The 2024 Season Finale! Still alive for a playoff berth, and the Miami Dolphins appear to be starting backup QB Tyler “Snoop’ Huntley. Yes, once again, our $212.4M man is unable to take the field, despite the importance of winning this game to stay alive for a chance at being in the postseason. I’m not an optimistic fella, but if I were, I’d be seething that my starting QB is once again missing in an important game. This has been QB Tua Tagovailoa’s modus operandi since he’s been here. He’s either missed the playoff games, or you would have wished he’d missed the game because he played so poorly. I mentioned this important aspect quite a few times here, the man played last season in bubble wrap. This season, it took just 2 runs outside the pocket for Tua to get injured in both situations. The first time was against the Bills of his own volition, where the first down was already secured but he engaged the defender (Buffalo Bills S Damar Hamlin) and that aggressive play resulted in Tua missing 4 games, and since Tua himself had a 1-1 record before the injury, the Dolphins lost 3 of 4 and were at a critical point with a record of 2-5. I’ll get to this later in the article, but the Dolphins were just basically throwing guys out there after being here for a week, and we’re talking about players on other team’s practice squad, that had no experience in HC Mike McDaniel’s offense, and of course, Mike didn’t at the very least appear to streamline and simplify the offense for either backup QB Skylar Thompson or even more importantly, Tyler Huntley and Tim Boyle.
The Dolphins then faced off in Week 15 against the Houston Texans, and again, our QB was injured during a QB run. Not a designed run, escaping pressure and running for yardage, as most NFL QB’s do at least once or twice in any given game. Our QB though, well, he shows you why he needs to stay in that good ole bubble wrap, because he gets tackled by 2 defenders, one of them seems to make pretty good contact on his bad hip, and guess what? Yep! He’s out again. It’s as clear as day to this author that you simply can’t count on this QB, in any way. He’ll wipe the field with the weaker teams, throw up some gaudy stats, and he’ll even find a way to put up some garbage time gaudy stats in a blowout loss to the Green Bay Packers. If you watched that game, you know we never threatened the Packers on offense, we were down 27-3 late in the 3rd quarter and scored 14 points with the game out of reach and already decided, losing 30-17. If you just look at Tua’s stats, you might think we won this one, 37-46, 365 yards and 2 TD, 0 INT’s. Unfortunately, he’s become a stat compiler. He really came alive with the Packers playing a soft defense allowing us to dink and dunk and use the clock up and down the field with the game already decided. If you want to see what Tua is really about. Big game, playing a competitive team after putting a whooping on the disinterested NY Jets. The Texans are playoff caliber team, this was a widely anticipated game across the NFL, a chance for the Dolphins to really make some hay and validate the huge contract for QB Tua Tagovailoa. Well, you know how this story ends. Tua completes 29 of 40 passes for 196 yards, typical 2024 dink and dunk affair, a game Tannehill fans are all too familiar with, 1 TD, 3 INT’s. To boot, Tua is injured and looks to miss 2 games, and potentially 3.
This is what you paid for with Tua Tagovailoa. He’ll beat the ham and eggers, and make you think he’s the real deal while doing it. Play a team that’s one of the better NFL teams, and the Houston Texans are a far cry from elite mind you, but they’re good enough to bring out the worst in the Miami Dolphins, both HC Mike McDaniel, and his QB Tua Tagovailoa. I can guarantee you when he (MM) saw Tua take off and saw 2 defenders in hot pursuit, he wished he had a joystick to control his QB and get him out of harms way, but the NFL is no video game, and as things go for this franchise, the it’s really only been a select few times when Tua his put his body in harms way, he’s only rushed 17 times, but perhaps two times too many. Now, the question as to whether Tua is physically able to play, but the team is being overcautious and holding him out so he doesn’t get hurt again, we’ll likely never know. I can add, it doesn’t matter either way. It’s a huge problem, regardless of whether Tua can’t physically play, or the team is being cautious and protecting him. They are putting one player above the success of team, you know, “All for one, one for all”, except here in Miami. Tua fans can argue with me until the cows come home, Josh Allen, Joe Burrow, Patrick Mahomes are going out there with Tua’s injury, and probably winning too. This is the perfect example of why they never should have given him that huge contract. They bid against themselves, there was no other team involved, and we had the rights to play him on his 5th year contract. What do you think his contract would be after this season, missing 6 games, getting injured twice, and once again losing and underperforming against better NFL teams? You can subtract a few zeros at the end, tell ya that much!
So here we are, Game 17, with a chance, albeit a slim chance to make the playoffs. The Denver Broncos host the Kansas City Chiefs practice squad, as the Chiefs have nothing at all to play for being the #1 seed with an incredible 15-1 record. I’m going to say something most of you here won’t like, this was a very difficult season for the Chiefs, they don’t have a juggernaut team, and their QB did not have a statistically great season. Now I know the first thing Tua defenders will say will be the Chiefs have a great defense. Just so you know, while that’s true, the Dolphins are the #3 defense in some metrics. Our defense is top 10 in most, with the exception of turnovers, a very poor year taking away the football. I know many Tua defenders point fingers at the defense, and in truth, they’re not completely wrong, but this offense was supposed to be a juggernaut, was a juggernaut last season. Apparently, the cheat motions we used last season quietly became illegal and then every team figured out how to stifle this high powered offense. So now, this high flying offense throws about 20 screen passes a game, and we use this short passing game as an extension of the running game with RB De’Von Achane catching 78 passes for 592 yards. WR Tyreek Hill has yet to crack 1000, an easy get in a 17 game season. WR Jaylen Waddle, formerly the other half of this explosive tandem will settle for 700 yards as he’s OUT with an injury. Some say Chris Grier is SAFE, well look at what he did with Tua, Tyreek and Waddle, and he could and should be fired for ALL of those contracts!
QB Tyler Huntley played well last week against the Cleveland Browns. I could make the argument that he did his best Tua Tagovailoa imitation, finishing the game completing 22 of 26 passes for a very Tua-like (84% completion percentage), and 1 TD, 0 INT’s. He might have done Tua better than Tua. So now we visit the cold confines of New Jersey to play in MetLife Stadium against the NY Jets, who are completely disinterested in winning. I’m sure the Jets have seen the vitriol across town when the NY Giants last week upset the Indianapolis Colts ending the Colts chances for a playoff berth, but also ruining the NY Giants draft position to 4 now, from #1. Giants fans are livid! The NY Jets have the #7 spot as of now, and I doubt they want to finish any further back in a critical rebuild. I ave to ask, what does Stephen Ross or the Dolphins organization have on the NYG? I bet it’s almost as good as what Grier has on Ross! SO, Huntley will get his chance to play this game and further solidify his chances of being the backup QB for next season. Ohhhh, we’ve seen this before, he’ll play great Sunday, and the Dolphins won’t entertain any other QB’s feeling confident that Huntley is the guy, much like Skylar Thompson was the guy this season. Tua will get injured next season, and Huntley will step in as the starter and look a whole lot more like he looked against the Tennessee Titans in Game 4, as we got trounced 31-12. Tell me I’m wrong, this is what happens here, I can see it all the way from New Jersey.
Root hard, but be prepared to be disappointed. I think we’ll beat the Jets, they don’t care. I do think however Bo Nix and the Broncos will do enough to take down Carson Wentz and the Chiefs backups and the Broncos will get the final playoff berth in the AFC. I think QB Bo Nix and the Broncos are a more compelling story anyway, certainly more so than our team of ill prepared chokers. I’m sure Mike McDaniel will be back, and I do think there’s a slim chance that Grier gets the axe, but it won’t be on merit, that much is clear. He totally destroyed this roster, allocating far too much cap money to 3 players who have turned out to have little positive impact on our team. Tua, 6-5, Huntley will be 3-2 after Sunday’s game. Huntley showed he could beat a bad team just as well as Tua, and he’ll get another crack this Sunday. The numbers are staggering, we’re going to need to replace more than half the roster next season, with not a lot of cap space, unless they mortgage the future even further, by restructuring the mistakes they made this season. My feelings are dead, I’m just waiting to see how it all turns out, without a care of whether we win or lose. I won’t be upset either way. If they leave both GM Chris Grier and HC Mike McDaniel in charge of this team again next year, I can’t really foresee any success next season, and who really knows if either will ever be held accountable if they’re not successful. Sad situation!
GO DOLPHINS!!!
Finsmob Unleashed 
snoop back to his inaccurate ways
TD broncos
everything on the line and playing like shit
few guys already are so bad you’d think it was 25 degrees
He had the guy just deeper than Hill open , both defenders left him to go to Hill
Exactly. I believe it was Ingold who was wide open.
it was Hill so he probably would have dropped it….lol
My bad… it was Julian Hill.
I saw that too
The TE was wide open and was ignored
14-0 broncos
yuk
The real Huntley back today. And can we get a new punter next year please? So tired of Bailey’s inconsistency.
Broncos up two scores already, going to kill the Chiefs.
Just beat the Jest to end the season.
It could be a blessing. I really felt that there wasn’t going to be a proper search for a QB to basically backup and of course replace when Tua has more boo boos
Don’t care so much if we win or lose, but enjoy making A-Aron look bad. 😎
That is always a plus yes
Ah it was the TE Hill was wide open .. nuff said
Yup! I made the correction above.
Moody continues to suck for niners
That’s quite the facemask Patrick Paul is wearing today!
62-yard run for ACHANE!!! NICE!!!
And who is starting today? ISAIAH WYNN!!!
Surprised they caught him
Achane should have had a TD, got cocky at the end
Julian Hill is the fucking worst
Why, he touched the guy, I saw it
Keep him in, coach!
unbelievable
totally believable.
And Eich came in on 3rd down, in place of Wynn. He cost us the entire down. SMH
Liam Eichenberg has been a COMPLETE failure for us.
I wouldn’t even bring him back as a backup at this point. He SUCKS.
I get that we don’t run a power scheme, but it’s so frustrating anytime we need 3 yards, even if we have 3 plays to get it, we can’t ever just run up the gut.
And that’s totally reflective of our lack of IOL play, minus our new Center, Aaron Brewer. Chris Grier shat the bed.
I would include Brewer in that because he is an undersized center, but our guard play is definitely the biggest reason.
And MIND you, Brewer is better as a mover… not as a stout man-to-man Center.
We don’t even try many times, we try to go to the outside or throw a screen. What are the odds if Grier is still here we draft 2 good guards and we actually play them?
Or, if not undersized, at least not known for playing with power.
Cav Kong, ABSOLUTELY! You and I concur on our O-Line 100%, including Brewer!
Another drive over after 1st down because of our run scheme
Wright didn’t have a chance
9 yard loss on a pitch on 1st down
we’ve seen that way too much this year
Broncos about to go up 3 scores
We traded up for Eich. That’s the Grier kiss of death
lol, wait till you see the broncos 3rd td (those who haven’t seen it yet)
Right ?!
Crazy TD catch by Denver 🤷♂️
Adam Schefter
Patriots fired HC Jerod Mayo, league sources tell ESPN.
That is nuts. Why did they even hire him? The Pets were always going to be bad this year.
WOW!
they are going after Vrabel
^^^
Pigster is likely correct!
^
That makes sense.
Anyone want to take bets on whether the Jest get into the end zone to take the lead?
Ramsey playing like shit against the jests again
Den up 21, just lose, a win doesn’t help anything
Not sure which QB I have more disdain for, Rodgers or Tua
Great starting position again. Let’s lose 5 on a 1st down pitch!
I like 24 to Waddle a lot better
At least we know Huntley ain’t the guy. He just had a good game
most QBs need some line help
even Rodgers
That makes it a perfect 3 for 3 then
i was thinking Ohtani was 4 for 4
Yeah, regardless of anything else, I was hoping he’d play well today and show us he could be the QB2, but he’s been awful, like he usually is. Cleveland was an aberration.
if we lose does it help our draft position? Trying to see how emotionally invested I want to get today.
I hope the Chiefs come out flat and rusty in their playoff game.
once Buffalo is out
I’m actually rooting for Buffalo over the Chiefs, although I’d rather another team over them both.
I don’t want the Chiefs to 3peat. Mahomes is the biggest whiniest bitch in the NFL.
the chiefs missed a fg and are looking like they are gonna be down 22 at the half
sigh
Denver about to score again.
Gee, another pitch for a loss on 1st down
I think Bailey Zappa would be good in this system as a backup
He looked horrid yesterday
not if you know what you’re looking at
shocking Julian with a missed block
Steve – Ohtani? Didn’t get it
Good lord, we suck.
we are gonna lose this game
WTF, great play by Huntley but Waddle???
And then just to even things out …..
Jesus
Did I mention we suck
My daughter has now officially begun making fun of me for being a fan of this shit show.
Can’t blame her
Well, she’s right! It’s a shitshow…lol
WTF is up with movie star Tua with his fancy Fendi sunglasses? Maybe that’s his future, movie star
So, when we lose, what is our draft slotting? #12?
we need BBM
It’s Grier spending it on someone that has an injury history or needs majory development.
There are a few other games that affect it. Best it could be is 12, worst I think is 15
I’m about ready to check out of this shit show.
The team might have as well
LOL, you’d think the Jest would stop kicking to Washington.
it’s OK! I just watch it for the entertainment…and it’s not even good entertainment…lol
Washington didn’t check out
Robert Jones blows.
Worst OG in the league, followed closely by Eich.
Is Tyreek Hill out now too? Maybe he has matching sunglasses with Tua.
Ok, so we need a solid backup QB.
two OGs.
a TE2.
a S, maybe two.
a DT.
a CB
a ILB
Is that it?
And a partridge in a. Pear tree 😎
lol
I guess you don’t read my articles anymore. We probably have at the most 28 players worthy of being rostered
Nah, no offense intended, but as a fan, I’m not in quite the same place as you.
We need a starting FULL-TIME QB…let’s start there…lol
lol, I agree, but I know that isn’t happening next year.
Malik Washington is going to be the best slot receiver we’ve had since Davone Bess.
The signing of OBJ was a complete joke from day 1.
As was Berrios
Agreed, Manitoba.
Just a stupid throw, a fg makes it a one score game.
nice pass Huntley
Nope… Tyler Huntley ain’t ‘it’.
Panicking and looks lost today , reverting to mid season form with us
Precisely.
I stand corrected
broncos up by 24 at half
🤨
it’s over and the way we are playing….good
yep
I was just thrilled to see them playing together and being happy…lmao
Gronk should not be on a football show. He sounds like a buffoon .
100%
If it walks like a buffoon and talks like a buffoon…
he is and he has nothing on the other buffoon brady
WTF, Cheats can’t even tank the right way
i guess Mayo said, F it, you’re going to throw me out, I’m going to mess up your #1 pick
I really enjoyed rooting for the Pets in that game this morning. It was fun watching them tank their opportunity for #1 pick. They controlled their own destiny, and if ever your were going to lose…
Buffalo was on the sideline saying Bobby do you believe this shit, these stupid MFers are actually trying to win
I kept expecting the Pets defense to suddenly fall apart, but they kept playing, lol.
I was resigned to not making the playoffs, but I was hoping we’d beat the Jest and not be a complete shit show.
Same here.
nah, in 3 months we’d be saying, damn I wish we had the 12th pick
Yeah, probably, but that is then, this is now, lol.
Awful football game
Patriots and Jets set up to improve their teams much better than ours. Patriots have a young QB, lots of cap space, and surely a better GM than we have. Jets also have loads of cap. We have so few young building blocks.
You say the Patsies* have a young QB… which one?!! 😉
Drake, not the rapper. lol
It’s been so much fun watching the Dolphins under achieve this year….
….it’s just a game.
Kong – it’s a dark, scary place, but the more you pay attention and look around the league, it’s hard not to be there. I say this assuming we make no changes to either the GM or HC
assuming LOL
I agree with the sentiment that our GM sucks
and our HC isn’t a HC
and our QB is never going to play a whole season, and seems to shrink against good teams
and we’ve built our team the wrong way
and the next few years are bleak because we’ve mortgaged the future and are mediocre in the draft at best
But, we’ve been living in this world for 20+ years. I get emotional about it on gameday, but for the most part I’m just used to us sucking the majority of the time and being mediocre the rest. This is who we are.
Fair enough, sometimes I buy in too much
Yep…but not who we were along time ago…I hate that!
lol
Glad I didn’t rush home for this shitshow. Lol
Maybe I’ll be a good luck charm for the second half
Sad part is my daughter rarely gets to watch us play because we’re never on TV around here. One of the few times we are and it’s this. I just have to be silent and take it.
lol at 🧁 list all sound like coaching issues
Just checking in to the game. As expected, and since we’re supposed to watch this team just for enjoyment…I’m not watching this shitshow. I’ll check game 1 next year and see if guys that have never learned anything in 3 years….learned something this offseason. I’m expecting at least 2 more years of shitshow before they can move on from Tua but maybe after 5 years he surprises me. Starts with learning how to slide though….
I know Campbell is a good player, but it really doesn’t make me feel good about our defense that he comes in here and is immediately the best player…probably on the whole damn team, really. That’s not inspiring.
Well, Sieler too, but yeah, we said they basically just filled the defensive line with one year JAGS
our FO is so stupid…
they once signed an FA based on what he did against us late in a blowout playoff loss Feidler and another based on what he did week 4 of PS Cleo Lemon
Oh yeah, we suck
Time to pack it in
gotta pack headed to Vegas
so is that 4 turnovers in the last 5 possessions? lol
Nope, my bad, I have that wrong. t’s 4 turnovers in the last 4 possessions.
Hey…this game is still up for grabs! It’s the yets after all. But, not a good showing.
WTF….Tua standing there in shades while his team is getting embarrassed.
Not a good look.
Just me?
Not just you!
He’s getting ready for next year…lol
Time to start missing a bunch of tackles cause it’s cold and this team is soft as fuck
Did he really fucking challenge that?
The fact McD still continues to make these horrid challenges is reason enough, sigh
cupcake with another great challenge, Ross you watching this chit show
herd,
Agreed. Almost as bad a look as our guys just deciding not to tackle somebody.
I don’t know why I still watch this team
Herd – I brought up the Fendi sunglasses already. Looks like a proper Hollywood prima Donna, especially since it’s 6:31 EST and it’s dark outside, with exception of the stadium lights of course
Well in Hollywood you’re only as good as the last movie you’re in.
He’d be a has been by now.
🤣
thank god it’s 31-0
Wow, Rodgers purposely passing up a wide open guy in the EZ to throw to his boy.
He knows he already has enough points to win.
It sometimes seems like MM and his Miami Cocaine King look is rubbing off on Tua.
Ok, time to start rooting with managed expectations.
Here we go Dolphins! Let’s complete a series of downs without turning the ball over!
I say we still figure out a way to beat these punks. Plenty of time.
Achane over 100 rushing
Busy as F at work. Just now able to tune in. Okay….I guess I will tune out. lol
If I’m MM I get in that ref’s face a little after Waddle gets hit out of bounds….could have easily been a flag. Gotta try.
these tosses in 1st down for big losses have been killing me all season
MM can’t call plays on 1st down that cost us yards over and over again
that’s really bad playcalling and bad coaching
That is really close, i think it stands
I say it’s a catch
Great effort either way
Cav, we currently sit at pick #16 with the Falcons losing. However, WHEN the Dolphins lose, we will jump up 2 spots over Falcons to #14 and because the Colts won we will move ahead of them also. If the Cardinals win, we will move up to #13 and that is the highest we can get because the Cowboys lost.
Go Cardinals! Up 26-24
So either 13 or 14?
Thanks, BBM
if we win are we at 16?