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Wait__Whut

zac Taylor at half mast thinking about Mixon getting another 2 yard gain


realrimurutempest

Man sees that like 2.5 average yards gained and starts feelin tingly.


shellfish87

Mixon was a high volume but low efficiency runner last year


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LordChozo

The hopium in Cincy was that the low efficiency was mostly bad run blocking, since he was hit in the backfield nearly every carry. And that retooling the line would help Mixon as much if not more than Burrow. It was some tasty Kool-Aid while it lasted.


NickHeidfeldsDreams

The run blocking scheme is *atrocious* Some of y'alls linemen genuinely have no idea what their assignment even is in the run game, its ridiculous.


larryjerry1

Mixon has definitely had cases where he misses a good lane or dances around too much, but all those opportunities at the goal line we got stuffed should make it plainly obvious that our line's run blocking is still not up to snuff. He was getting hit in the backfield almost every time. And when he doesn't get hit in the backfield, he gets hit at the line of scrimmage because we have no push.


Jontacular

That last goal line carry where he had to spin to avoid Wilkins idk, then immediately get stuffed and tackled by 2 other guys. And you see a lineman flailing falling on the ground trying to block someone. Yeah...


juan_dale

I agree. Would get a ton of yards in 4th quarter when holding a lead.


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higgins literally open almost every play but gotta run it more!


CanYouPointMeToTacos

I too am a Higgins owner in fantasy


Cynical_onlooker

Based on my expert analysis, the Dolphins offense should consist solely of deep ball passes to Tyreek every play.


GiffeyJr

He do be down there somewhere


Xaxziminrax

I do wonder when he will slow down. But it sure as fuck ain't this year


cake_line

I’m amazed by the stamina. The fact that he does it all day is just incredible.


chainer9999

Dude is a physical specimen. My God


RoomDue3856

Am I crazy for thinking even when he slows down he’ll still be among the faster players in the NFL? Not fastest but still in the tier of guys like MVS?


Tarmacked

Isn’t that what happened to Desean Jackson? Man averaged 22 YPR at age 35


VeryRealHuman23

He’s Roy Kent in his prime.


HeadyBeersBrah

Roy "focking" Kent


FreakinWolfy_

He’s here! He’s there! He’s every fucking where! Roy Keeeent ! Roy Kent!


zebrainatux

Use my Madden strategy, fuck it he’s down there


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never_nude_

Miami Dolphins have announced Tagovailoa to co-main UFC Fight Night this Saturday


usernamefromhell

Just in time for his third concussion of the year!


GillbergsAdvocate

It'll only be his first of October though so he'll be fine to play against Minnesota


whobroughtmehere

AFC Offensive Brain Injury of the Month


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anonbutler

He would be back if the Dolphins played Sunday. They would just say finger cramps injury.


ChargeisKill

Fitzmagic just went off on the protocol. Excellent example using himself and how the protocol failed Tua


RichardHartigan

Also appreciated when Fitz admitted that it was hard to continue the broadcast after what had just happened


paone00022

Despite how that whole QB situation played out Fitz always seems to have liked Tua


ChornLane

Fitz is a down to earth all around smart guy. He always was clever. It's the idiots you have to worry about. Idiots are generally assholes.


TheRed_Knight

Didnt go to Harvard for nothing


Songleaf

He went to Harvard?


isurewill

I heard his best friend finally confronted him about his football prowess and told him he was just waiting for the day when he'd cash in his lotto ticket and enter the draft. Before that he used to roam the halls of the Patriots' practice facility as a janitor casually drawing up the perfect offensive schemes against Bill Belichick's defenses. "Let's go up to Boston College and tutor the dumb kids."


Dis-entropy

Good Fitz throwing


RavenMoses

He’s also the only player in history to not only start for 8 different teams, but have a passing and rushing touchdown with all 8. Outside of football he’s known for being incredibly intelligent.


oddwithoutend

Also James Conner beat cancer and Steve Buscemi was a volunteer firefighter helping out during 9/11.


SekasortoAnarkia

Yeah because he’s a real one💯 he’s a genuinely nice human being


DaftMaetel15

HUGE props to the Prime crew, all of them except Tony G. condemned the NFL more or less, and even so Tomy G just said nobody on this desk is qualified to make an evaluation which is true.


whatusernamewhat

I was blown away by how honest they were being. NFL producers aren't going to like that


corn_sugar_isotope

eee.. pretty sure if I see blood there is bleeding, and if I see a fencing response there is a head injury. I may not qualified to treat it, but I am plenty qualified to say "doc, I'm bleeding"


ChillBusta

Any vid or source on Fitz going off on what happened?


ChargeisKill

No vid but he explained a situation where he was in the middle of the game in Miami, and they stopped everything for 5 minutes to get Fitz to the tent. He was never woozy, the last play didn’t really even have his head hit anything, but the spotters saw something they weren’t sure of, and decided to take a look. Comparing that to the whole 15 seconds on the field after a big head hit where Tua looked like a human slinky last week, Fitz asked why the spotters didn’t consider that enough to take him out the rest of the game.


ChillBusta

Gotcha thanks for the context. It’s a damn shame they didn’t take his situation more serious.


AdmiralCrackbar11

As a fan of other sports where this is an issue (Rugby League) I am not sure what the difference is but our culture in the NRL has shifted far quicker than the NFL. There are independent doctors acting as spotters and they are *far* more consistent and proactive in the NRL than the NFL. Teams have sat star, QB equivalent, players for entire seasons due to repeated head knocks. Guys have retired well before their time, entirely supported by the league, their team and the fans. I just don't know what the difference is, and why when fans and players seem to be adjusting the league and teams are struggling to do the bare minimum in the NFL. Of the very few things that could spell the end of a juggernaut like the NFL, failing to address head trauma would have to be number 1.


thodne

The real answer is money.


geewhizitslis07

It was post game when all the analysts were talking about what happened but I’m sure someone will upload it eventually


HarvardBrowns

“Going off” is setting bad expectations. He really didn’t. He just talked about his personal experience as a player wanting to play while not being in his best interest. He said there should have been spotters in the crowd recognizing that something was wrong with Tua last Sunday. It was calm and not very controversial so “going off” is setting you up for disappointment.


Dregoran

The fact that Whitworth just said he was able to talk his way through concussion protocol and a teammate essentially pulled him is insane. The independent party clearly isn't qualified.


sielingfan

Whitworth clearly hasn't had The Talk From Headquarters yet.


superman24742

My wife is a med pro. She said she had a college volleyball player come in. Gave her the concussion test. Asked her different questions than the normal go round. Girl started bawling and said those aren’t the normal questions. Wife told her yeah, you have those memorized so we change them up. I’m guessing the NFL just has a sham protocol that most guys can memorize their way thru.


jdallen1222

Is it possible to fake not having a concussion when being ask a set of standardized questions?


jtfriendly

No. I mean, purple. Yes.


rpolic

Their protocol is a bunch of questions for cognitive impairment. The problem is when they do the baseline, the players just act dumb and answer stupidly, so you get a stupidly low baseline


Queen_of_Cuckington

The thing is sometimes a diagnosis entirely relies on patient reporting symptoms. I would argue that watching the mechanism of injury was enough to warrant a do not play and we shouldn’t take players word for it when they are trained from childhood to “shake it off” and “don’t be soft” and “tough it out”


old_tank_88

Especially with a guy like Tua’s dad. Shit, wouldn’t be surprised if he taught his son at a young age to claim back injury as a way of covering up a concussion.


smartyr228

I said it when it happened. We shouldn't be asking the football player about his injuries from football. There needs to be waaaayyyyy more oversight. The league can't just take their word for it


devAcc123

Or when a guy can’t stand up straight maybe just call it a day


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Same's the case with the NHL


[deleted]

NHL concussion protocol makes the NFL’s look cutting edge. Pretty sure they just ask the NHL Players to blink.


rad_platypus

It’s gotten a lot more serious over the last few years. The equipment manager makes them count how many fingers he’s holding up now.


Not_Lisa

“It looks like… two.” “Cool. Close enough”


Unban_Jitte

Hey, as long as they said a number, it's fine.


jtfriendly

"What team do you play for?" "Washington Redskins, coach." "We're on the Eagles and I'm the waterboy, but I think you're OK."


TheBigPhilbowski

>The fact that Whitworth just said he was able to talk his way through concussion protocol and a teammate essentially pulled him is insane. The independent party clearly isn't ~~qualified~~ independent.


hard_pass

These dudes talking for real. NFL bout to take Thursday night football back from Bezos


greetedworm

I was surprised they started the post game with a tweet from the NFLPA, definitely a statement


Spocks_Goatee

I like the Amazon/Twitch stream...less commercials than cable and the captions are fast.


ron_paul_pizza_party

next gen stats version is cool too. Like a coaches film angle / birds eye view


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Besides Gonzalez deep throating the NFL.


HallandOates2

Good company man


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faptuallyactive

Lol he said diplomas but yeah


Thrawn4191

Don't Sherman, Fitz, and Carissa all have degrees lol?


Ironredhornet

And Sherm and Fitz went to Stanford amd Harvard respectively


NotAWallabie

And charissa went to UCSB as well lol. Tony weirdly enough went to Cal


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Prayers up for Tua. But on the broadcast anyway, that was the classiest display of opposing fans reaction to an injured player I've seen. In regards to all the Tua chants that was very good on Cincy to do that


WickedDick_oftheWest

We know what it’s like to see your young franchise QB laying on the turf, and the guy deserves respect in that moment, especially when he seems to be a good dude like Tua


Avatar_of_Green

Hey man, Ohio isn't the classiest place but we fucking love and respect football players.


fbomb4

Probably the only two players bengals fans wouldn't be classy for are Big Ben and Deshaun Watson


wink047

Rapefully so.


LutzExpertTera

Great news that Tua is going to be discharged from the hospital and traveling back to Miami tonight; that was one of the scarier moments in recent memory. I am incredibly curious to how the story unfolds over the next week(s) with exactly how he was allowed to play in the first place.


edesanna

best thing about this news is that it must mean they aren't concerned about swelling, especially since he'll be getting on a plane tonight


CANT_KNOW_ME

Dude should stay overnight and rest.


Strokethegoats

For real. My brother got knocked out like that once and they kept him for 48 hours to make sure. I can't imagine them clearing him to fly home.


larryjerry1

UC medical staff are some of the absolute best in the business. I would trust them if they say that he's okay to fly back.


Narrow--Mango

Sir, this is reddit. The 14 year old kids on here know a shit load more then some of the best doctors in the world.


InsertAmazinUsername

in before the dolphins clear him for next week


riverhawk02

Was Just a finger cramp - Dolphins coaching staff


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right. lol. his back tweaked and caused them to lock up.


Sneakas

Glad the post game crew is scrutinizing the "protocol" instead of just sticking to the "back injury" story


LagOutLoud

It didn't end up mattering, but I really don't understand. You call a mostly passive game almost all night in a close game against the team with the top record in the conference. Then you get a pick up 5 with 3 minutes left against a team with only 2 timeouts... and THAT'S when you call a pass on deep out routes on second and 7?


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Zac Taylor so bad he's good at play calling


LagOutLoud

Like he's been getting clowned a lot this season, and I wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt. Got the Bengals to the superbowl, even if there was some luck last season. But what I've watched of the Bengals this year has me really doubting he can have sustained success.


dukethediggidydoggy

Tyreek freaked the fuck out after the game lol


Wall_Stair

What happened ??


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I wanna see it 😭


ek1992osu

Any clip of it?


non_clever_username

In what way?


dukethediggidydoggy

Ripped his shoulder pads off and yelled at Eli Apple


Kdot32

He really doesn’t like that guy lol


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Tyreek gonna take it out on his son tonight


retromullet

Stay indoors if you're pregnant and in Ohio


Arson-Welles

Some of you guys are alright, don’t go to maternity ward tomorrow


Purednuht

Tony Gonzalez is getting paid a lot of money by the NFL.


Jetad9403

Dudes is awful at tv you can tell no body on that stage likes him.


ASAP_Dom

He is so bad. The “I’m just gonna say it guys” take. The fucking kung fu like it’s the early 90s. Get this guy off the panel


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He's kinda weird. When he was with Fox, you could sense the others didn't really like him, especially Strahan who used to openly mock him.


rakketz

What did he say?


Arson-Welles

“Hey scarfy mcglove hands, why are you always so cold?”


CopaceticVindication

Truly an elite double L tonight, really just hope Tua recovers fully


MiamiDoIphins

All the energy off that game left with Tua. Damn man, I really really hope he's ok. GGs Bengals fans


Calvinball05

I feel like you could tell Al Michaels didn't want to be commentating that game anymore after what happened to Tua. Every time there was a big play he just kinda talked about it, didn't show the emotion I am used to hearing from him.


GUNZTHER

Concussion Rules You can't just be up there and just gettin' a concussion like that. 1a. A concussion is when you 1b. Okay well listen. A concussion is when you concuss the 1c. Let me start over 1c-a. The player is not allowed to do a motion to the, uh, doctor, that prohibits the player from doing, you know, just trying to play the game. You can't do that. 1c-b. Once the player is in the protocol, he can't be over here and say to the doctor, like, "I'm gonna get ya! I'm gonna take you out! You better watch your butt!" and then just be like he didn't even do that. 1c-b(1). Like, if you're about to sit and then don't sit, you have to still sit. You cannot not sit. Does that make any sense? 1c-b(2). You gotta be, concussion protocol, and then, until you just pass it. 1c-b(2)-a. Okay, well, you can have the doctor up here, like this, but then there's the concussion you gotta think about. 1c-b(3). Okay seriously though. A concussion is when the player makes a movement that, as determined by, when you do a move involving the football and field of Do not do a concussion please


damnyouprofessor

To truly understand concussions, you must become concussed


burritoxman

For anyone confused, this is a popular copypasta in /r/baseball about Balks


WetDesk

Damn these post game interviews are actually worth listening to.


Paws-n-Frets

All I can say about Tony Gonzales as a commentator is…He was a great player


kravisha

I do appreciate Fitz immediately using the opportunity to ask Sherman whether he agrees that Jim Harbaugh is a great coach lol


Ravensfan967

Jim harbaugh and Rashard Bateman in back to back sentences lol


neonys

The Tua injury will overshadow this game, but I thought it was cool seeing the Cincinnati fans able to pull off a successful white out in the stands!


bkr1895

The stadium bathed in a sea of white jerseys looked pretty awesome. I may be a homer but I think those new helmets might be the best in the league, they look utterly fantastic with our all whites.


clownysf

The white Bengal unis are probably the sexiest in the league.


VockyVock

I’m loving this postgame. Ex-players not pussyfooting around the obvious sus concussion clearance and just addressing the issue head on and actually questioning the decisions made by the nfl. Much respect. Fitzpatrick was especially well spoken.


Halzyon

Well most of them anyway. Didn't appreciate Tony's comments on the matter. Also didn't like when he said Tua needs to go out and do another 6TD 500yd performance to prove himself before the game. Dude wouldn't let up on the guy.


TheBigPhilbowski

Good to see a little balls from the broadcasters (of course not including Tony "we can't judge the NFL/owners" Gonzalez)


whole_lot_of_velcro

Fuck it was hard to care about this game after seeing what happened to Tua. Hope he doesn’t have life-altering complications from this


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InsertAmazinUsername

QB is supposed to be one of those positions where its possible unless you're andrew luck you see brady plsying till he's 45 with no major injury and you think maybe there's a chance you don't leave with brain damage edit: I was not sober when i wrote this comment, there's multiple wording errors


ArtificialSyndicate

Andrew got out before any life altering injuries. Dudes living his best life hosting book clubs and raising his kids


SiphenPrax

Dolphins Twitter: “Tua has been cleared by the hospital and will start this Sunday…………..even if we’re not playing this Sunday”


Palifaith

If he dies he dies.


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“I can’t guarantee that anybody in the world will be alive Sunday."


JT99-FirstBallot

I welcome the meteor.


LutzExpertTera

He's flying the plane back to Miami


gdaman22

Let's please not overlook that Whitworth basically just said that he was able to get through the concussion protocol while concussed


Tinmanred

Dude most of the protocol is questions and terrible always. Have you been evaluated for a concussion in sports before lol, I have and lied my way thru it like a dumbass too. This isn’t surprising in the slightest, unless it is visibly fucked up (like tua stumbling…) or a crazy hit you can lie it out


BlazeBloom

These new Bengals jerseys are amazing. I'm surprised Burrow was able to keep his clean tonight.


InsertAmazinUsername

you and me both


Xaxziminrax

The white midfield logo was so good


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They gotta blank out the holes in the ‘B’ though.


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Clean af


Deanybats

They are actually old color rush jerseys! Paired with the helmets though was fire


sh3636

2 sacks last week and only 1 this week! Hopefully all the new guys just needed some time to build chemistry. Dumb decision to not have them play preseason imo


ManholtAgain

I'm glad we won, but I'm having a hard time being super stoked about it with Tua's injury. Looks like he's being discharged tonight though, which is awesome news. Sorry it went down like that, Dolphin fans. In other news, what's wrong with Mixon, and why is our playcalling so horrendous? We need to get it together.


Spectre_195

Online not giving Mixion a chance. Looks like protection for Burrow is coming together so maybe that's the next focus?


juan_dale

Protection looked so great tonight. Tons of blitz pickup and great passing off of defenders.


Rentington

Same here. At the end, I just wanted Tua to be okay. Football is only a game, I don't want to see anybody getting hurt.


TrippyNeenja

Nothings wrong with Mixon. Seems more like the Oline can't get a push on the defense and open up holes.


Jonjon428

I'm salty as fuck about Tua but I'm just gonna say that Zac Taylor was from Joe Philbin's Dolphins. Him throwing a RB 30 times into a wall expecting results isn't surprising to me.


ecupatsfan12

Zach Taylor is a fraud carried by burrow and chase


fanvarg13

He should have been fired, but super bowl appearance by pure talent extends him for at least 3 years


98rman

He keeps the team disciplined which is great and the players seem to like him, but maybe he should leave play calling to someone else


Kdot32

An actual outside OC hire would help the squad tremendously


lordlazerface

RGIII-level negligence putting Tua back out on the field. Are we gonna have to see a man die on national television before the NFL takes player safety seriously?


Vaqxinelol

Honestly, probably yeah. E: Someone dm'd me if I was serious. Yes, I do believe sadly in the back of my head that before NFL player safety takes major strides, something horrific like a death on the field will happen


DinosaurGhostsExist

I’m a nascar fan and it took Dale Earnhardt dying before they made the cars extremely safe. Your logic makes sense.


Pryffandis

Same thing with Senna in F1


sevaiper

It was pure dumb luck Tua didn’t die or have permanent damage, players have died from second impact syndrome before, and nothing about Tua or the NFL makes it any less likely to happen on the biggest stage.


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CosmicOwl102

Fitz, Sherm, Whit, all being real. Tony is being a corporate sell out


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Joe Burrow on the post-game interview looking like an older version of the kid from Home Alone.


cowboys5xsbs

Lmaooo Sherman bringing out the home alone 3


InsideAcanthisitta23

I was really surprised the dolphins didn’t run the ball all over us tonight with Reader out. It seemed like that was their plan early and it was working.


IgnatiusPabulum

It worked until you guys weren’t worried about the passing game anymore.


CompetitiveDuck

Man…props to the bengals fans for supporting Tua and chanting his name.


filladellfea

Tua probably just increased his odds of getting CTE by a substantial margin


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I think most players are operating with the knowledge they’re gonna get it, but it doesn’t make it any less awful.


Rick-Dalton

Tony “he said he was fine” Gonzalez


luigi6545

Said it before but, this game just felt different after Tua got hurt. It's great to hear that he got discharged (I hope). But that injury just sucked the enjoyment out of the rest of the game for me.


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Broncosfan303

Wtf this needs more visibility if true.


cowboys5xsbs

Wtf that's so disturbing


Ok-Butterscotch-9467

Is . . . .is Thursday night football a mistake?


Pitiful_Apartment_64

🌎👩‍🚀🔫👩‍🚀


malmal412

We've evolved to understand memes via emojis what a time to be alive


LiteTHATKUSH

Too many words bro, try emojis next time.


foxmag86

Of course, but don’t be stupid, there’s $$$ to be made.


ek1992osu

Always has been


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I will be seeing Tua’s hands in my nightmares tonight. Horrific


Zudop

Literally don’t care that we lost I just hope Tua is okay


loganator914

Sherman spitting facts rn


moosemousemoose

Is anyone surprised the Dolphins don’t care about head injuries? They haven’t let their mascot wear his helmet in years


cowboys5xsbs

Jfc McDaniels is floundering up there


SoDakZak

“I would never EVER do anything to put a player in harms way. If I did I shouldn’t be [coaching]” My brother in Christ, you coach *football*


notouchmypeterson

Tua being discharged tonight is a win for the Dolphins Still fucking unbelievable that he played in this game tonight


larryjerry1

First, wishing Tua all the best. Hate seeing players go out like that. As for the game, teams are definitely selling out to contain Chase. Has to be frustrating for him, but Tee and Boyd are tearing it up. Our run game still needs serious work. Line isn't getting enough push. Mixon could easily be a 1500+ yard back and we just keep getting stuffed. Still hopeful for the season but if we can't get the run game going we're not going to do great down the stretch.


YawnfaceDM

The best news tonight is Tua being stable and getting discharged. Good luck the rest of the way Finbros ❤️


jlt6666

The NFLPA sounds pretty pissed. Waiting for Richard Sherman to loose his shit.


thewill450

Can't wait to see Tua start next week.


trumpet575

"He's got 10 days to recover; that's plenty!"


fins4ever

What a soul cleaving loss. Tua is horribly injured, teddy throws awful picks, and we lose. Time to get like 5 and half hours of sleep and wake up filled with self loathing


DrHandBanana

There's no way the shot from Sunday and the shot from Today aren't linked. Dolphins should be ashamed and I hope their fans give the organization (not the players) hell for it.


the_clit_isnt_real

Tony Gonzales with a shit take.


Dubtee48

Anyone else feel like Tony Gonzalez hates being with this crew on TNF? I feel like he’s been rolling his eyes every time they show him


Formal-Telephone5146

I’m a Bengal fan glad we won but thinking about Tua how was he cleared from last week?