The Miami Dolphins are now OFFICIALLY OUT OF THE PLAYOFFS! It was going to happen any week now anyway, but it’s time to unmask this entire organization as playing themselves off as Playoff contenders. Masks off everyone! This team should be fighting for the basement, not the top of the division. If there is anyone that still thinks that QB Tua Tagovaiola and HC Mike McDaniel need to come back here next year, you need a rectal exam to see if your brains are stuck in your ass!
“We’re built for cold weather”. In theory, yes, the team was more apt to succeed in cold weather because of the success they were having running the football. At some point though, you need contributions from the passing game, unless you have the kind of rushing attack that you can run whether they know you’re running or not. Despite our success in that area, we don’t have a punishing run game. Achane is one of the best RB’s in the game, but he doesn’t physically wear down defenses. I’m sure they get tired from chasing him, but he doesn’t inflict pain when you bring him down. The Steelers defense sold out and said we’re going to limit the run game, and then of course, you need to lean on your QB, and Tua once again let us know that he’s not only not ready for prime time as we’ve (I’ve) known since 2023, but he’s legit not a starting QB anymore in the NFL, unless he’s able to somehow figure out how to get his body right so he can move, throw the ball with a decent amount of pace further than 15 yards.
I have yet to go on “X” this morning, but I know there will be the usual fucknuts telling everyone it’s not Tua’s fault, he had a QB passer rating over 110, he was 22-28 253 yards, 2 TD’s 1 INT. Pretty damn good, right? Tua was a like shooting guard in the NBA on the wrong side of 145-109 loss, and he was 2-10 shooting and 0-5 behind the 3 point line, until the middle of the 4th quarter during “GARBAGE TIME” when he all of a sudden found his shot and hit 5 three point shots and ended up with 19 points, and that’s not bad at all! Tua didn’t start making things happen until the 4th quarter with the score 21-3. In the first half, Tua was 5-8 for 61 yards, 0 TD’s and 1 INT. How many fucking times is that numbskull going to slide short of the first down marker? Think he needs a few more years before he learns that trick? Not once in this game did either Mike McDaniel or Tua give us a chance to win this game. I don’t care if he’s on the roster, I swear it I won’t watch another game for this team if he’s the starting QB for the Miami Dolphins and even worse, if Mike McDaniel is back as Head Coach. WTF is wrong with McDaniel? Do we not have a “hurry up” offense? How can you NOT have one? We’re down multiple scores and the team is huddling up like it’s the 1st quarter, but it’s not, it’s the 4th quarter! I’m not talking about quick huddles and break, I’m talking about getting to the LOS with 6 seconds on the play clock.
How many times in this type of game have we seen the defense play well enough to stay in the game, but the offense contribute nothing? Too many times I say. I’ll tell you something else, they cannot insult the fans or the team by continuing to start QB Tua Tagovailoa. This truly should have been his last start. Forget Zach Wilson who has 3 games left as a Miami Dolphins player, you have to play Quinn Ewers who is signed through 2028. Let’s see what he can, or cannot do. There is no point in playing Tua, we 100% know he is not the answer to anything other than the question “What is failure?”
SIT TUA, PLAY EWERS, FIRE McDANIEL, FIRE CHAMP KELLY!!!
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Steve – I’m just 100% looking forward to something fresh. I read all the Draft profiles on Ewers, he was routinely expected to be a mid round pick, and was rated by most as the 5th best QB in the 2025 Draft, behind Ward, Sanders, Dart and Shough. Like you said, i think his biggest obstacle will be MM’s offense and the complexity of it. On the other hand, compared to watching Tua the wet noodle arm for the last couple of years, I think Ewers could look like he has a Marino type arm to us. I’m looking forward to it and I don’t expect to be disappointed.
his pocket pressence is lacking, he seems lost far too often
the O needs to be simplified, 2 reads, check down, thats it
don’t hold the ball
Do I expect Ewers to do well? No
Am I happy with the decision? Yes!
YES! I’m happy with the decision as well!
exactly how I feel
I read earlier that one of our beat-reporters asked Tua today — point-blank — if his hip was doing alright. Tua replied that his hip is fine.
I call BS. Dick Van Dyke (who just turned 100 years old this week… NICE!) probably has a healthier hip than Tua has right now, not kidding. The tape doesn’t lie and the stats are all indicative that there’s something physically wrong with Tua… and it’s not his concussions in this case.
He’s able to throw it all-arm, so we know it’s not his arm and most probably not his back. He now scrambles like he’s got a fresh hot turd in his drawers, so we know it’s from the waist down.
I move that Capri McD KNOWS it’s Tua’s hip and that it needs to be treated… and I don’t buy that Quinn Ewers gives us the best chance to win.
Regardless, I must say that Tua deserves to be benched at this point, we NEED to see what Ewers has (I want to see him, too!), and we may as well lose out at this point for a better Draft pick. By doing this, we kill 3 1/2 birds with one stone.
the Dick Van Dyke references just keep going
Friday I’m watching an old Hollywood video, with stars dancing, one of which was Dick, so I look it up to see, if he’s still alive and wouldn’t you know it, it’s 1 day before his 100th
@SavageSports_
According to PFF, Matthew Judon is the worst edge rusher in the NFL.
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What a waste. Coming into the season, I truly thought we’d see fireworks with Chop, Jaelan, Chubb, and Judon as our EDGE guys.
Fast forward to December, and both Jaelan and Judon are gone… Chop is a mere blip on the radar, and Chubb has been our best (with only 6.5 sacks this season).
Ouch, what a kick to the cockbag.
I see Rockphin touched on this earlier. ‘Reek’s post on X after hearing about Tua getting benched…
@cheetah
What a financial disaster General Grief has put us in… *sigh*
Just dump Tua and eat the $. Denver sure did ok with that. Look at the 9ers dead cap and they are doing well too. Its possible, but the next GM HAS to be able to draft the right guys immediately.
There will be a LOT of ramifications (coaching, especially) should we eat Tua’s $$$… and we’re probably going to have to eat a lot of ‘Reek’s $$$ as well.
Ya know what? I’m with ya, my man. May as well just flush all of this out of our system, NOW.
And you are 100% on the next GM HAS to be able to draft the right guys immediately, otherwise we’re just spinning our wheels in the mud.
We’ll see what happens, but this latest incarnation of our Phins must get flushed down the toilet… save perhaps Anthony Weaver.
I honestly don’t believe much will change if Steve Ross retains Capri McD as our HC. I say clean house, save Anthony Weaver.
I think Reek has 3 void years tacked on. (so stupid!!) I believe we eat 28M if we release him this year but we will save 29M against the cap.
100 percent!
don’t see what we have to lose by just putting Weaver in now, then let him keep the HC job next year
is MM capable of simplifying the O? Will he?
if he does Ewers might get it going at some point Sunday
Did he not simplify it already because of Tua?
Is he capable, yes, he already did it
no, calling more running plays isn’t simplifying the O
I don’t expect much from Quinn Ewers as I watched plenty of him at UT last year. He is what he is, but I think it’s important he gets reps (if he can survive) the last 3 games for his benefit, the benefit of the team, and the evaluators of the future.
the local expert, think you’ve seen his ins and outs more than the rest of us
what I’d like to know is, in your opinion is the problem the O or scheme being bad or didn’t fit him (at UT) or was it Ewers?
Don’t be an ass….when you watch someone for 3 years, local or not, you tend to “see” or “know” a little bit about the person.
I am very curious to see how Ewers does and how he has grown, if any.
My local (in and out) opinion? He had a very decent OL for good portion of those years. I think Sarkisian taught him and groomed him well with the talent he had to work with. He was great pick up by UT.
He had wow moments and then he had WTF moments. He has grit and for Mike E. he will put it out there for the team in a smart way, typically.
I think Sarkisian is good for Manning, too, and it was smart for Arch to stay another year. I don’t know how you teach accuracy, but one thing he should stop doing is throwing side-arm…lol.
Bookman – I’m not sure MM simplified the offense for Tua, but I think he changed the philosophy for sure. He basically took the ball out of his hands and called a whole lot more run plays. There are things that Ewers could do better than Tua. If he’s going to get sacked, he could throw the fucking ball away and probably reach past the LOS. If he runs with the ball he can make sure he’s past the first down marker. He can probably throw the ball 50 yards downfield so if there’s someone open there he may actually be able to reach them and not just throw up a duck.
Will he be as good as Tua as far as timing, I don’t think so, not even on screen passes. This will be his first week of practices with starters reps with the 1st string players. They will have very little chemistry after just a week. I don’t expect him to be in sync with these guys even at the season finale which is in just 2 weeks. To me, it doesn’t really matter. Maybe he does a few things each game that give you hope that he can either be a backup or maybe even compete for a starting position. I was beyond sick of watching Tua play, so Ewers playing is a break from that, and that works for me!
Yep…
He can practice his timing and familiarity with the run game, the speed of the game, he can get rid of the ball quick, and he can and does throw the ball away, and he does get to the sticks, and he can throw it 60+, if I remember correctly….
….this is the fucking point…lol.
watching Kurt Warner breakdown Tua dropping back to pass kind of confirms MMs O design sucks
I’ve said, Tua is at his best, when he throws it quickly
when he throws it quickly, (downfield) it means he has an open receiver, caused by good play design
we don’t see enough quick throws
Teams did their best to take away Tua’s first read. The longer he held the ball, the worse he was. MM can’t make guys get open, they have to do it, they have to execute.
go watch the Kurt Warner video, where he reviews Tua’s throws vs Pitt
it shows play design, he uses words like IDK what he was thinking there (MMs play designs)
sure Tua can’t make all the throws, but with a new HC and new O, I’m not so sure he can’t salvage Tua for a year (long term I want nothing to do with Tua)
MMs passing O design sucks
a key point Warner makes is you need to force a back 7er to make a decision on which receiver to take, otherwise they’re just covering your routes
The good thing about Ewers is he can’t be a bust. If he doesn’t pan out, he was a 7th RD pick, no worries.
being a 7th is also a bad thing, so 🤷♂️
it means we have nothing left in the cupboard
The reality is that both Tua and McD suck. No one is going to pick up Tua unless we pay them to and McD isn’t getting another HC opportunity. We struck out with all three, but I agree with Perkins at the SS. Grier was probably the best of the 3 and he was let go first. Ross has clue what he’s doing, and he keeps hiring other people that have no clue either. He needs to stay out of this next round of hiring and the business itself. He cost us a first rounder and who knows what else. Probably a lot since he still thinks McD is a good HC.
this is a pretty good article by SS
https://www.si.com/nfl/dolphins-tua-tagovailoa-long-drawn-out-decline-could-have-been-prevented?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
SI not SS
I’m not sure. Was it Grier needing to reinforce he didn’t fuck up or Ross pushing for his dude and making sure his dude was happy? If Ross had been less hands on the past few years, I’d blame Grier 100%. With Ross playing his best Jerry Jones impression, I’m just not sure. Dude just needs to move on and let his daughter take the cake. Maybe she will be more willing to stay in the background where she deserves to be.
LOL at you telling the owner where they deserve to be…
Mike E,
I have the same feelings as you this week. I’m excited to see hopefully better QB play over the first 3 quarters but at least a different look at QB. This will be the second game I watch this year so it will feel good to see where they are at. Ewers didn’t impress me too much at Texas but if he’s been working his ass off this year, he may be ok. At least I won’t see at 30 yard ducks getting intercepted because the dude can’t throw a decent deep ball. Ewers will have decisive interceptions if he has them.
LMAO @ Decisive interceptions! That’s what we want! 🙂
According to PFF, Matthew Judon is the worst edge rusher in the NFL.
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I have been saying this for well over a month now.
M13, it seems BBM’s late day 3 QB pool is getting smaller. USF QB Byrum Brown and Ole Miss QB Trinidad Chambliss, both seniors, are submitting a waiver to get another year of eligibility.
I like Chambliss over Brown as he is a better passer.
I woke up this morning feeling like it was victory Monday. Is that bad? lol
Judon gone and Tua benched. That’s a victory from the hands of defeat…
I think just about everyone on this board knew it was over once we got to the Steelers game. That’s been hanging over us for the last month, so it is nice to just be past it.
My biggest concern in this upcoming game isn’t whether Ewers is going to suck or not. It’s MM still calling the shots. I fear he is going to be over conservative throwing about 15 screen passes and continuing to over use Achane.
I want to see things opened up. Throwing down field.
I also wonder how quickly we run out of timeouts, especially in the first half with MM getting the play in and less than 10 seconds left on the play clock.
New Age, I still think the Raiders may bite on a Tua trade. Again, Pete Carroll is 74 and there is no elite QB in this class. I think Mendoza is on that border though. There are going to be teams fighting for that #1 overall pick. Do the Raiders want to get in that bidding war with the Jets, Saints or even Cleveland for #1 overall (if they don’t end up there)? Does Carroll want to reset with a rookie?
Could the Raiders view Tua as a Sam Darnold reclamation? Don’t know. Again also, the Raiders can cut Geno Smith with no dead cap and clear 26+m and Tua would only cost them 25.2m.
Lastly again, do it for peanuts. Trade him for a future 7th or for their #3 QB Aidan O’Connell.
If you can’t trade Tua, I have said you can’t cut Tua because of the dead cap but actually they could. It would be a struggle to fill out a good roster though.
Say the 2026 cap is 300m and we have no rollover due to incentives that have to be paid. We would be starting at around -10m in cap. Cutting Tyreek pre 6/1 will clear 23.6m. That will leave us at around 13.6m in cap. Cutting Tua post 6/1 will cause an extra 11m cap hit leaving us starting at 2.6m in cap with just 33 players on the roster.
Then there are a number of things you can do to clear more cap. You will still have to hit the yard sales, flea markets and thrift stores to fill out the 2026 roster though.
There is a silver lining in that we will have over 100m in 2027 cap space. Plenty of money to give Achane an extension while we are paying rookie salary/cheap vet at the QB position.
I hope Chubb plays well and stays healthy these last 3 games. He could be a trade candidate. Trade or cut, his dead cap hit is the same unlike Tua’s contract. Might as well get something.
Three teams who need Edge help with 90+m in 2026 cap are Chargers, Bengals and Commanders. Chubb will only cost them 20m in 2026 of which they could restructure.
By the current draft order, if we could get a 3rd for Chubb it would be #71 Bengals or #73 Commanders.
I’ve brought this up many times, but I don’t think I’ve ever got an answer. Do we have any proof that Ross actually told anybody in the organization that he wanted them to push to win a SB right now? Is that true? Or, are people just assuming he did?
Or, did he make comments like: “I want a Super Bowl winner.” “I think we can compete for a superbowl.” Those aren’t the same things. I haven’t looked hard, but I have looked. I can’t find anything that shows Ross told Grier to make moves to win now. Is it out there?
Don’t think we’ll ever know the real answers to that
Me neither. I think it is more that Grier saw what the Rams did and won the SB. He tried to copy them and failed. I put it most all on Grier.
I think if anything, Grier gave Ross his plan and Ross said ok roll with it.
I don’t think I ever saw an article saying that Ross told Grief to go “all in”.
My FEELING is Grief felt the pressure without the express command from Ross because of the supposed “Tanking” for Tua the previous season and the rebuild.
It’s my belief that Grier felt he was presiding over the ONLY tear-down / rebuild he was ever going to get and ran out of patience for building the correct way due to HIS inability to draft properly.
Thanks fellas. One of life’s mysteries. Until somebody writes a book. Lol
Another concern I have is Tua is in a mode where he don’t care. What if he decides to retire? I have no clue on how that would affect the cap.
BBM,
From what I’ve seen, I think Tua would be just fine riding the pine and raking in millions. I wish he would just retire, but I’m not sure he’s quite THAT stupid. Unless he has some sort of obscene insurance policy he can use if he retires due to medical issues. Why not make easy money as long as you can when you’re not really a competitor?
I gotcha, he’s going to be rich anyway with all his guaranteed money even if he is cut, retires or stays.
everyone wants us to throw downfield, but if its not open you throw a checkdown
MM is so bad at regular play design it limits the O, he’s the guy that thinks he’s a genius coming up with cool plays, but doesn’t do the basics good, same as his speaking
there was a reason no other team was trying to hire MM, when we brought him in
You don’t try to force the ball downfield against 2 high safety looks, if that’s what we’re getting. Sure, he can throw a deep ball during the game, but you’re not going to do it a lot against that look. Now, if you can establish the LOS and the running game to draw those defenders up…take a shot. We don’t know if teams will play that way against Ewers yet. They may decide to bring max pressure to rattle the kid.
I’m fine if they just wanna go out and chuck it. It really doesn’t bother me because the season is over. But, I think you can continue to build a foundation by letting your big dogs eat in the ground game. Take that confidence and momentum into next season.
Steve,
I wonder if Warner is bucking for an OC job because all his videos rip play design. When it’s not obvious, he always makes excuses for QBs. Lol
IDK, but he likes to right to Tua
after our loss to Buff on the int at end of game he ripped Tua and MM, and on the int vs Pitt
I think he just tells it like it is
MM puts no effort into something of his plays, as if he doesn’t account for how the D may setup in the design
he likes to rip Tua
We signed ILB Jackson Woodard, 6’2, 235 off the Texans practice squad. He will be on the 53 for the remainder of the season. I like him. He was a late day 3 or UDFA I wanted this last draft. He was a stud at UNLV. In his 2 seasons at UNLV he had 251 total tackles, 26 TFL, 6 sacks, 5 INT’s and 16 PD’s.
They will surely sign him to a futures contract. Same with Edge Andre Carter II who we just signed back to the practice squad after releasing him from the 53. We had poached him a month ago from the Lions.
Who’s doing the film breakdown on this? McLovin?
Try to imagine it . . . LOL!
And Woodward was a captain.
I really like his instincts in pass coverage and reading the QB.
He could have easily had 7 int’s in 2024.
I wonder if Warner is bucking for an OC job
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I would love to have Kurt Warner as our next OC.
It’s slightly interesting that the 2 players we have poached were on defense. It is for areas we need depth for next year. Are these players Weaver wanted for next year? Is there a plan to fire MM and hire Weaver as HC? I’m probably reading too much into it.
Weaver as HC then hire Warner to be OC. That’s the ticket! lol
I’m buying what you’re selling
both are quite raw, with no apparent great candidates out there, see if they bite as pups
if not you don’t have to keep them for 4 or 5 years
Honestly, I’m not concerned about saving money next year with Tua. I would either try and find some stupid team to trade him to or cut him June 1st. I would run with a skeleton crew next year if you have to, with basically the guys we drafted the last few years, UDFAs, and cheap labor from FA. We won’t be good next year, so why not try and get a good chunk of this crap that Grier created behind us?
I hate it because this season was the throwaway year in my opinion
I don’t want to waste another of my limited years left on this earth
but I agree just take the bad medicine and be done with it
Plus being bad next year will help our draft position if we do go for a quarterback in 2027
I’m not against trading some of our more valuable players either. Guys like Fitzpatrick, Chubb, Waddle… You have to think about which players can be part of your nucleus in a couple years and which players will likely lose a step or two by then because they are getting a little long in the tooth. Get something now while they have trade value.
With that said, everything is on the table if there is a QB they love in the draft. Show me some conviction and go get the most important position on the field. ANY player should be available to trade if it’s to move up to get a potential franchise QB.
Can’t really do anything with Waddle in 2026. Anything other than a post 6/1 trade will result in a 11.5m extra cap hit.
I can really see doing it in 2027. Especially since Grier really backloaded his contract and his cap hit vaults up to 33.8m in 2027. A team trading for him will have to pay him about 24m. We will have the 2027 cap space to take some of that on though. Or we can outright cut him in 2027 with only about 16.4m dead cap hit and clear 17.3m.
Book Club:
Scott Lynch
The Lies of Locke Lamora
I am about 1/3 of the way into the first book
I am hooked.
Holy cow does Jonah get blown up on that first play in the video for Ewers. Nice poise by Ewers.
I noticed Jonah on that one also. It was like blowing on a feather for the DT. lol
neither the first time nor the last time he was thrown down on his ass
you mean the 2nd play correct?
the one where he is knocked on this ass?
yes
well in that case
you can’t really blame him for wanting to take a seat and relax
Ewers probably snapped the ball with more than 2 seconds on the play clock
he probably thought he had plenty of time to sit and relax!
😬
preseason
you saw how bad he was to start the year
maybe Jonah fell out of shock that there wasn’t any pre-snap motion!
BBMike – You put up the film breakdown of Quinn Ewers up above. I swear that it’s fucking McLovin doing the breakdown. Listen to it, tell me I’m wrong.
lol
My conspiracy theory is those videos are really just BBM sniffing helium and talking ball with himself. Lol
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December 18, 2025 at 9:55 am
M13, it seems BBM’s late day 3 QB pool is getting smaller. USF QB Byrum Brown and Ole Miss QB Trinidad Chambliss, both seniors, are submitting a waiver to get another year of eligibility.
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I’m sold on Byrum Brown, RIGHT NOW. NO, he’s not going to be a day 1 starter if he ends up declaring for the ’26 Draft, but he’s 6’3″, 232, he has an arm, needs to work on his accuracy (though it’s not bad), and he can run/scramble with the best of ’em.
He’s going to be a day 3 project if he enters the ’26 Draft, but I’m good with that. He could end up being a poor-man’s Cam Newton in time.
I’m very interested to see if Byrum’s waiver to get another year of eligibility is honored.
At this point in time, I have more faith in Byrum Brown than I do LaNorris Sellers.
Curious to think what you and Rich think about Byrum Brown vs LaNorris Sellers at the moment…
And yes… we all realize Brown plays in the American Conference while Sellers plays in the SEC.
Personally, I believe Brown’s talents can translate, despite playing in the American Conference. But again, he’ll be a project in the NFL to begin… hence a day 3 pick.
I was so utterly underwhelmed by Sellers this season that I don’t think he translates.
Last thing on the matter: if Capri McD is retained, I don’t see us even sniffing either of Brown or Sellers.
The modern and successful QB of Goodell’s tenure of late, is one who can stay healthy while being able to scramble (if not being a great runner), possess a deep ball (when necessary), generally accurate in a spread Offense (it’s the fad of the day), with nerves of steel in a BIG game (and regardless of a hot or cold climate).
Yeah… these guys don’t grow on trees.
For ME (just me and my $.02), that minimal size threshold has a floor of 6’2″ (Patrick Mahomes and Steve McNair), and a floor of 225 (Patrick Mahomes and Steve McNair).
And guys like prime Daunte Culpepper and prime Cam Newton were almost unstoppable in both the pass and run game.
The above mentioned cats would never have been fits into Capri McD’s scheme. We’ll be trading for Dillon Gabriel under McD… and Gabriel IS A PERFECT fit for McD’s scheme.
No more puny QBs for me after the Tua experience (where’s the Hulkster?!! That’s something Ken would say!).
Let’s get modern. The WCO hasn’t worked for shit in recent years, just ask Kyle Shanahan with the plethora of injuries his 49ers (like US!!!) have incurred… and Kyle still doesn’t have a Super Bowl ring.
We’ve been injury-riddled on Offense ever since Mike Sherman (via Joe Philbin in 2012) introduced us to the WCO. And if I’m not mistaken, we’ve been using a ZBS ever since on the O-Line… how has THAT worked out for us, especially in terms of HEALTH?
what about Drew Allar?
you guys think he will last a few rounds coming off the injury?
think he will be able to be a starter in the NFL?
I know we have some PSU people here
thoughts?
He doesn’t have ice running through his veins. He always messes up in the big games, just like Tua.
Now who’s to say? Perhaps he hooks up with an OC and/or HC who instills confidence in him and brings his game another notch?
Speaking only for myself, but I don’t see IT in Allar. I like him a lot, but I don’t see much of a future for him in the NFL. JMO, as always…
That was a fun game.
M13, I would take Brown over Sellers. Though it’s being said that Brown will get his waiver approved for another year of eligibility. They weren’t as confident on Chambliss but wouldn’t be surprised if he got approved for another year.
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Cav, I didn’t get to watch that game, but it looks like it had to be a fun one to watch.
A game where one team dominated the stats, but the outcome was not in their favor.