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 
Jullian Hill got away with a hold on that run 2 runs ago
he’s got the clout of our STs coach
Julian Hill with another missed block that ruined the run.
Not kidding, I think that’s the first Jaylen Wright carry I’ve seen in a few games where he didn’t have a defender on him as soon as he took the hand off
of that 🧁 calls one more pitch play
piggy,
MM is easily figured out, but even when it’s obvious they’ve figured him out, he doesn’t adapt.
he doesn’t adjust at all
because he doesn’t care, he just wants to be cute
I cannot understand why Julian Hill gets so much playing time. I just don’t fucking get it. He can’t block at all and it costs us so many times a game.
he’s due for a penalty soon too
Yep, and a dropped pass.
none of our other TEs do either, Smythe has fallen off the planet
🧁 likes that Hill looks good attempting to block
Smythe is the biggest surprise. Not sure why he suddenly forgot how to block.
Makes you wonder what they are practicing…
If J. Hill was a factor in the passing game, I’d get it, but he just isn’t.
Piggy, yeah, if we win, we stay at #16
honestly the difference between 13 and 16 means little to me
That was an excellent play by Huntley.
Achane the best player on the team with the possible exception of Campbell. 1 and 1a
Sieler right up there
Come on you sumbitches!!! Yes
And it was an inside run.
^
it’s almost like running outside and pitching it back 6 yards is riskier than running it up the middle…lol
After seeing that last stat, Dolphins have to come back and win this one.
Jets have a 2-5 record when leading after 3 quarters which is tied for worst in NFL history.
We have to make them the worst in NFL history!
lol, I just said the same thing
Where’s the safety help?
Oh, never mind, that’s the suckiest position group on the defense.
That should do it
pick number 13!!!!!!
Woohoo!
Go Cards! They are up 33-24 now
Big return, anybody? 😜
Huntley really has been under extreme pressure all day.
Armstead gave up that one.
Julian Hill was wide open
Jonnuuuuuuuuuuu
Still alive…in the game
Good for Jonnu setting the Dolphins TE record with 8 TD’s
Be nice to have that wasted TO
Roast Duck
WTF was Ramsey playing 10 yards off for?!
Wondering same.
Doing just enough to keep us engaged then give up another drive.
Cards up 40-24
Oh well, you can’t turn the ball over 4 times and expect to win the game.
Bye Holland!
^^
I want them to sign F/A Safety Richie Grant in the offseason. Won’t cost that much and is a thumper.
Shocking we only have one time out left with the game in the line.
I fucking hate losing to the Jest.
^^^
perfect ending to this season.
Jets fans wondering where this offense has been all season with Rodgers.
Well, they only get two games a year against us, so…
My exact first thought! 😂
Cards are going to win.
Pick #13 it is!
Not celebrating it though
bbl
MikeE,
You give them too much credit. The only thing Yets fans are wondering is why their lips keep sticking to their beer cans.
Hey!!! Most of my family are Jets fans, with the exception of my nephew who I took under my wing and made him a Dolphins fan. I feel pretty shitty about that. lol
so is my family. Randy is right though.
Changes are in order, in my ‘No Shit Sherlock’ statement of the evening.
Black Monday is tomorrow… we’ll see if Steve Ross is serious about changes…
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
to Ross making changes
LOL, I know!!!
Ross makes changes as often as 🧁
MikeE,
Like I tell all these Minnesotans I live around, all you folks in that NY/NJ area are related somehow! Lol
LOL! I’m not insulted in the least, not only are they Jets fans they’re all Democrats too! 🤣
huge let down of a season
see you guys around draft time
Another average season from an average team.
Let’s not forget to blame Dan Marino for this drag of a season. Laces out.
Tyreek questioning being a Dolphin? Ok. Bye. Idk how you move him with that contract.
https://x.com/OmarKelly/status/1876074760825897169
Ok, retire, and take Tua with you
Pouty ass bitch quitter
@Marcel_LJ
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Mike McDaniel said his “full expectation” is that both he and Chris Grier will return to the Dolphins next season
Bye Tyreek. Didn’t want you here to begin with.
I was excited when I heard he was coming.. last year or so I have seen him quit trying / caring more than utilizing his talents ..
The Flying Pig says: January 5, 2025 at 6:55 pm
honestly the difference between 13 and 16 means little to me
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same here
If Hill truly thought Tua was all that wouldn’t he want to come back and play with him? Sounds like he doesn’t think the future is so bright in Miami…no need for shades…
AVG almost murdered that dude
the guy is just a playmaker
Tyreek Hill didn’t wait long to let everyone he was looking for an exit from the Miami Dolphins.
Minutes after Miami’s season-ending loss to the New York Jets on Sunday, the All-Pro wide receiver indicated to reporters he no longer wants to play for the team that traded for him three seasons ago and gave him a record-breaking $120 million contract.
His words:
thanks for taking any leverage out from underneath us asshole
I get it. Why would you offer a contract to a guy who does nothing but play his heart out in defense. Grier sure did us a solid by bit offering him a contract. 🙄
AVG is who I was referring to in case it wasn’t obvious 😂
Fucking joke
Ty Hill
@cheetah
Love fin nation blessing yall opened doors for the Hill family forever nothing ,but respect and love
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Ty Hill
@cheetah
Love fin nation blessing yall opened doors for the Hill family forever nothing ,but respect and love
Tyreek was probably thinking to himself “C’mon coked up looking white boy, figure shit out so my boy Tua can get me the football, and Not behind or st the LOS”. He never did
Anyone can play QB. 🤣
He’s one of 3 subpar QB’s on this team
Ross just made a statement that Grier and McDaniel will be back.
no surprise there
If that’s the case, something tells me season ticket sales will be down.
Dolphins picks are almost finalized. With the league wide “projected” comp picks we currently sit at picking:
1st – #13
2nd – #48
3rd – #98 and #99
4th – #115
5th – #149 and #157
7th – #224, #231 and #251
Picks #98, #99 and #251 are projected comp picks. I think the comps for Robert Hunt and Deshon Elliott are locks for where they are at, #99 and #251. The comp on Wilkins is up in the air on if the formula will kick it down to a 4th round pick. If so, it will drop from #98 to around #134.
Actually, if Wilkins drops to the 4th, Hunt’s comp will be pick #98.
Seiler finishes the season with 10 sacks.
So excited Grier and MM are back, I mean I can’t wait until next season because they’re bound to have finally figured it out
Welcome back Robert Jones and Eich
I find myself conflicted. I’m rooting for AVG but also rooting for Coach Campbell.
that little play that Detroit just ran for a touchdown is what I’ve been talking about using Achane like. I don’t understand why we never do that.
^^ was just thinking the same thing. I was about to look up to see who the OC for the Lions is. lol
Oh yeah, Ben Johnson!
A former Dolphins position coach who Flores fired when he took over the Dolphins.
BBM,
Crazy to think we had both Flores and Johnson in our building at one time.
Right!
Detroit has answered the bell in big games all season long
Wonder what that’s like 😂
Didn’t happen right away. Now they are there finally. We’re talking decades. Never played in a Super Bowl.
I understand Tua has his warts. But he’s not middle of the road at his best. He’s actually more like top 5. The OL sucks but that has nothing to do with it!
it doesn’t add up does it?
No he’s not. He had one good year, and it was all high yardage, low TDs with a top tier run game and cheating the system to the point the NFL changed the rules. That’s not top 5. He’s solidly in the middle if I’m generous.
Listen to what people say here about the OL then look at Tua’s numbers. His durability is definitely in question, not his skill.
Contradictions all over the place. It’s mind boggling to me.
It’s not all on Tua that he’s a mid-tier QB. A better HC and GM could possibly make him a top 12 QB but there’s lots of very talented QBs in the NFL. He’s not better than a lot of them skill wise. Availability is an important skill in any endeavor, and he lacks that. There are 11 QBs I’d rather have today without question and availability, escapability, versatility all play a part in that. We can’t ignore his load of warts because we have a weak OL.
the greatest ability a player can have is availability
Hmmm….what contradictory information is being put out here, on this blog?
I will stop there. BUT, I’m finding it difficult to see contradictions. FACTS for sure, contradictions are perhaps for those not watching this team and game results.
LOL!
Lol….I guess ONE of the most obvious NONcontradictory observation is that he’s a danger to himself and the organization.
ANYONE who has had brain trauma, and then, not once, but twice, twice, uses his head as a battering ram is not smart enough to play QB. It’s the most protected position in FB. Why would you NOT take advantage of the rules? What a dumbass…lol
Maybe, he’ll take sliding lessons this year! Lol…
Ross:
“As we not look towards 2025, our football operation will continue to be led by Chris Grier and Mike McDaniel with my full support. Their positive working relationship is an asset to the Dolphins, and I believe in the value of stability.
“However, continuity in leadership is not to be confused with an acceptance that status quo is good enough. We will take a hard look at where we have fallen short and make the necessay changes to deliver our ultimate goal of building and sustaining a winning team that competes for championships.”
How about, CG fires his scouting staff and MM fires Crossman? Accountability would be welcomed at some point….close to top…lol
that’s just crazy talk
lol…..
Tyreek isn’t going anywhere, says his 56m dead money
he had no problem running from KC to get paid, now he’s made his bed for another year
bailbondmike
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January 5, 2025 at 8:54 pm
The Flying Pig says: January 5, 2025 at 6:55 pm
honestly the difference between 13 and 16 means little to me
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same here
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if we trade out it’s worth a comp 3rd
Yeah, that would be the main difference. I was thinking talent wise.
like someone is going to pay him 50m to make it worth it for Fins
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/tyreek-hill-hints-he-wants-to-leave-dolphins-top-logical-landing-spots-for-potential-2025-trade-of-star-wr/
If we were to release Tyreek it would be a 56 mil cap hit but a pre 6/1 trade would reduce it to a 28.2 mil dead cap hit and actually clear about 400K in 2025 cap.
Hill would not cost a team trading for him 50 mil. Much less. In fact, a team would have him rather cheap in 2025 then release him and not have to pay him his big bucks in 2026.
Sorry Steve, I was wrong. A team trading for Tyreek would also be on the hook for his 2025 Option Bonus also making the trade either less likely or a lower pick received by the Dolphins. The more of Tyreek’s guaranteed money Miami agrees to pay, the higher the pick they could get for him.
In 5 years…a pretty good sample size…Tua has averaged barely over 3000 yards, 20 TDs and about 8 INTs a season. Hardly top 5 material. Pretty pedestrian for an NFL QB these days. The TDs particularly are just bad. One year doesn’t make a career, and we seem to forget that he had, arguably, the best WR in the league for his best year (still only threw 29 TDs and 14 INTs) and a running game that produced 30+ TDs. It wasn’t just Tua.
He’s not a top 5 QB. He’s probably not a top 10 QB. Again, I’d say he’s a 12-16 type guy. Having one good year in yards and completion % doesn’t mean you’re a high end QB. Ask any of them, they’ll say it’s about scoring points and winning. Tua does neither.
Do folks actually watch other NFL games? There is a whole lot of really bad OL play out there. Tua hasn’t had to deal with anything a lot of other QBs are dealing with. Sam Darnold was getting harassed a ton last night, and Detroit’s defense sucks. OL play is just bad all over….ours included. How’d Dallas’ vaunted OL do? SF? Goff plays behind what is considered to be one of the best OLs in the league, and he’s been sacked 31 times, I think. Hurts has been sacked 38 times behind a top OL. We still need to put some capital and resources into the OL…but I doubt they do it.
I was bummed to see that Paul didn’t look very good yesterday. Maybe swinging over to the right side kinda threw him off, but he looked worse than he had previous.
That is the biggest problem we face with Tua. It doesn’t matter how good your oline play is, your QB has to take some hits to make plays.
Mike talked about it ad nauseum going into the season. Either Tua protects himself at all costs and doesn’t make the plays (see the end of 2023), or he takes risks and can’t play in the biggest games of the season (see every other year).
I don’t really care where Tua sits in the ranking when he’s healthy. How the heck are we ever going to progress in the playoffs with a QB that can’t stay on the field? If people are content just to make the playoffs a few times, and nothing more than that, Tua is your guy.
I was disappointed yesterday. I am 10 times as disappointed today after Ross announced the two bone heads will continue to ruin this team
I had 1 foot out the door this season. I’m going to go ahead and remove the other foot now because there is no hope. This team is dead to me. NFL is out of my life.
It has been nice knowing you guys. Good luck everyone
Think about how much more enjoyable your Sundays are going to be in 2025 when you aren’t watching the Dolphins
Rock – I hear you man, that was a cruel blow dealt to fans who want better. He probably really likes Chris Grier because from all accounts, he’s a really good guy. This, however, is the NFL, and being a good guy doesn’t help you win. Ruthless is good, indomitable is good, but being a nice guy, a good guy, well, that gets you 8-9
Randy – Most times, Tua wouldn’t have the ball long enough to get sacked. That’s by design (his design) so he doesn’t get hit. I see QB’s all around the league trying to keep the play alive and sometimes they get sacked or hit right after they release the ball. Tua does that he misses more time. It’s just ridiculous.
Post mortem has begun. Everyone sees what needs to be done, but Grier backed up a dump truck of money and we are pretty much stuck with most of the skill positions.
The best player on offense is Achane and that should be the focus of any/all changes … not getting Tyreek to 1,000 yds. His contract will keep us from retooling the offense to get even more out of Achane.
GSW suck, A’s moved, Fins same old… all I got left is the Irish. lol.
MikeE,
I know, but I was just trying to be understanding of this idea that Tua’s problems are all just on the OL. 3-4/5 of our OL was backups or 3rd stringers for most of the year but nobody cares. They’re still expected to perform. That’s football.
He’s a B movie actor. Put him in a major motion picture the film bombs. That’s his story as a performer
Look at the brightside. How much over the cap is the team? 11M? More can kicking for unproductive big contracts and fringe players to signed. 2025 here we come!
24.Nick Emmanwori S South Carolina
48.Donovan Jackson OG Ohio State
51.Jihaad Campbell LB Alabama
98.Earnest Greene III OT Georgia
99.Oronde Gadsden II WR Syracuse
115.Kurtis Rourke QB Indiana
158.Bryce Anderson S Texas A&M
225.Alfred Collins DT Texas
230.Nofoafia Tulafono OC Wyoming
251.Marcus Wehr OG Montana State
2026 GB 2nd
2026 TB 6th
2026 DEN 7th
Nice! I don’t know much about Earnest Greene though. I like ILB Campbell. He’s very athletic and versatile, you can do many things with him.
Keep in mind, Orande Gadsden II switched to playing a receiving TE. He is entering the draft as a TE.
Greene is another big OT that might not have the feet to pet out on the edge and would be a good OG
Earnest Greene IIIOTGeorgia
Height: 6 – 4 |Weight: 320 lbs |RAS: N/A
Strengths
At just under 6’4″, with 35″ arms, has an elite blend of natural leverage and length.
Explosive linear mover who flashes high-level accelerative capacity on the attack.
Shows off great quickness and urgency out of his stance and can kick to good depth.
Weaknesses
Despite short-area burst, visibly lacks elite malleability and recovery athleticism.
his arms are too long, we like the alligator arm OL, bonus if they are injury prone and soft
Emmanwori is a freak/stud!
Jets request interview with Mike Greenberg. Not the ESPN Host, Mike Greenberg who is an Assistant GM for the Buccaneers
ER. Actually, Spotrac has us at +9 million in cap for 2025 to start off with. It was higher a week ago but, I believe, Spotrac has factored in 2024 player incentives now and deducted that from the 2025 cap putting us at the 9mil. Player incentives affect the next years cap.
For instance, Armstead just got a 1.685 million playing time incentive bonus for playing over 70% of snaps (72.06%
Seiler got 625K incentive bonus for playing over 65% of snaps and having 7+ sacks, which is well deserved.
Many players didn’t reach their incentives like Ramsey or just don’t have any in their contract like Waddle.
TBH, I wanted the team to win yesterday but wanted Broncos to win also. I didn’t want to see an embarrassing playoff loss at Buffalo in the cold.
@flasportsbuzz
Tyreek – who wasn’t available in the 4th quarter for reasons not explained and then expressed desire to play elsewhere afterward – played just 27 of 70 snaps yesterday. Mostert, curiously, played just 1.
good, less chance he got hurt
Joe Schad is spot on I think:
https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/sports/nfl/dolphins/2025/01/06/miami-dolphins-overreactions-mike-mcdaniel-chris-grier-tyler-huntley/77484474007/
we’re going no where in 2025, might as well get rid of as many top guys as possible, cap allowing
problem is they gave all those guys reworked contracts last year
dead money allowing
2025 Depth Chart
QB
Tua Tagovailoa
RB
De’Von Achane
Jaylen Wright
Raheem Mostert
WR
Jaylen Waddle
Tyreek Hill (Unless he retires)
Malik Washington
Tahj Washington
TE
Jonnu Smith
Durham Smythe
Julian Hill
Tanner Conner
LT
Terron Armstead
Patrick Paul
LG
Nobody
C
Aaron Brewer
Andrew Meyer
RG
Nobody
RT
Austin Jackson
RDE
Zach Sieler
DT/NT
Nobody
LDE
Grayson Murphy (Who???)
ROLB
Bradley Chubb
RILB
Channing Tindall
LOLB
Chop Robinson
Jaelan Phillips
Mo Kamara
RCB
Jalen Ramsey
LCB
Kendall Fuller
Cam Smith
Storm Duck
Ethan Bonner
S
Patrick McMorris
K
Jason Sanders
P
Jake Bailey
LS
Blake Ferguson
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Just look at this roster, it’s pathetic! Filled with holes, uncertainty, and there’s not that many there to begin with! 33 players, but surely at least 5-10 won’t be here. That’s a whole lot of work to do. Not only find 2 starting OG’s, but we need depth too! Armstead is most likely not coming back, Tyreek is a huge question mark right now, although he can’t be traded with a $56M dead cap hit. I’d say only 1 of the TE’s is worth keeping, we need a starting NT/DT, a starting ILB, who knows if Chubb plays for us again.
But yeah, Chris Grier and MM are coming back, because they’ve handled this roster with excellence!
You left off ILB Brooks.
Tyreek’s dead money in a pre 6/1 trade is only 28 mil. A pre 6/1 release would be the 56 mil.
Look Steve, look at what we built!!
looks like the face they made after taking all the best features from the super models faces
if this was Ross going after Vrabel, he’d give Mayo a raise, right after Vrabel turned him down
https://nesn.com/2025/01/nfl-insider-weighs-patriots-chances-in-competitive-mike-vrabel-sweepstakes/
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2 extra million to play with! Maybe we can get a huge contract to keep Poyer too!
For 2025, Hill has a $15.85 million option bonus, a $10 million salary, a $1 million roster bonus, $1.8 million in per-game roster bonuses, and a $100,000 offseason workout bonus. All payments are fully guaranteed, for now. (The per-game roster bonus and offseason workout bonus must be earned, but are guaranteed.)
this adds up to his 2025 cap hit, not sure what other dead money might be involved, but if he wants to leave he could start by wiping the guarantees
“Beyond the fact that receiver Tyreek Hill said Sunday that he wants out, Hill’s apparent refusal to play on Sunday could trigger a contract showdown, which could allow the Dolphins to wipe out his remaining guarantees. It also could allow the Dolphins to pursue partial repayment of more than $24 million in signing bonus and roster bonus money received in 2024.”
Fuck ’em. Wipe out the guarantees, take money back and send him on his way.
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Some of Seiler comments are interesting. Sounds like having your buddy be your coach isn’t exactly a good recipe.
Wonder if the owner and the GM had to be cnosulted on this play call.
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Mike Evans was so close to a massive $3 million incentive bonus.
Evans went into the game needing five receptions and 85 yards to reach that bonus and tie Jerry Rice for an 11th straight 1,000-yard season. Yet, when the Bucs forced a late-game turnover on downs to virtually end the game, it appeared that Evans was going to come up five yards short of that pay day.
Baker Mayfield had other ideas.
In a somewhat risky move during a one-score game, the Bucs lined up for an offensive play instead of kneeling out the clock. The sole purpose was to get Evans his five yards and that bonus, which was exactly what happened.
Miami has 5 turnstiles for an offensive line, a glass jawed QB, a blind GM who can’t add. Doesn’t seem like it will change. I’ll be fishing on Sundays from now on.
OL is indeed where I would focus in the draft.
Tyreek has said over and over he loves the team and loves South Florida. Lets see what he has to say after he has talked with his wife and Drew Rosenhaus.
ER,
It’s just kind of weird. All we hear from ex coaches and ex players on TV is that you have to coddle players now to get anything out of them. You can’t coach them hard or have requirements and rules. It’s actually how our society feels, in general, about parenting, teaching or how we treat young people now. Everyone is special, and we wonder why they feel entitled. It’s an interesting situation that I don’t think I’d like to be in.
That said, it’s really on the players. No way leaders let some of this crap go on. HC doesn’t even matter unless he somehow undercuts the captains. But, again, the World has changed.
NBA went that way first and now it is the NFL. I think the big tipping point is when the players make more than the coaches.
“This is my first time I haven’t been in the playoffs, man.” — but then Tyreek wanted out of the Chiefs as well.
Yes, he did. He was happy here for a bit, but then he had a big season and for some reason we felt compelled to reward him even further. Seems he doesn’t really appreciate that gesture, now does he? Wonder if he still feels Tua’s the best QB he’s played with or is that honeymoon over? I mean the guy had kids with women everywhere, I can see where his loyalty might be an issue.
Think he was happy here untill they started playing two deep safteties on us. That let us go underneath and get the screens to RBs going….. but wasn’t going deep to Tyreek anymore. And having quality like Waddle on the other side might have made it worse for him…. meant more two deep safeties.
stanger,
You’re right, and I don’t see an off ramp.
Guys! We’re in win now mode! We’re trying to win a Super Bowl now, not be successful for a decade. Why are you complaining? /s
Tyreek Hill
Pre 6/1 Trade
2025 Dead Cap: $28,297,500
2025 Savings: $401,250
Post 6/1 Trade
2025 Dead Cap: $12,728,750
2026 Dead Cap: $15,568,750
2025 Savings: $15,970,000
Stanger – Like many have said here. 2 deep safety defense is nothing new, and I think it’s kind of amazing that McD gave in so easily. I can’t even think of any deep shots we took this season. I understand take what the defense is giving you, but we didn’t challenge anyone at all, and needed 10-15 play drives to score. When you don’t run well, that’s a lot of short passing to get there, which leaves you open for mistakes. It’s a lot more than the 2 deep safety play, it’s like we gave up on trying to beat it.
I don’t know if still true, but at one point D’d played 2 deep safties on us more than any team in the league. A guy like Tyreek can’t like that. Stops him from filling his bread basket.
But if you think it more than that, what is it. My top choice is the OL.
I think 🧁 is a schmuck, when you play 2 high safeties we should be able to Tom Brady, nickel and dime them to death with wide open throws
instead 🧁 ran those pitch plays all game long, which all 15 netted about minus 20 yards
D playing tight to LOS, no problem, we’ll throw screen passes right into the teeth of the D
who is the O consultant, that’s supposed to squeeze the 🧁 by the balls, when he does stupid shit?
that guy needs to go too
Randy
I hear you! Don’t get me started about the schools coddling….these kids dip one toe in the real world and just crumble.
Dan Campbell seems to be able to have figured it out. While our coach looks and acts like he’s selling Adderall to college kids out of his Prius
Teams who could afford to trade for Tyreek:
Over 100 mil in 2025 cap: Patriots (131 mil), Raiders (112mil) and Commanders
Over 90 mil in 2025 cap: Lions
Over 80 mil in 2025 cap: Cardinals and Bears
Over 70 mil in 2025 cap: Vikings and Chargers
Terry McLaurin and Tyreek Hill make a dangerous WR duo for Jayden Daniels