Nope. I'd thought that if Rosen, Parker, and The Unicorn get hot and Drake runs wild a bit...Is it bad I'm seriously considering Mia to win this?
I hear Wilson may be back. Four targets on the six snaps he played this season. Much better hands than Parker but who doesn't.Nope. I'd thought that if Rosen, Parker, and The Unicorn get hot and Drake runs wild a bit...
We’re six weeks into the NFL season, and the Miami Dolphins are already experiencing the quirky predicament players and teams near the bottom of the league deal with on a yearly basis.
Win and preserve your pride, or lose and elevate your NFL draft status.
It’s a struggle NFL teams typically deal with and address closer to the end of the season, where the final games on the schedule could have sweeping ramifications on the future.
Unfortunately for the Dolphins, they will face that unique situation on Sunday, hosting a fellow winless team in the Washington Redskins, who could be in position for a franchise overhaul like Miami after firing their coach and getting off to an 0-5 start.
While some Dolphins fans may advocate for a loss, with hopes it could land Miami the top pick in the 2020 NFL draft, the team’s players and coaches are approaching the game with a vastly different mindset.
“We’re going to go out on Sunday and go to win,” Dolphins captain and offensive lineman Daniel Kilgore said. “As much as everybody wants us to lose to secure the No. 1 pick, I don’t give a damn. We’re going out and win.”
Despite the effects a victory could have on Miami’s future, Dolphins players are more concerned with trying to earn their first win of the season.
“It would be big. It would be really big,” receiver Albert Wilson said. “It’s something that we’ve been fighting for, for a long time. For us to come out here and attack the bye week the way we did and get out here and get a [win], I think it’s going to put us in the right direction.”
Dolphins quarterback Josh Rosen said a victory would bring joy and new life to the team after the rough start to their trying season.
“I think it is tough coming in after a Monday and sitting in that team meeting and just — everything is just easier with a win,” Rosen said. “It just brings some of the joy back into the game. It is kind of that extra little juice that keeps you coming back.”
The team has said it is adamantly against the notion of tanking by purposely losing to land the top pick, but they have yet to play a competitive game.
The Dolphins have held a lead over an opponent just once all season. They have scored just two touchdowns. They rank last in several statistical categories that shed light on the glaring needs the team must fill in the future to become competitive again.
Now, they will face a team that could be renewed by a coaching change after Jay Gruden was fired Monday.
Starting safety Bobby McCain, a rookie when former Dolphins coach Joe Philbin was fired in 2015, remembers how the coaching change helped spark a two-game winning streak.
“They’re going to be fired up,” McCain said about the Redskins. “It’s going to be like they hit refresh and they’re going to feel like it’s brand new for them, but we’ve just got to come in, put the fire out and try to get a win.”
The Jets, in fairness, are getting their starting QB and a couple key pieces of their defense back by then.Let's not be so quick to write off the Jets and the Bengals
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Since 2008, ESPN’s Football Power Index has assigned a matchup quality score for every game each week in advance of it on a 0-100 scale.
The Redskins-Dolphins game on Sunday has registered the lowest score ever: 0.0.
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Since 2008, ESPN’s Football Power Index has assigned a matchup quality score for every game each week in advance of it on a 0-100 scale.
The Redskins-Dolphins game on Sunday has registered the lowest score ever: 0.0.
The Jets have been playing their third string QB, and they've had a tough schedule. They're not part of this conversation.Let's not be so quick to write off the Jets and the Bengals
If there was ever a time to Flex it's this week. AP will get the opportunities to be "featured" and run oriented. One more time to shine lolI’m flexing Adrian Peterson
Good post.The thing about tanking teams is that, especially in the NFL where most of the current players are not going to be on the team when it gets good again, the coaches and players are actually trying to win. The tanking is on the part of the front office in terms of trades, contract dumps, etc.
Miami could well win because the players will be trying because they are fighting for future jobs.
If Gruden were still coaching the Skins, I might well have picked Miami. He was phoning it in and the players could sense it. But I think the Skins will benefit from the “new coach bounce” we sometimes see and pull it out.
going with chris thompson as RB2 myself, due to byes for mack and montgomery.I’m flexing Adrian Peterson
I think Allen is more like a politician than a football guy. He's not orchestrating a loss. He fired the head coach a week before Washington plays the perceived worst team in the league because a win against Miami would let him say that the coach was the problem, and not the horrible job he's done as a GM/President since he's been in Washington.kittenmittens said:I can see Allen orchestrating an intentional loss. Doubt Miami would do that.
Lots of tank for Tua parties in Miami tomorrow.NFL's game of the week. Don't miss this one.
Oh, yes, we're at a strip club. And you simply need a loan to pay rent? Sure...when can I expect payment?I think Allen is more like a politician than a football guy. He's not orchestrating a loss. He fired the head coach a week before Washington plays the perceived worst team in the league because a win against Miami would let him say that the coach was the problem, and not the horrible job he's done as a GM/President since he's been in Washington.
I thought both teams were 16 point underdogs.Leroy Hoard said:Pretty bad when an 0-5 team is a 3.5 point road favorite.
If Snyder and Allen don't have some sort of understanding, it's pretty mystifying how Allen has a job at all.I think Allen is more like a politician than a football guy. He's not orchestrating a loss. He fired the head coach a week before Washington plays the perceived worst team in the league because a win against Miami would let him say that the coach was the problem, and not the horrible job he's done as a GM/President since he's been in Washington.
Not a bad week to be desperate lol. Don'tcha gotta keep Mixon in? Then AP or Drake aren't too bad of plays this week. Time for someone in this game to shine?I’m considering AP over Mixon in a standard league. I mean Mixon couldn’t even muster 10 points against Arizona. Arizona! And to complicate matters, friggen Drake is actually on the WW. I could pick him up as well. I can’t believe my season has come to this...this desperate situation
With the Bills on bye, this will probably the main early game that I watch. We play the Dolphins next week and Washington three weeks from now, so there's a "scouting" aspect to it. But mainly, this game has the potential for some off-the-charts entertainment value, like the sports equivalent of Plan 9 From Outer Space.The NFL has gone to great lengths to minimize exposure to this game, but yet on boards like this, everyone is talking about it because of the trainwreck potential.
Would you put AP over Fournette? That's where I'm leaning right now.I’m flexing Adrian Peterson
Probably not for meWould you put AP over Fournette? That's where I'm leaning right now.