This 2024 NFL Season was supposed to be a Super Bowl run for our Miami Dolphins, at least that was the hype. Here at FMU, we looked at weaknesses on this team, more specifically, the trenches. We were very skeptical of the offensive line, and why shouldn’t we have been? We didn’t upgrade, we lost 2 of our best linemen in OC Connor Williams and RG Robert Hunt. Our starting LG is last year’s backup who wasn’t even on the roster to start to the 2023 season. Our starting OC, Aaron Brewer was jettisoned by the Titans, and although our previous OC Connor Williams had some snapping issues, his pass and run blocking were both excellent. Our starting RG was last year’s backup OC, Liam Eichenberg. RT Austin Jackson is basically a constant. Our starting LT, now fighting off a shoulder injury has been playing for 13 years in the NFL and has never completed a full season. Don’t expect 2024 to be the first. He’s already come out of the game with injuries, and although he’s our best, he’s also fragile. While we’re speaking of fragile, did I mention our starting QB has another concussion?
If you hate to read it, scroll on by, because I’m going to remind all of you how very much I was against the Miami Dolphins handing our QB Tua Tagovailoa a huge contract. Mostly, the reason was his injury history, but a fair percentage of that was his inability to show up in big games. Well, both were on display last week in our first matchup with the Buffalo Bills. Tua did his best to prove me right on both counts, completing 25 passes for 239 yards, 1 TD and 3 INT’s. WR Grant Dubose should have got his head around, WR Robbie Chosen ran the wrong route. Please STOP! We have WR’s Tyreek Hill, Jaylen Waddle, TE Jonnu Smith, RB’s De’Von Achane and Jaylen Wright, the ball didn’t have to go to either of those guys, #1 makes that decision, he throws the ball. I don’t need to tell you that relying on 2 guys who have been here no more than 2 weeks is absurd. So now we’re left with our backup QB Skylar Thompson for a minimum of 4 games as QB Tua Tagovailoa goes on IR.
There’s starting to be a little more scrutiny of Dolphins Head Coach Mike McDaniel. Sure, he’s a likable guy, he’s funny, amusing, and supposedly an offensive genius. The problem is, when teams have figured out what type of defense to play against our offense to shut it down, Mike McDaniel has yet to find the solution to keep scoring like we scored on all the other teams. The tape is out there, teams know to have 2 safeties high and take away the long ball, keep everything in front of them, and as long as it’s executed well enough, they take both WR’s Tyreek Hll and Jaylen Waddle out of their game. I honestly have no idea if Skylar Thompson will be running the same offense Tua Tagovailoa was running, but I don’t think Skylar can have the same timing and anticipation that Tua had. We’ll see how much the offense is more tailored to Skylar, and I guess we’ll get somewhat of an idea if our season is lost or not.
I mentioned the trenches earlier, and now I’m going to touch on the defensive side. The defense was a strength for this team, at least until the injuries started coming and never stopped. The defensive line of Zach Sieler, Raekwon Davis and Christian Wilkins was a strength. Sieler is still there, but now he’s next to NT Benito Jones, and then next to him is DE Calais Campbell. Campbell is still a great player, but at 38, he can’t be expected to play high snap counts anymore, but the rotation was supposed to be the hallmark of the D-line. Tsunamis, waves of players, but that turned out to be false advertising, as we only have 6 DL, Sieler, Jones and Campbell, Emmanuel Ogbah, Brandon Pili and Da’Shawn Hand. That’s no tsunami. Now sometimes we’ll play a 4 man front, and we’ll employ speed packages with OLB’s Jaelan Phillips, Chop Robinson, Quinton Bell and probably Mo Kamara at some point, but in 2 games, I don’t think NFL teams are fearing our defensive line. Buffalo RB James Cook averaged 7 yards per carry (11-78) and managed 3 TD’s, 2 rushing, 1 receiving.
The Seattle Seahawks are 2-0, and they are always a tough get at home. We’ll be facing 2 former Dolphins players on Sunday, OC Connor Williams, and the always under appreciated ILB Jerome Baker (#55). There will be no hype from me about what I expect from this team right now. I have no idea and little expectation of what QB Skylar Thompson can do with this offense. We picked up QB Tyler Huntley from the Baltimore Ravens PS, and even though Sonny loves him, I’m not any more optimistic about Huntley leading us to victories in Tua’s absence. Our mighty WR corps is anything but, once you get past Hill and Waddle. Grant Dubose, Malik Washington (who is banged up) and Braxton Berrios, who has yet to record a reception. I hope our defense with all its tsunamis carries the day, because that offense could be downright ugly!
GO DOLPHINS!!!
Finsmob Unleashed 
I think they have to go for it
they’ve already kicked a fg from here
The mistake was throwing it to Berrios
Boyle’s 1st pass was on 4th down, and it was as awful as you would expect.
To be fair, that was a tough pass, the receiver was like 5 yards away and stationary. Not only that, but Boyle had a clear passing lane. Ideally, he would have gotten a couple of easy throws before having to attempt that one.
He should have waited a split second and went to Waddle
They had to go for it. You can’t expect this team to score more than once per quarter
imagine if they would have punted it
wtf is MM doing
see my last post
lol, you know, it’s kinda getting lost in the sheer vastness of Dolphins and refs ineptitude, but the Seahawks have played a pretty ugly game too.
WOOOOHOOOOO!!!
Our 1st STs play this half without a penalty
With this team you gotta pick your moments to celebrate.
Everyone getting their wish next week? Huntley at QB?
he should be active today’
I don’t k ow what this Boyle bs is about it
Julian hill is horrible
SMH, another penalty on A. Hill
err, J. Hill
I mean, Boyle is so bad, they won’t even let him throw past the line of scrimmage…why is he on the team?
That was a really good punt
Defense needs to score
Not gonna lie, I played Jonnu Smith and sat Goedert in FF. I thought he would be a crutch for Skylar. I ain’t been right bout nuffin
Nows the time the D gets gassed and it’s really over
Now Geno Smith throwing exclusively to his TE’s to mock me
No one can still cover a TE
Woohooo, Sieler
Wow, crazy shit, another INT
all this speed we need some one to break a big play off
Seiler!!!!
Oh damn, now the offense has to come back on the field
lol…it’s called football
I can’t believe they are arguing that PI
I was really hoping Seiler would run that one back for the score…but I knew that was probably unlikely.
He still probably had a better chance than our offense does.
At least we are not losing like this at home like the Raiders and Cowboys
Raiders getting clobbered by the Panthers at that
LOL, Panthers with a slight lead on the Raiders
Oh damn, it’s 3rd and short again
Why is Boyle starting to look better than Skylar?
I guess that’s not hard to do
Skyler was hot garbage
Bring in Big Paul and run it to his side.
Jackson down
Well that’s a good sign
Ahhh man, that was a good throw
We suck in short yardage
Fuck
MM should have called a screen pass with a double reverse there. WTF
McDaniel probabky just had the worst game of his coaching career
He’s not their coach. He’s their teammate. 🙄
wow…4 tries inside 5 yards…pathetic
Boyle definitely looks better than Skylar. So….what are the coaches watching at practice that they never went and got a backup? Boyle just got here, thrown into the game and looks better than a guy that’s been here 3 years
These coaches suck
BBM, CAV and Piggy only ones still watching. lol
I guess not
I’m barely watching
Good grief
A score there and it gets interesting. Not now
Thank god it’s almost over
I better not see Achane, Hill or Waddle in the game on this drive. If he is, I’m calling for MM’s head.
It should be run, run, run to Wilson and Wright.
I was just thinking no one had scored since the first quarter. 😂
Thought that also, lol
Charbonnet was averaging 2.1 a carry coming into this game. Today he has 91 yards at 5.1 a carry.
Bri mentioned it earlier; but thinking about how poorly this team is constructed and how screwed we are with our QB situation, I can’t help but wonder where this team would be if we’d selected Herbert and Flores was still here.
I guess Grier would still be GM, so…
Hmmmmm?
McDaniel tried to run the same exact offense with Skyler Thompson thst he runs for Tua. I didn’t see any adjustments
They smiling on the sideline because they know in the end they are getting paid
I can’t believe Achane is still in this game taking hits. He’s been the best player on offense this year and this game is over.
If they can keep this drive going, we can win TOP! 🙂
Oh well
One more penalty and we can win that stat
1 for 15 on 3rd and 4th down today
I found it! We won the turnover battle today
I want to hear what fanboy says about this. Actually….I don’t. Same ol same ol
At least I will be able to spend more time focusing on fishing now and hunting later.
Well, as enjoyable as that was, all good things must end, so I’m calling it an end to my football day.
On the bright side, we get to watch the Chiefs manhandle the Falcons tonight
I had sound off. They ever say what Skylar’s injury was?
Just said chest injury. No update
TY
Rams with the comeback W on the 49er’s
I’m just glad we fixed our OL issues this offseason. I wouldn’t want the guys running our offense to ever get hurt or anything.
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LOL, it’s TRUE!
McD is not a very good coach. This team had a much better offense under Flores. Yeah, it’s true. If McD doesn’t have a bad team helping him past our mistakes, we don’t have a chance to win. Going to get really ugly this year.
I hope Huntley is studying this playbook every waking moment, because Skylar cannot run this offense. Neither can Boyle . We are fucked
SMMFH *sigh*
This is why we should have UPGRADED from Skylar, not sign Tim fuckin’ Boyle when we cut Mike White. Will Tyler Huntley be the answer? I highly doubt it… especially behind this absolutely inept O-Line.
Tua’s obviously the MVP of this entire team. Problem? Concussions… and now we’re paying him OBSCENE $$$. I get that shit happens, but he should have kept playing at same weight he was last season. If it ain’t broken, don’t try to fix it, right?
We DON’T need a nimble QB, though it’s all the fad in the NFL (see Mahomes and Allen, woo woo woo…). We need the Tua of last season (15-20 pounds heavier and stronger than now), PLUS a legit fuckin O-Line to protect him and to provide for our elite RBs!!! I think MOST everybody not named McDaniel and Grier understood that!!! Instead, McDaniel and Grier put on their best Alfred E. Neuman face regarding our O-Line: “What, me worry?”. SMH
Don’t know enough about our Defense… rookie DC in Anthony Weaver. Remember last season, vet and star-studded DC Vic Fangio started out very slow for us as well until about midway through the season.
Our Offense is absolutely abysmal right now and if I’m not mistaken, we haven’t had a lead in 12 quarters this season. Remember, we beat the Jags as time was expiring when Jason Sanders drilled the game-winner in week 1.
Our season isn’t officially over, but it sure as hell feels like it to me as I see it today. Too many injuries already, not enough foresight to reinforce the trenches on both sides of the ball, and too many of our players are among the highest paid at their respective positions.
Truly, Tua makes all the difference for us… if and when he’s healthy. And even then, there’s no guarantee he can put the team on his shoulders to win a game for us against the greater teams… at least thus far. And now… he’s got another concussion (referring to last week, of course). We’re going NOWHERE with Skylar, Boyle, or Huntley.
I wonder IF we tried to sign Tannehill and he said, “umm… NO”.
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I am going fishing tomorrow and Tuesday. Wednesday I will be getting ready for a tropical storm or a hurricane. So, as I watch the trees blow in the wind on Thursday, I think I will have to do a blow it up mock draft.
I’m looking forward to your mock draft, my friend. Hey… be SAFE regarding a tropical storm or hurricane… ALL of y’all in the area.
Draft away! This season is toast with or without our overpaid QB.
Offense sucked but not surprised with 2nd and 3rd string QBs playing. Play calling was atrocious. No effort to maintain a running game. D does not get a pass. They played horribly in the first quarter. They settled down and played better rest of the game but by then it was too late
Offense was not that great vs Jags or Bills before Tua got hurt.
2nd half vs Jags the O played well. But that is one half in 3 games
These are our current projected draft picks after today’s games. It is possible we move a spot up after tomorrow if the Chiefs win tonight and the Bengals win Monday night at home vs Washington. Also, if Jags lose at the Bills Monday night, that will lessen our SOS and move us up even more. I thought OG Robert Hunt was still out with an injury, but he is not and has played in all the Panthers games. So, they now project us having two 3rd round comps for Wilkins and Hunt instead of a 3rd and 4th.
1st – Pick #7
2nd – Pick #38
3rd – Pick #98 (comp), Pick #99 (comp)
4th – Pick #105
5th – Pick #148 (from Denver), Pick #153
7th – Pick #218 (from Chicago), Pick #228, Pick #249 (comp)
There will be several player trades for picks as well. I did say blow it up!
what are you blowing up, the salary cap?
we’re fucked either way
we need a tough minded head coach, we had him, but let him go to Detroit
I’d promote Weaver up to HC, to mold the team to his personality, would need a mentor on the staff to help him run things
Maybe…interesting
I don’t think you can blame the D this game…maybe I’m misremembering…lol
There was a whole quarter and half and the O was on the 5 with 4 fucking tries to make this a game…
…just fucking stop on blaming the D. Lol
….why isn’t Crossman driving home? Because he should have been fired at halftime….but let’s fuck up on first play of 2nd half…omfg!
lol…what a shitshow!
The D was bad in the first quarter. They looked soft. Gave up 3 scoring drives in first quarter. Played well the other 3 quarters but the game is 4 quarters long
Stop it…the o set up the D to fail ALL game long…lol
The O GAINED 45 yards each quarter for 3 fucking quarters. …just stop it…lol
I don’t disagree the O sucked. But the D put you behind 17-3 out of the box with your back up QBs in the game. The first quarter Geno Smith was near perfect including a one play 71 yard drive. But I suppose that was on the O as well lol. The D doesn’t get a pass in this game
Tua is our savior and our demise all wrapped up in one. I can’t imagine we can ever count on him to stay healthy, or beat a better team when we need him to. It’s like rooting for a boxer with a glass jaw. Sometimes you get hit, it’s a physical contact sport, and if he goes down, he’s probably down and OUT
So now we know…
….you can have the fastest fucking team on the planet, but if you can’t control the trenches, fuck your wizardry…lol
I’m so pissed. Lol
The offense is trash. Our players run 15 yds before the plays start then have to sit out the next play. It constantly keeps our “stars” off the field on big downs. It doesn’t confuse anyone or free anyone up.
I unfortunately have the ticket and get to see other teams with wide open receivers and not have to run around for 5 seconds before the snap and have to constantly hurry to get the ball snapped on time.
the motion is to reveal to our weak ass QBs, if the D is in man or zone, it’s really lame
Mapacho and tequila on the boardwalk…lol
LFGM!!!! ⚾️
LFGM!!!!!
steveccnv
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September 22, 2024 at 9:08 pm
what are you blowing up, the salary cap?
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The cap is already blown up. The trades I make will clear cap.
who’s taking our shitty contracts?
our shitty contracts have dead money, that doesn’t transfer, so any trade would have the contract less signing bonuses, making them ok
Ken, I wish I could find play by play…
O and “Special” teams compromised D all fucking game…
…what were you watching? Lol
I agree with Ken/ the D was soft in the first quarter. We were down 17-3 after three drives. Not that it would have mattered because our offense sucks.
we missed 57 yarder.. gave them great field position. blame D
started 3-0
Hook left….Ds fault…lol
play by play is on ESPN.com, click scores, find our game, click on it, then play by play is on top
https://www.espn.com/nfl/game/_/gameId/401671662/dolphins-seahawks
Thank you!
So the D was blasted for a long run TD. Inexcusable. Then, shut it down.
O and STs never showed up
as well as a 71 yard TD pass
Tyreek
Achane
Waddle
Smith
the fact that we had only 3 points is entirely fucking unacceptable. Teams with less talent put up points and win. I am so down on MM as our head coach right now.
I said last year I wasn’t sold on him. He consistently got out coached by the better coaches in the league. That’s one reason we couldn’t beat the good teams.
Since you listed Smith, I remembered he actually is a TE on this team. I thought he was just a big RB they throw a screen to once in awhile.
Mostert being out has really hurt, because our dumbass coach doesn’t trust the rookie
not really sure why, every time I watch Wright he’s gaining good yardage
Anyways, with Mostert it would allow Achane to be our slot WR
Mostert wouldn’t make a difference. The OL is a joke.
only thing worse than MMs coaching is him doing an interview, ah ah dut dut, like a retard, then he tries to say something clever, which takes forever and more ah ahs
can’t wait for the draft, so we can find out who the 7 2025 inactives will be
Ain’t that the truth. Only one getting any play time is Chop who has done nothing.
Krishna,
I’m not giving the O a pass whatsoever, but to take any blame off the D isn’t accurate. They helped put us in a 17-3 hole. It was a team effort.
The D played better after the first 3 drives, but Seattle was also taking it easy with game in hand
all 4 units were horrible, and it’s inexcusable, we had an extra 3 days to prepare, MM probably gave them 5 days off
you could say the D was better than the others, but with Tua out the D needed to step up and match Seattle’s D, they didn’t
over reaction Sunday night is for other team’s fans
The Minnesota Vikings, Pittsburgh Steelers, Green Bay Packers, and Carolina Panthers all won Sunday.
All but the Steelers scored 30 or more points.
And they all started backups and/or re-treads at quarterback.
From an article I am still reading
3 flags on KC in 4 plays, is that allowed?
or is it ok, because no ugly Swift at the game
there they fixed it, didn’t give 2nd effort for 1st down
“Smart teams in the NFL spend money in the trenches and give contract extensions to reliably available quarterbacks. The Dolphins signed or retained a bunch of borderline starters on the offensive and defensive lines and spent their money on either aging (Armstead, Mostert, Tyreek Hill, and Jalen Ramsey, among others) or chronically injured (Tagovailoa) players.”
https://www.profootballnetwork.com/miami-dolphins-vs-seattle-seahawks-reaction-mike-mcdaniel-chris-grier-nfl-week-3-2024/
welcome to the party Adam, we’ve been here for years
How has Ross not seen enough?
no clue.
well that sucked.
https://x.com/JDFinsFan/status/1838020161145811425
about sums it up
I see on “X” or twitter that all of a sudden Brian Flores is getting tons of Dolphins love. That needs to stop, it really does. He’ll probably never be a Head Coach in the NFL, so leave it be. He’s a defensive coordinator, and sometimes not even a good one at that.
I don’t have love for him, but he was right all along. He just went scorned lover over it all instead of just laughing at this franchise from afar.
I can’t stand Flores and even though he may have been right on some things, he’s still a scumbag and wasn’t a good HC. Acting like a jilted lover with some prostitute doesn’t make Dolphins fans look good in the least.
Since football season is over, does anyone want to talk politics?
LOL! Always but not here. I’ve found fertile ground elsewhere and the outlook isn’t nearly as bad as this team’s is right now.
So, how was your guys’ Sunday? Mine was fantastic. I didn’t watch a moment of Football and expected the Dolphins to lose and they did. All without any emotional consequences for me. I didn’t even think to check on the outcome until this morning when the guy on the am news reported on the “terrible loss”.
I have made the right decision. Fuck the NFL and the Miami Dolphins in particular.
I hope you guys find joy in your lives in other ways. I am going to keep on this path and ignore the NFL moving forward. It was the best Sunday I have had since, well, last Sunday, when I also didn’t care. I don’t even care enough to officially change my avi back to the atom bomb. You all know it needs to be blown up now. Maybe if they start winning in a few years I will start caring again. Hopefully NOT.
Take care guys. I’ll lurk from time to time.
It sucked because the Dolphins looked like garbage, but Sunday night was great because the Mets won a huge game to stay ahead in the NL WC race.
ER – What was Flores right about?
nobody knows, what we do know is he took the worst team in NFL history to 5 wins, then had a couple of winning seasons, we know can Xs and Os coach, we also know he’s a horrible people person
Tua
I haven’t heard Fitz say anything about him. I’m curious to what he thought about him. He did have the team win games they weren’t supposed to.
Fitz said last week that Tua should retire.
A Look Back at Miami Dolphins vs. Seattle Seahawks
What went wrong? Where to begin?
Let’s start with the offensive line.
https://www.profootballnetwork.com/20-stats-explain-miami-dolphins-loss-seattle-seahawks/
Everything’s fine. Nothing to see here.
We have not held a lead during any of our games this year. We are the only team in the NFL to not hold a lead during any point of 180 minutes of football this season. We beat Jax as time expired . Imagine an offensive guru who can’t find a way to get a lead after 3 games. It’s time for McD and Grier to go. This team is terrible.
We probably lost 2 CB’s for next game in Fuller and backup Duck. Not sure who else.
Yeah, and deer in the headlights Skylar
We ran the ball well (except on short yardage). MM’s play calling sucked. He gave up on the run early before we were even down a lot. We were getting chunk yards running on 1st and 2nd down. We should have kept running it down their throats until they came out of that 2 high safety look.
These teams don’t give a shit about all this fancy motion. Bills game and this game showed teams all you have to do is play 2 high and you, for the most part, neutralize Hill and Waddle.
Vs. Bills – Hill 3 rec for 24 yards, Waddle 4 rec for 41 yards
Vs. Seahawks – Hill 3 rec for 40 yards, Waddle 4 rec for 26 yards
MM is such a guru but he has nothing to counter 2 high safety look. He runs the same route concepts. QB has nothing underneath.
We should have kept running the ball up the middle on early downs with quick hitters mixed in the pass game to the TE’s and RB’s.
How hard is that to figure out for MM?
Quick hitters doesn’t not mean more damn screen passes.
I guess the whole Jannu package is a TE screen pass play.
Look at BBM. He had the most relaxing morning. Got up at 5am and hit the beach with 2 rods, backpack, and small cooler before sunup. Water was amazing, calm and no waves. If there was a wave, it caused a little 2″ splash on the shoreline. Caught 4 flounder and kept 2. Probably would have caught more but there were bluefish everywhere and they kept cutting me off and I ran out of jig heads.
Now BBM is back home and all pissed off again. LOL
ER – Tua is a better QB than Flores is a Head Coach. Tua’s problem is he can’t stay healthy, and has played poorly in clutch situations late in the season. No question he has talent though, and Flores was a dick to not only sabotage Tua’s career, but the team as well because he didn’t like or respect Tua.
Did he sabotage his career? If anything he prolonged it by not playing him. Lol
Fitz was the better QB. Why is not ok for the rookie QB to sit and learn for a season? It’s pretty clear the upper level management pulled that string and got Tua on the field. I’m guessing he didn’t like someone else calling the shots on who played. It is what it is at this point and I still think Flores was right. Tua just ain’t it.