Good close game yesterday. Going into foxboro and getting a win.

1-0

It was interesting to watch 'Bama's last two QBs go at it.

Good and Bad
The Good: Dolphs beat Pats in beantown and are in first place

The bad: having to face Mac Jones for the next 20 years.

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Come on number two!

As in a win, not the big pile of crap that was last year and the year before and the year before and the...

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Dolphins swarm Giants for fifth straight win, keeping themselves in playoff contention entering bye
David Furones, South Florida Sun-Sentinel - 2h ago

https://www.msn.com/en-us/spor...ntering-bye/ar-AARuUba

MNF between raiders and ravens was a really great game.

If you missed last night's game, here is good recap article: DA RAIDERS...CHUCKIE was making some great looks as the camera kept showing him during all the debacle.


Derek Carr ends zany opening win in Las Vegas with an overtime TD pass as Raiders stun Ravens

https://sports.yahoo.com/derek...wn-pass-035625965.html

Yesterday's OT Fins-Vegas game was pretty good. Jacoby Brisset looked pretty good in the loss. 1-2 in the season.

LA Rams upset the Buccs.

"He's the best kicker in NFL history."

That's the way Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh described Justin Tucker to the Athletic after the kicker set a new NFL record for the longest game-winning field goal on Sunday.
In one of the most dramatic endings to a game in recent years, Tucker converted a 66-yard field goal -- with the ball first bouncing off the crossbar before finally going through the posts -- as time expired to enter the NFL history books and help the Ravens beat the Detroit Lions 19-17.
The 66-yard kick surpassed the previous record for the longest field goal set by Matt Prater in 2013 with a 64-yard conversion.
Tucker's kick sparked wild celebrations from Ravens players, as he was mobbed by his teammates.
"That's the GOAT," tight end Mark Andrews said.
In pre-game warm-ups, Tucker was unsuccessful from 65 yards. But when it came down to crunch time, he explained that he found a little "divinely inspired something" to make the game-clinching kick.

Not sure the Rams beating the Bucs is much of an upset. I think the spread was a point?

That kick was nuts!!!

My how the times have changed.

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fyi, Fins play jags, Sunday morning 930am. Tua is off injury reserve and may play.

Fins 13 Jags 10 at the half in London. Sunday 11:30am.

Tua is back and looks pretty good.

Jags managed to steal one in UK

That was a good call to throw underneath and set up FG when MIA was expecting Hail Mary. Meyer and Lawrence needed that one.

Well the fins rebuild looks like a dumpster fire after so much promise last year. It is hard to blame Tua considering it was only his second game this year and the biggest issue has been that the defense is horrible.

That was a fun game to watch Sunday morning!

With Matt Wright (UCF alumni) kicking the two 50+ long field goals to tie then win in OT helped my UCF Fandom that was in the dumps.

Jags break losing streak.

Game could have gone either way and it was a great game to watch with two teams that won't make the playoffs.

If you stopped watching, The Fins are on a 4 game winning streak...need to win more to make the playoffs. Probably need to finish undefeated in remaining games.


The Miami Dolphins (5-7) will try to extend their four-game winning run in a Week 13 clash with the New York Giants (4-7).

from an article:

The Dolphins' remaining schedule is the Giants, Jets & Patriots in Miami and @ Saints & @ Titans. Those are some winnable games and in order to make the playoffs I'd say the Dolphins need to go 4-1 which will be difficult. That said it can be done if Miami plays up to their potential.

2-3 the rest of the way at best.

Hell, it's a start. I'm tired of Miami being Miami.

I see that the Patriots are gaining legit momentum and are looking like a real team again. Can we steal a few of their recruiters?

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Miami 20 Giants 9 Final.

5 games in a row....

5 in a row is never easy in the NFL. To have a chance at a playoff spot, they need to win out. That would be a 9 game win streak and would require away victories at the Titans and Saints. Home victories vs. the Jets and Patriots. *IF* they get to the final game of the season at 9-7, it will be interesting when the Patsies come to visit.

Anyhow the big take away is that the defense has been finally playing they way they were expected to play and Tua, since returning from injury, has been one of the most efficient QBs in the NFL. Those two walk off field goal losses because the defense was playing bad will be the reason the Fins don't actually make the playoffs.

The brightest part of this season outside of Tua's progression is that it really looks like the fins knocked this draft out of the park. Waddle just set the rookie team record for reception (and is very close to yardage too) and should easily break the NFL record for receptions by a rookie barring injury. The lights also turned on for Phillips, who has already broken the team sack record for rookies. Then there is Holland who, even as a rookie, is already one of the top safeties in the NFL.

Edited: 12/06/2021 at 11:09 AM by RiddleMe

Dolphins' playoff picture: Chances are good only with wins in all four remaining games

https://www.yahoo.com/entertai...es-good-213137779.html

The door remains open for the Dolphins.

All they have to do to enter is finish the regular season on a nine-game winning streak (and get a bit of help).

Anything less and it's all over.

That's the takeaway from numbers-crunching via the playoff predictor at fivethirtyeight.com, which says that despite being in 13th place in the AFC, the Dolphins have a 77 percent chance of reaching the postseason if they win out.

Dolphins beat J.E.T.S...JETS JETS JETS... 7-7....Playoff hunt...

Because they still only stand in 11th place in the AFC standings despite having won their past six games, the Dolphins basically have to win out to have a chance of making the playoffs. Their prospects of making the playoffs with a 9-8 record is 10 percent at best, per 538, and that's if their one loss comes against the Saints next Monday night.

If the Dolphins can go 3-0 the rest of the way to cap a remarkable season-ending nine-game streak, their percentage goes up to 71 percent with other results around the AFC in the final three weeks not even taken into account.

But here's a great nugget from 538, the Dolphins would have a 98 percent chance if they indeed finish 10-7 and the Buffalo Bills defeat the New England Patriots next Sunday at Gillette Stadium. A New England win in that game would drop the Dolphins' playoff chances to 52 percent even if Miami ends up 10-7.

The reason the Bills-Pats game will have such a heavy influence on the Dolphins' playoff prospects obviously is that multi-team tiebreakers for one or more wild-card berth first involves solving division tiebreakers first - and the Bills already have swept the Dolphins, who also would have a sweep of the Patriots if they finish 10-7.

There are still a lot of things to be settled, but we'll get more clarity (maybe)in Week 16 when the schedules includes matchups like Baltimore and Cincinnati, Kansas City at Pittsburgh and Denver at Las Vegas, among others.

Remaining games:
Miami (7-7): at New Orleans (6-7), at Tennessee (9-5), New England (9-5) ... Remaining opponent combined winning percentage: .585

Fins Saints, MNF. Siants have 21 players and 4 coaches out due to covid protocols.

Need to win them all.

Beat Tennessee this week, beat New England the week after that, and the Miami Dolphins are going to the playoffs.


For Dolphins, it's simple math: 2 wins, and playoffs await
By TIM REYNOLDS, AP Sports Writer - Yesterday 2:26 PM
https://www.msn.com/en-us/spor...yoffs-await/ar-AASdoRe

The fins had players out too for the game and had to play the week prior without 2 of their biggest stars. It is happening to all the teams and why the NFL has adjusted their protocols twice in as many weeks. Really, they need to adjust them more.

About the game though, the difference between the various Siants QBs to suit up this year was minimal. They weren't going to put up much in the way of points and the couple of defensive starters out wouldn't of made a difference tbh.

Ryan Tannehill vs his old team tomorrow at 1pm. I'm hoping the fins win to set up the winner take all game vs the Pats in Miami next week. Both teams would likely be fighting for the same spot.

Multiple teams clinched spots in the AFC playoffs in Week 17 as the conference's postseason picture began to crystalize Sunday.

The Tennessee Titans clinched the AFC South title on the strength of their victory over the Miami Dolphins on Sunday. The Dolphins' loss also was cause for celebration in New England as the Patriots clinched a playoff spot following their blowout win over the Jacksonville Jaguars.

A third consecutive trip to the postseason has been punched by the Buffalo Bills by virtue of their win over the Atlanta Falcons and the Baltimore Ravens' last-minute loss to Los Angeles Rams.

Tennessee has now won back-to-back AFC South crowns for the first time since the division's inception in 2002.

Adam gase was fired after posting a record of 23-25. Brian Flores current record is 23-25.

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Perhaps, but Flores is a much better coach than Gase was. The record is the record, but anyone following the team can see that. The GM needs to go, despite striking gold in the draft this year. A real OC needs to be brought in and the historically bad Oline needs to be fixed. It is still impossible to tell what the fins have in Tua because he still managed some success with no running game behind one of the worst lines in the history of the NFL.

"behind one of the worst lines in the history of the NFL"

The Jaguars say hello.

Pretty good win streak though for the Dolphins. Gives hope for next year. NFL playoffs should be interesting.

I am basing this strictly off pass blocking and run blocking metrics. Sadly, the fins weren't just worst in the NFL this year, but the worst ever since some of the metrics began getting recorded. The only reason why they even looked serviceable at times is because Tua was getting the ball out the 3rd fastest in the NFL and is good at dancing around the pocket.

Dolphins beat the Patriots twice this season! On to next season rebuilding and watching the playoffs from home.

Miami Dolphins fire Brian Flores!!!

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Brian Flores has been fired by the Miami Dolphins after three seasons, the team announced.

General manager Chris Grier will remain with the team in his current role, ESPN's Jeff Darlington is reporting.

Despite speculation that Dolphins owner Stephen Ross was interested in hiring Jim Harbaugh as coach, the Dolphins are not targeting the Michigan coach for their opening, sources told Darlington.


"I made a decision today to part ways with Brian Flores," Ross said in a statement released by the team. " After evaluating where we are as an organization and what we need going forward to improve, I determined that key dynamics of our football organization weren't functioning at a level I want it to be and felt that this decision was in the best interest of the Miami Dolphins. I believe we have a talented young roster in place and have the opportunity to be much better in 2022. I want to thank Brian for his hard work and wish him nothing but the best in his future."

The Dolphins finished 9-8 this season, recovering from a 1-7 start but failing to make the playoffs.

Flores, 40, was 24-25 in three seasons as the team's coach.

He was hired by the Dolphins in 2019 after spending 11 seasons on the New England Patriots, staff, the last eight coaching defense.

Grier should have been out too. I guess striking gold this draft saved his job.

the Dolphins problem is the asshole owner, Stephen Ross,

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Years of getting it wrong make it tough to believe Miami Dolphins, Stephen Ross will get it right

https://news.yahoo.com/habib-y...g-tough-223949267.html

Why would the Dolphins fire Brian Flores? Owner Stephen Ross still doesn't know what he's doing
Ben Volin - Yesterday 3:53 PM

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news...0-99s-doing/ar-AASDBmE

I wouldn't believe anything that doesn't come directly from the usual fins beat writers. The outside media is pretty clueless as to the what and why. The author of the article covers the patriots for example.

Dumb move on their part. All I could do was shake my head when I heard that....

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"Spoke with my guy who says Harbaugh will be signed, suited and booted in Miami by Friday"

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a quick google search confirms the rumors!

Interesting. He has a 2nd interview with the vikings on Wed. and there hasn't been one confirmed interview with the dolphins yet. Mike McDaniel, however, had his second interview yesterday with the fins and spent most of the day in the building.

Edited: 02/01/2022 at 07:29 AM by RiddleMe

Brian Flores has had no shortage of suitors since the Miami Dolphins let him go, and his list is reportedly getting longer. According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, Flores is scheduled to interview for the New Orleans Saints head coaching job,

Brian Flores Lawsuit: NFL owner offered me money to tank games.

Former Dolphins coach Brian Flores files racial discrimination lawsuit against NFL, New York Giants

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/u...tion-lawsuit-rcna14457

On the paid to tank issue I have a hard time reconciling the fact that the fins brought in Rosen, who would have easily given the Fins 0 wins that season, with getting and starting Fitzmagic. You know, a guy who was fully capable of giving you 4-5 wins just on his shoulders alone.

As far as not being hired, maybe he wasn't hired because of race.

Maybe he wasn't hired because of the revolving door of staff underneath him, you know providing evidence of people not being able to work with him. Perhaps it was due to his inability to put together an even average offense or the historically bad offensive line. Maybe it was due to the coaching decisions that for sure coast the dolphins a playoff spot last season with a strong case that could be made for costing the dolphins a spot this season too. Maybe it was the 2 years or so of issues with players leaking out of the locker room, some of which was more public and caught on film during games. Most recent example being the verbal fight he and Tua had and the blatant disrespectful things Flores apparently said. Perhaps it was due to 2 seasons of getting off to extremely bad starts, this year being the worst example because the team was expected to contend in the playoffs. Instead, they were barely even an NFL caliber team until half way through the season.

Who knows.

The NFL must move swiftly to resolve this. This is serious. Evokes images of 1919 black sox scandal, Pete Rose....

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Dolphins hire Mike McDaniel as head coach: Miami agrees to terms with 49ers offensive coordinator

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/...offensive-coordinator/

The fins were included in the racism allegations as well. I am not sure how anyone can actually buy that a minority GM with 2 minority personnel managers fired a minority coach due to 'race'. Not to mention, they turned around and hired another minority head coach to replace him. The fins also had 1 of the 2 female Vice Presidents before she took the job for the league itself.

As far as the other allegation goes, I will hold judgment until I see evidence or lack thereof.

Edited: 02/08/2022 at 03:47 AM by RiddleMe

Tyreek Hill signs with the Dolphins.

Hill, Waddle, Mostert are 3 of the 10 fastest guys in the league. If Tua can't cook with this behind the improved line, then he doesn't belong in the NFL

Dolphins will be a team to watch this year. Agreed with Tua, he had play makers around him at Bama that made him great. Time to produce.