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hmmm, tough call I didn't really get to see much of the game.

Thigpen, I guess for that back-breaking fumble in the second half

The Thigpen fumble was the moment that ended the game, so i guess I'll choose him.

Mine goes to Thigpen as well. 

Thigpen.

Daniel Thomas also looked pathetically ineffective.

Though I've already voted and I don't think he's worthy, I was a little concerned with Tannehill today.  He missed some open receivers, overthrowing guys.

Thigpen made a huge ghastly mistake, but it was not a game ender as there was still lots of football left.  He even had a fine return shortly thereafter.

My SOG goes to Tannehill.  When the game was literally on the line, he was incredibly inaccurate and locked on to receivers.  This is a game that could have been won despite  the myriad of mistakes made by the rest of the team IF the QB could get a ball to open receivers.  Maybe it's not fair to put that amount of pressure on a young QB, but then again, he was drafted #8 overall and is getting paid crazy money.

Can't wait until next year when they (had better) get him some receivers.

Tannehill threw a great TD pass on 4th down when the Dolphins needed it.  If it weren't for Thigpen's blunder, Tannehill wouldn't have been forced to drive down the field in desperation TD mode twice.  You can only go to the well so many times.

Fixed it for you. The Dolphins have had QB's that lost the game for them for so long, now it's the QB's fault when he doesn't win it for them. It's time for Dolphans to wake up and realize that while the QB play has not been Marinoesque, he's not the reason for all the losses. Tannehill did enough to win the game, there's a lot of players that didn't. Go look at the box scores and you'll see that the San Francisco defense was credited with 5 pass defenses and that was probably being generous to Miami. The Dolphins defense was credited with zero. Tannehill was having to fit the ball into extremely small windows to get completions, San Fran receivers were open pretty much the whole game. Thigpen cost the Dolphins 7 points on 1 play. The defense cost the Dolphins a 50 yard TD on a QB keeper. The offensive line cost the Dolphins any real chance at a TD on their first drive with back to back false starts and then late in the game with repeated pressures of Tannehill on top of the great San Francisco coverage down field. Half of Tannehill's incompletions were because no one was open.

If anyone is expecting the next Marino to show up and fix all the problems himself you are kidding yourself. Marino himself wouldn't have been able to overcome all the problems this team had yesterday. They got beat by a better team, not a better QB.

Thigpen. With an HM to Miller, who- aside from one play- should be dubbed Drive Killer Lamar Miller. Bush looked great for most of the game, and needs more touches, not less. -EK

Tannehill's pass was actually over thrown.  Fassano bailed him out on this pass by making a ridiculous circus catch.  I feel like Tannehill was "high and outside" (to steal a baseball term) all afternoon.  49ers came after him all afternoon, I feel like he had nervous feet and a nervous arm (can't say I blame him).  This TD was more a product of a great catch than throw.

Agreed.  Fasano made a ridiculous catch.

Thigpen

You can pick a Shame of the Game for really any reason.  I chose Thigpen because his mistake essentially ended the game.  Sure, it's possible that we rallied back, but this team doesn't do that.  When you need to answer a score in a close game, and instead you make a mistake that puts you down 10 points against a good team on the road, the game is essentially over.

That's one of my biggest gripes with the team this year: they are not competitive.  The score in the SF game might've looked close, but it is deception.  We were never in a position to win after that point.

Mine goes to Thigpen.....I think that killed us at a time when we were in contention. If he doesn't make that mistake we may have been able to put points on the board on that drive.....who knows.

Thigpen.  His mistake basically handed the 49ers a free touchdown and they had only managed two field goals to that point.

In defense of Thigpen, when given the chance to make a play late, the defense gave up a 50 hard run to the QB. Who's to say that SF wouldn't have scored a TD whether they got a 1 yard field or a 90 yard field. -EK

^ Anything could happen at any point.  But I think that when you know what you know about this team, it's reasonable to think that we're not going to come back from down 10 to a team like the 49ers.  You had them on the ropes early.  To win that game, we probably needed a TD on our opening drive (that stalled) and then another break somewhere in the game.  You just can't have a team this devoid of talent trying to rally from behind.

Sorry, when did Miami have them on the ropes?

Edit- I get what you're saying and I gave it to Thigpen as well, because the rule is one single player has to get it, so by default he earned mine. I just didn't feel that Miami was ever really in the game. They played flat, has no deep threat, seemed to pull Bush every time he got some momentum, and Tannehill looked like he does- missing some very easy makes and no deep balls. Wake was a monster to start, but after halftime, even he slowed down. I never saw Miami have them on the ropes, an overall the team seemed more like they were playing not to lose instead of playing to win. That's on more than just Thigpen. -EK

In defense of the defense, any play that went for more than 5 yards at that point was game over.  When your defense has to commit fully to holding the next play under 5 yards or you lose, their strategy is significantly affected.

If the score was tied at that point, they would have been trying to prevent a field goal instead of a first down (and SF would have been doing less clock-burning gut runs and more passes).

^ Early in the game, SF was unable to score.  We were in a position to drive the field, take a lead, and put them in a position where they were susceptible to mistakes.

I blame Tannehill.  I've been a converted supporter but yesterday it was on him.  Game on the line, the guy overthrows 5 straight balls.  And if not for Fasano's amazing catch, he'd have choked that one off too.

The guy can't play with the game on the line.  I'm waiting to see him lead them from behind.  He's had the chance to do it plenty and failed all but once.