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Unless he cries and whines his way to the courts (again), Tom Brady will miss the week 2 game against the Dolphins.   This means, in theory, that the Dolphins have their first chance to win a game in Foxboro since the advent of the Wildcat. As I’ve stated many times, the courts are not deciding on Brady’s guilt or innocence.  Rather, the courts are deciding whether the commissioner has the right to punish players.   Of course he does. Everyone knows this.   But last year the Patriots took their chances with a liberal judge and got their way.   This year, they metRead More →

The NFL is releasing the schedule TONIGHT! Usually the league announces the schedule-release date weeks in advance and advertises and promotes it like crazy.   This year, no dice.    Luckily, I heard about this and confirmed with the league. Tonight at 8 Eastern, we will learn when the Dolphins play, any MNF games, SNF games, TNF games, etc. We know the Dolphins play in L.A. this year, for example, and tonight we learn when.  Could be the first game of the year, as I imagine the NFL will want to give the new L.A. Rams a splendid home opener. The Dolphins are no longer aRead More →

The good news is that Stephen Ross has a successor in place, and a new owner can’t come fast enough. The bad news is that the new owner, who would take over upon Ross’s death–and who also has the first right to buy the team from Ross any time he is alive—is another New York City businessman. More than likely a Jet fan like Ross.  His name is Bruce Beal. Ross’s people also insisted that he has no plans to sell the team.  But in naming a successor, at least the plans are in place if he changes his mind.  The way the deal worksRead More →

No, this isn’t an April Fool’s joke.   (Although when I learned the Dolphins just re-signed Daniel Thomas again, I thought someone was fooling me).  Instead, we want to seriously consider just how good the Dolphins can. be. That’s CAN be.  As in “might” be.   No guarantees, no predictions.   Just possibilities. Let’s start with new head coach Adam Gase.  I was not in favor of this hiring, and I’ve stated many reasons why.  Just because people around the NFL think a guy will be a good head coach, doesn’t make it so.   Just ask Clueless Joe Philbin.  However, since we’re focusing onRead More →

Stephen Ross continues his trend of being all things to all endeavors. In the last 48 hours alone, here’s what he’s been up to: He is really pushing his new soccer league and games in Miami, even though no one cares about soccer. He continues to do the City of Miami’s job of attracting a Super Bowl, as if Ross himselfRead More →

Who’s in? Isa Quddus, Safety/DB Byron Maxwell, CB Mario Williams, DE Kiko Alonso, LB A Number 13 overall pick Who’s out? Brent Grimes (cut) Miko Grimes Olivier Vernon (Giants) Lamar Miller (Texans) A Number 8 overall pick My first analysis of all these moves is that the Dolphins did some decent damage control in areas where they knew damage was coming. They got out in front of the Grimes cut byRead More →

Over the past few weeks, veteran receiver Greg Jennings has come out more than once with a less-than-glowing assessment of Ryan Tannehill.    Jennings is among the first we’ve ever heard from who publicly states that Tannehill might not have what it takes. (We’re used to hearing rumors about this kind of thing, but never yet has a player just come right out and said it….although Miko Grimes certainly said it!) Jennings’ biggest criticism was that Tannehill doesn’t seem to have the smarts to make the right audibles.  Although in T-hill’s defense, we don’t know what permissions he had to call what.  Jennings said thatRead More →

It looks like Texas A&M will be hiring former Dolphins offensive line coach Jim Turner to run its offensive line.   This is good news for A&M and for Coach Turner, who got a raw deal and was railroaded out of town because of that crybaby Judas, Jonathan Martin. As Dolphins Truth has mentioned before, we encourage all Dolfans to read Coach Turner’s reply to the Wells Report here:  http://thesportsesquires.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/turner-response_r.pdf When Patriot owner Robert Kraft received his Wells report, he fought it all the way to the courts.   He stuck up for his men. When Dolphin owner Stephen Ross received his Wells report, heRead More →

Man, what a boring week. But it could be worse.    Last year at this time, there was no Dolphins news either…but we already knew we were doomed because Stephen Ross had given Joe Philbin the reigns for another year.  This year, at least, we have some hope in Adam Gase. I’m not a huge fan of the Gase hiring, but we can at least give him a chance.   Last year at this time, we all knew we had no chance.   The fans knew it.  The players knew it.   Only Ross and Philbin didn’t know it. So this year is infinitely better,Read More →

Don’t worry about it. That’s our take.   Don’t worry,   It will all work out. If there’s a player we really really want/need, we’ll find the money to make it work.  If there’s a player who is expendable, he’ll be gone.  The money has less to do with it than you think. I remember really really wanting to keep Paul Solai a few years back.  The Dolphins let him walk, ostensibly because of salary cap demands.   But in retrospect, the Dolphins let him walk because his best days were behind him.   This has been proven over the past two years, as SolaiRead More →

Let me start off with the same caveat:    I want Adam Gase to be a winner and I hope he succeeds wildly as Dolphins head coach. I’m not gonna be negative, but I owe it to my readers to be factual. And the fact is this:    When Adam Gase was the Broncos offensive coordinator last year, they failed in the playoffs.   This year, once they got rid of Gase, they made it to the Super Bowl. On top of that, a year ago the Broncos interviewed Gase to be their head coach.  This is very notable for the same reason I willRead More →