Bob in STL

I looked at 90 thru 93, the super bowl years, and the two defenses were close to even every year except 93 when the Bills defense was much better. In this period the Bills defense may have had a disadvantage with the Bills running the no huddle, a case could be made that it hurt them in total yardage allowed even though they were pretty strong on points allowed. The Bills biggest advantages over Miami were Thurman Thomas and Bruce Smith. To HOF players that played big against them.

No need to wonder. The Bills absolutely derailed Marino’s career and Miami’s chances at another Super Bowl. The 90’s Bills were the better team and they were in Miami’s head all the time.

I recall Jim Ritcher, a first round pick and an All American in college. He did not even start until his 4th year in the league. Ended up playing 16 seasons in the NFL and 2 pro bowls.

The best thing for Darnold is to never play another game for the Jets and get a fresh start with a better team next year.

They dressed him for depth due to concern on other injuries on the OL. The “football decision” was to keep the momentum going that the OL had, there was no need to put Morse at any more risk with a bye coming. Cleared to play is very subjective when it comes to concussions and of course McD is not going to say that publicly. Why is this so hard to understand?

None of us will ever know what the coaches grading was relative to Feliciano v. Morse at center, or Boettger v. Ford at LG. I would take PFF and fan opinion with a grain of salt. The negative comments on Winter seem unwarranted too. While not a start performer, he has been very useful given the injuries to Feliciano, Ford, Morse and the fall of Spain. I am happy with the depth we brought to the OL this year. We seem to have done better job on OL than on the DL.

Larry Csonka was another great RB from Syracuse.

Yup. The Dolphins won a few in a row with goid fortune, turnovers, and special teams. Today they we handled by a 3-7 Broncos team. Tua is out. Fitz is Fitz. 9-7 is very likely their ceiling.

And where are the guys who last week where saying that the Dolphins are the best team in the AFCE right now? Yeah, that point differential really helped them today.

McGuire was one of the best AFL punters and excelled in the clutch coffin corner kick. He also played linebacker. In college he played both ways at End and LB, he led the NCAA in receptions at the Citadel. Moorman was also a fabulous athlete and one of best punters in his era. These are the two best, from totally different eras.

Too bad you missed 2000 thru 2016. McDermott and his staff are actually very good.

This team was terrible for 17 years. McDermott turned it around during a rebuild, not after one. I don’t get the criticism. The “we beat awful teams” comment is ridiculous. We play the schedule we are given like every other team. We deal with injuries like every other team.

No problem. Anything I can do to help a lost Dolphin fan.

Please stop with this. You don’t even know if Davis can cover anybody. The play was not even design to be a Hail Mary. Hopkins made it to the end zone because the play was broken. It looked to be designed to get 20 yards to a the sideline and out of bounds. The QB got flushed out and almost sacked - instead he bought time rolling left. That time is what enabled Hopkins on a scramble play to get into the end zone. The pass was perfect, Hopkins jump was perfect and none of the Bills made a play. Further, we did not deserve to lose because of the 3Q. We dominated the first half and we took a 14 point lead in the 3rd quarter. Using your logic did Arizona deserve to lose because they fell behind by 14?

They are not better until they pass us in the standings. We have more wins, we beat them head to head. Their defense is playing well but ours has played 2 straight decent games against two great offenses with lots of injuries to deal with. Let’s get Milano back and healthier in the secondary and we shall see. Let’s see what Tua does in the stretch and under pressure before we anoint them.

You could find something on most plays if you want to drive yourself nuts. We had a stretch in the 3Q with 5 penalties in 7 plays and we earned every one of them. The only questionable call was the late hit 26 put on a DL.

Yup. We are in it. We are more than relevant We get some badly needed rest this week. That game got away from us. Move on. The NFL is a tough league. Most games come down to a play here and a play there. They have to learn from it and get better. How are they better? That’s crazy to say.

Can’t believe how bad the Ravens look. What was that 4th and 1 call? Snapping the ball to a player not named Lamar is just stupid.

So does anyone think that was a planned Hail Mary? Typically on a Hail Mary you send a few receivers to same spot in the end zone and bombs away. Murray bought time and lost time with the scramble. He threw an incredible ball to Hopkins, the only Cardinal in sight. The throw was really incredible given the circumstances. Murray knew not to run and not to throw to anyone else because his scramble took all the time. I just wonder if the call was to hit Hopkins deep and have him get out of bounds but the pressure and scramble led to the broken play end zone pass.

Murray was phenomenal to scramble, buy time, and make that throw - a jump ball right on target. Hopkins was phenomenal to get deep on the scramble and go up and get it, lock it his two hands and make the catch. Hyde was passive, was outjumped and did nothing physically to disrupt his hands or get to the ball. He was like a basketball rebounder clearly blocked out by a rebounder in better position. Tre had good position and the best chance to make a play. He just did not get high enough and was out jumped by Hopkins who put two hands on the ball. Tre may have been able to strip it but it appears that Poyer, who came in late, actually knocked Tre off of Hopkins. They had two great players come up big.

The covered him no doubt. The pass was perfect and Hopkins out-jumped Tre. Tre didn’t strip the ball and Hyde didn’t disrupt anything at all from behind. Poyer got there late enough to not matter.

Why not fault the actual players on the field instead of the coaching staff? Every teams see that play every week from Murray. No doubt they prepared for it. They just didn’t stop it.

We did not play terrible. We played poorly for most of the 3Q and part of 4Q but we took a 4 point lead with 34 seconds left on the road. Hopkins out-jumped Tre and Hyde. Why they weren’t more aggressive to strip it and tear at it? well Hopkins is a beast and he simply beat them. Murray bought the time he needed and put the ball in a great spot for him to do it. The play was lucky and great at the same time. Move on. The bye is much needed, this team is banged up.

No. It actually does not. The odds of blowing a 4 point lead with 34 seconds left with the ball on your 25 is much, much , much less than .5. Coming down to a Completed Hail Mary passes - that does even happen once per season. We had 3 guys at the ball and no one made a play on the biggest play of the game.

60’s - Daryl Lamonica, Paul Guidry, Ed Rutkowski Late 70’s early 80’s - Roland Hooks, Lou Piccone, Keith Moody Late 80 - early 90’s - Frank Reich, Kenny Davis, Steve Tasker, Mike Lodish.