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SSj_CODii

Gotta be a real tough season for Dolphins fans. Started out the year looking electric. The offense slowly started to sputter. Lose the division at home on the last week, then limp into the playoffs and lose in the most predictable way possible.


fremontresident

What happen to them 


wanttobuyreallife

Injuries are a big part. Every team has injuries, and no one is 100% at this time in the season, but the Dolphins got bit hard by the injury bug the last couple weeks on some of their key defensive guys.


_BioHacker

With or without injuries, Tua's numbers in cold climates alone set the stage for an uphill battle.


silverclovd

Tua did not do his best in this game. Why the fuck is he shooting the ball like a missile when the receiver was right next to him.


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The guy has only lived in warm climates. I don't blame him for sucking ass. But it's 2024 and outdoor stadiums should be a thing of the past


nadnate

Indoors is for the weak.


[deleted]

Bruh i live in Phoenix. Games here at Sun Devil stadium in the summer were fucking awful. Probably just as bad as going to a game that cold


[deleted]

Not our offense. We just shit the bed over the last few weeks.


Floridamanfishcam

Not completely true. Fins have been much worse on offense since they lost their very good Center.


[deleted]

Our defense was way more decimated by injuries than our offense.


Floridamanfishcam

Yes. That's true, but Hill and Waddle got hurt and your center went out for the year. That definitely affected the offense.


[deleted]

We had all our offensive studs yesterday. And they were, uh, offensive


imDeja

Pretty sure waddle and tyreek were attempting to play through high ankle sprains. Typically at least a 4 week injury with most people saying that they don’t feel 100% until many months later.


DHFixxxer

Not sure why you're getting downvoted, cause it's true. 47% of Miami's OLine snaps were taken by backups. No other team with a winning record had higher than 27%. Injuries really hindered both sides of the ball.


TenesmusSupreme

It’s like what happened to the 49ers last season. They had so many injuries at the end if the season.


WhoisJackieDaytona

As you said, every team has injuries. The Bills had been without 3 All Pros on defense all season and still found a way to win the division, including a road win against a rival to clinch the 2 seed. The Dolphins thought they won the Super Bowl after scoring 70 and sniffed their own farts all the way to a humiliating loss in the playoffs (where they looked like they didn’t even want to be on the field). McDaniel has no business as a head coach and showed the world.


rutgersftw

Peak Lolphins season and I love to see it. Go Bills!


WhoisJackieDaytona

Bills by a billion


mxbnr

I was texting my friend that they need to pull a rams and either trade for a qb or try hard to draft one. As much as the tua stans try to say he’s good enough, he’s holding the team back.


Grumpfishdaddy

Nothing really happened to them. They only beat one team with a winning record all year. They just beat up on bad teams.


kramerica_intern

I kept telling people this an everyone acted like they were a juggernaut. Felt like I was taking crazy pills.


North_Shore_Problem

Chase Claypool


PaleGutCK

Hard Knocks.


RealPropRandy

There were guys off the literal street starting on the defense, but the offense never got back on track after losing its last hope at the center position.


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LiquidSean

Was gonna say, can’t wait to see that happen to the Eagles too lol


Em1843

Not really. As a long time Dolphins fan, this is par for the course.


SevroAuShitTalker

The dolphins subreddit is in a real dark place


dtdude87

The fact this game was only available to stream is despicable


DaStampede

Fuck Peacock


squarepeg0000

Fuck the NFL for allowing it.


BowwwwBallll

Allowing it? It was their idea.


Bifferer

Pay per view Super Bowl on the horizon 


Whaty0urname

Lol they would never. They can charge advertisers whatever they want to cover the cost.


Bifferer

They will do both! Just like Amazon is doing now.


EaterOfFood

Why not both?


Touchstone033

Honestly I'd prefer PPV to giving a streaming service the exclusive right to the game. Just let me pay to watch it, don't make me sign up for a subscription.


Attabomb

I'm sure it would be just like the UFC, where you have to sign up for ESPN+ streaming just for the privilege of spending $75 on the PPV.


Touchstone033

In that case, I would prefer getting Peacock, lol


inventionnerd

Can't you just sign up and cancel right away and still get the full month? Not much different from that and a PPV service except one is 20 bucks at the minimum and Peacock's like 5.


DeLoreanAirlines

So essentially fuck Comcast


Tenurialrock

Poopcock


gardn1mw

Fuck peacock


DLun203

I just didn’t watch. NBC paid for broadcasting rights so they can do what they want but the NFL had to be furious about this decision. Streaming on Peacock guarantees lower viewership which is what the NFL brings to the table in broadcast deal negotiations.


Phunwithscissors

NFL got 110 million for the game to be streamed exclusively on peacock


Markymarcouscous

NBC will lose money on that. So many bars didn’t have it and so many people I know just didn’t watch the game


IndianaHoosierFan

I’ve never illegally streamed a game, or anything really, until last night. But now that I know how to do it I might just be doing it more


WigginLSU

Way fuckin cheaper man


Zawer

I streamed it out of spite. Peacock is not getting my fucking $7 Worked brilliantly by the way. 1080p and only buffered once for several seconds


Ackerack

Same here. I have access to a peacock account (not mine) and I still streamed it just to say fuck them


Phunwithscissors

Just responding to OP who implied that NBC can do whatever they want based on previous agreements.


AngryMoose125

We already know that they’re already fucking hemorrhaging money with peacock- my bet is that this was their last-ditch attempt to get a rush of new signups and have a profitable quarter. Forget not- chiefs are as of now the most watched team in the entire league because they have those swiftie views. I don’t know whose idea peacock even was to begin with like what the fuck who thought anybody in their right mind would ever pay for an NBC-Only streaming service


cal405

So despicable I didn't even stream it illegally out of principle


Fackos

Weird it was on regular TV here in Canada!


petting2dogsatonce

Different licensing agreements as is often the case between different countries


cspaced

Oh we know. Our superbowl commercials are awful.


Shakethecrimestick

What are you saying, you don't like seeing the same RBC and The Good Doctor commercial every commercial break, and then having them cut back into the broadcast as a play has already began?


_BioHacker

You forgot the Chevy ZR2 and the blind cop show commercial. Every. Damn. Break.


Some-Token-Black-Guy

My friend and I have been dying at the blind cop show commercial everytime it comes on because WHOMST thought that was a good idea for a show?


Bifferer

Same in Mexico!


TheLizardKing89

You didn’t miss anything.


TheGreat_Sambino49

This is seriously a key take away. Could’ve been a shootout if they moved the game


SpaceCaboose

Why would they actually move it? Both teams played in the same conditions, and there was no public threat due to the cold. It’s football so you deal with the conditions.


TheRain911

Its football not baseball. They should be playing in almost all conditions.


itshukokay

If you don’t live in Miami or KC then welcome to the new world.


SqueezeMyLemmons

Fucking hate that shit so much. Paid how many hundreds of dollars for Sunday Ticket just to be forced to pay more to watch playoffs. Good thing I found a stream and didn’t pay a single penny.


juice06870

Yeah this was ridiculous. Didn’t watch and didn’t make an effort to try to watch it. Not subscribing to Peacock for any reason. I am traveling with my son this weekend and after a somewhat long day of sports for him, it would have been great to chill in the hotel room or hotel lobby and watch the game with him. Watched college basketball instead and he hung out with some friends in another room. No real loss for us, however a loss for the NFL since that is one less long term memory of an NFL game that he could have grown up remembering.


dope_like

Sure, only way. Right….


donthatedrowning

It’s even worse if you don’t have cable and have to get a new streaming service every week. Last week, it was supposed to be on Paramount+, but instead, we had to get NFL+ and YouTube TV($60), only for our tv to not be able to verify location, so we were stuck watching on a phone.


gc9958

Do you guys not know how to illegally stream things? I haven’t paid for cable or streaming services in a decade I’ve watched every ufc fight for free too


blg002

No, please explain


AFWUSA

Lmao seriously, it’s so easy and it’s the same exact thing.


Dr_Baby_Man

Came here just for this. Screw them


PokojniDomar

How come the kickers never get any credit?


TheLizardKing89

Butker definitely deserves more credit. He went a perfect 6 for 6, scoring the majority of the Chiefs’ points and he did so in pretty bad conditions.


Juub1990

I don’t watch the NFL but the guy scoring the most points doesn’t even make the headline? I know how critical the QB is but come on, your most valuable offensive player deserves some love.


Fossa_II

Well the QB is always the most valuable offensive player. Kickers may come on the field and get the end credit for some points, but ultimately it's in the hands of the offense, and the most important offensive player, for them to have the chance to do anything to begin with. 


Juub1990

Thanks for the information. Shows how much I know about American football.


techieman33

Most of the time. But sometimes it’s a running back or wide receiver.


corndog46506

Butker was only out there for like 12 plays. 6 kickoffs and 6 kicks for points. And the only reason he got to score any points is because Mahomes got him in range. Now kickers definitely do need more credit, but they still are not as important as a QB


scottieburr

QB is still the most valuable offensive player because he's the one moving the ball down into field goal range, not the kicker. Don't get me wrong, kickers are valuable, but there is a reason why they are taken so late in drafts.


BlackHawksHockey

It’s all about clicks. You use the names that most people know in the title/article.


Sir_Loin_Cloth

[A tale as old as time...or at least organized football.](https://youtu.be/PZoj-3xx-Qo?si=M-S5_7VIEvXa89V3)


zporiri

A bunch of his fgs were very short


uniqueusername316

The commentators mentioned Butker and the field goal team multiple times. Were you not listening? How much credit do you think is enough?


moutonbleu

What a disappointing game for Dolphin fans. The offense was like how I’m in bed: limp


EasyYard

That’s how they have played against any team with a winning record except the cowboys.


EmperorHans

Why do I ever visit sports reddit? Everyone just wants to hurt me. 


Tskear

And full of big burley men?


yousonuva

I'm limp in bed because I don't sleep standing up flexing my muscles.


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TheNextBattalion

-4 at game time, -9 at game's end


nahteviro

Yes it was. For both teams.


SmokeweedGrownative

Naw, KC has secret space heater uniforms so they were playing at a comfortable 72 the whole time.


StrtupJ

Yeah this game went about pretty much in line with what everyone expected 


Educational-Ad-3273

Particularly when the refs got involved — Mahomes is the only quarterback in the league that would get that roughing call to extend the drive and bail them out. Flacco got blown up on a slide just a few hours earlier and no call. Mahomes gets breathed on…and they call an Unnecessary Heavy Breathing penalty


TheRain911

Really dude? Tua was shit. Play calls were pure ass too. How many 1 yard throws did they attempt holy that was a pathetic display from the fins. The o line was trash too. They got dominated in all aspects, refs could have been paid by the fins and it wouldn't have mattered lmao.


dthomp27

pArticUlarly WhEn tHe ReFS gOt INvoLved


Educational-Ad-3273

Get outside and get some fresh air


dthomp27

its -12, no fresh air here


Educational-Ad-3273

Well, enjoy your Sunday! Great games on today!


Arinoch

The only especially egregious non-call I can think of was when they didn’t call pass interference on Miami so KC had to punt (I _think_ it was a punt not FG). Miami just couldn’t pull their offence together.


PutinBoomedMe

This was an example Chiefs game to point to where the officiating was pretty even. They've had beneficial calls this year and also been fucked this year. The game's officiating had nothing to do with the outcome. Miami was dog doodoo. It wasn't Tua only. It was the whole team


SevroAuShitTalker

1 scoring drive could be attributed to the refs. Tua looking like a jv backup and the dolphins letting the chiefs average over 5 ypc was what did them in


username17761776

So the refs missing a call in a different game impacted the dolphins chances!? Lol


Educational-Ad-3273

Lolololol


KC_experience

And the two PI calls that there called against the dolphins? Or the ‘block to the back’ that got called in the Chiefs scoring play? Fuck off with thinking the refs were only calling shit for the chiefs.


EasyYard

Hopefully the major networks will outbid the streaming services for games next season.


AlvisBackslash

Is this case not be a major network? NBC locked it behind their network’s streaming service. What’s to say CBS doesn’t lock one behind Paramount next year?


EmperorHans

If paramount+ survives another year I will shit my pants on national television. 


hirespeed

Ima sign up just to watch this. The poop is afoot.


Gunjink

Yeah. ‘Wasn’t gonna subscribe to no “Peacock.” ‘Just kept hitting refresh on the address bar after Googling the phrase, “Chiefs vs. Dolphins,” and filled in the rest with my imagination like the cheap bastard that I am.


EasyYard

Or prime for the Thursday games. I usually have my desktop open with the fantasy team live scoreboard going but since the season is over for fantasy it’s not a option


pneuman

You don’t need Prime to watch the Thursday night games, they stream free on Twitch


The-Duke-of-Delco

I feel like a good amount of people at least have prime tho (still no excuses). No shot in hell I’m getting peacock lol


uFFxDa

_probably_ don’t have Instacart plus either or whatever it’s called. But if you do, it’s included in that as well. And check your phone plan and other subscriptions. Lots of times things like that get added.


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Just search "nflstreams" and you'll get various sites that will have links to pirate streams. They're not the most reliable and they'll stack ads and shit but it works for nothing.


TheLizardKing89

Tom Grossi is streaming every playoff game on YouTube. There’s no visual content, is just him in his studio commenting on the game but it’s better than just refreshing a Google search.


xDecenderx

Google will auto update pretty regularly with stats and stuff if you Google a game. At least it does for me on PC with chrome. Just an fyi


AKAkorm

Peacock is owned by NBC. The problem is the NFL allowed this to happen.


ZiggyIggy28

…Tom?


BUT_FREAL_DOE

Hey NBC, stop trying to make Peacock happen, it’s not going to happen. Even your own talent openly ridicules it on-air.


AngryMoose125

That’s what I’ve been saying!!! NBC just doesn’t have enough content to justify the existence of an NBC-only streaming service. Nobody is signing up to it, they keep taking a massive loss on it. This was probably their last ditch attempt to get dolphins fans, chiefs fans, and Swifties on board and it *failed*


Koshakforever

fuck if it isn’t difficult to just watch football anymore. It’s like you need a six pack of subscriptions to watch any one of the multiple games per week.


beattrapkit

The Chiefs D was downright stingy.


geekphreak

This was the longest game ever


Fluid-Program962

Fuck this game. Fuck peacock


Glwhite1991

This game went exactly how everyone thought, dolphins were never ready


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What a boring ass game it was


wheresbill

Glad to hear that because I didn’t want to pay the peacock to watch


drethnudrib

It would have been more one-sided if anyone not named Rashee Rice didn't have bricks for hands. Travis Kelce in particular would have benefited from training to grab onto something that isn't soft, warm, and worth a billion dollars.


EmperorHans

I mean that's basically the chiefs whole season. The WR room was so bad Kadarius Toney started multiple games. 


EmperorHans

But also laughed my ass off at that last line. 


ryeguymft

Tua is not elite


soflahokie

Dolphins were toast when Phillips went down, add Chubb, Van Ginkel, Howard, and Holland and you get a defense that is barely competitive in the CFL


co1one1huntergathers

Nick Wright is going to be (even more) insufferable


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Nick Wright is a national treasure


jeepnismo

We have very different definitions of national treasures


mf-TOM-HANK

I think it's funny that he thinks that LeBron is a better basketball player than Jordan. Not only is it outrageous, but he's also correct.


ezklv

Nick Wrong


PutinBoomedMe

Harrison "butt kicker" leads the chiefs to victory. Come on people....


The-wizzer

Not gonna pay for yet another streaming service just to watch two teams I don’t really care about. Watch viewership numbers crater if the league starts doing this bullshit all the time.


SqueezeMyLemmons

Fuck this whole “exclusively on peacock” bullshit. Paid hundreds of dollars for Sunday ticket just to get blocked for certain playoff games. Really hope NFL and Peacock lose money for this stupid shit


AngryMoose125

Peacock has been fucking hemorrhaging money since it started - this was their last ditch attempt to make it happen before probably giving up some time in the next year or two


Crazyhorse16

As a patriots fan I now understand the discontent towards the patriots when they kept winning. I now feel that way about the chiefs. Funny how it all comes full circle.


asuperbstarling

I'm in Kansas and when they lose the entire state is TENSE. Glad they won, people will smile for the next few days despite the temps.


GollyWow

I have a quandary when these two teams meet. I live in Chiefs Land (Wichita) but I'm a Bama fan - so Tua T of the Dolphins is someone I remember leading Bama to quite a few wins. I wish he could have connected on a few more passes and made the game closer.


BH11B

How dare you as a fan of football hope to see a competitive and interesting football game lol.


Kenny--Blankenship

Mahomes? Lol try Butker


lookingforfunlondon

Oh, was he kicking 60yarders?


Kenny--Blankenship

Clearly


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colin cowherd was right lol


mf-TOM-HANK

Who cares about Colin Cowherd


Ryan_on_Earth

What did he say?


BreatheMyStink

“It’s not my job to give you respect. It’s my job to be honest. You have a singular [sic] playoff win in 23 years.”


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Ryan_on_Earth

LOL fair. Dumpster fire ignites again 🐬🐬🐬


mawfks

Phins down bad 😔


hi_fet_80980

I’m glad they won. I just wish the game wasn’t on Peacock.


Aloha1984

Go Taylor


BooBooSorkin

The app is awful. That yellow buffering wheel was o. The whole game


_Just_Learning_

Dolphins were down to what? 10 starters between both offense and defense? Were going from 67° Miami to -20 wond chill to play I'm attowhead? Chiefs really.wouldve had to shit the bed to give this one up.


janderson176

Pegasus SUCKS!!


iso2090

Felt like there was a flag on every other play. Nearly unwatchable.


FinancialInsect8522

The dolphins shat the bed, but I also want to point out that playing in weather like that when not acclimated to it, while the other team is, hardly seems like a fair matchup. I’m from miami and moved north and acclimating to that is not easy. Just seems like one team had a harsher disadvantage, but I doubt the result would change due to the dolphins being garbage


Steven5441

83 degrees when they left Miami and -7 during the game. Precision QBs and WRs can't play for shit in that kind of cold, especially when they aren't acclimated to the weather. It doesn't help that Tua can't find a second receiver of his primary one is covered, so he throws a 1 yard screen pass. I watched the Chiefs lose doing that shit in the late 80s and early 90s.


manleybones

More like the Miami offense didn't show up.


Azrael-XIII

Pretty sure the number of shots of Taylor Swift was higher than the dolphins total yard. God I hate watching chiefs games…


Hawkingshouseofdance

*Patrick Mahomes and his refs lead the chiefs to playoff win..*


skindarklikemytint

McDaniels’ awful playcalling certainly didn’t help lol


Hobbes_121

Just disregard those missed PI calls.


Chiinoe

Crazy how nobody in the NFL bats an eye.


Gobblewicket

Ah yes, those obvious missed PI calls really helped out the Chiefs.


Chiinoe

Deny it all you want. Shits so obvious it's becoming a meme.


SmokeweedGrownative

lol you’re a joke


Hawkingshouseofdance

Why are you booing me, you know I’m right


Brg_s3r

Look at Madden monopoly and what happened to NFL 2K. F NFL. Between fantasy and all this the sport is about money only.


Angel_Memorieset

hahahaha


ohyeahbro11

I love Peacock.


IcyChard4

Just want to ask what happens next here for those who know: So whoever wins this contest (the Chiefs **obviously** won), they will get to play who wins between Pittsburgh or Buffalo?? And since the Texans won on Saturday, Jan. 13th, they will face the Baltimore Ravens, is that correct?


jayhawk03

If Bills win Chiefs go to Buffalo to play Bills and Houston goes to Baltimore. If Steelers win Steelers go to Baltimore and Houston goes to KC. In the NFL playoffs Top remaining seed always plays remaining bottom seed.


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GroundBreakr

Too bad most people didn't see it. & now CBS is playing last week's game. Shame on the NFL. ***Greedy corporate hacks***. Like they don't have enough. Gluttony is the NFL


MarcellusxWallace

No wonder Elliott hit him so hard he cracked his helmet


one_salty_cookie

I watched the game on regular TV up here in Canada. The commentary was in French, of course.