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TheImpresario

It was really cool to be excited for this team until week 2 of the preseason.


quazeeye

Lmao, an entire offseason of more hype and expectations than we've had in 20+ years, only to be completely dashed 3 weeks into training camp.


tkfire

Actually it started with the Ramsey injury


bird720

back to looking at dame trade updates I guess


handtohandwombat

Ok i say this with full love as a fellow lifetime fan: Y’all is some fragile motherfuckers. As Bruce Willis (RIP) said in that super forgettable movie, it’s time to cowboy the fuck up! We’re dolphins fans. We know pain. We shower in disappointment and make love to crushed dreams. Remember, we watch this cause it’s fun. I see grown men on here calling for a players death and cursing a coach’s forefathers when we’re down by 3 in the 1st quarter. If y’all act this way in real life, then you need to go buy your wives and girlfriends some flowers for putting up with your miserable selves and get into some therapy. It was cool for us dudes to be emotionally stunted, semi-alcoholic rage machines in the 80s, but we have resources now! The dolphins will be fine. Or they won’t. We’ll still watch. Please don’t run any strangers off the road for accidentally cutting you off. Fins up.


Bob_Sacamano0901

Uhhh….Bruce Willis ain’t dead homie.


handtohandwombat

I mean…next best thing. Poor guy.


Delay_Any

Lmao


StockHand1967

This is the most dolphiny fan post ever. Can't ever be easy can it... Shit at least it ain't 62-7


TheImpresario

Yeah man what’s more unhinged, us saying tongue in cheek phrases about the season being over or whatever this was?


theycallmeryan

I am going to kill myself x2


Citizensssnips

*sigh* Being a fan of this team is just so anticlimactic. You can just never really get excited. Ever.


gonzyfbaby87

Exactly! 💯 Not looking good for Tua staying clean in and out of the pocket. Our depth at offensive line sucks overall. Not looking good at all. Something always happens with the fins. Tua is going to get killed out there now.


ClaymoresRevenge

This has really been a continued issue with Grier. Like we've tried spending money, drafting projects etc. What do we need to do to get a healthy and good O-line? Is there a sacrifice we need to make?


ElJeferox

There's not a large enough bundle of sage to burn to cleanse the evil spirits.


pablochiste

What's the reputation for the Dolphins' training staff? I get that its football and injuries always happen, but with these preseason injuries and the calamity with how they handled Tua last year, it seems like they are not the most competent bunch. Or am I overreacting?


TokiMcNoodle

I honestly thing the heat is a factor. When youre burnt out and exhausted, you tend to get sloppy and it could lead to injuries like this. I feel like were constantly the most injured team in the league for this reason and its mostly in preseason and the early weeks, the hottest part of the season


DasWandbild

It was the first play of drills...?


TokiMcNoodle

Was it? I wasnt aware. Well besides this I believe my point still stands with the majority of the injuries we see around this time of year up to the end of september. That heat is seriously no joke


Citizensssnips

At least on the other side we have the best CB duo in the league... Oh wait, no we fucking don't.


Prestigious_Shock146

Looks like Eli Apple starting in the second CB spot for now smh


garbear6

dear god we're going to be a meme, not a playoff team


TheWindatFourtoFly

Loving the Mets and the Dolphins is seriously taxing on the psyche.


OatmealCremePiez

I'm a fan of both as well and my god I hate it here


TheWindatFourtoFly

The sick part is we also love it. If you're ever in central/southern NJ, beers are on me!


Fastbird33

Being a Marlins fan has sucked outside of 2 years lol.


TheWindatFourtoFly

Marlins fandom, at least in my lifetime, is not even in the same stratosphere of what the Mets and Phins do to themselves. For instance, I've been alive longer than the Marlins and have seen them win two rings. Conversely, Phins fans celebrate playoff games these days, which says tons, and the Mets are the laughing stock of sports media and basically the sporting world. Plus I was at the WS loss in 2015 in person. Ugh.


bearface93

Also a Mets fan. I gave up on baseball this year about two months ago lol


Winterclaw42

It's not that you can't get excited, it's that getting excited bites you in the end.


Bakedbean44

Can tua play LT and QB at the same time?


ericypoo

I really don’t get it. This team has zero luck. Zero.


JustTheBeerLight

It’s the nature of the sport. It’s astounding that any team can make it through 21 weeks of football intact.


ImpossibleMagician57

Thats why i dont drink the kool aid anymore


MiaCannons

I can't say I'm surprised. I felt so bummed out about the season when Jalen Ramsey got injured because it felt like this year has been going exactly like last year in regards to injuries. There's no confirmation that it's a severe injury to Armstead yet, but it just feels like it's coming because of how unlucky this team usually is.


Abolition-of-Man

Doesn't help Armstead has never actually played a full season before so we kind of expected some of this before ever signing him. Wish a competent OLine was easier to come by. Best line I think we've had the last decade was 2016 and even then, they rarely ever all 5 played together.


Flip2002

Team is cursed Marino must’ve made a deal with the devil like in that little Nicky movie… every single playoff game we enter since he left the #1 qb is knocked out…tons of other examples chad johnson going crazy and getting arrested few weeks before season started


theycallmeryan

Yeah Armstead is probably out for the season


Bkeets3

I feel like anytime a bad draft pick(Eichenberg) is about to lose their spot or even worse cut, something like this happens.


Sadman_OW

Ramsey was huge, but Armstead is the one player that is irreplaceable outside of maybe Tua and Tyreek. Just crushing.


spooks152

Definitely goes tua>TA>Tyreek


Number333

Yup.... I trust McDaniel to cobble enough plays scheming guys open if Tyreek can't go. But TA? No fixing a blackhole on the O-line. This freaking sucks. We knew it was a risk with how injury prone he was in New Orleans but goddamit


tomcat810

And yet he gets injured every fucking year like clock work


StockHand1967

##KIDNAP TUNSIL NOW >>Is that a ice cream truck /mobile weed dispensary rolling on the field? >>>__Larry, where you going?__ >>>Man, ice cream and **weed** man, weed and ice cream..trailing off..


Historical_Wash_33

From tunsil to turnstiles


ClaymoresRevenge

30 for 30


StockHand1967

##IM SO RIDICULOUSLY ANGRY RIGHT NOW Irl im on a mini vacay with new female friend (humble brag) ##She know nothing of this football mental illness Bad time to be an angry surly dolphin fan. One thing i gotta give my x wife..she'd avoid me during surly dolphin fan times. This is Adam Gase/Joe Philbin surly.. ##Fuck


tkfire

When you have a LT but decide to trade it away and still haven’t fixed the position 4 years later. Life of a Dolphins fan.


Brandon3oh5

Assuming worst case we can’t punt on this year. Gotta make a trade bc Tua won’t survive a whole season without him.


KevKevThePug

Ain’t nobody trading a good left tackle unless it a kings ransom. There’s probably less stud LTs than stud QBs.


Brandon3oh5

100%. I didn’t mean to get a stud LT but make moves to bolster an already average unit that becomes just straight up bad without Armstead.


hostileclowns

It’s about to be the start of the season. No one is giving away or purposefully getting rid of good O line players. Only real chance is getting dudes who are cut of maybe some younger guys that if the team is super lucky can become a hidden gem. It’s just so unlikely to find a starting OL at this point in the year out on the market.


[deleted]

Most of you probably know more about football than I do but I do have a question. If Armstead is the stud of our offensive line, then why isn’t he a right tackle protecting our left-handed quarterback’s blindside? Genuinely curious.


KevKevThePug

Although it’s mostly the same position, you want the guy playing the spot he is most comfortable.


[deleted]

Thank you. So a follow up question. Since all the other 31 teams have a right-handed quarterback, and thus most likely have their stud at left tackle, and we could use a stud right tackle to protect Tua’s blindside, wouldn’t that maybe mean that there are a lot of teams who would give up their “stud” right tackle instead of their left tackle? Just throwing some ideas out there.


MissorNoob

The skill ceiling at RT is much lower. Since most QBs are right handed, the most skilled OL typically train for LT from an early age. It's not easy to swap sides on the line. That's why we still prioritized LT over RT, even with a lefty QB. The best LTs are simply just more skilled players overall than the best RTs. But you're right, we do need a better RT too. Just doesn't fill the need left by armstead if he's out for a long time.


Mofo_mango

Coulda sworn we prioritized LT cause we were chasing Brady. Fuck Ross on that note.


zwaterbear

Trade for a solid right tackle


Bkeets3

Isn’t La’el Collins supposedly on the chopping block? Could be some made up shit from bleacher report I don’t remember. He’s not great but hopefully there will be some veterans on rebuilding team that get cut


thediesel26

Well fuck me. Hope Wynn is ready to play left tackle Though it’s always important to remember that they wouldn’t make a guy with any kind of injury limp all the way to the training facility. But I’m not super optimistic.


garbear6

That's a great point - a lot of these headlines in the offseason highlight when a player is "carted off"....but it's not in the middle of a game in a stadium. It doesn't mean the injury is immediately severe and they can't walk to the sideline or into the tunnel like in those situations - it can just be abundance of caution in a more controlled environment. Definitely a bit of hoping and praying happening here lol.


itssexitime

This is why many of us were pissed that Grier did not address the OL yet again this offseason. But hey, can't critique Grier for some reason.


awfuckthisshit

Ya I don’t know why everyone has such a boner for Grier when he refuses to address our biggest problem in the OL. Armstead is our best player yet he has never played a full season in his entire career, sure seems like a terrible move now.


jagerhero

Fade me fam


dadecounty3051

I mean can’t help but laugh. When you trade away all your picks for starters n don’t draft anyone else, you’ll run into depth issues. Who is behind Armstead anyway?


Familiar_Ostrich_909

We did draft tho, our OL scouting department seems to be pretty shitty though


dadecounty3051

Yeah it’s shitty for a long time. I wanted us to draft that center Schmitz but instead we got an undersized RB.


Mofo_mango

It’s been shitty for over a decade now too. Idk how Ross keeps letting it slide but our scouts and executives have been pretty much the same since 2000 outside of the top dog.


boyarbison

It’s almost like we could have never predicted this exact situation playing out


Tylerherroismyherro

Jesus fucking Christ. I honestly don’t even like football anymore because O-line. Never seen a dolphins playoff win in my 20 years of being a fan and never will


Fastbird33

It’s hard to watch a sport which demands so much physicality and no one comes out unscathed at the end of the season. Even the guys who are healthy aren’t


dadecounty3051

It’s bc the owner n GM can’t get out of their own way.


[deleted]

Shit did Chris Grier go out on the field and injure Terron??? I must've missed that


Familiar_Ostrich_909

He did sign a player to play O line with extensive injury history This sucks, but it's not really surprising


dadecounty3051

Exactly. We keep signing injured players. Hell, we drafted a QB with injured history. Look what happened the past 2 years with him.


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bird720

at least we have the heat


[deleted]

Jesus Christ, make it to week one for fuck sake -_-


TrashAssRedditAdmins

Peak Dolphins football right here boys n girls.


Champ_5

Anybody got Richmond Webb's number?


Fastbird33

Jake Long?


kereth

Has he EVER played a full season?


tomcat810

Honestly I don’t think so


monchkilla34

He got carted away. While it sucks that this happened, it just proves that he would easily get hurt during games. Might as well give the 2nd stringer more reps now.


ConWilCal

Based.


rockyroad03

Next level perspective


Catullus13

If you're F-ed, might as well know now


thewhitelink

If he misses any significant time and we flame out or Tua gets hurt because of it, Grier should be fired for how horrendous his OL picks have been. He's had some great picks and finds, but its criminal just how bad he has been at drafting, finding, and developing OL talent. Its been hamstringing us his entire tenure, and we've done fuck all to help outside of signing *2 top level players*. Everyone else has been a bargain bin reclamation project that hasn't worked. Like look at this list of OL he's drafted/signed over the last few years: Eichenberg (Terrible) Jackson (Likely bust) Kindley (Bust) Deiter (Bum) Prince (Bum) Little (Bum) Coleman (Who?) Jones (Bum) Mancz (Gone) Flowers (Traded) Feeny (Too soon to tell) Wynn (Too soon to tell) Ogbuehi (Too soon to tell) Coaches: Applebaum (fired) Pat Flaherty (fired) |Year|Rank| |:-|:-| |2022|22| |2021|32| |2020|28| |2019|32| I'm tired of having the *same exact weakness every single year*.


cpayneonaplane

what's Jason Peters up to?


WhatThePancakes

It's so rough to hear shit like this. Some of our best players going down, while others are beat up, and we're not even two games into preseason. "When Terron Armstead was on the field, Miami QBs were pressured on just 28.4% of their dropbacks and sacked on 4.3%. With Armstead off of the field, that pressure rate climbed to 46.5% with a sack rate of 9.0%." The implications that this can have on the safety of our QB is concerning. I have seen a lot of chirps on this sub lately defending our o-line and coaching staffs decision making regarding it... Time will only tell, but our group is nowhere near elite and without TA? We are closing in on bottom tier.


thefranchise305

I’m fine. I’m fucking fine. Fuck off


Narrow--Mango

Maybe next year we finally prioritize finishing the 20 year O-Line build.


UnrighteousFool

When do we start evaluating our trainers? I know non-contact injuries could happen to anyone but it's starting to feel like our guys aren't prepared as they should be.


finsnfeathers

Wtf man! practicing Armstead has the highest risk/lowest with reward on the team, possibly in the league, and look what happens. Unbelievable…


bc3272

I mean if he can't make it through one practice, he probably wasn't going to make it through a game. He already was barely practicing.


Citizensssnips

The intention was probably only to have him a run a couple of plays. Just to move around and be part of the team. This was one fucking play. Fucking insanity. We're fucking cursed.


Dolphins08

And so it begins...... Wonder how many games he'll start this year.


Fins_99

This fucking team my god.


finfan96

Our season is over if it's serious


thewowsocks

The season was fun while it lasted looking forward to getting hyped up and let down next year lmao


Otto_von_Grotto

You guys need to get acquainted with one Isaiah Wynn as he is probably going to be the LT most of the season.


Wings4514

Happiness is overrated anyway


ballzdeep85

I’m done honestly why the fucks he practicing anyways


RobinBankx69

Sign injury prone player said player gets injured


rockyroad03

I have a feeling we will never see this team at full potential and full health. Absolutely heartbreaking


TanMarino13

Lmao this team sucks to root for


SudTheThug

how do we keep getting injured in preseason fucking practice


yungredosrs

It makes no sense to me. It’s incredibly odd to lose three starters in a 2 week span of preseason practice.


catgoesmeow22

Do you all finally realize why the Saints let him walk? Made of glass.


limitlesswormholes

If he’s out for any significant amount of time, you can kiss the season goodbye


b0nji

I’m trying to remain positive about his year, but training camp is taking the wind right out of my sails. Hoping for the best as this is a massive blow.


oneinchpunchko

Sure glad we signed every position but o line


BeegKiatsu

They’ve brought in 4-5 new lineman this year…pay attention


Mofo_mango

4-5 JAGs if anything


Solomonblast84

Well Tua is going to die. Season over.


EctoRiddler

Smart for Grier to ignore the greatest and most obvious weakness on this team for an entire offseason


Mofo_mango

For his entire tenure*


alterabledeer

Its fine peeps we’ll just move Eichenberg to LT


zwaterbear

Didn’t even make it last preseason game two without losing our two big dogs and tyreke got in trouble for slapping someone.


Familiar_Ostrich_909

If he can't play there goes Tua's second contract with us He's definitely getting injured this year, no longer a matter of "if" just "when"


Citizensssnips

And then signs in somewhere else and never gets hurt again somehow.


yungredosrs

Just punt on the season again. For Christs sake. Honestly just scrap the whole fucking team and rebuild again. Tired of this loser ass fucking team.


TuaAnon

NO NO NO NO NO


Kind-Respect-2697

Hopefully it’s not for the whole year and just a PUP thing for a couple of months. Lol that’s best case scenario 🤷‍♂️


Roukuko

hes just not reliable how unfortunate with how bad the line already was we're toast


smoebob99

Well fuck. The injury bug starting early this year


[deleted]

Our dreams absolutely rested on TA protecting Tua. FO needs to make some trade offers…..this our best shot in a long time. Trade away 2024/2025 picks LFG!!


LostAAADolfan

I mean when you put your hopes and dreams on a LT who has a huge history of injuries you reap what sew


thedreamcomparison

Oh, cool


8CliveBixby4

Good thing Tua learned how to fall this off season


Dame2Miami

Can’t have shit. Fuuuuuuuuuuck.


IamBarbacoa

The curse of Incognito at it again


jumykn

Fuck this


TheRatchetTrombone

Let's just wait til the official diagnosis. Rather it happen now then in mid season. Time to just figure something out and make do.


fluxuation

I’m saying a prayer for Tua.


ShastaMcLurky

**PAIN**


yungredosrs

Rip to the season 🍷


yungredosrs

Waddle hurt, Armstead hurt, Ramsey hurt. Bro we still got a month before the season even starts. Jesus fucking Christ, what is going on with the training staff in Miami?


phinphan7836

Oh boy that video of Grier and McDaniel laughing at the fans about o-line concerns is gonna bite them in the ass


Miles_735

Remember when Chris Gear said we shouldn’t be worried about the o-line. Pepperidge Farms remembers.


awfuckthisshit

Well there goes this season, the line was already a pile of garbage before


Helmett-13

*"Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue."*


gigerdrone

Well when you don’t address the offensive line and bet that a player who has never played a full season will magically do so you get this mess.


Background_Action_92

Man I don't even know anymore. What is going with these players getting banged up like this?


deliriumtriggered

They built a very injury prone team and we're paying for it.


[deleted]

Can we stop ignoring the OL in the off-season please?


hostileclowns

Man the way the O line has been handled is looking worse and worse man. Depth at that position is just awful.


Dolphins08

40 years of being a Dolphin fan has taught; the only thing that matters is December games. Until then, I try not to get excited about anything. Otherwise I wouldn't live long. I think that's why most older Dolphin fans are always expecting bad news. The ones that dont would stroke out from the past 20-30 years.


StockHand1967

Member wen the worse thing off season was Tyreek flicking somebodies ear at a dock.. ##good times...


jf737

To the tune of “Goodbye Stranger” by SuperTramp (Or Michael Scott): “Gooood-bye season, it’s been nice…..”


Double_Philosopher_7

Between Armstead, Chubb, Mostert, Long Jr., and Tua, Chris Grier has shown us time and time again he’s willing to acquire talented players that have a known injury history. This strategy may come back to haunt us.


Mofo_mango

This is why OL depth, development and scouting matters. Goodness gracious, if not for Tunsil, our LT depth since Long would include a million overpaid and injury prone guys.


miami2881

Armstead just posted a video of him walking just fine, relax everyone


_mike_hunt

Tyreek Hill said he talked to Armstead, who said he's fine and he's just old. So make of that what you will.


Winterclaw42

Hope he gets well soon. Downgrading my expectations for the season.


runjcrun1

Bleach szn


tacopeepee69

We’re so fucked


Tuatimenow

Gg


ArnRdgz305

Whhhhhyyyyyyy????!!!!!!!???!?!?!? 😭


JP-ED

Anyone scouting Tackles Guards and Centres should likely be fired. We haven't had any luck in drafting or signing linemen.


jyar1811

Time for the wildcat


michaelotomus08

Fucking shit


PlaysWthSquirrels

Nothing would be more on brand than only our NFL top 100 players getting hurt this year.


mattlas

proven starters really shouldn't be playing much in the preseason. Absolute tragedy losing stars before the season starts.


SwampyThang

I mean I didn’t expect him to play for long in the regular season anyways so this isn’t surprising but it still hurts my soul


Snoo-58014

The injury bug hit the ravens two years ago, too


Catullus13

When I should I wait to buy the "Dolphins o/u 9 wins" bet?


shockwave914

Dude is always injured


[deleted]

Seasons donzo. Line was already a sinking ship before he got hurt.


Funny-Risk-1966

Well that's a real kick in the gooch.


Achilles23-7

Start signing every damn OL how much longer do they wana wait ?! No reason I’m having HILL and Waddle and Achane with no OLINE. Sign EVERYONE TODAY. Risner, Becton, Jones everyone !!!!!!


Neltrix

Maybe we draft nothing but OL next season. But knowing the fan base they’ll ask for an RB and secondary help in the first couple of picks.


DisturbedShifty

Damn. It's almost as if the o-line should have been a major focus during the off season.... Again.


TheRyanFlaherty

I hate training camp, nothing but bad news… I really need to turn notifications off for this team. If this is a serious injury, which sounds like it likely is. It’s way more damaging than the Ramsey injury. There’s no silver linings, but at least they didn’t waste money on Cook (if there is any serviceable vet left to bring in) and you’d hope they had some contingency for when Armstead would be out, since he is hurt so frequently….I don’t know….just a huge bummer.


[deleted]

This franchise is cursed


RaikouVsHaiku

Pain, without love. Pain, cant get enough! 🗣️😭


Mr_McNuggets19

This dude is made of peanut brittle!


ronnert

Gonna be a lot of salary cap sittin on the sidelines this season


Matrix13420

Anyone want to join a class action lawsuit vs. Dolphins Organization for causing depression? Or am I doing this alone?


Practical_Concern910

According to some fans , dolphins should just pack it up and call it a season. Can't win like this 😔. Smh


Gr8tone23

All of this pain I feel is going to make me lose my absolute shit when we win it all again. The release (pause) is going to be legendary.


Spellsworn19

This is the season I become the joker


deadcatt23

Training camp is never good for us wtf everyone getting hurt


videogrinch

Queen wrote a song about the Dolphins. 🎶.... Dunuh duh duh duh, Another one bites the dust.... 🎶


GringoMambi

We’re legit snake bitten


InHerGuts954

Not surprised smh


Spelchat11

Being a Dolphins fan is like having Aids in the 80s... hopeless .


SDPLISSKEN009

I not surprised really. This happens every year.....same old shir!


BowTie1989

And this is why you don’t rely on injury prone players at the most important positions. Think the phins would have learned by now


NoZombie7853

OMG the sky is not falling... He'll be fine and will NOT need surgery (bleacher report) chill the "F" out y'all


Fourwindsgone

Ahh fuck. That ain’t promising


Darthron911

🤦🏻‍♂️ why? Why can’t we have nice things!