The Dolphins host the Bengals for our annual FMU Fest!! We’ll have a smaller “Mob” this year but we’re still here and cheering for our first win of the season. I know there will be a large contingency of Bengals fans but I have a good feeling about this week. We have been improving and I feel like were getting closer to putting it together well enough to get a “W”.
We do get DT Kenneth Grant back this week although I’m sure he’ll be on a snap count as this will be his first game action of 2026 including preseason. WR Caleb Douglas is still OUT but hopefully getting closer to action. With Achane OUT for the season, RB’s Ollie Gordon and Jaylen Wright will have to pick up the slack. I believe WR Malik Washington will continue to get more targets without Achane.
Let’s hope our guys can pull one out for the home crowd, and of course, the FMU Festers!
GO DOLPHINS!!!
Thank you, Mike E.!
If we can minimize self-inflicted wounds, we might pull this out.
From the previous page, I wouldn’t take Arch in the draft….
You are a superstar sir …. Fest weekend and ya still get an article up.. have a blast kids likely see ya next year. GO PHINS 🐬🐬🐬🐬
Have fun at the fest Oinkeroos
Have fun at the fest today Oinkeroos
BENGALS
DOLPHINS
Enjoy the fest and game guys. FinUp!
Love our ST🤮
Is that Giseckis first TD at Hardrock ?? LOL
ST coach should be fired today.
100% agree
Have to e bye next week .. perfect time for changes
Good point.
That was honestly the hardest fought TD Ive seen lol.
I like the physical nature of this team.
Dolphins first win coming today, go Miami!
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That’s what pressure does 😂
Willis is horrible
He’s snake bitten
He throws a bomb and Washington stops running, should’ve been a TD
Last series he had Bell downfield, but someone was holding his arm, should’ve been PI
Sure he’s missing plays, seems like someone is coaching him to do something else
Beat me to it. Third try. Fuck WordPress
I want to like Willis, but he makes it hard.
For the first time I feel like sending Malik back to pass isn’t a good thing, our passing game is so dysfunctional
He needs to take what is given to him, and not look for the great play, every drop back shouldn’t be about making a great play
Brewer is next
The passes Burrow threw after 1st and goal are the throws Malik isn’t attempting. He’s not taking the easy free yards
Proctor missed the block on int
Put in McCord.
Great play but was he in ??
Need smaller toes.
Nice 😎
Got an anti cheat break there, should’ve been false start on the fumble
CJ great play!
Wright gets tripped up too easiy
OMG
Get him out!!!!
He’s got to play thru it
How can the commentators have more of a clue, than our coaching staff?
Where’s the short passes, something to build confidence
He is bypassing the short throws to throw long. Announcers called it. He won’t hit the check down.
SBJ. Fuck WordPress.
Why has he not been throwing it short and quick earlier?
He’s a playground QB, hasn’t figured out its the small things, that make you great
Just have him throw it deep on every down.
Somewhere our players missed the how to play football 101 class
One SMH after another
Willis is an idiot
Bonehead not knowing to get the 1st there
Tough game for Willis and the O but maybe a better 2nd half.
I admire your optimism.
Can’t be worse from Willis, can it?
Dunno why but Zane Anderson name sounds like he should be a kicker
Malik Washington is a dog.
The offense has to get points here.
Nice drive!
OLLIE!!!
He is so horrible!!!
Put in McCord!!!
That was awful.
Malik is in his own head. He’s seeing ghosts out there.
Willis is playing really bad
That was a horrid finish
Malik has got to STOP throwing off balance or off his back foot.
However Ollie is looking very impressive.
Need to bench Willis.
Someone here might have mentioned that. 😂
WOW catch by Chase!!!
That was good coverage by Marshall. Chase is a special player.
Let’s go Brewers?
Why didn’t Willis keep running???
GOOD, Malik… GOOD!
What a CATCH by Dulcich!!!
Nice! This team fights and are showing signs of what’s to come.
OUT OF BOUNDS within the FIVE!!! NICE!!!
FUCK!
That was a butt-fumble.
They need to make a QB change after the bye.
That’s not going to happen.
Why not?
The bye comes at the right time because there will be a lot of film work and coaching. A great time to review a good body of work.
Bench Willis
Do you think that’s going to happen?
So you’re saying there’s a chance? 😂
45 seconds left, and we’re still technically in it!
Welp, it was interesting!
Better QB play and the game may have been different. Willis sucks.
217 rushing yards by us. That’s pretty good.
137 passing yards by us. That’s pretty bad.
Penalties (7) and turnovers (Malik Willis: 2 INTs, 1 lost fumble) killed us this day.
It’s not really how many years has Willis been in the league but how many starts and the answer is 11. With 3 different teams. This is the first time he’s been handed the keys and it’s with the youngest team in the league. I see us staying the course and investing in their best players. The bye week is perfect timing. You haven’t won a game but we’re not the only one at the moment either. 😂
He has been on the sidelines learning. No excuses. Take what the D gives you. He sucks.
So, it is your opinion that the FIVE YEARS he has spent in the NFL has been worthless to his development? Only the STARTS count?
That is straight up bullshit Tim.
Let’s go Chargers.
Yep
Observation: it’s rather obvious at this point in time that Bobby Slowick is NOT coaching Malik Willis to throw it to a spot on the field, ala Tua. Instead, Slowick is rolling with Willis’ style of play: see open receiver, let ‘er rip.
EVERYBODY has noticed that Willis is holding onto the ball far too long… why is that, exactly?
There MUST be a reason as to why Willis’ numbers are awful in the passing game so far this season, and I’m certain it’s correctable. I’m not absolving Willis of any blame, for he’s got a LOT to fix, starting with his footwork. IMO, he’s still a PROJECT… but with MASSIVE upside.
Yes, our BYE week comes at a good time for us to reassess, fix, highlight the highs and lows, and to reinforce football 101 (too many foolish penalties, for one).
It’s WAY too early to shelve Malik Willis. We MUST ascertain IF he’s our QB of the future. The sooner we figure that much out, it will determine whether we should address QB early in the ’27 Draft.
If Willis isn’t our QB of the future, it’s likely going to take the full season to render that decision… due to the contract we $igned him to. Now is not the time to bench him. Now is the time to see if he has what it takes to get out of the hole. And for whatever it’s worth — in spite of his miserable day today — he brought us back to make it a one score game.
Oh yeah, one more thing. Sully and Haf aren’t going to bench ‘their guy’, who they personally vetted and paid all this $$$. NOBODY would do that to ‘their guy’ in year 1. That would concede futility in their decision making.
I’ll say this our pass pro is pretty good, Willis had plenty of time to make decisions. I’m not sure if it’s him or nobody open. Probably both as they learn each other. We also have moments where we blow up defenses. I like where we’re headed.
All I can say is it’s FRUSTRATING! But I also feel this is correctable with a little time and patience.
Willis is NOT an NFL staring QB. No excuses. He sucks.
Can’t lie: you may prove to be correct, Bookman. By the same token, you may prove to be incorrect.
It’s too early for me to call it, one way or the other. I’m hoping for the best, preparing for the worst .
We BOTH know why we’re rooting for the Chargers right now! 😉
BOOKMAN!!!
TD, VIDAL!!!!!!!!!! WHAT A RUN!!!!!!!
BBM and I both wanted to draft Vidal!
Those Cincy uniforms sure looked sharp out there, and it was nice to see a very good offensive team.
As for the Dolphins, not much to say, other than I’m leaning towards either Mensah or Carr at this point…
It would be the height of GM negligence to not get a QB in the first next year and I see us getting one. Green Bay guys like to sit their future QB a couple years, and I see Malik teaching whoever the standard of professional conduct. Malik is a good dude but there’s a talent discrepancy between him and the top 3-4 guys coming out. Having Mensah sitting there while you pick even a guy like Smith would be a terrible look and add all kinds of pressure to Malik.
I’m starting to agree, but not on the number of QBs. I really only see 2 QBs worth taking in the top 10-15 right now. And neither are Arch!!!
Agreed, Rich. Arch is absolutely crapping the bed this season.
Justin Herbert, WTF were you thinking right there?
Chargers: 0-5.
Capri McD is probably the very worst thing that could have happened to Justin Herbert’s career.
Hiring Capri McD as his OC is probably the very worst thing that could have happened to John Harbaugh’s NFL coaching career.
Sorry, JIM Harbaugh. Honest mistake.
Come on, he’s not that bad🤣🤣🤣
I suppose there might be improvement later in the season, but I think there absolutely has to be in order to go forward next season with Malik Willis as our starting QB. His field awareness and accuracy are severely lacking. Besides that, why on earth did he slide on that long run he had? Can someone tell me because I haven’t seen a replay, at the game it seemed totally unnecessary
Mike, I questioned why he slid on that long run. His awareness is horrible!
Judging by the face he made at the end of the play, I think he was also questioning it.
Mike E,
If we draft a top prospect, do you really want them learning from behind this OL and with these WRs? I’m all good with Malik learning on the fly the next two years.
You didn’t ask me, but YES this line NEXT season will have more experience together (they are already getting better before our eyes each week) and our two rookie WR will be in their 2nd years so YES again.
I am NOT ok with running with Malik the next two years.
We ABSOLUTELY MUST draft his replacement next April.
Willis is not a starting NFL QB. It feels like dejavu all over again.
I agree. Even if we draft a QB, unless he kills it in next TC I feel like Willis is gonna be our guy. We should have just grabbed someone like Kirk cousin or something.
And there’s our Tua …. Sorry falcons
0-5. at least we aren’t getting blown out in every game. As was a concern shared by myself and many others when we signed him to a fairly substantial contract, Willis is not the guy. You can have a big arm, be able to make every throw, run to get some yards (and inexplicably slide ), but if you aren’t consistently accurate, you’re not going to start in this league. And he is not consistently accurate.
Bench Willis??
F NO!
Ride his ass to the #1 pick!
Bench Willis?
F NO!
Ride his janky ass to the #1 draft pick!
I’m going to go get the paper…
Watching Willis live was an eye opener, for me. I could see the field great, but Willis was sorely lacking in same, awareness was severely questionable, decision-making was dubious.
He has a ways to go, imo. He needs to be coached up.
THEN, no matter what we still need to draft an QB. It’s the GB way, nota sellout to anyone.
Besides accuracy, Willis doesn’t throw to his check downs. He’s always looking for the big one. Which is where his inaccuracy shows up.
I tend to agree with Rock – Ride him to the number one pick. Next year he can be the placeholder or the backup.
Lol….yeah accuracy is an issue, too. Lots of issues.
We absolutely should keep him..especially through next year. Why not?
I don’t see an NFL ready QB in this draft, but we need to work on getting one ready next year.
Who’s Willis’ QB coach? He’s got a lot of work to do….does he know that? Lol
Bye is a good time to reset, teach more, learn more
Rovk,
I agree about riding him to #1 but why in the world would we possibly screw up our #1 pick by bringing him out early when he can learn behind Willis? The vast majority of first round QBs who start the first year are busts. Most of the decently successful ones take a few years to adjust. Green Bay has two QBs who sat that ended up awesome and the Chiefs have another. That sounds better than throwing the dude out to the wolves for no good reason.
Agree. The NFL used to develop QBs…probably a lot of failure in the respect due to unearthly expectations.
I think we disagree on terminology only. You said “the next two years” which I took as in addition to THIS year.
I agree, he is getting paid $20+ Million next year so…
He should AT LEAST compete with the rookie for the starting job (and I would expect him to win that battle early on, just do to familiarity with the system and his SIX years of experience at that time.)
I would expect Willis to start the season as the #1 and then see how things progress.
But by NO MEANS should we not pick a QB high in this years draft.
WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK!??
I have posted three times after the post above and they are disappearing!!!
WHY ARE ALL MY POSTS AND REPLIES GOING TO SPAM!!??
HEY LURKER!
It will not let me post about it, but I am aware that I used “Do” instead of the correct “due” in the post above. I hate siri
WOW word press will not let me say
i h@te Siri on this board
Try posting
“I ate Siri”
the new WordPress format is killing
I try to post, then I have to log in
then there is no post
So I post again
and then it shows up twice
I think we officially have the number 3 pick
and of the chargers or titans win during our BYE, we move up!
weeeeeee
As long as Texas doesn’t lose again, and Arch Manning recovers and plays well in the post season, I bet he ends up becoming the consensus 1 pick even after an ugly game this weekend
he may not come out at all
but if he does, and Texas gets in the postseason and he plays well – I bet he is hyped up again
as far as I am concerned, if we end up with the 1 pick, I’m probably trading down
I need Markeyh to come on and tell me how good Malik is again.
Stop it….lol
I must be in WordPress time out because nothing I post is actually posting.