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Turn it on for yourself then, it’s genuinely entertaining TV. There are a couple of episodes that carry a real emotional gut punch for parents,...

Bluey Ok a 7 minute kid’s cartoon on D+ doesn’t seem to fit this thread’s normal fare, but this is a great TV show, not a great kid’s show but a...

And I have played precisely as many NCAA and NFL snaps with Tua as my QB as Sherfield has.

If the problem is the scheme got figured out then that’s McDaniel’s job to fix.

You notice I didn’t suggest replacing him would be hard, just that it’s a priority.

I’ve had a further review of this, since I was skeptical to begin with. My skepticism was mainly fueled by the low price and thinking he was 2 or...

This worries me much more than having Devante Parker sign with the Pats. Maybe a 1 on the 1-10 scale. He made some nice plays for us, but he had...

Not sure how much I like this move. Ramsey is 29, has a lot of guaranteed money on his contract and didn’t play up to his usual standards last...

This is the name I really want to see. Gardner’s career stats are significantly better than Daniel Jones’, and I think he has enough similarities...

Interior OL. CB Backup QB, I really like Gardner Minnshew, as I think he’s a scheme fit, but I don’t know about his availability. Teddy and Skylar...

If Tua us a one read QB at least he’s reading from Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica Jackson’s reading material is See Spot Run

Well the Ravens have built their offense around a run early and run often QB who often plays sandlot ball and uses a rocket arm to deliver balls...

You see it happen a lot when teams have multiple 1st rounders, they seem to think they can get away with gambling on low floor high ceiling players.

But I was told Tua can’t throw guys open.

Sounds like there may have been some kind of poor result from surgery. It takes roughly 18 months to get back from an Achilles tear, and even then...

Did you watch the offense Flo put on the field in 2021? That was pure trash because it ignored what Tua is good at and tried to turn him into an...

Drew Brees.

Color me skeptical. Firstly unnamed sources are to be treated with a dose of salt. Secondly, it’s very easy to say “another team should do [x] in...

If all he was doing was throwing to spot why couldn’t Teddy or Skylar do it?

Ambition. Sous Chefs will take a job as a line chef in three Michelin star restaurant.

The other main criticism was that “he needs his receivers to be Alabama open, he can't do it at NFL open”. watching the film from this year it’s...

Ryan Tannehill for one. I’d say it was a good decision, the poor decision was the HC choices we made. Not saying RT17 was going to be a HoFer or...

shouldn’t be interesting at all. A shedload of less productive QBs have had their options picked up and it isn’t like we’re sitting with the #1...

My reading of Shula’s response to Smith is that he thought Smith was being unethical. Smith wasn’t offering to work for the phins at a cut rate...

I think he could have been better for us if we’d given him better coaching. Tony Sparano turned him into “check down Chad” when his Michigan tape...

Now he is. He’s doing it deliberately for the clickbait. There was a time when he was worth reading, but that was more the off field stuff than...

his resume 2022: Broncos - OL coach. 2021: 49ers - OL assistant 2020: Packers - Senior analyst 2015-2018: Buccaneers - OL assistant 2010-2014:...

My brother coaches his daughter’s rugby team and had an interesting story from a recent coaching symposium he went to. One of the speakers was a...

I played rugby not football, and in set pieces the tight 5 which is as close to the OL as you’ll get to in any other sport. The similarity I see...

From his prior history it would seem Dr Faust has negotiated the contract for him.

If he repeats what he did this year, but with good health I’ll be happy. His college history suggests choking under pressure shouldn’t be an...

Tua had wins against NWE 8-9 BAL 10-7 BUF 13-3 PIT 9-8 DET 9-8 CHI 3-14 CLE 7-10 HOU 3-13-1 combined record of 63-67-1. Tua didn’t build his wins...

Better than 2021, means better than the worst Dolphins OL in history, including 1966. The line was bad, apart from Armistead and Connor. Common...

On Grier’s drafting. In 2016 Larmey Tunsil Xavien Howard Kenyan Drake Jakeem Grant Pretty solid 2 absolute syars with the first 2 picks, and a...

Looking at Grier’s coaching hires. 2016 Adam Gase. In retrospect this was a bad hire, but he went 23-25 as a HC so in the grand scheme of things...

I have no problem with the NFL investigating to see if certain techniques in the game are safe or unsafe, especially after serious injuries. For...

I think it would be wiser to get an old settled head as DC, rather than a young up and comer. Mainly because a young up and comer is going to get...

Teddy Bridgewater has entered the conversation.

I think I’m correct in saying this, Tua ends up as the leading QB by passer rating in the NFL, plus a bunch of other efficiency categories such as...

If you alienate your good players you’re a bad coach. Nothing wrong with alienating the slackers and no-hopers. Of course this implies you can...

I wouldn’t believe Omar Kelly even if he said water was wet.

I’d put my money on it being Flo. You had the press conferences last week where Tua was saying his coaches made him think he sucked at football,...

Well my eyeballs tell me Tua was doing it in Alabama and he’s doing it again this year, but I didn’t see much of it in the Flores regime. I think...

Is that like dance mode? [MEDIA]

He’s a bit bigger than a baby, I wouldn’t make that analogy.

I think the time has come to say what are the legitimate causes for concern about Tua. I see only 2. 1) Durability. Half of the QBs in the league...

If our opponents tackled as well as our secondary he’d have had half a dozen TDs like that this season.

The thing with receiving yards is that they’re not very consistent game to game. It all takes is one or two monster games and he’s back on schedule.

The secret squirrel business kind of reminds me of an incident with a rugby team I follow. One of their stars, as in GOAT at his position star,...

Does anyone know what the issue with Jones is? Just seems very secret squirrel, which bothers me a little.

I don’t see a first year HC getting into ‘trap’ games. The whole experience is too new for them to treat any game as anything other than a major...

You don’t lose your starting role in the NFL for being an *sshole, you lose it for not contributing to winning and being an *sshole. The Jets are...

Basically that’s all what the critics have left. I’ll take worries about his durability as a legitimate concern, but the same can be said about...

I was on the fence about firing Flores, as I could see arguments for and against it. However hiring McDaniel has been a major upgrade, and the...

Your argument is that the offense would be as bad as last year’s without Hill and Waddle. When not throwing to Hill and Waddle last year Tua had a...

Firstly your point was that the offense would be the same as last year’s without Hill and Waddle, even though we had Waddle last year. Secondly,...

Reading comprehension is a skill. I was replying to your assertion in post #3567 “It is really not that simple. Taking the 2 best receivers out of...

Reading comprehension is a skill I said at the start of my second paragraph, which you actually quoted - Obviously Hill and Waddle make a...

Not at all. 1) The OL s much improved from one of the worst in history to plain vanilla bad. 2) Mostert and now Williams along with the...

Week 1 - Tua can’t throw deep Week 2 - It was just one good quarter Week 3 - The Bills were missing half their starting D Week 4 - I told you he...

Coming back to the “it’s Hill and Waddle carrying Tua” argument. Tua’s season passer rating: 118.4 Tyreek Hill % of targets: 34.9 Passer rating...

If he could do it, he'd still be a QB in the league.

Totally agree that the 30+ attempts caveat is an irrelevance. I’d be happy to take the threshold down to something like 7 attempts in honor of Bob...

I normally don’t give much stock to these kind of runs because if you play enough games eventually some rando (eg Jay Ajai and 200 yards games)...

I was expecting to be able to use “It’s all Hill and Waddle”, but they were relatively quiet today. Maybe “see he can’t avoid good pass rushers...

I didn’t realise has EPA existed for so long. There is however a difference between ‘a thing exists’ and a ‘a thing exists in an accessible and...

DVOA presents itself as being scientifically rigorous. As the oldest of the ‘alternative statistics’ site for football they’ve got credibility due...

Can’t believe how lucky the Vikings have been. They get to okay the Dolphins and the Bills with the backup, not the top 3 QB

I was looking at yards of separation purely in relation to the Alabama Argument that Tua is doing well because his receivers are more open than...

Getting ahead of the Tua is succeeding because of his receivers. From playerprofiler.com Average yards of separation at time of catch. Tyreek...

Tua has shown much more arm strength than what he used on that play on 90% of his throws the season. So yes you can say the ball was underthrown,...

Schematically he’s light years ahead of Olivadotti, but Olivadotti had his players trying hard every week.

Tackling is more about motivation and willingness to put your body on the line than anything else. Poor tackling is a bad sign.

For that to happen Tua has to loft the ball over the CB, which is exactly what he tried to do. Throwing a dagger stops Waddle’s momentum and he...

The vibe I’m getting from the team is more like late ‘80s Dan Marino. We have the QB and passing game to win it all, but the D is handicapping...

On the throw to Waddle he was trying to loft the ball over the CB and hit Waddle in stride for the TD. Waddle go to his mark a little faster than...

Polynesia is about as far as you can get from Africa and still be on the same planet. There is no ‘technically not black’, more like ‘how ignorant...

Just for fun. If Pittsburgh had intercepted all 4 of the ‘almost interceptions’ in their game, Tua’s passer rating would be 108.6., which would...

Didn’t mean it to come across that way. I was just trying to expand on your point a bit.

I think his game against the Lions was better, but the Bears D is a much stiffer challenge. As a by note Aaron Rodger’s put up a passer rating of...

For those who may think putting up 130+ passer rating against the Lions and Bears is somehow less than impressive. Miami’s D, which we all...

Today was the first time all season he hasn’t come through with big plays in the clutch. Can’t expect any QB, not even Dan Marino, to be...

Thanks for the update. Week 1 - Tua can’t throw deep Week 2 - It was just one good quarter Week 3 - The Bills were missing half their starting D...

I can support McDaniel going for the 4th down in the 4th quarter. I’ve read that there’s actually a bigger chance of losing with a 4-6 point lead...

There were legitimate reasons *cough* [Brian Flores] *cough* to have doubts about Tua before the season. Even the people who were highest on him...

Speaking of cold takes that didn’t age well, from 5:51 of the video in the OP Paraphrasing - Miami wants to trade for Deshaun Watson because the...

Considering how Flores had hobbled Tua they were legitimate questions. Add into that the Flores law suit and if you’re a talking head on TV who...

I came here for an argument and you’re just disagreeing with me.

Superbowl VII Miami passing attempts 11 Miami passer rating 88.4 Washington attempts 28 Washington passer rating 19.6 Superbowl VIIi Miami...

Good deal. It’s under what people said Chubb was looking for (30M per season) and takes advantage of Tua being on a rookie contract and

The fact is PR efficiency has much higher correlation to win% than any volume stat. The 1972 Dolphins are the poster child for that - ranked 24...

Tua has a passer rating of 113 Miami has allowed a oasser rating of 100 Justin Fields has a passer rating of 81. Chicago has allowed a passer...

I’ll admit to wanting to hold onto the draft capital to build the OL and RB in particular, maybe also build depth on D as our D appears to be...

Doesn’t really matter, the Bears don’t have a QB who can throw the ball.

Week 1 - Tua can’t throw deep Week 2 - It was just one good quarter Week 3 - The Bills were missing half their starting D Week 4 - I told you he...

I haven’t watched any Seahawks games, only seen the highlights and read the post game reviews. I’m not going to bet on Geno falling, as the game...

Geno Smith is a guy who I’ve always rated as mediocre at best, although capable of putting a great game together every now and again. I’ve been...

Gotta wait to 3 days before the game to get good accuracy with forecasts. It also depends on micr-climates. Some cities have more changeable...

One interesting aside. Tua is pretty well dismantling Brian Flores’ claim for unfair dismissal before our eyes.

At this pace Hill and Waddle will put up around 3500 receiving yards between them. If they do that they will have more receiving yards than quite...

So after 6 starts and 5 full games Tua’s passer rating is 112.7. Which I’m pretty sure equals leading the league at the halfway point if the...

Not just that, but he put up 160 yards and 177 yards in the Cinci and Minn games, meaning he’s putting up those numbers no matter who is throwing...

Which indicates, even leaving Tua aside, that this number isn’t actually measuring what they think its measuring.

It’s been dressed up to look like a stat deliberately. Also it’s a bit like QB pressure ‘stats’ in that it’s a pure counting stat which doesn’t...

A couple of points, based on my experience with settling legal claims. 1) From X’s POV, just pay the cash. Your lawyers will cost more and...

Let’s compare the Tua ‘turnover worthy’ plays and Pickett’s actual turnovers. The Bethel interception wad thrown straight into his hands when the...

A stat like ‘turnover worthy’ this is meant to be predictive of future performance. The theory being that random chance produces noise that can...

Football is a violent game. Taunting leads to revenge shots. Some players when taking revenge shots will try to deliberately injure, as opposed to...

I see it contributing to injuries as it limits substitutions and rest. Especially if a player is carrying an injury into a game.

In other words it’s a rationale that’s been obsolete for 30+ years.

I have never understood the idea of why there should be inactive players on the 53 man roster.

Just watched the replay, missed it live. - After the first 3 drives I thought the O was going to run up 40 points. Pittsburgh changed their D...

I think it will depend a lot on practice. I get the feeling that McDaniel is the sort of HC who will go with the player who gives him the beat...

Totally agree that 150 pass attempts is the minimum, and I personally prefer 250+ as giving a true neasure. I just started the thread because I...

To be clear, I think Tannehill’s ceiling isn’t in the same stratosphere as say Mahomes or Herbert. We saw in his rookie year that he threw with...

My thoughts. Tua’s interceptions weren’t bad interceptions. In both of them he was aggressively trying to fit the ball into a tight window. It...

Tannehill entered college as a QB. He chose to play WR rather than ride the pine. And when he did start he showed he was a major step up over the...

Well if we are going to slice and dice passer rating, we need to remember in 2021 the Pats were the #2 pass defense in the league and only allowed...

Mac Jones “the best Alabama QB in the NFL” is 0-3 against Tua.

I’m starting to get the vide that Tua is Ryan Tannehill ver 2.0. Regardless of the differences in their play styles, they’re both “great on...

My thoughts. The Good. 1) The TD to waddle was special. Lots of QBs can make the throw, but for most QBs, Josh Allen included, it would have been...

Josh Allen looked a lot like a young Dan Marino with his quick release and velocity on his throws. Only real flaw I saw was he trusted his arm too...

I think the DB made a really good play, and that’s something all the anal-ysts missed. He made Tyreek take the scenic route to the ball. He didn’t...

Put me in the wait and see what they do against live NFL opponents camp. Preseason has become a bit of a circus and nothing like what it was even...

i get real confused with pre-season performances because of playing aginst 2nd and 3rd stringers, lack of gameplanning, coaching for process not...

Shows flashes of brilliance one game then disappears for the next 3?

The Browns, if they have any sense, will have hired goons watching and monitoring Watson. Much cheaper to shell out say 150k a year on...

I can’t agree with this. The difference between the Browns/Watson gaming the system and Goodell gaming the system is that Goodell writes and...

I have made a point of not reading any of his stuff for at least 4 years. It got to the point that I felt I was less informed after reading his...

Rosen’s performance is somewhere between Ryan Leaf and JaMarcus Russel after you adjust for era. You can’t blame all of that on poor...

A good guy and a good LB, but not the right fit for the wide-9 we were running when we hired him. In the wide-9 LBs are meant to be super...

I think you’d be surprised. 66 in one year is a very easy number for professional athletes to achieve especially if they play a high profile...

Oh no, how will get enough snaps to prepare for the regular season?

Plus the media which has spent most if the last 18 months ignoring the Watson story have an excuse to go silent again.

The Judge’s report does little to clear up the situation. My thoughts in no particular order. 1) Watson’s behavior legally wasn’t criminal - the...

It seems to me more like he didn’t know how to coach Offense so he decided the only way he could get a good O was to hire a HoF caliber QB. Not so...

i can the NFL wanting this to disappear quietly.

I’m a bit more wait and see on whether the run game in particular and the offense generally perform as advertised. I also am a little wary about...

JaMarcus Russel has a career passer rating of 65.2 compared to Rosen’s 61.1 Ryan Leaf has career passer rating of 50.0, which he set when the...

In Josh Rosen’s first 16 starts (a full season at the time) he did not once post a passer rating higher than the league average. Ryan Leaf,...

Why? We have our starter. We have a veteran backup. We have a developmental QB. We have no known injury concerns at the position. The only...

There were people on this site saying it was a mistake when we cut Rosen. Let that sink in.

When Minkah plays at HoF level (consecutive All-pros) as soon as he leaves the Dolphins that indicates that the problem is not the player. What...

I never got the hate Ted Ginn got. The man has speed that is unmatched. A solid WR2/3 and incredible return man isn’t a bad return on a first...

It’s basically the Ryan Tannehill trade 2.0 Sam Darnold equates to Marcus Nariota, the over hyped but never delivered high first round pick...

Not really, The contracts of Mayfield and Watson all but guarantee Mayfield has to be cut not traded in that scenario.

Because the wide side usually has more WRs and extra DBs, again creating a numbers advantage for the D, unless you have WRs that can actually...

Because an extra blocker almost always equals an extra defender im the area. The traditional way to make up for the lack of starting numbers is a...

I agree entirely with your sentiments. One thing about the recent high draft OL picks is that under the Flores regime they suffered from bad...

I’m guessing this is a McDaniels hire. There is something about Williams’ game that McDaniels sees as translating well to how he sees the Center...

I’m not sure if all the plans A to F were serious plans, or whether they were kicking the tires. For me the Brian Flores lawsuit is proof the...

The important thing to remember is that they are unit dinners, not whole team dinners. So a $60k dinner is for, at most 10 or 12 people. Having...

There seems to have been a massive increase in SADS recently.

I haven’t been following it too closely after the initial complaints. Mainly because this whole thing is an absolute viper’s nest of wrongness,...

And you can still argue he’s underpaid.

Omar Kelly is precisely the last person on Earth I trust to give me accurate news on the Dolphins. I’d trust a Marind-Anim headhunter from the...

Having worked in claims for personal injury insurance I’m not surprised it took a long time. Lots of issues need to be unpacked. 1) Jay Ajayi was...

The context is yards past the sticks, not total yards per attempt.

They tried that, or something similar with NFL Europe. While I think it’s a good idea, there is an awful lot of money that goes into making a...

The reason relegation works in soccer is that the difference the best of the 2nd division and the worst of the first division isn’t so great. The...

Nope. Franchise savior is number 1 overall, maybe number 2. The value of draft position decays exponentially. Historically the #5 overall pick...

Some I like, The New Jersey Giants/Jets The Flaming Thumbtacks (referring to the Tennessee helmet logo) The Browns [said with the right intonation...

I’ll leave Tua out because he obviously is number 1 for obvious reasons. 1) Tyreek Hill. We’ve had many high profile WR signings that never lived...

I don’t claim myself to be any kind of draft expert. However what I look for is how the player performs against the top college teams, how they...

Your own words - More than that, though, he does not have the talent disparity vs other teams that he had in college. Ignoring that is the most...

I seem to remember Tua coming to national prominence with his play in the 2017 national championship game, where his substitution for Jalen Hurts...

Thanks cbrad. One other thing I’d add, separate from cherry picking, is that when you slice data into smaller and smaller fractions you will find...

I normally only follow the first round live, and then check on the summaries for day 2 and 3. This year zero interest in the draft, and I can’t...

To be fair to Bruschi when he played the Pats were allowed to get away with mugging opposing receivers in the street on their way to the stadium....

Mike Florio is becoming less and less reliable and more and more clickbait-y every year. It’s at the point where if he told me the sky is blue I”d...

The point Campbell was making was off field issues are only really an issue if they affect on field performance. NFL reams are willing to put up...

It’s not weird to get fired after going 3-13. Especially when in the prior year you were 8-8. Kingsbury was seen as some kind of offensive...

For hiring a lackluster coach like Wilks in the first place? I’ve had a quick review of his record as DC at Carolina and at Cleveland before and...

Assuming the Flores memo exists, why isn’t it quoted in his claim? If you've got solid gold like that, then as a lawyer you put it front and...

There is a long term stable correlation between a team’s NFL passer rating within a season and win% (around 0.65 iirc). Cbrad has run the stats...

You’re the one beating the drum about great players whow greatness immediately. Why did Tom Brady split playing time with Drew Henson in college?...

‘The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins,...

Well at least that will take the microscope off Ross.

My impression was that after 2 years of churn and burn the FO said “we’re not buying you any more expensive toys until you learn to look after the...

Steve Young https://fansided.com/2021/01/30/hilarious-pro-bowl-exchange-brett-favre-steve-young-video/ Joe Montana had on OK arm at best. Tom...

Arm strength is overrated because it is highly visible. There is a matrix of factors that contribute to the ability to be an NFL calibre QB in...

My assumptions. 1) With the addition of Armstead we are done with significant FA signings.. 2) Our draft will not add any difference makers....

I’m firmly of the belief that coaching was the main issue last year. You don’t get that bad without the captain steering the ship into the rocks....

If he wanted to do that he wouldn’t be banging on about systemic racism and calling John Elway a drunken racist. He could just have filed his...

Dear Emmanuel, ‘Snake eyes’ is not a good thing, but I get your meaning. BTW congrats and I’m very happy for you and the phins in this.

Inflation is eating his savings, he has to go back to work.

Whatever merits Flores has on legal grounds is getting washed away by headline chasing by his lawyers. That may work if the goal was to shame the...

Another problem with over-fitting data is when it is combined with culling data. A researcher may exclude certain data because of reasons such as:...

iirc Don Hutson of the 1940s Packers is the only other WR in NFL history with 20+ ypc and a TD better than every 5 receptions.

Best WR Warfield first and daylight second. Best receiving 1-2 combo Clayton and Duper. Best 1-2-3 Clayton, Duper and Moore. Best TE. Wake me...

Package apparently us 1st round pick, 2 x 2nd round + Drew Lock + swap of 4th and 5th round pucks. One thing it does is devalue what the Texans...

I heard his wife absolutely vetoed it. Zach got so intense and into his film study and prep as a player she felt she and the kids would never see...

Considering the product he put on the field after 3 years of trying neither does Flores.

Flo said Ross personally asked for the NDA. That is different from the Dolphin’s lawyers asking for the NDA. Ross vehemently denies personally...

Nice to know that Lovie Smith doesn’t count as black.

Billy Turner for one

So now for Flores to win in court he’s going to have to go to court and prove Lovie Smith is an inferior coach to him. You establish...

Was the tractor OK?

Stephen A. saying that is a bit like the latté complaining the cappuccino isn’t an espresso.

I think it’s more likely that Flores went to an attorney with an agenda, and the attorney is using Flores as an excuse to go for a ride on his...

The problem with the general approach is that Flores is presenting his case, saying he personally was discriminated against. The point of a law...

It’s a long time since I practiced law, and not I didn’t directly work with employment law, so take my musings with a truck load of salt. -...

Well, about 1/3 of the NFL had HC vacancies and none of them hired him, I wasn’t paying too much attention but I didn’t hear his name on too many...

Bienemy has sexual harassment/rape allegations in his past along with some arrests and a bullying scandal. Maybe 10 or 15 years ago teams would...

Luck wasn’t better than Tannehill.

Doesn’t matter. You can’t buy something that isn’t for sale. Maybe if you had a Texans/Watson (assuming no legal issues only discontent) situation...

That arrest record is more than a bit concerning, and I hadn’t been aware of it, as is the bullying issue. The rape accusation is something that...

My feelings are that 1) It’s creepy, but not illegal for Watson to have so many massage therapists. 2) the lawyer for the accusers has done dodgy...

My criteria. 1) From a proven coaching tree. (No Belichek clones) 2) First time HC, as SB winning coaches are more likely to be first time hires...

I just read the article, and buried at the end is the correlation between the new measure and win% NGS - 0.61 PFF - 0.56 QBR - 0.54 Noticeably...

I’m starting to think that it’s BB being HC/GM that curses his assistants when they go to a different organization and have to learn how to manage...

Don Shula reached the SB with the Colts. He was poached from Indy by offering him HC/GM + a 5% stake in the Dolphins

Problem is proven HCs who can consistently take teams deep into the playoffs don’t get fired very often. I’ll do a run on the numbers one day, but...

It’s called being a good communicator. Establishing rapport, building networks , persuading others to see what you see. It is a prime requisite of...

Overall I am onboard with this move. Back to back winning seasons within the first 3 years is a strong indicator that you have a strong HC, one...

I have some thoughts, and when I have time I’ll express them fully. However, the basic problem I see with the team is that it isn’t built to...

For me it’s a little bit of a pity he became so famous as a broadcaster and face of a video game franchise. The man was an amazing football coach,...

The fact we’ve won 6 in a row is irrelevant to winning the next 3. Based on 50-50 each game that’s a 1 in 8 chance.

It looks like defenses have him figured out, and as a passer he’s been a little less than average. Maybe he can come back, but until he shows he...

I’m not saying had a good game, but there were several plays in the game that would not be out of place in a MVP highlight reel. He had a couple...

Napoleon Bonaparte had a long history of abandoning his troops in the field after losing: - Egyptian Campaign - Aspern-Essling - 1812 Campaign -...

Can’t agree with this. Firstly, every player drafted is developmental. Secondly and more importantly it’s about what the olayer’s ceiling is and...

I remember reading an article from the 1970s about how Don Shula turned the Dolphins around. He was very big on getting former NFL players to be...

I would have fired him after the lap dance incident. Not because of any morality issues, but simply because that event cemented him into a...

It has to be a coaching issue. Until we get a good OL coach we won’t even know which players have it at the the NFL level. Just look at the purge,...

In the last 2 or 3 games Tua has been showing more arm strength than he has previously as a Dolphin. I think the talk that the recovery from the...

My first thought was Samoan, but then again a Samoan lady wouldn’t need mace or a gun. I remember being at a party with a Samoan who was an OG in...

It was the 3rd unblocked hit on him in a series and a half. The last one may not even have been the one that did most of the damage.

While I think it is patently disrespectful for professional announcers to mispronounce a name, I’ll give people a pass with Tua. I grew up playing...

It still depends a lot on the process. If we go 10-7 and miss the playoffs due to tiebreakers I could live with that if Tua balls out and we show...

I would remove overtime for regular season games altogether and let more games end in ties. For 2 reasons 1) Player safety 2) it creates more...

Again another example of why Houston is a poorly run team. You return that phone call even if it’s just to say “thanks, but no thanks”. NFL teams...

Three 1st rounders for Deshaun would be a good deal, but only if it was before the draft and with a clean legal situation.

This is how bad teams are run. The Texans could have shipped him off before the legal troubles started. The Texans could have shipped him off...

Never gonna happen. Besides base salary and guarantees are paid on the expectation of future performance, whilst (true) bonuses are paid for...

Looking at the way his previous deal was structured it makes perfect sense to me that: 1) X was unhappy with it; 2) X fired the agent who...

Bounce of the ball, matchups, opponent’s mistakes, unexpected game plans can all go to creating an illusion of a coach who can win more with...

Need to make sure if 2 things. 1) Is Flores the real deal? Another winning season in 2021 will strongly suggest he is. 2) Is Tua a consistent...

My opinion is that because of 1) Injuries to the WR room, especially late in the season. 2) Restricted practices due to Covid 3) Possible...

Let’s add the McMartin pre-school and Cardinal George Pell to that list. Who needs a trial or evidence?

I ran the math on this 4 or 5 seasons ago. The AFC East has been more or less .500 once you take the Pats out of the equation. The only reason why...

I think this isn’t about Tua. It’s about an opportunity to grab a HoF caliber passer at the start if the prime of his career. Watson has shown...

I’m not grading on success/fail. I’m grading on success (exceeds expectations / OK (meets expectations) / fail (below expectations).

For me, in order of importance. 1) what Cbrad said about HoF coaches developing consistent winners by year 3 of their tenure. I think the only...

Talk about deliberately stirring the pit to create dissatisfaction in order to create a story.

and to quote one of the great legal minds* of the 20th Century “And I am that fool”. [* I can’t recall if it was Gomez Addams or Groucho .Marx]

I’ve been a lawyer and I’ve taught ESL. I’m pretty confident my meaning was clear and incapable of being misunderstood by someone moderately...

There the rules, then there are The Rules. You can break the rules any time as long as you are prepared to pay the penalty. For example offensive...

The problem with that is in the NFL the team can break the contract at any time for any reason (eg injury, off field issues, new player who does...

D DM is the original. LoDM is the sequel. Legend is reasly good, but the original is better. The original was the first comedy Jackie Chan did....

You need to see the original “Drunken Master“

There’s your answer.

Can’t speak about anyone else, but I first started watching the NFL in 1984 which made me a Dolphins fan.

So we shouldn’t say Dion Jordan had alcohol issues purely on the basis that alcohol is legal? Doesn’t matter what happens afterwards. If it was...

I love Ricky. However, I always gets angry when his name gets brought up, because I firmly believe that Wannstadt wrecked him and was the real...

Nothing new in the article. Now they have built the base in 2018/20 it’s the building to win consistently, not sell out today for tomorrow or...

I’ve only looked at Waddle and Philips, and both of them fairly quickly. Both of them seem to have fairly complete games, in that there isn’t...

We filled the needs we had going i to the draft - Prioritize receiving weapons - Acquire edge rusher - solidify secondary - keep improving the...

Slot receivers and Nickel CBs are starters in the modern NFL. It makes sense to give them draft value on the basis that they are starters.

You have to look at the injury. A simple fracture, which is what I understand the injury was, is something you will make a 99.9% recovery from....

I do lime that the FO and Coaching staff have a “type” they lime and work to. I personally prefer a faster, more agile OL, but having a plan and...

The old saying about a bird in the hand applies. 6 weeks ago they could have traded Deshaun for the #3 overall and Tua plus maybe some change. Now...

I wish I could claim it as my own. I don’t know if it’s widespread or just a local idiom.

Unless something bizarre happens, best WR available. For example If it goes QB, WR (Jets be Jets), QB, WR, WR then Sewell has to be hard to...

In Australia the cops refer to sports stars as quokkas. Quokkas are an endangered species that live on a small island free from natural predators...

Having read the allegations as cleaned up by the lawyer something strikes me as being off. 1) I didn’t know instagram masseuse was a thing, but it...

We saw him as an OLB at times in Miami. He was an even worse OLB than he was a DE in the NFL. He made some good plays like matching Gronk step for...

For me. 1) Continual improvement on the OL. We were better last year than we have been for 5 or 6 years, but we weren’t good, a little below...

I don’t really read too much into highlight reels, except for what doesn't show up. What was a little disconcerting for me was that about 1:15 of...

1) I think Lawrence and Fields will go 1-2, which leaves Wilson as the next best option. If we are going to draft a QB high then you need to get...

The statistical measure I like best is passer rating because it has a strong history of being correlated to winning and because it uses a small...

continuity was the reason Adam Gase was still the HC fir the Jets this year. How did that work out for the Jets and Sam Darnold?

I wouldn’t compare X to Gilmore’s 2019. Gilmore getting DPOY was weak sauce, based on I don't know what. Gilmore never stood out for me like other...

Tua has 4 games with an above NFL average passer rating and 4 games with a below average passer rating. Considering where this team was at the...

Also thank you to the Jets. I know I would have preferred you to go 0-16, but guaranteeing yourselves the #2 pick of the draft and taking yourself...

My position on pressure stats is that they don’t differentiate between a 2 DTs coming through unblocked between the A gaps before the QB can set...

The thing is we’d tried 3 OCs plus an interim OC, 2HCs and an interim HC and 2 GMs and the team was mediocre and the only constant in the key...

See the careers of his former Offensive Co-ordinators since they left Miami. - Mike Sherman - Bill Lazor - Zac Thomas (QBs coach under Sherman and...

My inexpert opinion is that in his first 2 years Allen was able to make bad decisions, but not get punished for many of them because of his arm...

It wasn’t the lack of a RB that hurt Marino’s chances of a SB win. It was the completely ineffective defence. That lack of D comes down more to...

I’ve been waiting for him to fall back to Earth, but this year he’s kept making plays. I haven’t watched too many Bills games so I don’t know if...

I think the opposite. We can expect the D to play well. It’s the O who has to play like a bunch of crazed dogs. We aren’t going to beat the...

Yeah, but what if Superman turns nto Clarke Kent? The risk is too much to draft him that high.

Thanks arodgers, Always good to see you here. Your comments about the Bay bring to mind Dan Marino’s career. Hope you guys can give Aaron a decent...

Xavien should be our first All-pro I think since JT.

My money is on the Coach, not the surrounding cast. Significant offensive coaches Tannehill had in Miami and their league rank sinse leaving Miami...

Tua was having a lot of trouble identifying pressure and making the right OL adjustments. It’s part of being a rookie. He couldn’t get the job...

One of my all time favorite fins. RIP.

From 5-3 the expectation is 10-6. From 6-3 the expectation is between 11-5 and 10-6. So 10-6 is doing slightly worse than expected from here. At...

Completely disagree. My perfect season includes the 2-14 Pats and the 0-16 Jets. And yes this is better than both teams going 0-14-2.

I’ll be rooting for Tannehill to do well, just not well enough to win. Apart from that I’m also rooting for Gase to go 0-16.

I rewatched the game. The future of NFL QBs seems to be evolving more into the light fast agile QB like Kyler Murray or Lamar Jackson, not the old...

Notice where Christian Wilkins’ name appears on that chart. It looks like we have a pair of solid run stuffers in the middle of the line, with...

On some Jets forums I read to lick their salty tears of desperation there is an idea they are keeping Gase on to ensure the #1 pick

It’s been more fun to read about the Jets this year.

Consider the tear down and rebuild we started 2 years ago and how RBs seem to be pretty interchangeable in the modern NFL. It makes sense for the...

That’s a really good read. I was impressed by the fact he had opportunities to throw Gase and Philbin under a bus but didn’t and Kept it classy.

It wasn’t consistently bad play though, a lot of it was the inconsistency. On one play Billy Turner (for example) would block like a pro-bowler...

I think it’s a coaching decision. I think it’s more abut the OL gelling to the point where Flores feels it is safe to put Tuan on field. However,...

Just look at the numbers. The Jets were in max protect (7 blockers) and the phins sent 5 rushers. Yet the phins still had 2 basically unblocked...

He got plenty of practice doing that here.

Cbrad, I know you were very critical of Ryan Tannehill’s performance in Miami when behind in the 4th quarter. Out of interest how does his...

He can if the team wins. Highly drafted QBs become busts all the time. It is reasonable to assume there is no such thing as a 100% sure fire...

Well if the Jets draft Lawrence I can only hope they keep Adam Gase on as HC. It will be almost impossible for him to develop into a good NFL QB...

3 months is expected. However, if he gets ahead of schedule he may only be out for 2 months and be back for late season/playoff games.

As a Belgian friend said to me once, American beer (Referencing the generics like Budweiser) is like making love in a canoe.

There’s a fair bit of evidence that ESPN don’t understand their code. The issue about the highest QBR rated game in history, and how they...

Cowboy Bebop. opening theme - Tank (Full version’ [MEDIA] Closing theme - The real Folk Blues [MEDIA] The soundtrack to the series, which is...

It depends. If the OL has reasonable health and keep splaying well. If Jones and Howard are healthy and can keep the pass defense solid. If the DL...

This is basically why the house always wins in casino gambling, even with games such as baccarat where the house margin is 1% or 2%. Once you have...

If you remeber Steve Emtman and Quentin Coryatt you’ll also remember they didn’t end up helping the Colts that much. Emtman was good but injured...

Which is precisely why we can’t rely on memories.

Another factor on the 49ers dynasty is that the rest of the NFC West was pretty weak as a whole throughout that period. The Rams had some good...

I have a different criticism about the article than cbrad. A couple of times the writer intones “regression to the mean” as if it is a magic spell...

Stolen from a Jets forum following their loss to Denver. BTW fun stat only 3 times in the past 10 years has a team +3 in turnovers lost. all 3 are...

Some Jets fans are pushing back against calls for Gase to get fired. They want him to go 0-16, have that on his coaching record so he can never...

All what I can say is that Gase has continued the standard he set at the Dolphins 1) Atrocious OL play. People who have played college OL have...

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Isn’t the difference between average offensive player and average defensive player explained entirely by the QB’s salary? I may have my...

For me what they’re showing, for the first time in many years, is a unit that is working as a cohesive whole. It’s still a work in progress.

Been listening ti Blondie a fair bit recently. Clem Burke is Leapfrogging a whole bunch of other drummers on my list. He lays down a fancy intro...

I want to vote “an above average QB”, but if he keeps up this pace he’ll move up into “elite”.

I must say that Gardner Minshew is about the anti-Tannehill. He’s got excellent pocket skills, an upbeat and loud leadership style, makes things...

Game script/situation is a huge hidden variable, I completely agree with that. However the Bengals OL were missing assignments like Philbin/Gase...

He may turn out to be a stud, but if his OL keeps playing like that he’s more likely to be a smear on the grass.

I would say that graph says more about RT’s OCs in Miami than it does about Tannehill. Whether it is poor play design (Sherman), poor play calling...

I loved Joe Schad’s tweet. Pointing in a not too subtle way that Omar Kelly is a fool

But just for the sake of comparison, if my Auntie replaced her lady parts With meat and 2 veg, she’d be my uncle.

I agree with your point. The tangent I was going on was more to do about the rights of anybody to impose their belief system using someone else’s...

There is a difference between being an employee/service provider and being the owner of a business. As an employee/contractor you owe a fiduciary...

https://news.gallup.com/poll/319256/farming-rises-sports-tumbles-industry-ratings.aspx

Did you ever hear the phrase “Suck for Luck” before? Indy tanked their whole season in order to draft Andrew Luck, whose career stats are very...

There has been some recent research into how the politicization of sports affects your audience. The nutshell version is that it doesn’t move the...

What is the scientific basis for a top 5 pick? Is there a sudden drop off starting at pick #6? What is the history of top 5 QB picks? Do game 1...

Dan Marino didn’t start game 1 as a rookie. He couldn’t beat out Dave Woodley. What a bum and a waste of a first round pick.

Oi, Egghead was played by Vincent Price. By definition that makes him a top tier villain.

Oh that would make me so very happy.

Rosen has done something not even Ryan Leaf, Akili Smith or JaMarcus Russel were able to do. Yes they were all QBs on bad situations on bad teams...

Covid is going to mess up the first half of the season badly due to disrupted practices and the flow ons from that. All predictions are going to...

I basically stopped reading the website Travis was writing for last season when he left. The other writers were nowhere near his standard, not in...

I had completely forgotten Marshawn Lynch had been a Bill.

My biggest complaint was that when we decided to let him go we had no one in the deep threat/big play threat on our roster. Which lead to us...

Cumulative stats on points differential are fairly meaningless. It Is better to look at whether the team was behind or ahead, not the cumulative...

The proof of the pudding is in the eating. In Miami Minkah was JAG, in Pitt he’s a first team All-pro, who, according to one film analyst, was...

No. Just that it’s an activity I do to pass the time of day until the season starts. It isn’t something I am heavily invested in, but it’s better...

Hey, if it’s off season I am perfectly entitled to go to my favorite fishing hole, drop a line and see if I get a bite.

Have a look at Griese’s seasons after Csonka/Kiick/Warfield left the Dolphins and before his shoulder got wrecked. If the Dolphins didn’t win the...

In addition it has been shown that the “extreme inbalance” was a function of the Titans olaying with a lead and using Henry to run out the clock....

If that is the case, what in particular about the Tennessee situation is something impossible to sustain? Dominant OL? Killer D? Exotic offensive...

The test of a theory is how well it predicts reality. To do that you need falsifiable predictions. For the 2 main groups “Tannehill is an average...

It didn’t just happen over 11 games. It also happened previously over 8 games in 2016 from week 6 to week 13. In both groups of games Tannehill...

You mean the ones that people have been making ever since Tannehill lead the league in passing after 6 games as a starter? The same ones that got...

In the end you’re still dealing with with a sample of people making “regression to the mean” arguments ever since Tannehill started 6 games that...

The article was written on the basis of Tannehill’s first 7 starts, not his complete 11 games. Specifically mentioning he was leading the NFL in...

On the other hand there is nothing to say that Tannehill will not have a mid/late career surge like Rich Gannon or Jim Plunkett. When the level...

You did read my last line re Adam Gase? 4 years out 4 in the league his teams have had bad OL ratings in whichever metric you care to use (apart...

According to this study https://www.footballoutsiders.com/stat-analysis/2020/2019-rate-adjusted-pressure Tennessee’s OL was middle of the pack in...

Derek Henry got paid. $50M over 4 years, first 2 basically guaranteed. Makes him roughly the 5th highest paid RB. Henry gets a solid payday...

Rivalries only happen when there is a history of significant games between the teams. For example the 49ers and Cowboys in the early 90s. Before...

It must be true because an anonymous person on the internet said it was. 1) No proof is offered. No facts seem to be verified above what is...

I’d love to have the problem of having the first team All-pro safety that other teams actively scheme to avoid. It’s a pity we haven’t drafted...

Minkah was complaining about not being given time to prepare properly and not being given clear indications of what his role would be in the game...

I have to agree with cbrad. There’s a lot people who support Tannehill can point to regarding film study. There’s a lot of to point to that his...

You know, with all the NFL talent that Alabama has put into the BFL on OL, WR and RB no one downgraded other ‘bama QBs based on the talent around...

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This is a video analysis of Sam Darnold and the Jets in 2019, but you can take what Zac says about the OL and Adam Gase’s schemes and cut and...

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Looking at the Ravens game in isolation. Tannehill scored more points in the 1st quarter + the first 2 plays of the 2nd quarter than Baltimore...

I agree with you. Tannehill will only get into the HoF with multiple SB rings. The only reason I brought up the HoF is another poster who has...

Moon the Loon. Insanely fast hands. If you listen to tracks from The Who he does fills in spaces where there is no space. Probably the first true...

The short version why I believe Tannehill is more likely to turn his career around than be a one season wonder is coaching. Of the QBs who...

well the historical instances of a QB having a mediocre early career followed up by a stellar mid to late career are very limited. Depending on...

I sincerely doubt if any team has offered anything more than a conditional 7th round pick for him. The other teams are just ringing to see if the...

I’ve taught ESL professionally. I’ve trained chefs professionally. I’ve been the designated trainer for the legal department of an insurance...

Mark Sanchez was a liability for the Jets. His regular season QB play cost them at least 2 to 3 wins in both seasons, robbing them of first round...

In addition to other offensive player talent you also have the effects of: - Coaching (a) scheme development and game planning - Coaching (b) play...

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Not true. Rich Gannon and Jim Plunkett are guys who performed average for a long time then elevated. Alex Smith arguably is another.

6. Zac Taylor 2-14. As Bengals HC. (24-8 as Sean McVay’s QB coach, but considering McVay ran the offense and Taylor was the QB’s coach not OC I...

Some first round bust we drafted a few years ago. I can’t be bothered to remember his name correctly anymore.

it reminded me a little of the Dion Johnson pick. You have all the off field measurables you could want, but when you put on the gane tape all he...

It’s the bigger guys who hold a lot, using the leverage of their bodies. The smaller guys are much more about agility and slaps to keep the bigger...

Dude you need to watch sumo properly. It’s all about the feet and the balance.

I fully agree Rosen should be in the mix to compete. I just have very low expectations for Rosen. If Rosen comes out and proves me wrong then...

case 1 He is the clear #1 in pre-season/training camp. We have to play him. The easiest way to lose the locker room is not playing your best QB....

what I bolded you can cut and paste into almost every assessment of every pick we made this draft.