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Dolphins post mortem

I was surprised y'all didn't beat us.

I was surprised y'all wore down vs us in the Miami heat. Our pass rush came through at the end over and over again. But I don't get why you chipped Chaisson and let Milton and Landry on a 1v1. Both are absolute gamewreckers currently.

But I can't really feel much optimism in the victory. Gonzalez is desperately needed because Austin is toast vs speed. The tackling was abhorrent and Spilliane shouldn't cover RBs man to man. For every stop we generated, we had a drive where Tua just found a buttnaked receiver. Y'all's problem is Cover 4 because Tua can't check down for **** and these flat passes don't work once the boundary corner reads it and collapses on it. Took us three quarters to figure that out.

The good thing is is that Indy replicated the performance they had against y'all vs a stout Denver defense. The bad thing is is that we outperformed the Colts performance and still left meat on the bone. I have no idea how good we are as a team and we'll find out vs Pittsburgh.

Depending on whether your team wants to keep McDaniel or not, they'll play accordingly vs Buffalo.
 
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I’ve never seen so many terrible decisions in a row by a head of operations and for him to keep his job.

Tua over Herbert
three 1st round picks in 2020 and only 1 pro bowl selection.
Lost a 1st rd pick for tampering
Gave Tua a max deal
Traded for Chubb and maxed him
OL ******* stinks
Gave Seiler huge raise and now he sucks
DBs are the worse in the league


Why the **** does Grier have a job?
 
I think McDaniel would be a fine OC for a contending team considering he got the absolute best of Tua given his limitations, he just isn't HC material. It's not his fault their is no OL and the GM doesn't know how to construct a roster.

Grier needs to be fired right now - dude has been GM forever and still can't fix the OL.
 
Brickell said:
I think McDaniel would be a fine OC for a contending team considering he got the absolute best of Tua given his limitations, he just isn't HC material. It's not his fault their is no OL and the GM doesn't know how to construct a roster.

Grier needs to be fired right now - dude has been GM forever and still can't fix the OL.
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McDaniel rubs me the wrong with his twerp geek persona (at least from my lens), but he's a good coach.
The NFL is mostly about having a stud QB and an elite who will find those stud QBs and build strong supporting teammates.
I don't follow the NFL but this is my takeaway from living right in the middle of Redskins and Colts/Ravens territory since the early 1980s. It is all about QBs and GMs. All talk about the next HC is an otherwise futile exercise.
 
MedleyCane said:
McDaniel rubs me the wrong with his twerp geek persona (at least from my lens), but he's a good coach.
The NFL is mostly about having a stud QB and an elite who will find those stud QBs and build strong supporting teammates.
I don't follow the NFL but this is my takeaway from living right in the middle of Redskins and Colts/Ravens territory since the early 1980s. It is all about QBs and GMs. All talk about the next HC is an otherwise futile exercise.
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From two people that have had access to him, he is a complete *******.
 
P-Tizzle said:
I’ve never seen so many terrible decisions in a row by a head of operations and for him to keep his job.

Tua over Herbert
three 1st round picks in 2020 and only 1 pro bowl selection.
Lost a 1st rd pick for tampering
Gave Tua a max deal
Traded for Chubb and maxed him
OL ******* stinks
Gave Seiler huge raise and now he sucks
DBs are the worse in the league


Why the **** does Grier have a job?
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Here's what I would do (If you give a ****).

1. I would fire Grier immediately. Right now.
2. I would play the young guys. Trader Jr, Marshall (left with hamstring), Phillips, and Grant all show promise. Running the ball with Gordon behind the left side of Paul and Saviiniea had success last night. IDK why Gordon hasn't gotten carries until last night. There's something there with him.
3. Trade Chubb after this season (post June 1st), that would only count 1.3m against cap. Miami could get a 2-3 rounder for him if he continues on his sack-run of late (3 in three games). They can't trade Tyreek. They missed the window. A pre-June 1st trade would have only counted $580K against the cap....that number is now $15m against the cap, and then next year it jumps to $36m.
4. Tua's contract. Cutting him after the season and marking it as a "post June 1st", will only count $11m against the cap. This is the way.
5. Go to a successful organization like Bills, Ravens, Chiefs, Eagles, to find your next GM. Let him make the decision on McDaniel, and give the new GM control of football ops.

There's a way out of this mess the bad part is......Stephen Ross
 
P-Tizzle said:
I’ve never seen so many terrible decisions in a row by a head of operations and for him to keep his job.

Tua over Herbert
three 1st round picks in 2020 and only 1 pro bowl selection.
Lost a 1st rd pick for tampering
Gave Tua a max deal
Traded for Chubb and maxed him
OL ******* stinks
Gave Seiler huge raise and now he sucks
DBs are the worse in the league


Why the **** does Grier have a job?
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Because Ross has dementia?
 
MedleyCane said:
It doesn't surprise me.
He comes off as an aloof dork who is trying to be cool to certain people.
But he can coach, LuLuMon sweats and all.
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He knows offensive football, can scheme offense, and is a pretty savvy playcaller. I'll give him that.
But, can he instill winning culture and get a team to follow him? Is he a good CEO for your team? I don't think so.

Great OC, subpar HC, and his GM does him very few favors. My $.02.
 
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No_Fly_Zone said:
He knows offensive football, can scheme offense, and is a pretty savvy playcaller. I'll give him that.
But, can he instill winning culture and get a team to follow him? Is he a good CEO for your team? I don't think so.

Great OC, subpar HC, and his GM does him very few favors. My $.02.
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I can't argue with this take.
 
drewm3i said:
I think he may be done--not just for the Dolphins, but also for his career.
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Multiple torn ligaments were confirmed, including ACL.

Tank Dell misses this season purely for the sake of making sure that he can play football at all. Hill is 31, has won it already and has made enough money - if he has any resemblance of a brain, he will retire.
 
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It's an expansion franchise going into 2026. I'd like to see them trade down a lot and pick up serious additional draft resources.

Here's a complete hypothetical with tradedowns, impacting 2027 as well:

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