LETS GO DOLPHINS LETS GET WIN #5 BABY!
PUT THE CLAMPS ON THESE WASHED UP WAIDAZ!
Now I have a soft spot for the Bills, but brother, that's one funny avatar you have there!
Before this season I was hoping to care more about this game. After all, the Dolphins are my team, but the Raiders are my 2nd favorite team, and both looked poised to be good. Today, minus Ryan Tannehill, after our OL coach went retro-dysfunction and our OL is
again the laughing stock of the league both on and off the field, and our coach goes ballistic and jettisons our best running back since the Ricky/Ronnie days ... and I'm far less enthusiastic. And even the Raiders have shown they're a one-man team. Without Derek Carr, and I was a HUGE fan of his even before he was drafted, the Raiders have shown to be just another bunch of players. Not bad per se, but nothing impressive. Kinda like the Dolphins. But with Derek Carr at the helm, they're a different team. Granted, they've been set back because he's missed so much of the season, and isn't fully in sync with everyone yet. But just having him on the field is a huge advantage. And Beastmode is acting out. But really, this game is about what it isn't.
It isn't a showdown between Beastmode 1.0 (Marshawn Lynch) and Beastmode 2.0 (Jay Ajayi). It isn't a showdown of two of the best young AFC QB's in Carr and Tannehill. It may be a showdown between Cam Wake and Kahlil Mack, but given that the Raiders have a good OL and we ... well we do not, I'm not sure that's much of a showdown. This isn't a watershed game where one team announces to the world that it is a real contender while the other fights for a wildcard spot. This feels more like two clubs on life support with the loser getting the plug pulled.
But for the winner, this could serve as a chance to flip the script. If we win, this could begin a very real comeback segment for the Dolphins. If we're going to make the playoffs ... this is a must win game. Time to see if Gase's attempted wake up call works. Because we can't get Ajayi back if it didn't. That J-Train has left the station. Now it's on the guys left to pick up the slack, because Ajayi will definitely be missed.