The big news for the Dolphins preceding the joint practice with the NY Giants was the Miami Dolphins removing WR Chris Bell from the NFI (Non Football Injury) List. That’s great news for Dolphins fans. This doesn’t mean he’s playing Week, but he might. Once a player is healthy, and he’s logged in some contact, and he can handle that contact without any issues, that’s it, he’s ready to go. I can guarantee you the Dolphins are not going to be careless with Chris Bell. He will get playing time here and there and ramp it up to the point where he can be a real contributor by October, providing he’s feeling good.
The other big news is the feisty joint practice between the NY Giants and the Miami Dolphins. Seems like Malik Willis got sacked on every drop back except for one where he got the ball out quickly to RB De’Von Achane who was set free by a big block from TE Will Kacmarek. Achane was off the to the races, and once that happens, Achane doesn’t lose many races. Is it concerning that the O-line took a beating against a very talented Giants front 7? Yes, and no. Let’s see how they look during the game. Yes, it’s a preseason game, but bet your ass the Dolphins will want to look better at home, in front of the fans at Hard Rock. I thought the first series with the starters last week against Washington (who held out 20 or so starters in total) looked great against the Commanders 2nd teamers. I felt like the team look disciplined and organized. We’ll see how they look in Game 2.
Once again, accountability is a strong point with HC Jeff Hafley. You step outside the lines, you get pulled. There are ramifications for your actions. The sooner you learn that, the better off you will be or you will routinely be grabbing pine. There are the advantages of not being in immediate contention. You can penalize your best players if necessary to make a point and set the tone. It’s obviously a refreshing change from the lounge-like atmosphere we had with Mike McDaniel as Head Coach. This is a very young team, and these young players are going to learn to do things the right way. That’s how you build a strong core. Of course you need talent to do that, and despite being cap-strapped by former GM Chris Grier, we re-signed the right veteran players with talent such as RB De’Von Achane, OC Aaron Brewer, and LB Jordyn Brooks.
I would love to see some improvement from the 2nd, 3rd and 4th team players in preseason game 2 at home against the NY Giants. There was quite the dropoff last week at Washington once the starters came out. I’d like it to be a less noticeable that the starters are resting and that some of the 2nd and 3rd teamer’s show up a little better. I’d love to see in an improvement in the pass rush as well, whether it’s Chop Robinson, Joshua Uche, David Ojabo, Robert Beal or Clelin Ferrell. Chop has been getting a lot of hype, but wouldn’t it be great to see him actually sack the QB rather than be in the vicinity, much like his former teammate Jaelan Phillips?
I think this team is going in the right direction, and that’s a great feeling to me. How many wins that translates into is difficult to say, but to think that we shed two veteran Top 30 WR’s, and may have actually drafted their replacements in the very next draft without using a 1st or 2nd RD pick is pretty impressive. Also, don’t count out slot WR Kevin Coleman, who will have a tough time stealing opportunities from WR Malik Washington, but I think he will get some chances, and if he makes the most of them, will see even more opportunities. The 2nd year D-linemen who came from Chris Grier’s final draft are going to get plenty of playing time. DL Kenneth has to be better as a 1st RD pick, but while he’s not playing up to his draft position, 5th RD pick DL Jordan Phillips and 7th RD pick DL Zeek Biggers have exceeded their draft position by a good margin.
We’re not going to see a lot of strategy, in fact, it’s vanilla all the way through the preseason, but once the season starts, we’ll get a much better idea of how Jeff Hafley will implement his chess pieces, all the tweeners like S Kyle Louis, DE/LB Trey Moore, Outside CB and Slot CB Chris Johnson, LB Jacob Rodrigues, S Michael Taaffe. When the cutdowns occur, guys to keep an eye on are LB’s Willie Gay Jr., ILB Tyrel Dodson, and LB Cameron Goode who has special teams prowess, but no much beyond that. I’d like to see TE Seydou Treore show some receiving skills, and I will try to keep a close eye on backup RT acquired in the trade with New England Patriots a week or so ago, RT Caedan Wallace, who has looked good early on. So very important, considering RT Austin Jackson’s track record of missing lots of playing time. Being a Dolphins fan and living in NJ, the Giants are the only other team in the NFL I can root for, but not tomorrow!
GO DOLPHINS!!!
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Ah ha….One! And first.
Thank you, Mike E.!
I’m so excited about all the changes. It’s refreshing to say the least!
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Back in Twitter jail! 🤣
Pretty sure some of these cocksucking racist accounts work for twatter
Ryder has a new video out on DJ Herman, I agree with his assessment of DJ playing violently and is a pretty good blocker. I’d like to add, being a converted FB he really isn’t technical yet, which I expect will in time, if someone invests with him.
I can see a path for a roster spot, probably between him and Ben Sims
Do we put true developmental players on the practice squad, so guys we think can contribute in future years, guys that can contribute now, but don’t have much future upside, or some combination of the 2?
in Crabbs’ video today he said, a Giants player was saying how vanilla our play calling was (Hafley did mention he wasn’t trying to win the play, just evaluate the players).
plays you’d normally get out of because they couldn’t work weren’t being aborted. Seems like Hafley won’t be making that mistake again next year
BBM, you fish like this🤪
Thanks, though I tend to only watch guys from my area. The fishing is a little different up here. Only exception is Key West Waterman. There are a lot of youtubers from your area/east coast FL I check out from time to time. I will check her out though.
Reply to M13’s post from last article about practice with the Giants.
Haf wanted the competition to see where we’re at and where we need to be. Good lesson for everyone but especially the young bucks. This is the next level.
SIGNINGS
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Tim Knight
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August 21, 2026 at 4:40 pm
Reply to M13’s post from last article about practice with the Giants.
Haf wanted the competition to see where we’re at and where we need to be. Good lesson for everyone but especially the young bucks. This is the next level.
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^ Precisely, Tim! Haf went vanilla on purpose to see the 1-on-1 matchups to ascertain where we’re at.
That’s why Rockphin and I were less than impressed by the media coverage (from our own beat writers, no less!) about how we were getting our asses kicked this week… particularly on Offense.
Haf had already put it out there via presser(s) that he wants to assess individuals. It’s not that difficult (media!) to understand what’s going on!
He wants to see the same thing from the corners. He wants to know what you can and can’t do and go from there.
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Geno looked good vs the Steelers starting defense.
M13’s guy David Bailey with a nice sack for the Jets.
I just threw up in my mouth a little bit… LOL
I’ve heard people say he’s the best player on the field in practice.
I saw some good clips of DT Fatorma Mulbah in the Washington game.
Mike E.
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August 21, 2026 at 1:59 pm
Back in Twitter jail! 🤣
Pretty sure some of these cocksucking racist accounts work for twatter
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I greatly admire you for fighting the good fight. By the same token, do you really believe you can change the minds of racists?
It’s possible, but not probable. It takes DEEP conversation to change the heart and mind of a racist. I’ve found that bitching somebody out for their racism only fuels their hatred further. And on social media, the attention span for a DEEP convo with a racist is shorter than 2 flies smashed.
YES, they ARE cocksuckers. And I swear, some of these ‘twatter’ employees are racist mofoz, too… I AGREE with ya 100%, man.
I’ve been ‘shadow-banned’ for well over a decade now, yet suspended only once… and for speaking out AGAINST racism: you are NOT alone, Brother! I should have well over 75K+ followers by now.
I will always support you as it pertains to these racist assholes on ‘twatter’, man. However, I can’t defend your suspended posts on ‘twatter’ when you’re constantly suspended on ‘twatter’! LOL
Let’s work smarter, not harder! 😉
nice write as usghe sir .. i don’t see us being Outworked by anybody.. Haf won’t stand for slackers .. looks like a fun tough ride coming up .. thanks for keeping it Fresh Mike E …
Mike E Fresh!
M – I don’t think I can change the mind of racists, but I do think I can put some doubt into the people that just read their posts and take it at face value. I feel compelled to throw facts out there when all they do is throw phrases that have become the acceptable norm, whether they’re true or not. “Genocide” is the biggest one. Everyone is on their high fucking horse about Israel/Gaza, the whole world is watching and frothing at the mouth. On the other hand in Nigeria, Radical Muslims or Radical Islamists if you will are slaughtering Christians, and the kicker is, they’re slaughtering non radical Muslims, so killing their OWN, but yet Muslims aren’t crying about that. The facts are, THERE IS NO GENOCIDE IN GAZA, and THERE IS NO PALESTINE, never was, never will be! Hamas started a war with Israel, and when the country you start a war with pounds you into the dirt, you can’t say it’s unfair and label it a genocide. There are 1000’s of memes out there, most are ridiculous, but the one that I most agree with is, WHY DO PALESTINIANS RUN OUT OF FOOD AND WATER BUT NEVER RUN OUT OF ROCKETS AND GUNS?
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IT’S GAME DAY BITCHES!!
Go Dolphins!!
Happy Birthday to the great Mike E. We luv you pal have a great one.
Nick Chubb retires after NFL career that began on a Hall of Fame trajectory but was derailed by injuries. The four-time Pro Bowl running back was among game’s best when he rushed for 6,341 yards and 48 TDs his first five seasons.
Happy Birthday MikeE!!!
Happy Birthday Mike!
did you add another check mark in the dirt😜
Harbaugh traditionally coaches PS games to win, as referenced by the Ravens winning about 9 in a row, last I remember
Must’ve killed him, that they lost last week to Vikings
even in a joint practice he threw the kitchen sink at his opponent, Hafley was probably pissed
Harbaugh just hates to lose at anything even practice.
Can’t remember if Steve posted this or not. Getting older sucks! lol
I do like the way he plays. I am a little surprised at his quickness out of his stance for a slow guy. He also plays fearless and wants to hit somebody, must be the LB in him. He still needs more experience. I am still up in the air if he makes it or not. If Ben Sims continues to miss time with injury, he just might make it. He will also be a good one to have on ST’s.
He definitely has the mindset and physicality to play the position. He’ll likely have to make the team on STs as well. These are the kinds of guys you root for.
Happy Birthday, Mike! FinsUp!