A home game in Madrid! Awesome! We may actually have a home team advantage with more Dolphins fans than Commanders fans in Madrid than we would at home at Hard Rock, although it’s possible there are delusional fans who think because we beat the Bills that we’re on our way to the Super Bowl. Dolphins fans are some of the flip-floppiest people I’ve ever seen. If you’re insulted by this, then stop fucking flip-flopping! We hit rock bottom losing to the Browns and everyone, even the most absurd Tua stans jump of his wood. Now they’re beating their chest on top of the Panorama Tower in Miami like Tua is Tom Brady in his prime. Besides just gushing about Tua, they’re on the crazy train that this team is ready to make their move and defeat all comers and vanquish the AFC all the way to the Superbowl.
OK, let’s just gather ourselves for a minute. This is not a good roster, and yes, we’re probably going to beat the Comandantes en Madrid porque Los Comandantes suck way worse than our team currently does. The Commanders have lost 5 in a row, the last 4 by more than 20 points in each game. Without QB Jayden Daniels, the Commanders are lost. Marcus Mariota actually has a BETTER passer rating than Tua Tagovailoa, 91.9 vs 87.6. Put that in your Tua cigar and smoke it! There are just so many Tua fans on X that are beyond delusional. Tua is irrelevant, and the only reason at all he may return as the starting QB next season is because of his ungodly salary and cap hit. No one is trading for him, although I wish like hell someone would. Tua’s salary is also the main reason why the Dolphins may waste yet another season by retaining HC Mike McDaniel. That’s a big slap in the face to all Dolphins, even you Tua stans.
There’s a “Report Card” circulating around X that has the Dolphins as A+ according to NFL players. #1 in the NFL to the players in every single category.
Coach A+
Owner A+
Food A+
Travel A+
Weight Room A+
Treatment of family (Players families) A+
You know what? That’s great to see, it really. You know what else though? It’s time to get A+ rating from the fans by becoming a legit contender!
STEP 1 – At the end of the season, FIRE MIKE McDANIEL!!!
STEP 2 – Before the season ends, give QB Quinn Ewers playing time, preferably at least 3 games or more so you can see if this kid translates to a decent backup with starter potential or just a 3rd string QB that doesn’t need to make the 53 man next season
STEP 3 – While all this is happening, Tom Garfinkle and everyone who is qualified in the Dolphins Front Office should be researching, scouring the NFL to find our next GM. Once that list is finalized, they should begin interviewing these candidates so we have our new GM in place as quickly as possible to handle all the necessary steps to be ready for off season activities such as roster management and assessment, preparation for the 2026 Draft and anything else that needs to be done to be ready for next season
STEP 4 – Thank Champ Kelly for taking over mid season but let him know at the end of this season, his job is done and if he’d like to return here to Miami, it will be in a different capacity.
So, back to Madrid, where our Dolphins most likely will be 4-7 at around 1PM EST, or 10AM on the West Coast. I know some people are going to get excited that we’re BACK, and ready to be a Wild Card spoiler in the AFC. We might just see RT Austin Jackson and RG James Daniels on the field, and is it possible that with those 2, the offensive line will be better and complete? Sure, it’s possible, but it’s also possible those 2 are rusty, especially Daniels who missed tons of time after going out for the season with an achilles injury for Pittsburgh Week 4 of 2024. He played a couple of snaps for us before going out on IR (Imagine that??) in Week 1, so that makes for a lot of missed playing time and a lot of rust to shake off. We’ll have to wait and see. Austin Jackson was limited in practice so don’t expect him to play and James Daniels has yet to practice.
Los Comandantes feature a defense worse than ours, allowing 28 PPG good for 29th out of 32. Our Dolphins have a defensive surge lately and have moved up to #24. Hard to believe that the Commanders with the combo of Jayden Daniels/Marcus Mariota are actually ranked better than our Tua led Dolphins, Los Comandantes are #22 at 22.3 PPG while our Achane’s are at 25 at 21.0 PPG. Can you just imagine this offense w/o De’Von Achane? He’s the most impactful RB in the NFL right now outside of the Colts Jonathan Taylor. Achane has 785 rushing yards with a ridiculous 6.6 YPC and 5 rushing TD’s, and has an additional 325 yards receiving and 4 TD’s. He’s unbelievable, and he will an UFA at the end of next season unless we take of our 25 year old superstar next season. Thankfully, Grier isn’t here to tell Achane he’s “Earned the right to become a Free Agent”. Ugh!
I’m not going to discuss the 2 anchors, Former GM Chris Grier and current Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa. They are the culprits for the Cap Hell this team will be in for the ’26 season and beyond until all that DEAD CAP MONEY is gone from Grier restructuring deals and pushing money owed to the future when he’s smoking cuban cigars watching the games from his comfortable couch. If he gets another NFL executive job it will NEVER be as a GM, not by any NFL Owner with half a brain or more anyway. Tua will almost certainly be here in 2026, but once again, that doesn’t mean he has to be the starting QB if we have someone else worthy of replacing him. Tua is getting paid whether he starts or sits, and if you’re like me, you probably can’t wait for that show to end. No matter how far we get this season, I’d bet that when the chips are down as to whether we make the playoffs or not, good ole Tua will be there to let us all down, you watch!
FIND A GM, FIRE McDANIEL, PLAY QUINN EWERS!!!!
Finsmob Unleashed 
kyler murray really? You are not serious are you?
he can’t be any worse than Tua, and is a dual threat
He kicked our ass at the 2024 Fest
Some of you are so clueless! Tua is our QB through 2026!
Kyler Murray has a career win-loss record of 38-48-1 as of late 2025. This is his record in the regular season, with a 0-1 record in the playoffs.
Tua career record 44-31
I can’t believe you with some of your people are smoking
Well wan’t that a fugly loss for us today in Spain! A loss in the sense that we aren’t running the table to get into the playoffs (we’d be one and done anyway), and the more we win (which we actually did today), the further away we get from R1P1.
I call it LOSS, the way I see it.
If we keep it up, we may end up selecting @ R1P21, no playoffs, and a retention of Capri McD and the now weakened Tua. That’s how we stay mired in mediocrity… as we have over the last 25 years (1/4 of a CENTURY!).
I’m seriously so VERY proud of De’Von Achane and Jordyn Brooks… these guys are absolute STUD MUFFINS for us.
And congrats to my guy Jack Jones for his 1st INT as a Phin. I’d seriously consider bringing him back being his run-defense (which was questionable in years past) has gotten much better.
And speaking of Jordyn Brooks… on that Marcus Mariota 40-yard run, just WATCH Brooks run him down from behind.
Brooks actually got into the backfield, didn’t give up, and he just accelerated 40 yards down the field past everybody to track him down. That was EFFORT on display!
Absolutely a team leader and worthy of 1st-team All-Pro, IMO.
Gabriel left the game in concussion protocol and Sanders finally got his shot to play.
He went 4/16 for 47 yds, 1 INT, 2 sacks and a 13.5 QBR.
and 3 runs for 16 yds
Tua is a shell of what he was, he got paid, then shut it down like a bitch, he’s the reason this team has 7 losses more than any other factor
his record in 2022, 2023 and 2024 mean nothing for 2026
If he plays wide open he’s pretty good, but can’t finish a season playing that way
In hindsight the contract he was given was retarded, many of us wanted to wait another year
I sure hope we don’t damage Achane or Waddle over the rest of the season. They’re fragile enough the way it is. I’m not liking the damage they may take if MM is playing for his job and overusing them with nothing to play for. Frankly, I’d be very happy if they were used less.
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Good points.
One positive thing about the season so far, is that coming into the season we all thought our secondary would be a disaster
and right now our CBs are looking pretty good. Between Jones, Douglas and Brent’s, it’s been a pretty good group
the DL has come on the last several weeks, and for that matter the entire D
My thoughts before today’s game was D plays good we win, if not we’ll lose
Thats how I’ll feel the rest of the season
whoop whoop, screw the Chiefs.
Donkies D is legit, and why they keep winning late
Yep, that D is real. And Nix has really come up with some timely play in the 4th too.
piggy,
I think the defensive backfield has played better than I thought they would, but they still have some pretty bad metrics. Still, better than hoped.
2025 was actually a rebuild for us, we got younger and that youth starting to come alive
Jack Jones was remade into a complete player, the D remade
Achane and Waddle are studs
Dulcich isn’t Jonnu, but as a #2 with Waller, he could be worthy. Love the idea of Brunskill playing a blocking TE
Get the OL healthy and we could have something next year
Just need to fix QB, Tua is serviceable for a year or he’ll have to be
we’re moving in the right direction is what Im trying to say, which is quite the contrast from a month ago and blow it up at all cost
Maybe we can find a way to keep Chubb
there is hope here yet!
Great comment
This organization has been terrible at self scouting and realistically evaluating their competitive stature for a long time. It’s caused many bad decisions to be made. Ultimately it’s stunted the development of this team. Hopefully, smarter people will be in charge. You can’t fix a problem you’re too stupid to see.
We need a new QB… a rookie who can ball. Maybe we don’t get him in ’26 Draft, but if we’re to become a perennial playoff team, we need that QB. ’27 looks good.
I mean, even ‘game manager’ Tua throws too many INTs. He’s damaged goods and it kills me to say as much. Don’t know if it’s from the neck up or the hip down (perhaps both), but Tua can’t sling the ball like he had in ’22 and ’23.
he tries to do too much, maybe our game 1 2025 starting OL will be ready to go in 2026
If we had only taken Tyler Warren, like I wanted…
Note that he relied BIG TIME on Jonnu Smith so much last season and was doing great with Darren Waller before Waller went out.
Deep throws are all but gone from Tua. He needs a seam-threat to max his arm nowadays… think MR. Pennington (noodle-arm) when he was with us.
Who was MR. Pennington’s go-to guy? Anthony Fasano.
OK, which team is going to suck in 2026, we need to trade our 2026 2nd for that team’s 2027 1st😜
That would be great(!)… if only the NFL was that predictable.
you can always count on the Browns
i’m more inclined to look at things realistically, and when injuries to key players happen, it affects every team the Dolphins have been, unfortunately overly injured the last couple of years, and that has had an effect on their understanding when they are healthy they are one of the top teams when tour is healthy and his often of line is healthy. He’s one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL
sorry that that didn’t come out exactly the way I want it, but I’m pretty sure you get the point
voice prompt and Tua aren’t exactly on speaking terms
LOL!
B
DolphinsIt took almost half the season, but the Dolphins seem to have found their secret to success: Give the ball to De’Von Achane. The Dolphins running back ran for 120 yards with 40 of that coming in the fourth quarter to help set up Miami’s game-tying touchdown. The defense got gashed up at times by a Commanders rushing attack that totaled 179 yards, but the unit also made two of the biggest plays of the game: Not only was their a goal line stand in the fourth quarter that kept the Commanders from taking a 20-13 lead, but there was also an interception from Jack Jones in overtime that helped send Miami to the win. At 4-7, the Dolphins’ season is hanging on by a thread, but it’s still hanging there as they head into their Week 12 bye.
Tua has 6 more games to go to make it through only his 2nd NFL season without missing any games and I wish him the very best of health. Just remember… one more concussion and his career may come to a close.
And should that come to fruition (I certainly hope NOT!), Tua and Capri McD are likely out the door… and I do NOT want it to end in that fashion: I actually care about the health of others, even when it happens to a divisional rival (minus Tom Brady in ’08).
Just sayin’… none of us have any idea who our GM, HC, or even our QB may be next season due to this fact.
Only you have no clue…..Tua and McDaniel and his staff are locks to return next season. Bank on that!
Most likely, our interim GM will be the GM next season as well.
The dolphins are missing the entire right side of the line, Tyreek, 3 rookies on the defensive line, rookie left guard, rookie safety. I don’t to hear about other teams injuries. 5 draft picks in the top 100 it’s crazy to say this team won’t be good next year. Rookies are developing pretty well so there is talent here
This post was by someone else I agree….
While I absolutely agree with ya that there’s something to work with here in Miami, I disagree with ya that there’s anything to salvage for the rest of the season… AKA playoffs.
The playoffs are a long shot that is getting shorter with each win……still out of reach IMHO, but they are keeping the hopes alive and they are playing some of their best football of the season, winning 3 of their last 4 games.
markeyh
says:
November 16, 2025 at 8:40 pm
Only you have no clue…..Tua and McDaniel and his staff are locks to return next season. Bank on that!
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*Vincent Price laugh at the end of “Thriller”* 😆
Great Video! 🙂
Indeed! 🙂
One of the reasons a team should never play to lose is the fact that FAs may want to come play for ya: FAs don’t want to go to a ‘loser’ team.
Problem with that for us? We’re already so screwed financially for ’26. It’s not as though we can sign a couple of high-priced FAs to immediately turn things around for us. Thanks, General Grief!
The teams plan is to continue to build through the draft so I don’t see them being major players in FA in 2026.
We have a young nucleus that we will continue to build on through the draft.
Agreed with ya, Markeyh.
Markeyh,
I must admit… your positivity is impressive to me! All I can do is call it the way I see it, and it’s NEVER personal… not to you, and not to anyone.
Your positivity reminds me of Tim in many ways, and that’s a GOOD thing. 🙂
They have to build through the draft, they have no money to spend on free agents.
Capri McD snuck into the presser and asked Ollie Gordon to talk about how well hes been coached.
Between last weeks troll job at the Jills bar and now this, at least hes enjoying himself if this is the final ride for him.
M13
I think Tua is damaged goods too
he always had strengths and weaknesses but now it seems like all he has is weaknesses – and I think McDaniel sees it
If it weren’t for Achane I think we have real problems this year
Absolutely, my flying porcine pal. One can truly see his physical falloff post ’22 and ’23… and I’m not talking about his stats.
Personally, I feel that hip of his doesn’t allow him to put his body (drive) into his throws any longer. He’s certainly a shadow of what he once was, physically and mechanically as a QB.
I see lots of ‘arm throws’, not putting his body into his throws as he once had.
Oh yeah… and when I do see Tua put his body (drive) into his throws, it looks awkward to me… as in it doesn’t look like the Tua of ’22 or ’23.
He’s laboring out there with his deeper throws… which is why he’s now turned into a dink-n-dunker, IMO.
Remember that the hip injury he sustained at Alabama was almost the end of him… as in ‘Bo Jackson hip’.
MikeE said “and a QB who is now Ryan Tannehill Part II”
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At least RT had some “game” to him.
Looks like all our 2026 draft picks will take a hit today. Texans won again and looking like the Eagles will also.
I enjoyed the Chiefs losing more than I did our win. lol
Same. I keep telling Chiefs fans that Mahomes hasn’t been the same since his wife got implants. Gets them worked up.
lol, BBM no like implants
MF13,
Just another thing to lay at our scouting dept and Grier. Taking an injury prone and small QB at 5 with the hip injury you mentioned. If a QB can’t plant, twist and throw, what good is he? Allen was picked at 7. Mike M is just asking Tua not to lose games at this point. With that said, we should win our next two games.
Right there with ya, New Age. HORRIBLE idea to take a brutally injured (‘Bo Jackson hip’), ‘small’ QB in Tua @ R1P5. That’s our Dolphins for us, ugh.
And yeah… we probably WILL win our next two games, knowing our luck! LOL
And with every win from here on out, we get farther and farther away from a top-10 pick in the ’26 Draft.
And of course, that goes for every round as well… at least our natty picks.
I do have to say, despite Cole Strange and Larry Borum lacking in pass pro, they were run blocking their ass off today.
I saw some great blocking today from everyone except Ingold. Ingold whiffed at least 4 times I saw. Just pathetic attempts and that is his job. Ingold was our worst player on offense today. I mean, right now due to restructures and players on IR, Ingold is the 6th highest paid player on the 2025 active roster. In 2026, he currently will be the 10th highest paid player until they release Tyreek. I would cut him next year and clear 3m in cap.
Julian Hill, Strange, Borum, Brewer all had a good day run blocking.
I can’t remember the play. It was either a run or pass play. The Dolphins player with the ball was getting wrapped up about 20 yards down field and Brewer came flying out of nowhere and just pulverized one of the tacklers. He looked like he was shot out of a cannon.
Use that money saved on cutting Ingold (he’s not worth 5m next year) and resign Dulcich and Julian Hill.
I like Dan Campbell, but I have to question some of his coaching decisions also.
Tankathon now has us at pick #11. It should stay there unless the Cowboys lose to the Raiders on Monday night, then it will be #12.
I like thier new 4 round mock for us except QB Carson Beck in the 4th at #111. Give me Cade Klubnik, Sawyer Robertson or Haynes King instead.
#11 Mansoor Delane CB LSU
#43 Anthony Hill ILB Texas
#75 Caleb Tiernan OT Northwestern
#78 Michael Trigg TE Baylor
#93 Damon Wilson Edge Missouri
#111 Carson Beck QB Miami
Miami might win 8 or more games before the season is over!
Jordyn Brooks with 20 tackles (10 solo)
These players have stuck with Mike McDaniel through thick and Thin, and that is impressive.
Omar Kelly
@OmarKelly
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Liam is not coming back this season. Last I saw him he’s on a scooter with a knee brace, and that was last week. James Daniels is rehabbing, but maybe 2-3 weeks before he’s back starting. Austin Jackson should be back next game
Headline from USA today this morning:
“Looking to tank in the NFL? Jets QB Justin Fields may lead to best chance of doing so”
QB Jacoby Brissett set an NFL record throwing for 47 completions in one game
47-57 452 yards, 2 TD’s, 2 INT’s
Crazy!!!
https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/nfl_executives_voice_concerns_about_qbs_in_2026_nfl_draft_class/s1_13132_43067844?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
Sucks we are never in sync.
No worries…Miami will be picking middle of the pack anyway. Maybe they can make some trades and build 2027 draft capital. Get a new QB then.
Maybe those folks who want to draft a QB in the middle rounds will get their wish if some of these QBs fall. I still think by April several of them will be seen as first round picks. It happens every year. It always amazes me how much better these players get between January and April after they’re done playing.
I hear ya, but I do put a lot of weight in the Senior Bowl week. Though by the time the combine comes, I pretty much know who I would like Miami to draft.
rich,
My draft strategy comes directly from Bruce Lee. “Be water, my friend.” Lol
so much for Juju Brent’s this season
sigh
season ending foot surgery incoming
Dolphins luck. Someone shows promise and has season ending injury. Sometimes I believe in Indian burial curse. No, not really.😀
If it weren’t for bad luck, we’d have no luck at all.
Premature expectations are what many of you who think Tua is done in Miami or that Miami is done with Tua. He will be our starter next year, 100% guaranteed, and Miami would be wise to just continue to add talent to this young team in the 2026 NFL draft and look to the 2027 draft class for a QB. JMHO!
he’s probably going to be the starter based on his cap number and lack of other options available
But he’s played poorly this year – and that’s what I judge on. Not on on
He is still the best quarterback that we have or will have in the near future.
Fix the offensive line issues and his play will get back to the top level
IMHO
Hey Markeyh, Marky here.
now THIS I agree with you on Markeyh!
You are correct, Tina will be here next year, along with MM, unfortunately. The sooner we get rid of both, the better we will be.
It all depeneds on how well they do the rest of this year and next year.
Tua is not perfect, but no QB is. When they protect him like they should, he plays at a high level when they suffer injuries to 2 key starters like we have this year, losing Jackson and Daniels since week one, then we have what we’ve had for the season so far.
I find it odd that many of you here have given up on him without at least factoring in how the o-line has been affected, losing two of our starters since week 1.
Add to that losing veteran players this offseason, and depending on Rookies to get acclimated to the NFL has been challenging, but the last month, this team seems to have finally hit its stride.
The remainder of the season will determine their fate.
As of November 17, 2025, Tua Tagovailoa’s career win-loss record as the Miami Dolphins starting quarterback is 43-31.
That’s pretty damn good!
Tua just moved into 3rd overall in Dolphins history after this latest win. In just 5 years.
@PFF_RyanSmith
Highest-graded #Dolphins in Week 11:
CB, Jack Jones – 90.7
RT, Larry Borom – 87.3
TE, Julian Hill – 86.0
RB, De’Von Achane – 84.6
I’m beginning to believe we may have struck gold in Jack Jones. His overall game has drastically improved under Anthony Weaver, especially his run-defense.
Mind you, Jack Jones is not a ‘shutdown CB’… he’s a zone CB who is a BALL HAWK!!!
That’s not a surprise on Borom and Hill. I said as much last night they were run blocking their ass off. Hill cleared the way for the one and only run TD.
https://www.statmuse.com/nfl/ask/qb-wins-leaders-since-2020-including-playoffs
Tua is 11th just behind Joe Burrow!
Markeyh,
You can throw all the stats out there that you want, but a QB isn’t judged on just wins anymore. With all of the analytics that have come out, more goes into evaluating the QB position. Tua has had some success, there is no denying that. But right now he has turned into a game manager. Give me two games in the last two seasons , make it three, where he has put his team on his back to pull out a victory .
That is not who he is!
He is a system QB who plays at a high level when thigs are in place. Like a healthy O-Line!
Also, what about losing Tyreek Hill, his best WR? That has also had an effect on this team.
Losing Tyreek Hill, their best wide receiver, has significantly impacted the Miami Dolphins by removing their top deep threat and playmaker, a loss that has forced Jaylen Waddle into the primary WR1 role and potentially hurt the overall offense, although Waddle has performed well in the increased capacity. The team has also had to add depth to the wide receiver position and deal with the uncertainty of Hill’s potential future in the NFL.
I don’t think it has hurt the offense as much as this article/paragraph says. It has caused MM to be more creative and spread the ball around. Hill was never really a RZ threat either. None of our WR’s really are. Where’s NWI for that matter?
Tyreek is unique non like him in the NFL he is a huge loss for the Dolphins!
No doubt, but he was no longer the key player on offense. Achane took that over last year.
The offense hasn’t lost any efficiency without him.
offense is better without him
You are entitled to your opinion……I disagree he was a huge loss and no Achane is not better than Tyreek
Rock, regarding that article you posted.
“While Dart has played well with the Giants, he is currently sidelined with a concussion and has been evaluated for head injuries four times since the preseason.”
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Yikes!
Anyway, a few games into the college season, I was down to 3 QB’s I like to take in the first round. Now, 7 weeks later, I am down to only Mendoza. That said, I am still taking one next year and another in 2027. The 2026 draft, I am thinking Cade Klubnik, Sawyer Robertson, Haynes King or in the 4th or 5th. I would throw Trinidad Chambliss in there as a 5th also if he is in the draft. There is a question about whether he has another year of eligibility or not.
Keep drafting one until we find one.
That didn’t type out right. lol
Markey – As long as we agree on the parameters now, Tua is a game manager who can’t put the team on his back, and knowing we haven’t won a playoff game in over 25 years, why would you want to go forward with him when you know everything is never going to be perfect here?
Because until we find someone better he gives us the best chance at winning. He has won more than he has lost for Miami.
OK, but knowing he’s not the one, doesn’t that make you want to FIND that QB? I’d draft, and keep drafting until I find that player, and would give that player every opportunity to take the field as well
I have already posted earlier how since he was drafted he has the 11th most wins in the league
“Tua is 11th just behind Joe Burrow!” November 17, 2025 at 2:26 pm
I just don’t see QB as our main priority more than O-Line and more weapons on offense to complement the ones we have.
The only thing I don’t like about Chambliss’s game is his size at 6’1, 205. For him to come from Zach Sieler’s school Div II Ferris State and play this well at Ole Miss in the SEC is impressive. With wins over ranked Oklahoma and LSU then a 43-35 loss to #4 Georgia.
it looks like we will have Austin Jackson back by our next game
what do we do about Borom?
he’s playing well from what I gather
would be nice to get Daniels back
can Borom or Jackson play OG?
my grade for Achane differs from PFF
I have him at 100+
😂
isnt Darren Waller eligible to return after the BYE
Dulcich and Hill seem to be doing a good job
but Waller does unique things for us
I think this offense can thrive off the Achane, Waddle and Waller trio that puts a lot of pressure on defenses
provided we avoid Tua (piggy looks over at Tua as he mentions turnovers)
Stop blaming the OL. It’s not why Tua hasn’t performed. I think the last I looked we were in the middle of the pack in sacks allowed. Maybe, if Tua could actually move better than a drunken slug, he wouldn’t get hit or sacked as often.
he’s actually making the OL look worse
Study these numbers/stats. Yes, stats do tell a story if ya know what you’re looking at.
For instance, Tua played 11 games last season and 11 games this season… and Capri McD has taken the ball out of Tua’s passing attempts by nearly 90 times this season. There’s a rhyme and reason for that.
And look at Tua’s yards gained per pass attempt… it keeps going down over his peak in ’22… he’s turned into a dink-n-dunker. There’s a rhyme and reason for that.
Tua isn’t the same QB we had in ’22 and ’23. He’s injured/damaged… whether it be from the neck up or the hip down.
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/T/TagoTu00.htm
In a great many ways, he’s reverting to rookie Tua numbers.
His INT% is alarming to me. It’s gotten BAD.
The Flying Pig
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November 17, 2025 at 3:34 pm
my grade for Achane differs from PFF
I have him at 100+
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SAME! Both Achane and Jordyn Brooks!
yes Brooks has been awesome
I was going to buy his jersey this offseason bc I knew he was going to have a good year
I guess he should be happy that they didn’t release his jersey for the new Jerseys yet….lol
For the readers on the board, Joe Abercrombie has a new book out – ‘The Devils.’
are you suggesting that some of us are illiterate?
🐖💨
Hard to read when you’re roasting on a spit…
I know people are excited to see McDaniel fired or at a minimum disappointed in his performance
I can’t argue that I’m not disappointed in him
but watching the Giants coaching search has me supporting keeping him throughout the rest of the season (at least)
there are really no great veteran coaches available
the coaching hires are likely to be coordinators and college coaches this offseason
Maybe some one fires an accomplished coach this offseason on black Monday – and then maybe then, we make a move but I don’t see anyone worth salivating for now
Gruden
CB Julius Brents will have season-ending foot surgery and is expected to be fully recovered for the 2026 season, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport and Mike Garafolo reported.
sad trumpets and pig farts
😩
bailbondmike
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November 17, 2025 at 3:09 pm
…Anyway, a few games into the college season, I was down to 3 QB’s I like to take in the first round. Now, 7 weeks later, I am down to only Mendoza…
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That’s exactly where I’m at as well, BBM. It’s Mendoza by a mile, then the rest are either day 2 picks or day 3 picks.
T’will be interesting to see how many QBs decide to stay in college another year… and I suspect many will. ’27 will be our year to land a rook franchise QB, the way it’s looking at the moment.
Sawyer Robertson is who I’d take in 3rd rd, he won’t last past that or probably won’t even make it to the 3rd rd
I think that would be acceptable.
I think we’re looking at a ‘meat & potatoes’ draft, as it stands… barring a stud at either WR or CB.
Or EDGE.
Markey – No point in putting up stats. I can make all those stats meaningless because his record against winning teams is abominable, and those are the teams you need to beat in the playoffs. You know this, you just don’t want to say it. 🙂
Aim higher!!!!
The fact that we have made the playoffs 2 out of the last 3 years and had this team not suffered injuries last year, 3 out of 3 years, I see no reason to complain but to try and improve on our playoff efforts by adding more talent and coaching better.
At least we have been contending for the playoffs when healthy.
I thought Strange had a good game, not so much I guess. I still think he was better than some of his past games, but that’s not saying much either. Made some good blocks but got blown up when it counted most.
I have had a change of heart on HC Mike McDaniel and am willing to give him another year to coach the Dolphins as long as Tua will be our QB next year.
You’re a funny guy!
Thank you, I am happy to amuse you, sir! But I am serious about HC McDaniel.
Still too many poor decisions. He almost cost us the game yesterday. Still way too much delay of game/getting play calls in and wasted timeouts.
Tua can never get a good pre-snap read on the D to call an audible because there is no time, ever. At this point in Tua’s career, he should be calling audibles when he sees something he doesn’t like. He can’t because he has barely enough time to read the D. He has to go with what is called. It also hampers the OL calling out protections.
Yet they still won.
In my honest opinion, had we lost yesterday, I think Steve Ross may have fired Capri McD before he even had the chance to come back home from Spain.
And we were >THIS< close to losing the game yesterday.
Without Jayden Daniels, Scary Terry, and other impactful players on the Redskins team.
We barely beat a beat-up team.
I don’t think he’s going anywhere , with or without a loss yesterday
I tend to think you’re right, Brian… if we’re losing with him, continue to lose for a better draft pick.
Unfortunately, like everything else in terms of ‘luck’ with our Phins, it’s backfiring! LOL
Hope you had a GRAND time in Madrid, Brother!!!
You obviously are not paying attention or just outright ignoring the reports that the owner likes McDaniel..???
IF it’s even true that Ross loves Capri McD… what of our record over the last two seasons?
What is it… 10-12?
Ross won’t tolerate under .500 play.
I have had to fire several people over the years who I liked and even hung out with. Business is business.
That’s Tua’s record under Capri McD over the last 2 seasons.
bailbondmike
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November 17, 2025 at 6:22 pm
I have had to fire several people over the years who I liked and even hung out with. Business is business.
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Same, and it sucks. Business IS business… and the NFL is a BIG business.
When you take into account the injuries that had an effect on this team, it is understandable that the owner still believes in McDaniel. And keep in mind Ross already has thrown Chris Grier under the bus so he could retain McDaniel.
Regarding the CONSTANT injuries in Miami over the years, I’ve offered that perhaps there’s something in the water down there.
But maybe Grier just kept drafting and importing via FA injury prone players? Why? Discount prices. Why? Because he bloated our salary cap with ‘me-first’ players like ‘Reek and Ramsey.
Breaking News!!!!
Chris Grier is no longer in Miami…..MOVE ON!!!
General Grief is water under the bridge, but what he has done still affects us to this day.
Just because he’s gone now doesn’t mean we can ‘undo’ what he’s already done.
I guess it depends on what you define as “winning”. Last year we were 8-9. This season at the moment are 4-7, if we run the table we can go 10-7, but if we stumble once or twice, it’s 9-8 or 8-9, and in reality, even if we make the playoffs, we’re going to be one and done, because Tua’s not good enough if anything else isn’t perfect. To me, that’s NOT winning, that’s running on a treadmill, you’re getting nowhere.
Mired in mediocrity. Thats where we have been forever. Made the playoffs? Who cares, half the league does…..get shown the door instantly when they do. Can’t even compete in own division.
The celebration for the demise of the Cheatriots was short lived Guess it proves with the right people you can turn it around quickly and that’s my hope moving forward. Nothing here now is ever going to be better than mediocre, even though the QB is being paid to be top tier.
The biggest issue with long-time Dolphins fans is that they put the weight of the past 25 years on the shoulders of the people currently in charge. Chris Grier is a prime example of how they associate his tenure in Miami with their losing record. When they had nothing in common.
Tough hard fought game from what I saw from late 3rd quarter until the end.
Rich Eisen says what I have been saying about our HC
Dan Lebetard was talking about the decision to go for it on 4th down
and it turns out that the metrics say that the Dolphins were about 3% more likely to win by going for it on 4th
but very few coaches go for it there. I think he said 2 in 25 years which is wild if yiu think about it
i guess part of the benefit is even if you don’t make it, they have to go more than 90 yards with little time left
They needed to go about 60 yards to kick a game winner, not 90, and they had more than a minute and a half left and I think 2 TOs (I can’t recall on the TOs)- but they had plenty of time. The way kickers make 55+ yard kicks nowadays we were just lucky he missed it.
If they had needed a TD I would have been all for going for it in that scenario but I wouldn’t have gone for it when a FG beats you.
I actually thought running Achane on 3rd down instead of Gordon was the bigger mistake since the plan was to go for it on 4th anyway. If you know your going on 4th, then give Ollie 2 chances.
It all worked out in the end though.
Phel, good to see you on the board, bro.
I saw that about Abercrombie’s new book. I figure I’ll get it at some point. I wasn’t a huge fan of his last couple books; I’m hoping this new series will be better.
For the first time in ages, I actually have a backlog of books to read. I started the Dungeon Crawler Carl series, which is a lot of reading. Kind of a silly series, but I’m enjoying it.
If you haven’t read The Hierarchy series by James Islington, give that one a try. The 2nd book of four just came out. The 1st book was fantastic and I highly recommend it. I am really looking forward to the 2nd.
I’ve been lurking about. Kinda stepped back from football a bit this year.
I’ll check out that series.
As Rock points out below, it’s first person. I didn’t know it was a thing to dislike that style so if it’s off-putting to you, you may want to pass.
I can help clear up some of the 4th down going for it odds. Obviously it’s just a general thing, not taking the current situation into account. We were facing a backup QB without his best WR and the Commanders struggled to move the valley all day, with the exception of the run game which they didn’t really have enough time to use
Struggled to move the ball?
They had 379 yards total, 22 first downs, 6 for 13 on 3rd down, Mariotta outpaced Tua passing the ball.
Their problem was they kept shooting themselves in the foot to kill drives they missed 2 FGs, and we turned them over twice.
Actually we turned them over 3 times if you count the one on downs.
I actually kind of look at it the other way. If we were facing Mahomes or Allen, then absolutely you go for the TD. Giving one of them the ball back with over 1:30 is just asking for them to drive and win the game with a TD.
But against a 2nd or 3rd tier QB that has moved the ball well between the 20s, but only gotten in the end zone once, take the points, you figure the worst case scenario is they kick to tie it and you go OT.
I guess these kinds of decisions can be second guessed until the cows come home. We won the game. If they’d done it the other way, maybe we don’t and I’d be saying “we should have got the live chicken”, lol.
I think my takeaway is that maybe it wasn’t as nine head a decision as I originally thought
I was watching warm-ups during the game and gay hit a 65 yard with ease actually two of them and both of them hit the netting behind the goal posts. Patterson cleared it by maybe 3 yards so yes we were definitely lucky he missed that.
Kong – Hard not to outpace Tua, he didn’t throw a pass the entire 4th quarter!
But yeah, let’s bring him back next season for one more shot! Ugh!
Mariota was 20-30 213 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT. The Commanders ran the ball as I said, 172 yards rushing, which I mentioned was negated mostly due to the time constraint of having about a 1:30 on the clock remaining. To be fair, your post makes it look like they were a juggernaut, but nearly half their yards were on the ground.
But they had no trouble moving the ball, especially between the 20s. They were effective passing and running.
They only punted once the entire game. And they moved into FG range pretty quickly. Thankfully, they are the only team in the league that can’t hit a long FG.
Not sure if anyone noticed during the game, but the Commanders holder is the P Tress Way, and the K was Matt Gay.
Gay/Way
Thought that was funny when I saw it Sunday morning
Don’t quit your day job! 🙂
Joe Schad
@schadjoe
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The Miami Dolphins are currently projected to be 28th in the NFL in 2026 salary cap space at $-368,678 The Miami Dolphins are currently projected to be 7th in the NFL in 2026 dead cap at $34,140,635 Source: Spotrac
Thanks Chris! Don’t worry Chris, Markey still loves you! lol
OMFG He is gone move on!!!
Yes I did like him! He will land somewhere soon after the season, if he wants to still work.
Chris Grier went for it and it did not work out. So he is gone now. Time to move on!
He went for it alright! What was the result? Did we even win one playoff game? Make it to the Championship Round? You know the answers and more excuses will follow to absolve him
I feel it is more on our HC than our former GM, but that is my opinion, not sure why you think you can change my mind.
Move on.
Any GM worth their weight in gold will fix any issues they inherit. That is why there is a job opportunity because Grie has been fired. Maybe you didn’t get the report?
I also said that “IT DID NOT WORK” thus he was fired MOVE ON!!!!!
Markey – Chris Grier will be gone 2 years from now but we will still be suffering from his mistakes, and I’m not lying!
The next GM will manage through it!
Who, Champ Kelly? LMAO!! Only the Dolphins would make this guy GM right now.
If he is our next GM, it would be a short-term position unless they win big in 2026.
For now, he would be the logical choice to move forward with MM returning as HC IMHO!
Kong, is the The Hierarchy series by James Islington written in first person? I did this, I saw that, I was doing this and I did that?
I cannot stand first person writing. “I” being printed on a page 20-30 times is off putting to me.
I think I told you guys already, but I re-read the Belgariad and Malloreon by Eddings earlier this year and I picked up “Belgarath the Sorcerer” and “Polgara the Sorceress” which I had never read when they came out.
Belgarath wasn’t that great. I have been stuck on Polgara for close to a month now. It sucks, Eddings in actually turning my opinion of the original series with how bad it is. I never really liked the character Polgara all that much in the original series, but I can’t stand the “rewriting of history” and the arrogance in the tone in the prequel.
The whole “everyone thinks this, but for 1000’s of years I never corrected them until now” BS bothers me. Also, the asides to characters in the later (earlier) novels I find gross. Stuff like “I got you there didn’t I Silk”
Anyway, I NEED a new series, but If the Hierarchy series is written first person, I will have to pass because the style is annoying to me.
I read the entire “Lycanius Trilogy” and I cannot remember a single thing about it….I know I read them, because they are on my shelf, but I cannot recall a single character or event….
Yes, it’s first person. You didn’t like the Amber series by Zelazny? Great classic series written first person. But yeah, if it bothers you that much, then Hierarchy is obviously not for you.
The Licanius trilogy is simply wirtten but has one of the best ending payoffs in any series I have ever read. You can tell it’s a first time writer with a lot of talent, but that ending was great.
I’ve never read the companion pieces to the Belgariad and Mallorean. I nostalgically tried to start those series the other day and I just can’t get into them. They are too juvenile. Loved them when I was younger and just starting in the world of fantasy, but ‘let’s take turns smashing the bad guys and making quips on this travelogue’ over and over is not as compelling as it used to be, lol.
I’ll probably say the same thing about Dungeon Crawler Carl on any attempted re-reads (about it being juvenile). I’m enjoying right now, but it’s pretty silly. I doubt I’ll ever read it again once I’m done.
I agree with them being juvenile, and you are spot on about the “let’s take turns beating on the bad guys” trope.
It’s funny how tastes change. Those Eddings books were on my Mount Rushmore for decades.
“projected to be 7th in the NFL in 2026 dead cap at $34,140,635”
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MikeE, It’s going t be much worse than that. Once they cut Tyreek, we will have $62,389,385 in 2026 dead cap.
Then, just between Tua, Chubb, MFF and our dead cap (with Tyreek added) is going to take up $168,841,124 of our 2026 cap.
Only good thing is a pre 6/1 release of Tyreek will also clear 23.65m in cap which will put us at about 23.3m in cap to start free agency. Add in another 3-4m that we carry over will put us at around 27m. Again, like every year, barely enough money to sign draftees and fill out the roster with bargain basement players.
If we could wait to post 6/1 release Tyreek, we could clear 36m. Unfortunately, they won’t be able to wait.
why can’t we wait?
The main reason for keeping Kelly as GM is uninspiring and downright lazy. Nothing tells the fans that you’re listening to what they want by bringing back a 1YR/GM, HC and QB. I can just imagine how the season ticket sales are going to increase when they do that
You are mistaken to think most Dolphns fans want what you want.
We have a pretty good sample right here. I’ll see if I can make a poll this weekend. I can bet most people here don’t want them to bring it all back
I’m not talking about here, you gays are in a bubble that is polluted with biased opinions that I don’t think reflect the real opinions of most Dolphins fans.
Not saying my opinion does either, I would think both opinions have backers.
Some are content that Chris Grier is gone.
he’s an interim GM
there is no indication that they are keeping him as far as I can see
MikeE, also keep in mind Joe Schad’s cap numbers are from Spotrac who gets this “2026 salary cap space at $-368,678” by projecting the 2026 cap at 307.1m. That is a jump from 279.2m this year, almost 28m increase.
I don’t see it increasing that much. OTC is much more reserved projecting about a 17m increase putting us starting out at $-11,640,240.
If OTC is right and after cutting Tyreek, we will have only about 12m in cap plus maybe a 4m carryover leaving us at around 16m in cap to sign rookies and free agents.
The Flying Pig says: November 18, 2025 at 12:03 pm
why can’t we wait?
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Piggy, we could but, based on Spotrac’s #’s, our only cap space available would be what we carry over. Starting out at $-368,678 plus our carryover would leave us with only about 3-4m in cap to spend until June 2nd.
Then, if OTC is closer to the projected cap than Spotrac, we are looking at being -7m in cap still and having to restructure and push a bunch of dead money down the road.
That is likely to happen anyway (restructures), but Chubb, MFF, Jackson and Sieler have been restructured and already have future dead money. That really only leaves restructuring Tua and Waddle, mainly.
We could have around 100m in 2027 cap space. I just would hate to see them screw that up.
Mke McDaniel’s comment:
“I’ve felt different ways in different seasons before for various reasons. This one in particular, the momentum that we have established was building a work week that is full-tilt, the meetings are engaged, the walkthroughs are very attentive, with energy, and the focus is at the right place. Long story short, our momentum that we’ve built up until this point in the season has been built on our work week. I’m not as nervous about the momentum altering. I think we kind of learned the hard way — or were forced to learn the hard way on a way to get our team to play the way we feel like we’re capable of playing. The rest is necessary when you really empty the tank, but I think our formula is the guys didn’t blink going overseas. They really found a way to remanufacture that practice energy and that focus and that strain. I think it’s a good time to get rest, that’s the next thing we have to win.”
Three and a half years in the highest coaching position in the World(NFL HC)….and you’re just now figuring out how you need to practice? And you think this is somehow a cathartic learning experience for you? Cheese and crackers!
Biggers is doing a good job!
between the 3 DL we drafted, I think Jordan Phillips has been the best
these are Biggers first meaningful snaps and they give me hope
Grant is coming along but really was thrown into the fire
I think eventually we are going to see Benito Jones and Mathew butler lose time to these rookies
Our defensive rookies are showing up and have done a great job recently!
yes, the IDL is now one of the team strengths, as was expected to start the season, finally reaching their potential
Trader too
I don’t get the we beat a banged up team logic
Last time I checked we were pretty banged up too, Tua played, but he’s night right injurywise
No one gave us the benefit of the doubt early in the season, when we had several guys out, to go along with rookies getting lots of PT
Now they are paying off, and it looks like our young D-Line has potential. It’s time to give Anthony Weaver the credit he is due to turn this defense around, featuring 3 Rookies we drafted this year.
Weaver had issues early trying to make chix salad, but hes humming now
I’m all for giving someone a chance, if they show potential
Only reason I’d like to see us run it back is to keep Weaver
I’d be ok with Weaver as HC and retain our GM, both for a year (MM could then pound rocks)
of course, if a better GM or coaching candidate came knocking I would listen
Weaver has done well since he’s been here, even when giving him a challenge by incorporating the 3 young D-Linemen we drafted this year, and it seems to be paying off lately.
Anthony Weaver is Good! Hope we can keep him here.
we have some talent, what we don’t have is a competent front office
Until we fix that nothing else matters
Where did we get the talent if the front office is incompetent? Something doesn’t add up? It’s never been about talent more so than health and poor coaching until recently. IMHO!
Expecting Rookie to start the season strong is unrealistic, but to see them transform and play well of late is encouraging.
That’s all contingent on a plethora of matters. For a rook to have immediate success depends on his skills, to be drafted into the right system, to have support (both on and off the field), and the right coaching.
To date, I AM feeling encouraged about our day 3 rooks.
As for Kenneth Grant and Big Jonah? I’m NOT feeling very encouraged to date… but it’s alright, they could eventually turn into studs if everything goes right.
I’m constant on not being able to judge a rookie class until 3 years later.
Let me cut to the chase: RETAIN ANTHONY WEAVER. He’s huge part of the reason our Defense has improved week in and week out.
For Weaver to get the most out of day 3 picks (as rookies) is MOST impressive!
It’s my most sincere of hopes that IF Steve Ross brings back Capri McD, that we’re able to retain Anthony Weaver as our DC.
All of that goes out the window if Weaver accepts a HC job elsewhere, and he’s sure to be interviewed again for that role this offseason… especially when taking the Rooney Rule into consideration.
If I had it MY way, we’d fire Capri McD after the season ends and hire Weaver as our new HC. And yes… that means Tua riding the pines (if warranted) for $50M+ next season, just as the Falcons have done with Kirk Cousins this season.
My only question regarding Weaver as a HC: is his (coaching) net wide enough to find us a legit OC? Perhaps he’d go to the college ranks if not.
If Ross wants Weaver he will make it worth his wile to remain our DC next season IMHO.
Piggy – That’s what all the beat writers are saying. They’re going to let Kelly stay through ’26 along with McDaniel because Tua will be here in ’26.
we’ve been reading them long enough to know that they have no idea
in theory, if you are going to have to keep Tua (which seems likely) it makes sense to keep McDaniel
Hate to say it, but if you’re keeping McDaniel, then you may as well fuck us next year and keep Kelly, because again, what GM worth his salt wants to take over a team where the Head Coach is in place and so is the QB?
M – I wouldn’t do what you’re saying with Weaver. That’s still putting the cart before the horse. Why can’t we ever do it right? Hire a good GM and let them build the team how they want to build it. Otherwise it’s always the blame game, is it the GM, is it the HC? I hate the ambiguity. I want the GM to find the HC he wants and then you know they will be working together in unison and harmony. I think hiring a HC before you have a GM is a real bad way to do things. Before you say keep Kelly, then you do realize Kelly is then handling Free Agency and then the Draft so a lot of important stuff. If all of that is wrong, it sets us back years
I understand where you’re coming from.
Okay, so IF Steve Ross brings back Capri McD (and by extension, Tua), and IF Champ Kelly remains GM for ’26… you GOTTA bring back Anthony Weaver as DC, being he’s the best coach on our team, IMO.
As Markeyh stated above, if Ross wants Weaver, he will make it worth hi$ while to remain our DC next $eason… instead of allowing him to become a head coach elsewhere.
I’m extraordinarily high on Anthony Weaver. And I repeat, he reminds me very much of Dan Campbell-type of coach.