Miami Dolphins Get GREAT NEWS After WIN vs. Atlanta Falcons

Miami Dolphins Get GREAT NEWS After WIN vs. Atlanta Falcons

It’s victory Monday, Dolphins fans. The first one of the year technically because the other win came on a Monday. It’s good to be celebrating a good performance this Sunday as the Dolphins dominated the Atlanta Falcons. And we got some interesting updates following the game on changes that were made. And it’s all positive stuff here for Miami. I’m Nick Rolloff. This is Dolphins Today by Chat Sports. But I want to firmly start the video by saying this. I think this past win for the Dolphins is legitimately the best game Miami has played since they beat the New York Jets on December 17th, 2023 when they beat the Jets 30 to nothing. I mean, when you look at how Miami dominated this game, they dominated on offense. They controlled the line of scrimmage. They dominated defensively at all levels of the defense and they even dominated on special teams in terms of executing at the highest level. This was as complimentary football as you could imagine and it was awesome and it was a pretty sight to behold because we have watched some awful football through the first seven weeks of the season. And if you are fired up about Victory Monday like yours truly, smash that thumbs up icon. We don’t get to celebrate a ton of wins here at the channel and I’m going to take advantage when we can. So, hit that thumbs up icon. But the news that I kind of want to talk about is a slight change that Miami made in its procedures and in its coaching staff. Frank Smith, the offensive coordinator, he does not call plays. It is still Mike McDaniel, but he heavily is involved in the offensive schemes, the game plan put in from a week- toeek basis. and he is a overarching like talking head. And we’ve talked a lot about how the procedure at times this year and the communication has been off. Players not knowing if they should be on the field or not, being in the right spots or not. And it’s led to false starts. It’s led to illegal shifts. It’s led to um delayed games. Well, Frank Smith, he has been in the booth all year long up top seeing the whole field. They moved him from the booth to the sideline and it seemed to really make a difference for the Dolphins offense, the confidence and the communication. I mean, think about it. Yesterday, they had what, a couple false starts. Other than that, no legal shifts. They were never really threatened by the play clock. They never had any delay games. Everything just felt way more smooth and put together. And Mike McDaniel even pointed this out as well as how Frank Smith may have made the difference here. He said that Frank’s a problem solver, a solution man. He invested in the players. They respond to him. So it seems like the coaching staff liked what they saw with Frank Smith on the sideline and so did the players to tongue even talked about how big of a difference it is. He says he doesn’t get to talk to Frank Smith when he’s in the box, but him being down on the field was a massive help and I think all the players would say the same. One player that said the same, Devon Aan, the running back. He said that he does not want to see Frank Smith in the booth again for the rest of the season. Like, I’m not going to be here to tell you that this turns around the season, but I might be delusional to tell you that the entire difference for the Dolphins and how successful they were offensively this past Sunday was stemmed from the change of him being on the sideline, maybe him communicating with Mike McDaniel more and more efficiently in terms of what the Dolphins need to be doing. Like, oh, we should commit to the run. Call these run plays. They’re struggling defending it. calling that Texas screen that worked a couple times for Ali Gordon and Devon Achan. Like I think Frank Smith being on the sideline really did have a positive impact on this game. I also can’t remember the last time the Dolphins like the way they called plays and the balance between designed runs and pass plays. I haven’t seen it this stark before. They had 37 designed runs to 29 drop backs. That is a stark difference between what we usually see from Miami where if anything it would usually if the Dolphins ran uh what is that quick math? Uh 56 no 66 yeah 66 offensive plays. It would usually be 40 passes and 26 runs. But you saw a complete flip and you saw how that was positively impacting the Dolphins offense. I mean, look at the distribution of running carries. Han with 18, Gordon with 10, Jaylen Wright with nine. Now, Olli Gordon was ironically the most efficient averaging 4.6 yards per carry. And he had about what? Coupe three, four pickups on third and two, fourth and one, third and one. Like Ali Gordon has been exactly what Miami expected him to be as that short yardage physical downhill runner they drafted him to be in the sixth round this past April. He has done everything you could ask for in the running game and more. And like what do you know? By the way, we have talked about it for three plus years here as Dolphins fans and ever since I took over his channel host a year and a half, two years ago, excuse me, we have talked about it a lot. Committing to the run game opens up everything for this Dolphins offense. Whether it’s the play action game that Jaylen Wadd 43 yard touchdown by the way was all created because of the rushing attack. You watch that play back on film when Tua goes to put the ball out. The safeties crash down. Linebackers take a step up because we’ve been committed to the run. We’ve been gashing them. And what happens? Tua pulls it right back. Jaylen Wadd speed beats the in route or gets on the in route be beating the corner gets right behind the safeties before they can get back and get more depth. Waddle in stride off to the races. Touchdown. Like you commit to the run, you run it effectively. It sets up your entire offense. I’m not saying Miami needs to go out there and run the ball 37 times a game. That’s just unrealistic to think that the game script and them getting out to an early lead allowed them to really lean on the run. The point we are making though is that it should be a 5050 split and Miami’s run attack has actually been really good this year. There’s been one game where it hasn’t been good. That was against the Carolina Panthers. Every other game they’ve ran the ball effectively and efficiently. And as long as Miami doesn’t fall behind by two scores early, if they can commit to it, they’ll be able to hang in there with any defense and be in every game they play this season. Pin comment. Let me know. Are you starting to believe after a dominating win in Atlanta, are they finding their stride? Y for yes or N for no? As we continue to talk about some of the news and highlights coming out from this game, you just got to give Tua credit, man. We sat here just one week ago today and bashed Tua into oblivion because he played, I think, his worst game of his career against the Cleveland Browns. You could argue that this was one of his best performances of his career just one week later. He ended up throwing four touchdowns, a QB rating of 138.6, and he was efficient. He distributed the ball extremely nice. Not one player dominated the receptions. The leading receiver from Miami was five. Jaylen Wadd had five receptions. Devon Achan had five. You saw Malik Washington with four. Tanner Connor with two. And then Gordon, NWI, Cedric Wilson, Jaylen Wright, Alec Ingold, all with one. Like this was as Chris Paulish of a game as you could see. Tul wasn’t going out there and bombing the ball down the football field. No, he was taking what the Dolphins or offense was given by the Falcons defense and just throwing it to the open guy, making the right reads, not holding on to the ball too long, but also not panicking if his first read wasn’t there. Got him credit because he played well despite having to deal with that eye injury. and he was actually asked about the eye injury after the game. He said, “I had some thoughts about what it could be or might be, but none of those seem to be what it was. Maybe a sty or allergic reaction. We’ll be able to figure it out when we get back.” But heck, I don’t know if we should figure it out. Maybe you should play with one eye more often, man. Um, I did find this hysterical. This was actually after the Jaylen Wadd 43 yard touchdown play action seed over the middle. He goes to the sideline, covers his eye. Um, it it this team I’m such a sucker. I really am. Like, this team still probably stinks. They’re two and six. It’s been so annoying seeing the disaster of Mike McDaniel and Tua this year, but one good game has me ready to run through a brick wall for them. It does. And I And I hate that I’m like this way. I really do. Like, I thought Tua was awesome. I loved some of the shenanigans, if you will, on the field, off the field, and Mike McDaniel even running off the field yesterday. Willie Finn’s action running off the field. It was unbelievable. I mean, this team, this team, this team, this team. More coming up here, but this episode is brought to you by Prize Picks. You and I make decisions every single day. The right decisions on prize picks can get you paid. So easy, so simple to play. Just pick more or less on at least two player stats. You get your picks right, you could cash in. Price Picks now offers stacks, by the way, meaning you can pick the same player in your lineup to three times. For example, want to pick the Von Han fantasy score, receptions, rushing yards. Well, now you can allin-one lineup on prize picks. I have an entry in for a little Monday night football action. I go more than Matt Gay, half a field goal made. Mariota and company going to settle for three for sure. Less than Patrick Mahomes passing yards. And then Rasheed Rice, more than 67 and a half receiving yards. He had two touchdowns in his returning game last week. Does he do it again? We’ll see. But that’s my three-player entry for tonight. Use code CLNS when you download prize picks to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup. That is code CLNS to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup. Prize picks. It’s good to be right. That link is in the description and comments of today’s video. Let’s shift over to the defense because I was very complimentary of the defense following the game and we talked about how dominant they actually were. I mean, Bejian Robinson came into this game averaging 150 scrimmage yards a night and he finished with 48 yards after everybody, including me, expected him to maybe run for 200. And also, how about this? The Dolphins defense has not allowed a first quarter touchdown in each of the last five games. So, as much as we’ve got on Miami’s defense this year, they’ve actually started the game relatively quick and it is the second half where they ultimately struggle, but not really struggling yesterday against the Falcons. It was a wire-to-wire dominating effort where they controlled the line of scrimmage, didn’t let any passcatcher for Atlanta get open down the field. Thought Rousul Douglas played one of his best games. I can’t wait to just dive more into the All 22 in film. He’s been phenomenal for Miami on a one-year deal this season. I do want to say this, though. I’m pumping the brakes a little bit on the defense. Did they play a phenomenal game against the Falcons? Yes, they did. Did they also play actually pretty good against the Browns a week ago? Yeah. Think about this. Dolphins gave 31 points. 14 of it was from the offense, a pick six, and another interception that was brought back to the one yard line. But the reason why I’m pumping the brakes just a little bit is think about the Dolphins two wins. the games where Miami held their opponent under 21 points, right? 21 points or less. That’s what the Jets scored. Falcons scored 10. They were playing Justin Fields, the one in seven Jets. They got their first win against the Bengals yesterday on the road, by the way. And then Kurt Cousins, the backup quarterback in Atlanta. Like, I’m just not going to come up here and be that delusional after win and be that captivated by Victory Monday to tell you that this defense is good. No, that’s not the case whatsoever. But they have been playing a little bit better. I think we should give them a little bit more credit than they’ve gotten probably because yes, the run defense has been bad, but back-to-back weeks where where they’re playing relatively good. And how about this little trend as well? This was curious about this. Miami’s two wins. Week four, week eight. So three-game losing streak start the year, they win. week four, three-game losing streak in week five, six, seven, and they win in week eight. Is this team just going to lose three, win one, lose three, win one? Certainly possible. The only reason why I bring this up because the schedule Miami has. And we’ll talk about that here in just a second. But are you a real fan of the Miami Dolphins? If that’s the case, you got to be subscribed here to the channel because we’re putting out two videos daily, live three times a week. We’ll be live today. Be live on Thursday for week nine, Thursday Night Football, Dolphins, Ravens, and then live on Friday to break that down as well. Subscribe and join the family. Well, the reason why I brought up that trend is because it realistically could happen again. Look at Miami’s next three games here. They play Baltimore at home on Thursday this upcoming week. Then they host the Bills after a mini buy in week 10. And then they play the Commanders in Real Madrid. There’s a realistic pathway here for Miami to go 0 and3 in this stretch. Have a byee, come out of the buy and beat the Saints in week 13 and just keep that trend going of lose three, win, lose three, win, lose three, and win. And for as much as we’ve talked about how well the Dolphins played on Sunday, there are many people on social media that says, “Well, if the Dolphins continue to play like that offensively and play that well of complimentary football, could this team make a run to the playoffs?” Like, we’ve seen them go on a heater before, could they do it again? Well, they’re two and six. And I said it yesterday, if you want to make the playoffs, I think you got to go eight and one in your last nine because the way this AFC East, not East, excuse me, the AFC wild card is shaping up, 10 and seven is going to be required to be in the playoffs. So you’d have to go eight and one in order to make the postseason. So with that being said, I will not even start to think about what is possible in terms of getting to the postseason. And I won’t take this team seriously unless they rattle off three straight wins. If they beat the Ravens with Lamar Jackson returning, the Bills and the Commanders in three straight weeks to get to five and six going into the by-week and then you come out of the buy with the Jets and Saints. Okay, then we’ll talk about this team maybe making a run because you can make the argument coming out of the by-week against the Jets and Saints, they’ll win those games and be seven and six in the final five games of the year if they ended up winning the last three, the next three I should say. But I’m not going to do that. I think that’s a bit ludicrous. They’ve got a really tough test ahead of them this Thursday with Lamar Jackson returning. Ravens got a big win this past Sunday. So, they’re going to be fired up as they believe they can make a push to maybe win the AFC North after the Steelers have faltered a little bit here. They now sit at four and three. It’s going to be an interesting game this upcoming Thursday. But you got to give credit to Mike McDaniel as well before we sign off on this episode of Dolphins Today. I have said he needs to be fired. Most of you have said that. I’m not changing my stance there. I still think for the future of this football team, Mike McDaniel needs to be fired. But you also have to give credit where credit’s due. The same thing I did with two, I’m going to do it with Mike here. This team could very easily quit, go into a little shell like a turtle, and call it a year because they’ve been horrible. Sky is falling one and six. They didn’t do that. They went on the road against a three and three team who had a top five ranked defense in the NFL and absolutely went belt to ass. They played hard. They were motivated. They had attention to detail. Stuff that we talk about that Mike McDaniel led team struggle with, but they were ready to go. And you got to give credit where credit’s due for Mike. But the question that we’ve always seen with Mike is, can you do it again? And can you beat the good teams? Because even though they’re two and five, make no mistake, the Ravens with Lamar Jackson at quarterback are a good football team. Are you going to be able to get yourself off the mat, stay on the uptick and take them down this Thursday? That remains to be seen. And we’ll be here every step of the way with injury news before the game as well as live during the game. Subscribe and join the Dolphins Today family.

Miami Dolphins news today is certainly great news as the Dolphins took a win over the Atlanta Falcons in Week 8 of the 2025 NFL Season and now feel rejuvenated after their second win. Visit https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/CLNS and use code CLNS and get $50 in lineups when you play your first $5 lineup! The Miami Dolphins coaching staff made a switch by having OC Frank Smith on the sidelines instead of the booth, and it paid dividends. This looks like a change that can forecast successful offensive numbers going forward. Tua Tagovailoa highlights were everywhere Sunday with his best effort of the season thus far. Dolphins fans got a surprise from the Dolphins running game which totaled 141 yards on 37 carries. So many more Miami Dolphins highlights helped give the Dolphins great news this week, and Dolphins Today host Nic Rohloff breaks down all the latest on today’s Miami Dolphins YouTube video.

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Miami Dolphins Week 8 takeaways:
– Frank Smith moving to the sideline is big
– Dolphins rushing attack is key to offensive success
– Mike McDaniel will not let this team quit

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Miami Dolphins highlights from the rushing attack:
De’Von Achane: 18 CAR, 67 YDS, 3.7 AVG
Ollie Gordon II: 10 CAR, 46 YDS, 4.6 AVG
Jaylen Wright: 9 CAR, 28 YDS, 3.1 AVG

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Tua Tagovailoa on Frank Smith:
“I don’t get to talk to Frank [Smith] when he’s in the box. Him being down [on the field] was a help. And I think all the players would say the same. “

Tua highlights against the Falcons:
20/26, 205 YDS, 4 TD/0 INT, 138.6 QB RTG, 65.6 QBR

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Tua on his eye injury:
“I had some thoughts about what it could be or might be, but none of those seem to be what it was. Maybe a stye or allergic reaction. We’ll be able to figure it out when we get back.”

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