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Landry, Beckham Jr. Plan a Pregame Show

The most entertaining aspect of this week’s game comes from the top receivers of the Dolphins and Giants. 

For the first time since jumping to the NFL, Jarvis Landry and Odell Beckham Jr. will be on the same football field, only this time as opponents. Per Andrew Abramson of the Palm Beach Post, the two plan a “pregame extravaganza” for the fans that get there in time to watch them warm up. 

“We’ll get together earlier that day before pregame, and we’ll put something together,” said Landry, who like his former teammate has 78 receptions this season. 

Both players have been looking forward to this matchup, with Beckham saying: 

An opportunity like this to play against my brother in the National Football League, it’s something that I don’t want to say I never imagined possible, but finally being here, it’s just all so surreal. It should be a wonderful opportunity.

 

Dolphins Release Jordan Kovacs

Miami’s rather thin at secondary, and has had a hard time finding the right player to play alongside Reshad Jones at safety. 

One possible candidate that never quite got the opportunity was Jordan Kovacs. I say “was” because per Omar Kelly of the Sun-Sentinel, Kovacs was released on Tuesday. 

Kovacs is eligible to be placed on Miami’s practice squad. However, that can’t happen until Thursday at the earliest and only if he goes through the waiver-wire unclaimed. 

Kovacs mainly contributed on special teams, but a knee injury has kept him in the back of the line in terms of potential Dolphins safeties. 

The move was made because the Dolphins are also thin at defensive tackle and on the offensive line.

Campbell Assesses The Play of Ryan Tannehill

I read the comments despite all warnings telling me I shouldn’t. One common thing I always hear about in the comments is the play of Ryan Tannehill. 

Readers either blindly bash him or blindly defend him, regardless of his play. It’s almost like there’s no nuance to the discussion. He’s either the best thing since Dan Marino or the worst thing since Cleo Lemon with no in-between. (Note: he’s in-between.) 

Your evaluations of Tannehill don’t matter. Mine doesn’t either. The evaluation of Dan Campbell does, since he is currently Miami’s interim head coach. 

Per Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald, here’s what Campbell had to say about Tannehill’s play: 

I feel like he’s played solid football for us and I feel like with where we’re trying to go now is to give him the best opportunity to have success. I think that there’s a certain way to use Ryan Tannehill and that’s what we’re trying to do with him and set him up to give him the best chance of success possible. I’m glad he’s our quarterback right now.

I can’t disagree with a single thing that Campbell said. 

It doesn’t come off as typical “coach speak” It feels a lot more sincere. The only problem is I haven’t really seen the Dolphins give him the best opportunity to have success, as the play-calling remains imbalanced, and the attempt to fix that imbalance against Baltimore resulted in a forced, rhythmless offense that had one outstanding play, (Tannehill’s touchdown pass to DeVante Parker). 

That should get better as the season goes on, but let’s be honest here: Using Ryan Tannehill in a Bill Lazor offense was not the best thing for him. Nor is having a guy who never called plays before (Zac Taylor) take over as offensive coordinator after firing Lazor three-quarters into an already-failed season. 

Let’s hope the Dolphins get a coach that can get the most out of Tannehill the next go-around, and let me explain why: It will be difficult to find a better quarterback in the next couple of years, and if a coach can’t at least make Tannehill look decent, how would you expect him to properly develop Tannehill’s replacement? 

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