Oh the misery of Intergalactic Agent who travelled light years to watch the great running backs of the NFL. Once upon a time my body had three beating hearts, now its hollow. Why the sorrow? Because there are no great running backs in the NFL anymore. That era is over in favor of pass happy offenses. This depressing fact dawned on me in week 1 of the NFL after my fantasy draft. Guess who I drafted? Adrian Peterson in the 1st round and Ray Rice in the 2nd round. Oops…
Where is my Barry Sanders? Where is my Walter Payton? Where is my Jim Brown. The NFL tells me it will never happen again. causing the tears of this alien to fill the oceans of Neptune. But then there was light! His name is Todd Gurley.
What can’t Todd Gurley do? He can carry the ball, he can catch it, he can block and he can return kicks. He uses speed and power. He is the best athlete on the field every time he steps on the field at any level. The reason I came to this planet suddenly had life again. Is Todd Gurley the next great running back? Then in November, this cruel planet tore all my dreams away from me. I laid in bed until December.
But Todd Gurley will play in the NFL. This alien will go on! Gurley’s potential at the next level is too much for the NFL to pass up. Some athletes can return from ACL injuries to participate in sports specific drills within five months. In December Gurley declared for the NFL draft. In January he signed an agent. He is ready. Are you NFL?
Todd Gurley is a 232 pound former track star who uses power and cuts to make plays. He is a great fit for a zone blocking scheme like the scheme the Dolphins run. Gurley can make one cut, and overpower the first off balance defender he sees. Get off me, I’m Todd Gurley and you are a lower life form!!!
In six games for Georgia in 2014, Gurley rushed for 911 yards with an impressive 7.4 yards per carry. In three seasons running for the Bulldogs he had over 3200 yards and averaged over 6 yards a carry. He had 6 receiving TDs and two kickoff returns! What is going on here? Is Gurley and Earthling? I say no. But let’s keep it a secret.
If Todd Gurley were an Alien Weapon of Destruction he would be a lethal Ooliopii Boomerang. But Why am I still talking about Gurley. If you missed him at Georgia, don’t worry the Boomerang is going to come back. Turn around so you don’t get hit in the back of the head Earthling!
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Tim,
Did you NOT see pennington split out wide…drawing coverage…on those wildcat plays? Sheesh!
Imagine ex WR Tannehill in that role. You got a woody, admit it….lol 😉
WOW, career suicide there Jay.
“At least ten” former members of the Lovie Smith and Marc Trestman coaching staffs told ESPN Chicago the Bears “can’t consistently compete for championships” with Jay Cutler as the quarterback.
Two Bears teammates also said they consider Cutler “a divisive figure with whom they’d rather not continue to play.” Beat writer Michael C. Wright still expects the Bears to give Cutler “one last shot,” something his contract almost requires they do. It’s no secret Cutler essentially sabotaged Trestman’s offense, refusing to operate within the confines of the system. When asked about his willingness to adhere to any offensive structure, several ex-Bears coaches used the terms “renegade” and “rogue” to describe Cutler’s play.
Guess I know who not to take in FF next year.
GDP
Well, yeah…but I always have wood when I come to the blog.
I’m not gonna touch that!
You’re not gonna touch his wood?
Stanger, I know all about veal.
GD, watching a bull get tortured is not the same as me eating. Think about all those helpless crops being cut down without a care. I sometimes hear the cries of their lost souls. LOL
I get it…I was never a fan of bull fighting. But I like to watch the stupid fans running with the bulls.
Now that I like. The bulls get a chance to gore the shit out of those goons. LOL
Randy — I eat lots of meat, but will not Lamb or veal (the cage thing). Plus I figure the adults live longer and better, and I’m eating less of a portion of them.
Also don’t eat duck……that last one is personal cause at one job this Momma duck each spring used to parade her latest brood through the parking lot. Was just too cute…..I’m good with chicken though. So no logic on the last.
Think about it. We all watch humans play a game in which they risk serious injury and long term health issues and cheer them on incessantly. Guys develop health issues that significantly shorten their lives and cause health issues that severely hamper their ability to live healthy and productive lives…even in their 50’s let alone their 70’s….so maybe bullfighting isn’t all that different. Different cultures consider it ‘sport”. Who are we to judge?
I don’t root for athletes to bleed out on the field and they’re not forced to participate.
Well there’s the part where you’re killing a very large mammal in a very graphic way as a spectator sport -that might rub some people the wrong way.
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John Clayton mentioned on SportsCenter that Miami would likely be the favorite for Suh if they can make his salary work. Said 6 yrs, $100mil
Could be a smoke screen that Tannebaum is trying to get Skins or especially division rival Jets to way over pay.
“Yeah there has been a buzz about him since the combine.”
Since way before the combine. Don’t try to paint him as a workout wonder, his film speaks for itself.
I said nothing about workout wonder but he went from 3rd rd grade to possible 1st round pick in the last few weeks. Gee what a coincidence. His workouts weren’t off the charts anyway. I’ve heard multiple people talk highly about him recently. Don’t get all offended about your heart throb. LOL
I like him as a WOLB, I’m concerned about him as a MLB – that doesn’t mean he won’t be good at it though.
I saw mocks with him in the 1st round months ago. I love how you said nothing about workout wonder but….than again…right? LOL…we all know how you feel about him Tim.
Its true, i dont think its the combine that really drew attention to him, i think its all these people are finalizing their film study, and from my own eyes i can tell you he stands out as most NFL ready guy.
Having said that part of me still prefers McKinney, because while i think he is definitely behind Kendricks in instincts, a lot of what i see in McKinney as falws are coachable, and i believe our new LB coach did a really good job with Jelani last year so maybe i have some unfounded confidence he could bring the best out of McKinney. You cant teach his 6’5 255lb frame or the 4.5 speed that comes with it. Coached up, McKinney nullified TE’s in the middle of the field.
Fuk Suh (sounds like a Chinese dish)
The Detroit Free Press reports free agent Ndamukong Suh wants to be the league’s highest-paid defender by both average annual salary and guaranteed money.
J.J. Watt is the man to beat on both fronts. Watt’s six-year, $100 million deal comes out to $16.6 million annually, and includes $51.8 million guaranteed. They’re staggering numbers, but Suh has a legit shot at passing them. Many of the league’s most-desperate teams, such as Jacksonville and Oakland, find themselves flush with cap space. Suh is their best shot at a signature signing.
If his focus is about the money, we wont get him. There will be someone that can afford to pay a lot more than we can. What we have going for us, is location, i mean its fucking Miami, and we also have a team in a bit better position to do something than Jville or Oakland. id put our Suh chances at about 30%
I think Stanger has singlehandedly propagated Orton’s reputation as a drinker more than anyone else alive. LOL..Spiller pays him a compliment, Stanger tells us about his drinking habits.
LOL Jahn………Orton offered the theme, and I always look for any excuse to bring up a Bluto pic. 🙂
LOL! 🙂
stanger,
I don’t anthropomorphize. Animals are to be eaten in my world. I’d have shot that duck hen….fried her up and enjoyed eating her…and raised up her ducklings to be future meals. I just don’t get a big kick out of watching them be tortured. But, maybe it’s just how I was raised. We ate what we shot…but we were taught to respect the hunt and the animal feeding us.
Hot damn 14 dollar word right there! Nicely done!
I agree. Whats more is, watching the Temple Grandin movie, i learned something about animal deaths. The stress of their death affects the quality of their meat, so killing that bull that way ruined an ass ton of steaks, roasts, ribs, etc. and thats almost unforgivable. I kid, except the part where i agreed with not needing to torture an animal. Just seems cruel regardless of how you feel about an animal being food or not.
The whole concept of anthropomorphization seems to ignore the fact that humans absolutely ARE animals. LOL…I wonder if Bonobo monkeys ever tell each other to stop pretending other animal species are Bonobos. Bonobos are special and other animal species don’t quarter the same consideration.
Food for thought eh?
There are still some tribes that engage in cannibalization. “Meat is to be eaten” they’d surely say. 🙂
Mostly just playing devils advocate. Killing for sport is sick in my mind. They aren’t having a bullfight so they can later enjoy a big beef roast.
Randy,
I was taught the same ethics as you have regarding eating animals btw. I totally agree. In my family we don’t say “grace” so much but we do try to thank the animal for giving us the nourishment we need to live.
Jahn, seems Ian Wharton is in the Kendricks camp too.
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oops,
Yeah he’s being doing film study on LB’ers and he is all kinda glowing about Kendricks.
Nice. His film has hundreds of examples like that too. Center/Guard gets an opportunity to get both hands on him, but can’t lock on.
what you learn on this blog:
the fins are getting suh and johnson and they have 34 picks in the first two rounds with 17 more the rest of the draft.
Alternately fromthis blog you also learn that we will never get Suh and we will never get Johnson, and that we will waste our draft picks like we do every year…so i mean you can choose which stories to believe lol.
According to ESPN’s Stats & Information, the Dolphins currently have $15.363 million of cap room as of Tuesday.
http://espn.go.com/blog/miami-dolphins/post/_/id/13563/where-dolphins-currently-stand-with-salary-cap
A look inside the Shula Den…wow click on the pic to enlarge so you can see some of his trophy/memorabilia shelf in the background.
very cool.
“I’d have shot that duck hen….fried her up and enjoyed eating her…and raised up her ducklings to be future meals.”
Randy — I know you were making your point, but did you really need to? Already explained I knew that was a personal point. And however long she lived, she was there the four years I was, she and her little convoy blocking traffic each year. They slowly sidelled across the road like it was an inner city crosswalk.
I’d love to Miami win another SB while the Don is still alive. It would make him happy…..and us ecstatic…LOL
Here here.
stanger,
My apologies. I wasn’t trying to be mean. Another time when I should’ve just kept my mouth shut.
Tannehill
I find it hard to believe Suh in Miami would happen
I think that speculation from Clayton is just that he knows we are willing to overpay guys…lol
But that said, I think Suh is worth overpaying for
I bet Wake Vernon and Jordan would love to play in a DL with Suh
I know it’s unlikely though
jahndoh says:
March 3, 2015 at 1:56 pm
Nice. His film has hundreds of examples like that too. Center/Guard gets an opportunity to get both hands on him, but can’t lock on.
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My biggest knock on him is that when i have seen him get engaged by the OL, he generally is done. He doesnt seem to have the strength to disengage or fight off the block. In College its not a big deal but in NFL where everyone is a former all-american, its a lot hard to get away with. He will definitely have to hit the weights when he gets to the NFL, but again, he still probably the most start day 1 guy in the draft.
We don’t differ very often on our evaluations, but I read this and think we’re watching different film. I admit I’m biased though because I didn’t miss many of his games this season. He’s consistently the best player on the field IMHO, and he’s got MLB written all over him. He’s gonna be a pro-bowler, and I don’t say that about very many prospects….
BTW, I guess I’m saying I saw film like that vine posted above all season, but you seemed to see opposite. Differences are interesting though. Usually I see the same thing as you on the film.
getterdone says:
March 3, 2015 at 2:05 pm (Edit)
I’d love to Miami win another SB while the Don is still alive. It would make him happy…..and us ecstatic…LOL
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In another 2-3 years, when we have a good HC.
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Mixed?
I didn’t read the piece
But I get the impression Tanny will support wherever decision FO makes
Yeah, I didn’t get “mixed” either. They’re taking Ryan’s tweet and “mixing” it with a bunch of other reports to get good click action on it. 🙂
Randy — all cool, but figure I owe that Mama bird. When I was late, I’d say “that frick’n duck and her latest littler were blocking traffic again”……even when she and hers were floating in the pond across the entry road. My pay back for her is I no longer eat her cousins, and duck is mighty tasty.
You can see Csonka wearing “The Ring”, as well as wincing from the odoriferous odrick. 😉
If anyone doesn’t think Odrick is coming back I gotta ask what the deal is with all these tweets showing him with Dolphin greats and at the airport with Mike Tannenbaum.
Did Gigi take that pic?
Piggy,
I just think posting for suh will leave or offense at the mercy of the draft- requiring us to draft better than we have historically to improve offensively, if that makes sense. NE will not be signing him, nor will Balt or Den- the teams we will be competing against for playoff spots, if we ever get there
Posting= paying
Notice what those 3 teams have in common and that we’re about to have in common with them? QBs making big money.
exactly right. I’m thinking about JJ Watts on Houston and I don’t see Houston getting to the Superbowl or far in the playoffs anytime soon
Good point about Watt. You can’t spend your QB money on a defender and still hope to have a QB unless you’re one of the fortunate teams that drafts a good rookie QB who shows out right away.
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dont listen to randy. we all know the only ducks he likes to serve up are the ones tanny throws on sundays
LOL — Randy is cool as anything. The day this place becomes PC……..you’ll be the first one sent to Siberia. 🙂
Pig,
here is a piece of the article: Great stuff from Tanny also on resigning Clay & his love of this new Offensive system:
The Dolphins are weighing whether to trade, cut or keep Wallace.
Tannehill said he’s spoken to Wallace this offseason an the conversation was “great.”
“Mike’s a talented player,” Tannehill said. “We’ve all seen what he can do and the element he adds to our offense. Like I said, if he comes back, we’re going to make it work with him, and let him be the playmaker he is.”
Tannehill said he doesn’t know what the front office will do with Wallace.
“I don’t know. It’s out of my hands,” he said. “I’m along for the ride like everyone else. I’m excited to see what turns out, but at this point that’s it.”
Tannehill said the team hasn’t begun any discussions with him or his agent about a long-term deal that would solidify his role as the franchise quarterback.
“I have one year left on my contract, and a possible fifth year option, and I can only control what I can control,” he said. “So I’m just preparing myself for next year.”
He said improving in the red zone will be a key focus when the team returns to Davie for OTAs next month.
He called the potential return of tight end Charles Clay “a great thing.” The Dolphins gave Clay the transition tag on Monday, meaning other teams can make him offers but Miami has the right to match it.
“It’s a great thing,” Tannehill said. “I love the system, and I love Charles and the player he is, and we’ll see what happens there. I’m excited about the future and what’s in store for us.”
One thing I really like is that I’ve seen Tannehill develop not only on the field, but maturity wise and as a leader on the football team. All the arrows point up on this kid. Whatever anyone feels about the coaches about 8-8 about Wallace or any other polarizing player, this kid is something worth being optimistic about. Go Tannehill!!!
Jahn, if you want to go back and look, you’ll find me mentioning that I like Hendricks back in January when he a was a 3rd rd pick everywhere I looked. But I like him as a WOLB, and so do a bunch of scouts. So there! LOL
I like him as an MLB a first rounder and so do a bunch of scouts. So there! LOL!
We all know where we stand, but I ain’t gonna let you paint him as a johnny come lately prospect when I’ve been touting him since the beginning of the college football season, and I have seen him projected first round even if you’ve only seen 3rd.
Something tells me he’s universally been considered rounds 1-3 all along, you’re just picking the low end to focus on because of your eval and I’m picking the high end. Proof will be in the pudding. He’s going to be a pro-bowl MLB. Betcha.
That should have a caveat…if he’s drafted by a 4/3 team I think he’ll be a pro-bowl MLB.
Jenkins is our WOLB, why would we draft Kendricks to play WOLB?
More an argument about whether Kendricks is 4/3 MLB material or not. 🙂
It has nothing to do with him playing in Miami, just as a prospect.
I have to say, Odrick sure doesn’t seem to be getting out of town any time soon.
My thoughts exactly. Might have to renovate your DL depth chart from yesterday.
True, but I can’t see him getting $8M per.
For that matter, either does Wallace
D,
Adding strength is about the easiest thing for guys to do in the NFL. I don’t REALLY like any of the lbers in this draft. They all have holes when I watch them. I’m not sold on Kendricks being a real stout run stopper at MLB, but he does seem to have the ability to go sideline to sideline and to cover. If he could put on another 10 pounds and get more functional strength, he COULD be a solid MLB. On the good side, he does seem to have the smarts to read offenses/plays. You don’t see him taking himself out of plays too often.
He’s a better football player than physical specimen.
LOL at Stanger & Ducks. When I was in college during summer break I would go to Darien Lake with a few of my friends and stay their a few nights. They have an open fried chicken/ Wing house right on the lake so there’s a shit to of Ducks and Geese running by you. The one year I threw a wing on the ground and they swarmed it. So every time we’d eat there my friends and I would share our fried chicken or wings with the ducks and Geese.
Didn’t know that about Ducks and Geese……thought they were vegitarians, at least the kind that only ate fish. From where I grew up though — don’t mess with Swans. Those things have a serious attitude. Nasty.
Geez, look at the size of this dog. LOL
http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/175-pound-pit-bull-hulk-shatters-misconceptions-breed/story?id=29353371
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of course randy is cool. he lives in a fucking bucket. we all know buckets have no heat.
I saw a squirrel munching on a buffalo wing a few months ago. I didn’t think they ate meat. I could swear I heard him squeal something about not enough blue cheese.
LOL
Mike E, but Wallace hasn’t been seen schmoozing with Dolphins brass and former greats. Wallace basically takes off when the season is over.
I get the feeling Wallace isn’t much of a schmoozer. lol
From Walterfootball:
“Jared Odrick, DE/DT, Dolphins. Age: 27.
Jared Odrick had a terrific 2014 campaign, as he got to the quarterback frequently and also was sound against the run until a late-season injury limited him a bit. Odrick, who won’t be 28 until December, can fit into any scheme, which will help him on the open market”
“…got to the quarterback frequently…” And in who’s world is 29 tackles and 1 sack “terrific”? Lol
I guess they are including getting within 3 yards of the QB.
Couldn’t agree more. I don’t see any way Odrick is worth what he’s asking.
Tim,
I actually like Kendricks. I just think he’ll need a little more strength in the NFL if he plays in the middle.
Same here. He’s a really good football player. Just not very big.
jahndoh says:
March 3, 2015 at 2:27 pm
One thing I really like is that I’ve seen Tannehill develop not only on the field, but maturity wise and as a leader on the football team. All the arrows point up on this kid. Whatever anyone feels about the coaches about 8-8 about Wallace or any other polarizing player, this kid is something worth being optimistic about. Go Tannehill!!!
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Yes, Tannehill is and has earned since day 1, being our franchise QB.
I’m ok with either Starks or Odrick staying. I obviously don’t see both staying @ what their salaries ‘would’ be in 2015.
That said, I think Odrick is the better choice due to his age 27 and much better stamina than Starks.
Hopefully the new DL coach can add something to the Coyle table that works a lil better.
Soooo, do we really want this in Miami after Wallace’s attitude?
Andre Johnson says he “laughed at” Bill O’Brien after the Texans’ coach recently informed him he would only catch around 40 balls if Johnson returned to the team in 2015.
“They gave me my role, and I just laughed at them,” Johnson said. “How do you tell a guy who is used to catching 80 balls a year that he was going to catch 40?” O’Brien also told Johnson he “wasn’t even likely to be a starter” in 2015. “So I was real honest with him: ‘If that’s your role for me, you’re going to be dealing with a miserable football player,'” Johnson told O’Brien. Johnson is expected to be cut or traded in the next few days.
I think he actually has a valid point. Why would ypu tell him he’s only going to get 40 receptions? It doesn’t make sense.
True, who really knows what is going on with Johnson or his health.
I read that, and i took it as the coach indicated his use in the offense wasnt going to be as strong as before, and he was basically saying we will see about that. I think that was just him saying he would still be getting open and getting the catches accordingly.
I do agree though i dont wanna trade one malcontent for another….that wouldn’t serve a purpose.
Jahn, and to some extent its a reply to Randy as well. Randy see what im seeing i think because he is sensing the same weakness. I also didnt think you and i were in disagreement with how you characterized Kendricks and how i did. Point of emphasis i think was on the word engaged. You are right, most times because of technique he slips being engaged, and i tool your “they cant get their hands on him” statement to reference that. Im talking place where they get to the second level and get their hands on him. I saw mostly when RT’s would get to him and his lack of strength showed as they would lock on and drive him out of the plays. Right now he plays mostly off technique, and instincts, which are very strong with him, but in NFL he wont be able to slip blocks as easily and it will be important for him to develop skills to disengage/fight off blockers. So i guess we disagree if your assertion is he infallible, but i don’t get that’s what your saying, otherwise i think we are talking up the same cat.
“imma hit u when i’m dat way”
Think about what might happen if you ever get that text from Aaron Hernandez (that was sent the night of the murder).
Not hit you up, but put a hit on you….is what Thug Boy meant.
My plan all along was keep Wallace 1 more year, in year two of this system of Lazor’s they might all come together for Lazor, Tanny & Mike. He’s young, stayed healthy, he’s fast, he can make huge catches when not dropping easy ones.
Then as part of that plan, I keep maintaining that you also draft Wallace’s eventual replacements this year. A big WR early that can gain experience in Hartline’s role on the outside, yet can mix it up inside as well.
This along with Clay staying, solidifying the OL with a FA OG, and adding a big RB in FA or draft…would make or should make our Offense a playoff caliber unit.
Then onto the Defense……
we went to a bull fight on vacation and only saw part of the 1st of 6 fights because wife was crying uncontrollably. She cried for 3 days. Come to find out she was having a stage of grief for our cat that had to be put down Nov 8. She almost made 17 years old by 6 weeks. Ironically my military squadron icon was the Bulls as in va-37 bulls. Bulls can’t tell the difference in colors and to make the fight fair they smear vasoline in the bulls eyes to make them blurry.
It would have been funnier if O’Brien told Johnson he would likely only catch 37 passes.
Speaking of Hernandez trial….
I was at home sick on a half day yesterday, and on HLN they showed the trial. Ill tell ya with as much evidence as they have against him, i would have thought they’d have him in a bind by now but the court case isnt going that way. Prosecutor is having to tippy toe around details, and half the shit we have read as evidence isn’t being allowed in court.
The defense attorney is also very masterfully planting seeds of doubt in almost every piece of evidence they have so what it amounts to is a ton of circumstantial evidence, no murder weapon, and no eye witness. I thought for sure dude was going away for this, but im starting to feel a bit different after actually hearing what they are allowing the jurors to hear in court. Remember its beyond reasonable doubt…and with the shit i heard as far as the cross examination of the sprint tech, and Odin sister, im not going to be shocked if he walks for it. They need to come up with something strong soon, because yesterday the defense attorney won that match.
What about the immunity for testimony from the ex-gf?
I didnt get to see her testimony, so im including that in the “if they dont come up with something good soon” part. I will say though just because she has been granted immunity doesnt mean she has to incriminate him, she can answer whatever she wants to, she just doesnt have to fear legal recourse by saying she threw away evidence for example and then saying what it was she threw away. They have her on camera carrying huge trash bags full of stuff to throw away right after he was taken into custody, so they know she messed with stuff, the immunity only protects her from charges that she would normally be under if they went after her for her involvement.
But D, they don’t grant immunity until they get the statement they want. So, whether it comes up in testimony or not, they’ll admit the statement that solicited her immunity in the first place. No DA grants immunity solely on the promise of an incriminating testimony, there’s got to be something tangible to use at the time it’s granted.
That’s my thoughts on it anyway.
What constitutes reasonable doubt is the question. Defendants have gone away with far far less evidence than what they’ve got on Hernandez, but then again some have walked with more evidence. Circumstantial evidence is not a bad word in building a murder case. An eye witness and murder weapon are always the holy grail, but not always needed to get a guilty verdict.
I’m not watching it, but I would be surprised if he walks. We’ll see. So much of the verdict is already baked into the cake during jury selection anyway.
D — because the defense has been playing the “why would he shoot him they are friends” card, the prosecution now has a motion in to enter evidence about the dude he shot in Florida after the night at the strip club who he left for dead but survived and then sued.
Even though the judge already said that was not allowable, the prosecutors claim the defense “opened the door” on that. If the judge let’s that in, my guess it is game over.
GDP, I love your plan….good stuff bro! 😉
Is that the only response you were looking for? LOL…Wallace stuff is all just conjecture at this point. Really doesn’t matter what your or anyone else’s plan for him was/is, because we simply don’t know where the team stands with him. I’m encouraged by Tannehill’s comments today on it, but also won’t be shocked, or question it in anyway, if they send him packing.
Nobody on this blog as far as I’ve seen has ever doubted that he’s a talented WR. If he can be a good team mate and not get disgruntled during one of the greatest seasons of his career again next year, more power to him.
I don’t get why a HC would tell a player, especially one of Andre Johnson’s stature, that he’s only going to get half the amount of targets any particular year. It seems antagonistic at this point in time, without knowing who is doing what, and who is even on the roster and healthy.
Maybe O’Brien has a queasy feeling about Johnson. 😉
I don’t either. On the subject of him somehow being “disgruntled” well, he’s had a very very long and prolific NFL career, and for the most part has been one of the most model citizen WRs in the league. Him not wanting to resign himself to 40 catches a year or a role as a backup isn’t exactly sour grapes, it’s just a player who knows what he can do and knows he doesn’t have time to take backseats.
I think he’d be an ideal model for the young guys. Wallace, well, I’m not convinced of the same with him.
its the offensive system—the qb goes through progressions of 1st, 2nd or 3rd. 3rd receiver could be wide open all game but unless the qb goes through all his progressions then he will never get thrown to. They (fins)used this system last year because of weak OL or qb .
All offenses in the NFL have QB progressions. The fins used that system because that’s what NFL offenses do.
Tim,
That 8m per thing was just one report IIRC. I read absolutely nothing into that number and never once ascribed it any significance when wondering whether Odrick stays or not. That said, I’ve seen you shocked at contract numbers every offseason for years now. So I’ll just wait until the number comes out and sit tight while everyone scratches their head about whether he’s worth it. We already saw it happen with Clays number yesterday.
I don’t actually worry about contract numbers unless I think it’s absurd. I just can’t see how Odrick’s performance equates that kind of money. Most people here don’t see it.
I hope we keep wallace at this point instead of drafting someone new. It sounds like tanny and wallace cleared the air.
As a for example of defense attorney and how he was whittling down the circumstantial evidence. First and foremost was the fact than none of the text message data was allowed in court. So the part we all saw where Odin texts his sister saying he was with “NFL” around the time of death, not allowed, because since he didnt talked in code and didnt explicitly name Hernandez its hersay as to whom he was actually talking about and wasnt allowed.
Secondly, the cell phone triangulation was being torn to shreds as the defense attorney basically showed in the sprint logs multiple lines that read “pending”, meaning the primary tower in that area wasn’t the one that the phone was connected to, and after having the guy explain how that happend he basically had it so you couldnt say for sure that the cell he was connected to was actually the closest to him, therefore that his location wasnt necessarily accurate.
Thirdly, they took Odin’s sisters testimony and worked it in circles, and i caught at least two or three times where they had gotten the poor girl to answer differently to the same question just asked different. She didn’t get flustered but you could tell she wasn’t completely listening to the questions. They also brought into question her vantage point of seeing him get in the car with “someone” being different from the video so as to pretty much decouple the two from being one piece of cohesive evidence into two different pieces one being a recollection of events not fully able to be corroborated from the video.
On top of that they really set up what will be out should other avenues fail, by allowing the co-defendant (not represented by same attorney) to be somewhat implicated by the evidence therefore making Hernandez a occupant/witness and not the perpetrator.
As i said it was pretty slick how that attorney made his way through the evidence.
D — have no doubt Aaron’s reps are good. But remember you can’t take it day by day. Now if the security pic of Aaron with a pistol is disallowed…..then I’d be worried. But what do I know? Didn’t see any way OJ could get a not guilty either.
Tanny knows he doesn’t want to see a 10 TD guy leave too easily if things can be smoothed over.
Kudos to Tanny for entering into convo with Wallace and saying hey, let’s make this thing work. Relax, and lets have fun! 😉
wallace needs to grow the fuck up. I bet he’ll behave better this year because he’ll probably be a free agent in 2016
Ya know it’s funny, some teams build their offenses around a QB in a way to not ask them to do too much. Our offense is built going through Tanny in a heavy way.
Tanny ain’t a limitation any more……he’s a strength. Part of the reason I’m not as worried about him not being familiar with the WRs next season.
The familiarity aspect is kind of overplayed as long as the WR puts in the work with him like Landry did.
‘therefore making Hernandez a occupant/witness and not the perpetrator.’
Can’t the jury then still find him not guilty of the actual murder, but guilty as an accessory to the crime?
Could do that, but if they can say he was part of the plan to kill Lloyd he is still guilty of felony murder. He didn’t need to pull the trigger, or even order it for that matter.
Right, I thought so. He didn’t do anything to stop it or report it after the fact, yet was present. Very damning!
Tim
I think it would be great if we could feature the run game a little more, take some pressure off Tanny, but you need to have the horses up front, and in the backfield. I wish they had more trust in what we have.
As long as he’s not the focal point if our run game like he was in 2014.
No, I mean the RB’s, not Tanny
Oh me too, but the offense goes through Tanny.
Dbolt, like you said if the receivers put in the work. I look at it like do your job, it’s not that complicated.
Look at Landry, Clay, Sims.
Will be interesting to see what strides and adjustments Lazor makes to his offensive system….status quo isn’t gonna be good enough just because of different personnel!!!
All offenses go thru the QB. That’s why the center hikes him the ball! We need to run more/better if we’re ever going to do anything in the playoffs. That is…if we ever get to the playoffs.
That’s not what I meant. You just can’t give the guy any credit. LOL
For instance, the Seahawks don’t ask Wilson to do too much. There are other QBs where they are asked not to make mistakes and they don’t throw it 35+ times every week.
I think it’s funny that on Ourlads, our offensive depth chart shows Mike Wallace and Matt Hazel as the starters.
I hate when they list depth by X ,Y, Z position like that.
I actually like it, because you can see who the slot WR is rather than showing him just as a depth guy.
Did they list Hazel or did they have a photo of the Twitter Icon?
stangerx says:
March 3, 2015 at 4:14 pm
D — have no doubt Aaron’s reps are good. But remember you can’t take it day by day. Now if the security pic of Aaron with a pistol is disallowed…..then I’d be worried. But what do I know? Didn’t see any way OJ could get a not guilty either.
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I think they are allowing it but commentary from one of the defense attorney “experts” they had on the show was saying that they likely go for the fact that the “gun like object” even if distinguishable as a gun isn’t distinguishable as to the caliber or model, so likely remains at best circumstantial without the actual murder weapon to reference. It might be used as glue to stick a couple pieces of other circumstantial evidence together, like the spent .45 casing they have from his car, but likely that on its own wouldn’t do much to convict. Like i said the defense attorney is picking it apparent, so the prosecuting attorney got his work to do gluing all the useful ones into a conviction. Im thinking the gum might actually be the hardest piece of evidence, they have him purchasing it just prior to the murder, tey have a chewed piece of it at the scene, if they have DNA from it linking him to the gum, then they have him at that construction site after buying the gum, thats pretty solid to work off of.
I saw the pic from that night……that thing is a handgun. And it was square like a .45 to boot. And for sure……that sixth spent shell attached to the blue gum with Aaron’s DNA is the clearest evidence. Remember Lloyd was shot six times and their were only five shell casings at the scene.
Tim,
Wilson does more than Tanny does. He just doesn’t throw as many passes.
Yeah okay. LOL
…and the one he threw gave victory to the Pats….WTG Wilson.
Mike E, the reason I don’t like depth charts like that is because they’re usually not accurate. You’ll see something like –
Wallace/Hazel
Landry/Gibson
Hartline, Matthews, ?, ?, ?, ?
As if Hazel is the only one who will replace Wallace. LOL
Tim
man what football games do you watch. wilson is head and shoulders above tanny. i mean his def is one of the best in the league if not that the best and his running back is a beast. how in the world can you compare two qb’s straight up. just weak timmie just weak.
getterdone says:
March 3, 2015 at 4:20 pm
‘therefore making Hernandez a occupant/witness and not the perpetrator.’
Can’t the jury then still find him not guilty of the actual murder, but guilty as an accessory to the crime?
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Ah, but thats not what they are trying him for. They are trying him as the murderer.
They are going for murder 1, not accessory.
Only on this blog does anybody think Tannehill is anywhere close to wilson. Lol Homers.
Depends on how your comparing them.
His QB rating is only 2.8 points lower, he had more TD’s and passing yards. He is close to Wilson. Wilson had over 500 more rushing yards though. Still, they are pretty close.
Randy says:
March 3, 2015 at 5:05 pm
Only on this blog does anybody think Tannehill is anywhere close to wilson. Lol Homers.
not me ole bucket one. i just said tanny no way plays D as good as wilson. if he did maybe the D could stop people a time or two
D says:
March 3, 2015 at 5:07 pm
Depends on how your comparing them.
he meant one is in Seattle the other is in Miami. even randy knows that isnt close
Okay, gonna head out into the wintery crap now. Catch up later.
Alright,
I’m now looking at 12″+ of snow on top of 3″ of rain I’m getting through tomorrow noon. If we get more than 12.8″ it’ll be the most ever in March for Louisville. Will someone please end winter? I don’t miss Florida, but I appreciate it a little more, this time every year.
I actually wasn’t comparing Tanny to Wilson. I was talking about what QBs are asked to do. Anyway I’m out.
GDP, the “occupant vs perpetrator” thing is so he can dump the blame on his buddy, the co-defendant. If he can make him guilty of the murder then he might get re-tried for assessor y but he skates on the murder count. Court cases are awesome strategy matches. I love me some Forensic files, and first 48, etc., the science behind getting the evidence is awesome, but sometimes its only as good as the strategies in court, so watching that part also really interesting stuff.
Actually it also allows them to get in a finger pointing thing and if they can “without a doubt” figure out which did it they may both walk.
ffr
But doesn’t everyone around here keep saying we need to get more weapons for Tanny…to surround him with better talent…so he can succeed? But, that’s used as a reason to belittle Wilson or diminish what he does for some reason. Wilson has a horrid WR/TE corp. A bad OL. And yes…a good RB….he and Wilson are really the only good skill players on that team. So what? He still gets it done and does what he needs to do to win games? Wilson is asked to throw less…yes, but that diesn’t mean he “does less” than QB’s who throw more.
i’m tired of the excuses. This TEAM needs to start putting up wins. This losing shit sucks.
Way better coaching in Seattle, well up until that Philbin moment when they threw the ball from the half yard line still with a TO and Lynch gashing the DL.
But better overall coaching in Seattle on both sides of the ball. Any lack of talent on their offense is more than made up by their defense too.
I’m tired of people labeling any and all dissension as “excuses” So…there’s that.
MikeE,
Wilson also had about a yard more in average, and he threw 7 INTs…threw about 150 fewer passes and had a 63 completion %. You can’t just look at QB rating. AND, I challenge anybody here to tell me they’d take any WR on seattle’s roster. Or, to tell me how their OL was anything but completely average to below average. Outside of QB…the ONLY thing that offense has over ours is their running back. Otherwise, Wilson carries that team. Folks are seriously not giving that kid his due. Tanny puts up stats because we throw it 600 times a season. Wilson does lots of things to win games.
Randy,
No all pro receivers on either super bowl team, showing that good qb-ing can elevate average receiving.
D, I hear ya, but I don’t see Hernandez walking scott free. He will do time albeit on a lessor charge. We’ll see what’s in the jury’s instructions when it goes to them.
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Freak X is Anthony Johnson, i looked up the Leslie kid and he is a WR out of LSU 6’4 runs a 4.4ish 40.
They just posted something on twitter that outlined how much of the money Suh would get from a 100mil contract from each team by the amount that would be left over after taxes. After 3 years even the team with lowest state tax would have cut into his money by 2 million dollars. Highest state tax of teams reported interested in him was Raders and Cali’s 13.3% would cut into it by over 4.5mil. Not proof of anything but i thought was an interesting perspective.
Totally and completely ignored, so I’m reposting:
Silly Tim says:
March 3, 2015 at 5:11 pm
I actually wasn’t comparing Tanny to Wilson. I was talking about what QBs are asked to do. Anyway I’m out.
My gut feeling has me thinking the Fins will go DT or CB with the first pick.
I’m not sure any of the 3 WR they want will be available.
There may be a better chance to trade down than sit at their current spot and that would open the possibility of taking a TE like Maxx or somecrap or obtain a chip for RD 2 to get Walford.
I’m thinking you’re getting analysis paralysis. I don’t see CB or TE, and to project a tradeback targeting any player in the 2nd round is a fools errand. It could happen, but your chances of projecting it right are slim and none.
Randy
I wasn’t just looking at QBR. Tannehill has a higher completion % too, but you don’t need to tell me, I already know, it’s because he throws a lot of short passes, which is totally true. Still, I think they’re close. I think Wislon might finish the games better than Tanny does, but that run game is always there to help, and it seems we abandon the run too often, even when it works.
No use comparing the two…the Fins can win with Tannehill, but they need to find better red zone receiving options and a better OL. Oh yea, and a good defense.
All true, and a better O-line too.
Al
I definitely think either Parker or Strong will be there, and possibly both.
At 5:09 Tim says “gonna head out into the wintery crap now…” Well, right now, it’s 80 degrees in the Tampa suburbs with 5-8 mph breezes and just a few clouds. This morning on the drive to work the temperature was 61. I thank goodness for each day I spend in Florida.
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Thursday is the day I call the Fins ticket office to select my seats for the coming season. Both my wife and my family physician tell me the same thing: “Get seats in the shade.” The Dolphins say I can seats near the 50 on the visitor’s side BUT most of them are NOT in the shade. So we’ll see how it all shakes out. Gonna ask someone at the ticket office to answer a question for me: Will Mr. Ross’s new shade device withstand category 3-4 hurricane winds?? Betcha Ross, himself, doesn’t know the answer. Well, rest assured, within the next 8-12 years, WE’LL FIND OUT!!
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PS: Am I the only member of this board who is a season ticket holder?? –If so, that says quite a bit about a lot of things.
On this particular board I believe you’re the only one who ever held season tickets. Gigi opted out last season before this board was ever established. Our population is small and there’s lots of out of staters. It is what it is, but it’s not like all of the sudden a bunch of long term season ticket holders changed their minds.
OD – I believe it’s safe to say you’re the only person here (that comments at least) that is a season ticket holder. I think it says that tickets are expensive, and that our team isn’t worth it at the moment.
I think it says that out of state people USUALLY don’t own season tickets. What do we have 30, 40 regulars? Less? On this page are there even 4 people who live in Florida? Al, GDP, OD…not sure who else.
we have 3 season tickets from the early 70’s. I don’t attend games anymore since I had stroke but wife entertains family and co workers.
Randy,
The key to your statement is Wilson has an elite running back. They can run an offense in Seattle out of any formation because of Lynch. They can work PA effortlessly. Miami on the other hand struggled running the ball if it wasn’t read option. PA passing is very limited out of shotgun. I’m not going to knock Wilson, but his life is made worlds easier with Lynch in the backfield. It also helps to have that defense also.
@AdamSchefter: Filed to ESPN: Bills have notified LB Kiko Alonso he is going to be traded to Philadelphia for RB LeSean McCoy. Trade official next week.
Spiller on the outs? Weird.
He’s a FA & they weren’t going to be able to re-sign him. He wants a shit as a full time starter. Kind of like Bush when we traded for him.
Philadelphia Eagles @eaglesbuzztap 2m2 minutes ago
http://espn.com >> Source: Eagles trade tailback McCoy to Bills http://buzztap.com/-0szsIK
holy fuck
wow. Bills gonna tuff
Patrick Peterson @RealPeterson21 4m4 minutes ago
“@PriscoCBS: Donald, the only Duck Chip Kelly hasn’t acquired.”<- 😂
lmao
Jahn
I think Philly is totally disenchanted with McCoy. Alsonso is a good player.
As far as FLA residents, there aren’t many, although we might be leaving out a couple. Prices are rough man. I’m not so sure if I lived in FLA that I’d be a season ticket holder. I might, but it’s not a definite.
@JasonLaCanfora: Can confirm ESPN report Eagles have traded Shady McCoy for Kiko Alonso. One for one trade I’m told. Alonso had wanted out of Buffalo. Wow
@RosenhausSports: I just spoke with the Eagles organization and there is no trade for LeSean at this time. There have been discussions but nothing finalized
LMAO
How can any sensible person doubt LaCanfora 🙂
Actually, JAHNDOH, you’d be surprised how many out-of-staters owned seasons tickets in the late ’80’s and ’90’s during the Marino years. Saw several of them at Ft. Lauderdale Airport after many Fins home games. WE even had a couple of them in Colorado Springs the two football seasons we lived there. I’d estimate that the number of season tix holders is at least 25,000 less than it was in the early ’90’s. And I expect another fall-off this season due to the fact that a clear majority of season ticket holders (those on the Fins side of the field) will be displaced to inferior seat locations because all seats between the 30’s on Miami’s side will be $1,000-$2,000 and up in the lower deck (and most won’t pay that much for season tix). –But perhaps I’m wrong and Ross is right and folks will flock to the expensive seats. All I know is that Ross, unlike Robbie & Huizenga, won’t reveal the exact number of season ticket sales.
One of the best comments i have heard so far was in reply to LaCanfora reporting Kiko wanted out of Buffalo…reply “Well yeah, who the fuck wants to be in Buffalo by choice” lol
NOT ME!! And I was there for 5 winters!
I feel for ya man, i only spent a week or so at a time, maybe a couple to three times total, and it was almost too miserable to wish on an enemy lol.
I give them credit though, those fuckers can tailgate and it’s not close.
“any deal is better than no deal” Susan Rice—– Boy, this administration is beginning to scare me.
Beginning?
“Dolphins say I can seats near the 50 on the visitor’s side”
OD — gotta say that sounds pretty darn good, not just for you and me but for your re-sale value. Kick back to say row twenty something. Will may out the chance of being in the shade after next season.
“max out”
@AroundTheNFL: C.J. Spiller says on NFL Network the Bills called him and thanked him for his service with the team.
He’ll be a jet
OD, for shade
LOL — but key thing is it is an investment. If he is circa the 50 the outatowners don’t care which side of the field. And with the knew lux section on the home side…..they can’t buy over there anyhow.
I’ll bet if he went towards the 10 yard line on any side he’d get shade once the lid gets done next year.
That is the Q………don’t know how that will work. If the seats on the other side are in the sun though — seems it must be for only part of the game.
Mike E/OD,
I hear ya on the rough prices. I don’t agree it’s got anything to do with the team though, because I watched a god-awful Warriors team for 2 decades that still managed to draw enough fans to sustain itself….but the prices…they were affordable.
The middle class is getting priced out of live games IMHO.
Heartline is going to NE. He will EXCEL in that offense with Brady. I HATE IT.
I wonder if Ross’ architect / engineer considered acoustics when designing the cover on the stadium. I mean purposely shaping the supports and panels in an acoustically reflective manner. Make the whole stadium a parabolic lens focused on the field.
This cracks me up.
LOL
Randy says:
March 3, 2015 at 5:16 pm
i’m tired of the excuses. This TEAM needs to start putting up wins. This losing shit sucks.
ok randy now there i agree with you. TEAM. it takes a team. you going to tell me wilsons 4ints in the nfc game won it for Seattle. i get you like to fuck around blaming it all on tanny. and yeah tanny isnt brady or rogers or manning. but neither is wilson. wilson has a complete team around him. tanny doesnt. do you think if wilson was on the fins they would be in the sb. if you do, buy another bucket.
i love the fucking around and all but no way in hell you think wilson is a top tier qb. he proved that with his game losi….wait i mean sb losing int. you got it right at a TEAM. hell marino never had a team around him and you saw how that worked out for him.
Well that sucked driving in that shit. Snow/Ice/Rain, horrible roads and tons of traffic. My half hour commute took me 2 hours. But I used my 4WD and local roads as I knew the highways would be a cluster fuck and I heard they were.
Shortly after a British Airways flight had reached its cruising altitude,
the Captain announced: “Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your Captain.
Welcome to Flight 293, non-stop from London Heathrow to New York.
The weather ahead is good, so we should have a smooth uneventful flight. So, sit back, relax, and………OH…..MY…..GOD!”
Silence followed.
Some moments later, the Captain came back on the intercom.
“Ladies and Gentlemen, I’m sorry if I scared you.
While I was talking to you, a flight attendant accidentally spilled coffee in my lap.
You should see the front of my pants!”
From the back of the plane, an Irish passenger yelled,
“For the luvva Jaysus……you should see the back of mine!”
LMAO!!!
LeSean McCoy to Bills WTF???
I wouldn’t trade for a RB in his 7th season. I know it was a player for player trade, but Alonso is a really good young LB (coming off an ACL injury) that likely doesn’t fit Ryan’s vaunted 3-4/46 defense with bigger players. We’ll see.
Yes and the linebacker Alonso goes to Philly.
The antidote is obvious – Suh