Well Dolphins fans, our young team performed much like a young team does. Mistakes, mistakes, and more mistakes. I’m not worried in the least that we lost to a team that many people pointed out to be the “one team we can beat”. We are a very young, very inexperienced team. Add in to the equation that due to Sully and Haf’s choice to evaluate the bottom half of the roster by playing them extensively in the Preseason, which in turn left the greater majority of starters playing 1 drive only, and that in the very first preseason game, which in case you forgot was a month ago, August 14th. You can hate the decision or agree with it, but either way, to expect a large group of players who are very young to not play together at all, and expect them to defeat a team laden with veteran players who have played together, it’s kind of silly. On the other hand, to expect this team to perform better each and every game now that they have played together, and will continue to do so is also fair.
This week, the Miami Dolphins stayed in Cali, after their defeat by the hands of the Raiders, not quite the “Sea of Hands”, but effective enough. I hope the lack of travel gives us a leg up, we can sure use any advantage. The 49ers had to travel back from Australia after dismantling the team thought of as a Superbowl favorite in the NFC, the Los Angeles Rams. The Niners kept their foot on the gas in that game and never looked back. The LA Rams never got off the mat in this one falling 27-7, and believe me, the score isn’t even accurate gauge of how efficiently and thoroughly the Niners beat the Rams. Third down efficiency tells a big story, and this one reveals a lot. SF was 7-12 (58%) on 3rd Down while the Rams languished at 2-9 (22%). The 49ers held a 7 minute edge with the time of possession, 33:50 – 26:10. This will be their objective again, and we saw how easily 2nd year RB Ashton Jeanty ran all over our defense, and the 49ers have a fantastic tandem with CMC (Christian McCaffrey) and rookie 3rd RD pick RB Kaelon Black. Last week against the Rams these 2 combined for 133 yards and that could be 333 yards unless our front 7 play better.
I think one important aspect for us is doing a better job of getting RB De’Von Achane the ball. He’s our best offensive weapon, hands down, and there’s no excuse for not using him a lot. We just paid him well, (4YR/$64M) so now it’s time to get rewards on your investment. It’s pretty simple really, if we can the ball effectively,. we take away their advantage of holding the ball from us. of course, this will require a significant improvement in our defensive play, but improving from what we did last week shouldn’t be asking a lot. RB Ashton Jeanty accounted for 147 total yards, 102 rushing on 23 carries and 45 receiving yards on 6 receptions. We have to find similar success this week for Achane. If we do, we can stay in this game, a game where the Home 49ers are just shy of 14 point favorites.
I like what I saw out of our Wide Receivers last week, especially rookie WR Caleb Douglas who made it evident why he was a 3rd RD choice, and perhaps not the reach everyone here said he was. WR Caleb Douglas made a big splash, hauling in 5 receptions for 94 yards, including 35 yards after the catch. On the other side of the ledger was rookie wideout Chris Bell, our other 3rd RD pick. WR Chris Bell was targeted only twice and he finished with only 1 reception for 25 yards. Not disappointing in any way though, I think it’s fantastic he’s on the 53 man roster and playing, and not on IR/R. 2nd year WR Malik Washington was the most targeted receiver with 8, but the small statured Washington only came up with 3 receptions for 53 yards. Not having enough balance of the running game and trhe passing game didn’t help the QB, the receivers, or the O-line, or the game result for that matter, but OC Bobby Slowik will most likely make some changes for Week 2.
I think the biggest disappointment for me was the D-line. I expected better from Sieler, Phillips, Biggers and Chop, but it’s important to note that DL Zeek Biggers didn’t play one snap in the preseason. Regardless, this unit just has to be better. No pass rush at all, especially considering we were up against the cement footed veteran QB Kirk Cousins. Cousins, the 38 YO QB attempted 30 passes and was not sacked. If you thought the above stats with the 49ers and Rams looked slanted, the Raiders had the ball for even longer, 34:53 – 25:07. Hard to win a game where your defense spends all that time on the field. DE Chop Robinson is optimistically questionable for this game with a concussion, and if he can’t go, RDE Josh Uche and backup DE Malik Herring will be tasked with the pressure of getting pressure.
One unit that looked so bad and good at the same time was the secondary. Rookie 1st RD pick CB Chris Johnson was a big contributor to the bad. He was beaten all over the field, by RB’s and WR’s alike. I’m not worried about him, again, lack of experience and playing time in the preseason definitely stung us in Game 1. Not that one game makes him a seasoned veteran, but he will be better if the 49ers challenge him like the Raiders did. One thing I can say in the positive for Chris Johnson is he can play the run and tackle. He will get better and better with more playing time. Rookie S Michael Taaffe recorded his first INT, along with 2nd year Safety Dante Trader who got his first INT of 2026. As for the LB’s, ILB Jacob Rodriguez stuffed that stat lines with 14 total tackles (5 solo, 9 assisted). The aforementioned rookie CB Chris Johnson was 2nd with 11 tackles (5 solo, 6 assisted). Also, despite getting beat, rookie CB Chris Johnson led the Dolphins D with 2 passes defensed.
I think overall, the O-line looked at the very least serviceable. I think TE Will Kacmarek is still banged up, he didn’t look like a sledgehammer, or even the best blocking TE in the draft, but again, not playing in the preseason didn’t help him any. If it sounds like I’m killing Sully and Haf here, I’m not. Just pointing out that they had a difficult decision to make, to evaluate the bottom half of the roster knowing full well who was making the top end. They chose to do that in lieu of getting starters more reps and familiarity. It was a necessary evil though, considering our lack of cap space and the knowledge we had to field a very young 53 man roster. One player who looked particularly good in Game 1 was our first first RD pick LG Kadyn Proctor. He was mobile, athletic, and nasty, all wonderful traits to have, and he used them well.
One especially disappointing revelation was our ST’s play. More specifically, punt and kickoff coverage, or lack thereof. We allowed KR RB Dylan Laube 2 returns for a total of 95 yards, and his long was 50, so doing the math, we allowed 2 KO returns for over 45 yards.. Unacceptable!!!! With a young team, we should have guys flying around cracking skulls, not what we saw. That just has to be better, or no matter what the rest of the team does, they will be playing from behind. On punt returns, we allowed 2 returns for 34 yards. One return was 23 yards, the other 11. Again, we have to be better there.
It’s so difficult to evaluate our QB play. On the one hand, it was truly wonderful to see our QB have the ability to not only have the physical and mental capacity to run past a first down marker, and not get killed, but to actually do it! One thing I can point out with certainty is that QB Malik Willis held onto the ball too darn long. He needs to get that clock in his head and use it. 5 sacks for 35 yards. His passing stats were not good, 15-27 220 yards, 0TD, 1 INT. He added 39 yards on 6 carries. I know Malik Willis was just trying to make things happen, and when you have a bunch of young receivers who don’t have the savvy to wriggle free of coverage, he just needs to throw the ball away. I’m sure Haf and OC Bobby Slowik had this discussion with Malik Willis.
So what do we expect in Week 2, on the road, against the very formidable San Francisco 49ers in their home opener. For those of you in the know, this is the “Patterson Bowl”, Doug VS Dar. Our resident Dolphins fan blogger Doug and his wife Darlene, a Niners fan. House divided and all that jazz. Dar must be licking her chops for this one as the Dolphins look like easy prey, but sometimes, things aren’t what they appear. Especially in the NFL, where crazy things happen all season long, could the Dolphins upset the 49ers to knock a trillion people out of their “Knockout Pools”? Last week it was the LA Chargers, could it stay in Cali and be the Niners who look like one of the best NFL teams after Week 1? Stay tuned!
GO DOLPHINS!!!
Foist!
now let me go back and read Mike’s article
Thanks MikeE!
it’s important to note that DL Zeek Biggers didn’t play one snap in the preseason
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and yet he was the highest rated DL player for the Dolphins vs the Raiders
Yeah, but that isn’t saying much because they were horrible, getting blown off the LOS. Linderbaum schooled Jordan Phillips, and it wasn’t much better for the rest of the guys. Sieler didn’t show up until the 2nd half
Nice write, Mike. Not only is our team very young and new as group, early games are notoriously sloppy and there was a lot of that throughout the league. Everyone will get better as season goes on but then the injuries hit. Progress and competitive is all I’m looking for.
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One thing I can point out with certainty is that QB Malik Willis held onto the ball too darn long.
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Not only that but I can’t remember him ever going to the check down and quite a few times he had Achane wide open in the flat with a TE over there to block. At least in the second half that I watched.
Yeah all of that has to be corrected. We will learn a lot about where we truly are at the moment on Sunday.
DE Chop Robinson officially OUT for Sunday’s game
Concussion?
Yes
I don’t want to sound harsh, but it’s not like he did much last week anyway.
I do hope he’s OK and ready for the next game.
I thought NFL Network used to replay all the games during the week? Have they stopped? All I’ve seen so far is the same damn 2-3 games getting replayed incessantly.
They do but it is not every game and only a replay at 1 or 2 am and another at 1 or 2 pm. Not every day either.
Randy – Don’t be surprised if the Dolphins games aren’t worthy of replaying. Just sayin! lol
LOL @ Rich – Someone on Dolphins “X” said he’ll (Chop) probably have the same impact this week that he had last week 🙂
you mean that he will somehow fall down on top of somebody who’s already been tackled
You guys are rough.
nice one Mike E. I copied and pasted the last paragraph to Darlene …. I expect us to get smoked
one person in our survival pool had 15 of his 30 10.00 picks on chargers last week , he has picked 9ers with 12 of his remaining 15 picks …. So YES there will be carnage
I think there’s a certain political tension with Canada right now, no thanks to former PM Justin Trudeau and now PM Mark Carney… both of whom are hard-core socialists.
Doesn’t matter to me, as the PEOPLE of Canada are good peeps, IMO.
Friday Night Music
Canadian rapper Tom MacDonald
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP6lxNdNTQQ
Canadian singer Shania Twain
Canadian singer Alanis Morissette
Fun fact: Death Row Records (Suge Knight) was trying to sign her
Canadian singer (and one of my very favorites!): Jane Child
never heard of this one …. I will listen later ….
I haven’t heard this in decades! Didn’t realize she was Canadian.
https://share.google/uEGTRFqDis3hCLpSh
https://share.google/X0Dg523s4sFPYHcuZ
First half: Mensah 20-for-20, 193 yds, 2 TDs. Not bad…
is he another Cam Ward?
Toba – American’s hate all non-Americans. Don’t take it personally 🤣 Welcome to the EU 👍 😉. Ignore ‘agent orange’. We do.
⚒️ 31-10
”Patterson Bowl”😂
two of my brothers and my Dad are Niners fans. I’m going to be catching some shit on the group chat tomorrow.
Or maybe you get to enjoy the upset 😉
Ever the optimist, Tim!
There’s only so much time to fantasize about maybe, but plenty of time to dwell on nope.
Thank you, Mike E.!
Lots of mistakes to learn from, lots to clean-up, and a lot more games to get better every week.
Can’t wait to seem the Dolphins this week in SF.
…see…
I don’t hate any group of people who aren’t into violating the rights of others. There seems to be a lot of broad brushing going on here.
anyone who says they hate Canadians hasn’t met Toba😁
I can’t remember a Canadian I’ve met, that hasn’t been just like him
have had some good times in Can Cun partying with them
have talked to plenty of Canadians in Vegas before or during VGK hockey games, usually its the Sharks fans (they’re like jets fans) that are the aholes
I think Rock is Canadian too
I thought Wake Forest was going to be a scrappy opponent for Miami last night. Miami got a first half cushion on the score board but the Wake forest team you saw in the second half was the one I was expecting. They had a chance to make it a close game. Wake never gave up and was scrappy to the end.
Wake QB Gio Lopez is a gamer but I haven’t mentioned him before because he only 6′ if that. Wake’s WR Hernandez is going to be a nice Slot WR/ST player though he is not what we need either. Their redshirt freshman WR Jack Foley 6’4, 205 will be one to watch over the next 2 years. Reminds me of Charlie Becker without the sub 4.4 speed.
Mensah was completing everything for Miami but it was a ton of dink and dunk. I mean on 30 completions he only averaged 6.5 yards per pass. He always looks composed out there. What bothered me was he couldn’t lead a drive to put the nail in the coffin. After scoring their only 2nd half TD, Wake shut him down 5 straight drives where they could not get 1 first down.
The other game to watch was #23 Houston at #13 Texas Tech. It was a good one and Houston senior QB Conner Weigman looked really good against the #13 team.
Weigman, 6’3, 210 went 27/38 for 282 with 3 TD’s and 0 INT’s. He also ran for 56 yards and just missed getting the game tying 2 point conversion by 1″ on a scramble. He looked really good for a day 3 QB prospect. he got a good quick release also.
His TD pass at the 2 minute mark of 50 air yards was a beautiful drop in the bucket!
who doesn’t love Canadians? I’ve never met one I haven’t liked.
TBH I thought Weigman got the 2 point conversion. The call on the field was he didn’t and the replay couldn’t give enough evidence to overturn it.
its pretty obvious he made it. My theory in all sports replays, unless its over the top conclusive, with no grey area rule to exploit, they’re just going to call whatever they want
UFL I believe has the review televised, with 2 guys in the booth talking it thru, that’s the only review I trust
A reason I watch these games where I don’t care about either team is I find players who weren’t on my radar. That 6’5, 210 Safety I posted about the other day. Now, Houston senior TE Patrick Overmeyer 6’5, 240. He’s got 16 rec for 172 yards and 2 TD’s so far this season. He had 8 rec for 72 yards and 1 TD last night. He had 3 big receptions on the final drive and scored the potential game tying TD. He’s another one I will keep an eye on as a day 3 pick.
stats are important, but they have to pass the eye test too, can’t just be a stat compiler
Okay let’s not get ridiculous that all Americans are bad and all Canadians are puppy dogs. 🤣
only when they drink, I know redundant 🤣
I think I will watch some of #2 Georgia at Arkansas this morning. I haven’t watch any of Georgia yet this year.
Also, ASU at Kansas is on at the same time. ASU’s new QB will be one to watch this season and next. ASU QB Cutter Boley 6’5 220 transferred from Kentucky to ASU. He was up and down at Kentucky and a little of the same against a really good Texas A&M team last week.
Mid day game #16 SMU at #23 Louisville should be a decent one. Another mid day game with Miss State at South Carolina might be decent also. I haven’t watch LaNorris Sellers in a while.
Tonight are the bigger games with Florida at Auburn, Michigan State at Notre Dame and the big one #7 LSU at #8 Ole Miss.
I am taking Ole Miss in that one.
I can’t stand Lane Kiffin. Go OLE MISS!!!!!
he’s got that look like, even if you don’t know him, you want to kick his ass
I didn’t watch the UM game last night, but if last year is any indication, their coach can get way too conservative at times
same shit I saw at training camp, and what I mentioned as my biggest fear. DBs just don’t have their shit together yet
again Hafley made a mistake, by not playing the starters enough in PS
IDK did Hafley just expect game 1 all the starters to magically be on the same page? You can practice all you want, there’s no substitute for an actual game
I think it’s too early to start dissecting all things every coach and player has done to this point. They’re all learning together. I don’t expect them to win tomorrow, but I want to watch the beginning continue to grow. Playing good teams is a great learning experience. You know where you stand and where you need to be.
This Chris Marshall-WR from Arkansas is pretty good. Great one hand catch!!!
From Baldy…
It’s Zach Thomas from Texas Tech 2.0. Brooks too. 😉
We can only hope, my Brother! 😀
He actually is. Some guys see it and destroy it! Demarco Ryans was the same type of player.
I used to always run into Canadians was when I went on vacation. No matter where I went, there were always a bunch of Canadians. Lol
Me and the people I’d vacation with would always say to one another that we needed to find the Canadians. They were always some of the nicest and funniest people to hangout with. Hence the reason I was pretty much always drunk when I met them.
It’s pretty sad how one President has impacted how we all interact and/or think of one another. Being a border State, I know it isn’t representative of how people here feel.
C’mon, Randy. NOBODY is disrespecting the PEOPLE of Canada. I think most American folks love and embrace the individual citizens of Canada.
There seems to be a massive influx of Canadians who want to become American in recent years, due to the socialist policies of former PM Trudeau (who is related to Fidel Castro, by the way) and now PM Carney.
Please don’t play the “Trump is BS” card. The censorship and targeting of earnest Canadians (especially truck drivers, if you’ll remember!) under the new socialist policies in Canada have absolutely NOTHING to do with Trump.
Nice try, but you are completely wrong on this given topic, believe me, from personal interaction with Canadians on a daily basis.
The next BIG THING is going to be Canadians coming across our northern border, just to get away from the socialist policies of their current government.
And being socialist/communist/Islamic principles are being accepted in Canada right now, the Trump administration is now focusing on defense of our northern border… and for good reason: Canada could very well become a terror-cell base.
When I say “accepted” in Canada right now, I’m NOT talking about the citizens of Canada… it’s the government of Canada that’s been corroborated.
The failing Canadian government wants entry into the failing EU, and the failing EU wants failing Canada.
Canada reached out first, wanting to join EU socialism.
Oh my….smh
I know you think a certain way, as do I, when it comes to governance. We may disagree on as much, but I’m trying to explain why the Canadian government is going off the rails of Western ideology.
The Canadian government, in fact, is embracing socialism… while their people are NOT. That’s obviously a problem… and why so many innocent Canadians are in jail.
LOL…You have no idea what I think, exceot for this…..
You bring your political, racist, prejudiced, pseudo-intellectual bullshit to this Dolphins’ blog all the time.
No one cares, but it is annoying…lol. Facts!
Go Dolphins!!!
I’m so looking forward to this game because I want to see where we stand.
Me too!
hmm!
SMU fumbles, just before scoring, TD called on the field. The review showed the guys in the booth discussing the call live. First time I’ve seen this in the NCAA
did they change something after the Michigan debacle?
I’m probably done watching college football today, can’t seem to find a game where the officiating isn’t biased.
end of the SMU vs Louisville was horrible, didn’t matter in the end, even so…
watching FL vs Auburn 2 bad penalties on FL, next play the QB was hit late OB, no call, next play face mask on Auburn again no call
what have we seen so far:
Michigan’s phantom second, Houston last night not getting credit for a 2 pt conversion, Texas with Homer calls at the end vs OSU
two of those 3 games, the team I wanted to win did
Freshman QB Keelon Russell for Alabama is extremely talented. …In both passing and rushing.
^Soph.
I really do like Chambliss, just wish he was bigger.
I was just thinking the same thing
I know, I have been saying the same thing.
That was a great first half for Ole Miss, offensively and defensively.
I wanna see where we stand too, but I really hope we’re not at the bottom of a well that’s 180 feet deep! lol
It’s a game now
It’s over now, too bad Lame Kiffin.
IT’S GAME DAY BITCHES!!
Go Dolphins!!!!
oh Trust me .. there are a lot of assholes in Canada ….
Ha! There are assholes everywhere!
usually a different one in Front of me every time I get in my car .. 😡
travelers see the world differently
international travelers
word press is so much fun …. I stop typing . Go to add more to sentences and it makes me re login , after I log on my option is send as is or quit … 9/10 will just send and move on 🙄
Is this on your phone or PC? I can’t get back on at work on the computer, I had to give up
I phone
One reason I don’t visit as often is that WordPress is so terrible on my phone and my work has restrictions on usage. I have to be at home on my desk computer for it to work as it was intended. It’s 2026 and WordPress is this terrible.
On to games, this should be interesting just like yesterday was for college. At least I hope it’s interesting lol.
WordPress does suck. Not sure why it should be so difficult to log onto, and to fucking stay logged in.
I hate that we have two 4:25PM games in a row. Wish they were 1PM games
Watching Packers vs Jets. Packers CB breaks up a deep pass, really nice play. Then just like Juju Brent’s, can’t keep his big mouth shut and he gets the 15 yard unsportsmanlike conduct flag. Make the play and act like you’re gonna do it all day long and STFU!
I’m watching the Bengals @ Texans. Rarely do I get to see the Texans play and their Defense is fun to watch. The Bengals’ Offense is very fun to watch as well.
Oh yeah, and Kevin Harlan is announcing this one: ALWAYS fun to listen to Harlan.
WordPress for me today: I had to log out, even though I was logged in, because WordPress stated I was logged out. Make it make sense!!! SMH
When ya have 2 stud EDGEs in Will Anderson and Danielle Hunter, the Texans have on occasion only rushed 3 players, able to drop another in coverage… as announced by Kevin Harlan.
That Texans’ Defense is NICE.
They are good but Josh Allen tore them up. He’s the best player in the game though.
That’s true. Joe Burrow is looking pretty good today as well.
What I’ve learned to do is make sure you’re signed in before you start typing. It cuts down on the annoyance. 😂
+10000000000000000
😆
Man, young CJ Stroud is so gifted. He’s just not consistent enough. Maybe it’s their constant change at OC? If their Offense catches up to their Defense, that team is going to be incredible.
The Texans should have stuck with Bobby Slowick as their OC. Their loss is our gain (hopefully).
My bad… CJ Stroud has only had two OCs in his NFL career: Nick Caley and Bobby Slowick.
So the Bears scored 59 points last week, only to score 3 points today.
The Ravens scored 41 points last week, only to score 17 points today.
On to overtime for the Packers @ stej.
GO PHINS!!!
HELL YEAH!!!
Clelin Ferrell active along with Max Llewellyn today
No fist-pump.
woohoops
7-0, 49ers. I just hope this doesn’t turn into a blowout.
Don’tcha just miss Tua on those 4th and inches? 🤮
Couldn’t have succeeded on the “tush-push” with Tua.
it would be the brain mush
Nice carry for Jaylen Wright
OL looks about 1000 x better than last week
Dolphins MUST score a TD. They’re doing everything well but scoring. Need a TD here!
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Oh well, hopefully Riley can hit this chip shot FG
Austin Jackson is becoming a liability at this point.
Pretty sure Proctor will be the RT next season
I don’t think Ceadan Wallace would be any worse.
Okay but I like what I’m seeing from the OL.
yeah they have been pretty good in the run game today
Second week in a row Willis takes a sack in the red zone instead of simply throwing the damn ball away.
yeah that was silly
Marino looking a little chunky
And he’s spitting into a bottle. Sunflower seeds or chew? 🤔
I’m leaning towards chew .. the spit process was too clean to be seeds 😎
YUP!
Ugh…
Taaffe took himself out of position on that Purdy TD. No reason for him to double a FB out of the backfield.
We’ll be taking a QB with our first pick in 2027.
Penalties are annoying
yes they are .. I was expecting those to be cleaned up by coaches words
Malik Willis with a great play as Brian is nailing the coffin shut. LOL
Always
first throw of his I have liked today
It’s very early in the season, but has TE Greg Dulcich been targeted once today? Did he have a catch last week, I don’t remember?
targeted today yes .. sidelines did not catch
Tua wd hv taken a 15yd sack on the completion to Washington.
and been ruled out with a concussion
The Dolphins have moved the ball well on offense today. Gotta punch these in though.
That was not a hold by Proctor
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At least we’re keeping it close!
Okay we are competing with a very good team on the road so far.
^
Let’s keep an eye on Purdy. He’s a better runner than people seem to think.
Reasonably heartened by what I’ve seen. Against an NFC powerhouse on the road, being vastly outnumbered by pro-bowlers and years of experience, we’ve been competitive. We’ve stayed committed to the run so have a 2-D attack. We’ve killed ourselves with pens but if those 3s had been 7s and the 51yder hadn’t sailed right we could have gone in ahead. Hypothetical I know but I had anticipated a blow out.
First half flown by
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Nice to have timeouts when you need them. Better play this week thus far.
Good job by the offense controlling the clock.
49er’s only had 2 possessions the entire first half. Don’t see that often. Unfortunately both were TD drives and ours 2 FG’s and a missed FG.
3 for 3
TE = still kryptonite
TE and DE. WTF? Can’t draft either of them
Like a hot knife through butter . . .
yep no resistance
Hopefully the floodgates aren’t about to open
Ugh, thankfully I’ve seen this before from the Dolphins. Hopefully we improve at some point and take a couple games from someone.
Oh well
salt in the wound: I’m going up against Purdy and Kittle today in FF
I am also getting shit kicked in fantasy by my wife as well
Yikes! Need a long drive here.
I have seen several miss communications in coverage between the safeties and LB’s this game
UK – you meant on defense, but both are true
deffo both true Mike
penguin closing in on 100yds @ Mike High
Mile
Oi… in London a can’t find the game. UK help a brother out!
Sky TV has Broncos v Jags. You’ll need to find a DAZN feed somehow. They have all games. I use IPTV som I’m mega rusty on ‘links’ these days. I always used first row sports back in yhe day – all one word. Try it in google
you da man. Thanks.