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00:00Optimism is fleeting on my Miami Dolphins AFC tickets.
00:07And look, I can easily chalk up the state of the Dolphins
00:14to two Otunga-Vailoa's injuries.
00:17And I wouldn't be wrong to chalk those up
00:25to two Otunga-Vailoa's injuries.
00:27Again, Tua threw for 338 yards in week number one.
00:31He was the passing leader
00:33in the opening week of the season.
00:36If you take a look at the Miami Dolphins,
00:39Tua Otunga-Vailoa, who has not played
00:42since the back end of that Bills game,
00:43is still leading this team in passing.
00:47Tua has thrown for more yards.
00:49And you might say, oh, that's because it's Skyler,
00:51then Huntley, then Boyle.
00:53Skyler, Huntley, Boyle all combined,
00:55Tua's thrown for more yards.
00:57Like, it's just, it's so bad.
01:01But I think my lack of any optimism
01:06is it's not even when Tua gets back.
01:11It was, it's seeing Mike McDaniel,
01:14I think, have an opportunity to prove
01:17that he can be a top coach in this league
01:21and completely go the other way.
01:26The game against Seattle,
01:29look, the Seahawks, I think, have a good defense.
01:31I know that the Lions completely abused them.
01:36But the Lions are one of the best offenses in football.
01:39The Lions haven't had a breakout game in quite some time
01:44on the offensive side of the football,
01:45certainly throughout this season.
01:47The Lions were gonna be super focused
01:49because they've lost to Seattle in consecutive years.
01:53And Seattle was banged up to the nth degree.
01:59And so I'm covering for Miami
02:01for what they did in that game against Seattle.
02:03I really am.
02:05The game against the Titans, though, you can't cover for.
02:09The Titans' best defensive player, Jeffrey Simmons, out.
02:12The Jarius need played but injured the corner
02:14that they brought over from the Chiefs last season.
02:18And everything about the Dolphins was sloppy.
02:24Was inconsistent.
02:28And it was baffling, I think, at a lot of times.
02:32You know, the idea on Devon Achan,
02:34he's an explosive runner,
02:36yet somehow 10 carries for 15 yards.
02:38I mean, sure, the player has to take some onus,
02:41but you're telling me
02:43that one of the most explosive players in football,
02:45in Devon Achan, hardly can leave this game
02:48with more carries than Jalen Wright.
02:49And I know people are like,
02:50well, Jalen Wright was better than him in the game.
02:55That's timing, that's design.
02:57I really do believe that.
02:59Tyreek Hill, 23 yards.
03:03That can't be.
03:05That can't be.
03:0596 passing yards, if you're the Miami Dolphins.
03:08That cannot be.
03:10So the issue is,
03:13when you think about the schedule,
03:16the four games that this team was set to play
03:19out to,
03:22at Seattle, okay?
03:24Right, not good.
03:25Hosting the Titans.
03:26They were favorites in the football game.
03:29Go to New England.
03:30They were look-ahead favorites.
03:31It's flipped due to how bad they were.
03:33It's still under a field goal.
03:35Bi-week at the Colts.
03:38Could be on a backup quarterback.
03:40I know Joe Flacco is,
03:42like the Dolphins would kill for Flacco right now, right?
03:45But that is, again, a game that would project
03:50around a field goal.
03:53You look at, again, the Seattle game was lost,
03:56and it was lost.
03:58But home against the Titans at New England
04:00and at Indianapolis,
04:02you look at that and think to yourself,
04:05we could go two and one here.
04:07We could.
04:08We could go two and one here.
04:09Right, we're not gonna go three and O.
04:10We're not gonna go three and O at backups,
04:12but we could.
04:14Well, the first result is getting absolutely destroyed
04:21by a Tennessee Titans team
04:23that in the first quarter of the game
04:26lost their starting quarterback in Will Levis.
04:29Not before he could throw you an interception
04:31and get you a short field, by the way, right?
04:35Will Levis went out there, pick,
04:36dove for a first down that he did or didn't get.
04:39I still can't really figure it out.
04:42And in comes Mason Rudolph.
04:44They put 31 up in your building.
04:46First time since 2021, they scored 30 plus points,
04:49the Titans.