WhitewalkerInPhilly

That's where I am. I have gained grudging respect for his ability to innovate. A lot of those motion plays he's developed are really clever. Having Achane and Mostert both in the backfield and letting Tua do a pop handoff that was effectively a read option was clever. But when it has come to game management and team management in the crunch the Dolphins keep coming up small. He keeps forgetting to run the ball in the second half. His scheme relies on a HOF WR and what would be a WR1 receiver on many teams using top end speed and never getting hurt Between letting the o line get downgraded, kicking Fangio to the curb because he was too disciplined and throwing all of the money at three players if they don't take it all this year the Phins are in trouble

You see, the difference is, Rasheed Rice is Pat Mahomes best WR.

Oof. Private equity is the equivalent of the Richard Gere in Pretty Woman/Gordan Gecko 80s stereotype of running the companies they get a stake in to the proverbial chop shop. Remember Red Lobster a few months ago? They got acquired by private equity who sold the real estate their locations were built on from under them. They will have the companies they bought take on debt to purchase assets the firm can flip for a profit and then leave the company they used to borrow against out to dry And the owners were ok with this?!?

It's not that I think we found a surprise All Pro but it appears that he has excellent instincts and tackling ability. I tend to trust analysis from Cover One and their comp was to Dorian Williams as a downhill runner with a knack of shooting the gap. Considering how barren LB was at the end of last year having quality depth seems worth celebrating. With a year to develop who knows.

Same. I like what Kingsley Johnathan was doing but Solomon is price controlled. Von Miller would need a career season to not be a cap casualty in 2025 so I want a proto-Jerry Hughes in the pipeline

I in general poo poo the Dolphins as overrated and I think this away game is mitigated due to being a night game as you say. But here's the quandary I look at: We have a bunch of injured players who are week to week. Do you play them week one if they don't have a 100% pure clean bill or health, considering that the team is about to travel on a short week to the hellscape that is Florida in summer? If you do, you risk aggravating the injury in harsher conditions for a game that objectively has deeper tiebreaker ramifications. If you don't, are you leaving vital pieces away for a team that needs to gel week one due to a lack of starters in preseason?

M Agreed. I will not panic if the Bills are 3-3 to start the year. We have a lot of new pieces and quality opponents. Losing week one makes getting to 3-3 a rough ride.

This game??? I am conflicted because in pretty much every way this *should* be a blowout win. The Cardinals are baaaaad bad, have their WR group kneecapped to start the year and are flying to the East Coast for a raucous home opener. I can only see them winning by the Bills beating themselves. Unfortunately, we've seen so little of the starting offense together I have no idea what that looks like and with starters injured or held up I expect a healthy dose of rust. I remember the mantra: Week One is a Liar. The Chiefs lost opening day and then took another Super Bowl. No Week One game is a "must win" but looking at the schedule ahead? Things get *rough* if the Bills come out flat.

I expect he'll get a call up unless some team snatched him

"Oh no, I collect a full base salary, get a full year of offseason conditioning and working with coaches to have a better shot next year!, where I can make even more money if I just hold even." It's not a bad deal for a rookie.

Now it's like $700 so hell no. Even if it was the same price as last year it wasn't worth it. If it was every game? Maybe $400 would be worth it. I'd watch more. But with Primetime games and exclusive streaming games and local broadcast blackouts? I'd maybe get half of them. I'm also expecting a newborn imminently so NFL rewind is looking like a far more likely option.

That's the biggest difference: this wasn't playing 2s and 3s in garage time. I know it's due to injury that he started but Joe made the most of his time. This was against starters and whatever McDermott and Babich saw in practice made him first among equals on depth players

I know, as fans on the board, tend to overhype preseason wonders. We see an undiscovered underdog and we jump to support them, even if the talent doesn't match up. But, in this case, I really don't see the harm in rostering the guy. Milano will start the season on PUP or IR. Last year, the team rostered 6 LBs (Milano, Bernard, Dorian Williams, Dodson, Spector Manaketitch) Dodson and Manny are gone. Right now our depth chart is Bernard, Williams, Spector, Nicolas Morrow (who Eagles fans are cheering the departure of) and then... Edefuan Ulofoshio (5th round rookie, likely practice squad fit)? Shayne Simon? Deion Jones? You're telling me that even if one spot is held for a guaranteed special teams players that Andreessen can't beat one of those guys for spot #6? UPDATE: And he's a special teams player! When was the last time we saw Manakevitch come off the bench and tackle like that? At this point I'll be shocked if he's not on the roster

Sorry I was at family dinner and I have the game recording. I kind of turned out when Josh wasn't playing. But considering that Milano's return date is "indeterminate" he's almost sure to be on PUP to start the season if not IR. I know it's one preseason game but Bernard and Dorian Williams have looked solid so far and having a young guy on the team working up? There are worse things to find.

Massare posted something about Andresson at LB. Is there something noteworthy?

I mean it's hard to fault the logic when they have another one next week but it's disappointing as hell to miss watching the gear up

Is there a reason why Josh isn't playing?

We could have made that work.

I'm sorry that seems like a cherry picked stat. Goal line passing? When you have one of the best Red Zone running QBs in the league? Why do you care? And congratulations, why do you think we brought on those big bodies?

It's a shame because I think he is legitimately talented, but his list of screwups meant that he was going to need a near perfect camp to get through to the roster. With Coleman effectively doing what we'd hope Claypool would be ahead of schedule, Shakir and Samuel set in stone, Hollins and MVS seemingly having an inside track and Shavers getting rave reviews it was looking like long odds.

I've seriously been thinking about that

Something most teams can do with ease? What?!?

I agree that with McDermott's track record rookie defenders really have to earn their spot. The thing is, drafting guys and forcing them to beat out journeymen/putting them in the role has kind of been working. Milano started behind Humber, Epenesa was rotated in, Bernard had to earn his spot and so has Elam. Some have washed out, but they were never forced to be the sole point of failure

I will say that after being pretty doom and Gloom about our receiving prospects in April and May I am pleasantly surprised to be having discussions of how deep we are. Chase Claypool had what, two 800+ yard seasons and right now he's on the outside looking in with a rookie who looks like he can do what Claypool does better.

I would not be shocked if it's 7 WR. 6 is more likely, but Brady has been preaching position less football. If it comes down to Hamler and Shavers I think they try to sneak Shavers onto the practice squad