Another Embarrassing Night for Miami:-
Expect Baltimore to score 28 30 points like they did tonight. But this offense and the miscus, are you kidding? It looked like the bad news bears out there. It It was so infuriating. It was so frustrating.Wasn’t old enough to really grasp how bad the Miami Dolphins were in 2007 when they went 1-5. This is the worst Dolphins football team have ever watched with my own eyes. It’s a without a shadow of doubt, the level of dysfunction displayed tonight is just at an all-time high. The sad part is for the first 30 minutes of this game, you outplayed them. You outplayed them thoroughly in this first half. Yet you trailed 14-6 at the intermission because your own incompetency.
First-Half Collapse Fueled by Self-Inflicted Mistakes:-
You had a fumble at your own six-yd line after getting a stop on the first defensive possession of the game. You had a missed field goal from 35 yards out after you fall started on fourth and one. You were going to go for it on fourth and one. Down 73 in the red zone. Nope. False start by Larry Borum. Back him up five. And Riley Patterson misses his first field goal inside 50 yards of the season. And you give it right back to Baltimore who goes down and scores a touchdown to make it 14 to six. And then near the end of the first half, you’re driving once again. You have the ball inside the red zone. It’s fourth and two. What do you do? You go empty formation five wide and run a slot fade to Devon Achan who is being defended man-to-man by 64 number one safety in football Kyle Hamilton. Is that really the best play you can come up with? And that just goes back to the coaching, the play calling.
Coaching and Preparation Are the Root Problems:-
Why on God’s green earth are you running a goal line, not a goal line, a slot fade to a 58 running back who is being defended by the best safety in the NFL who just happens to also be a massive 6’4 human being. That is a level of bad that don’t think we’ve seen re reached. And they did that earlier this season against Carolina on a third and goal and they ran a little slot fade to Han and he went up and mossed a linebacker. But doing it against Kyle Hamilton is a different story. And by the way, don’t know if it was on Tua or Han. He didn’t even finish running the route. Tua throws it with anticipation. Han stops about five, six yards short of the goal line and the ball sails to no one in the end zone.
Should Mike McDaniel Be Fired?:-
It really feels that way, does it not? Like it just every time this team has a spot where they could make something happen, they just lay an egg and it’s so damn annoying. And the miscues today like is it Mike McDaniel’s fault that Taj Washington fumbled at their own 10 yardd line? No. Is it his fault that Larry Boram had a false start on fourth and one?These are all player issues. But it goes back to the overarching theme that this team is always unprepared and not coached enough. They don’t do the little things correctly. And then that does go back to coaching in in in a oneoff situation where all of those miscues happen. You can’t blame it on the coach.
Tua Tagovailoa Not to Blame:-
But when it happens consistently almost every single week, that is when then you go to the coach and say that’s an issue for him. That man right there, that is where you say if this was a one-time thing where the Dolphins just shot themselves in the foot, bad game. They played a perfect game last week and then they came out on Thursday, four days later and played the complete utter opposite.
The Four Keys — and How Miami Failed Every One:-
Well, my point that want to make here is that the analogy just used, like the Dolphins played a perfect football game four days ago against the Atlanta Falcons. The Falcons are horrible, but you went on the road and embarrassed them in all three phases of the game. But then just four days later, you lose by 22 and look like the Bad News Bears at home against the Ravens.That’s what the game against Atlanta was. The Dolphins are a horrific put together team by a horrific general manager in Chris Greer and they are coached by a bad head coach in Mike McDaniel. And when the stars align, there are times where Miami can look like a good football team. They look like a good football team in the first half against the Chargers. They looked like a good football team for the first 60 minute for the entire game against Atlanta. They look like a good football team in the first 30 minutes against Carolina. This team could look like a really good team for spurts.
Trade Deadline Outlook:-
But in the overarching grand scheme of an NFL season, this is one of the worst coached and put together teams that we’ve seen. And Miami now sitting at 2 and seven. You can kiss the season goodbye. There was a 1% hope that if they were able to get a win today, you rattle off a couple more wins against a down Bills team, a down commanders team heading into the buy and then you come out of the buy with the Jets and Saints.So you would need if you’re Miami to win the next eight games. Is that going to happen? Absolutely not. More coming up here in a second, but this episode is brought to you by Prize Picks. You and make decisions every day. The right decisions can get you paid.
The Real Problem: Chris Grier:-
Miami had a lot of them. Chop Robinson left the game in the first half with a concussion. at least that’s what it was reported. He went to the medical tent with a concussion, out valued for that, and then walked off the field with trainers with a towel over his head. So clearly a pretty severe head injury. Scary there. We’ll ultimately probably hear more on his status and how he’s doing tomorrow, assuming it’s from Mike McDaniel, but who knows if he gets canned. Actually, who funny question Coupe, ask you this. If he were to get fired tomorrow morning, who would speak to the media because it is, pretty sure, required that the head coach of the N the team speaks the day after a game by NFL media laws. Who would coach? Who would speak? The interim head coach would go up there and do it. Maybe Chris Greer would abs.There’s just no world where he maybe Stephen Ross would. How about a mistake from the uh Miami Hemi Dolphins uh not having Jaylen Wright active, healthy scratch in this one. Would have liked to have a second running back today. Uh the other injury for Miami, Rousul Douglas, he left the game late in the fourth quarter, early fourth quarter, late third maybe with a toe injury. Didn’t return. He’s been your best corner this year.
Final Thoughts:-
Don’t think this game is on him. like, just going through his game in my head and yeah, he threw an interception, but it was when you’re down 28 to six and he just threw a 5050 ball to Taj Washington and Malachi Starks just came away with it. Not going to blame Tua for that. He didn’t make any mistakes. Like you’ve lost because of Tua. But you didn’t lose because of Tua. like you lost because of your inability to play clean football. Coupe, actually, you know, before we get to the trade rs, flash the four keys for me.Number one, you established the run early. You fell behind and you were down 14 to six. Didn’t establish the run early. Limit the big plays. Didn’t happen. You allowed a 39yard completion to Zay Flowers, a 35 yard completion to Isaiah likely, a 20-yard completion to Charlie Kohler, a 20-yard completion to Mark Andrews, and a 35 yard run by Derrick Henry alongside multiple 15 yard runs by Derrick Henry. Didn’t limit the big plays. Got to generate pressure with four. Lamar Jackson got sacked twice. One of them was trivial late. Didn’t matter. Coupe, if you’re miked up, ask you this. Do you think the Dolphins generated a lot of pressure today?And then what was the last one? Do not turn the ball over. You lost the turnover battle. Three nothing. And basically four with a turnover on downs in the opposing team’s red zone. Phillips had a sack late, could have had another one, but of course couldn’t bring down Lamar Jackson. Two veteran edges were solid today. Think Jaylen Phillips is more likely to be traded than Bradley Chub due to contract and he’s a higher valued asset around the league. But you should trade one of them.