Cowboys lose to Dolphins, Brou gives grades & Miami the real deal? | NFL | FIRST THINGS FIRST

The Miami Dolphins beat the Dallas Cowboys 22-20 in a tight contest. Nick Wright, Chris Broussard, Kevin Wildes, and Greg Jennings discuss Brou’s grade for the Cowboys, and whether or not the Dolphins are the real deal after their win.

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[jackrosado]

Dallas fans figuring out it's the same old year again is the greatest part of every football season.

[Saylin]

Nick doesnt put the fumble on Dak, but puts literally anything and everything on Purdy. gotta love 'Mr Consistency"

[Whompy]

Love how it’s all about how Dallas lost and not how Miami won. Miami always gets ignored or discredited. Keep fueling the 🔥

[damedan]

The Dolphins defense has been top three week to week FOUR WEEKS BEFORE RAMSEY STARTED PLAYING.

[easnas]

Miami did this with every single offensive lineman backup, Waddle injured, Morstet injured. Miami at full health is unstoppable

[Drj-]

How come the narrative is not that Miami beat Dallas, no its that Dallas gave the game to Miami. Like Miami had nothing to do with Dallas losing the game...

[JustinPartlow-mz]

Dolphins defense best in the league since ramsey came back months ago. Pressure dak more than any other team all season and cowboys have faced some scary defenses

[eatonh]

Ceedee was crushing in the first quarter, and then the cowboys just forgot about him!

[albertmarvez]

I’m a die hard Miami fan, Dak played great, he’s very elusive and mobile, the offensive play calling is terrible. Mike mcarthy fires kellen Moore so he can call plays, and he’s calling play action on .5 yard line . Great game cowboys are still a good team

[corey]

Nick might not realize this, but if the Dolphins lose to the Ravens this week & the Bills beat the Patriots, the Bills vs Dolphins is for the #2 seed... regardless of any other results.

[robfalgiano]

I’ve said this about many teams: the “prevent defense” at the end of games only prevents winning. It is a terrible strategy at any point in any game unless you are up by a massive amount. The Bills have lost many games this way this year. I see Dallas is no wider and their “prevent” was even more backed up off the line of scrimmage than Buffalo.

[CD-zxif]

I know it was last season but Tua threw 6 TDs against Baltimore last season to win the game. Miami is a better team this year

[Herb...StateChamps]

If the 🐬s beat the Ravens, there will be a mental gymnastics Olympics in the sports media. 😂

[hochathanfire]

Tua and Co. enjoying a cup of tea ☕️ after this one.

[MrGrombie]

Even when Miami wins, they hardly get any respect. Just look at the time alloted to both teams.

[serriusgaming]

Not sure why you wouldnt take Miami seriously. The Titans loss hurt but Levis had to play out of his mind to pull that out. Miami lost to Buffalo, Kansas City, and Philly... on the road. The Philly and Kansas City games could have gone either way. People are still taking the Chiefs seriously even though they just lost to the Raiders at home.

[motherlodebassin]

Nick gives dak credit for driving down the field but losing the game but never can he say that when purdy did it against the browns a much better defense

[Ruckus]

Dolphins beat a 10 win team missing 4 OL, starting pro bowl lvl safety, and Waddle for most of the game. They're legit - why is it so difficult for people to admit?

[TagMap]

Tua wasn't under the pressure Dak was? The Dallas rush was winning constantly and quickly. But...Tua made extremely quick decisions and used his fast release to just defeat the pressure.

Teams (including the Jets last week) are *destroying* the Miami pass protection with only 4 rushers and dropping the rest into coverage, but Mike's gameplan and Tua's positive qualities are allowing them to at least get by.

Now, missing 4 of 5 starters on the line, is Miami going to light it up like the first quarter of the season? Unfortunately, no. But they've at least found a strategy (by not even attempting to require plays to develop unless they go max protect) to still have a decent offense.

As a Fins fanatic, it is hard to look at a team like the Bills (who have started the same O line every game this season) and wonder what the ceiling might've been this year with a little more injury luck.

[drg]

LOL. The best part about the whole Dallas situation is that fans always think this year will be different!