How exciting!!! The 1-5 Miami Dolphins travel to Cleveland to play the 1-5 Browns!! Oh joy! How many of you just can’t wait until Sunday 1PM to watch this one? Our defense is beyond bad at this point, teams are running all over us, and scoring 29 points per game. The Brownies just might be the fix for the defense because they feature a QB with no arm just like us in QB Dillon Gabriel, since they sent QB Joe Flacco packing to their division rival Cincinnati Bengals. Hey, by the way, Joe Flacco has a message for Tua and those that defend him relentlessly.
“Hey Tua, I know it sucks when your defense gives up a late score, but the QB’s job is to WIN THE GAME. You don’t say “Hey, I scored the winning TD with 4:42 remaining”. “You get the ball back at the end of the game with a chance to win it, GO WIN IT!!”
Obviously, Joe Flacco didn’t say that, but he could! I do! Yes, Joe Flacco, who has been in Cincinnati for all of 2 weeks managed put up more than 30 points with his new team and win coming back after his defense blew a late lead. Flacco engineered the comeback drive with 2:15 remaining in the game. What do you know? QB’s actually can come back and win the game for their team, EVEN AFTER YOUR DEFENSE BLOWS A LATE 4TH QTR LEAD. Oh, and does it make it more or less palatable that the QB is 40 years old? How can we expect Tua to do that when he’s been in the same offense for more than 3 years? Oh, and hey, the Bengals don’t have an O-line either or QB Joe Burrow would still be playing. I’m sure there will be plenty of excuses forthcoming, y’all can’t help yourselves!
Anyway, back to the task at hand. The Dolphins will be in Cleveland on Sunday and while the temperature is expected to be a mild 60-65 degrees, there is a chance of heavy rain and very heavy wind, somewhere in the proximity of 50MPH winds. I don’t see RB Jaylen Wright on the injury report, but also haven’t seen any signs that he’s going to play. If the weather forecast is correct, you’d have to imagine we’ll see an awful lot of running plays if the winds are 50 miles per hour during the game. That could wreak havoc on any QB’s passes, but especially so for two QB’s who don’t/can’t put pace and velocity on the ball when passing. For the Browns, we’ll be seeing a lot of Browns rookie RB Quinshon Judkins, one spot before the worst OG in the NFL through 6 weeks, Jonah Savaiinaea. Judkins has 383 rushing yards on 84 attempts with 2 rushing TD’s, averaging 4.6 YPC. For the Dolphins, our best player, De’Von Achane will once again be asked to reproduce “The De’Von Achane Show”. Achane is the one true constant force in this MM offense, but if conditions are really poor for the pass game, could this be the week that MM relies on someone other than Achane to carry the rock? Could it be RB Jaylen Wright, he of trade up fame, or this year’s 6th RD pick RB Ollie Gordon, who “spells” Achane. By “spell”, I mean 1 carry and then GTFOTF. RB Jaylen Wright hasn’t been healthy enough to play in 2025, and that was after his huge 2024 campaign with the enormous workload of 68 carries.
If there was ever a cure for a a defense as bad as our Dolphins, it’s a team that is averaging only 13.7 points per game. That’s good for dead last in the NFL. I wonder if Brownie fans will defend QB Dillon Gabriel as vigorously as Dolphins fans defend our QB Tua Tagovailoa. With Shedeur Sanders waiting in the wings, they may not have to for very long. To add, I heard something along the lines that QB Deshaun Watson says he’s healthy and wants to play. Watson’s fully guaranteed contract of 5YR/$230M makes Tua’s contract look good. I feel bad for the Browns, they have great fans there and they were brutally betrayed by Owner Art Modell who moved the team to Baltimore in the middle of the night and became the Baltimore Ravens. These new Cleveland Browns haven’t been the same. They were much worse than us in 2024, at 3-14. In 2023, they were our equals, 11-6 and a brutal WC loss exit. Now, once again, we’re equals, so take that Chris Grier, Mike McDaniel and Tua fans, we’re hanging with the Browns baby!
Someone has to win this game on Sunday, it will probably be us so we can ruin our draft position. To be clear, if Chris Grier is still here, then it doesn’t matter in the least because he will fuck it up as per usghe. When Achane is on the field, he’s the best player on our side, but Achane and Tua both, had better keep their eyes open wide for #95 DE Myles Garrett. Probably bored and uninspired, Garrett is a fierce player and we don’t want him, well at least YOU don’t want him falling on Tua, and WE don’t want him falling on Achane. Garrett is the best player on the field period, with 106.5 sacks in 8 seasons, a 4 time All Pro and 6 time Pro Bowl player, and 1 time Defensive Player of the Year in 2023. The Browns defense, while not good, is better than our Dolphins, 21st in points allowed at 24.3 PPG.
On the injury front, it looks like all but S Elijah Campbell are a GO for the Dolphins. That means CB Storm Duck is set to return, and we might see the return of our old friend WR Cedric Wilson as he’s off the injury report. Tua, Jordyn Brooks, Alec Ingold, Tyrel Dodson is returning from his c-c-c-oncussion, Dante Trader and Aaron Brewer all set to return. I’d imagine TE Darrell Waller will be active but how many reps he get even MM doesn’t know. It’s a mystery every week! On the Browns side, Myles Garrett and Joel Bitonio are a GO. OT Jack Conklin is OUT. WR Jerry Jeudy is up in the air with a knee injury but TE David Njoku will be OUT with a knee injury. Good for us, because we still can’t cover a TE!
If the weather forecast is correct, do you think we see the season debut of RB Jaylen Wright who has been a healthy scratch for 2 weeks in a row? I’d say we should, this would then be the type of game that will be won on the ground. On the other hand, does MM trust anyone other than Achane to carry the rock more than 5 or 6 times? Probably not. How this manifested itself, I’ll never understand. Do Chris Grier and Mike McDaniel discuss what they need in the draft? Why trade up and use a valuable 3rd RD pick for a player you can’t/don’t trust to take the field? It’s maddening, and really inexcusable. Those picks are not disposable when you have shitty depth on the O-line, D-line and secondary. While I like Ollie Gordon, this year’s 6th RD pick, he’s a physical runner that requires repetition, maybe a drive where or two where he gets consecutive carries to get into a rhythm and maybe bring some physicality to the offense. This game seems like it would be the one to do this, but . . . Dolphins . . .
GO DOLPHINS!!!
Finsmob Unleashed 
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Secondus
Brownie for BBM
Rock gets a cookie
Mike,
I rarely defend Tua but last week’s collapse is all on the defense and STs. Team put up 27 and left 42 seconds for the defense to tackle a couple dudes. They couldn’t even do that, but every other defense last week did. Even Flacco was given more time to work out a last-minute win. A team shouldn’t be able to easily move down the field in 40 seconds to win. They moved down in less than 20.
The Browns defense is pretty solid. I expect them and Tua to keep this game close. We’ll win because we only win the games that don’t help us out, but it won’t be pretty, and I won’t be watching.
I was referring to the Panthers game New Age. Last week’s game was not gonna happen, although to be perfectly honest, the last thing I expected was an INT last week. How the hell do you throw an INT when the defense has like 4 or 5 guys deep, 3 rushing the passer, and just 3 or 4 other defending short middle?
My bad. I’ve already tried to forget the special kind of ineptitude that lets you give up a 17-point lead to the worst team of the last few years. On to the interception, I was expecting it. Tua and ints go together like PB and jelly.
Thank you, Mike E.! I love the sarcasm…lol…fucking dripping
🙂
They deserve all I give and more!
YES!!! They do!
Steve, BBM loves brownies. Especially the ones from Whataburger.
we spent a lot of time in Texas this summer, eating out lunch most days, Whataburger was in the rotation (2Xs per week) didn’t know they had brownies
New Age – seriously, I was shocked. I figured they’re going to play off the receivers and then gang tackle as soon as someone caught the ball. How they defended the pass is just unbelievable to me
https://www.miamidolphins.com/team/injury-report/
Rock – Phins.com is back up and “Fully Operational”. lol
I’m starting to get NUMB as to what this organization is doing anymore, and that’s a terrible, terrible thing. I’m as close to DIEHARD as DIEHARD gets, and they’re losing me.
This absolute monstrosity since ’09 warrants a 100% BLOW UP, and Steve Ross needs to sell, ASAP.
Yeah, I’ll be watching on Sunday as we face the Brownies… and I’m actually rooting for the Brownies to win, so that we can get a better Draft selection. This season is OVER for us already.
Just in case some of y’all haven’t figured out the common denominator for our cumulative failures since ’09, his name rhymes with Reeve Sauce… who can’t land a legitimate and respected HC. And don’t get me started on his BS regarding Brian Billick.
I all but guarantee Brownies* RB QUINSHON JUDKINS is going to run for over 150 yards against us on Sunday. And he’d probably do it even if the winds weren’t expected to be 60 MPH wind gusts.
So long as we cannot stop the run, we cannot control the clock (TOP).
And so long as we cannot run, we cannot control the clock (TOP).
We’ve been failed in the trenches, yet again.
Watch this dog of a game on Sunday end up being a great game and bring joy to the frozen hearts of all Dolphins fans!!!
Now it’s time for hockey. 🏒 🥅
There’s 2 decent games on tonight with players to watch for the draft.
WR Chrid Bell of Louisville is one to watch for a mid round pick. He’s 6’2, 220 and runs a 4.44.
Chris Bell
There he is Chris Bell. He won’t last past the 2nd round, IMO.
Tomorrow, we got:
LSU at Vanderbilt, 11am on ABC
Georgia Tech at Duke, 11am on ESPN
Oklahoma at South Carolina, 11:45am on SEC Network
Ohio State at Wisconsin, 2:30pm on CBS
Michigan State at Indiana, 2:30pm on Peacock
Ole Miss at Georgia, 2:30pm on ABC
Texas Tech at ASU, 3pm on FOX
Tennessee at Alabama, 6:30pm on ABC
USC at ND, 6:30pm on NBC
Utah at BYU, 7pm on FOX
Hell of a play on the ball by that Louisville DB.
Damn, that wasn’t a DB intercepting that deep ball for Louisville. It was Louisville LB Antonio Watts.
Beck is a moron at times, throwing a moon ball like Russell Wilson doesn’t work against triple coverage often, let alone double coverage, to throw a 2nd one is absolutely insane
the More I see Christobal, the more I hate him
how can you allow your QB to throw that pass twice?
don’t even get me started on his coaching strategy with a big lead
Speaking of who’s worse than ??
Super Bowl has Bad Bunny
Grey Cup has MGK
I don’t think there is a winner There
Howies List Week 7 🐬@💩
🗿20-17 🐬
🇨🇦 17-10 💩
I expect their defence and the weather to completely shut us down .. then there is their (soon to be ) world best running back likley going off for 150 plus yards .. I am facing facts WE SUCK
our defenSe sucks, because we can’t stop the run
our team sucks, because we can’t stop the run, making every possession on O critical
we can’t stop the run, because Grier’s savior Grant got by in college due to his size and hustle, and that doesn’t translate to NFL, he’ll have to reinvent himself, starting with his upper body strength
I liked the pick initially, because Grier put us in a bad position at DL, then after watching his college tape I thought he was not good, too many bad habits
I really wanted Tyler Warren, look what he’s done in Indy
can’t believe you guys give a shit enough to predict our games
Ohtani with a 469′ bomb
Ohtani, 3 hrs, 6 scoreless innings, 10ks
simply amazing
bailbondmike
says:
October 17, 2025 at 1:22 pm
Actually, I am hearing now that it was a legal play by the Lions and the TD should have been good. They called illegal motion on Goff, but it is only illegal motion if his hands go under center before he went in motion. His hands never went under center so it should have been a legal play.
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I looked but I couldn’t find anything in the rules that mentions hands needing to be under center, just if the player lines up under center, which Goff did for a split second
ARTICLE 8. ILLEGAL MOTION. …It is also Illegal Motion if a player under or behind center goes in motion and fails to come to a complete stop for at least one full second prior to the snap.
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So, I think it was illegal motion, but again it’s not a reviewable play, so it was some procedurally BS that new york called it in.
Are they going to start calling in missed holding calls and change bad PI calls after a play is over?
Yeah, thanks, I caught it on the last blog.
Will the real Carson Beck please stand up, please stand up…
He did. Womp, womp, womp
I hate that Tankathon has us taking him at #35. That will change once they reevaluate his draft standing. Changes week to week anyway.
I think BBM can forget about stealing WR Chris Bell in the 3rd round. Dude was a beast last night all while playing with a bad hamstring.
I didn’t watch any of the other game but seems Nebraska QB Dylan Raiola has not upped his game. We will see what he brings to the table next season since he is not draft eligible until 2027.
I did want to check out Minnesota Edge Anthony Smith, 6’6, 285. I did see he had 2.5 sacks last night giving him 7 on the season so far.
Watching the Sooners @ Gamecocks. LaNorris Sellers keeps on dinkin’-n-dunkin’ while John Mateer continues to hand it off due to a hand injury.
Ah, my feed finally caught up. Mateer is now 11/15 for 83 yards.
Sellers keeps on dinkin’-n-dunkin’.
I’m going off memory but didn’t Goff reach a hand down to his center? Did he flip his towel up or something? That’s stretching the rule, and I kinda see that as being under center. He stepped up behind his center and reached down.
I realized that later
LaNorris Sellers has run horizontally for about 175 yards today for a net gain of 0 rushing yards on 9 carries. Very strange. He keeps on dinkin’-n-dunkin’: 10/11 for 70 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT.
Very difficult to judge him based on his 1st half of work.
I will say this though… I’m not impressed. Not sure he can even read a college Defense.
It’s difficult to judge John Mateer in this game, being he’s nursing a hand injury. 13/19 for 97 yards, 0 TDs, 0 INTs. 1 rush for 5 yards.
I’ll pulling out from this game. I’ve seen all I need to see from LaNorris Sellers, barring a comeback win (highly unlikely). He’s got all of these physical gifts, but he doesn’t know how to use them… yet.
And it’s just not fair to John Mateer to judge him today what with his hand injury.
Gotta love this QB Diego Pavia of Vanderbilt. The kid is killing it against LSU.
He does put it all on the field. Too bad he is such a small QB. They say he’s 6′ on paper but heard he’s shorter than that.
Jesse Palmer said he’s probably more like 5″ 10″, which is about the same size as Dillon Gabriel.
Trey’Dez Green, TE for LSU is someone to watch. He’s only a Sophomore, but he’s a major mismatch with his 6′ 7″ height and good hands.
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Not sure he can even read a college Defense.
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M, that’s what I wanted to see from him this year but I haven’t.
Sellers has never been in my 1st round, he needed to show me more. Athletically gifted, but so was Ryan Leaf and LaMarcus Russell. Just saying…
BBM and Rich,
Then, we concur regarding LaNorris Sellers.
I was hoping to see Sellers take the leap from potential progression to polished prospect, but it’s just not happening for him. I was hoping to see the next Daunte Culpepper (’04 Vikings version) or Cam Newton as an answer to Josh Allen.
Welp, Sellers has failed my ambitions in that matter, big time.
Agreed.
Looks like a big win for Vanderbilt.
I’m curious to see how QB Trinidad Chambliss does today against Georgia. It’s his first real road test.
Grier was at the Oklahoma/South Carolina game today. …Shoot me now!!!!!
Boo
BBM,
We talked about Tiernan from Northwestern. If you’re watching their game today, check out Oratokhai at LG next to him. He’s a guard I like.
Dang, that game is almost over. That has to be a good duo on that side of the line. I haven’t really got to watch Tiernan either.
Fernando Mendoza dropping some perfect dimes today.
His younger brother Alberto Mendoza is his backup QB on IU.
Both are Miami Dolphins fans.
Ty Simpson made that opening drive look easy against my Vols.
I believe Brazzell is going to shoot up those draft boards as the season goes along. Size, speed, and hands makes him a difficult matchup for CBs.
That pick-6 hurts!!!
Great drive which made it hurt even more
Rich, do you live in TN?
No, but I like to visit when I can. I’ve been to Pigeon Forge a bunch of times, also Knoxville and Nashville. I grew up in northern New Jersey, then lived in Raleigh for 4 years, and now central Florida since 2007.
CB Hood has made a couple plays this game.
Really like him in the 2nd/early 3rd range. We have had mostly good success with 2nd rd CBs. …with Howard, and 2 of my all-time favs in Sam Madison and Patrick Surtain.
Terrible couple of plays there for TN after the turnover
Yea, now Bama will put a few more nails in the coffin with this drive.
Yep, that will probably do it
rich0322 says: October 18, 2025 at 10:16 pm
No, but I like to visit when I can. I’ve been to Pigeon Forge a bunch of times, also Knoxville and Nashville.
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Just wonder as my wife is from Memphis. Been to Nashville a few times but mostly get a cabin in Gatlinburg once or twice a year. Also, whenever it looks like a snowstorm is coming while I am off work we will do a last minute trip.
Cool, I always go into Gatlinburg when visiting Pigeon forge.
I wonder who Bama has on Brazzell. They have shut him down since early in the game.
They do have Domani Jackson, Keon Sabb, Hubbard, and freshman Dijon Lee back there.
CB Zabien Brown has played good amount too.
True
Sucks because TN has been able to move the ball. That pick 6 and not doing anything with the turnover really hurt.
Yea, Zabien Brown was the DB with the pick-6.
I’m just happy Tennessee is still fighting. I wasn’t expecting a win, since Tennessee never wins in Tuscaloosa.
Great game between Notre Dame and USC
I’m taping it right now.
How has Malachi Fields, WR looked? I like him for mismatches.
I won’t say nuthin
No worries. I know the score, since they show it every 5 mins in the Tenn/Alabama game. LOL
I was watching earlier, I just got home from Hoboken, visited my son and his wife
Dang Hood, that penalty hurt
And Wright with another PI.
TD Alabama. That might be the final nail…
That hurts even more, Tennessee was the runner-up school to get Ty Simpson out of high school. LOL
it’s game day if anybody gives a crap
go Grier! No, I mean it go right now.
🙂
Ewers backing up today.
If anyone cares .. wonder if wright gets a carry
DOLPHINS
QB Zach Wilson (emergency third QB)
WR Cedrick Wilson Jr.
WR Tahj Washington
DT Zeek Biggers
LB Matthew Judon
DB Elijah Campbell
CB Storm Duck
BROWNS
RB Raheim Sanders
TE David Njoku
OT Jack Conklin
DT Mike Hall Jr.
CB Jarrick Bernard-Converse
Storm Duck will be playing though most likely not starting over either Rasul Douglas or Jack Jones. LB Quinton Bell and CB Kendall Sheffield activated from the PS. Could be Dolphins want to see if Bell is ready to take over for either Chubb or Phillips if they trade one or the other.
Toba – Wright inactive, just like the GM?
No he’s active this week 😱
Looks like you and me are getting info from different sources.. mine (nfl.com)also shows Duck out
That is some ugly weather , befitting what should be an ugly game
Does it really matter who’s playing or not?
Most weeks even if playing , do they actually 🤔
Toba,
I’m more interested in how this team responds to their QB throwing them under the bus. Do we see a team that comes together….in a real way….or one that continues to fracture? It’s not about wins and losses. I want to see what kind of character this team has because that impacts how they develop. That affects the future
Most teams you can tell if the OL says FYou qb ..I ain’t blocking for you .. not sure We would notice a difference 🤔
Toba,
No, I doubt we’d see that. These young guys are all about promoting themselves, so they’re not going to purposely put out bad tape. But, do guys sustain blocks? Do guys play through the whistle? Are they hustling…even and especially if they’re losing? Do guys seem like they’re playing with passion…or do they look defeated? That kinda touchy feely shit. Lol
Randy: reading some articles Willie Gay and Wright are dumbfounded and a little pissed with lack of playing time .. not expecting Gay to want to come back next year .. coaches continue to emphasize the wasting of trade up picks
GO PHINS!!!
HELL YEAH!!!
Toba – Yeah, I think the article I read is incorrect. I see Duck as INACTIVE
what does it mean that we are +124 on the money line?
Means browns are favoured
bet $100 to win $124
in game wagering now has us +900😂
I thought that was an INT 🤷♂️
ditto
I see the refs are the Browns 12th man
if we lose to Roman Gabriel I’m gonna be pissed
There is Ollie’s carries for the day
Can’t believe Achane couldn’t outrun the DB. Nice run though!
this board is leader, than Fins emotion
deader
these fucking announcers are goblin crank here about how great that play was where the center screened our middle linebacker except the Center is not allowed to be more than a yard down field otherwise it’s ineligible fucking receiver which it was!!!!
can they call any more h******** penalties on us
Man another all world RB burns us 😱
What did I tell y’all about Judkins earlier this week? He’s going to surpass 150 yards rushing.
that was one where the referees gave the Home team, a fucking touchdown Disgusting home cooking
2 plays in a row, the PI was BS, then they pick uo what was probably holding call
a second flag they picked up called on Browns
mf13ss
says:
October 17, 2025 at 6:51 pm
I all but guarantee Brownies* RB QUINSHON JUDKINS is going to run for over 150 yards against us on Sunday.
the officiating has been awful this year, we haven’t always been on the wrong end either, its just bad
Not good, Dee.
So, are we playing inspired, winning football on the road against one of the worst teams in the league?!?!
I’m …. NO
these ghost penalties are outrageous
can they be any more obvious with the bias
Haven’t been watching the Browns vs the Browns. We’re the Browns team disguised in aqua and white, but make no mistake, this team is shit brown
Good God
my cousin in Miami says the talk all week has been, if we lose MM will be fired
I told him it’s wishful thinking
We suck.
”they”
don’t let them drag you down!
🙂
that sums it up perfectly
So Cleveland hasn’t scored more than 17 points in their last 11 games, and our defense has just given up 17 points to them in one half. Sounds about right.
Exactly.
Yes, but where is our explosive offense?
a chain playing fine.
the referees really have had their clumsy fat thumb on the scale here. Two of the three scores are directly attributed to the referees I didn’t know they wanted the Dolphins to have such a high draft pic next year with the new general manager They’re in on the fix
I mean in the battle of one and five teams. Someone has to come away with the higher draft pick
It evens out. I recall the Jets game going outrageously in our favor with the officiating
Rock – chain playing fine???
I feel like I’m watching the ’07 Dolphins right now.
If it results in a new GM and HC I’m good with it. Please let them be better than Jeff Ireland and Tony Sparano though
if we don’t score a TD here, it’s almost a certainty we lose this game
Trade anyone on this roster NOT named Achane
The question is Mike, who would want most of our shitty players?
Ya k ow it’s bad when the announcer says Oh Boy
Mike McDaniel is probably a real nice guy but I don’t want to hear or see him answering questions for the Dolphins next week
Well that was a good start
Looks like it’s yardwork time !
How many more weeks until we see Ewers? The countdown is on. He needs to get plenty if practice reps though, it wouldn’t be fair to throw him in without getting in step with starters
There ya go Mike E : Waller questionable with a pec
There we go with Waller. I may have underestimated his initial impact but I knew he wouldn’t last
Yeah… those 60 MPH wind gusts that were supposed to happen in Cleveland today? NOPE… they are here in my backyard. What a disaster area in my yard.
It might be yard work time for me as well, Brian.
LOL Toba!