Agreed. That was amazing!

 

This was the most unexpected result. I had it penciled in as a loss. But with this win something has changed. We have 4 winnable games coming up: Jets, Panthers, Giants and Jets. Just imagine IF we win those and we're 7-7 and this team is playing hot with a mad race to the finish against 3 good teams: the Saints, Titans and NE.

For the first time in months we actually have a TINY but realistic chance here of picking up momentum against weaker teams and running the table, or close to it. Totally changes the excitement level for next week. Fantastic game!

 

10-7 most likely gets us in. Many AFC teams are beating each other up because some divisions have many good teams while others have few. Holy cow. There's actually the slimmest of realistic paths. One game at a time but after today I'm not saying it's over yet.

 

Cloud nine at the moment! I despise the Baltimore Ravens, I don't think I have ever disliked a coach more than John Harbaugh. So that in itself is great. However, more importantly and less about why I'm happy, I have to say. The guys were having fun tonight. The game was fun and I think that was the key. This season has not been fun at all. We haven't seen them have fun until tonight. Playing football or any sport for that matter is supposed to be fun. It's never fun getting your *** kicked every week, but these boys came to play tonight. What the absolute HELL with our defense tonight? Who made the calls? Did Flores step in on that? Reminded me of the Patriots super bowl win over the Rams a few years ago. Against Lamar Jackson too! Mobile quarterbacks have been a nightmare for us. Mad props to the defense tonight. Hopefully this is here to stay for the rest of the season.
On offense, what can I say? It's a major work in progress, but things did perk up once Tua came in the game. Jacoby didn't play bad, but we lose this one if he would have stayed in. Tua shifted the momentum big time. I hope this game was or becomes a major stepping stone for him. Again, terrific defensive plan tonight and the offense did just enough to keep us ahead. Let's get another win next week!

 

Oh one more thing: those people who said they were done watching the Dolphins this year missed something BIG TIME!

 

I just hope we can continue to ride this momentum. Caught a tough break against Vegas, Jacksonville and then Atlanta. We'd be 6-4 if we had taken those games. It's all good though. I want to see a win streak. I want to see our young guys continue to get better. I want to see Austin Jackson block better. I know it's asking a lot, but this is what I meant when I kept saying "be patient"

 

I have never seen a play like this before

 

Great game. I literally had no expectations of a win but I'm on Cloud 9 right now. The only thing I'll mention tonight about the game is how much the offensive players' body language shifted when Tua got into the game. Remarkably, the blocking got better and the routes became cleaner. No dis at all to Brissett, but it seemed like the team played with better expectations once #1 got into the game. I would love Love LOVE it if we can put a good run together, playoffs or nah. And if the defense can play like this more often, I believe we have it in us. I'm almost embarrassed for how good I felt at the end of that game.

 

Everyone, go to Will Manso's Twitter.

 

I was chanting nanana hey hey hey good bye to all the ravens fans leaving the stadium lol.

 

I felt like the team had a little more juice with Tua at quarterback. Again he gets the ball out quicker, had better anticipation of where his receiver is going to be and the RPO changed the way the defense played. I honestly don't think Brissett hits Wilson in stride on that big play like Tua did.

Speaking of Albert Wilson it was nice to see him used properly and get him the ball in open space.

Defense was lights out.

 

How in the hell did this happen!?! I know it’s a meaningless win but didn’t see this one coming.

 

It being a night-time football game I didn't get to see it. It was a 2:20am start for me and I needed to work today. I'm going to have to see if I can catch a replay somewhere. Typical... :D

 

Same here, just got to watch the replay from yesterday, that’s what we expected the beginning of the season. D was on all game and on O you got some help from players who normally don’t do much like Wilson for instance, must have been his biggest game in a Dolphins jersey.

 

Definitely the most fun ive had in the stadium this year. My main take aways from this game are we finally committed to playing our defensive style from last season and flores clearly doesn’t want tua long term. Its as clear as day at this point and i dont see how anyone can see it differently. I cant envision a scenario where both flores and tua are back next season.

 

It wasn’t JUST the blitzes…it was how they were executed. The defense didn’t let Jackson get outside do the pocket on those blitzes…he was forced to step up into a collapsing pocket. Great lights out performance by Miami’s defense.

Although the offense seemed to perk up once Tua came in, I still have lots of concerns about our line and the lack of an effective running game. We all saw how well Tagovailoa can place the ball when he has the time needed in the pocket…and I’m talking about time enough for him to go to the fridge, grab a drink and then throw the ball, but a good clean 4 seconds in the pocket. That’s the typical amount of time all great quarterbacks have…it’s always talked about…that internal clock in quarterbacks heads…4 seconds. When Tua had that time he was more than effective. The OLine needs to be addressed next season.

Mike Gaskins is NOT the answer. The lack of an effective running game made running out the clock on Baltimore virtually Impossible. Need a SERIOUS upgrade.

There’s no doubt who won this game night. Defense dominated the game

 

Even the crowd in Miami seemed pumped, It’s been a long time since I could tell the crowd was at the game!

 

Deep down until the last TD was scored I felt like we were somehow going to screw it up. I kept telling my ravens buddy, never trust a Miami lead.

 

I think they're trying to sabotage Tua to get Watson next year.

 

I agree with KeyFin. Tua clearly has an injury. Passes were uncharacteristically off (like way off) early on, and his lobs were worse than usual. So it's definitely bothering him, and it makes sense why he didn't start the game. But like Key said, Flores told Brissett not to go back into the game despite Tua's injury.

Either way, I was really happy Tua toughed it out. I agree with the injury concerns relating to Tua and yesterday showed he's not as "soft" as some might have thought.

 

That was the best game Flores has coached ever in my opinion. In his three years here, that was the first time he made all the right calls. The Raider game last year was a good one too. But this one was very well orchestrated by him. In regards to Tua, you can clearly see he was hurting on a lot of the throws, but this is football. Last night was a throwback to how tough players used to be. "Ok, you're hurting, tough it out this wont kill you." It took guts for Flo to make that call last night, but it paid off. Tua showed some heart, he's a tough little SOB if you ask me.

 

Did you see the D line dancing in the fourth quarter? The reception Halardy got when his punt was downed at the one? There were so many outbursts like these - hell yes they were having fun out there!
My only question - why did it take so long to unleash this ferocity???

PS. At least we now know the players haven’t quit and Flores hasn’t lost the locker room

 

Here’s the thing, and I’m gonna preface this with its hard to trust this team completely, we’re heading into a stretch where winning 4 consecutive games is possible if this defense plays at this level.

It doesn’t mean anything in terms of this season but if we can end up with 7-9 wins, I think you have to feel good about next year.

 

7-10 or 8-9 or 7-9-1

 

I loved the way our defense played last night.. but it’s also infuriating.. because they could have played like this from the start of the season and possibly be near .500 with a legitimate shot at playoffs..

at a flip of a switch, Flores went back to that same defense we saw destroy Jared Goff and the Rams last year. That same defense that was causing hell for everyone but Buffalo last year. Why? Why did we go soft and safe all season until last night?

if that defense shows up earlier on.. we would have 3-4 more wins.. there are some quarterbacks, like carr, who would have struggled hard

 

I don't see how that helps though. If Tua plays well, it just increases the possible value, especially with such a weak QB class coming out. They don't need a reason to move on.

As for the game, it was one of the best games we've played in recent memory, and defensively it was a masterpiece. Watching them work the Ravens was FUN. I'm intrigued to see where they go from here, this is the kind of defense we expected, just not so far into the season. Offensively, ye gods we still need work, but they made the plays when they needed.

 

Check out the club thread by alex :)

 

Very cool and what an honor.