Finsmob Unleashed

This team was just an utter embarrassment today. We all know “Any Given Sunday”, but this team just looked thoroughly unprepared, outmatched, outclassed, outplayed, outcoached, there wasn’t one facet of the game where you can say “Well, at least we did that”. You have to keep everything in perspective because it’s just one game, but some of us kinda saw this coming, felt it, because despite the hype machine feeding us the “new culture”, the “We’re not soft anymore”, there are quite a few of us here who just didn’t buy that crap. Now to be fair, I did expect us to show well Week 1 because we have as long as QB Tua Tagovailoa has been the QB. Week 1 has never been his problem, he flourished and played very well the other 4 years, perhaps with the exception of last year when Jason Sanders and Jevon Holland were the heroes in a 20-17 victory last season, but in 2023, Tua was great in a 36-34 duel with the Chargers, and 2022, a 20-7 victory over the New England Patriots, not a great game by Tua, but a win nonetheless once again against the New England Patriots. The Dolphins don’t struggle early, they just usually show a complete lack of intestinal fortitude and fold down the stretch run at the end of the season, so we’re in new territory.

So where do we go from here? This was supposed to be the easy part of the schedule where we were supposed to be 4-1 with potentially the only blemish against the Buffalo Bills. We go home and face off against the New England Patriots who had a tough loss of their own this week at the hands of the unheralded Las Vegas Raiders, 20-13. Both teams will have a chip on their shoulder and I guess we’ll have to see who knocks off the others chip first. The Patriots couldn’t run the ball, but those of you who routinely poke fun about the NE QB Drake Maye, he was far from the problem. The Patriots ran 18 times for 60. Maye was 30-46 for 287 yards 1 TD, 1 INT.

Let’s talk about our Dolphins, shall we? We pretty much get that this team goes as Tua does and Tua took us to the mat early and made sure we stayed pinned down there. Tua managed only 14-23 for a paltry 114 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT’s and 1 FUMBLE lost, 3 turnovers in all. Yeah, we made fun of the Colts defense because they recently signed Ole Methuselah Xavien Howard to start at CB. Somehow, Methuselah outlasted our young guys as Storm Duck left the game early and wasn’t seen again. We had 12 rushing attempts all day, and had possession of the football all of 21:17. We got 12 first downs compared to the juggernaut Indianapolis Colts with Danny Dimes at the helm.

Well, how about that vaunted front 7 of the Miami Dolphins. Yeah, even I thought they could be good.We managed 1 sack, but they never really seemed to be in the game, and with certainty, had no impact on the game. The Colts did as they pleased, Danny Dimes threw for 272 yards and 1 TD, no INT’s. Hey, Colts rookie TE Tyler Warren looked great against us, we still can’t cover a TE and I’m guessing we may never succeed in that regard. Warren had 7 receptions for 76 yards, breaking tackles with nifty moves or just powering through would be tacklers. Never mind that, we have Darren Waller, so don’t fret!

So now the Tyreek “Trade Clock” begins, and that fucker will continue to tick until this team shows any semblance of being a prepared, winning team. They didn’t give us one inkling towards that today, and McDaniel, his playcalling, ability to adjust to in game situations was so way below par, but maybe some home cooking is what this team needs. Markey, Tim, I’m not calling you out here, but I’m guessing after today you both have to have your doubts about what we actually have for a team here, with Mike McDaniel as the Head Coach and Chris Grier the GM hand picking the talent you’ve seen him assemble, or perhaps the lack thereof?

The good thing is the season has just begun, and a win next week, even an ugly win gets us even and then you move on from there. I think even Markey and Tim would admit we can’t afford to see a similar effort next week as we witnessed today. The paper bag fans will be out in droves, and Hard Rock Stadium which barely gives us an edge as far as Dolphins fans attendance vs Opponents Attendance will hit rock bottom as fans will be selling their seats and find other things to do in the beautiful Florida climate.

The Buffalo Bills face off against the Baltimore Ravens this evening at 8:20 at new Highmark Stadium, the new home of the AFC EAST perennial Champs. It’s not going to be easy, it never is against a well prepared team with a great Head Coach with a .623 winning % in John Harbaugh. It just so happens that Bills Head Coach has a .656 winning %, which is better than Harbaugh’s. Plus, the Bills are home, christening their new stadium on Sunday Night Football, but, if somehow the Ravens do beat the Bills, all of the AFC East will be even up at 0-1. Will that make me feel better? Not even a little bit. I doubt very highly that the Bills won’t give the Ravens a dogfight even if they somehow lose out in the end, but our team was a shitshow and even though you all know I don’t think very much of our HC, GM or roster, I was appalled by just how bad we looked today. This just will not do, and if it continues, HEADS MUST ROLL!!!!

GO DOLPHINS!!!