Miami Dolphins Fall To 6-8 After Punchless, Sloppy Offensive Performance In Houston

After a disappointing loss to the Houston Texans, the Dolphins’ strategy and player performances are under scrutiny. Host Kyle Crabbs critically examines the team’s offensive struggles, highlighting Tua Tagovailoa’s turnovers and Tyreek Hill’s challenges. The episode explores the need for strategic changes, including potential shifts in coaching and management. With insights into the Dolphins’ remaining games and offseason considerations, this discussion is a must-listen for fans eager to understand the team’s path forward. Tune in for an in-depth analysis of the Miami Dolphins’ current challenges and future prospects.

0:00 Intro

6:11 Team Strategy Critique

12:22 Turnover Analysis

18:09 Team Complexity Issues

24:17 Player Performance Concerns

27:20 Special Teams Accountability

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Miami Dolphins Fall To 6-8 After Punchless, Sloppy Offensive Performance In Houston
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50 comments
  1. If Grier continues as our GM then expect similar results next year, if Ross wants to give some hope he should fire Grier and let the new GM decide who stays

  2. Ahh Jon Gruden HC, Brian Dabol OC, can keep Weaver as DC. GM Kyle ??? I wanted Justin Herbert, screaming for J Jefferson, pounding table for Winfield, begging for Is Jonathan Taylor. Got not one of them, Turn the TV off through the remote control into the wall, We're it stayed for to days. That means said I think Tua would be better without McDaniel's 🤓

  3. This Loss is Absolutely Tua"s Fault He is A Choke artist when against winning teams and cold weather games. Time to get rid of Tua, McDaniels and Grier lets Clean house and start over!!!!!

  4. Fair take on Tua. He was not good. Not all his turnovers were purely on him. I wish it turned out differently. I wonder what the narrative would've been if Tyreek was able to hold onto the ball and the Fins marched down the field to tie up the game in the end like the Jets game? Ah well, no point playing this what-if game.. What I've learned over the last few seasons is just to enjoy watching the Fins but don't let it take over my life too much :')

  5. Tua is turning into a screen passing dink and dunk QB. A majority of his passes are screen passes and throws underneath in the middle of the field. This style of spot throwing is exactly what leads to Tua throwing 3 INT's against a good defense. Good defense's just sit a spy in the middle and pick off his spots. I think teams have figured out that Tua can't read defense's on the fly. If teams can read his spot throwing that's really what puts Tua out of his element because he doesn't have a counter for it other than throwing screens.

  6. Let’s get to the other real issue here, we have zero run game, Achane is more of a WR than a every down back and in cold weather or grind it out games we don’t have than, Jalen wright should of been fed more to make him that in between the tackles guy, and Chris brooks would be really nice right about now!!!

  7. The Tua Excuse Machine Again Smh….. He Played Really Bad, Period ‼️ He's The King Of Bad Teams/Shrinks When The Competition Is Real 💋🏈 It's Weak, Blaming Tyreek, When Your Screen Passing QB, Kept, Giving Away The Ball….. So Dolphins 💋🏈

  8. Offensive Line is the Foundation on which you build your house. Bad Foundation and the house will fall apart. History lesson, Washington Redskins won a few Super Bowls with arguably garbage QBs. Joe Theisman, Mark Rypien and Doug Williams, they had the Hogs and all day long to read the field and throw and ground out yards rushing the ball. I knew the season was over when i saw Tua not getting protection and oh our ground game yards were down. But will Mike and the GM figure this out, probably not. Sorry Phin fans we have to wait again for next season.

  9. Trash analysis. Offensive line play, or QB play? Which was worse? Can you have a strong offensive line when we put so much money elsewhere? And please say Tua is not it, he and McDaniel both. We were still in it until the interceptions started coming.

  10. Dolphins need to FIRE Grier today. Need to fire McDaniel tomorrow. Promote Weaver to interim HC. Trade Hill and Chubb, wish we could trade Tua, don’t think there is much of a market for him though. That probably being the truth, they need to remake the receiver room by drafting big bodied receivers good route running abilities. Speed is no good for Tua as it outruns his arm every freaking time. It’s a shame that they didn’t let him play out his fifth year. That is why we must fire Grier today!

  11. Grier’s rebuild has been an unmitigated disaster. We’re in Cap HELL with aging overpaid veterans on the wrong side of 30. Tua is NOT an elite quarterback in any stretch of the imagination. McDaniel has regressed every year as a Head Coach. His schemes are beyond predictable at this point.

    It’s time to blow it up and start over AGAIN!!!

  12. This iteration of the rebuild peaked last year. Grier tried to extend it and the roster is beyond damaged in talent and cap allocations for 25/26. It’s time for a reset and let someone else take the reins at GM, HC and possibly QB.

  13. Joe Philbin was coach for 3 years and 4 games in his 4th year when he got fired.. In Adam Gase year 3 we were 6-10 then he got fired when the year ended. McDaniel is headed toward a 6-11, 7-10 season. McDaniel has done nothing to prove he's a good head coach. He's a glorified QB coach. He's Adam Gase. Ross is incapable of hiring good football people because he's more concerned about utter loyalty in the organization than performance. That's a Steve Ross personality issue and he can't manage people because he can't handle an employee that has strong opinions and doesn't kiss his ass. The story was that he was upset that Parcells didn't say hello to him in the hallway and was afraid of him. The same stories came out about Flores.
    He can build buildings and buy real estate because it's not a human interaction. And nobody in their right mind thats good with football players wants anything to do with him as their owner and boss. That's why we got Mcdaniel. No other interviews because he wasn't qualified to be. a head coach. Frankly, I don't think there's a damn thing we can do as fans to hope this ever changes. Eventually, Ross might sell his majority to a hedge fund manager who is actually worse. Just think about that…..we are at the point that Ross could hire John gruden because nobody else will take the job.

  14. Chris Grier needs to go now, and Ross just sell asap. You have learned NOTHING in 16 years as majority & controlling officer in the team corporation. If you offer up Mcdaniel & grier again, next year as the dolphins gm & as coach & GM, you will lose my confidence, and tens of thousands of DolFans support. We will stop buying season tickets, gear and stadium tix and concessions product. Guaranteed a deep cut in your profits

  15. I’m at the point where I think even if they managed to create perfect conditions for Tua to play in, top 5 protection, top 5 run game etc. either he or McDaniel would mess it up anyways. McDaniel play calling leaves a lot to be desired and Tua has some pretty concrete limitations.

  16. I will say this about Tua. Tua hasn’t earned the right, THE FKN RIGHT!!!!!! NOT to have a QB whether it be through Draft or Free Agency to challenge him for the starting job next season! Enough of this “it might affect his mental psycheee” bullshit. I want him to feel threatened EVERYDAY next season!

  17. They’re not going anywhere until Ross family is gone. Stephen Ross is the Jerry Jones of AFC East only unlike Jerry he doesn’t care if Fins wins so long as his profit margin is where he wants it.
    Oh yeah I almost forgot. Why in the world would anyone have great expectations for this dumpster fire of an organization. They beat 💩teams as they did last year but get bullied by more talented and physical teams. Ross and Grier DO NOT care about winning and won’t spend money across the board to win. They want just enough talent to make it interesting and exciting particularly against lessor opponents. In other words they want just enough to sell tickets and keep the illusion of great potential alive. Furthermore Grier flat out stinks as evaluator of talent or being able to accurately assess team needs case in point offensive line. It’s been this way since Ross bought team. Wake up. McDonald is the type of coach Ross and Grier love namely one that is easy to control…

  18. They are who we thought they were. Tua is who we thought he is. Mid level 500% team. Not capable of rising to the occasion and beating anyone of consequence. Certainly not capable of making a playoff run

  19. The offense has significantly retrogressed this year. The run game was decent last year but has completely vanished this season. Raheem Moestert had 18 TDs last year and 1000+ yards. This season, 2 TDs and 250 yards. McDaniel trying to use Achane like he's Saquan Barkley. WTF

  20. Send the rookies out and sit the aging vets that’d save money to cut/release or trade, and evaluate the young guys you have in house Chop is one of the few good things to come out of this game he has quietly been improving, Paul has looked pretty decent to good, wright has flashes, Washington has flashes put kamara and mcmorris out there pull Ogbah because he’s playing through an injury and pull poyer (I don’t have to explain why pulling poyer is a good idea) sit Eichenburg or Jones (idc which one) and put wynn in he’s been healthy for 3 weeks now maybe let Goode return to evaluate him he’s a young talent probably one of the only positives of the 2022 draft class (maybe EZE off the practice squad but he’s also injury prone) put tindall out to evaluate him because the 2022 draftees who are still on the roster (tindall & Goode) are up for contracts and you don’t have a 5th year option because you didn’t have a 1st round pick

  21. ​​So much for giving players every other day off in camp to prevent injuries later in the year. Can we start posting 25 all over the locker room as a reminder how many years of failure it's been?

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