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!!!
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Ross said Grier and McDaniel will be back in 2025. So now what?
Now expect us to suck and not be competitive through ’25 and possibly longer. Also, don’t be surprised if Grier dips further into the reserves of ’26 to try and stay relevant in ’25.
What do you think happens now?
Guess right now is to see how the Tyreek situation unfolds. And then comes the draft. We have a pretty good slate.
Maybe MM needs to have Tyreek situation blow up. Perhaps he could learn that they ain’t buddies and his job is to maximize the teams performance, not stroke egos
Anthony Weaver a hot commodity. Saints requested an interview. Now he can go somewhere else and be in the playoffs too, like Vic Fangio
Stanger – Honestly, I think the main culprit for the lack of deep pass plays was the fact that the NFL took away our “cheat motion” where our receivers were in motion and turning upfield although behind the LOS. That took away his ability to get open quick. After that, it would be Tua feeling the necessity to get the ball out quick so he didn’t get hit too often
they still did the cheat motion, but I never saw it called this year
it wasn’t as blatant as last year, still should’ve been calles
They didn’t Steve. I can.show you clips from last season where he was running almost at top speed and going from deep backfield and running towards the LOS. I didn’t see that this season
I’m sorry they took it away from us, but if the league changes the rules cause of something you are doing sounds like it was working.
Hill is a cancer. Was just in remission.
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I think Vrabel would be stupid to go to the jets or cheats, both along with us are toxic, he’s not a first time coach, why should he have to settle for that shit to get a job?
Vrabel nor Campbell come across as genius coaches, what they play is hardnosed old school football, seems to work pretty good
Steve – I’m actually wrong about the cheat motion. Just watching Tyreek Hill’s highlights from ’23, he was just beating guys all over the place, only a few were the motion
Hill looked 10X faster last year, he was just so much more explosive
Mind was elsewhere all season.
Mike, I think we need to get more physical inside on both sides of the ball. I think that would correct a lot of issues. I don’t know what the status will be with Phillips and Chubb, but Chop could become awesome with more seasoning. 😂
We might have to find another DC if Weaver gets a HC job.
We’re likely to move on from Tyreek. I think a big, skilled receiver would be a nice addition to our smaller, quick and fast guys. Jonnu is a good fit at TE.
That’s what I think the offseason should be about.
You got it! 😂
Tim – I’m just beat down man. I think there’s so much to do to get this team to be better I don’t know how they’re going to accomplish it. What they did this past offseason was not confidence inspiring. Now we’re worse off in my view, just so many holes to fill
I hear ya but knowing the regime will remain the same you gotta roll with that. Tua will be the QB but we need a competent backup. Huntley has some skills but he’s not the answer. Skylar isn’t either. I forgot to mention backup QB in my initial post. It’s important because Tua certainly has durability issues.
I don’t think Tua is the issue with beating good teams or winning in cold weather, it’s physically. Most good teams are more physical than others.
The return of Rex would at least make things intresting.
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“Rex Ryan is not only convinced that he’s going to become the next New York Jets head coach, but he’s fully confident that he can rein in quarterback Aaron Rodgers next season.”
“The reason I think I’m going to get it is because I’m the best guy for it. It ain’t close, the thing you have to do is, you have to connect with your football team, you have to connect with your fan base. The way they play, that’s the most important thing.
“It’s not just the X’s and O’s and all that. This [Lions offensive coordinator] Ben Johnson, I love him, I absolutely love him, but I’m a better candidate for this job than he would be.”
Sexy Rexy. Let the foot jokes begin!
I arched my back at that post. Although Ryan is the perfect Heel, the Jets will cross that Bridge when they need to do so. Seems to be the organization’s achilles, is to hire head coaches without a sole.
LOL @ SB7!
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I think the Patriots are a great spot for Vrabel. Therefore, I hope he doesn’t get the job. Pats have 131 million in cap space and a full slate of draft picks. They are going to have a very fast turnaround with the right HC.
Well done SB!! Dolphins have signed CB Jason Maitre to a 2YR contract. I think we’ll be signing a lot of UDFA’s after the draft too. Gotta fill that roster!
He had a good camp
@AaronWilson_NFL
#Dolphins signed Derrick McLendon to a reserve future deal
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He’s an Edge/OLB I believe, 6’4 250.
I’m telling you, the writing is on the wall. Chubb is as good as gone. A designated post 6/1 release.
Though, this guy only had 1.5 sacks at Colorado in 2023 and 7 sacks at FSU before.
@NFLNotify
Jalen Ramsey wrote a book on his Instagram story:
Long story short:
He wants out too.
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They don’t believe in MM anymore.
Oh no, that’s a problem. That shit spreads like wildfire. Only way to stop it is to get rid of MM
Players don’t have any a friend as a coach. They want a leader. Someone who can bind them to a singular purpose.
don’t want
“It’s Gotta Be about the Money” – Rich Eisen on Tyreek Hill’s Unhappiness with the Miami Dolphins
Mike – can you put Ramsey’s post on here?
https://x.com/NFLNotify/status/1876337835617493306
Thanks, very veiled, but yeah it seems like he wants out. Bad sign
Telling….an beautifully stated.
If we move on from Tyreke Hill – which doesn’t seem easy to me given his salary
wouldn’t be crazy to draft Tyler Warren and ply a lot of 2 TE sets with Jonnu and Warren along with 🐧as our deep threat?
maybe we can generate a stronger running game that way?
now you’re talking Piggy!!!!!
Problem is Grier just fuck the team with their contracts last Summer.
Now I’m not the smartest man who ever walked the Earth, but correct me if I’m wrong here. ‘Reek has a fully guaranteed contract in ’25, paid for in full by our Miami Dolphins. That being the case… shouldn’t we get a premium in return (aka: Draft picks)?
I’m seeing/hearing lots of so-called people in the know (LOL) saying we’ll be lucky to get a 3rd-rounder in return, based on the Davante Adams trade to the stej. But the new team who acquires ‘Reek gets his first season for FREE(!), on us. Again, we guaranteed his ’25 $$$.
Yes… I understand ‘Reek’s contract gets ridiculous after ’25. But being we’ve covered the ’25 $$$, doesn’t that count for something? Like a potential 1st rounder via trade? What’s more, the team who trades for him could totally restructure his deal, making it much more palatable for them in the short term.
What do y’all think? Am I wrong here in thinking we should be able to command a (relatively) premium return by trading ‘Reek? It would be so very nice to have another 1st-rounder in the ’25 Draft… hell, even another 2nd-rounder if a 1st-rounder is too rich for a potential trade partner.
Miami would only be on the hook for guaranteed money if they cut him. If they trade him the acquiring team picks up the contract.
Just to rib Mike E (LOL, 😉 )
TUA!!!
2022: led the NFL in passer rating
2023: led the NFL in passing yards
2024: led the NFL in completion % (and I TOLD YA he’d get better in another department!)
2025: will lead the NFL in TD passes… his final frontier
Honestly, I’m not feeling too good about the 2025 prediction! 🙂
sb7mvp
says:
January 6, 2025 at 2:14 am
the greatest ability a player can have is availability
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And that’s why it’s time to draft a QB in ’25. The next hit Tua takes could be his last.
https://dolphinstalk.com/2025/01/apparently-ramsey-wants-out-of-miami-as-well/
Not looking good, my friend. Not at all.
And Steve Ross will keep Chris Grier and Coach McD… Ross should have sold.
I’ll move that had Isaiah Wynn played one more game this season, Achane would have run for over 1,000 yards.
But again, as SB7 wisely stated above, availability is the greatest ability a player can have… granted the player is worthy of playing the game.
Robert Hunt and Liam Eichenberg needn’t be re-signed.
Alright, perhaps as mere backups on the cheap… but if so, PRAY they don’t ever need to start. We know how that turns out.
Hey, maybe Tom Garfinkel, the ever enterprising CEO of the Dolphins steps in and advises Ross that he has to do this (Fire Grier and MM).
LOL M – Robert Hunt should have been re-signed. Jones, not so much. 🙂
M13
I agree with you about trade comp for Hill. I think people saying a 2nd or 3rd are just wrong. Hill was no. 1 on the players top 100 before the season began. So even though Adams and Diggs didn’t retrieve first rounders _ I think hill is perceived to be a better player
and yeah we are paying for year 1 and I think he’s only under contract through 2026….i think, I can’t really tell
but you have to think that whichever teams get close to the conference championships or lose it, might want a playmaker to get over that hump
I think he has a lot of value in a trade
also, for the record, although I’m intrigued about a Hill trade, I think he was just upset after the game and it might be much ado about nada
same with Ramsey
also maybe Adams and diggs didn’t fetch much
but in 2022 AJ Brown was traded for a 1st and a 4th
My Draft Picks
26.
Tyler WarrenTE Penn State
58.
Tate RatledgeOG Georgia
59.
Deone WalkerDT Kentucky
79.
Dani Dennis-SuttonEDGE Penn State
97.
Rod MooreS Michigan
99.
Domani JacksonCB Alabama
102.
Blake MillerOT Clemson
115.
Dillon GabrielQB Oregon
133.
Jaeden RobertsOG Alabama
150.
Cam SkatteboRB Arizona State
251.
Jasheen DavisEDGE Wake Forest
2026 LAR 4th
Is Weaver gonna be the Rooney Rule interview round taker this offseason?
hopefully
If Weaver gets a HC gig, I would jump all over Robert Saleh to replace him.
this
Can we just slide him in for MM instead ??
that’s been my stance, it would have to go something like this from Ross
Ross puts his arm on 🧁 shoulder, being his buddy of course, and says I want you to be part of the Fins for life
I also want Weaver to be a Fin for life, so in order to keep him around we’re going to need to promote him to HC and I need you to be my OC
I’ll still pay you the same and you’ll still be like the HC, but we need Weavs to be in front of the media speaking
that would be nice and we’d get a 2026 comp pick
LOL, maybe we get one anyway if Weaver goes to the Saints or Bears.
Trade Tyreek to Chicago, they have the $$, and it’s where WR go to die
Can’t help but thinking negatively on all these fronts. Tua will be healthy to begin the season. Jaelan Phillips will be healthy to begin the season. Bradley Chubb will be healthy to begin thee season. How long will any of them stay that way? We know the answers and it’s not good!
Jones, Eichenberg and Wynn all need to go, the first 2, because they suck and Wynn, because his unavailability hurts team depth, like Armstead he’ll never play close to a full season and why the cheats sent him packing
I would rather have Wynn there as a backup for either guard position. He will likely hold up for a season as a backup and be a very solid backup.
good point, but these 2 knuckleheads dumb and dumber will have him penciled in to start
so Ramsey wants out too, well you can’t have your cake and eat it too
when he signed and resigned he sold his soul to the devil (salary cap) now he’s stuck on a team he doesn’t want to play for, that can’t trade him, so put your big boy pants on and suck it up buttercup
MM is now 🧁 and Ramsey is 🌼 (buttercup)
need to figure out something for Tyreek, with short man’s complex involved, maybe a seal to show what he looked like in handcuffs game 1
M13/Piggy, Steve said it, I said it and Phelon tried correcting last night. A team does not get Tyreek for free in a trade. They are on the hook for a portion of his guaranteed money.
In a pre 6/1 trade, Dolphins will only be on the hook for the remaining of his signing bonus and restructure bonus through the end of his original contract which totals $28,297,500 in paid in a 2025 cap hit. It would still clear $401,250 in 2025 cap though.
The team trading for Tyreek picks up his base salary, option bonus, *roster bonus, and roster/game bonus. I put * on roster bonus because if Hill is traded before 3/14/25 the Dolphins don’t have to pay it. If traded after 3/14/25, Dolphins have to pay it and it will be added to the $28,297,500 cap hit.
So, a team trading for him would be on the hook for $15,970,00 in 2025.
They say that none of Hill’s $$ is guaranteed after 2025 and he can be released with no money owed by the Dolphins or a team trading for him which is true and false. Right now, on paper, it is true. In reality it is false because on 8/31/2025, Hill’s entire Option Bonus becomes 100% guaranteed. That’s a total Option Bonus of $15,850,000 that the trading team will have to take on at $3,170,000 a year from 2025 through 2029. It’s spread out to include 3 void years, $9,521,000 of dead money that Grier kicked the can down the road on.
Bottom line, a team isn’t going to pay Hill $39,170,000 (cap hit) in 2026 (Miami will be paying the signing and restructure bonuses). So a team will be trading for Hill for the 2025 season will cost them $15,970,000 in 2025 and another $12,680,000 in dead money spread out at $3,170,000 over the next 4 years, 2026 through 2029.
In essence, a team trading for Hill will cost them $28,650,000 for a one year rental.
On one side of the coin, having Tyreek at a cap hit of only $15,970,000 may be enticing to some teams with a lot of cap space, present and future, who can afford the dead money.
They could also work out a restructure/extension with Hill absorbing that dead money.
This would be a great deal for the Commanders to work out.
BTW, Hill’s roster bonus to be paid on 3/14/25 is $1,000,000. If traded after that date, Dolphins cap hit on Tyreek would be $29,297,500, increasing our current cap hit by $598,750.
Also, he would only cost a team a cap hit of $14,970,000 in 2025 then the remaining option bonus spread out over the next 4 years.
And, to make a long post longer:
I can’t remember which media person said it (maybe Joe Schad), but if Tyreek does in fact want out of Miami, the Dolphins could possibly penalize Tyreek for taking himself out of the last game and recoup some of his bonus money’s. Not sure if that is true or not though. It was posted not long after Hill made his comments after the game Sunday.
BBM had too much coffee this morning. lol
If they do designate Chubb a post 6/1 release and resign Bell and Goode, this will be our Edge/OLB group:
Jaelan Phillips *ACL
Chop Robinson
Quinton Bell (RFA)
Cameron Goode (ERFA)
Mohamed Kamara
Grayson Murphy
and the new guy they just signed to a futures deal (meh)
Chubb is also tradeable. He would cost a team roughly 20 million a year over the next 3 years. After 2 ACL reconstructions, I don’t think there would be any takers and a team could get him for much less after released. The number if traded will be the same as released.
PRE-6/1 RELEASE
2025 Dead Cap: $27,386,978
2025 Savings: $1,914,511
POST-6/1 RELEASE
2025 Dead Cap: $9,111,489
2026 Dead Cap: $18,275,489
2025 Savings: $20,190,000
31.Cameron Williams OT Texas
48.Donovan Jackson OG Ohio State
63.Kevin Winston Jr. S Penn State
98.Earnest Greene III OT Georgia
99.Lander Barton LB Utah
115.Jordan Hancock CB Ohio State
150.Theo Wease Jr WR Missouri
158.Lathan Ransom S Ohio State
225.Alfred Collins DT Texas
230.Montorie Foster WR Michigan State
251.DeMonte Capeheart DT Clemson
2026 DET 2nd
2026 DET 3rd
2026 DET 4th
I don’t know anything about OT Williams. Safety Kevin Winston Jr could be a steal for someone. I am not sure what his season ending injury was. Brian or M13 should know. Before the injury he was considered a 1st round pick.
Hancock is a tough DB and can play multiple positions.
I think Ramsey is butt hurt because Weaver didn’t treat him as someone special. Weaver treated him like any other player on the defense. Boohoo
The only way to move Ramsey out would be a post 6/1 trade. It would clear about 5.9 million in cap as Miami would have to pay his 4 mil roster bonus on 3/16/25. Any other way, it would be a huge cap hit.
A team could have Ramsey for a small 5+ million 2025 cap hit but be on the hook for an 18.98 million option bonus due week 1 and spread out over several years.
Grier didn’t stop there. He went crazy with the option bonuses. A team would be stuck with another 8.1 mil option bonus in 2026 and 8.8 mil bonus in 2027 if they want to keep him more than 1 year. That’s roughly 35 mil in Option Bonuses that would be spread out to include 3 void years of 12.3 mil in dead money.
If the team traded for him for a 1 year rental, the only guaranteed left they would have to pay would be the remaining option bonus money spread out over a couple years which would be about 15 mil.
In that scenario Ramsey would cost a team roughly 20 mil but only a 5+ mil cap hit with 15 mil in dead cap (option money) spread over several years.
If they keep him in 2025, Miami has an out clause in 2026 and could release or trade and clear some cap. They would still be stuck with that 15 mil in 2025 option dead money left though.
@flasportsbuzz
Grier will address the state of the franchise today. Because Brandon Shore is adept at cap gymnastics and because there is core of good players here, I would NOT say the outlook is bleak. But the challenge will be remaining in mix for a wild card spot vs. Denver/Chargers/Steelers/Bengals etc. next few years. That seems the ceiling.
Thanks Grier, not
Based on what McDaniel and Grier said recently, not sure Tyreek is going anywhere.
Probably not, was just having fun figuring out the details.
I think Chubb might be the only one to go as a cap casualty, post 6/1 release as it would free up 20 million in cap.
We replaced a Chubb with a Chop already. We could sign several nice players/starters with that 20 mil.
No I was saying the same thing the other day, I think Tyreek just let his emotions get the best of him.
I agree and I said yesterday I think it has to do with MM’s play calling/design. He wants to win and be “the man”. He has to realize with the rise of Achane and addition of Jannu, he doesn’t have to be “the man”.
All they have to is bolster the OL and get batter at TE2. That’s it and this team will be back to scoring a lot of points.
A 100% focused Tyreek, Waddle, Washington, Jannu, Achane, Wright and Mostert is still a very scary offense.
If it doesn’t work in 2025, all the big contracts (Hill and Ramsey) are within “blow it up range” and we can clear their cap.
Grier said they are going to have to invest in the OL because they are getting older? Because Lamm and Armstead are retiring? What a bafoon.
^^ Way to not admit you were WRONG on the OG positions. Goof ball Grier, Lamm was a backup, he already resigned Austin Jackson and drafted Patrick Paul to replace Armstead.
He meant the IOL without saying it so he wouldn’t be admitting he was wrong.
He should be in politics. LOL
Freeing up 20 mil on a Chubb post 6/1 release, they could easily sign a starting vet LG or RG, resign ILB Dodson, sign a young vet safety like Richie Grant and have enough to resign Wynn. Sign them for at least 2 years and keep their 2025 cap hit lower and that 20 mil could go a long way.
Parting ways with Chubb this year will clear 29 million in 2026 cap. Then parting ways with Tyreek after 2025 will clear another 36 million (minimum) in cap. Then parting ways with Ramsey after 2025 will clear another 6.5 million or 18.2 million depending on what route they go.
It’s a 1 more year thing for Grier and MM (for me).
2026 (Chubb 2025), these transactions should happen no matter what success the team has in 2025. That’s potentially an extra 83.2 million in available cap in the 2026 offseason.
We will/could start the 2026 new league year with well over 100 million in available cap if these moves are made after 2025 (minus what they do this off season) and that is without even touching Tua’s contract as it is right now.
If you don’t win after 4 years or show major progress you’re out. The 2024 season regardless of reasons didn’t follow up the 2023 season. If we don’t make the playoffs and/or win a playoff game in 2025, we start over.
Yep, we are set up good for a reset in 2026. That is if Grier doesn’t mess it up too much restructuring to make 2025 cap room.
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We have have signed the following 12 players to reserve/future contracts: -WR Tarik Black -LB William Bradley-King -S Jordan Colbert -DT Neil Farrell -T Ryan Hayes -OL Chasen Hines -LB Dequan Jackson -CB Isaiah Johnson -CB Jason Maitre -T Bayron Matos -LB Derrick McLendon -TE Hayden Rucci
Rucci has the potential to beat out one of Smythe or Julian Hill
The way I look at Grier is he swung for the 3 run homer and struck out. But I don’t think he was trying to mess everything up, he was trying to win. I don’t hold that against him. It didn’t work.
Along with his staff they do seem to find some good talent in multiple ways. But the big money players have not paid off. At least not yet.
2025 is obviously huge for both him and McDaniel. We’ll see if Tua can play another full season.
Yeah, he did swing for the fence. Unfortunately with all the 2023 injuries with many carrying over to 2024 season, losses to FA and not addressing the OG positions, he ended up swinging with a broom stick. 2023 could have been a whole different story.
So far from some stuff I read is only the Bears and Saints are looking to interview Anthony Weaver. There are a lot of candidates this year.
He’s got a big upside. He learned a lot this year.
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LMMFAO!!!!
“If Tyreek Hill actually leaves the Dolphins, that might be the first time he successfully pulled out”
You go Annie!
Jamaree Caldwell, 6’1 340 is an interesting NT. He’s short but has power and can consume blockers. Might be a 7th round option or UDFA pickup. PFN has him as ranked as a late 3rd. No way he goes earlier than 6th, IMO.
If we miss on some of the top DT’s, TJ Sanders 6’5 295, might be a good option to have at 3-4 DE opposite Seiler. Last 2 seasons he has 93 tackles, 17 TFL, 8.5 sacks and 5 PD’s. He won’t last past 2nd round, IMO.
GM Chris Grier & Coach Mike McDaniel meet with the media | Miami Dolphins
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So I turned on the closed captioning to see what some of the reporters were asking, being it’s difficult to hear them at times what with their lack of proximity to the mic.
You want to drive yourself crazy? Try READING Coach McD’s reponses with closed captioning on. Uh… um… I, I, I… and, and… ummm… uhhh… I… You’d swear Barack Obama was talking, SMH.
MM sure sounds soft. Team undisciplined and inmates running the asylum. Maybe he will finally become the coach and not one of the guys.
I think the Miami media/writers asking the questions of Grier and McD today knocked the ball out of the park. From asking about the lack of a legit backup QB to the (lack of) plan at O-Line (ya know, what many of us have been talking about), they truly asked great questions.
And if we’re to take Grier and McD at their word(s) today, we should expect to see solutions. We shall see… WE SHALL SEE.
Grier’s not a good enough GM to be swinging for the fences. He doesn’t know how to build the foundation of a team first and he overpays on damaged goods with cap and draft picks.
Absolutely agreed. Thus, if he’s to change (I’ll believe it when I see it), this should be a ‘meat and potatos’ kind of Draft to reinforce the trenches.
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Ryan Fitzpatrick had some tough words and a warning for team’s interested in his former HC Brian Flores.
Flores has been a “hot name” of late and had success in PIT and MIN as an assistant/coordinator, so people have forgotten how badly it ended in Miami.
Started off rough in the “Tank for Tua” season but half way through there was a shift and he was “likable, relatable, and demanded a lot but was able to get the best version of the players.”
Became “unrecognizable” as his tenure went on. Brought over more staff from New England. Says he will have a tough time finding a former coach under him in Miami to vouch for him as he ‘burned a lot of bridges, alienated himself from his staff, and didn’t have the humility to ask questions and collaborate.’
He became a “dictator”, ruined the relationships he built in the NFL, and his ego grew so big that there wasn’t any room for anyone else.
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That he ran Minkah Fitzpatrick out of Miami should have been the first red flag, IMO.
Think of it… if we still had the now 4x Pro-Bowler and 3x All-Pro, instead of Jevon Holland and a WAY past his prime Jordan Poyer.
We got Austin Jackson in exchange for the trade of Minkah… but are we sure Jackson is all that and then some? I would say NO. Jackson doesn’t suck, but he’s nowhere close to Minkah… who has a HOF trajectory at this point.
In 2022 alone, Minkah had more INTs (6) than Jevon Holland has had in his entire career as a Phin (5).
Tua’s career didn’t take off until Flores was fired.
Flores’ allegations against the Phins organization put another ‘black eye’ on us. Steve Ross sure knows how to pick ’em, doesn’t he?
I swear, our Phins are going to be in ‘purgatory’ until Steve Ross sells the fuckin’ team.
Our record as Steve Ross as the owner? 117-127, since 2009.
Part of hiring a coach is the staff he can bring in, if true above on burning bridges, then not sure he’ll be able to put together a good staff
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It’s tough to build a winner in this league, so much has to fall into place. We barely knock the door of the playoffs every year.
Imagine being the Bills and knocking on the door of the Super Bowl most years, or being a team that finally makes it to the dance to lose it and your team falls apart shortly after and have to recover for 5-10 years like the Panthers seem to do.
On paper, the Lions are doing everything right. They’ve made a lot of good moves with their roster and they’ve got a 2nd tier QB leading the charge. Campbell has the team working well, but can he control himself in a game when he wants to go for it on 4th down or have the right play called up when it’s needed? Who knows, but at least he has his team in the hunt, and the front office is giving him the right ingredients to be successful. We’re like the Bizarro Lions right now.
Exactly!
I’m in Hollywood, windy as fuck, Pacific Palisades is on fire heavy smoke visible before dark
And it’s not as though Steve Ross is a stingy man with his $$$. To his credit, he’s opened his wallet unlike most owners… he gets 100% approval from me in that department, and well deserved!!!
However, he has never been able to hire the right people to run a winning organization, very sadly. His epic chases (including helicopter rides! Oh boy!) have been futile, he’s been caught tampering (costing us valuable early Draft picks), and the Sparano/Ireland debacle still haunts his house.
And ALL of the team drama over the years on his watch are so embarrassing, to say the least.
The guy just needs to sell the team at this point. He’s 84 years old and things aren’t going to get better any sooner under his tenure… thanks to Chris Grier hyper-extending players that either don’t appreciate Mr. Ross, maybe only care about themselves, or are just injury-prone.
Something has to change in order to break this cycle of mediocrity. Not even ONE playoff victory in over TWO decades? WOW…
There are times to swing for the fences and times to go station to station. This team, as it stood, wasn’t built to sustain a run through the playoffs. Grier’s assessment of where this whole team was, coaching development included, and believing it was time to swing for the fences was the real problem. It simply wasn’t. Then, he compounded it by some bad choices and contract signings.
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And injuries. You can’t predict them.
It’s easy from afar to project this or that. Anyone who plays fantasy football knows this. Injuries and bye weeks can destroy your season because it’s so reliant on playmakers. It’s reflective of the league.
No you can’t predict injuries, but you can mitigate their risk. You can also control giving big money or draft picks for people with long or severe injury histories.
Fair enough, I said as much. Not every key injury was big money though. It kind of snow balled. Not sure what to do about that.
The biggest problem with our team is a lack of accountability and cowardice. Ross should have asked Grier why he stated the OL wasn’t an issue when only a moron would believe the OL isn’t critically important to an offense. “As our GM Chris, why do you believe this horseshit?” Grier should be holding MikeY M accountable for shitty play-calling and having no balls. “Mikey, why are the players skipping practices and half-assing out there? If you don’t improve at play-calling, it won’t be your choice next season. Ok?” Mikey should be demanding better out of all his players. “Ty, if you’re late next week, we’ll suddenly find more run plays. Tua, if you miss another game because you’re running headfirst, I’m asking Grier to find a real backup and I’ll stop defending some of the really dumb mistakes you keep making as a 5 year QB like Callahan in TN does. Armstead, can you think of things that could help you last an entire season for the first time in your life?”
We’re past the point these guys can do this successfully because Grier pays the bad actors for being turds and Mikey M’s balls never dropped. Not to mention that Tua’s version of leadership is whining about Flores and wearing sunglasses on the sideline as he watches another season go down the drain. Real QB leadership there. Tyreek and others should have been called out by teammates and that starts with the overpaid leaders in Mikey and Tua.
How do you win playoff games when your coaches and players are soft? Detroit didn’t suddenly bat 100% with all their draft picks and FAs. They had a real coaching staff who molded this into a team with an identity…and they started to win because the plan was good and the coaching was solid. We don’t have that. I don’t see that on our team. And it won’t change because this starts at the top.
‘Nuff said.
Chris Grier and Mike McDaniel gave a press conference today. It was a chain of pointed fingers and excuses, infrequently interrupted by disingenuous statements that took the form, but not the substance, of accountability. No moment exemplified the desperate double-speak quite as vividly as Grier, asked by
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about the team’s failures in the years since a salary cap reset, blaming injuries, briefly contradicting himself with an empty platitude about injuries not being an excuse, and then finishing strong by blaming injuries again with a finger pointed directly at Tua Tagovailoa missing six and a half games as being “the difference”. It was a surreal moment made all the more ridiculous by its coming only minutes after Grier answered a question about whether injuries need to be accounted for better at the roster construction level with casual dismissiveness (“the injury rate in football is a hundred percent”). And if that sounds familiar, it should, as it was the same nose-blind naïveté with which he had infamously answered previous questions (“you guys are more worried than we are”) about the offensive line in past press conferences. Speaking of the offensive line, when asked about the unit, Grier first joked at his surprise the media took as long as it did to ask, then unspooled a meandering, excuse-laden string of rationalizations for both his previous (in)actions and the line’s subsequent underperformance (injuries!). It was a lesson in quantum general management- we are supposed to accept the simultaneous existence of universes where Grier didn’t actually ignore the unit (hello, Aaron Brewer? Patrick Paul? ANDREW MEYER?!), that he “ran it back” for all the right reasons (they had a top offense™ in 2023), and that they know they have to invest in the unit now (and how dare we suggest they wouldn’t know that!). On the backup quarterback position, an area of obvious underperformance for the General Manager as the Dolphins cycled through multiple players who were not even with the team in training camp, the excuses continued to roll in like the tide. It clearly wasn’t Chris Grier’s fault. And again, the excuses had a quantum flavor. Skylar Thompson nearly won a playoff game as a rookie (editor’s note: while playing terribly in the game). Tua Tagovailoa actually stayed healthy in 2023 so they never got a good subsequent look at him. Thompson won the backup job in the Spring. So clearly they were justified in making Skylar Thompson the backup. Except, in the next breath, Grier explains that “we were in on a number of top flight™ backup quarterbacks in the league- we were runner up for a couple of them.” Evidently they didn’t land them because of “financial restraints and compensatory pick stuff.” (???). So they knew they needed a top tier backup quarterback, but they were also justified in concluding that they did NOT need a top tier backup because of their confidence in Skylar Thompson, and at the end of the day they were ambushed by “compensatory pick stuff”. Is that clear, plebs? When Mike McDaniel talks about how he needs to improve as a disciplinarian, which I am sure he believes in earnest, his statements ring hollow in the presence of sarcastic interjections about how fining players has been sufficient at dealing with tardiness on every other team he has been on. It is also weakened by Chris Grier pointing at the players and suggesting they need to police themselves. They may have said the buck on team culture stops with McDaniel, but it sure seemed to get lighter along the way. And when Chris Grier talks tough about how “unacceptable” it is for the team’s star quarterback to take unnecessary hits (editor’s note: at rates which can be shown to be much lower than other quarterbacks in the league), it might help that message to land better if Grier accepted any, any at all, responsibility for habit of constructing rosters full of veterans with massive amounts of tread worn off their tires. It is galling to chalk up the failure of the offensive line to injuries without acknowledging that Terron Armstead has only averaged 11 games in his 12-year career, that his backup Kendall Lamm is somehow even more injury prone and had to be talked out of retirement, that Isaiah Wynn has never stayed healthy either in college or in the pros, or that Austin Jackson has missed 29 games to injury in his short 5-year career. Equally galling is Mike McDaniel blaming a lack of physicality for his offense’s league-worst short yardage efficiency over the last three seasons without any reference to a pattern of questionable, too smart for his own good play calls. And when asked whether he would continue play-calling, he insisted his keeping those duties is not “a self-serving a process,” and that he does it because he is the “best person™” to facilitate it. Listen, we are all aware that at this time of year the fans and media have a bloodlust that is unlikely to be satisfied in a post-mortem press conference, regardless of how Chris Grier and Mike McDaniel approached it. But the point here is that true accountability does not take the form of empty statements followed by, in the very next breath, a laundry list of reasons why nothing was your fault and everything you did (or didn’t do) was the right call at the time. It would have been refreshing to hear an honest accounting of the mistakes made by the people in charge of the franchise. What we got instead was a look at two people who appear to be better surviving than producing playoff wins. PS. Those of us on Scapegoat Watch™ will not have missed Chris Grier’s conspicuous non-sequitur inclusion of the team’s “medical, strength, (and) video” departments in the end of year evaluation.
Oh my….that rivaled Mike E.’s rant! That was fucking awesome!!! Lol!!!
And, on point!!!
It’s a shame that neither Grier or McDaniel feel the need to hold themselves accountable for any of their multiple fuck ups. Basically, everyone else in whatever job they do is, it’s ludicrous that they don’t have to be. Ross obviously doesn’t care to hold them responsible, so why would or should we expect them to do better when there’s never going to be any repercussions if they fail? It’s a lot like Jerry Jones, where he makes a lot of awful decisions, but he owns the team, so he can fuck up whatever he wants but no one can do anything about it. I’d point out that both teams, the Miami Dolphins and the Dallas Cowboys are so similar too. Both are poorly constructed, both paying QB’s who never win the big game for you but put up some gaudy stats against all the teams they should beat. They’re like a mirror image, except one (Jerry Jones) fucks everything up himself, while Stephen Ross allows GM Chris Grier and his hire Mike McDaniel to experiment in the kitchen and and serve up some hideous meals that Stephen Ross is just so happy to eat.
Hey, now Dak Prescott is learning from Tua how to miss games too! He missed more than Tua this season, 8 to Tua’s 6!
Dak also missed 4 games in 2022 and 11 games in 2020. It’s a private game between the 2 to see who can miss the most and still get PAID. lol
Mike E. says:
January 8, 2025 at 7:25 am
‘while Stephen Ross allows GM Chris Grier and his hire Mike McDaniel to experiment in the kitchen and and serve up some hideous meals that Stephen Ross is just so happy to eat’.
Mike – it’s worse than that. He pays for the privilege. You couldn’t make it up.
I read somewhere he’ll give half his accrued wealth away on passing away and leave the Fins to his daughter. I wonder when you have that much, does everything cease to matter?
Mike E,
The Dolphins are the perfect mirror except Jerry does a far better job of accumulating talent and their Mike has won a Superbowl and playoff games. Dallas has had a top-notch OL for most of the last 8-10 years and always drafts good OL. Not us. Trevon Diggs, Demarcus Ware, CeeDee, Parsons, are all top-notch players. Who do we have equivalent that we have drafted? No one. They even picked up a top notch backup QB and built him up to play very well. Our coaches can’t improve a single player. Who has gotten better after Mikey M and his band of merry thieves have trained them? I can’t think of a single person.
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This depicts how the deep ball went from a key component of Dolphins’ offense to a non-factor: Tua completed 32 passes that traveled 20 plus air yards in 2023, tied for third in the league.
This past season? He completed only 9 in 24 tries.
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Dolphins defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver will interview today with the Saints for their vacant head coach position, source tells @NFLonCBS . The interview will be virtual.
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I don’t think it matters much if we lose Weaver. Half the defensive starters will be new to the team. Basically stating over.
What matters is who replaces him and what talent Grier brings in.
Tyleik Williams, Ohio State is a beast in the trenches. He is kind of a freak at 6’3, 327 pounds and projected to run close to a 4.7 forty. He is ranked over 10 sites from #18 to #55. If he runs that fast of a forty, he won’t last to our 2nd round pick. A trade down 5 or 6 spots for more picks and take him would be a nice move.
Miami finished the season with the second oldest roster in the NFL at an average of 28.2yo.
That’s not really a bad thing because 8 of the 14 playoff teams are in the top 20 with an average age of 27yo or older. Vikings have the oldest roster with an average age of 28.3yo.
What matters is who your older players are and their injury history.
This also shows that it takes 2-4 years for most players to develop into starters or quality backups and stick on a roster.
New Age – not comparing the 2 teams down to the bones, but they’re both pretenders, not contenders that have been around the same record the last few years, a QB who can’t win a big game, gets injured too, and basically dueled each other in ’23 to a standstill. Jason Sanders kicked 5 FG’s that day because Tua and MM don’t know how to finish a drive. There are a lot of similarities between these 2 teams
UK – Yeah, I think that’s the problem. He doesn’t even feel the money sting. If he had, he would have thrown those 2 fuckers out on their ass, because the money he’s paying does not equal the play on the field and the quality of the roster.
He doesn’t feel any sting. NFL owners, even of the worst of franchises, make a ton of money at the end of the year.
I’m not a huge fan of PFF’s mock draft simulator, but here’s what I came away with…
https://x.com/MF13SS/status/1877103081336271092
I think BB Mike will like this one…
Nice! Man, they are really down on Jaxson Dart in their rankings.
Thanks! And they also seem to hate Jay Higgins.
Draft Buzz also. I think it’s the projected 40 time. He has great instincts though.
Nothing we don’t already know:
Just to address my mock draft above, I figure we’re going to bring in a stud Guard (think Trey Smith, RG, Chefs*) via FA… hence my not doubling-down on the position early. So if we re-sign Isaiah Wynn… between Wynn, a rook (I chose Charles Grant out of W&M… STUD zone player!), and hopefully bringing Braeden Daniels back, we should be very good on the O-Line.
I wanted to clear that up, being I only took 1 O-Line player in my mock above.
And YES… I’m projecting Charles Grant to become a LG in the NFL.
Savion Williams would provide size and speed on the outside, and would be an insurance plan should ‘Reek force his way out.
Nice, he’s Deebo on steroids!
And y’all have seen me state many times that we’re missing a De’Vante Parker or Mike Gesicki-esque redzone target for Tua. Savion fits the bill.
I like the late day 3 DT C.J. West pick also.
Thanks, we definitely need to find a 1-tech and West fits the bill.
BBM going to be offline until Tuesday. BBM just now scheduled a last minute trip to stay at a mountain top cabin in Gatlinburg so BBM can play in the coming snow storm Friday. Only looking at about 4″ so will still be able to get around. Got one high up though. We will actually be looking across and down at Ober. The hot tub is on a covered (not screened in) back deck overlooking Ober and surrounding area. They have an outdoor TV you can watch from the hot tub. BBM will be drinking a beer in the hot tub watching OSU/Texas and watching the snow come down at the same time. Sweet!
Probably be doing the same for PSU/ND tomorrow night minus the snow. lol
Taking the dogs also who have never seen snow. That will be fun.
Splendid! Enjoy yourself, Brother!
Will do, thanks!
Fun you say? I’m over the snow. All of it. Still snowing now. Has been since Sunday. Not. A. Fan.
LOL, I would say come house sit for me but the beach is no fun when it is supposed to be a high of 48 here on Saturday.
That sounds like a perfect vacation to me
I’ll tip my hat to the masochists on this board for watching college football and scouting players, then running mock drafts only to watch this team not take anyone from those lists.
BBM,
Hell, I’d have let you come up here and use my bucket while I came down and sat on your veranda in the 48 degree weather. The temps are going up. It’s 19 right now. Lucky you! My bucket also doubles as a hot tub…it’s covered too if you put my copy of “Big ‘Uns” over the hole. No need to worry how I keep the water luke warm. 🤫
I watched the presser with CG and MM. Maybe, it was the baseball caps, but their demeanors were unsettling to me.
When CG was talking about Tua’s injury, MM was looking down.
Soft!!!
Herd,
I’m moving out of WV as soon as my schooling is over and my house paid off. Probably 7 years but I’m tired of snow and I’ve seen enough of southern WV the past 40 years. Going south. Seen enough snow for 2 lifetimes!
Where are you in WV?
He’s standing right behind you! lol
Bluefield area
One of my trucks broke down in Princeton WV on Dec 6th .. drivers flew home on 12/26 (unbeknownst to me) they are back there to pick it up tomorrow am finally
Manitoba,
Bad timing for them lol. It’s a mess here.
No snow here! Just wonderful temps in the teens. I hate both the snow and the cold!
I have a coating on my driveway of about an inch, but the roads are clear. It’s cold though, hasn’t been warmer than 30 degrees for a few days now, and it’s been windy so it feels colder.
I’ll take the snow, we just got back to Vegas from So Cal and their fires, black nasty skies and windy as hell
We have beautiful blue, sunny skies and temps in the teens but no snow. For January, I’ll take it.
I really don’t care for all the drama in sports these days. I just want to enjoy the games, root for my team and go from there. I got into sports because I enjoyed watching, playing and competing as a kid. Not because of all the bickering about this and that.
We have no control over who the owner, GM and HC is. I root for the logo. FinsUp!!!
14 F feels like -1 with wind … warmest day in 2 weeks .. back into minuses starting Sunday .. not much snow though.. it was a white Xmas and will be until April Likley .. I’d love to leave it all behind but alas
75 when I left Key West on Monday. Mid to upper 50’s during the day in St Pete. Having to put my USMC cold weather survival training to use!
Sounds pretty rough 😉
Brutal!
Had to put on actual pants and shoes!
I hate that feeling. Was Halloween last day I was not in pants
The struggle is real
Lol @ Phelon
It’s been 30 degrees during the day and teens at night. It’s fucking winter in the northeast. 😂
the wind has been brutal the last two days. Supposed to continue another few days
Yes we’re having a cold spell. Hmmm yes… it’s fucking January!!! 😂
I’ve been sucking at my job lately. My boss asked me why, I told him I’m like the Miami Dolphins, I don’t do well when it’s cold outside. He understood!
Lol!
Brig on the snow and the cold. I enjoy Winter more than Summer.
If only the Dolphins were the same
I hate winter but we’re all different. My wife hates when it’s too hot or too cold so she’s kinda having happy issues lol.
13.Kelvin Banks Jr. OT Texas
48.Kenneth Grant DT Michigan
98.Will Lee III CB Texas A&M
99.Kurtis Rourke QB Indiana
115.Jaishawn Barham LB Michigan
150.Joshua Gray OG Oregon State
158.Lathan Ransom S Ohio State
225.Alfred Collins DT Texas
230.Jack Kelly LB BYU
251.Akili Arnold S USC
I’m beginning to see my ‘man-crush’ Walter Nolen, D-Line, Ole Miss, climb Draft boards already… and just wait till he kills the Combine.
Nolen is an incredible run-defender with explosiveness to get after the passer. Sound like somebody we miss *cough, cough… Christian Wilkins*?
Yessir, Nolen is my darkhorse for us @ R1P13. Ohhh… we also took Wilkins @ R1P13 in ’19, so we know Chris Grier values the position heavily.
Walter Nolen: 6’3″, 305 pounds
Christian Wilkins: 6’3″, 311 pounds
And YES(!), as one can clearly see, Nolen has the frame to add more muscle if necessary. He honestly looks as though he’s playing at 275 pounds, that’s just how quick-twitched and fast he plays.
Additionally, Walter Nolen is PFF College’s #2 rated run-defender of all Defensive Interior players for the ’24 season, only behind Mason Graham. THAT is a FEAT!
Nolen has played all D-Line positions, so there’s positional versatility with him. Now just imagine him playing next to our guy Zach Sieler!
Oh yeah… here’s more on my guy Charles Grant, who I took in the 3rd round of my mock draft yesterday to utilitze as a LG…
Charles Grant | Left Tackle | William & Mary | New England Patriots 2025 NFL Draft | Highlights
He’s another guy who will kill the Combine and come way up on Draft boards afterwards.
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Breaking: Former Georgia QB Carson Beck plans to enter the NCAA transfer portal, @PeteThamel confirmed. Beck originally stated that he planned to enter the NFL draft. On3 first reported Beck’s intentions.
Wise decision by Carson Beck. And hopefully, as advertised, Drew Allar will do the same.
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#Dolphins QB coach Darrell Bevell is in Cleveland today for his OC interview with Kevin Stefanski, source says
let’s go Penn State!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ken’s brother died. Not the doctor but the other one (think he was a teacher, maybe professer). Those of you close to him might want to reach out. I will but over the years have learned am better at offering after all the well wishes have died down.
😥
thanks for sharing
OMG I am so sorry! My prayers are with you and your family Ken
Just came in from the hot tub. I’m drunk and shriveled up. It was cool drinking a beer in the hot tub and watching the game but it is 21 degrees and only stay in there so long
ND has no answer for the PSU defense. Leonard can run but he is not a good passer. ND has to many injuries on the DL to hang in there.
Really good defensive game. Can’t remember last time I saw ND play solid defense. Still PSU has the advantage with the injuries on ND defensive line
PSU has some key guys from early this season on the DL, and two OL starters too. Other guys have stepped up , and the OL is hitting its stride when it counts.