Skip Bayless.... I don't want to talk down about a guy but I simply can't ever listen to a whole segment with him in it.
Have we ever gotten this kind of ROI on free agents before? To this point, Karras, Flowers, Ogbah and Van Noy have been home runs.
It's funny. One of my best friends is a UM guy (I try not to hold it against him) and he was pissed when the Phins signed Flowers. We watch damn near every Phins game and FSU/UM game together. He told me that guy was a steaming pile of crap at UM and not much better since getting to the NFL. So now every time Flowers does something visibly good, or gets an atta boy on TV from the announcers, I make it a point to remind him about our earlier conversation. I think he's getting really tired of hearing it, which of course means I will continue to do it.
Did he just insist on giving up the game ball to coach? Man, you just gotta love this kid. I know a lot of you are in the same boat as me, being a long suffering fan of this franchise, but hope sure does feel good these days.
To be honest his personality is one of the things I questioned. I guess it wouldnt bother most people but the whole crosses on the cheeks and good boy thing disturb me personally. Perhaps to the point it clouded my football evaluation of him which hes exceeded.
Skip Bayless is such an idiot. I guess he forgot, or never knew the object of the game is to score more points than your opponents. The object of the game is NOT to see which quarterback put up better stats.
His religious beliefs bother you? As long as someone isn’t in your face or non-stop about it like Tebow, I’m not sure how that could be a problem. No one gets bothered about people representing their city, area code, family, spirituality with their tattoos, just surprised this could be a problem. I was as anti-Tua pro Herbert as anyone and I couldn’t help but like the kid after seeing the ESPN special on him. I can see why this staff likes him so much.
From nfl.com: 1) The Dolphins will morph into the AFC's hottest team: I'm getting 2001 Patriots vibes from Miami. Warming into something special before our eyes, the Dolphins have shown the ability to badger opponents in more ways than one. Only three clubs -- the Chiefs, Ravens and Steelers -- own a better point differential than Miami's plus-61. The ground game could use a genuine leading man, but these Dolphins post more points per tilt (27.8) than any Miami outfit since the '84 Dan Marino-led club that reached Super Bowl XIX. The current four-game win streak exhibits traits I adore: The ability to blow wanting teams away (43-17 over San Francisco and 24-0 over the lifeless Jets) and unsettle talented coaching staffs, as we saw in a 28-17 win over the Rams that left quarterback Jared Goff mangled and lost. If coach Brian Flores cut against the grain in flipping from Ryan Fitzpatrick to rookie Tua Tagovailoa during the team's Week 7 bye, he did so with total conviction. Sunday's rollicking bout against Kyler Murray and the Cardinals marked a thunderous step forward for the No. 5 overall pick. Tua authored a string of remarkable throws and scrambles of derring-do, especially his rugged 17-yard jaunt that saw him dance in the pocket, duck away from peril and blast through a wave of Cardinals heavies to the Arizona 11. Next snap: A Tua laser-shot to Mack Hollins that tied the game at 31-31 and came tagged with a completion probability of 16.4 percent, the most unlikely connection by a Dolphins passer over the past three seasons, per Next Gen Stats. Tua's an elixir to the eyes, spraying the field with gorgeous, on-target throws and moving between enemies with grace. He's helped by a better-than-advertised offensive line and a defense allowing the fourth fewest points league-wide, thanks to a pack of mostly anonymous dudes in Emmanuel Ogbah, Shaq Lawson and Andrew Van Ginkel. Flores oversees a complete team, one that reflects well on his New England tutelage under Bill Belichick. Off the field, general manager Chris Grier has loaded up on multiple first- and second-round picks for 2021, but the adventure has already begun. I don't see a ceiling. That 2001 Patriots team rose up in similar fashion with balance, strength and plenty of hardworking non-stars around a young Tom Brady. They were 4-4 at the midpoint and just another team in the AFC. Three months later, the NFL was changed forever. I believe the Dolphins are on this journey, too. https://www.nfl.com/_amp/nfl-hot-or...qb-carousel-preview?__twitter_impression=true
Would be nice if this also translates to getting preferential (or deferential) treatment from the refs.