He looked like straight garbage.

He was that bad.

Okay, and remember, give props what I come and giving props to Bryan Flores.

Uh, this again was the defensive coordinator, if I remember correctly and coaching linebackers for the New England Patriots in 2018 when the when the Rams were held toe like three points in the Super Bowl by the New England Patriots?

Because Bryan Flores, that's what he was doing.

He was dropping defensive lineman back in the coverage.

He was Blitzer from the outside from your back seven.

He was simply they completely confused Jared golf, and he looked as lost as I have ever seen them.

Four turnovers in the first half.

He looked like a deer in headlights.

He almost looked as bad has been DeNucci at times.

I mean, it was that bad for Jared golf, okay?

And and it made no sense that Sean McVeigh continue tohave this man dropping back to pass in the first half, I think was like, 24 or 25 times when you consider the fact that there was averaging damn near six yards of carry rushing the football against Miami's defense.

So I look at it and I say, My God, you got a 28 to 10 lead in the first half and you got a grand total of 56 yards total on offense.

Miami Dolphins didn't have to do anything offensively.

They scored on defense.

They scored in their special teams, obviously, to threw a touchdown pass and deserves some credit for that.

He fumbled when, when Donald and Baraka's just just collapsed on him in his first pass attempt.

But other than that, okay, he didn't make any other turnovers in the end.

When it comes down to is, he hasn't shown us so much.

And I'll tell you this, fair or unfair Max, we're going to judge him according to what we see from Justin Herbert, too, because there's been so there was so much noise coming into the draft, there was so yeah, but yeah, but I'm just saying, But Joe Burrow is number one overall, you know, and we understand that you have to have never got hurt.

He might have been that guy, but we look at Joe Burns.

He's number one overall But Justin Herbert was there for the Miami Dolphins to take, if I remember correctly and guess what they wanted to.

And so I'm looking at it from the standpoint that when we see Justin Herbert fling this football the way that he's flung and that's a different subject for another day, Ryan, because I gotta tell you, I'm getting scared for Anthony Lynn.

You can't have a quarterback looking the way that he's looking and you have leads and you keep losing those losers.

You're gonna keep your job is the head coach.

I'm getting very worried for Anthony Little, but But But I will tell you this tour is going to be judged because he's going to be compared.

Toa Herbert.

Make no mistake about it.

He didn't look that impressive To me, it's his first game.

I'm not overreacting by any stretch of the imagination.

I personally would have preferred to see Ryan Fitzpatrick still in there because of the way that he's been playing and the way Bryan Flores has that defense playing.

But the truth of the matter is to it, did not look impressive it all.

There was nothing good to take away from two and that performance.

Nothing to excoriating for.

But there was nothing to brag about, either.

Do anything the playoffs with Fitzpatrick if you leave them in and Fitzpatrick is just good enough to be dangerous to a franchise like Miami, that's why it took guts and foresight for them to say, Yeah, you might be the better quarterback at the moment, but we still got a bench you like.

It's the The danger is that Fitzpatrick plays well enough to get you there because he ain't winning the Super Bowl with them.

And guys, we know that.

And again, you guys air judging him, X's and O's even look a Herbert who's been outstanding.

He's showing you why.

Two years ago, people were saying Haitian teams tank for Herbert, right?

And Joe Burrow, who's also been eye opening like Boy, these guys can play right to a hasn't played in a long time to was coming off of hip surgery.

It's a completely different situation.

Yes, Stephen A.

You're absolutely right.

He will be compared to those guys, both borough and especially Herbert May, because he could have been had a little bit later on.

But this is his first NFL action and first football action in forever.

You got to give him three or four games.

Thio.

How are you impressed, though?

Because because Because the number one thing that I wanted to see and I think it's the reason they started him against the Rams was how would he respond to it when you get done?

Do you remember the first time you saw that?

What's that?

The first time we saw two and tongue of our Lord.

He replaces Jalen Hurts.

He throws an interception in the second half of the Georgia Alabama national championship.

A freshman who hadn't played, who hadn't started walks to the sideline puts his arm around the greatest coach in college football.

History is like, It's I coach.

I got you.

We knew he had that stuff right Now it's about that physical stuff it's about Are you healed?

Can you Do you have that NFL stuff from a physicality standpoint?

Go ahead.

I'm sorry, and we didn't ask Max.

We didn't ask for you to resemble dear Abby and and wrap your proverbial arms around to and say It's going to be okay.

You'll be fine in two or three weeks.

We're only talking about yesterday and yesterday.

Max, let me throw this at you.

Okay?

Let me just throw this at you.

You got the Rams?

They had 31 1st towns, Miami, eight.

The Rams had 131 yards.

Russian Miami 55.

The Rams had 471 yards total.

The Rams had the Dolphins had 145 340 net passing yards.

The Rams had 90.

You can make a legitimate argument that Yes, all right.

No, no big deal Next week, the week after the week after that will be fine.

But yesterday's game the office for the Miami Dolphins literally did nothing.

Nothing.

You know, he he threw the touchdown pass that I referred to, but he didn't turn the ball over by.

He didn't throw an interception, by the way.

But when you say Oh, dear Abby in a full contact sport, Stephen A.

And you know this following covering football now as long as you have in this show.

And obviously you're a big boxing fan.

You've been around the game in a full contact violent sport, stuff like you are facing Aaron.

Donald, you're a rookie.

You're coming off surgery.

You get body slammed, slammed and strip sack the first time you touch the ball.

How do you respond?

Like I understand in college, that's one thing.

But how do you respond is a pro is very important.

And I thought that's why they were going to start him against the Rams.

I didn't expect him to put up big numbers.

I thought they wanted to see how he would respond.

His team won.

His team won the game.

And all I'm saying is, and all I'm saying is 23 weeks from now come to me with that.

But yesterday, No, he survived.

He lived, He walked up the field.

He's gonna be there next week.

Congratulations, Thio.

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