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The Dolphins with a clean 1st drive of the season. Efficient. Mistake free.

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@flasportsbuzz If the Dolphins don't get the best QB in next year's draft, 2026 would have been a waste.

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@Dynasty_Addicts @flasportsbuzz Spoken like a traumatized, yet honest Dolphins fan.

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@HaydenWinks Dolphins have a late round pick and need a talented receiver on the cheap.

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@renndeezy @RipInWisconsin Obviously, you do not appreciate the irony of a woman telling a story about her Mom telling her that her husband may have a girlfriend to someone she may be having an affair with. Hard to even try to make something like this up.

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@nflrums Dianna is certainly getting the inside scoop.

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@TheTruth8240 Did LeBron even make himself better? Much less anyone else?

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@flasportsbuzz @schadjoe Some remember the traumas from the Joey Harringtons, the Jay Fiedlers and the AJ Feeleys.

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@FDSportsbook Nope.

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@FinsXtra Perfect QB for a defensive head coach.

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@ph_days13821 @Dontlookformeit @tjmcaulay You are right. And even Charbs pursued it half-heartedly. The question is why. There must be a singular reason why virtually none of the other players pursued the football.
And I have a strong belief why.

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@ph_days13821 @Dontlookformeit @tjmcaulay Dishonest? That doesn't even make sense.
So why didn't the other Seahawks players jump on the ball? Were they waiting for Zach to pick it up?

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I get it. Perhaps complacency was the enemy. But the rules are counterintuitive. You tell players to play until the whistle unless there is a unique set of circumstances where the play seems dead but it is actually not (because even though the refs who blew the whistle, in this instance, thought there was an incomplete forward pass and blew the whistle to end the play) so you should you still keep playing.

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Why would Curl fight for the ball when the play is whistled dead? You know what I see when a play is whistled dead and a defensive player is still fighting the offensive player for the ball? Especially in 2 minute drills at the end of the game? Delay of game by the defense. The player "perceived" the ball is still live despite the whistle having been blown. If players "perceive" a live ball after the whistle, when is the play actually done?

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@Dontlookformeit @tjmcaulay Again, I don't agree. But even if what you say is true, it's clear the defensive players on the field are not competing for the ball. Take a guess why. And please don't say they are lazy or poorly coached.

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I hear what you are saying but I do not agree about your interpretation of "immediate continuing action". Because if I did, I would have to convince myself that every time a whistle blows to end a play, the players should continue to play anyway which nullifies the intention of a blown whistle. The math is not mathing.

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I saw that. Acknowledged. But the whistle stopped the "immediate continuing action" because it caused the players stopped pursuing the ball. Had the whistle not been blown other players would have been competing for the ball. So either the blew the whistle in error (they did because they changed the outcome) or they blew the whistle intentionally which stopped the immediate continuing action. The league can't have it both ways.

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NFL Rulebook | NFL Football Operations
When an official sounds the whistle erroneously while the ball is still in play, the ball becomes dead immediately.
If the ball is in player possession, the team in possession may elect to put the ball in play where it has been declared dead or to replay the down.
If the ball is a loose ball resulting from a fumble, backward pass, or illegal forward pass, the team last in possession may elect to put the ball in play at the spot where possession was lost or to replay the down.

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@AdamSchefter Takes being grandfathered-in to a new level.