in the NFL between
Cincinnati quarterback. Joe burrow and Miami quarterback to
otago by law. He's officially listed as questionable with
back and Ankle injuries. He is reportedly expected to play.
I know this if I was supposed to play the night, I wouldn't be
with my back injury.
I'd still be in Miami. I would not even have gotten
on the plane, but
two is going to fight through it.
They were both picked the same year in the top five member.
That was a year that 20 was expected to be the number one
pick tank for R2 and all that. He suffered the
broken hip in November
and only fell 25, which is amazing. When you think about it.
Dolphins fans before this year would have said, I wish he'd
Fallen 26 and we'd taken Justin Herbert but for now,
the Dolphins fans are all in with two
but they look Bros had more success.
But right now to is the flavor of the month
to is the guy who's getting it done to is the guy whose team
is 3 and 0. And he's finally starting to live up to
the potential.
That was seen in him entering the NFL Chris. Yeah he is
I mean he's got a going certainly you know, it has he answered
all questions. No he hasn't not for me but still
it's a positive and I think again it shows you what how
important it is to have talent and a system that fits you as
a player around you. So then you could start to show, you know,
what you can actually deliver for the football team at
the quarterback position. So that's what's happened to Tua
and he's done a great job, he really has,
I mean he he's had limited mistake. Aches that he's made
for the most part
you know, he's made some big plays in some big moments
and you know, manage the game when he's had 22. So it's
it's definitely been a positive for to it.
We'll see where it goes. This is going to be another
challenge tonight. You know I'm still a little bit like I feel
like as the weeks gone on, it's almost gotten a little worse
here
and it wasn't it wasn't questionable on Tuesday, was
it? Or it was just, I guess there was just talk. We didn't
really know he didn't practice on Monday, right? They didn't
have a practice. Have those weird Monday?
Right ports where
we didn't practice. But if we would have practiced, he
wouldn't have practice. Yeah, and Tuesday. He was limited.
Wednesday is the day that the label gets applied. Yeah. When
it's a Thursday game, right? So questionable was the label
but he traveled and he's reportedly going to play
mean questionable. It's
don't get me started on the whole labeling thing because
doubtful rarely gets used.
And and a lot of times guys who were questionable, don't play
well. If they were questionable, they didn't play,
maybe they should have been
Absolutely agreed. We agreed. Yeah. It's just,
I think the team's just treated as questionable
or out and they use that questionable
label as a strategic thing
for a team that goes on the road. For example,
when there are there group of questionable guys, and
sometimes there's none, sometimes there's six or seven,
like half of them won't travel and they knew they weren't
going to travel, right? But they just strung it along as as
deep into the week as they could
and then they just say, Well they're not travel and so now
they're downgraded out and the world. With a doubtful. But
Dede yeah, the injury report. The NFL injury report is
almost worthless.
It really is almost worthless
and there are teams out there that use it for a strategic
Advantage. Bottom line is they expect to it to play back when
they were in college, they played one time
LSU beat Alabama in 2019. That was the year that LSU won
the National Championship. In Jonesboro came out of nowhere
and became one of the great players we've ever seen in
college football, bro. Had 393 passing yards that game.
To ahead for 18 and 4 touchdowns with a pick. But
again, LSU won the game 46:41. What a barn burner that out.
Yeah, it was like a few more NFL games like that. And we've
got some low-ass scoring games. Yeah, for this year, I live
like
a 46:41 tonight, huh? Yeah, it, I mean, with this group here,
I mean, who knows it? Could I don't expect that, but I mean,
we're still going to. We're the thing. That's awesome tonight
is
yeah, you got a hot quarterback
and Tula. We got a Bangles team. That's still still
sitting here at 1 and 2. So
They're they're, you know, still hungry angry backed into
a corner, the Dolphins, got the chest chest, puffed out like,
hey, wait, we're real deal. We could be the Bangles of this
year, that, you know,
jumps into the playoffs and go to the Super Bowl.
And then I think when you just talked about the fire powers in
the matchup, how can you not be excited about that, you know,
Firepower,
and, you know, to defensive coaches that are pretty
creative and take some chances of times to
to where you know I could see this game going. Few different
ways. I could see it being 2217 and the demons coordinators.
Have a good plan to stop things. I could see, I
could see it just the other way to. And maybe you get your LSU
Alabama where the defensive coordinators are a little too
aggressive or try to aggressively. Take something
away and all sudden. Boom there's Jalen W or boom there's
Jamar Chase.
First of all out, Blitz against the Miami Dolphin. So that's
what I'm excited for tonight. I mean, this is a good one. It's
really is and I hope to a does play. I want to See him out
there, I want to see the dolphins at
their best. And
you know, I think the Bangles are still a good football team.
There, you know, still got to figure out pass protection.
There's no question about that. That's an issue here. But at
the same time
other than that, I still am a believer in the Bangles and
everything else they do.
I know that nothing changes. The fact that this is
a Thursday night short week game and we have to accept it, we
have to live with it. And on one hand, hey, we get a great
matchup. In prime time, we can watch, however, it's hard. Not
to kind of wish
that this was a Sunday night or Monday night game.
So the teams had more time to get ready. Yeah, it's one of
those it is and especially from the injury standpoint, right?
And this gets back to a point. You've made a couple of times.
Recently,
injury rates during the game are one thing.
Players having enough time to get ready to play after only
three days, off Monday, Tuesday. Wednesday is another
thing. They exactly. Yeah. You may have a guy that if he had
that few extra days he'd be able to go
on Sunday or Monday. But
I don't know II assume that
having less time to get ready.
Probably will keep the scoring down,
but who knows, who knows. We've seen some
high scoring games on Thursday night. You just never know
what's going to happen. I'm hoping that we have
a high-scoring exciting game tonight. I just it flashed
through my
Rain does this short week affect that. Do you think
the short week keeps the scoring down? Or it may not matter. At
the end of the day, I think that
it's really, I'm living. I'm very conflicted with, with that
all together
because you're right. I mean, it's something we talked about
quite often. Where would I think the biggest problem for
me is
defense is who are creative lose that extra day or two to go.
Oh, you know, when,
when I was watching film on,
you know, Wednesday
I write because you're not going to make changes to your
game plan now and do stuff. You might like add one little thing
here there, but I watching film Wednesday, night or Thursday
night. Have it be? You know?
Oh, I you know I noticed this and we put a little package
together when they get in this formation and do this, and
we'll do that. So,
that's where that's where you lose a little bit of the, you
know, tricks that the coaches can bring to the table as
the week kind of flushes out that way, that's where it stinks.
But
I don't know how I feel about the lack
Lack of
time here to prepare. I really feel like it could go either
way. I think ultimately it's going to end up in low-scoring
though. If you made me like bet and you put a gun to my
head, all right, I would probably go,
it won't be 4237, it'll be somewhere in that you know, low
20s range. Because I think what happens to is the defensive
coordinator
who might have took a chance as the week went on and oh wait,
I think I got something here and I can take a chance here,
they're not going to get the chance to implement that and
they're just gonna, you know, we'll play it safe. Well, we'll
get them. They might get the 6 yard completion. Okay. But I'm
not going to go, you know, for the for the throat stomp right
here in this moment to make that play and I think that
could lead to maybe conservative defense and
a little
lower scoring 47 and a half is the over-under is one thing
that will contribute to high scoring from the Dolphins. Is
you get to a point where you throw the game plan out
the window and you use the as Mike McDaniel explained it to Peter
King
after they came back and beat the Ravens down 21 points in
the fourth quarter. Quarter the effort plays, just go let your
Playmakers make plays, forget about all that stuff. You
obsess over. Kind of like what Jameis Winston told me after
they came
back to beat the Falcons week. One forget about what we expect
them to do to stop us. What we've been planning to do.
Yeah. To exploit their weaknesses and just
go play. And when you look at it that way, the Dolphins got
some guys that can make plays now jail and waddle star
receiver. Also questionable for tonight with a groin injury.
I haven't seen report one way or the other as to whether or
not he'll play.
Asuma do everything in his power to get on the field. And
play Tyree kill
has been very good waddle, actually has more receiving
yards by 25. He's got 342 through three games hill has
317.
And and and yeah, it could, you know, if you
if you don't have a plan
for neutralizing, those guys
and they just decide we're getting the ball in their
hands, no matter what
and to it can move around. Like we've seen him do
it. Could, it could end up with a lot of points. Dolphins wear
the Bangles would have to start matching them drive for Dr.
Chris what it could and then there's that, you know, when
you when you
break down the, the Dolphins offense. All right,
week one was pretty good, right solid. All right, They
too had pretty good numbers. I think he threw for like, 270
somewhere in that range but the offense only scored 13 points
week 2. We know, we have the late third quarter, fourth
quarter explosion, right?
That was awesome.
Last week was somewhere in between a little
A bit. I mean, it really, they only drove the ball. They only
had two drives, the whole game, the other the rest of the game
was
three and out, can't even get out of our own, you know,
side of the field as far as getting on the other side of
the 50 yard line, you know, it was ugly. So
that's where, you know, I'm interested as we go on. What is
Mike McDaniel, continue to bring to the table that
stresses defense has out. The one thing that hurts them right
now is they can't run the football,
you know, their offensive line, just not dominant enough
to move people out of the
Way and, you know, dominate in the Run game. I think, like
Mike McDaniel would want and the, The Bangles have a very
good defense in general. That's one thing that's been lost in
the shuffle here with them being 12,
they're kicking butt and their creative on that side of
the ball to now they don't have DJ reader, that's tincture them
but I still can't imagine
my, you know, Cincinnati
being run on a whole lot tonight.
I do think this is be a game where
two uh, the passing game they might have to carry the, you
know.
The load here for the football team and we'll see where that
goes because that's going to be dangerous to The Bangles are
loaded on defense. They got good pass rushers, you know
they're good in the secondary
and Luana romelu on a room. Oh there defensive coordinator.
He's creative. So that's where it's hard to get a feel for how
this game can go.
But ultimately, yeah, I think that this is gonna be
I think it's going to be in those mid-20s. I think when
I went it all said and done, I do. I'm excited just to see
the dolphins. Like,
I know the Dolphins are dangerous and explosive.
I'm just, I'm, I know I'm probably in the minority in
this coming. I'm just not sold that there. This is just
unbelievable Unstoppable offense, yet. I'm not
one thing we know, all right? Right now,
with the dolphins of what they done, hey there, they can make
some plays and there's no doubt their explosive that way or
they consistently explosive. Can they just put together
drive after drive after drive
and the one game they did? That
is against the worst day.
Offensive football, the Ravens stink on defense. That's right.
I don't think everybody's realize that yet either because
we're all supposed used to the Ravens defense. That's what
they are. They're the worst events in football and it's not
like oh maybe they're not there, they're really up
there in that conversation. They can't rush the passer,
they can't stop the run. They're letting up plays
against everybody and
that's where I'm a little still like
it's Miami just this Unstoppable machine or have
things just fall in right from them a little bit. Even with
the bills, with all the injuries on the defensive side
of the ball.
Wow. Look, they've pulled inside straight. Two straight
weeks. They were down. Twenty One points in the fourth
quarter against the Ravens, and that's when they slipped into
effort mode and just went out and played backyard football
and the Ravens defense wasn't ready to engage them wasn't
ready to cover
their eyes had in that dilapidated and it all. Yeah,
it, all right, disappeared, right? And with the bills, you
play that game,
10 times, the bills are winning it,
eight or nine, that sort of felt like right. Our yeah, it
just are right? They dominated, especially healthy.
And and so as I've been this week doing radio spots and
I like doing radio spots throughout the country because
you get an idea of what people are talking
about, what they're focused on, you know,
and it's hard not to become a prisoner of the moment. I do it.
Everybody does it. That's what I'm saying. We only have so
much to go on, right? And they're three and up, that
doesn't mean they're going to be 17 and 0. The 72 Dolphins,
don't have to worry about the 2022, Dolphins. It 50th
anniversary of the 72 Dolphins
is not going to result in the Miami Dolphins. Going undefeated?
They are not dominating
the way the bills were.
Week, 1 and week 2. That's what made the lost. So stunning.
Yeah. For the bills and probably contributed to Ken
Dorsey blood or see blowing a gasket after the loss because
you know they're supposed to show up and win. Yeah. When you
look at the numbers 90 plays 239, 500 yards almost to 200
and change 40-plus minutes of possession. Versus under 20
minutes,
how did we lose this game, right? And we went through it
yesterday. This happened. This happened, this happened, this
happened, this happened, this happened, this happened. And it
was things flip, and the Bills win the
Game. So I agree with you. I think the Bengals are going to
win tonight and I'm getting ahead of myself. Yeah. Because
we got our pick spot on leaving that way to Mike.
But, you know, the biggest had one home game.
They,
they could have beaten /, should have beaten the Steelers
week one. Could have beaten / should have beaten the Cowboys
week to beat the Jets, fairly handily. And there's a big
difference between two and two and one and three.
Yeah, so when you desperation, they look, yeah,
these teams are also closely packed.
I just think you throw in prime time.
I'm Bengals at home, dolphins, have to travel
Dolphins, went through that hot game on Sunday evening, even
though they're in better shape, obviously than the Bills
players, they still had to go through that game. And they may
be thinking at some level, you know, we've stolen a couple
here,
you know, maybe we're do maybe, you know,
we just can't we can't keep rolling the dice and having them
come up, Snake Eyes. Whenever Snake Eyes is good. It's not
going to last and the Bangles are are dealing with
A very good Ravens team despite the defense
a Browns team that is very good and the Steelers team has
already beaten them so they can't slip to one in three. So
I think there's an urgency that's going to come. I would
agree with you there tonight for the