Do recall what the Dolphins team looked like down the stretch last season? Three out of five starters on the offensive line out, Waddle and Hill banged up, Mostert out, four DEs out, Holland and Howard out. What would any starting quarterback’s record look like under those circumstances? This season, the Dolphins are 1-3 in games Tua has started and in those games he’s played more than well enough to win all of those games except the first Buffalo game. This team’s problems have nothing to do with Tua. Guys like you deserve to be stuck watching Skylar Thompson play QB for the rest of eternity.
I haven’t read the entire thread.
Are people putting this on Tua? I don’t see how.
Maybe- MAYBE- the lob to Tyreek could have been 6 if thrown well. At least, that was according to the announcers because I could’ve sworn I saw the safety closing in over the top.
Other than that, Tua did his job & did It well.
Look, this team is soft. When push comes to shove they get pushed & shoved.
As well as we played today, we are not good enough to overcome turnovers & Mostert’s fumble was the change in the game. While he could’ve had both hands on the ball in traffic, IT WAS A GREAT PLAY BY THE DEFENDER. Hell, the SAYING is punch the ball out of there but this guy LITERALLY FIST-PUNCHED the ball. Wata yah gonna do?
And tackling… is there a stat somewhere out there that shows yards after first contact in the NFL? I’d wager a testicle that the Miami Dolphins lead the league in yards given up after first contact.
These guys are not winners & it goes far beyond stats.
In the 2 point conversion, you could feel the icy cold chill in the air of the certainty that Buffalo was going to convert.
When Josh Allen escapes on that 13 yard (or w/e it was) scramble on 3rd down to move the sticks, the moment he got by the DLine you just KNEW no one was going to stop him short of the first. You didn’t know, know but you knew (if that makes any sense).
That’s what this team’s character is: we will play you competitively until it’s time to get the first down to keep momentum, make the stop to end the winning drive, not make the mistake to cost you the game.
To relate it to baseball, we will work the pitcher to a full count. We will foul a good share at the full to work that pitcher’s arm more than what he would like. But we ALWAYS, ALWAYS strike out in the end.
We are missing the winner’s chromosome & it’s so evident that when the down/situation is a “must have”, the atmosphere is palpable with impending failure way before the ball is ever snapped.
