Dolphins Truth

First of all, right off the start, don’t get me wrong.  I will not defend the play of Turner or Thomas.  They had some potential but never lived up to it, never excelled, never seemed passionate enough to destroy any competition.  Whether it was an opponent on Sunday afternoons or a rookie lineman fighting to take their jobs away in camp, Thomas and Turner never once raised their game to an acceptable level. Last Sunday at around noon, Thomas and Turner were warming up, expecting to take their usual role on the Dolphins bench where they belonged.  But then some strange things happened. Strike one:  Read More →

Back in January, before the ink on his contract was dry, I was one of the few Dolphins writers who told you why it was a mistake to hire Adam Gase.   More on that later. But first, I have to tell you why I’m doubling down on my assertion that Gase isn’t good.   And today we saw two hugely important reasons. ONE, he blew the game.  We’ll get to that, and I’ll break it down.  TWO, he made things worse after the game, by stubbornly foisting Ryan Tannehill upon us. When asked if he considered benching Tannehill, he stubbornly said no.   HeRead More →

We’ll be in the chatroom at http://dolphinstruth.com/chat-room/game-day-chat/  shortly before kickoff. You can register with the option in the right menu (or it may be at the bottom if you’re on mobile).    Create an email and password.     You can ignore the stylization preference screen that may pop up and go right back to dolphinstruth.com/chat Might be a comical chat today, sadly.   With Tunsil AND Brandon Albert both out, our line is  doomed.    Arian Foster too.    With Xavien Howard out (he was hurt by Kenny Stills in practice Thursday), that means ourRead More →

Looks like Xavien Howard will be gone for about a month, with a knee injury he suffered Thursday in practice.  This team can’t catch a break with our injuries to our least-deep areas.   We have the worst secondary and LBs in the league, made worse the past month with all the injuries.   Not that we “prefer” injuries to other parts of the team, but those are easier to overcome. On TNF, we saw yet another backup QB come in and win a game, business as usual.    When will the Dolphins at least try it?    I’m not saying that Gase has toRead More →

Despite everything that’s happened in the past 4 weeks, we have to look back several months ago.   Back in the spring when the NFL first released its schedule, we knew this was coming. We all saw 3 September games against incredibly strong playoff teams…ALL three on the road.   We hoped for an upset (almost had one too if Kenny Stills didn’t blow the Seattle game).  But we knew we’d lose.    We saw a home game vs. the Browns., and we all figured we’d win that one.   We barely won, but a win is a win. So, given all that, we areRead More →

The chat room will be open tonight at http://dolphinstruth.com/chat-room/game-day-chat/ I will set up for you guys, but I’m traveling so I might be 5 minutes late to join, but I’ll be there! We need to play a brilliant game if we have any chance to win.   I don’t think the Bengals are as elite as other people think, as evidenced by the fact that they lose their first playoff game every single year.  Combine that with their losses the past two weeks, and I’m sure they doubt themselves these days.   I think of a few years ago when we beat Indy and Atlanta inRead More →

Oh boy.   Where to start. THE GOOD: Reshad Jones had a great game and was all over the place.  I noticed myself, and I was pleased that Adam Gase singled Jones out as a top performer on the day. Matt Darr had some effective punts, and he was a true weapon on his one and only punt in overtime. The offensive line couldn’t get much going in run support, but they gave Tannehill time mostly all day in the passing department, even when we were forced to use a third-string center and when Ja’Wuan James got benched. The WR corps all played well.  ARead More →