Live Blog - Ravens

[Dolphster]

Are you guys going to join me in picketing the NFL?

Why don't you start smaller and boycott The Dolphins Make Me Cry for 10 or 20 years. 

[stinkfish]

Good to see them having fun and playing like they actually give a damn.

[Dolphster]

He will of course come up with some bullshit excuse, but Flores has a lot of explaining to do as to why he didn't start Tua in this game.  He has made throws of every distance and the finger has CLEARLY not inhibited him in this game.  

[DenverFinFan]

He will of course come up with some bullshit excuse, but Flores has a lot of explaining to do as to why he didn't start Tua in this game.  He has made throws of every distance and the finger has CLEARLY not inhibited him in this game.  

Because He never wanted him and is sabotaging him.

[DenverFinFan]

Finally beat the Ravens

[Dolphster]

I'm pretty happy to admit how wrong I was about how I thought this game would go.  I never imagined for even a moment that the Dolphins would not only win, but they would put up an absolutely dominating defense against a truly explosive Raven offense. 

[pondwater]

God damn Dolphins make you sweat until 0:00 on the clock. At least we finally beat a good team. Now we must move onward to lose to the Jets 🤣🤣🤣

[Dolphster]

Because He never wanted him and is sabotaging him.

It would be self defeating for Flores to do that, but god damn it sure does seem like you are right about that sometimes. 

[stinkfish]

I can see a tackle eligible play in Hunt's future. He's a gazelle.

[EDGECRUSHER]

I know a lot of you were down on the Dolphins drafting Jaelan Phillips, but other than a couple of hiccup games, he is getting better pretty much every game.  Not saying he is going to be great, but I think he can be a very disruptive rusher and he does a solid job of setting the corner on running plays.  

I was only down on him due to injury history and questions about motivation. Talent wise, he can be amazing and I thought he has done very well this season so far for a rookie. That's what everyone overlooks, rookies aren't supposed to play like 9 time Pro Bowlers from Day 1.

[EDGECRUSHER]

It would be self defeating for Flores to do that, but god damn it sure does seem like you are right about that sometimes. 

It's very obvious at this point he doesn't want him but by sabotaging him, he gets to say "I need to stay on for another year because our QB sucks. Get me Watson and I can win for you". Grier gets to say the same thing and our idiot owner seems like he believes it.

From this game forward, if Tua ended the season Top 10 in QB Rating for the final 8 games, I still think they try to dump him.

[Dolphster]

It's very obvious at this point he doesn't want him but by sabotaging him, he gets to say "I need to stay on for another year because our QB sucks. Get me Watson and I can win for you". Grier gets to say the same thing and our idiot owner seems like he believes it.

From this game forward, if Tua ended the season Top 10 in QB Rating for the final 8 games, I still think they try to dump him.

Nothing would surprise me from the Dolphins but I sure hope you are wrong. 

[ArtieChokePhin]

This season is mirroring 2011.   Put themselves in a deep hole, then decide to start winning by taking desperate measures.   I can only hope it ends the same way... with Flores and Greer out on their asses.

[Dolfanalyst]

It's very obvious at this point he doesn't want him but by sabotaging him, he gets to say "I need to stay on for another year because our QB sucks. Get me Watson and I can win for you". Grier gets to say the same thing and our idiot owner seems like he believes it.

From this game forward, if Tua ended the season Top 10 in QB Rating for the final 8 games, I still think they try to dump him.

If Flores was sabotaging Tua he would've left Austin Jackson at left tackle.  That move alone should dispel any idea of a sabotaging conspiracy.

[Dolfanalyst]

That was an emotional win, but it's difficult to get excited about what this team does when it does good things in ways that are unlikely to be replicated consistently, and that reflect a balance between luck and skill that leans toward the "luck" side.

Last night two of the three most impactful plays in the game were a fumble returned nearly 50 yards for a touchdown and an interception on a 10-yard pass into the end zone.  Those two plays accounted for 12 expected points by themselves, which were entirely the difference in a 22-10 game.  Obviously that game could've gone much differently if those two plays had gone differently.  You don't want your ability to beat teams to hinge on things that are unusual and unlikely.  You want it to hinge on things you can do reliably week in, week out.

How were those plays accomplished?  By blitzing the safeties a larger number of times than for any DB in any game since the Next Gen era began in 2018 and those things started being measured.

For every game like that one there will be a vastly higher number that don't involve such plays and are therefore much more likely to be losses.