Tyreek only 3 steps.. so every yard he is one step short of where he should be 😎
Nick Sabin is leaving Alabama.
Wow. There was some speculation about that if he would have won the national championship.
He said he’s retiring.
You misspelled Satan…
LOL — I hated the guy, least when I got to know him. Who creates a “no eye contact” policy?
Yeah, a “no eye contact” policy reeks of insecurity, to be sure. His wife Teri trained him well… LOL
Man, how can it be 17 years since Saban fucked the Dolphins!?
there are a shit ton of big name coaches both in the pros and college moving this year. BIG names.
Saban to Patriots will be a rumor soon. It shouldn’t be. He’s too old. They need to go young like we did.
TOO OLD!!!
Buckle up, buckeroos… 2024 is going to be a very rough ride… and I’m not talking about sports.
What?
I just realized this Saturday will be Tua’s first playoff start
So of nothing more, he’s getting experience
Chris Christie dropped out of the GOP race. That has to help Haley.
Chris Christie needs to drop weight.
Christie is a heart attack wiating to happen for sure, says a guy who had one. But that observation goes in Haley’s favor as well.
Christie never had a chance, either.
Jardiance causes taintrot
I’d say quite the opposite…. I’ve had to spend 20 mins plunging the work toilet on more than one occasion…
Miami Dolphins current Draft 2024 slots…
Round 1
Round 2
Round 5
Round 6 (from CHI)
Round 6
Round 7
I do not envy GM Grief
Well some of the picks we traded turned into Hill and Chubb and they were big reasons we’re in the playoffs.
I’m just sayin’, we’ve got to hit on our 1st and 2nd rounders this year in the Draft.
Let’s hit on some of the later ones too.🙂
stangerx says:
January 10, 2024 at 6:58 pm
Christie is a heart attack wiating to happen for sure, says a guy who had one. But that observation goes in Haley’s favor as well.
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I hope you are feeling as good as ever, my friend. And I hope you put the cigs down as well. Old habits die slowly, but so do WE if we don’t make fundamental changes regarding our health. Wishing you the best, my friend Stanger!
I’m smoking less but still doing it. Dealing with my new health situation as best as I can, but I’m living.
I got this RSV recently and I actually quit smoking for a day… I should have stayed quit, but I fell back into the old routine, dammit.
It’s VERY difficult for us smokers to quit, truly.
I am still raging about losing the division to the Bills
We were three F-ing games ahead even after losing to them the beginning of the year.
The only way I have ever successfully quit an addiction (and I have kicked them all) is by denying the “want” in the moment. It is a battle of will and I have been successful by rationalizing that I cannot ever, ever slip up.
Cigarettes were the last and hardest to give up.
WANT is awful, terrible and terrifying. But you just have to win “this time” which becomes “every time”
Your advice is taken seriously and kindly, my friend! THANK YOU!
I wonder who we will trade Hill to?
You heard the term Satan used as a nickname here first, before anyone in the media used it
A few years ago football season was, root for any team that could beat Bama and the Cheats
The day has finally come, when one is leaving and the other is irrelevant
I mentioned the other day about going to the playoff game in Pittsburgh whatever year that was. I was excited about it. Just happy we got there etc. This year, I’m disappointed with it. Can’t help it, just how I’m feeling about it.
I’m still disgusted.
Same! Hate that we go in losing the division, but a win this week will fix my anger
^
We’re not at full strength but the reset is in full effect and we have to play at KC. This is the biggest game of the season. Gotta make plays!
Buffalo didn’t beat us because of Josh Allen, it was the punt return for a TD. Those types of plays usually = winning. All three phases. I want Achane getting as many touches as possible. We can’t save any player for next week. Like saving a pitcher for game 5 before you get there. All hands on deck. It’s go time!
I expect any player that thinks they can give it a go will do that. The playoffs are not guaranteed.
Not sure why you say that. Did Josh Allen not throw the game winning TD to Knox? The punt return tied it, the TD to Knox won it.
It changed the game.
Great line from Nancy Armour in USA Today’s article, “Rodgers won’t recover junking legacy.” Quote, “Rodgers is a terrific quarterback and an utter fool, and it’s impossible to separate one from the other.”
Lol!
Good for Kimmel!!!
Lol…I love the “Karen Rodgers” reference.
Wow…another rip by Armour….good commentary about McAfee about Rodgers, imo, from USA Today. She’s on a tear…lol.
See ya Belichick
I think Vrabel ends up in NE. I hope not.
Interesting and insightful thread of connected tweets from Joe Dub.
You’d think with 7 officials watching, 1 of them might have spotted this?
SMH
The run Josh Allen made on like 3rd and 23 or whatever the hell it was was a huge play in the game. Those are the sorts of plays that win games. Allen made plays just purely on his own because he’s a special athletic talent AND has a winner mentality. He has too many TOs, but are we really having a debate about this? Come on.
Wasn’t that their drive by we stopped them on 4th down?
Brian,
I don’t recall. It was a big play on a money down. It’s not always a play that may lead to a score, but it’s still making a big play on a big down…3rd down especially. It also may flip field position or burn clock at a crucial time.
Turns out Lady made his career.
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Tried to reply on post above but wouldn’t post
In an odd way, without the evil one in the division there will be a hole in my life.
Tim – The PR TD changed the game, but it didn’t end the game. The Bills scored a TD after, we had no answer. I can’t put loss on one play, we had time to come back, our offense couldn’t get anything done. We had something like 53 yards and 1 first down in the 2nd half. That’s how we lost
Yep — we lost cause we were shut out in the 2nd half. How many 3 and outs did we have?
I said it wasn’t because of Josh Allen. I also said in another post we didn’t make enough plays in any phase. We won’t win in KC if that continues.
Well who a threw a TD pass to go ahead? Was it someone other than Josh Allen?
I don’t feel we lost the game because we couldn’t stop him. As a team they made more big plays than us. Our offense let us down.
RB Raheem Mostert (knee/ankle) is expected to be questionable for Saturday’s wild-card game versus Kansas City, HC Mike McDaniel told reporters.
WR Jaylen Waddle (ankle) is expected to be questionable for Saturday’s wild-card game versus Kansas City, per McDaniel.
Couldn’t find anything on Chiefs
S Minkah Fitzpatrick (knee) told reporters Thursday that he will play in Sunday’s wild-card game versus Buffalo. Fitzpatrick, who missed the last three games of the regular season, was a full participant in Wednesday’s practice.
Buffalo Bills
2023 · 11-6-0
INJURIES
WR Gabe Davis (knee) is not practicing for the second straight day, NFL Network’s Cameron Wolfe reported.
LT Dion Dawkins won’t practice today due to an illness, per Wolfe.
TE Dawson Knox (illness) misses practice, per Wolfe.
LB Tyrel Dodson (shoulder) is not practicing, per Wolfe.
CB Rasul Douglas (knee) is not practicing, per Wolfe.
S Taylor Rapp (calf) is not practicing, per Wolfe.
RIP Buddy Harrelson
🙏🏻
That man could play shortstop.
I mentioned at some point, but I was at the game when Buddy and Pete Rose got in a fight. Rose was boooed at Shea each and every time he came up to bat after that.
Ohhhhhh. 😦
RIP, Buddy Harrelson. 😦
RIP Buddy.😥
ElephantRider says:
January 11, 2024 at 12:41 pm
Turns out Lady made his career.
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Yessir, I agree with ya.
Mike E,
The more I think about it, I think I was drawn to the mid-late 80s Mets due to their color scheme looking much like our Miami Dolphins.
I’ll never forget watching the Mets on WWOR TV channel 9 as a kid, with Ralph Kiner and Tim McCarver (RIP to both) calling the games. Buddy Harrelson was held in such high regard by everybody as a coach behind Davey Johnson. The fans loved him, the broadcast teams loved him, his players loved him, and he was just a great person by all accounts.