The Miami Dolphins enter their Week 13 contest against the New Orleans Saints riding their first winning streak of the season. That, plus extra rest and the outlook of potential returns to the lineup, should have Miami feeling optimistic about the team's chances to climb back into relevance. But it all starts with putting one foot in front of the other and taking care of each week's opponent. For the Saints, the landscape of the Week 13 contest between the two teams appears to have endured a significant shift — one that would tilt the scales in Miami's favor. The Saints will begin prepping for Miami with the status of RB Alvin Kamara very much in doubt for Week 13 Saints running back Alvin Kamara went down in Week 12 with what reports indicate is a knee sprain. Such a turn of events would be a tough blow for a Saints offense that has struggled all season to find their footing with any consistency. New Orleans, with Kamara, currently ranks 29th in the NFL in rushing yards, 30th in the NFL in yards per attempt, and is dead last in the league in rushing touchdowns through Week 12 (3 scores). The Saints are also averaging a slight 15 points per game and have scored three offensive touchdowns in the last calendar month. This is a major opportunity for the Dolphins' defense to springboard their performance into new heights and try to parlay their recent momentum from before the bye week into sustained success. Not having to worry about Kamara, who is second on the team in total yards, would be a helpful development, even if Kamara is a shell of the player he once was. Thankfully for Miami, they've had loads of extra time to prep and be ready either way. Miami Dolphins' rushing defense in recent weeks Week 11 - 172 rushing yards allowed to Washington Commanders Week 10 - 87 rushing yards allowed to Buffalo BIlls Week 9 - 150 rushing yards allowed to Baltimore Ravens Week 8 - 45 rushing yards allowed to Atlanta Falcons Week 7 - 104 rushing yards allowed to Cleveland Browns
The Dolphins will get a pair of players back from injured reserve for Sunday’s game against the Saints. They announced that tight end Darren Waller and tackle Austin Jackson have both returned to the 53-man roster. Tight end Hayden Rucci and offensive lineman Kion Smith were waived in corresponding moves. Waller came out of retirement to join the Dolphins this year and had four touchdowns in his first three games for the team. He injured his pectoral the next week, however, and has missed the last four games. Jackson started the season opener, but injured his toe and has missed the last 10 games.
Closer game than what it should be given how Miami has seemed to dominate, but Tua still seems a bit off this season.
D is looking quite good although we‘re just playing the Saints. Need to see more from everybody if they wanna stay, but I think Ross made his decision already.
I'm fed up with Tua now. He's just so one dimensional. Always been a Tua defender but I've had enough of his noodling now. No wonder this place is always so empty.
Tua determined to have another multi-pick game. Just focus on the run game and adding a FG should be enough to win this one.
You run the ball, get to the 10 yard line and decide to call 3 passing plays, when Tua’s not having a good game.
He definitely was better prior to this season. Hopefully he’s able to at least rebound, this season has been uhly.
Wouldn't Fitzpatrick have been better taking a knee at the NO 1 yard line, rather than taking it into the endzone?
I forgot how Miami can grasp failure from the jaws of victory.... Well, they failed to fail. Not exactly inspired by the performance, but a win is a win.
He is so physically limited he is only going to get worse.Small,noodle arm and.mobilty of the statue of liberty. Grier ****ed us.
I was happy that we were winning...then I realized we scored 19, on offense, against a 2 win team. So yeah, glad we won. But excited? No. Squeaking out a win against a ****ty team, is meaningless. If we had dropped 70, I'd have hope that we could be competitive against a good team. But we scored 21 total. Tua looked like a$$. Saints guy had a better game than Tua.
Everyone is chalking up the Jets game as a win which is hilarious to me. Dont people realize Tua is 0-8 in weather below 45f?
Sometimes while watching the Dolphins, I'll keep track of stats as I watch the game. Yesterday was one of those days I didn't. I didn't need to; offensively, we were a juggernaut in ONE aspect of the game. Achane was KILLING it out there. Tua was completely irrelevant. I'll get back to that in a minute. The defense has seemed to finally come into its own. Now some would say, "yea, but this was against the Saints" and while that is true, the defense performed well against the Bills as well. I think that maybe with so many new faces, it took a while for the unit to meld and now that it has, I think its going to be a force to be reckoned with. Back to Tua, I've said quite a few times this season that something seems to be off with him this season. I don't know if it was a flash in the pan, if injuries have begun to diminish his game of if the longer he lets his hair grow, the worse his game becomes. I don't know but unless he has a dramatic....and I mean DRAMATIC improvement in his game, regardless of his contract, his days in Miami are numbered
Regardless of how we finish the season, we need to draft a quarterback in 2026. It would be incredibly stupid not to at this point. There's a lot of guys available, and I think you take a chance on in the earlier rounds. Doesn't have to be a first round pick, but rounds 2-4 should have some guys available. You give Tua next season to turns things around. This is partially due to us being married tonhis contract, but we need to be looking beyond Tua at this point.
I've always been a proponent of doing that every year- I would have done that with Marino as the starter until we were in the position of someone like the Packers with Favre/Rodgers. It's the most important position on the roster and you must have two studs ready to go. I have been over Tua for quite some time now. Waddle and Tyreek hid his limitations, but it was still pretty clear his arm strength is just not there for a 3-down passer. He can run a Pennington-like offense with the best of them and hope his receivers chase down lame-duck bombs...and that's good enough for most situations with this roster (Achane and a healthy Waddle, Tyreek). Achane is the next Barry Sanders folks, you can see him coming alive week after week and he's better now than he was a year ago. The blocking has improved some in the trenches, but it's just as much Achane waiting for holes and exploding. He's a rare talent and hopefully we retain him long-term.
In my humble opinion, drafting a quarterback for the sake of drafting a quarterback doesn’t make a lot of sense. That’s the ONE pick you have GOT to nail and get right. From what I’m seeing, the only quarterback in next year’s draft that’s really worth the risk is Mendoza but there are going to be teams well ahead of us in need of a quarterback that will snag him before us. The only exception to that is if the Dolphins are willing to spend a lot of draft capital in taking a risk on him (or any other quarterback for that matter). Another thing too when drafting a quarterback, you have to take a good hard look at the program he’s coming from. If he’s coming from a stout stacked college team ie; Tua from Alabama, said quarterback could look like the greatest thing since sliced bread. But if your team is a dumpster fire, said quarterback is probably going to look like crap. Hurts went to Philadelphia, a pretty decent team that was missing that ONE piece. Tua came to Miami that’s been stuck in mediocrity for years. One’s excelled while the other has struggled. Now if there’s a quarterback that’s put up great numbers from a decent program and he could be that missing piece and he’s available, it may be worth the risk but to draft a quarterback for the sake of drafting a quarterback is nonsensical. That’s just my opinion.
