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Mmm now I want to see Joe Brady put Jackson Hawes on him at practice to see what Bosa will still think it is an insult to him.

Different philosophy in team building dictated by what you have in QB. Tua is a tier 2 level QB with unique set of passing skills. So you need talent like Hill and Waddle to complement - that's why I appreciate McDaniels recognition of what it needs for the offense to succeed with Tua (remember Tua was on the brink of a bust before McDaniels arrival in Miami), and truthfully, I'd love to hear what his take on what he thinks is the best complement for Josh Allen if we ever have a chace to hire him as any kind of assistant. But the price to pay for that is you sacrifice somewhere else, in this case the O-Line for the Dolphins. They never have the resources to get Tua the protection he really needs. Beane and McDermott decided to put offensive line above everything else for Allen. It helps to protect the franchise as well as paving the way for getting a complement running attack. Honestly we have more than capable running attack in Cook now, manifested by his contract status, which may not be Beane and McDermott's original plan. The downside is we are not going to be able to afford a DK Metcalf kind of contract ($150 million 5 years) for receivers. At the end of the day, when both teams are playing well, better talent overall wins. That was the case against Dolphins in Josh Allen era overall with occasional outliers due to weather, bounce of the ball etc. The talent gap looks to be widened in early 2025 season.

The one part the Dolphins uniquely present is - and has been - the deep passing game that is a challenge to the Bills. The Bills almost never play man coverage against the Dolphins because Hill and Waddle plus Tua who will throw it fast and high when he sees the coverage. Too bad Hairston is not playing or I'd like to see how he challenges the likes of Hill. With that, McDaniels has been trying to build a running attack to balance out teams scheming to take away Waddle and Hill. I expect the Dolphins may have some success Thursday night against the Bills because McDermott is not going to push to stop the run, daring Fields to pass kind of plan. We are going to see if our D line, especially the new guys without Oliver, can handle the run defense in trenches. I'd say this is likely a more true indication of how our run defense is than the extreme cases showed in the Ravens and Jets game to a degree(Miami's O-Line is nothing to write home about). I do have high confidence of the offense against them, assuming we maintain consistency like we have been since last season, not shooting ourselves in the foot with turnovers. If we do not make turnoevers, I think we have 99.99% winning.

Don't we have a PED guy who's playing LB coming back in 6 4 weeks?

Watch them trying to trade Tyreek Hill back if they get to 4/5 losses and the offense continues to sputter. There is mutual desire between Hill and the Chiefs. Whenever the Dolphins inevitably get to a state to decide to rebuild by Nov 4. The Hill contract is not tradeable but it can be worked out for sure.

I thought it was a sign of Josh's growth as a QB. Believe me it is not all rosy because the Jets Defense, particularly D line and some LBs did give us more trouble than the Ravens did, to the point I think Josh was not comfortable passing the ball for a long stretch of time. But Josh saw what every one of us saw, Fields is not a NFL caliber QB reading defense and passing the ball, and McDermott's wheel house is magnifying those QBs weakness to 500%; result, the Jets offense could do nothing. So Josh played smart, not pushing for anything that could give Jets offense a break or hope. Every time we put a 3 on the board, we squeezed the vise grip a bit more and they could not get out of it. A Josh Allen of the past might risk some throws trying to kill them early. The MVP Josh Allen is much smarter now.

I don't know about that. I appreciate that Daboll was instrumental on Allen's development to where he is today. But looking at Daboll's whole body of work as offensive mind, and look at where Allen is now, I feel Allen has outgrown the boundaries of the offense Daboll had with the Bills. We need someone who can maximizes talent on hand and create new things, not a revolution (on NFL offense) but some new subtle wrinkles as well as understanding and adapting to the flows of the game in play calling. Josh CAN do virtually everything, anything you can think of. The problem is coming up with the "everything, anything".

Not sure he will be fired where he signed an extension last year. I'd take him in as OC though if he is indeed fired and Brady leaves. An Ideal OC under McDermott is someone like him - does not have a HC makeup but has a good mind for offense and can control one side of the ball on his own. Kind of like Spagnuolo for Andy Reid on defense.

I'm passed the stage of excitement to beat up the down trodden teams - yes the Dolphins are one of them whereas the Jets was not as of a day ago. Just do enough to beat them, minimize injuries and get out. No need to put extra effort to beat them into pulp. Let them have enough hope to fight the Jets, the Ravens, the Bengals to help us out.

Who is David Chao? Not sure they checked Allen concussion.

One more score and Bosa, Allen should take a seat

A liitle too safe. But let's see what the D is doing. If they still hold down Fields, then just broing it out. No injuries

That's what is different and Bills are considered superbowl candidates. Passing game can be down but we have Cook now.

QB controversy. Tribusky outplayed Allen on that drive.

Another nail-biting game this weekend! Man I was looking for some relaxing time Sunday afternoon...