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I wasn't disputing any of that. I just thought that if he was clearly offside and definitely interfering (your words) then there would be no need for the ref to go to the monitor. There was no argument in my statement. Just asking for clarification (I even said I was happy to be corrected if I was wrong). Not sure why the condescending response was required,. But hey-ho you can chalk this up as another internet win if you want

I thought with offsides, VAR made the decision, but with this one VAR sent the ref to the monitor. That's what confused me. Happy to be corrected if it's happened before.

Far be it for me to defend @Boo Khaki, as a fins fan, but last year when we played the Chargers they absolutely negated Tua's positives. They jammed WR's at the line and congested the middle of the field. They basically dared Tua to throw outside the numbers consistently (not his strength) and dominated. Going into this year I was curious to see how McDaniel would combat this, but it just never happened. It was like the Chargers had no game plan on D. Watch JT's breakdown of Tua on the QB School and count how many times he says "that's too easy" or "the safety is so deep". I wonder whether last year's plan was on Staley or Renaldo Hill who is now with the Dolphins Don't think I'm taking anything away from Tua or Hill, because I'm not. They still need to execute, and they did expertly. But it wasn't against an expertly game planned defence. On the downside as a Dolphins fan our run D was awful. I've always admired Eckler as a pass catching RB, but we just couldn't stop him. We won the game by 2, and we got 3 pts courtesy of a boneheaded PI by JC Jackson with zero seconds on the clock at halftime. That was probably the difference. Maybe it's just Dolphins Twitter but this Herbert sucks/ Tua great, and vice versa needs to stop. I'm of the option that that draft year had 4 great QB"s that could easily be No.1 picks in other poor QB draft years. Admiring Herbert flicking the ball 30 yards downfield with zero effort, whilst acknowledging Tua can't do that as he's a different type of QB doesn't make me a Tua hater. It just means I can understand Herbert's strengths and also Tua's. *edited to change spelling JC to JT. How many years have I been calling him JC O'Sullivan I have no idea

Rumour I'm hearing online is that the Dolphins also interested in Bobby Wagner and/or Jordan Poyer in free agency. I'd be delighted if it was true and they got Poyer.

Here's a question for any Cowboys fans? With Dak being out, would you consider trading say a 3rd to the Dolphins for Teddy Bridgewater? Not suggesting he's the longterm answer, but he might just get enough wins to keep you in touch until Dak comes back. Dolphins lost a 3rd in the tampering punishment, so it also works for us. Just looking for opinions as I've seen it suggested a lot on Dolphins Twitter/YouTube.

I watched the Hurricanes tonight and Mario Cristobal seems to have added some structure this year. You can see they have a game plan, run the ball then open up the play action based on the success of the run. Still don't think they're great, but might start watching them semi-regularly again.

If any team needs a former 1st round (30 overall) CB, please contact the Dolphins front office asap I'm sure we.will be very accommodating.

I get that people think he should resign. I'm not one of them, but everyone is entitled to their own opinion. What I don't get is calling for him to resign in the week we have two Nations League games. How would it have benefited the team if he had gone the day after the Ukraine game as suggested in this thread? I just don't understand that thinking one bit.

It's rare that I'll post in this section of the forum. But I'll lay my personal opinion out to give maybe a different perspective, I'm sure I'm not the only one with this or a similar point of view. I'm generally in favour of independence. I normally vote for independence supporting parties. But if independence was dependent on me voting Alba whilst they are standing people with views I find abhorrent (like Alex Arthur for an example), then f**k independence. I get that for people like you it's that important, but to me it's not important enough to sell out my morals and give people like him even 5 minutes of political support. So whilst your blaming others for being devisive and ruining the chance of independence, then also be aware that the people you are supporting are also devisive and possibly turning others away from supporting independence. Before you reply, please consider that I don't want you to try and convince me that Alba are misrepresented. I don't care if you think I'm not seeing the bigger picture, or even care if you think I'm an idiot or some kind of quisling. Just giving you a personal point of view.

Someone should gift him £2.10 and challenge him to make a nutritious meal every day for a week. Let's see how good his cooking skills are. After all we're all in this together, right?

@Snobot If you haven't already seen this, then it may be of interest.

Deebo will most likely play out his rookie contract. I believe he'll be a UFA next year,.(happy to be corrected if that's wrong). Even if he gets tagged in 2023 with a view to being traded, they won't get any value for him. The same goes for Kyler Murray. I'm all for players (even rookies) getting contracts their play deserves. If teams don't want to deal, then fair enough, that's their perogative. But they risk being in the same situation Miami got into with Jarvis Landry. He wanted a contract Dolphins delayed for a year and when they were ready to talk he didn't want to know. Dolphins ended up with a 4th and a 7th for arguably their best offensive player at the time. I can only speak about the Dolphins (because that's all I really look into in any depth), but I'm sure other franchises are equally keen to shakedown players when it suits them. Dolphins re-negotiated Jakeem Grant's contract down, then traded him. They also re-negotiated McKinney's contract then cut him. That's two examples just from 2021. There are plenty more. Football is a business and both sides are just looking out for themselves and trying to get the best value.

That's fair, but he's also on record recently saying he would be prepared to sign initially as a back up, just to get a chance to get back in. There are worse back ups than him in the NFL.

I honestly don't believe he would sit out though. Maybe he would skip some mandatory training days and get fined, but he would turn up for the season and get his bonuses. Then next year the decision is harder. According to spotrac this is his current contract.

Rather than being a result of what Murray has achieved, Isn't it just a case of Murray's agent seeing a chance to try and take advantage of the current QB situation. There's no-one the Cardinals could draft that you would say would probably surpass Murray. So what else, trade for someone else and pay them instead? I might be missing something, but I think Murray is an above average QB with plenty of potential and he is seeing an opportunity to get paid early. I think it will probably happen. Yes the Cardinals could say "No, your playing out your contract", but that's not likely to happen.

Trent Williams is some guy. Not only is his story amazing, but he comes across as a really great guy. If you haven't watched this interview then I recommend it

Patriots acquire DVP. https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/04/02/dolphins-trading-devante-parker-to-patriots/

Not just funny, but insanely accurate.

This is a question that has divided the Dolphin fan base. Some think he's a bust and some think he does no wrong (they're referred to as Tu-anon). I would say I'm hopeful and not ready to give up on him, but it's up to him to prove he has what it takes. For many reasons which I won't bore you with I am confident that he is going into this season with a stronger arm, better core and overall better body conditioning. I don't expect him to throw 70 yard bombs as he's never been that sort of player. I need him to get the ball where it needs to be accurately and with enough zip to get it there on time Here's a video Tua's trainer released of Lyn Bowden jr standing 66yards away from Tua. Its obviously different in game situations, but we didn't get shown anything like this last year. I am conscious about overloading this thread with Dolphins talk, so will shut up now.

I'm with you on that especially when you remember the first round pick is actually the 49ers pick that we traded for the 3rd overall Texans pick we got from the Laremy Tunsil trade. We've been stockpiling picks for years and shopping for bargain players in FA. At some point we need to give Tua an offense and see if he's any good. I think he's going to come good, but we need to know. Remember the last time we had a late 1st rounder we picked Noah Igbonoginie. The speed on this team now with Waddle, Hill, Bowden jr and Mostert is night and day from last year.

Yep, no excuses for Tua now. I hope takes a leap this year.. But if he doesn't impress then at least the offence is better for a new QB coming in Still think they may trade Howard to re-coup some draft picks.

All the signals the Dolphins have been posting are that they see potential in Tua and they are going to give him the tools to succeed. They have brought in the players to do that, the OL is already massively upgraded. They're obviously moving towards an outside zone running scheme and all the signings fit that scheme perfectly (with the exception of Gesicki, tagging him baffles me). So now it's on Tua. If the team give him time, a run game and receivers who can separate, then he has no excuses. He has to deliver. When Bridgewater signed it was expected he was signing as a backup to Tua. At his press conference he was asked about that and he refused to confirm what he had discussed regarding his role. Many people are now speculating that he thinks he can win the starting role over Tua or he thinks that if Tua gets injured he will take over and keep the job permanently In typical Dolphins fashion nothing is entirely clear.

The salary cap doesn't really work as you would think. Teams can just agree to restructure players contracts and shift salary to bonuses etc to free up space. If a team is desperate to sign a player, then the cap is never going to stop them. Also the cap goes up every year, so will players contracts. Don't get me wrong, it influences their signing strategy, but teams will always find a way if required.

I quite liked Breida when he was a Dolphin. It's hard to show your worth as a RB when the team is schemed with running the ball as an afterthought. He's not likely to set franchise records, but he's not the worst.