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2021 Schedule

Discussion in 'Miami Dolphins Forum' started by AceVentura84, May 11, 2021.

  1. Tin Indian

    Tin Indian Rockin' The Bottom End Club Member

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    Yeah the starts have not been good but we really should be honest about it too. His 1st year we gutted the team before he coached his 1st game. It was pretty empty on the talent shelf. Year 2 we run headlong into a pandemic and all the team practice they had was the 4 weeks prior to the season start. We started a bunch of rookies across the board and while there were teams that started hot most did not have the youth and inexperience we had. You can call them excuses if you want but I didn't expect either of those teams to set the world on fire out of the gate. This year I expect a much better start and if we don't get it I will start to wonder about his preparations.
     
  2. Finatik

    Finatik Season Ticket Holder Staff Member Club Member

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    Other teams have a say in this also. He can be totally prepared but they get beat. Not like the beatdowns that occurred but being competitive.
     
  3. KeyFin

    KeyFin Well-Known Member

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    Anyone thinking about going to the @Tennessee game? It would be a 5-hour drive for me or a $200 round trip flight. I'm seriously thinking about it.
     
  4. byroan

    byroan Giggity Staff Member Administrator Luxury Box

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    Yep. I think a lot of us are planning on going to that game.
     
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  5. Puka-head

    Puka-head My2nd Fav team:___vs Jets Club Member

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    I was going to try for the Vegas game but no way I can afford those tickets. Let alone hookers and blow for the weekend.
     
  6. Galant

    Galant Love - Unity - Sacrifice - Eternity

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  7. vmarcilfan75

    vmarcilfan75 blah...blah...blah... Club Member

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    Have you seen the Hotel prices?
    Just for Treasure Island for a current weekend F-S runs around $550 for September it’s $980!!
     
  8. Hooligan

    Hooligan Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    Geeze, for that kind of money go out of town a few miles, rent a room or a bungalow at the Chicken Ranch and get a real super Sunday experience. Read it in a brochure.
     
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  9. Dol-Fan Dupree

    Dol-Fan Dupree Tank? Who is Tank? I am Guy Incognito.

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    I am still surprised they haven't gone two byes.

    Make football longer while give players some extra healing time.

    I miss football so much. I never get sick of it.
     
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  10. Unlucky 13

    Unlucky 13 Team Raheem Club Member

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    Looking over the schedule deeper with regards to each week and the networks, I got a little lucky that in four of the five games the Fins will be on FOX, my local team Washington doesn't play in the same window. Still no guarantee that they'll be the game on my local channel, but at least there's a chance.

    I've also noted that going back at least to 2018 (and possibly 2016), every single time the Fins have a game scheduled at 4pm, its on the network that doesn't have the national double header that week. Basically guaranteeing that its only broadcast locally.
     
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  11. Fishhead

    Fishhead Well-Known Member

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    When they go to the 18 game schedule, they will almost have to add a second bye, I would think.
     
  12. Unlucky 13

    Unlucky 13 Team Raheem Club Member

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    Hopefully they start the season in August if they do. Pushing it further into January is crap.
     
  13. KeyFin

    KeyFin Well-Known Member

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    I agree, make those two extra games the same weeks where we'd normally have pre-season.
     
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  14. Dol-Fan Dupree

    Dol-Fan Dupree Tank? Who is Tank? I am Guy Incognito.

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    I am curious, why does it matter if they start extra games in August or end up going to February?
     
  15. Unlucky 13

    Unlucky 13 Team Raheem Club Member

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    On one hand, it my personal preference that the NFL season not extend even further into February than it already has. I just like the league year where it has fit into the calendar. Just like I wouldn't want the World Series in MLB to be played around Thanksgiving.

    And beyond that, I strongly dislike cold weather games in general, and ones effected by winter weather, and the more weeks of football that we have in January and February, its inevitable that we'll have more and more of them.

    And when that happens, it becomes not only worse football to watch in my opinion, but it gives those cold weather teams an even bigger home field advantage than they already possess.
     
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  16. The_Dark_Knight

    The_Dark_Knight Defender of the Truth

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    TV contracts. Baseball runs into football season, football season runs into basketball season…not to mention college level games, NASCAR, NHL… all of these organizations have contracts with the networks to broadcast games. Extend a sport’s season and you interfere with another organization’s TV time
     
  17. Dol-Fan Dupree

    Dol-Fan Dupree Tank? Who is Tank? I am Guy Incognito.

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    I can see why network executives care. I just don't understand how fans care.
     
  18. The_Dark_Knight

    The_Dark_Knight Defender of the Truth

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    There are some who marry their televisions and watch any and all sports 365 days a year. Those would be the fans who care I would think…dividing their sports time.

    Me in the other hand, I watch nothing but football so an extended NFL season would be great for me!
     
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  19. Dol-Fan Dupree

    Dol-Fan Dupree Tank? Who is Tank? I am Guy Incognito.

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    Same here. Starting earlier in the summer or going later in the winter doesn't really matter to me.
     
  20. KeyFin

    KeyFin Well-Known Member

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    Okay, let me flip that question back to you- would you rather Miami play Buffalo/New England/New York up north in August or February?

    While it is fun to watch snow games from time to time, I'd rather see the Dolphins in the sunshine. I also really like that the road to the playoffs starts in November around the long Thanksgiving weekend, then ends during the winter holidays w/ playoffs in January.

    I mean, that's been the schedule since I was a kid and I'm about to turn 48...there's no real reason to change it.
     
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  21. The G Man

    The G Man Git 'r doooonnne!!!

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    Bumping this to ask why this it not the Dolphins bye week?

    Haven't teams always gotten a bye after an international game? I mean, the Jags got a bye, so why not Miami? Just seems a little unfair.
     
  22. TheHighExhaulted

    TheHighExhaulted Well-Known Member

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    Miami requested to not have their bye after the London game.
     
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  23. Alan in England

    Alan in England Active Member

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    no surprise that this organisation does the most illogical
     
  24. The G Man

    The G Man Git 'r doooonnne!!!

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    Interesting. I didn't realize teams had that kind of input with the league when it comes to scheduling.
     

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