As a fan, when your favorite team takes a quarterback in the first round you instantly start to wonder about the their future. One of the things you wonder about is whether they will start right away. None of us will know what the future holds for the five first round quarterbacks selected last month…
As the calendar turns to the month of April, the rumors and smokescreens about the upcoming NFL Draft intensify. Is Sam Darnold still a lock to go #1? Will Minkah Fitzpatrick actually fall out of the top 10? What will the New York Giants do at #2? The answer to the 3rd question may be…
Quarterback dominos began to fall this week, as the Cleveland Browns became active participants in the trade market. John Dorsey made a flurry of moves late last week, including trading for wide receiver Jarvis Landry as well as quarterback Tyrod Taylor. In this installment of Check With Me I’ll dive into that trade, look at…
As the Miami Dolphins look to life after Jay Cutler, it cannot be undersold how different the Dolphins’ offense looked as soon as Matt Moore took the field. The difference between the Cutler-led Dolphins and the offense under Moore was night-and-day. Miami ran a more aggressive, downfield offense under their backup, as evidenced by his…
The Miami Dolphins followed a disastrous trip to London with an uninspiring 16-10 victory over the Matt Cassel-led Tennessee Titans in Week 5. Over those two weeks quarterback Jay Cutler struggled at the quarterback position. He completed 20 of 28 passes for 164 yards and an interception against the Saints at Wembley Stadium, then followed…
Before the Buffalo Bills were outgained by Le’Veon Bell and the Pittsburgh Steelers, they lost to the Oakland Raiders. Badly. The loss raised questions about where this team goes in the future, who was to blame for the loss, and what the biggest needs on this team are. One thing I noticed watching the game live and have…
It’s American football in all its glory and weirdness, and it was in Sydney, Australia. So too was Justin Twell, our foreign football fan, (well, one of them), and he writes about his experience taking in American football in Australia. The 2016 college football season is finally underway, and there was no better place for it to…
The 2016 NFL season begins now, with 32 teams scheming to knock off the reigning champion Denver Broncos. The NFL Draft is just around the corner, but the first step in any offseason plan is to assess a team’s needs. Here we look at what the Miami Dolphins team needs are. These reports were compiled with…
Defenses rely on eleven players doing their jobs. Brian Filipiak breaks down how the New England Patriots team sack of Miami Dolphins QB Ryan Tannehill shows it takes a village. The Dolphins offense uses a heavy dose of misdirection in an attempt to deceive opposing defenses, both in the running and passing game. But the Patriots defense rarely fell victim…
When a head coach is fired mid-season, teams often go back to basics and try to establish the ground game. Brian Filipiak looks at how the Miami Dolphins misdirection running game has gotten them back on track. The Dolphins started the 2015 season with a 1-3 record, which led to the firing of head coach Joe…
The Miami Dolphins spent their offseason loading up on talent and overhauling their receiving corps, hopefully providing new weapons for the newly-extended quarterback Ryan Tannehill. Joshua Soden, our resident Fins fan, looks at the revamped depth chart and gives us an idea of what to expect. In 2014, the Miami Dolphins fell short of making the…
With four weeks left in the NFL regular season, every battle counts. Baltimore and Miami square off Sunday in South Florida for the second straight year with the playoffs in their sights. Last season saw a classic with John Harbaugh’s squad pulling out a 26-23 road win. Joshua Soden, our resident Fins expert, breaks down…