He is a disciplinarian that was working on an undisciplined team. Philly went from #30 defense in 2023 to #4 in 2024 under Fangio…..with essentially the same talent. More discipline, not less is needed for this team.

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Hey guys. In search of 2 tickets+Parking pass for Sundays game vs the Jets for a decent price. If anyone has an any or can point me in the right direction that’d be great! Fins up!

A win Sunday extends the longest playoff drought in North America. We get to shovel dirt on the casket of the most hyped of all jets offseason over hypings. Let us have this simple fleeting joy. FTJ as always.

And if you want to lecture enjoying eliminating the jets as loser shit or whatever… save it. I hate them. I want to cause them pain. Thats it. Thats how it should be for anyone who calls themselves a Dolphins fan.

FINS UP. FINS THE EFF UP.

FUCK THE JETS.

Would it be so bad to run some 2WR, 2RB, 1TE, or 2WR, 2TE, 1RB spreads? Buy Tua a little more time and let our speedsters get out there. I never see that deep out back shoulder pass, and in general we don’t seem focused on the sidelines.

Hello,

Dolphins fan from Houston TX visiting Orlando for the week. Just curious if stores around here carry dolphins gear at all before I venture out looking.

I'm thinking Walmart but any advice would be appreciated!

Hey everyone, I’m going to the game this week. It’s my first time at the stadium and I’ll be in section 110. Do I get access to any lounges with these seats if there are any?

Mike McDaniel has had a top-10 roster for three seasons without a single playoff win, and blaming Tua’s missing time is a weak excuse. Plenty of teams manage to win or at least go .500 even with a backup quarterback, especially when they have a roster as strong as ours. Take the loss to the Titans, for example it’s inexcusable regardless of who’s under center. Plus, whenever Tua is injured, the team seems to spiral, struggling to execute even basic plays like a punt. Why is that? On top of that, we can’t seem to win prime-time games or perform in cold weather. Ultimately, it comes down to coaching. With the talent we have, we should be winning far more games. The problem isn’t the ingredients it’s the cook.

We’d probably have 2 more wins under our belt and be a lock for the playoffs.

The doomers who all came out of the woodwork this week would be back in hiding, waiting for something to criticize.

People wouldn’t be calling for McDaniel’s and/or Grier’s and/or Ross’ head and we wouldn’t even be entertaining the idea of a rebuild.

The negative sentiment around this team that’s plagued this sub this week would be almost nonexistent and we’d all just be cautiously hopeful for a playoff win.

My point is that our season turned out to be shitty because of Tua’s injury. Not because of bad coaching. Not because Grier drafted Chop. Not because Stephen Ross didn’t spend enough money. We’re going to miss the playoffs because our star QB was on IR for 5 weeks. Most teams wouldn’t spend a third of their season without their star player and expect a Super Bowl.

Things with this team are not nearly as bad as some [of the loudest ones] in this sub are acting and I’m looking forward to seeing how we build on our progress going into next season.

Now, bring on the downvotes!

EDIT - Not surprised to see so many doomers in the comments still completely missing the point lol

Well last week sucked. Of the 7 games that could affect our playoff chances, 6 went against us including our own game. The bad news, NYT currently gives us a 14% chance to make the playoffs. This is a 19% drop last week. The good news, NYT says if we can win out we have a 90% chance to make the playoffs. There aren't a lot of games this week that have an effect on our chance but here they are

Games that have absolutely no effect (NFC vs NFC)

• Packers @ Lions
• Falcons @ Vikings
• Saints @ Giants
• Panthers @ Eagles
• Seahawks @ Cardinals
• Bears @ 49ers

Games that might as well not have an effect

• Jags @ Titans (both teams are below us and we basically have to win out to have a chance)
• Raiders @ Buccs (Raiders are below us and don't matter, Buccs are NFC)
• Bills @ Rams (Bills won the division, Rams are NFC)
• Bengals @ Cowboys (Bengals are below us, Cowboys are NFC)

Games that matter

• Browns @ Steelers - There is still an outside chance we compete with the Steelers for a WC spot, as such root for the Browns (+1% with Browns win, -1% with Steelers win)
• Chargers @ Chiefs - Chargers, Broncos, and Colts are our main competitors for 2 WC spots. Root for the Chiefs (+1% with Chiefs win, -2% with Chargers win)
• Jets @ Dolphins - We are basically in the playoffs at this point. Lose and we are done. Root for us (+4$ with Dolphins win, -11% with Jets win)

If everything goes our way, we should enter next week with a 19% chance to make the playoffs

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We cant win in the cold then whats the point of this season or next?? We will have to go through the Bills in the AFC, and if we get far enough the Chiefs?? Then God forbid a cold weathered NFC team!!! Dolphins are too soft!! Whats the fix for this Cold Weathrr ongoing Slump???

Playoff chances update:

We win the rest of our games

AND

Broncos lose 2 of their last 4 (Colts, Chargers, Bengals, Chiefs)

OR

Chargers lose 3 of their last 5 (Chiefs, Buccaneers, Broncos, Patriots, Raiders)

OR

Ravens lose 2 of their last 4 (Giants, Steelers, Texans, Browns)

AND

Colts lose 1 of their last 4 (Broncos, Titans, Giants, Jaguars)

Feel free to let me know if I missed something

I think we may only win two more games this year. I don't think we'll beat Cleveland, Houston, or the Jets in NJ. Our defense was so pathetically bad in the cold against GB, I don't see us beating the team playing tonight.

He's on a 1 year contract with Cleveland and has looked pretty damn good. Granted they may try to dump Watson and sign Winston to be their starter next year while drafting a project at QB.

In the words of the immortal Vince Lombardi on his defense, "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON OUT THERE!!! EVERYBODY IS JUST GRABBING!!! Especially the secondary.

The completion percentage is currently good for 1st all time for a single season. These stats btw include the injury game where he left early.

Tua stats: source

Tl;dr: We aren’t nearly as bad as the media suggests, but we still aren’t great against teams better than .500.

So I wanted to look into recent reports about Mike McDaniel’s 1-13 record against teams better than .500. These reports are all based on the record of the team at the time we played them. I thought it would be a little more fair to look at the record of the teams at the end of the season. So, after about an hour of digging around here are the numbers:

2022

2023

2024

Note: since this season isn’t over Seattle, Indianapolis, Arizona, and Los Angeles all could still end up either above or below .500. I considered Seattle, Indianapolis, and Arizona better than .500 and Los Angeles worse than .500 based on predicted outcomes for their remaining games.

Combined

Combined (2022 and 2023 only)

Other interesting data

Big takeaway from 2023. 5 of our 6 losses were against a playoff team and 4 of those 5 teams advanced in the playoffs. 1 of those 4 teams won the Super Bowl.

Conclusion: we ARE bad against “good” teams, however not as bad as the media portrays. 2023 is almost an anomaly because not only were our losses against good teams, they tended to be REALLY good teams. That said, good teams beat other good teams sometimes so we should have been able to beat some of them. Also a big takeaway is without Tua we absolutely suck.

I’m also not trying to say we’re good/we’re bad/fire McDaniel/keep McDaniel forever/etc. I just wanted to take a more “honest” look at the numbers.

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