I’m sure some of you will be glad to hear that I’m actually a little excited to watch this upcoming matchup with the Dolphins traveling to Pittsburgh to take on the Pittsburgh Steelers. It’s not because I think we’re on our way to the Superbowl or even heading towards making the playoffs. The Dolphins have won 4 in a row, and 5 of 6. Head Coach Mike McDaniel has decided to make some changes on offense, namely taking the ball out of his mistake prone QB’s hands and delivering it to a now potent rushing attack. It’s precisely the type of offense that can play well in cold weather, and while the offense is humming without Tua, the defense has also kicked it up a notch. Over the last 6 games, only 1 team has scored more than 20 points our defense, and that was the Baltimore Ravens back on October 30th. That’s winning football right there, although the opponents do have something to do with that.
Here’s the thing, it’s not that I think the Steelers are a great team, they’re not. Their defense is not the Steel Curtain Defense of the 70’s, but they do have a fearsome pass rush, but that might be hindered if star LB T.J. Watt can’t play. He was admitted to the hospital after having discomfort in practice and has a lung issue. Bad news for the Dolphins is that was yesterday (Thursday) and the game is Monday Night, so Watt still has time to get right. The Steelers defense even with T.J. Watt have been allowing more points than the Dolphins D at a sliver under 24.0 PPG, good for 19th in the NFL. The Dolphins are currently at 15th allowing a shade under 23 PPG. Steelers are #21 in rushing yards allowed, and #28 in passing yards allowed.The Steelers are 6th in sacks though with 36. The Dolphins are #10 in passing yards allowed and #24 in rushing yards allowed.
I’m really curious to see what this Miami Dolphins team can do. Again, the Steelers are not a top NFL team, but they’re not a bad team either, and we’ve been playing some bad competition lately with the Jayden Daniels-less Commanders, the Tyler Shough led Saints and then the Brady Cook led Jets (After the early departure of QB Tyrod Taylor). So you can see we caught a break in some of those games, although somehow Saints QB Tyler Shough managed to easily out play our QB Tua Tagovailoa, but we still got the dub. It’s going to be a cold game for sure, a night game in Pittsburgh in mid December is a guarantee for low temps, and Monday night is expected to be around 15 degrees and cloudy, but no precipitation is expected at the moment. Historically this team would wither like a flower in the winter would, but this iteration of Mike McDaniels offense can play in this type of weather.
The story for the Dolphins is how much abuse can RB De’Von Achane take with an rib injury (not a broken rib, just sore)? Jaylen Wright had a breakout game last week against the Jets, but the Steelers are atop the AFC North division and would very much like to stay there, so they won’t roll over like the Jets did last week. There has been talk about potentially letting long term HC Mike Tomlin go, or maybe Tomlin wants a change of scenery, but either way, he doesn’t want to lose a game like this in his house. Will they sell out to stop the run and make QB Tua Tagovailoa beat them? You’d have to think that’s in the cards, and then the question will be can Qb Tua Tagovailoa turn the switch back on? It’s been on OFF the last 4 games, throwing no more than 23 passes in all 4, while also not topping 175 yards in ANY of the 4 games.
RB De’Von Achane has been one of the best RB’s in the NFL. He leads the NFL with 12 rushes of 20+ yards, and is 4th overall. If you watch the games, he’s the most important player on our offense, he makes it go. Jaylen Wright is not the same type of player. Achane has amazing quickness and vision and zero hesitation. He sees the hole and is through it in a blink. While he’s not a physical runner, he’s very elusive with excellent body control and rarely takes dead on hits. He has an uncanny ability to not get leveled. Any time he touches the ball in the pass game, even if it’s behind the LOS as it is many times, and even if defenders see it, he still manages to get positive yardage, and he’s a dangerous receiver a few yards past the LOS as well. No other RB on our team can duplicate what he does, in fact not may RB’s across the NFL can. He’s in Bijan Robinson, Jahmyr Gibbs, James Cook, even Jonathan Taylor territory. We’re going to need a healthy Achane to win this one.
Back to my curiosity for this game. Let’s assume the Steelers sell out against the run, and let’s also assume that Steelers LB T.J. Watt is playing. Can the Dolphins rely on QB Tua Tagovailoa to win this game when both big games and cold games have been his ruination? It’s fascinating to me, it really is. If Achane is anywhere near 100%, I don’t think the Steelers can shut him down entirely and force us to pass more, I think Mike McDaniel can find a way to get Achane some room, whether it’s a 6th OL, or motion or fakes, Mike knows who gets the offense going. On the other hand, I’m interested to see if Jaylen Wright can put together another successful day. I doubt he gets 24 carries like he did against the Jets, but hopefully it’s not one carry and then off the field. Will RB Ollie Gordon be able to play his physical style and get some action. All questions that will be answered in 3 days time, so buckle up!
GO DOLPHINS!!!
Finsmob Unleashed 
Most of the WR’s I like in the 3rd and 4th round have some size but aren’t necessarily tall WR’s like Omar Cooper 6’0, 201 and Cooper Barkate 6’1 195.
I like both Elijah Sarratt and Ian Strong but think they will be gone by the time we pick in the 3rd round. Omar Cooper may be gone by then also.
Dang, a few torn ACL’s yesterday with Patrick Mahomes, Micah Parson’s and Ravens LB Teddye Buchanan.
INJURIES
SIGNINGS
ROSTER CUTS
GAME-DAY ELEVATIONS
INJURIES
Will Sam Leavitt transfer to Indiana next year? It could happen.
Not sure. Fernando Mendoza’s younger brother is his backup on Indiana right now and looks to be the starter next year. I still would not put it past Cignetti to bring in someone who he might think will be better.
I am interested to see where Drew Mestemaker goes, if he enters the portal after his bowl game.
Mestemaker’s HC just left North Texas to be the HC at Oklahoma State. Many think Mestemaker will follow him there.
I also look for Sellers, Dylan Raiola and Aidan Chiles to hit the portal.
Sorsby could decide to stay as well. I hope not and we draft him.
Rich, lastly, I am also very interested to see if NC State’s CJ Bailey hits the portal. He’s like 6’6, 210. I think he would be a hot commodity if he hits the portal.
CJ Bailey is on my 2027 QB list. He could be the next Jayden Daniels.
Steve – What I’m saying is it was one game, and damn, they were in that game, were even winning 31-28 at 9:49 in the 4th. They didn’t look like they didn’t belong on the field with the Bills, Josh Allen just Josh Allen-ed them. We’ll see if they play a playoff contender and lose 56-18 like we did to the Ravens, or don’t show up in a playoff game against the Chiefs. It’s a little premature to call them out, they won fucking 10 in a row before this loss.
uh huh
DUDE, FUCK THESE NFL C^CKSUCKERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Dolphins game is only on fucking ESPN?! Every goddamned Monday night game is on ABC and I always have it on. But BOTH Dolphins Monday night games THIS SEASON are on ESPN only this year.
The first one was because there were two Monday night games that night. There is only one game tonight but I randomly don’t get it on ABC. Go fuck yourself NFL
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Go Phins!
GO PHINS!!!
HELL YEAH!!!
Achane is 317 rushing yards behind leader Jonathan Taylor, entering tonight’s game. I’m rooting for Achane to lead the NFL in rushing yards!
Achane still leads the NFL in YPC: 5.8 YPC!
I’d sit him out, he doesn’t need any awards, so we have to pay him 20m+ per year
but once he gets that ball its all go
Brooks with an unDolphin like tackle to force the punt
as it was happening live, I was cursing the t v thinking they were getting the first down
Same here! And how about Rasul!
same
Rasul has been BALLIN’ in the second half of the season! Excellent tackles on that Defensive drive.
there’s Tua
it really feels like Tua can’t do anything anymore
He sucks soooo bad
was just going to say how great he looks when throwing in less than 3 seconds
(worst after 3 seconds)
weenie arm at his finest
That pass couldn’t have been more than 30 yards and it was a weak duck.
Wow… I’ve got many words for that play…
That was a duck from the second he threw that … WTF
yet another awful throw by Tua
all he needs to do is be a game manager and he can’t do that
Must be the poor coaching again huh?
or the missing OLinemen
F’kn impediment
Tua now leads the NFL in INTs thrown, passing Geno Smith.
and Garo Smith has been awful
I knew the second that floater was thrown. Weakass arm
Oh my…put Ewers in…jfc
That’s all the proof you need that Tua can’t throw in the cold. At least over 15 yards.
lol at them calling Tua’s throw a floater, if that doesn’t say at all Tua the floater (What a piece of shit🤣)
That pass had more feathers than a duck on it.
i just wonder how good this offense could be with a QB that contributed
indeed. I have changed my mind about the tam overall, but they won’t win much with Tua.
I have too. The entire team has shown improvement except for him
I wonder if/when MM is going to wonder that
Replay on the Tua INT? He LABORED in throwing the pass… almost look like it took everything he had just to throw it that far. He’s shot.
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Tua now leads the NFL in INTs thrown, passing Geno Smith.
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mf13ss
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and Garo Smith has been awful
And benched 🤷♂️🤔
JACK JONES with the open field tackle close to the LOS!
I love that no one breaks a Brooks tackle
D playing great in the cold they aren’t supposed to be able to play in
Chop with a pop
Yeah that works better 👍😎
Chop with a ROCK
D flying around
you don’t break a Brooks sack either
JORDYN BROOKS 4 PREZ!!!
Brooks for Pres again
Yessir!
Dolphins came to play! Just run baby run!
Yes! This team is hitting and ready!
I don’t need a Tua interception montage
he can’t even slide right
what a dumbass
don’t even what to say about Tua
DON’T like how Patrick Queen got has hands under Tua’s helmet on the Tua run. That wasn’t right.
That’s as bad as a face-mask or horse-tackle.
Dirty tackle, IMO
you’ve got a guy coming at you that all he wants to do is make an arm tackle, and you’re f****** sliding.What a dumb a**
he should still be running
let’s see first drive bad pass on 3rd down, 2nd drive int, 3rd drive premature slidualation
🤡
They need a football player at the QB position desperately
Does Tua have any awareness after playing 6 seasons. Is it that difficult to know where the 1st down marker is?
nope
he doesn’t have any play brains left after all the hits, he’s turned into Chrissey Everett
We all know Tua is done athletically.
Tina has nothing left.
and apparently he is dumb as a box of rocks
It’s the brain freeze that kicks in at 40 F and under
Could this be the game Tua gets benched?
should be the game…
…someone shoves a pole up his dupa
if I had a goat it would be on fire
I hope not cause Ewers is emergency qb
D fence
Isn’t it interesting that our D has exponentially improved since we traded Phillips?? I don’t think he was the reason , but ….
not sure about him not being the problem
every game he’d run past the QB, who would step up and complete a pass
But weren’t those pressures ??🤪
Defence playing awesome. For the love of God, take the ball out of Tua’s hands.
pbfinfan
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December 15, 2025 at 8:52 pm
Tina has nothing left.
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Hey, pbfinfan!
LOL @ “Tina”!!!
great play Achane, great play Achane, great play Achane…dammit Tua
story of this game
Story of this season!
read the response, but didn’t need to see who wrote it🤣
🙃
Great job Patterson LOL I hear that a lot 🤪
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wow!
was queuing up the adjectives for MM for the attempt in the frigid night
Thank God for helium in these footballs when kicking! 3-0, PHINS!
Achane is so good. Hopefully the new GM will not let him walk.
manitobafinfan
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December 15, 2025 at 8:57 pm
Isn’t it interesting that our D has exponentially improved since we traded Phillips?? I don’t think he was the reason , but ….
******
I don’t think he was the problem
but I think the build was a problem
we were dropping pass rushers into coverage just to get them on the field
Whatever it was I like what we are doing now
Fucking Patterson …. I hear that MORE lol
LOL!
Bad, Patterson! @ Manitoba!
🤡
Rodgers looks like he’s straying to heat up
Or starting
It’s time for my guy JACK JONES to get his first pick-6 of the season!
MM with 3 bad TOs
Chubb should not have come of of Gainwell
Yeah I saw that too
that wasn’t Chubb. That was Judon
the orange sleeves are Judon
Chubb used to wear them.
You’re right Bri! Trade him in the off-season.
That was Judon who has been a liability on defense all season. Put Quentin Bell in there instead.
Judon blew that coverage and blew a tackle that resulted in 10 yards. He sucks!
this is where it all starts to go downhill. Everything we did right we’re now gonna do wrong
You mean our 1/2 time adjustments 😎
you just knew that was coming
no faith in our passing game to get us back in this
so Achane is going to have to break a big one
yeah, if we don’t get the running game going, we have no shot to win this game
not even a good check down throw to ingold who has to lunge for it
For fucks sake sit Tua down
he’s really hurting this team
that’s a great drive get the ball on the 40 and we end up on the 30
SBJ – Can someone concuss this mother fucker?
Honest take: I feel as though Dan Marino in ’99 was more mobile than what Tua displayed on that last sack.
he’s so clueless, he’s out of the pocket throw it away
Marino is more mobile today than Tua
what I’ve been saying all season Tua handicaps the O, because hes so limited
You know what else? STOP FUCKING SAYING HE’S THE QB NEXT SEASON. THAT’S RIDICULOUS!!! I don’t care if he’s making $100M next season, how do you tell his teammates that he has to play?
Who is going to replace him?
Who cares? It’s like having a Kicker with a broken foot
Mac Jones
Some homeless street scrub
JACK JONES tackling BIG Darnell Washington!!! LUV IT!!!
This is the typical Dolphins meltdown, even in 2023, like at the end of the season. Defense plays well, offense can’t do shit and eventually, the defense breaks down, and the offense has nothing
yep
Tua has now broken our D too
a lot of Pittsburgh’s receivers have been wide open tonight
GAME OVER
Game over
And it’s all over
this is also what happens when we play the physical teams of the league. We just can never keep up with them because this team is a bunch of pussies with a pussy head coach
Well that is that. The dreamers can quit with their playoff talk finally.
This team NEEDS a QB desperately
yeah, but the problem with that is there is no quarterback on the horizon. Unless we ship the bed next year, we won’t have a chance at a quarterback for another two years and that’s if we play like shit that year, too
Yep
Not seeing this 2 years ago and then backing up the Brinks truck…..what a disaster
Goodnight here comes a Tua int, pick6teen
It’s a disgrace to his teammates and Dolphins fans everywhere to run Tua back out three now
MM is so shell shocked from watching not Tua play QB
And the Jets loae in OT as well
Lose
Steve, Mac Jones is still under contract with the 49er’s next year.
trade
Bri – Pittsburgh hasn’t been physical on D. Teams have been running all over them. Problem with us is we’re one dimensional. They weren’t concerned about the passing game with Tua, so they sold out on the run. And here’s fucking Tua throwing screen passes
throwing screen passes poorly
Just fucking WOW
Goodnight for reals
there’s no way there wasn’t some one open down field after that scramble.
He’s terrified to the throw the ball downfield. You can see it in his body language. Why he’s still out there baffles me