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Brady has looked very sharp this preseason.

How do you feel about losing mankins?.. Compromising your protection seems a bit strange, talk to us about his replacement?

Revis is the best so you have us there, grimes might benefit the rule changes more so than any corner in the game, he's that good at playing the game with no touchy feely, but we have many options at receiver, so y'all better hope you got answers without browner.

Moreno and miller should give us a nice combo that y'all haven't seen in a while..

Read option will be in full affect, bootleg action as well, minimizing the impact of mr BBQ.

Our tackles have been superb in pass pro so I think we can limit ninkovich and jones pressure..they are no Martin and Clabo..

My concern is our safeties against Brady, I think we need to play more man to man in this game and try to disrupt those quick timing routes.

 

Welcome to the site. Nice post. Our Oline should be better than last year. I doubt people will have success with the edge rush. Unfortunately, the interior of our Oline is shaky. If they can hold up, it should be a good game. If not, then it will likely be a relatively easy win for your team. Kills me to say it, but might be true.

 

Welcome! Funny thing about the first week on the nfl is the better team doesn't always win. So I feel this matchup is a toss up. Unfortunately it looks as if your pats D is going to be better than it has been in the recent past and once again looks like the class of the afc east. Hopefully Tannehill plays like a franchise qb (if the OL let's him develop) and our D can play well enough to keep us in the race and maybe make a run at the division.

 

I am also glad football is back.

 

Looks like Gronk will be playing, unfortunately we won't have the flexibility of Dion Jordan to contain him at times like he did last season. I'm confident we can stop the NE run game and I take our CBs over Pats WRs. Gronk is the X factor that can destroy us. Not sure how well we will be able to move the ball, will also need our TE to step up.

I have a much lower scoring game than Vegas does. Miami 20 NE 17

 

your red zone size is scary. once you guys get inside the ten it should be an automatic six. still it always comes down to the same with the pats. get pressure on brady and you can win. give him time you lose. we'll see how our pass rush does. dolphins 27 patriots 17

 

If we ask our Linebackers to cover too much this game we will get destroyed...fortunately this years version on D has some good/great depth at corner and a lot more options for applying pressure in the middle...pressure up the gut is always key against any QB and Brady is no different so hopefully (for us) our XOs match up with your XOs.

 

WADR, it is a Dolphins board after all. Also, let's be honest, you guys were close to being swept by us last year. I mean we play you pretty close now.

 

It's the NFL and the talent gap is never very wide. I didn't suggest you have bad Wrs it's just DB is a strength for the Dolphins.

As far as my prediction im a tad of a homer, but it's far from unrealistic that Miami will win this game at home. After all the Dolphins went in to Foxboro and got the W.

You still have Brady and Bill so no question you have the advantage. But winning on the road in the NFL is never easy and certainly never a given.

 

Dobson and thompkins have shown very little to me but benefitting from a great Qb..not worried about them...it's all about gronk and unfortunately our coaches ruined that solution.

 

One of the worst calls I've seen, Vern got punished for making a great play and hustling after it...they were getting their asses handed to them, even on that play.

 

Brady loves playing down here..

 

Yup, that'll teach OV to try and corral a loose ball (legally) while on the ground. 1st down Pats!

 

His stats say otherwise, but I'm sure you know that. Although they did tune us up in a season opener at home a few years ago. (Welkers 99 yd TD was fun)

In one week we shall see, I'm pumped.

 

None of what was mentioned really matters as much as our glaring weakness at linebacker. If we loose, it will be due in large part to our linebackers inability to cover pretty much anyone.

 

Same starting linebackers we had last year.

 

Yep. Exactly. Pretty much the biggest weakness on the team. I expect it will be addressed after this season. We were stuck this year with Ellerbe and Wheelers contracts. I am hoping moving Ellerbe back to his more natural outside position it will pick up his game.

Beyond that I feel there will be marked improvement in every other unit on the squad.

 

Well the problem with saying you're realistic, and then making a statement that Brady is an elite QB last time you checked...doesn't jive. 1st ballot HoF'er - check. One of the all-time greats - check. Elite last year? Not even close... He wasn't top 5 in anything, not even top 20 in some of the main measurable. That doesn't = elite.

He's looked great in the pre-season, but it's the pre-season. Realistic is - we won the last meeting, and played 'em well the previous. Realistic is - Brady hates playing Miami's Defense...he's said as much himself. Realistic is - the Pats are a great team, hell, I picked them to go 13-3, but this game could easily be 1 of those 3. Realistic is - you're a Pats fan, we're Dolphins fans, expecting us to predict a N.E. win is a bit crazy, no matter how tall your receivers are or who's coaching/playing QB. Not the right place to expect everybody to jump on your wagon.

I'd wish you good luck, but I'd be lying.

 

Without Gronk, across the board, would say He was playing with average to. Slightly below average skill players last year 68..

All he really had against us was Edleman.

 

Being a Dolfan living in Charlotte, I watched that game at a sports bar here in town actively watching you guys since it was game 3. Some things Ill post to calm your **** a bit about the Panthers game is a couple things.

Yes you were without Gronk, however let me point out the Panthers were without Charles Johnson, meaning you could double Hardy, which you did a lot, and it helped tremendously give Tom Brady years to throw....and jesus he had all day to throw. Mankins has been traded since then......and the Panthers defensive backfield is horrendous compared to Miamis. Our pash rush is better if Johnson is out of the equation. They have better linebackers.

So as far as that specific comparison for our game....Wake and Vernon coming off the edges, with a inside push of Starks, Odrick and Mitchell.......(Starks and Odrick both notorious for getting to Brady, especially now without Mankins)....our defensive backs other than Grimes and Finnegan have me a bit worried, especially without Jones.

I think this will be a really good game honestly. Weather forecast is calling for almost 90 degrees, 60% chance of rain. You guys will be in dark blue. Crowd HOPEFULLY will be intense.

I see this going any way, we split last year and honestly if we had a competent OC we would've won both games. Tom is getting up there in age, Tannehill has shown he's not worried about playing the likes of Luck, Wilson or Brady.....he steps up for those games....he actually usually sucks against the likes of Thad Lewis and Geno Smith.....

Good luck, it's week one so I am not predicting a score however, I think it'll be close. Thanks for coming to the board with some discussion. Appreciate good opposing fans.

 

There's a long list of elite QBs in NFL history who made average receivers look like pro-bowlers. That's a large chunk of the "elite" definition IMHO.

Brady was good last year, the team overall was great, I just don't believe he put up an elite season. So he was missing a truly TOP elite Tight End for a good chunk of the season. Most QBs don't have Gronk.

 

that offensive team was not good without Brady is all I'm saying..they were below average skill wise most of the season, their defense was pretty average as well.

 

Brady is always going to be key to that offense and he definitely didn't look as good as in the past, but he hasn't had as few weapons at receiver since before their 18-1 season. I can see a lot of drop passes and the receivers not playing up to snuff again, while we have reliable hands in Brian Hartline, and Wallace is going to have great chemistry with Tannehill. Honestly our offense is better than the Patriots and you'll see Brady getting frustrated again like last year and guaranteed this year we'll see a noticeable decline in Brady's passing

 

Going off on this note, here's Tannehill's record against what I'd consider to be top 10 QB's he played against in his career so far:

Andrew Luck 1-1
Russell Wilson 1-0
Tom Brady 1-3
Matt Ryan 1-0
Drew Brees 0-1
Philip Rivers 1-0
Ben Roethlisberger 1-0
Andy Dalton 2-0
Colin Kaepernick 0-1
Joe Flacco 0-1

8-7 total

Not that bad, actually...

His record against the inferior QB's, though, is 7-10... this is something he has to get better at.

 

How's he supposed to play defense against inferior QBs?

There is no such thing as head-to-head QB competitions in these games. It's offense vs. defense.

 

Tannehill needs to step up in these types of games and outplay the other supposedly inferior QB's... not play down to their level.

 

Bla bla bla...he's no longer elite...get over yourself.

You're dismissed.

 

Ease on down the road son...you won't find Pats fans here to cuddle with...buh bye.

 

Tom Brady is still Tom Brady. Until I see tangible proof of his so called decline he is still elite. A healthy Gronk and Amendola will go a long way to curing whatever ills there are on the Pats offense and defensively adding Revis and others will improve them quite a bit.

Until proven otherwise the AFCE still goes thru New England.

Word to the wise though, dont dismiss the Dolphins this year. They will be much better than the nonsense I've seen from the pundits out there.

Should be a great game this year to open the season! Go Phins!

 

You've already stated your stance...no use in arguing with you.

 

Hold the phone.....

You responded to a reasonable post with:

As if to say the poster wasn't being realistic. Realistically you needed the refs to keep you from getting swept by us last year.
So don't come in here pretending you're being "realistic" then act like its crazy we could beat you this year.

Furthermore 68 voiced his opinion just as respectfully and you went full Pat-tard with:

Be respectful OR talk smack, don't pretend you're doing one while doing the other and then blast people. Not only is it douchey, but I assure you, you're out gunned.