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Three horrendous plays cost us this loss. Huge plays. The part that gets me most angry is that we could have overcome two gigantic mistakes, but three was one too many. First, honorable mention goes to guard Jonah Savaiianea, who ruined a nice first down by being downfield illegally. That stuff happens. But it was particularly grievous on this play because it was a pass to Julian Hill on the far right of the field. Savaiianea was 30 yards away, running up and toward his left to go chase after a defender who was not involved in the play whatsoever. I could understand if heRead More →

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Unfortunately, with a short week on the road (again), the Dolphins don’t have time to correct or change anything. Let’s assume we lose to the Bills. Fine, no shame in that. But then our next two games are home on MNF against the Jets and then the Panthers after that. We have 2 doormat teams on the horizon, and that is what I want to see. Can we at least compete? Are there teams worse than us? Losing to the Bills will answer no questions, but losing to the Jets and Panthers would validate our low opinion of the Dolphins. One thing that has changedRead More →

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Offense, Defense, or Special Teams? Or Coaching? Pick your poison. Reader Sean sent me a very sad statistic yesterday: The Colts scored on every single one of their possessions. Every one! That has not happened in the NFL since 1977, when many of us weren’t alive. I knew our defense would be bad. Chris Grier giving us a secondary full of castoffs, rookies, and undrafted no-names was very dangerous. Even if all these j.v. guys were healthy, it would be a terrible secondary. But when they started dropping likes flies (Artie Burns, Storm Duck), it went from bad to worse. On top of that, throwRead More →