Dolphins defensive players have told GM Chris Grier they can't believe the transformation on offense
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This is fluff, but acquiring a top 5 WR, two actual NFL level RBs, and a coach that has a clue about assembling an offense goes a long way.
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Don't forget two real life NFL offensive linemen
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And guys who have actually coached oline before
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Who's our new line coach?
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Matt Applebaum...he was the Boston College oline coach last year
But we also have Frank Smith, who was the Chargers OL coach last year, as OC and Mike McDaniel was 49ers run game coordinator for a few years, which is primarily about blocking schemes.
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Don’t know if you meant anything by this, but among Chase Edmonds, Raheem Mostert, and Sony Michel, which would you not consider and NFL level RB?
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Mostert is still hurt or maybe just an oversight
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He’s hurt, but reports have been going around saying he’ll be ready week 1
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Sir you look very well dressed in your purple suit. I've heard rumor of a purple suit club.
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The worst of the 3 is Sony imo but my guess is he probably forgot we picked him up like I already have. He's probably not used to us having 3 possible starting caliber backs instead of the 0 we are used to the past few years.
Edit: also when I said I already have isnt like a slight at him or anything. I just forgot him as he was a late addition.
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Sony is an inside runner...same with Zaquandre White who I wouldn't count out making an impact on this team. They both fit a certain need in this scheme along with Ingold that Mostert and Edmonds don't.
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He will still make impacts even with being our #3. Realistically Mostert will probably get injured at some point so there will probably be some time where Sony, Edmonds & possibly others pull decent field time.
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Honestly forgot about Sony.
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ESPN tomorrow morning: “The Dolphins defense is regressing and making desperate attempts to compete by signing vets in their thirties!”
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Another headline "Tua gets a lot lucky break and has a good day against bad defense."
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Another headline: "Perpetually Lucky Tua's Attempt at Failure Lands Short."
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Oohh that’s good.
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I’m really excited to see what we do this year, especially if our defense stays on its game.
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“Grier spoke about how he's noticed more confidence and excitement from his quarterback.”
What a difference having a coach who actually supports and believes in you does to a QB.
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And an offensive line. And a run game. And more WR threats. If a QBs job is likened to digging a ditch, last year Tua had a garden spade, and this year he has a full-fledged shovel.
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For the first time in years our Defense is actually having to try really hard to keep up with the speed of the offense. It’s great practice for both sides of the ball.
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Ehhh, wasn't our offense tearing up our defense last year? Remember we had so many deep bombs thrown during training camp, even Omar commented about it being the first time he saw so many. Remember Albert Wilson cooking everyone? Even Brissett was tearing it up.
I think our offense has improved a ton but I'm not going to put much weight into practice because we've been fooled by it many times before for one reason or another.
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Same , cautiously optimistic, not giddy optimistic yet.
We beat the bills handily in our building, then I become giddy optimistic
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You mean compared to last year when we had a room of people and didn’t know who our actual Offensive Coordinator was. Brilliant idea coach Flores.
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I'm gonna shit myself.
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What is you guys legitimate expectations for us next year? I think our offense will definitely improve but its definitely far from a guarantee we have a good offense next year (Injuries, Tua shits the bed....etc). I think our D was very good last year but I also think we overrate them a little bit, they were giving up yards and it seems the only teams we shut down were the ones that were completely inept on offense, and who knows how much of a part Flores was when it comes to our D. I'm still remaining cautiously optimistic and expecting nothing lol.
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Considering our defense was out there all the time cause of failed drives they were amazing. Having a better offense only improves the defense.
That being said the defensive pieces we added / lost were an upgrade in my opinion as well. The true wildcard this year is coaching, on both sides of the ball.
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I agree, comes down to coaching and Tua's performance. We have the pieces to succeed.
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I think a big part of it depends on how byron and X hold up. byron turns 30 this year and X 29. both of them could start to regress sharply at any point
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I would say a regular season record of 17-0 at least.
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Why so pessimistic?
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Tua barges into BUF @ NE
Belicheck complains to refs. Says he can't do that.
Refs are too dazzled by Tua's massive calves to call it
Tua throws 4 straight TDs to Waddle before kicking and onside kick, recovering it himself, and getting a TD on the return
Tua crushes his way to the Super Bowl but gets Raptured early to play for God Almighty himself.
Lose the game due to shitty back up play
Tfw we're the first team to win 18 games in a 17 game season and still not get another ring.
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We'd probably figure out how to not get into the playoffs let alone not win a ring in that 18 win season.
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12-5. Really high on our offense's construction and I think our defense is also loaded with talent
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Yeah injuries will make or break us, especially on the oline
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Our schedule looks tough so i hope maybe 10-7. But it could easily be 7-10. The big thing we need 100% is either Tua balls out or he's terrible. We need to know where we stand with him by the end of the season. Because next year could be the year we have a legitimate shot at going all the way.
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I say 9-2 going into December. They'll probably beat the Jets. And they need to win a tough game in December
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Is this fluff? Probably. Do I care? No. 17-0 boyssss let’s do this!
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I’ll believe it when it transforms into wins
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I’m as hard as a diamond
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IMO, the defense underperformed last year. They have so much talent and will be lights out this year against GOOD QBs
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I would love to have our defense on the field as much as last season IF it were because we scored so often
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I will literally die for McD.
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Good lord this is stupid "news". Football is a contact game, and none of these new players have had contact together yet. The coach hasn't called a single meaningful play yet.
Who cares if they look good in shorts? I'm not going to believe shit about this team until it translates to a functional offense by October.
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“Chris, I’m just so impressed. We’re in day 3 of OTAs and they haven’t even attempted a WR screen in their own end zone. Big improvement from last year.”
That playcall was one of our worst ever, right there with the pitch on 4th and goal against the eagles in 07.
The worst part was Jacoby didn't have the sense to check out of it or not throw to read #1 in the fucking endzone with his man on the 1 yard line....and he was the guy Flo wanted over Tua.
For real...that play shouldn't have been a safety...Brissett saw Waddle with a big cushion and was supposed to get it and throw quickly to him so he can pick up a few yards before the DB has a chance to react. Instead, he got the ball, looked over, thought about, then threw it high so Waddle had to jump to catch it...meaning the DB had enough time to close the gap and tackle waddle in the endzone.
Ideally, you don't call a play were you throw to the wr standing in your own endzone...but Brissett made it 100x worse.
You can see Waddle’s expression of shock when the ball was thrown his way followed by complete embarrassment after he got tackled. I imagined he knew he’d make it in the week’s highlight reels in the worse way.
Nah thatll be baker saying that