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2017 NFL Season Kickoff Podcast: Insult to Injuries

Dave Kinney (@DavidKinney) and Mike Mercadal (@MikeMercadal) kick off the season by breaking down the injuries the Dolphins have suffered and their offseason moves including picking up Jay Cutler and Julius Thomas.. Let me know what you think of the episode on Twitter @SavingThePhins. 

The show is also available on iTunes and Google Play. Click on either link below.

 

Sign the Best Available Players (Regardless of Politics)

Today has been a real roller coaster ride for Dolphins fans. Ryan Tannehill went down with a knee injury at practice this morning and Dolphins fans spent all day glued to the internet, praying for the best. While they waited to hear his fate (Which turned out to be very encouraging), a discussion arose about who the Dolphins should sign if Tannehill's injury proved to be severe, and a few names came up including retired double-chin Jay Cutler and Colin Kaepernick.

I want to say right off the bat that this article is taking no stance on Colin Kaepernick's political leanings or statements. I assume you care as much about my politics as I do about yours, which is not at all. On paper, Kaepernick's numbers from last season look pretty impressive, but any arguments people want to make about his football skills, or his effect on a locker room are all fair game to me. What I have no patience for are arguments about his politics. Articles including this one have stated that the Dolphins cannot or should not sign him at least in part because of his politics, which is utterly ridiculous.

I totally get that Kaepernick's political statements, particularly some of his stances on Cuba and Fidel Castro rubbed a lot of South Floridians the wrong way. Many of you passionately disagree with him as you have every right to, but you may be surprised to know the Dolphins already have a number of players with beliefs that may differ from your own. In addition to the Dolphins players who kneeled during the national anthem last season, we also now have William Hayes, a player who publicly denies the existence of dinosaurs and believes in mermaids.

Does this bother you? Do you want these players cut immediately? How about crimes?  Have you loudly demanded every Dolphin get cut the moment they're arrested for domestic violence or other crimes over the years? If not, why not?

What I hate more than anything in the world is the repulsive sound of the deadbeat dads that make up the New York Jets fanbase cheering when they beat our team. I hate Tom Brady's smug grin when he torches us for another win. If there's a player out there who has the skill to prevent that who you wouldn't sign simply because of their political beliefs, you can go fuck yourself. We have nothing in common. For me, there are literally no exceptions to this. If I found out white supremacist Richard Spencer had an amazing arm, I'd sign him today.

In a perfect world, we could all cheer for a team of talented Pro Bowlers that are all perfect pillars of the community and in total lockstep with all of our beliefs. The real world often offers more complex choices. While some players might fit that description for you, like Jason Taylor or Zach Thomas, we also live in the world of Richie Incognito. Aside from the tapes that came out during the overblown "Bullygate" bullshit a few years ago, I've heard very few people describe him as anything other than an asshole. I would not want to hang out with him under any circumstances, but I was still furious when we cut him because he was pretty good at football. While our guards have at times been like  turnstiles the last few seasons, Incognito went to 2 consecutive Pro Bowls.

If you either wouldn't sign the best player available simply because of politics, or you're one of the pussies who stopped watching football last season simply because players were making a political statement you disagreed with, you need to accept that you're the easily triggered snowflake in need of a safe space.

Preseason Week 3 Podcast: Signs of Progress

Dave Kinney sits down with Mike Mercedal and they discuss the Dolphins' stellar performance against the Falcons, Jordan Cameron's problems with catching the football, injury concerns and answer a listener's question about whether moving away from a city makes you a stronger fan of those teams. Let me know what you think of the episode on Twitter @SavingThePhins. 

The show is also available on iTunes and Google Play. Click on either link below.

 

Preseason Week 2 Podcast: Cowboy Carnage

This week I was joined by guest comedian Oscar Collazos (@colombiancomic) break down the Miami Dolphins preseason loss to Dallas, discussing the improvements on the offense and the defense's inability to tackle. Let me know what you think of the episode on Twitter @SavingThePhins. 

The show is also available on iTunes and Google Play. Click on either link below.

 

Preseason Week 1 Podcast: Rough Start

Dave Kinney and guest comedian Mike Mercadal (@mikemercadal) discuss the Dolphins starters' struggles against the Giants in their first preseason game, issues on the offensive line and the rise of Jakeem Grant. Let me know what you think on Twitter @SavingThePhins.

The show is also available on iTunes and Google Play. Click on either link below.

 

We Need to Sign Miko Grimes

After seeing the Dolphins get beat by the Jaguars and humiliated by the Bills, I wasn't expecting much when the Dolphins flew to London, but they still managed to disappoint. I started writing this site during our 2007 1-15 season and so far this season has been even harder to watch.

In 2007, we had a coach too nice to be effective, a leaky offensive line that allowed too many sacks, a defense that couldn't tackle and a recently signed overpaid defensive free agent who was underperforming (Joey Porter). Sounds familiar so far, but there is one gigantic difference. While the 2007 Dolphins had a lack of talent due to injuries and poor personnel decisions, I never questioned that they were playing their hardest. Every week, Zach Thomas, Jason Taylor and the other players went out and played to best of their abilities against teams who were often more talented. While it was frustrating to watch Randy Moss stitch a clown suit on Cameron Worrell, I never felt like Worrell was phoning it in.

This season I see a team most people would agree is more talented than the '07 squad, that with a few exceptions (Jarvis Landry, Reshad Jones and a few others) is sleepwalking through games with very little passion. A lot of the fault lies with coaching and with Philbin out, there is hope that might change but I need to see more passion out of this team. I would rather have a less talented team playing their hearts out than a talented team that doesn't care.

We Need to Sign Miko Grimes

So far this season, aside from Jarvis Landry the person in a Dolphins jersey who has best embodied the kind of tenacity and grit I'm talking about was Miko Grimes. After the game, Miko bravely took on multiple police officers in a show of passion and raw athleticism rarely seen from Dolphins players this season that included headbutting an officer while she was handcuffed. While our society unfortunately has laws that frown on that kind of violence in a parking lot, on a football field those are the exact kind of psychotic impulses that get players to the Pro Bowl.

With Miko recently getting fired from her radio gig, she's available and she already has plenty of Dolphins jerseys with her last name on them so all we'd have to do is change the numbers. If she's willing to fight that hard just to get into a restricted area, imagine what a terror she could be against opposing running backs.