I started not to write this since I thought most everyone knew my Dolphins story because a lot of you were around as it happened. I like to say I was acquired in 2008 as part of the Chad Pennington deal. But what you might not know is how unlikely it is that I’m a fan of football in the first place.
My high school was so small we didn’t have a football team. Then it was on to Marshall and there wasn’t much of a team there either. It was 10 years out from the crash and even though the team was still struggling everyone went to games to support the team. Football is special at Marshall and always will be. In the 4 years I was there they won a total of 8 games and honestly there wasn’t a lot to cheer about. We cheered for a nearly completed pass or an almost interception. At the end of each season it was the same thought; Maybe next year.
Being a fan of a good team is easy. Being a fan of a horrible team is hard. During that time at Marshall, as improbable as it was that a horrible team could make me a fan of a game, that’s exactly what happened. I didn’t just become a fan. I became a die-hard football fan.
One fun fact. I remember pulling for Miami to win the 1983 Superbowl against the Redskins. It was my senior year at Marshall and the guys upstairs from me had a Superbowl party. Everyone was for the Redskins and not to be one to follow the crowd, I was for the Dolphins. I really didn’t get into NFL games then. I was still just a fan of the Herd.
After I graduated from Marshall I continued to follow the team. Little by little they improved and that horrible team started winning and became the winningest team in the 1990s in any division of college football. The players that helped them become winners moved on to the NFL;
Troy Brown, Chad Pennington, Randy Moss and later Bryon Leftwich to name a few. I watched NFL games to see how they were all doing but I was still a college football fan.
Then Pennington was kicked to the curb by the Jets in favor of that dick pic texting ass Favre and I was pissed off. To put it in relatable terms, Pennington is to Marshall fans what Marino is to the Dolphins. Legend. How dare they? So I began watching Miami games and reading some articles online in the Miami news. I don’t know what it was but there was something about that team in 2008. Maybe part of it was the excitement of the Wildcat game in New England or ending the regular season with a victory over those idiots who had dropped Pennington.
I think part of it was watching a team turn things around, very similar to what I had watched the Herd do and with the same quarterback. It was so improbable they should be winning, yet they did. I was hooked. That season was so much fun to watch and I have to admit the blog was part of that. Even living where I do in an area without a professional team, I was still part of a group of fans. Even if some of those fans called Pennington 
noodle arm, I ignored it. Even if some of those fans were clamoring to start the rookie with the rocket arm. “Let’s see what we’ve got with Henne!! He can throw the ball through a wall!” I ignored that too. I won’t mention names. But you know who you are. 🙂
Another VIVID memory I have is either during the 2008 season or maybe 2009. I clicked on NFL network and they were showing an old Dolphins/Jets game and it was the start of the second half. A Monday night game. We were KILLING them. So I watched. And when it was over I wanted to know one thing: Why did no one warn me about that? Thanks, guys.
So there you have it. I envy all of you who remember winning seasons, playoffs and superbowls. Maybe next year.
Since this is running on Dr. Seuss’ birthday, I thought I’d finish with this.
Finsmob Unleashed 
what a great story
Well done Herd! Really enjoyed this, and the video was awesome too. I forgot how much chaos the wildcat created.
Herd,
This is as interesting and as unorthodox of a way to become a fan as any- I love it! Thanks for sharing it. I was there (the blog) in the 2008 season. That has been the best year in the last 20+ seasons. You are right, as we are learning- it’s hard to be a fan of a perpetually bad team.
Well, maybe NOT 20, but at least the last 12 out so.
Cool story, Herd. I did not know you were that new of a Dolphin fan.
Came for Chad, but stayed because of the Mod or whatever this is now referred too
Great story Herd
The video was often too
We need another playoff year!
A little breakdown of likely cap cuts.
http://espn.go.com/blog/afceast/post/_/id/75390/who-is-next-to-go-in-miami
Good story Herd! Sad to see Penningtons career come to an end after falling into Jake Longs ass. Good thing he didn’t play behind the OL of the 2013&2014 dolphins. We would’ve literally seen his arm ripped off.
LOL
I think Ellerbe is the next guy cut, although it may be a multiple cut, in which case I’d say Ellerbe and Finnegan
I think today we get a curve ball. If Miami is going to resign Odrick, I could see a suprising release of Erle Mitchell. Starks would be released later and their funds would go to Odrick & a big bodied DT.
Who said we’re re-signing Odrick?
I don’t see that happening.
Mike,
It’s been rumored he’s coming back then it was magnified last night with his tweets about Tannenbaum.
Great job Herd!
You could be the best part of the Pennington pick-up!
🙂
Nice! True that!
D-Bolt
I don’t think we’re going to try and outbid anyone for Odrick. He’s not special, he’s OK.
Dbolt, aren’t we considered the Fab Fucks?
?????
You said the Mod or whatever we’re called. This is the F Me no FU site. So I thought maybe we could call ourselves the Fab Fucks instead of just the Fab Four.
That works
Here’s some of the buzz about Odrick being re-signed.
http://dailydolphin.blog.palmbeachpost.com/2015/03/01/is-jared-odrick-closer-to-a-return-with-the-dolphins/
That would really surprise me if we signed Odrick. That defense disappeared down the stretch twice in consecutive years, you have to change something.
I’m not moved one way or another with re-signing Odrick, but he has more right to claim being more worn by the end of the season. He played nearly 900 defensive snaps while Starks and Mitchell were in the low 500 count.
With that said we had too many penetrators versus run stuffers on the DL. This needs to be corrected. Do all of our young guys who were on IR comeback to rectify this?
The lions did not franchise Suh
It would have cost them 26 mil if they did.
Awesome job Herd. “Dick pick texting ass” has to be one of my favorite lines I have seen on here. LOL.
If Odrick is re-signed then Starks goes. I would rather have it the other way around but it may make more sense from a cap point of view because Starks does not carry a big cap hit and he clears a decent amount of cap space.
There was a report that Dolphins were interested in the guy i want us to get in FA, that being Knighton. If so i would almost assuredly say Starks will be cut. Pairing Knighton/Mitchell and Odrick/Johnson will be a nice set of DT’s and that should help keep them from getting worn out by end of the year.
Knighton would be a good fit. He is more the run stuffer that we lack. I would much rather pay him than Odrick. Not sure we can afford to pay both he and Odrick as we almost undoubtedly have to add a WR in FA as well as the draft.
Dbolt, Johnson is more of a penetrating DT where Francis might be that guy who can be an anchor being that he’s 6-5 330. He also moves well for a big man.
Yep. Just saying we need better balance this year. Did injuries take a toll at DT last year? Possibly
My 2 favorite FAs would be Iupati and Cobb. If we are going to spend big those are the 2 would target which means most likely we sign Harris. LOL.
Ken, cutting Starks i think save more than you think, he is 5 mil off the books if we cut him. For what we save cutting starks we probably could resign Odrick, but i have a feeling Odrick gets allowed to test FA and he winds up signing elsewhere.
I know Starks is a big cap savings. It’s too bad I think he is better than Odrick. I would shed no tears if Odrick tests FA and signs elsewhere. I don’t think he has given us that level of production that warrants a big contract. I can see good options in both FA and the draft should we let Odrick walk. I also would like to see Fede get more playing time. He flashed some talent when he got his chance last year.
GB isnt going to let Cobb leave unless the number is HUGE, and if it is we really cant afford that. Iupati is not going to be overly expensive, probably 6-7mil a year range, but if you look into Boling, i bet you start to feel he is both more cost effective and suited for our offense. I definitely will not have any issues with us taking Iupati, but with our limited cap space, im thinking we look a little cheaper.
Most reports are that GB won’t re-sign Cobb.
Wierd i have read differently, that they are planning to secure him before start of FA. Guess we will see, but either way he is going to get PAID, and we cant afford that.
Fede is probably Odrick minus the years in the league. They have a similar game and are tweeners 3-4 DE vs 4-3 DT. I think he would be adequate as a replacement for Odrick.
Which is why I am more than okay if we let Odrick walk.
Herd, I’m so glad you were part of the Pennington deal, we’ve all loved blogging with you over the years. We’re glad you chose to stay a Fin fan even though Chad didn’t last all that long here, which is too bad.
Too bad we couldn’t have had Pennington for a few more years and went right into Tannehill with him.
There were lots of clips of Teddy Ginn in your video, he’s available now if we need a pure speed guy!?!
Herd, I remember when you watched that replay of the Monday nighter sorry you weren’t warned. OMG that game pissed everyone off for days afterward. I remember being in shock as that unfolded and getting angrier and angrier as it played out, it was f’n brutal.
Ken says:
March 2, 2015 at 10:53 am
Which is why I am more than okay if we let Odrick walk.
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Tandem of Fede and Anthony Johnson who is more pure 4-3 DT, should be an upgrade on the run support from that side, with at least as good from a pass rush perspective
GDP,
Jets are suppose to be after Boling too, which sucks ofr us because they have so much cpa space already its sick. They would easily be able to outbid us for him, and best case scenario they would push his cost WAY up for us.
Let them outbid, in a few years they’ll be in cap hell.
This is what Draftsite.com has for us right now:
1 14 DeVante Parker WR Louisville 6′ 3″ 205
2 47 Hroniss Grasu OC Oregon 6′ 3″ 300
3 78 T.J. Yeldon* RB Alabama 6′ 1″ 220
4 111 Tyler Lockett WR Kansas State 5′ 10″ 180
5 142 Joey Mbu DT Houston 6′ 3″ 315
6 175 Stefon Diggs* WR Maryland 6′ 1″ 185
7 207 Mark Glowinski OG West Virginia 6′ 5″ 310
Not too bad but I’ve never even heard of Grasu and especially wouldn’t want a C in the second round. Get Perryman instead.
I like all of the receivers even though none of them are Knights.
Tyler Lockett could be our Cobb for pennies on the dollar. I like his game, speed, quicks, hops and go…..Zooooom!
Great story Herd! I was blogging during that time, but I don’t remember you MNNightmare experience…that sucks so bad that you had to live through that moment as painfully as the rest of us did. Jumbo f’in Elliot. You gotta be kidding me!
Jumbo f’n Elliot is right, I broke shit, yelled, stomped it was ugly…
You should have gone to bed. Game ended after midnight OUR time! I so regretted not just going to bed myself. Remembered thinking “hopefully the fans in Florida slept through this”. LOL..
I was on trial then and had to deliver a closing argument the next morning. I must have been on fire because the jury came back in like an hour for me with a verdict for my client.
So nice to hear the result was favorable Ken.
I remember the Judge was a big Jet fan and he was chiding me before starting closing arguments. I always hated that particular judge. He is a dick.
That Monday Night miracle game was fuckin brutal. I was working on branding a company and was on and off the phone with the client who was a Jets fan. It was all good early on. By the end of the game I wanted to tell him to shove his logo and brand up his ass. LOL
I was at the game…LOL
Oh man, that sucks. I know Jet fans who left the game early. That night was a cluster fuck in so many ways. LOL
Only cool part was going down to the seat behind Miami’s bench & talking to McDuffie. He dressed but wasn’t active.
great story herd. and we all know it is just that a big fabricated story
every one knows you became a fan just to try and get on the NLC squad. but you go ahead and stick with the noodle arm bs.
Thanks everyone. I really thought most everyone already knew my Dolphin tale.
I don’t get the IT dept at work. One day the site is blocked. Another day it isn’t. Weird.
The mysteries of life.
That game was definitely one that felt like 100 tings went just as they should for the Jets to win, including the things that didn’t go their way like the interception that happened twice lol. We had a few games last year that felt a little like that but none to the magnitude of that one.
Tim do you guys only do logo branding or do you work with client on their brand image as well?
Both. I worked for a different agency that I wrote about earlier during the Monday Night miracle game. We do some overall branding at the company I work for now, but we’re industry specific – Senior Healthcare.
Most of the time it’s to update their brand into 2015, and to help change bad reputation as they try to upgrade their facilities.
So you specialize in bed pans and shitty diapers💩😆
Heeeeeeee’s back !!
Great story herd. Well said 🙂
OK, a very silly draft. It’s amazing how you can have so many picks and still miss out on players you want . . .
Your score is: 5812 (GRADE: A)
Your Picks:
Round 1 Pick 25 (CAR): Ereck Flowers, OT, Miami (Fla.) (B+)
Round 2 Pick 15: Todd Gurley, RB, Georgia (A)
Round 2 Pick 17 (K.C.): Benardrick McKinney, ILB, Mississippi State (A)
Round 2 Pick 21 (CINN): Breshad Perriman, WR, UCF (A-)
Round 2 Pick 25 (CAR): Jalen Collins, CB, LSU (A-)
Round 3 Pick 14: Phillip Dorsett, WR, Miami (Fla.) (B+)
Round 3 Pick 16 (K.C.): Grady Jarrett, DT, Clemson (B)
Round 4 Pick 15: Andy Gallik, C, Boston College (A)
Round 5 Pick 14: Jordan Hicks, OLB, Texas (B-)
Round 6 Pick 15: JaCorey Shepherd, CB, Kansas (A-)
Round 7 Pick 15: Kyshoen Jarrett, SS, Virginia Tech (E)
LMAO! Look who just showed up!
Was it something I said? 🙂
Maybe so!
Welcome back Paulie!
Thank you Mike e . We’ve been in touch and I love you brother
There he is — Welcome NJ good to see you
Thanks for inviting me and giving me a heads up on the new blog
herdfan says:
March 2, 2015 at 12:38 pm
I don’t get the IT dept at work. One day the site is blocked. Another day it isn’t. Weird.
it isnt your IT dept. that is just mike e hacking into your computer
Whoa!!! Look who the cat dragged in? So how was your time on the moon? LOL
Good to see you, NJ!!!
Hahaha. It was great. Good to be back
Dbolt, I never even go to the facilities, the account people do that. I just make their collateral material look good. 🙂
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-dolphins/dolphins-blog/sfl-miami-dolphins-havent-ruled-out-brian-hartlines-return-20150302-story.html
So much can happen once FA starts.
So much WILL happen!
Lady Herd, that was a great story, very entertaining until the Dumbo Elliot crap…lol. Thanks for sharing a very cool part of yourself!!!
Huggss!
Go Phins!
D, I saw your post to me above. Yep, unfortunately the Jests with all their cap space will probably screw the pooch on a lot of FA interests we have.
I paid lipservice to this idea the last time I posted on the blog…I think it was Friday?
Mike E. says:
March 2, 2015 at 1:04 pm
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-dolphins/dolphins-blog/sfl-miami-dolphins-havent-ruled-out-brian-hartlines-return-20150302-story.html
I think he’ll try to sign with the Browns or Cincy.
Based on the report you read Friday? Because based on the report Mike just linked seems like signing back with the fins is the most likely outcome. At any rate, time will tell.
The 2015 salary cap has been set at $143.28 million.
In the midst of unprecendented popularity, the NFL continues to rake in massive revenue. That can be seen in the cap, which has risen from $123M in 2013 to $133M last year and now all the way up at $143M. According to OverTheCap.com, the Jaguars, Raiders, Browns, Jets and Colts have the most space right now. The Saints, Patriots, Ravens, 49ers and Chiefs have the least.
Here you go mike😆😆😆😆😆
Your score is: 5599 (GRADE: A)
Your Picks:
Round 1 Pick 30 (G.B.): Eric Kendricks, ILB/OLB, UCLA (B-)
Round 2 Pick 17 (K.C.): Nelson Agholor, WR, Southern California (B+)
Round 2 Pick 22 (DET): Cody Prewitt, FS, Ole Miss (A)
Round 2 Pick 26 (BALT): Eddie Goldman, DT, Florida State (A)
Round 2 Pick 30 (G.B.): D’Joun Smith, CB, Florida Atlantic (A)
Round 3 Pick 14: Preston Smith, DE, Mississippi State (A-)
Round 3 Pick 16 (K.C.): David Johnson, RB, Northern Iowa (A)
Round 3 Pick 24 (DET): Phillip Dorsett, WR, Miami (Fla.) (A)
Round 3 Pick 26 (BALT): Cedric Ogbuehi, OT, Texas A&M (B)
Round 3 Pick 30 (G.B.): Andy Gallik, C, Boston College (A)
Round 4 Pick 15: Ronald Darby, CB, Florida State (B-)
Round 4 Pick 23 (DET): Justin Hardy, WR, East Carolina (C)
Round 4 Pick 30 (G.B.): Jeff Heuerman, TE, Ohio State (B+)
Round 5 Pick 14: Robert Myers, OG/OT, Tennessee State (B)
Round 6 Pick 15: Quandre Diggs, CB, Texas (C-)
Round 7 Pick 15: Zach Zenner, FB/RB, South Dakota State (C-)
I nominate you for the GM HOF….lol
Come on. I know there’s a few who like Agholar here, but the SC WR tract record, even with some recent improvements, is not real great. So many other great WRs on the board at that spot, I’d be concerned if they went with Agholar.
PS, I do like the Dorsett pick. And I do realize that’s a pretty far fetched mock. 😛
LOL. As I said when I wrote about Robert Woods….This kid is much better than the other USC WRs of recent memory. Once again I’m not a fan overall of USC WRs, but I am a big fan of this kid in particular.
Yeah, but I agreed with you regarding Robert Woods. I think you’re letting their history off the hook too much based on one player.
@Mendel_Cover32: Nate Garner released, was always weird that they never played him…. Even with injuries…
Jahn, maybe #82 loves SOBE and has good roots there now. But sounds like he got snubbed if he got cut after already agreeing to a pay cut???
You should read that article. His camp requested the release so he could vet his market value before resigning with the Dolphins. He got a personal call from Stephen Ross when cut. It’s all in the article.
LOL @ D-Bolt! I think we should go for the 53 man roster makeover draft 🙂
I should actually attempt that. LOL
Welcome back NJ.
Kkkkken. Thanks
Jahn:
I would not be shocked if Hartline comes back at a reduced deal. I think the odds are against it but I can see it happening.
I encourage everyone to read that article if they haven’t. It pretty much laid out everything I said might be going on friday, and then some.
Free agent DT Kendall Langford is visiting the Lions Monday.
On the same day the Lions announced they won’t use the franchise tag on Ndamukong Suh, they bring in Langford. Note that Nick Fairley is also a free agent.
If they franchised Suh his cap # would have been approx 26 mil. There was no way they could franchise him but I still think they sign him.
Yeah, I saw that the other day.
Jahn
Hartline is a definite possibility. I’ll take him on my team any day. Some WR’s move the chains, and some WR’s score TD’s. He’s a chain mover, and you need both.
We see eye to eye on that for sure. I was encouraged by that article. If true, it means ‘Mando misled us somewhat last week when he merely reported that Hartline was open to renegotiation but the club cut him anyway. I don’t trust Omar’s judgement, but I don’t trust ‘Mando’s intentions. I think Mando exists in a spin zone, whereas Omar is just kind of clueless. LOL…
jahndoh says:
March 2, 2015 at 1:29 pm
Yeah, but I agreed with you regarding Robert Woods. I think you’re letting their history off the hook too much based on one player.
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LOL. I just like this kid a lot. You have a Randle Cobb type player with better deep speed.
Maybe…I suffer from anti-SC bias anyway, so there’s that.
I suffer from that also😂. Just go watch his Cal game…..I’m sure you already have though.
Yeah I did, but I went Randy style on that game and said it was attributable to Cal’s secondary playing like dookie. 🙂
LOL. He’s a good WR, good character, hard worker, and really athletic.
Thank you everyone. It’s great to be back . Thank you Mike e and son of son for Hitting me up privately and letting me know about the new blog . Thanks for the invite and letting me know what happened HAHAHAHA . I’ll be changing my picture and name . If any you have suggestions about a name , let me know 🙂
Paulie Walnuts!!!!
NJ, Tell us who you want us to draft at 14 as of now.
So with the NFL raising the 2015 Cap, and with the cuts the Phins already have made, I think they’re about $14M under.
https://www.nflpa.com/news/all-news/2015-nfl-salary-cap-and-adjusted-team-positions
It didn’t seem logical that Hartline was willing to renegotiate his contract and was just cut anyway. I just chalked it up to they were just going in a different direction, but at the right price, I think Hartline could come back. Unless of course he gets a sweet offer from another team. Not far fetched to think the Jets might be interested.
What those of us who’d like to see his resigning have working against us is: The free agent market is pretty thin. Bryant is tagged, Demaryius is tagged, Cobb and Maclin are going to be expensive, Crabtree is Crabtree, and Torrey Smith has something happening with his knee that would give me cause for concern if I were a GM.
That leaves a group that looks like this:
Kenny Britt
Eddie Royal
Rod Streater
Cecil Shorts
Hakim Nicks
Andre Holmes
Jacoby Jones
Ted Ginn
Reggie Wayne
Harry Douglas
Brian Hartline
I can see Hartline looking pretty attractive to teams with established QBs based on that group. Hopefully if it’s comparable money though he’ll be inclined to come back and sign with us.
‘Sup NJ. Hope life has been good to you…….
Herd — Right now I’m thinking Penne was our best FA pick-up ever, what an engaging story……and how well put.
Paul Warfield? Trace Armstong? Cam Wake?
I respect the hell out of Chad, and am a fan myself, but I don’t know that he was any better a Free Agent (not saying at their peak that Pennington wasn’t a better QB, but overall, time put in, games won etc…) the Jay Fiedler.
Before you castrate me Herd, I really liked Fiedler too. 🙂
Jahn — but none of those came with Herd. That puts that one over the top.
Touche my friend. Well played.
“@Mendel_Cover32: Nate Garner released, was always weird that they never played him…. Even with injuries…”
Who is this chuck? They never played him eh? LOL
And AHHH Jeez……NJ is back. Stuff should get more interesting. Welcome home brother. 🙂
@AbramsonPBP: #Dolphins release CB Cortland Finnegan, per source
That was a given. Only Q on Ellerbe is the timing.
@flasportsbuzz: Agent Drew Pittman told me today that the Dolphins are releasing Nate Garner and he is still dealing with ongoing issues related to concuss.
Answers that question as to why he wasn’t played even when we had injuries.
I thought that Mendel dude meant we never played him. I knew why he didn’t play much down the stretch last year was due to a concussion.
Yeah, I read it the same, but there’s his answer. We didn’t play him because he had concussion issues himself.
His next team may be “class action”.
You mean the next time he “suits up”? 😉
LOL
NJ,
What’s it been, 2-3 years? Good to see you.
@flasportsbuzz: Dolphins now up to more than $19 M in cap space with more moves likely to come. Saved $7.1M with Finnegan and Garner cuts.
I know folks who want Suh and Iupati in fins jerseys are going to start salivating, but I sincerely believe we’re not going to sign any marquee free agents this offseason. They’re making space for Tannehill’s contract.
^
I think we’ll try and get a OG & Less expensive block eating DT.
Agreed Dbolt. But “marquee” was the operative term in that statement. That rules out Iupati in my book.
jahndoh says:
March 2, 2015 at 2:00 pm
‘They’re making space for Tannehill’s contract.’
and some where randy just collapsed like he was throat punched
LMAO, him & Omar who said in an article that UCLA QB Hundley would be better in this offense than Tannehill in 3yrs…. SMH @ that!
Oh brother. How’s Matt Barkley doing? LOL
I also think it’s ridiculous, but I’d draft Hundley 100 times before I drafted Barkley. Hundley WOULD do well in this system IMHO, and if we didn’t have Tannehill I think he’d be a great guy to target round 2 or in a trade back scenario. I have a feeling some Pac12 QB whom I like a lot is going to end up in this division, and we’re going to see first hand that the Pac 12 had some good QBs last season.
He’s pissing into the wind on Tannehill. When it gets all over his pants he’s got only himself to blame. 🙂
The Dolphins have released Cortland Finnegan, which clears another $5.475M in cap space.
I thought Ellerbe was going to beat him, but I thought Finnegan would be right behind him. He gave us some good play when he was healthy.
Agreed. But he needed a Grimes 2013 like season to capitalize on that deal, and he had trouble staying healthy. Ellerbe is a foregone conclusion IMHO. Right now the defense has 79M of Spending vs 58M on offense (before today’s cuts). Finnegans savings, Ellerbe’s cut with Tannehill new contract balances that ratio out.
It would be nice to be cherished like this, but probably better not to be gunned down in the streets a couple blocks from your country’s capitol for speaking for freedom.
It wasn’t Putin that had it done as far as I know the details.
But guess what it’s happening in America too.
This would be like say Jeb Bush getting gunned down. You don’t see that often. Maybe Putin did it maybe he didn’t, but he at least knows who did (or was at least behind it)……not that that is likely to come out.
So who gets cut next? Ellerbe, Fields, Wheeler, Starks?
Ellerbe for sure. Wheeler will be a starting LB (contract says that makes sense). Fields may get a redo, but he’ll be here. Starks is the Q.
@_RMatthews: Let’s get it straight. I did not ask for a trade. Nor did I ask to be released. So whatever these false articles are #MoveOn
Good to see. Mathews sticks for camp at least cause he is cheap. My guess is he’d like to be our 4th wideout, slash compete with a rook for third.
I’ve seen his talent on the field. He can beat out most rookies sans Landry.
I think he is finally realizing he needs to mature and doesn’t need the distractions. I saw he posted that he and his girlfriend are having a baby. I said congrats & it’s time to be a real man. Maybe it hits home that he has someone who he has to provide for and protect. This might be that push in his life he’s needed.
There is so much misinformation out there it’s hard to know what’s what.
I was just listening to Mike Francesa and he was saying the Lions made it clear 3 days ago they would franchise Suh if they couldn’t re-sign him, now they’re not doing that.
FFR could say he just had sex with Kate Upton, it might be true and it might not be true.
How do you know his local neighborhood raccoon isn’t named Kate Upton. That sounds pretty viable to me!
The Giants tagged JPP, they are strapped and might have to cut LB Jon Beason, who would be good for Miami if he could stay healthy a full season.
Stanger, if Putin was behind the killing, it would have been staged as an tragic accident, or suicide. He’s a former KGB guy, he knows the tricks of the trade.
The ones who did this are trying to make Putin look bad, make you think he was behind it…IMO.
So then who killed him? Putin has the biggest motive. Putin’s first response was “looks like they sacrificed one of their own to attack the government.” Not buying that.
What happened in Russia?
Hate to see such a good team leader leave lie Finnegan, but time to move on. Who picks up the reigns?
Dang, thanks for coming by Cortland
dbolt48 says:
March 2, 2015 at 2:53 pm (Edit)
I think he is finally realizing he needs to mature and doesn’t need the distractions. I saw he posted that he and his girlfriend are having a baby. I said congrats & it’s time to be a real man. Maybe it hits home that he has someone who he has to provide for and protect. This might be that push in his life he’s needed.
I hope so, just don’t go all Phillip Merling on her – please
LOL @ Dbolt on the neighborhood raccoon
Patriots assigned the franchise tag to K Stephen Gostkowski.
The move means FS Devin McCourty will be headed to the open market. The tag for kickers is a relatively steep $4.126 million, but ensures the Pats will keep the man who has converted field goals at an 86.8 percent rate since 2006. Gostkowski was 35-of-37 on field-goal attempts in 2014, and is one of the league’s very best, if not best, kickers.
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McCourty would be a very good add here. Keep clearing space Hickey. 😉
I think that’s a stupid use of the FT, but I’m tired of swimming upstream when the fuckers are in the superbowl 2 of every 3 years it seems.
@caplannfl: Oh. Interesting.RT @AdamSchefterDolphins placed transition tag on TE Charles Clay, per a league source. TE transition tag is $7.071 million.
Holy yit……….that means other teams have the chance to match, but don’t think they will at that number. Maybe that was like paying for insurance given injury concerns.
Broncos aren’t out of the equation even at that figure.
It means we have right to match. Other teams have right to bid, which is just like if we let him go to FA status, only now we get a final say.
underutilized tool. If another team with a lot of cap space comes and bids huge on him we’ll have to let him walk, but that’s how it would’ve worked in FA too. This way we get to let him explore his value in the market, and we get right of first refusal. Hopefully he’ll be back and both parties will feel good about the deal.
Tim — Boris Nemtsov, one of the main opposition leaders against Putin, got gunned down in the streets a few blocks away from the Kremlin. And it was not some crazy gunman thing, had all the earmarks of a professional hit.
Thanks
@TheMattyI: @thephinsider @OmarKelly @Nosko152 lol dude – Omar needs to stop putting out incorrect information. Good lord.
Reference to what?
GDP
Beason can’t stay healthy bro – We don’t need another player like that. I think he’s a great player when healthy, but that hasn’t been the case for the last 6 years.
http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BeasJo99.htm
@PzFeed: ISIS militants fed a distraught woman searching for her kidnapped son some meat & rice – and then told her she had just eaten her son. (NYP)
Ugh!!!
This isn’t news, it’s sensationalizing. Serves no other purpose. Shameful.
Couldn’t believe it when I read it.
@RapSheet: Interesting… Word was he’d get more than $6M. Now he gets $7M RT @MiamiDolphins: The team has placed the transition tag on TE Charles Clay.
@caplannfl: There are at least 3-4 teams very interested in TE Charles Clay. Will be interesting to see if a team steps up and offers a deal.
We can match any offer another team makes on Clay.
This. The fins now have some control over his fate as opposed to letting him become a completely FA. It’s a smart move.
The transition tag is a good way to test the market for your own UFA and decide if you agree with his market.
The only problem is those nasty poison pill contracts, which I believe are still legal.
I think the new CBA put an end to those contracts. Hasn’t been one of those in years.
No, the NFL wasn’t happy about what NE pulled in 2007. That’s why they forced NE to offer up at least an additional 7th.
The transition tag amount is the average salary of the top ten players at a given position. So that would pay Clay as something like the top fifth or sixth TE in the NFL.
Stanger, it was a professional hit I’m sure. But Putin had nothing to gain and a lot to lose by this with public and world sentiment against him. It’s a known fact that the CIA, the current US admin is trying to destabilize Putin & Russia as they keep butting heads over Ukraine as well as trying to make Putin a less than comfy bedfellow of the Chinese.
Just some thoughts to ponder.
gdp — my guess is we’ll never know, but Putin did have something to gain. Putting the fear of death into those who oppose him. If I was a Russian opposition leader, I’d be doing my opposing from Switzerland or London even before this.
Lets see, who had the most motive, and who’s gotten by with it before? Things are sometimes more complicated than they seem, but sometimes they are exactly what they seem. The idea the CIA would kill Putin’s rival to make him look bad in the public eye seems far fetched. I could think of 100 other ways to accomplish that goal. Since when does he cave to public pressure anyway?
Poison Pill is now illegal. Here’s per Wiki on the transition tag:
In 2011, the NFL and NFLPA ratified a new collective bargaining agreement. In this agreement, poison pill clauses were eliminated from offer sheets issued to players under the transition tag. The specific language in the CBA states:
“No Offer Sheet may contain a Principal Term that would create rights or obligations for the Old Club that differ in any way (including but not limited to the amount of compensation that would be paid, the circumstances in which compensation would be guaranteed, or the circumstances in which other contractual rights would or would not vest) from the rights or obligations that such Principal Term would create for the Club extending the Offer Sheet (i.e., no ‘poison pills’).”
Thanks Jahn
No worries. Thanks for raising the question and leading me to find out the answer.
We can still negotiate a new contract with Clay, so it does give us time and control, unless someone blows him out of the water with a great offer. I’m not sure we want to break the bank for Clay.
It gives us options and some protection. Smart move by the Phins.
Glad to see that move on Clay. It buys the Phins more time on him, see if he can stay healthy, and if we lose him to more money than we want to match over the $7M, then we won’t get compensation and look to other options.
Mike E, no poison pill anymore with new CBA as far as I’ve understood a couple years back.
jahndoh says:
March 2, 2015 at 3:11 pm
I think that’s a stupid use of the FT, but I’m tired of swimming upstream when the fuckers are in the superbowl 2 of every 3 years it seems
yeah but they get there cause they FT goodell every year
The transition tag on Clay says, hey, we don’t think you’re worth over $7M per, but we want to keep you this year, and see if you will prove us wrong. Keeps him hungry 🙂
I don’t agree with that at all. It says: We think you’re worth the top 10 money, and we’re willing to pay it too you. We also think you’re entitled to explore your worth on the open market so you know the deal we’re willing to offer is a fair deal.
LOL, ok then. If that was the case they’d already inked a longterm contract. Why let a player you really want to keep test the open market and risk losing him?
It’s a calculated gamble, but one that is leveraged on our side I’ll agree.
“If that was the case they’d already inked a longterm contract.”
How does that allow him to explore the market value for his services? Players with market value don’t usually sign undervalued contracts right before they hit FA.
PS, not sure what was funny about that. I didn’t invent the concept I just delineate, nor did I even think of it. Bill Polian shared it with me. Laugh at him.
The risk is we get no compensation if a team with lots of cap blows Miami out of the water on Clay. So essentially right now his status isn’t far from what it was being a UFA.
Except we have the chance to match. If we let him hit FA he could have signed with a team who blew him away without even giving us a chance.
Stanger, you’re right, we’ll never know who did it. But before the killing, Putin had like a 85% popularity rating in Russia. Now that could slide as things deteriorate. I sure hope it wasn’t a CIA hit, cause these are the type of incidences that ignite world wars….and man is it ever close to that as we speak.
You guys have been saying that for years. Here I go again. The world’s not going to end today, and it’s not going to end tomorrow. May as well come on here tomorrow and repeat myself since you can’t seem to stop doing it. SMH.
So far I’m batting a thousand.
Who said the world is ending? Is the world at war? Yes! Could it escalate? Yes!
WW doesn’t say end of the world….SMH. …and I’ll be on here tomorrow saying the same thing. Hey so far I’m batting a thousand too. Imagine that. 😉
The end comes on October 7th. At least we get to host the Jets in London first. LOL
LOL, good one Tim. I hate those London games…UGH!
Bullshit you are. LMAO…funniest thing I’ve read all day. There’s a difference between wars in the world and the world being “at war”.
Keep in mind that Russia is an oligarchy. Putin’s mind goes first not to the public but to the power elites hat challenge him. He’s jailed and stripped away the money of the Russian equivalents of as Buffet and Gates already simply to put the fear of Putin into the other billionaires. I see this as similar, even with more blood.
Welcome to Amerika….lol
Jahn and GD.
Not really. I just occasionally point out how bombastic the rhetoric sounds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K5Dm-o_MEs
OMG, that is so funny, brings back childhood memories…me and my buddies had a couple of those…used to beat the shit out of it.
I will say, my brothers and I had one of those. We resorted to real punches on many occasions. Even at a young age I found it ironic when rock ’em sock ’em robots led to us actually fighting.