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@GwildorM @tracybeanz He does have a cousin named Slow Poke Rodriguez who could be considered a negative stereotype… I’m just saying

@tracybeanz Why is Speedy controversial? I have never understood the complaints about him. Any Hispanic I've heard talk about Speedy loves him. I'd say the fact that we're getting a Speedy movie staring Fluffy who plans to not change anything about him says everything.

This. Is. Hysterical.

I don't use Twitter/X as I once did, but for any former/lifetime APES alums, I thought this article was somewhat interesting. If you see this and read it... you could let me know. I'd appreciate the shout out. Thanks. Hi guys 👋 msn.com/en-us/news/tec…

@NationPadres I loved him on the Athletics. He had a hardcore intro

Mason Miller, closer of the San Diego Padres The Reaper

@MLFootball If you don’t like this, you don’t like football. Period. Or you’re a fan of another AFC East team.

“DAD, HOW GOOD WAS DAN MARINO IN HIS PRIME ON THE #DOLPHINS…?” Marino was the original modern day quarterback throwing for 5000+ yards in just a second season. 🐐🐐🐐 x.com/Fatslob1123/st…

For any of my former APES students, the news about Trump taking away EPA climate protection is (obviously) not good news. It will be interesting to see how groups will respond to this series of events. It feels very limited in terms of the "benefits" it would provide companies.

@Blackspliff305 That’s a big goal. Right now I’ll say “no” but I wouldn’t mind being wrong. And Tua is more mobile than early 90’s Marino was

For the old school Dolphins fans. Do you think Paul & Jonah have the potential to end up being as good as Webb & Sims?

@TheGabriel72 Why record/post this? Some people are annoying. Don’t advertise them

Okay, that's when bleach Blondie gets knocked to the floor!!

@JoeRobbie_ For the record, I like Conyers, I just haven’t seen much of him yet

@JoeRobbie_ Just saw a thing referencing Miami finalizing details w NYG on a trade to acquire Darren Waller to come out of retirement to play in Miami. Wonder what it’ll cost and how he will look/play

What if Miami has their guy at TE1 already? What if Mike McDaniel already had the vision? If the Miami Dolphins make no moves for a TE thats Mikes way of telling us he’s already got it handled & his name is Jalin Conyers 😈

@JoeRobbie_ Pellisero says we are giving a conditional 6th (I’m guessing condition is “he makes the team and plays x% of snaps?”) for Waller and a conditional 7th

@DouglieDoWrong 100%

This!!!

@Dolphins_1971 🐬 It’s been a hell of a (bad) run, but there’s not another team I’m going to like/love like I do the Dolphins. I remember the AFC Championship game in ‘93 (following the ‘92 season). Back then, they couldn’t beat Kelly et al in the postseason, but no one in the AFC could..

If you're a Miami Dolphins fan and you're supporting the Dolphins no matter what, reply with a 🐬

@harris_wins “already putting her incredibly… (what?) decision making abilities on display.” Missing a key term to drive home some kind of emphasis.

BREAKING: RFK Jr. just announced that Kamala Harris refused to even meet with him. Retweet so all Americans see this and know Kamala Harris is already putting her incredibly decision making abilities on display.

@Matt_Pinner 12

Lots of people get it wrong Answer. Can you solve it?

@RGIII IMO the playoff win argument is BS. He had one opportunity and it was in conditions where legitimately, the game should’ve been delayed. Wins against playoff caliber opponents is more legitimate and that will need to change. But the offense is built for him to succeed in.

Dear football fans, this is a safe space. Why do you think Tua Tagovailoa didn’t become the highest paid QB ever? Justin Herbert, Trevor Lawrence and Jordan Love benefited from being the next guy to be paid. But Tua being a Top 5 QB in every major QB stat category wasn’t enough

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I wonder how many actual Miami Dolphins fans are on X. If you are, give me a FinsUp in the comments. I know you are out there!

@NFLFilms @nflnetwork @NFL @NFLMedia The ballot that has Purdy ahead of McCaffrey feels strange to me

Some ballots from this year's #NFLTop100 voting 👀 What stands out to you?

@Thebillskev12 @lordofthefins @NFL_DovKleiman There there…

@lordofthefins @NFL_DovKleiman Is that bc you’re a scared of daddy Allen?

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@SalTumbarelloMD @ckparrot Except for the “easy/easily” part… That’s the whole point of the article.

@ckparrot The offense was made for Tua’s skill set. They could easy create an offense based around any starting caliber qbs skillset

One reason Tua's contract is so interesting is because every indication is both sides need each other. And that makes the leverage landscape messy. While valid to point out Tua may not be as potent in another system, there is a lot of evidence this offense wouldn't be the same with (insert QB here) at the helm. I think it's pretty well established by great analysts like @gregcosell that Tua Tagovailoa's skill set is not universally valued across the NFL landscape. There's nothing wrong with that; every quarterback is a "system" quarterback to some degree. But there's a reason NFL front offices place a premium on certain tangible qualities, and also a reason (e.g.) Tom Brady went in the 6th round, Drew Brees in the 2nd round, Russell Wilson in the 3rd round, Brock Purdy in the 7th round (more on him in a bit), etc. However, not enough oxygen is given to the argument that systems like Miami's require Tua's idiosyncratic skill set, that finding this skill set isn't as easy as many assume, and that the cost of being wrong until you're finally right...can be fatal. Let's consider the case of Kyle Shanahan's San Francisco 49ers. Despite the collection of talent we know the 49ers have generally fielded in the Shanahan era, the team became absolutely dependent on Jimmy Garoppolo's skill set to win games. They were 42-19 (including 4-2 in the playoffs with a Super Bowl appearance) with Jimmy G at the helm, but an astonishing 9-29 when he went missing from the lineup...until they found Brock Purdy (again, more on that in a bit). So on the same squads that Jimmy G put together a 99+ passer rating and .689 win record, scoring 27+ points per game, the other passers Kyle Shanahan favored (C.J. Beathard, Nick Mullens, Brian Hoyer, Trey Lance) put together 83 passer ratings and a 0.237 record, scoring less than 20 points per game. And if that sounds familiar, it's because the same thing has been happening in Miami under Mike McDaniel. While the offense has hummed with Tua Tagovailoa at the helm, the wheels generally fall off whenever Teddy Bridgewater, Skylar Thompson, or Mike White enter the chat. I think it's a bit convenient to wave this away by talking about how those quarterbacks all "suck" and then to say look what happened when SF got another actual quality QB in Brock Purdy. But that's the point, isn't it? San Francisco lost entire seasons because they couldn't get that position right...until they finally did. It's not as if Kyle Shanahan wasn't trying to find quality passers to step in for an injury prone Jimmy Garoppolo. No, they didn't put high investment into the likes of Mullens, Beathard, or Hoyer. But they also didn't put high investment into Brock Purdy. It was the same process- a process which led to a 7-27 record with Mullens, Beathard, and Hoyer, until it finally led to a 17-4 record with Purdy. The 49ers DID put three 1st round picks of investment into the acquisition of Trey Lance. And can you imagine how pointless their collection of offensive talent (Deebo Samuel, Brandon Aiyuk, George Kittle, Christian McCaffrey, Trent Williams, etc.) would look if they hadn't been bailed out by Deus Ex Mr. Irrelevant in 2022? Miami built an offense out of exactly what Tua Tagovailoa is uncommonly good at: his hair trigger, impeccable timing and accuracy, superlative pocket management (even behind consistently leaky lines), his physical coordination, and unusually quick feet. That idiosyncratic skill set was always destined to be uniquely compatible with both the system and the coach. Even before establishing an offense that other coaches commonly copy off of in Miami, Mike McDaniel had shown several times in his career that his hallmarks as an offensive innovator lie in his use of misdirection, accelerated timing, and creative choreography to create defensive hesitation, favorable launch angles, and maximized throwing windows. But he needs a trigger man whose core competencies favor those particular areas in order to make it all work. It's far too easy for the casuals to declare that McDaniel can just build a new approach from the ground-up, when that is a completely unproven claim. Because those necessary skills don't typically draw the same value premium from NFL front offices as the more traditional, tangible qualities, it's not a coincidence that San Francisco found their Jimmy Garoppolo by trading a 2nd rounder, nor that they found Brock Purdy with the literal last pick in the draft. For that matter, it wasn't a coincidence that Mike McDaniel found his Tua Tagovailoa in a player whom the previous head coach tried to trade away. But the lower price tag does not make the process of finding that guy any less perilous. If you think these coaches can repeat that success at will, finding a suitable quarterback with the snap of their fingers, or that they can just insert whoever comes along and get the same result, you have not been paying attention. How many seasons will be lost, how many windows of opportunity will close, should the Dolphins be forced to go into rock-flipping mode until they find that next passer who fits like a glove? Can GM Chris Grier whip up the same caliber of roster talent on command? That is the question that has to keep the Dolphins awake at night. And that is the source of Tua Tagovailoa's leverage.