A (perhaps unjustified) Post of Optimism

[Jimi]

There have been enough posts at this point outlining all the exceedingly reasonable criticisms for yesterday’s performance, and the direction of the team as a whole.

But let’s not lose sight of the fact that we are 1-1, tied for first in the division. Of course it’s easy to write that off given what happened yesterday, but the fact still remains.

At the end of the day, last year we got our doors blown off by Buffalo just like yesterday, but aside from that the team looked very competitive against literally everyone else.

Obviously it’s problematic that we apparently haven’t improved at playing Buffalo, but there’s no reason to believe this team won’t bounce back and look like a playoff team against the rest of the league.

I don’t have the answer for why exactly, but Buffalo just flat out has our number. I have no confidence we can beat them, but they are one of the only teams in the league that appears to be the case with. Could be worse, just gotta pray we don’t see them in the playoffs until we figure it out.

Bottom line is the season is far from over. There are some glaring issues that don’t appear to have a quick fix, o line being the most obvious. But we were still good with those same problems last year too. Let’s hope Flores knows what to do from here, all we can do.

 

[E30M3]

I don’t have the answer for why exactly, but Buffalo just flat out has our number. I have no confidence we can beat them, but they are one of the only teams in the league that appears to be the case with.

Steve Bisciotti is on line 2.

 

[Jimi]

Steve Bisciotti is on line 2.

That’s why I said one of the only. Ravens are also on that short list, have been for over a decade.

 

[LibertineOneThree]

I'm hoping the same thing. A reaction next week will be made all the more sweet for how sour the feeling is right now.

We're really going to have to see a complete 180 degree turn on the offensive line to re-inspire faith though. They were bad a lot last year in a generally perceived good team... but the regression they showed yesterday was unlike anything I've seen for a long time.

 

[NY8123]

I will say this, outside of the obvious Miami problems, I had several Bills fans express concern in the way the Bills played and even went so far as suggesting that if Miami had made a few plays on offense the game would have been much different.

3rd down - killed Miami
4th down - killed Miami
Line play - killed Miami
Turnovers - killed Miami

I know the score was 35 - 0, Rushing D needs to be better but Miami didn't allow Josh Allen much of anything and his play wasn't all the great considering he usually shreds Miami. The D wasn't the problem in this game, the offense was horrid.

 

[Sirspud]

I will say this, outside of the obvious Miami problems, I had several Bills fans express concern in the way the Bills played and even went so far as suggesting that if Miami had made a few plays on offense the game would have been much different.

3rd down - killed Miami
4th down - killed Miami
Line play - killed Miami
Turnovers - killed Miami

I know the score was 35 - 0, Rushing D needs to be better but Miami didn't allow Josh Allen much of anything and his play wasn't all the great considering he usually shreds Miami. The D wasn't the problem in this game, the offense was horrid.

Turnovers were somewhat of an abberation, but 3rd down and 4th down aren't just random occurrences, they are directly tied to the poor line play plus the coaching ineptitude at the hands of guys I wouldn't trust to call my NCAA franchise.

 

[SF Dolphin Fan]

Thank you. So well put.

I really thought Miami had significantly closed the gap on Buffalo, but that was not the case yesterday. Definitely not the type of game I was envisioning.

Still, the Dolphins are 1-1. Clearly, the team needs to find an offensive identity, the offensive line needs to play better etc.

The good news is apparently Tua's injury isn't as bad as originally thought.

 

[fansinceGWilson]

There have been enough posts at this point outlining all the exceedingly reasonable criticisms for yesterday’s performance, and the direction of the team as a whole.

But let’s not lose sight of the fact that we are 1-1, tied for first in the division. Of course it’s easy to write that off given what happened yesterday, but the fact still remains.

At the end of the day, last year we got our doors blown off by Buffalo just like yesterday, but aside from that the team looked very competitive against literally everyone else.

Obviously it’s problematic that we apparently haven’t improved at playing Buffalo, but there’s no reason to believe this team won’t bounce back and look like a playoff team against the rest of the league.

I don’t have the answer for why exactly, but Buffalo just flat out has our number. I have no confidence we can beat them, but they are one of the only teams in the league that appears to be the case with. Could be worse, just gotta pray we don’t see them in the playoffs until we figure it out.

Bottom line is the season is far from over. There are some glaring issues that don’t appear to have a quick fix, o line being the most obvious. But we were still good with those same problems last year too. Let’s hope Flores knows what to do from here, all we can do.

Many here have played organized ball. Those who have have been in games where everything seemed to go right - sometimes everything goes wrong. Yesterday seemed to be a 'go wrong' day.
Not excusing the abysmal OL play or the play of individual players. Not dissing BUF. Quality team. But fumbles, INTs, dropped passes, penalties - all at the perfectly wrong time. Still say they looked flat/unprepared

 

[dadecounty]

The only reason why we can’t beat Buffalo is because we can’t score more points than them.

 

[1972forever]

While I love the optimism. I’ll wait until after the Raiders game and see how that turns out. A win would certainly help in getting the visions of yesterday’s game out of my head. Right now though it is too soon to be that optimistic for me when I see how bad the Dolphins OL is.