The trio of Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross, GM Chris Grier and Head Coach Mike McDaniel, they are the Miami Dolphins Triumvirate of Failure. Of course it starts at the top with the owner who hired Chris Grier and Mike McDaniel, and then kept them on for at least one more season. The biggest problem is the culture here. It seems Stephen Ross is content with the Miami Dolphins being known as a friendly destination, the players love it here, it’s warm, fuzzy, friendly, almost like being on vacation all year round, and the team plays like it. We have an oft injured QB that wanted a lot of money, and because he had a few concussions, maybe Ross felt guilty and wanted to reimburse Tua for his pain and suffering. Any other franchise would have played Tua on his 5th YR option and have him prove/earn his next contract. Had they done that, well, our team would have looked a lot different. We could have kept some players that we let go, but honestly, the culture would still exist. A change needs to happen here, and I’m not convinced that change can/will happen with Stephen Ross in charge. If he ran this business like his real estate business, Grier and McDaniel would have been gone already, but Ross doesn’t seem bothered by any of this.
Right now, we have a friendly, amicable Head Coach supposedly loved by his players. Love does not equal respect. I’d love to hear what DT Calais Campbell really thinks of Mike McDaniel, and how he runs this team. He’s been around a few different coaches, he played in Baltimore for HC John Harbaugh, he played for HC Doug Marrone in Jacksonville where he really flourished (the team, not so much), he played in Arizona for HC Bruce Arians, and most recently, before he came to Miami he played for HC Arthur Smith in Atlanta. I’d love to know how he feels about the friendly vacation like atmosphere here in Miami, if he thinks that breeds a winning atmosphere. Well, we all know we have Grier and McDaniel this season and that’s the way it is, but it doesn’t hurt to look down the road. I really believe that this team needs a huge culture change. We need a leader of men, one that is respected, feared and revered, and it’s totally unnecessary whether they are liked. Don Shula was such a coach. He couldn’t give a rats ass whether you liked him, but you damn well had better do your job or he’d have your head on a platter. I know some feel that type of attitude has gone by the wayside, but I don’t.
LA Chargers Head Coach Jim Harbaugh just came back to the NFL after a 10 year absence. One season back, and he made a huge difference. As many of you know here, I wanted Jim Harbaugh here years ago. He’s a disciplinarian, a no nonsense, hot tempered, respected Head Coach, a Head Coach that wins! In 5 seasons, 4 with the 49ers, and last season with the LA Chargers (Who were 5-11 in ’23), Harbaugh’s NFL record is an astounding 55-25, good for a .685 winning %. He’s a no nonsense, old school guy. I tell you what to do, we win, and things are good, you don’t do as I say, you sit or get cut. Our team so desperately needs that, it would be the logical change from our “Club Miami” vacation getaway atmosphere. When multiple players who were here sound off saying we’re soft” and players who played on other teams come here and say “we always knew if he got on them they’d fold”, you can frigging believe it’s true.
All I can hope as a Dolphins fan now is that Chris Grier/Mike McDaniel do nothing further to make this team worse, meaning trading away future picks, mortgaging the future cap by restructuring players who should be gone when you can cut or trade them like WR Tyreek Hill, DE Bradley Chubb, and QB Tua Tagovailoa. You DON’T TOUCH THOSE CONTRACTS!!! I also don’t want them spending desperately and foolishly in Free Agency to try and win enough this season to keep their jobs. I pray they leave this team in decent enough shape for the next regime so that they can quickly rebuild and bring winning and respect back to Miami.
I feel the QB and the team have adopted the same personality. There are so many fans I have interacted with here, and on Twitter that feel like QB Tua Tagovailoa is a good enough QB to win with, and he deserved his big contract. Just look around the NFL right now, and you’ll see QB’s winning who were just drafted, and these guys are not softies who must remain protected behind an All-Pro offensive line. These guys are athletes who can throw the ball, and can take it and run if necessary, and get back up and play, not taken off the field on a stretcher. QB Bo Nix (RD 1 #12) is one of those guys. Jayden Daniels (RD 1 #2) is another. Drake Maye (RD1 #3) is another. In last year’s draft, CJ Stroud (RD1 #2) has had some ups and downs, but CJ Stroud has won 2 playoff games already, and the New England Patriots have tons of cap space to build a nice team around their QB Drake Maye. Bo Nix who was not very highly regarded played very well this season and showed a lot of potential. The point is, we need to aim higher here fans, don’t settle, try to be better! Tua is not the answer. We made a tremendous mistake paying him like an elite QB. Not that ESPN’s QBR is the end all, but it gives you a good idea how a QB performs all around, and although some of you here think Tua is a Top 10 QB, in ESPN’s QBR system, he’s 16th. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2024/passing.htm#passing::qbr. They got a HC to come here and put on a cheerleader outfit and grab some pom poms and be QB Tua Tagovailoa’s personal cheerleader. I guess they felt bad about the meany Brian Flores who treated him like any other player. I remember thinking Flores was a dick for that, and he might be, but he was more right than I thought. I think Tua needs tough love, not unconditional love. I think the whole damn team needs that. Enough of this love-fest bullshit, it doesn’t work in the NFL.
I know some of you here still feel QB Tua Tagovailoa is good enough to take this team all the way. If we can get Tua an All-Pro offensive line, and a great defense, we can do it, I know it! I know otherwise. We don’t have the financial capability to get us an All Pro O-line, and the guys drafting also seem incapable of such wizardry. If you look at the NFL Championship Round, you’ll see that each team features a QB with athletic ability and durability. They can all not only pass the football but rush the ball effectively when necessary. The Bills Josh Allen, the Chiefs Patrick Mahomes, the Eagles Jalen Hurts and the Commanders Jayden Daniels. This is what works in the NFL. I look at Tua, and I just get angry. He’ll never be that QB because if it’s necessary, he can make that play once, and then he’ll be taken off the field on a stretcher or a cart. It’s not me being facetious, this is what it is. Every team needs their QB to make plays outside the pocket, a TD run here. a first down there, and not get injured. Instead, we’re going to try and build a wall for our QB to stand behind and hope he doesn’t get hit, ever. We know how that ends, and it doesn’t end well. So again, my hopes for ’25 are our GM doesn’t screw the future cap for our team for the next few years, and maybe we have a good enough draft and Free Agency without overpaying anyone to make this team a preferable destination for a legit GM and Head Coach as well. Softies need not apply!
Finsmob Unleashed 
BBM I would add Malaki Starks S Georgia if he were to slide down
I think Starks will be there at #13 though I am not sure I take him there. The top 5 safeties are all solid, IMO. If Carter, Banks, Campbell and Warren are off the board at #13, I’m trading down.
19.Tyler Warren TE Penn State
48.Deone Walker DT Kentucky
53.Aireontae Ersery OT Minnesota
98.Jaylen Reed S Penn State
115.Lander Barton LB Utah
135.Dillon Gabriel QB Oregon
151.Theo Wease Jr WR Missouri
156.Miles Frazier OG LSU
228.Nofoafia Tulafono OC Wyoming
233.oey Slackman DT Florida
252.Duce Chestnut CB Syracuse
Any chance you can convince Steve Ross to let you make our picks for this draft?
I’m at best around 50%
Let BBM take it!
Honestly, I’d take either one of you over Grier/MM. No kidding!
Another nice one. I do have some worries about DT Deone Walker. Mainly stamina as he seems to take plays off or if the play goes the other way he stops or half asses his pursuit. That’s what I have read. I didn’t watch much Kentucky football.
Raiders hire Pete Carroll as HC
Abdul Carter 6’3, 259 pounds is Just like Parsons, IMO. He is a defensive chess piece who can disrupt from anywhere. He could be that big ILB we have been looking for.
His first 2 seasons playing ILB he still had 11 sacks, 3 FF, 1 INT and 9 PD’s. He did play ILB but PSU moved him around and he was affective from everywhere.
At his size, he has already ran a 4.48 forty. He would be the Josh Allen equalizer at ILB.
This is 2023 playing ILB and some off the edge.
I think collectively we, not any one blogster, could do better than Grier in the draft. That’s just using self proclaimed scouts on youtube as our scouts. LOL
Ryder does seem very knowledgeable. Much more than I anyway.
Got to get ready for work. Sucks, even though I only work 3 days a week. LOL
I still get a crazy feeling when I walk by the window 3 days after the snow storm and see my front yard (which faces North) with 3″ of snow still on the ground. There are even long stretches of road still with hard packed snow and ice. Melting fast today though.
BBM,
I always wonder what really goes on in FOs and between teams and the league…or maybe just in a GM’s head….because all the draft lists that people put up here for decades NEVER get close to the actual full draft. The ones here are always better. How is that possible? Lol
I know right! If WE were in charge of free agency and the draft last year, we would of had a kick ass OL for sure (prior to any injuries).
We also would still have our 2025 3rd (pick #79) and not traded it for a 2024 4th round pick. We wouldn’t of had RB Wright but we would of had RB Ali Rasheen I mocked to us on day 3.
Actually, we could have not traded that 2025 3rd and drafted RB Tyrone Tracy in the 5th who made the All-Rookie team for the Giants, 839 yards rushing 284 rec and 6 TD’s instead of drafting an Edge who barely saw the field.
Rasheen Ali, lol
Mike E,
Good write, and I realize where you’re coming from. However, I must disagree with ya on one point… that being we need an All-Pro O-Line to protect Tua.
We need a LEGIT enough O-Line that can keep the QB clean (Tua gets rid of the ball faster than any QB in the NFL), but equally or perhaps even more important, to pave the way for the running game.
Opposing teams dared us to run on them last season and we flopped. 2-deep Safeties almost all season long, and our YPC actually fell through the floor compared to ’23: that is unimaginable while Mostert, Achane and company didn’t suddenly forget how to run the football.
It’s simple Xs and Os. If your running game is killing it, they have to bring a Safety down into the box to reinforce the run-defense. They bring that Safety down into the box, and Tua is going to EAT all day throwing it to our receivers… as demonstrated in ’22 and ’23.
But to your greater point, our “Triumvirate of Failure” decided to go CHEAP on the O-Line at the Guard positions (due to the massively bloated contracts he’d handed out to certain skill players). Grief even joked how fans are more concerned about our O-Line than he is… and it came back to bite him right in his keister.
His foolishness is infuriating in this matter. This matter of going cheap on the O-Line is something every single Phins fan witnessed in the Saban years (’05 and ’06): stacked at the skill positions with Pro-Bowlers, but we couldn’t run and we couldn’t pass due to a WEAK-ASS O-Line.
I realize your frustrations with giving Tua the extension (and for more than one reason), but the O-Line needs to be fixed for both our running game and passing game… not just solely for protecting Tua, which really wasn’t an issue (again, he gets it out fast). Tua needs to be protected from himself trying to be Superman, which at least Grief addressed in his exit-presser… rightfully or wrongfully, as he tried his best to deflect blame.
That’s a problem though. Tua gets it out fast when we aren’t throwing deep. We need a almost a top 10 OL.
We would have had close to that if we had drafted Graham Barton and signed FA OG Risner last year.
Agreed.
Jaguars hire Buccaneers offensive coordinator Liam Coen as new head coach
Dolphins OL Coach Lemuel Jeanpierre will be one of the O-line coaches for the National Team in the 2025 Senior Bowl. That should be a good thing since we’ll absolutely be drafting some O-line
BBM,
Yes, I realized earlier in the week that Braeden Daniels is signed with us through ’25. That’s good!
Texans firing OC Bobby Slowik after two seasons
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I thought their defense was their problem
It was a totally unnecessary firing. Slowik has been phenominal for CJ Stoud.
*phenomenal
M – The O-line wasn’t awful in 2023 though, and it was mainly the same guys. The problem was Jones was exposed playing more time, and Isaiah Wynn only played in 6 games, starting 3. Jackson got hurt after 8, and that was that. C’mon, whatever you feel about Tua, you know if he gets hit, he’s hurt. How many times do you have to see it to believe it. He can “eat” like you said against weak teams, but every time we play a good team he’s a different QB. It’s just the way it is, and expecting it to be different after all this time is insanity in my opinion.
Sorry, my Brother… I disagree with ya on Tua.
I DO agree with ya on one thing regarding Tua, though: next hit he takes could be his last. That’s why it’s so important to sign a legit backup (my guy is Marcus Mariota) and draft a QB for the future (my guy is Gabriel Dillon).
M – One more thing, getting the ball out fast is great, if someone is open. The larger problem is what he does when they aren’t. This offense just gets shut down as everything is 2-5 yard passes, he’ll never hold the ball long enough for someone to get open. Do you disagree with me? He’s the worst at extending plays because he’s protecting himself. Can’t win against better teams like that
Oh, I agree with ya on that, man! But then again, get rid of the 2-deep Safeties, and there’s going to be somebody open.
It begins with fixing the O-Line so that we can run again. Make Miami Run Again!
We need to be a tougher team, and running the ball in between the tackles needs to be a thing we do well. Look, I might be wrong. If the run game becomes a thing we can count on both inside and outside, who knows, it might make a huge difference in the pass game. I have to see it to believe it.
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Mike E,
Here’s another one for ya, regarding the “Triumvirate of Failure”. Isn’t Mike McDaniel the mastermind of running games? What happened, Coach McD?!!
Exactly, but he’s over his head running the whole show. It happens, a lot of guys are. Robert Saleh will be back as 49ers DC next season, he signed today
Reporter: Coach McD, what happened to your running game last season? Aren’t you a highly decorated run-game coordinator?
McD: Well… uh… umm… I… ya know… umm… it’s like… uh… well it… uh… umm… we thought that… uh… umm…
M – Did you see my comment about Lemuel Jeanpierre?
Yes, I did. That is a positive thing for us!
I think it’s pretty big. Being around all those guys, and seeing the other team as well is a nice thing for us. I’d be surprised if we don’t end up with a player that plays in the Senior Bowl
I’m going to reiterate. Just because the Guard positions are so very important to address does not equate to needing to take one in the 1st round. We run a very specific Offense that requires very specific traits. If the shoe doesn’t fit, don’t over-draft for the sake of filling the position.
That’s the quickest way to get a GM (and a HC) fired. That stated, I’m sure many are hoping we over-draft a Guard! LOL
All we need to do is to sign a solid FA Guard (there are 4 available… sign the best for our OBS) and draft a solid Guard. Bring Isaiah Wynn back on the cheap, and we’ve got Braeden Daniels signed through ’25.
It’s gravy to me, but these things must be done.
One more thing regarding our ZBS (or OZS). We needn’t sign via FA nor draft the fleetest-of-foot players at Guard position… we just need them to be able to move enough when necessary.
We need some BEEF at the Guard positions for the inevitable man-to-man sits in goal line and short yardage sits. Thus, we don’t want to draft a guy who’s so fleet on his feet he can’t move defenders.
It’s time to bring some BEEF to the Guard positions.
ESPECIALLY being Center Aaron Brewer isn’t a a snow-plow. We need to reinforce his weakness, just make sure they can move when necessary as a ZBS Guard.
@AdamSchefter
Saints have completed an in person interview with Anthony Weaver for their head coach position.
Yep, I knew it wasn’t over yet.
I’m hoping was cause of the Rooney Rule. Would love to keep him.
@TomPelissero
The #Dolphins are hiring Robert Prince as their receivers coach, per source. An experienced addition to Mike McDaniel’s staff.
Never heard of him. lol
Would you guys rather keep Anthony Weaver or get the compensatory picks for losing him? I’m fine either way. If I’m right about our team, I think this whole staff will be gone next season anyway, so . . .
Same, either way.
I’d take a flyer on him as HC in 2026, when the 🧁 is gone
Makes more sense.
“Prince has coached the Cowboys wide receivers since 2022 and was in Detroit with current Dolphins QB coach/pass game coordinator Darrell Bevell from 2019-20”
Been in the NFL coaching circle since 2004.
With Pete Carroll now of the Raiders, will Russell Wilson be headed to Vegas?
Possibly!
I’d really thought Deion was going to get the LV gig, in order to draft his kid Shedeur. So if Deion gets the Dallas HC vacancy, he’s got no shot of drafting his kid, barring a monumental trade-up.
To be honest, I have no idea if Deion even tried to get the LV gig. I thin
I think it’s Dallas or bust for him.
I hadn’t heard about Carroll, at 74 he’s done
If we miss on Savion Williams, a big 7th round WR prospect to think about is Bru McCoy, 6’3 230, 4.5 forty. He’s just needs to get better at route running.
Hill heavily hinted at wanting to leave the team. He said that while he has enjoyed his time in Miami, he has “to do what’s best” for him, his family and his career, at one point saying, “I’m out.”
I love this quote by 🐆💩 like it’s up to him, other than just quiting
Fuck ’em! He knows this team isn’t going anywhere, and $30M isn’t enough to make it tolerable.
He may have openly quit on the team week 17 , but there were numerous games this year where he had checked out mentally and wasn’t even trying ….
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It all goes back to the 🧁 lack of accountability
when a baseball pitcher is wild the D behind him if often out of touch on each pitch, which leads to bad D with errors
same thing with Hill, they aren’t throwing to him, so he’s not putting out the effort, that makes him great
he’s knows that and the frustration maxed out against the jets causing him to react as he did
I’d like to have been a fly on the wall for his meeting with 🧁
@AdamSchefter
Cowboys are hiring offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer as their new head coach, Jerrry Jones tells ESPN.
I could tolerate a lot for 30M
it’s not about the money for Hill, he wants to be the guy
he puts a lot of effort/training into his craft and to be disregarded like he was this year, because of an incompetent HC is hard to take
Thank you, Mike E.!
It’s going to be a long off-season watching this train wreck unfold in slow motion…lol.
I hope not but could be. Best thing is to expect a train wreck that way, if they do any better, we will feel a little better. lol
the opposite happened this year leaving us feeling like we are
kinda like how Hill feels to a lower extent
Grier as bad as he’s been wasn’t close to what cupcake did
I hate that this came to light, now I’ll care how the off-season goes
https://phinphanatic.com/perfect-way-dolphins-handle-tyreek-hill-situation
I love this airline seat swapping story
https://people.com/plane-passenger-teaches-fellow-traveler-a-seat-swapping-lesson-8778810
Miami Dophins QB Coach Parks Frazier is the Offesive Coordinator for the East team in the East West Shrine Bowl. Offensive players he will be working with (I put ones of higher interest in Bold):
QB Kyle McCord Syracuse, QB Cam Miller ND State, QB Payton Thorne Auburn
WR Nick Nash SJ State, WR Keandre Lambert-Smith Auburn, WR Ja’Corey Brooks Louisville, WR Dont’e Thornton Tennessee, WR Dominic Lovett Georgia, WR Kaden Prather Maryland, WR Isaiah Neyor Nebraska, WR Theo Wease Missouri, WR Jackson Meeks Syracuse, WR Efton Chism III Eastern Washington
TE Rivaldo Fairweather Auburn, TE Orande Gadsden Jr Syracuse, TE Ben Yurosek Georgia, TE Joshua Simon South Carolina, TE Mitchell Evans ND
RB Montrell Johnson Florida, RB Jacorey Croskey-Merritt Arizona, RB Raheim Sanders South Carolina
OT Jordan Williams Georgia Tech, IOL Thomas Perry Middleberry, IOL Joshua Gray Oregon State, IOL Joe Huber Wisconsin, OT Gerad Christian-Lichtenhan Oregon State, OT Dalton Cooper Oklahoma State, IOL Aiden Williams Minnesota Duluth, OT Xavier Truss Georgia, IOL Tyler Cooper Minnesota, OT Esa Pole Washington State, OT Bryce Cabeldue Kansas, IOL Gareth Warren Lindenwood
lambert smith is a former Nittany Lion
Saw that. Read he had a rift with the coach and entered the transfer portal to Auburn.
He’s got some speed.
Joe Schad
@schadjoe
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@Brittbabi
, Tyreek Hill says comments were from frustration, believes team needs “motha f*ckin’ dawgs”
then be a fucking dawg, and don’t quit on the team
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he is a dawg, if you let him be one
the clueless 🧁 is on notice, several vented their frustration with his soft approach
he needs to use the Oklahoma drill in camp, then say you mutha fuckas think I’m soft…
I’ll show you soft 💩
Not listing all the defensive players on the east team, just the ones I have interest in.
Defensive players on the East team Parks Frazier will get a closeup on:
CB Cobee Bryant Kansas, CB Shavon Revel East Carolina
LB Chris Paul Jr Ole Miss, LB Jamon Dumas-Johnson Kentucky, LB Francisco Mauigoa Miami
EDGE Fadil Diggs Syacuse, EDGE Johnny Walker Missouri, EDGE Antwan Powell-Ryland Virginia Tech, EDGE Que Robinson Alabama, EDGE Tyler Baron Miami
IDL Kenneth Grant Michigan, IDL Nazir Stackhouse Georgia, IDL Tonka Hemingway South Carolina, IDL JJ Pegues Ole Miss
These are some good under the radar Edge players for 5th to 7th round.
Tyreek wants change, the 🧁 better deliver or he’s going to be out
@OmarKelly
I’m absolutely with Tyreek, “add some mother(bleeping) dogs to this b!tch.”
@schadjoe
Daniel Jeremiah also mocks Texas OT/OG Kelvin Banks to the Miami Dolphins at 13 in his mock 1.0
Miami Dolphins’ offense, Tua Tagovailoa, compared to NFL’s final four
Alabama at FSU to kick off the 2025 College season
Draft Picks
32.
Tyler WarrenTE Penn State
48.
Deone WalkerDT Kentucky
58.
Aireontae ErseryOT Minnesota
84.
Tate RatledgeOG Georgia
96.
Jaylen ReedS Penn State
98.
Carson SchwesingerLB UCLA
135.
Ty RobinsonDT Nebraska
156.
Jake MajorsC Texas
167.
Corey KinerRB Cincinnati
226.
Ty HamiltonDT Ohio State
252.
De’Rickey WrightS Vanderbilt
Is Hill still here?
Lol…right?
Ya know…the word that comes to my mind whenever I hear any player say something like; “We need better players?” Weak.
You’re basically calling out all your teammates…but not being specific…after you got paid and did nothing. Yeah, that is some outstanding leadership. Works every time.
it may be weak, but at least he’s talking like he’s still a Fin
I know, who cares
it’s better than paying 30m for a player who isn’t going to put any effort in
I don’t want to draft a G at #13. That’s too high for one IMO
I know that is tough for me to do also
we can draft an OT like Campbell or Banks and play them an OG for a year
I don’t know why the long terms future of Austin Jackson is
it is January 25 and so far this year Pensacola Florida has gotten more snow than Kirkwood ski resort, Mammoth Mountain ski resort and heavenly ski resort in the California Sierra mountains.
According to Bleacher Report – Will Campbell is a prime candidate to move inside
https://syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/10135831-will-campbell-nfl-draft-2025-scouting-report-for-lsu-iol.amp.html
Quite a few of the top OT’s are projected to move inside.
Same with Kelvin Banks.
Brian in NY
says:
January 25, 2025 at 4:52 pm
I don’t want to draft a G at #13. That’s too high for one IMO
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I concur, unless the guy has Zack Martin or Quenton Nelson ability… and I’m not sure either of Will Campbell or Kelvin Banks will be a Martin or Nelson.
I’d rather trade down and get the best 3-down DT possible to replace Christian Wilkins two years later (*ahem*, Walter Nolen, IMO) and Calais Campbell, should he retire or go elsewhere this season.
But hey, that’s just me.
And unless one’s name is Dontari Poe, there’s no way I’m spending a 1st rounder on a 330+ pound DT who probably won’t be able to be 3-down DT due to weight and stamina concerns.
Sorry, but I wouldn’t touch Kenneth Grant in the 1st round for that very rationale… unless he’s a close relative of Dontari Poe.
Most of my mocks I am able to get Grant in the 2nd round. Only DT’s I prefer to take in the 1st are Mason Graham or Nolen.
Dont’e Thornton is a big WR option who should be there in late 4th or early 5th. He’s 6’5, 214 pounds and runs a projected 4.43. Wish he were better at breaking a tackle or two though.
He is one of the WR’s Dolphins QB’s coach Parks Frazier will be coaching in the East West Shrine Bowl.
I sure wish we could land Savion Williams though he’s climbing draft boards.
bailbondmike
says:
January 25, 2025 at 5:07 pm
it is January 25 and so far this year Pensacola Florida has gotten more snow than Kirkwood ski resort, Mammoth Mountain ski resort and heavenly ski resort in the California Sierra mountains.
wow! You’ve had over 111″ of snow, who knew
I took this year to mean season, I see you did one of those Omar projections
lol
It will no longer be true after tonight. They are finally getting rain and snow in CA.
go bills
Blahhhh, that tasted bad even in lower case and no exclamation point. lol
I don’t want to be associated with that post, fuck the bills
lol
KC has gotten their share of calls and then some in recent years, I don’t expect them to get the calls/non-calls tonight
bills have been getting more than their share too this year, especially last week
that should tell you who I expect to win, unless…wide right
I expect Weaver to be the next Saints head coach
he doesn’t bring any unique skills, but he’s that tough guy coach we can use, coming off of the cupcake debacle of 2024
there’s others like him, he’s not a once a decade coach
new approach should be an HC with experience
Half our starting defense will be new. Then, Phillips is coming off his second major injury/surgery same with Chubb if not released. CB Fuller is scared of getting another concussion.
I don’t think it will matter if our DC is Weaver or a new guy.
That said, Weaver has some stiff competition for that HC spot in McCarthy and Kellen Moore. I’m not really expecting Weaver to get the Saints job, but it could happen.
Weaver did his 2nd interview on Friday
typically that’s one of those don’t let him leave the building chances
but the saints appear to be waiting
and my guess is that’s bc Kliff Kingsbury is not doing interviews while the commanders are in the postseason
I think Kingsbury is their top target
Could be
The draftaholic in BBM hopes we lose Weaver for the Saints HC job just for the 2026 comp picks.
I like that Ryder has the same thinking as many of us in getting a big bodied WR on day 3 of the draft. I think I did a mock draft not long ago selecting WR Kaden Prather when Savion Williams was off the board. He would be a good day 3 pick.
Prather is also on the East team in the Shrine Bowl who Parks Frazier will be coaching as OC.
WR Ricky White III, UNLV, 6’1 190 is another day 3 prospect.
If Weaver is the Saints Head Coach, do we get the picks this season, or next season?
next
Even better. Pretty sure it won’t be Grier/MM fucking those picks up
Just saw the Progressive car insurance commercial with Case Keenum. I know instantly this is M’s favorite commercial. 🤣
Commanders, made the playoffs by having a weak schedule. It’s showing. Sound familiar
maybe, but they’ve got a good team, with a QB, that plays like a 10 yr quality vet and makes those around him better
Bringing in average players, as has been the Dolphins’ unintended practice for at least the last few years, is not working.
it’s not the players being brought in per se
it’s the type of players, and how 🧁 is coaching/using them
arguments for Grier
look at tge rosters of the top teams, they have a handful of players that get it done, when it matters and the rest of the team is guys that compliment the main guys
at the top of the list for those teams is a QB who can get it done. You can’t win consistently in this league without one. Impossible in today’s NFL.
Agreed Bri, I’ll say it a billion times until people realize how much of a problem that is. It’s compounded by the fact that we’re paying him like he’s a top 5 QB, when he’s more like 15
Looks like the QB who got benched for Tua is going to the SB
Philly looks really good
BBM,
Philly has built their team the right way- through the OL and DL. Additional, they don’t trade for players and give away high draft picks. Conversely, they get Devonte Smith and a first rounder for trading down six spots to a team that chose a comparable WR.
Yep, and I wanted Devonta Smith that draft
Michael Dieter (former Dolphins C) in for Tyler Biadasz
the more I watch the playoffs and see how these teams are built, the angrier I get that Grier is still running this team.
^^^^^
He has ignored my/our free agent desires and mock drafts for way too long. Lol
😂
DRAFT TYLER WARREN!!!!!!!!!!!
dammit. Allen should have been picked twice
Watched the game with a bunch of eagles fans at a resort sports bar in XCaret Mexico …. Was a lotta fun ,,, this game dont care Fly Eagles Fly
been there it’s a cool place
did you snorkel thru the caves
Mike E.
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January 26, 2025 at 5:05 pm
Just saw the Progressive car insurance commercial with Case Keenum. I know instantly this is M’s favorite commercial
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I have yet to see it, but I’ll be looking for it! Thanks for the heads up!
It’s been on for quite a while And always brings a smile , and your name to my mind
LOL 😀
I can’t root for either of these teams to win, but I do want to see a hard-fought and entertaining game. I’m an Eaglets fan from here on out.
Manitoba,
How have the temps been in the North, man? We just came out of a cold snap with lows around -5.
watching Mahomes tonight he’s already gone to his other gear
the great ones have another gear, Tua is a 1970’s 1 speed
He just banged his gears trying to upshift… LOL 😉
That DB will be back by second half. Bills are known for clearing players from concussion protocol quickly.
Curious how once Dalvin Cook faded, his brother James Cook rose.
@RossDellenger
Ohio State DC Jim Knowles is expected to become the new defensive coordinator at Penn State, sources tell @YahooSports. The two sides are in the process of finalizing an agreement.
INTERESTING… thanks for sharing, Bro!
@BryanDFischer
Told by a source that Jim Knowles deal with PSU will indeed put him over $3 million a year to make him the highest paid coordinator in CFB. Potential bonuses each season could take the three year deal into eight figure territory.
I read that earlier. That a huge get.
Yessir! Lovin’ it!
Brian,
Don’t know if ya saw it, but the latest draft from Tankathon has us taking Tyler Warren @ R1P13.
I believe it marks the first time I’VE seen anybody mock Warren to us.
I mean, a public outlet with draftniks, pundits, experts, etc. Ya know what I mean.
love it !
Mack MF’n Hollins for the TD!!!
former Dolphin making another huge play
I always liked Mack Hollins when he was with us. Very good STs player as well.
he was also our STs captain
Yes… I’d forgotten about that, actually.
and always made big plays
we’ll draft Tyler Warren and they’ll immediately outlaw the tush push
Very probably! LOL
Goodell hates us.
Probably more accurately, the Competition Committee and fellow owners can’t stand Steve Ross.
Watching the teams in these championship games sobers me from how far away we are..lol.
I hear ya, Krishna. In order to compete with these two teams, we have to be able to run and stop the run.
WOW @ Cook!!!
We’ve got quite the game this evening!
There are so many Bills fans at my school. They cannot win this game.
Either of these teams will destroy us next season if we can’t stop the run, and we play the Bills twice a season. So should Calais Campbell retire, come back and go to another team, or even come back to us at age 100… we HAVE to get somebody to complement Zach Sieler in order to stop the run.
I’m talking about a DT… not a NT or NG, but a 3-down DT who can kill the run and who’s pass-rushing prowess is beginning to take shape.
His name rhymes with Nalter Wolen.
You would think the Bills would try something else on 3rd or 4th and 1 by now.
All four QBs in the conference championships can do things Tua can’t . That’s very concerning for the future
There’s a lot more than 4 QB’s, but yeah, point taken. We have to have an unbelievable roster to beat these teams with Tua and that’s not gonna happen
Especially with the TOF, Triumvirate of Failure. 🤣
Reggie McKenzie going to Titans in a similar role he had here in Miami. Don’t think we get any comp picks but maybe addition by subtraction?
we do becuase he’s African American
Does it depend on if it is a promotion? I don’t know
whatever job he interviewed for, it was a promotion. Not sure if they gave him another
Wow, great defensive call
Bri, think it has to be a clear promotion, and even then, as Rock pointed out, I think it was intended for a coach or executive that was groomed by the team. McKenzie was already an established exec.
it was supposed to be a promotion from what I read. Whichever job he originally interviewed for it was going to be, unless they hired him for another. I’m sure that’s the case and we’ll get screwed out of picks. Don’t blame him for leaving.
omg Buffalo
can you just fold the franchise already
yes
GREAT game, as anticipated.
Now then… GO EAGLES in the SUPER BOWL!!!
Good article Mike! I mostly agree except Flores is just as bad as McD in a similar way. Dude can’t take responsibility for his failures and flaws. That’s not good head coaching material.
I think Tua would have been fine if our coaching and ownership team didn’t cave to media pressure at the first sound of criticism. If Tua is willing to put himself at risk, then there are doctors who would sign off on him playing a lot earlier than our current ones allow. It’s amazing how soft our society is today. How totalitarian the people ‘looking out for safety’ are.
Our management is that soft, so I agree that we need to move on from Tua at some point. First though, can we at least get a solid OL, like the top playoff teams, and run the damn ball?!! I just want a playoff win at some point. This group of managers won’t get us there. Soft owner, dumb GM, cowardly HC. That’s just not a winning combo.
All very good points New Age
Hopefully Ross’ daughters are tougher and smarter than he is.
Hey New Age, thanks! I don’t think Flores is HC material either, but I also don’t think he was completely wrong now in the way he handled Tua. It’s like Ross made a mandate that this team has to be Tua-centric, and he found a HC willing to be his cheerleader. They’ve created a monster. He’s not worth the coddling, and 100% not worth what they’re paying him. Until Tua’s gone, this team isn’t going anywhere.
Genius!
https://x.com/CNviolations/status/1883383112924909684
LOL that is classic!
lol
Lmao!
@AdamSchefter
Cowboys requested to interview Dolphins outside linebackers coach Ryan Crow for their DC position, per sources, and he is due to meet with Dallas soon. Crow interviewed last week for the Patriots DC spot.
M13 and Steve: weather was -20’ s and high winds , losing highways and rural schools last week , this week looks like plus 30 …
Yesterday was day 1 at resort, all we did was watch the games.. we are going to the park one day this week , but with my shoulder still fucked and snorkel masks and I don’t get along I won’t be snorkeling 🤷♂️
Morning humor!
https://x.com/JamesPleickhar2/status/1883920543285666216
“…about 40% of women in America are low key sexually attracted to Andy Reid” – lmao
LMAO!
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