The 0-2 Dolphins come home to Hard Rock Stadium to take on the 2-0 Kansas City Chiefs. You would have to go all the way back to 2011 to find the last time the Miami Dolphins have defeated the Kansas City Chiefs. That was the Great Matt Moore was our QB, slinging TD’s thrice to defeat the Chiefs 31-3. Since then, 0 for 5, including 3 losses with the Great Tua Tagovailoa at the helm, our great savior. This one shouldn’t be much different, but the young Dolphins do get a taste of home cooking, but unless they play better than the last 2 weeks, there’s potential for the home crowd to be downright rude. I’m really hoping that doesn’t happen, this team could use a good game, win or lose.
Last week, I was really taken aback by our defense, or lack of it more appropriately. No kidding, I feel like receivers were open all over the field, and I’m not talking about 1, I mean two or three on a bunch of plays. We held an advantage with time of possession in the first half of the game last week’s game, (19.17 – 10.43), but the Chiefs scored 2 TD’s, while the Dolphins managed only 2 FG’s, as Riley Patterson was only 2-3 on first half FG’s, missing a 47 yard FG. The offense was the story of the 1st half, while the defense looked like a bunch of matadors allowing receivers and ball carriers clear paths to accomplish whatever they wished. Honestly, guys looked out of position, out of sorts and unsure what their responsibilities were on defense all day last week on defense.
In the 2nd half, it was the offense’s turn to shut down, and the Niners had no resistance in the 3rd quarter scoring 3 TD’s to make it an easy 35-13 victory. The SF 49ers are a very good team, a veteran team, I bleive during the broadcast they mentioned they are the oldest NFL team. In contrast, the Dolphins sport the youngest roster, and in Week 2, on the road in California, although the Dolphins stayed on the West Coast the entire week after losing the Season opener to the Las Vegas Raiders. The 49ers, who had easily dismantled a team who many prognosticators before the season were calling a Super Bowl favorite, the LA Rams, 27-7. You shouldn’t have expected an easy game for our inexperienced young team who would have ben playing just their 2nd game together, while the Niners are a grizzled veteran team that have been together for quite some time.
On Dolphins “Twitter”, or “X”, there is already much unrest and discord. Some fans want heads to roll and it’s beyond silly. This was a tear it down to the studs effort, purge the roster of as many big salaried players as possible to clear out the negative cap space that former GM Chris Grier was kind enough to leave us with. We traded whoever we could to free up more future cap space and get us draft capital to be able to draft 13 players that both GM Jon Eric Sullivan and HC Jeff Hafley liked to change the culture of the team. In doing this, it would be absurd to expect this young team who was playing just their 2nd game together, to compete with the 49ers. There was no joy for Dougie Fresh last week, although Dar was dancing. Sully and Haf decided it was more important to evaluate the bottom half of the roster, thus not playing the guys they knew were making the team. Therefore, the greater majority of the guys who started didn’t get to play together, so it’s logical that it will take a few weeks before this team can even be on the same page. It’s about improving, and my hope is that each week, we see progress to that end.
We’re hosting the Kansas City Chiefs this week, and even though Patrick Mahomes injured both his ACL and LCL on December 14th 2025, there he is in the starting lineup right at the beginning of the season to lead the Chiefs to a 2-0 record. The Chiefs are averaging 32 PPG, but have surrendered 20 PPG, although they barely survived an OT win in Week 2 against the Colts, 33-30. Kenneth Walker is RB now for the Chiefs, and he gets the lion’s share of the carries. Last week he carried 24 times for 117 yards, and Patrick Mahomes threw the ball all over the place for 382 yards and 3 TD, 0 INT’s. Good ole Travis Kelce was his favorite target, 11 times for 9 catches, 101 yards and 1 TD. Kenneth Walker was his 2nd favorite target, 10 times for 6 receptions, 60 yards. The Chiefs also have WR’s Rashee Rice and Xavien Worthy who had a quiet day last Sunday in comparison. The Chiefs defense has only 3 sacks after 2 games, so hopefully we can wear that defense down with RB De’Von Achane in the Florida heat, and keep the “heat” off of QB Malik Willis, who was running for his life last week against the Niners. If not for Malik Willis’ athleticism, he could have been sacked 5-10 times last week.
Not expecting miracles here, it’s a tall order to take down the Kansas City Chiefs with QB Patrick Mahomes at the helm. Mahomes record as QB is a phenomenal 97-31, which translates to an otherworldly winning percentage of .757. Even if the Dolphins play a great game, Mahomes doesn’t lose close games, so the Dolphins truly have their work cut out for them. As I have mentioned, I want to see improvement from last week. I don’t want to see Chiefs receivers running around wide open, especially TE Travis Kelce who you know Mahomes is looking at all the damn time. Not that I want 3 guys on him, but bump him, and have someone on him like white on rice! DE Chop Robinson is supposed to be back this week for the Dolphins. He logged a Full Practice, along with injured WR Chris Bell, who had a knee issue, although it wasn’t reported as to whether it was his surgically repaired knee, or his other knee. WR Caleb Douglas is OUT, and WR Ryan Miller who caught the long TD last week is questionable. If Bell can go, and Douglas and Miller can’t, it could be Bell, Washington, Coleman and WR Jalen Tolbert would probably see his first action of the season. I hope we have a much more competitive game and see some bright spots.
GO DOLPHINS!!!
crap
someone take the Kool-Aid away from me, please
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ha ha ha ha ha 🤣
right on the Paige term
I love it
1000% return on investment
that misfire almost interception was almost enough
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I wasn’t serious Malik
keep me drinking the Kool-Aid,
And now Ollie Gordon is down…
who’s the genius, that thought activating 2 RBs was a good idea?
keep the TOP going
Pinion is good punting from +40
Bullshit call
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not sure where he’s supposed to put his body
have I mentioned young and bad teams don’t get any calls
They called the exact same penalty against the Packers versus Minnesota.
I saw that penalty, not the same. That one the DL drove the QB back
We don’t look overmatched. Lots of players chipping in.
we look under playmakered
Dog sitting, poor dog goes in his cage every time I yell out (every 2 minutes)
Same here 😂
Real tackling is not allowed. I like the way we’re tackling. Taaffe is impressive.
Defense doing a great job. Now we need a TD
I’m just going to talk shit every week. Whatever I say, the opposite immediately happens (see defense today).
A one-score game, after a FG by the Chefs* in the early 4th quarter? I think we’ve played rather well!
One possession game in the 4th quarter. I’m really digging this.
11 minute TD drive, 18-17?😉
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Another fuckin’ flag against us! SMH
Great effort, great gameplay and great execution so far. Have there been mistakes – of course – but definite signs of progress
Ollie Gordon has ZERO vision as a RB.
On a very unimportant note, I like Chop Robinson’s streamlined Guardian helmet. They should all look like that
okay that was just dumb. Gambling on 4th way too often.
its aiight, we don’t need to win any games, just keep improving
Almost like they want the #1 pick Toba?
I do
Flores fucked that up in 2019
Me too
All in and Spag called 🤷♂️
How did Rice get THAT wide open???
he’s play our D, there’s always someone wide open
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the effort today, moral victories are real this season
Haf learning who sticks around next year. #10 a lock
He’s going to be a star , possibly an all-pro one day
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OUCH…
Brewer need to knock that down, not try to catch it
Finished badly, but much improved today. I like what I saw in a lot of areas.
We are progressing. That was the best game we’ve played. We had plenty of chances.
Well… I CAN see tangible growth with our very young team. Valiant effort against one of the very best teams in the NFL.
Gotta clean up the penalties and the communication amongst the Secondary.
Not a bad showing, especially being down so many RBs, without Douglas, and being so young.
Hopefully, Achane is going to be okay and start next week.
It doesn’t look serious.
The game plan was excellent. We won the time of possession.
Yessir! And we had the longest drive since our 2011 team! Well done, Phins!
Remember the first drive in PS game 1 where that was the last time you saw starters. Today was that. This is what it looks like. Yeah it’s gotta get cleaned up, but the talent is here.
Patsies* are getting blown out by JAX! YAY!
35-6!
Josh Allen is now tied with Marshawn Lynch for #17 all-time in rushing TDs with 85.
Marcus Mariota beats the undefeated Seahags!!!
Chop showed up today.
2 tackles and 1 QB hit. I wouldn’t exactly call that “showed up today”, Brother.
Should be 2 QB hits, the one that got negated by BS penalty, IMO.
Didn’t get the roughing the passer penalty…solid clean hit and take down…wtf?!
The Chop penalty is such nonsense. He was literally full speed into the QB, and despite that, he still made an effort to release his hands. They just protect the star QB’s at any cost, much like the way they call fouls when NBA stars drive to the basket. It’s not going to change. That was not a penalty
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M13, if you don’t take your Debbie downer pants off and stop acting like a yenta, I’m not talking to you anymore. 😜
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I watched Chop set the edge to force runs back inside which is his job. Stats don’t tell the whole story. He played a good game.
No one touched the new Guardian Helmet comment. I think they look retarded, but the streamlined one looks so much better.
???…I thought it looked different….lol
It’s sounding like bad news on De’Von Achane. If he’s gonna be out for the season, at least he has plenty of time to rehab for next season
Really? Fuck!!!!!
Saw a few unofficial reports that Hafley said it looks bad, that’s all I got
You can get a good look at Chop’s new helmet in this clip of the “Roughing the Superstar” play
https://x.com/Dolphin_Nation/status/2104289445965074614?s=20
Washington or Hunter? I thought Ollie played his ass off.
Willis looked like he was starting to get the offense. The protection was there. I was impressed that so many players stepped up. Any team that takes us as an easy out might stumble.
The BS penalty changed the game….huge game changer!!!
It felt like the Pats.
which one lol!
play Achane got hurt was a face mask, Chop’s roughing, cheats 2nd td was ineligible downfield
the cheats 2nd td, I mentioned it at the half should’ve been ineligible downfield, if you want to see it, its at the 8:45 mark. 2 OL downfield one of them was 5 yards down in the EZ
NFL is rigged
I posted the rule at the half, OL can’t go downfield on a pass behind the LOS
Hafley was bitching at the side judge, who kept shaking his head no
The facemask not called is what injured Achane.
no, I think he took a misstep before contact
Seems my posts aren’t going through…lol
we need to get #1 pick
think about trading it and all we could get
I don’t think any of the QBs coming out are special
Agree, but this was supposed to be the year….lol
for a franchise QB…oh my
Hoping for good news on Achane.
Thought they looked better again this week. Malik had a bad game and they still hung in there. D looks to be getting on the same page except the secondary. Lots of positives in yet another loss!
I’ll take this over the shit from the last 2 years.
….finally…roughing the passer resulted in 4th down punting from their endzone to 1st and 10….fucking officials changing the game flow, posible outcome
i thought the ineligible downfield was BS too steveccnv….
there was another penalty on that play, D holding, so 1st down either way
yep…forgot….but snhb roughing the passer
@RapSheet
#Dolphins coach Jeff Hafley sounds like the fear is a major injury knee for star RB De’Von Achane: “To be honest with you, it does not sound optimistic.”
So what did we learn today? Yungins seem to be coming together, playing hard. Had a pretty good draft – Thumbstache and Proctor are studs, Taffe, Bell, Johnson, and Douglas (who was out) are keepers. Willis is serviceable, may get better. Team is resilient.
I don’t see the first pick in the draft next year.
If Achane is out for the season, we may just end up with Jeremiah Smith, I mean the first pick. lol
Just woke up and saw the score and caught up on the comments.
Damn, that REALLY sucks about Achane! That roughing call was such a VERY bad call by the refs.
Game seems it was closer than the score revealed down only 14-10 in the 3rd quarter. I wonder, was that when the roughing penalty happened? Anyway, not bad when we were missing our best player on offense and currently our top WR.
We were only down to the 49er’s 14-6 at the half, 1 score. Against the Raiders, we were only down 17-13 in the 3rd quarter.
The teams we have faced so far could be a combined 9-0 or 8-1 at worst.
AVG with the game sealing INT vs Baker Mayfield.
He’s still getting it done with 3 sacks, 1 INT, 1 FF and 1 FR through 3 games so far.
M13, Hezekiah Masses with his 3rd INT on the year. He had 2 last week vs the Chargers.
The teams who have beaten us keep winning does not help our draft position. The team with the stronger strength of schedule loses any tie breakers. Of the 5 winless teams, we have the strongest SOS by far.
I like how Slowick called this game. He never bailed on the run game and took deep shots. Penalties and timing issues cost us points for sure. But the ability is there.
I would say the intent is there, not the ability. Yet. If they had the ability they would have been successful. But the way to gain ability is to keep trying through failure. Happy with the direction they are heading.
What did I do to piss off the football gods??
First, Indiana loses their #1 RB in the first half of their game and now the Dolphins. SMH
It sucks!
It’s funny. I keep seeing people say how bad Malik Willis has been. For those of you saying that, you’ve already taken his athleticism fir granted. All the pressures and sacks he’s avoided and first downs he’s gotten with his legs. Sorry, I don’t know what you expected him to be, but I think he hasn’t been nearly as bad as folks are saying he is
He’s feeling it out too. I thought he ran the offense well. We didn’t finish, we all know that.
i thought this game he was much better. he still needs to throw the ball sooner. sometimes he holds it too long. we need better play design as well. and why didnt we punt the ball with 6 minutes left and one score down. goin on 4th and 6 was dumb imo
A group of young WR’s and a bad right side of the OL with even Brewer playing poorly in pass pro the first 2 games. Not sure about this one.
I saw a lot of progress and thats what we want. we were competitive against a superbowl contender. I’m happy. the two penalties hurt us. the one that negated that touchdown and the qb hit in the endzone which i think was total bullshit. Also I felt like a couple of time they hit willis in the head. I’m glad ollie got it going and also Bell. Special teams looked much better.
I dont think Willis has been bad, but he didnt have a good game this week. When he has a great game, that’s when they can get their W.
If Achane is out, they gotta find better RB than Gordon. He has no vision. Runs hard but
I don’t see how people are saying Gordon had a good game. I don’t call 40 yards on 17 carries a good game. Just over 2 yards a carry and a cloud of dust. Reminds me of another RB we used to have….
Actually, he had a long rush of 11 yards so on the other 16 carries he average less than 2 yards a carry.
I agree with you. I didn’t think he did well at all.
Chargers defense had 5 takeaways, Josh Allen with 3 of them and MM’s offense still couldn’t really put points on the board.
Speaking to the media after the Dolphins eventually lost the contest 24-10, head coach Jeff Hafley provided a small but negative update on Achane’s status.
“We’re still gathering information, and hopefully I’ll have more for you tomorrow. To be very honest with you, it does not sound very optimistic at this moment, but I can’t give you any other details until I have them,” Hafley said.
we left a lot of possible points out there
TD nullified for penalty
too many penalties
biggest things were the long passes, timing not there yet, receivers were open
Whew, I had a moment of craziness yesterday. I may have mistakenly taken a sip of some poison. I’m better now. Our team as a whole played better than I expected yesterday. Malik had some very good looking moments and then some bone headed moments. Overall he needs to do better.
Gordon had ONE good run yesterday. If you take that our of the average and he was below 2 yards per carry.
I still HATE having our QB be our top rusher.
It is very nice to see that Drake Maye has 1 TD and 6 interceptions through 3 games.
Achane has torn ACL, out for the year.
But of course he does.
Bright side is he was going to win a game or 2 for this team. Probably miss the 1st pick beacause of his talent. Now just competing with TN for worst in the league. It’s going to be a close one!
Also, early in the year, plenty of time to rehab.
The injuries are the one thing that really bums me out about this game.
I am kind of surprised at the severity of Achane’s injury
he did not seem all that upset yesterday while he was sitting on the bench. He was smiling and joking around with the other players
Here is to a full recovery with no setbacks.
Same here maybe he didn’t want to bum the guys out during the game.
I tore my LCL. It didn’t hurt if I was immobile. Even walking around the pain wasn’t much. But, there would be times I’d move the right way, and it would hurt like a bitch.
Losing to the Raiders doesn’t look so bad right now, they’re 3-0.
I have to say, that Willis is exciting to watch. He looked really good and then he looked like a rookie at some times. The Interception was bad, and he got away with another bad one earlier that didn’t get picked.
He had me sipping the Kool-aid there for a minute before reality kicked back in.
How many games have these guys played together? This team is just getting started knowing each other. The only way to do that is in games. We’ve lost to three 3-0 teams. I know we’re one of them for each but this team got challenged right away which I think is good in the long run.
that’s where I’m at, but everything changes after a couple of really bad games, not looking forward to playing Buffalo. Probably just a given we’ll get blown out
where is the RB we got for Tutu?
looks like Jarquez is still on the PS
I’m done with Ollie the blind squirrel. He plays hard, but couldn’t find a hole to save…
How did CB Chris Johnson look this game? I saw he led the team with 5 solo tackles, 1 tackle for loss with a total of 8 tackles but that doesn’t lend to how he did in coverage.
its hard to play CB on a bad team, that’s bad against the pass
he played aiight, didn’t show up like Mansoor, who was fantastic, all over the field
Thanks, Mansoor is a stud
Our SOS should go down next after next week. Even though we play the 3-0 Vikings, Chiefs are at the Raiders so one of the teams who beat us will get a loss. Also, maybe Denver can pull one off at the 49er’s. Injuries are piling up on the 49er’s.
Giants are trading a 2027 5th round pick to the Vikings for former 1st round pick QB J.J. McCarthy.
Through 3 weeks the Dolphins are the only team in the NFL not to record at least 1 sack. Though, Brooks had one negated by a Taaffe penalty.
why does Ryder use a Red Raiders pic of Thumbstache? there are plenty by now of him where Dolphins gear!
There are a lot of good play in there, but I am really impressed with how he just shoves the Oline man out of his way, man handling him, to get to Walker behind the line at the 3:55 mark.
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They kept saying “Miami is sackless” which I took as more insulting than “Miami has not registered a sack”
AI could not answer my question
The exact occurrence of an NFL defense opening a season with three consecutive sackless games is exceedingly rare and historically scarce since individual sacks became an official statistic in 1982.
So, do we want the raiders or the chiefs to win next week? I think I’m pulling for the Raiders, simply because they are more likely to lose than the Chiefs going forward.
I agree. Besides, I just like to see Mahomes/Kelce lose.
Stats don’t matter to me with this team right now. I like seeing more and more players chipping in each week. This roster decides what we do with our draft.
bailbondmike
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September 27, 2026 at 7:23 pm
M13, Hezekiah Masses with his 3rd INT on the year. He had 2 last week vs the Chargers.
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That’s my DAWG!!! 😀
I’m seriously bummed about losing Achane for the year. First found out about it at lunch break and I was pissy for the rest of the day at work.
Please let him come back at 100% next season with no slow down or setbacks, like nothing ever happened.
Looking at Achane’s trends… he trends UP in odd-number seasons and he trends DOWN in even-number seasons.
He now has at least 1 concussion and an ACL tear on his record.
Talk about a young new team being challenged. We lost our best player.
And we’re only 3 weeks in… 😦
Question for y’all…
If a player played 11 seasons in the NFL and made All-Pro 4x and made the Pro-Bowl 5 times, does he deserve consideration for the Hall of Fame?
And what if I told you that over a 17 game average, he averaged 11 sacks per season?
Yes, he has over 100 career sacks.
Julius Peppers averaged 10.2 sacks per season over a 17 game average… and he’s in the Hall of Fame.
Dwight Freeney averaged 9.8 sacks per season over a 17 game average… and he’s in the Hall of Fame.
Our WR room may be pretty damn good as we move along. They all chipped in.
And WITHOUT Caleb Douglas yesterday.
we have 2 guys not playing with Hunter and Joly, if they’re ready I’d like to see them
Dulcich is aiight as a #2 TE, but…
mf13ss
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September 28, 2026 at 4:51 pm
Question for y’all…
If a player played 11 seasons in the NFL and made All-Pro 4x and made the Pro-Bowl 5 times, does he deserve consideration for the Hall of Fame?
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Y’all,
I’m talking about one CAM WAKE. I believe he deserves consideration for the Hall of Fame. Only 11 seasons in the NFL. His ‘rookie’ season was at age 27. And before that, he scored 39 sacks in two seasons in the CFL.
He’s legendary, as far as I’m concerned. At the very least, he deserves to be in our Ring of Honor. JMO
He lacks a Super Bowl ring, that’s it.
Ollie Gordon III has a chance to jumpstart his career.
He has a CHANCE, but 2.7 career YPC (2.4 YPC so far this season) says it’s not likely.
mf13ss says:September 28, 2026 at 4:51 pmQuestion for y’all…If a player played 11 seasons in the NFL and made All-Pro 4x and made the Pro-Bowl 5 times, does he deserve consideration for the Hall of Fame?Reply
This isn’t accurate, he only made all pro once, 3x 2nd team
he’s borderline to me and since he wasn’t on at least very good teams I believe they’ll say no
I was going to ask the question: if a player makes 2nd team All-Pro, is he still an All-Pro?
Figured the question answered itself, so I deleted it.
YOU are factually correct though, Steve, regarding 1st team vs 2nd team.
But I think technically, I’m also correct.
@MiamiDolphins
Roster Moves | We have placed running back De’Von Achane on the injured reserve list and waived defensive lineman Keith Cooper Jr. We also released edge Clelin Ferrell and defensive lineman Jordan Miller from the practice squad.
Gotta think we’re promoting RB Jarquez Hunter to the active 53 at this point.
Cooper will likely be signed back to the PS once/if he clears waivers.
Achane to IR and waiving Cooper opens 2 roster spots on the 53.
Releasing Ferrell and Miller from the PS opens 2 spots there.
I wonder if they are going to sign DT Mazi Smith from the PS or are they making room for Kenneth Grant? I thought Grant couldn’t come back until after game 4, I’m not sure.
Those 2 spots on the 53 will likely be filled by Grant and a RB.
If they sign a RB to the 53 off the PS, that will leave 3 roster spots to fill on the PS. Again, I think Cooper will fill one of them.
Anyway, more to come.
So between Jalen Wright, Ollie Gordon, and Jarquez Hunter… we have 3 of the same type of RB.
Want an Achane-type RB? Poach Jaydon Blue from the Eagles practice squad.
4.38 40-speed. No, he’s not Achane, but he’s plenty fast.
*Jaylen
Good grief. How many different ways are there to spell ‘Jalen’???
Jaydon Blue would be a great signing. Though, he would have to be on the 53 if poached and he doesn’t know the offense. Blue does have similar traits as Achane. Great jump cut and quick acceleration. Runs hard with decent vision and patience.
Good call!
Thank you, BBM!
Here are his college highlights…
That O-Line of the Cowboys did him NO justice, IMO. He was constantly hit before the LOS.
you know what?
I have to say it
I watch Dolphins collective on YouTube
And I really like Omar. Way more than I liked him without seeing his personality
I think Omar is 49 years old now. He’s really grown up from when we first met him. I concur: I really like Omar now… and again.
I doubt very much that he would ever know “ Rockphin” from the Sun Sentinel that long ago
Not guaranteeing anything, but ya never know.
did any of you see that video of Josh Hines Allen trying to get the ball from the ball boy after Hunters INT? It was weird . Ball boy wouldn’t give it to him for some reason.
Nah, man. I missed that one.
I can’t copy and paste or I’d post the link. It’s bizarre
WordPress sucks, Brother!
https://x.com/BGreenReports/status/2104304079593787416/video/1
wtf was that? Lol….
Both probably wanted to sell the ball on eBay. LOL
Okay prophets of all things 🤓
Tim,
I think it would be incredible if when Kenneth Grant comes back, he’s a GAME CHANGER! And, it could happen! I certainly hope so.
If he can generate a pass-rush, that just might be what we’re missing from the interior D-Line. Then, things become easier for Jordyn Brooks, J-Rod, and the entire Secondary.
Thanks Herd!!!
I heard the blogger in distress signal….🤣
Grant, Louis and Moore.
M
Hope you enjoy the game tonight! 😄
if that happened on the Dolphins, our opponent would drive the ball down the field and score, every time. Bears get a fumble recovery 2 plays later
the play – ball is punted to the 5, gunner knocks it back to prevent a touchback, some jackhole comes flying down the field and jumps on a stationary ball, his momentum carries his foot to the EZ. All he had to do was NOTHING
now TD