By John D (son of a son of a shula)
Ndamukong Suh has signed his 6 year – 100 million dollar contract with the Miami Dolphins. Now what?
Now it’s time to go to work. Time for him to get acclimated with his new surroundings, his new coaches, his new teammates, and his new fan base. This is a man who is driven to be great, while he did sign the largest contract ever for a defensive player in the NFL he won’t settle and collect his fat checks. Suh wants to be great, he puts the time in preparing himself, studying, honing, and working out doing everything you would expect from a true professional playing in the National Football League.
Now it’s time to go to work on changing the Dolphins fortunes on the field. End the late season collapse. End years of mediocrity. End years of frustration. Restore vigor and hope once again into a proud franchise. Can Suh do that? He can’t do it alone but in his presence everyone can get better, everyone can strive for more, everyone must do more. Suh is a huge cornerstone to build on; he won’t waver, shy away, or settle he is here to lead and to win.
I first became familiar with Suh when he was playing in the 2009 Holiday Bowl. Nebraska vs Arizona. I watched in amazement at how Suh would just move his man out of the way and make a tackle. It was like he’d let them block him until he decided he wanted to make a tackle and he just threw the guy away and blew up the play. I can’t recall having seen anything like it since seeing Reggie White play ball. The only other player in my lifetime who was just as ferocious besides White was Deacon Jones. That’s elite company for Suh if you are scoring at home.
Of course there have been many, many great defensive linemen that have played over the last fifty years. However there have only been those three that have stood out in such a profound way to me. They all play with a meanness that frankly is scary. They all have unimaginable power, the ability to use leverage as if it was an innate sense and unbelievable quickness for men their size. Now I know Deacon Jones and Reggie White played Defensive End and Suh plays Defensive Tackle but Suh plays every bit like Jones and White.
If I were to round my top Defensive front players into a Mount Rushmore the player to add would be Mean Joe Greene. He’s tossed a few linemen around as well.
Green – White – Suh – Jones
Now that’s elite company.
For you older Dolphin fans the player most like Suh from our past would be Manny Fernandez. Fernandez was relentless, fierce and crazy. He never got the national recognition that a lot of other players around the league did, I guess when you play on the “No-name Defense” that tends to happen. Manny played with rage and was very difficult to block he piled up tackles on that defense and was a large part of the success of the 72 and 73 Dolphins.
Suh caught my attention at the ‘09 Holiday Bowl and although I was late to arrive I immediately knew what I was looking at. We had the 12th pick in the 2010 draft and I would blog incessantly on how we should “pay the freight” and move up to get him. I recall one blogger asking what style of D we would play since Suh is not a Nose Tackle and we were a 3-4 defense and I remember answering “whichever style Suh wants”. Of course we didn’t trade up, we traded back in fact.After 5 years of no playoffs and struggling to be a .500 team perhaps I was right those five years ago.
Alas, Suh has found his way to Miami where we can all relish and enjoy what this great player has in store for us. This is no ordinary free agent signing. We didn’t just sign an average to above average NFL player here, we got a bonafide Star and great player in Suh. Be grateful Dolphan, rejoice! And be happy.
Suh is here for You!
Finsmob Unleashed 
Nice job Son!
WTF? I saw that Cameron re-signed with the Browns, the watched TV with my wife then went to bed. I get up to this:
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/12471858/jordan-cameron-signs-miami-dolphins
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Not sure how I feel about it with his concussion history.
Yeah we were watching it live on here yesterday It was crazy shit.
“He’s young and he’s willing to work,” Cameron said,expounding on what he saw in Tannehill that made him want to come to Miami. “He puts the hours in. They were singing his praises all day today,and it is definitely a big part of my decision.”
Come on big play Clay. Come on home.
good article. You mentioned leverage during the article and the best I have ever had the pleasure of this was D.Steveson(sic) he could tip over a D lineman with his finger.It was like he was a karate expert. I missed many plays watching him during games but it was worth the price of admission. Brute force never won against him. I think Suh has the brute force along with leverage abilities to dominate opponents and games.
Thanks Son,
Agreed it’s time to get to work. All the worrying and fretting and wondering is useless now. The only thing that really matters is what this team does with what it has now.
OUTSTANDING EFFORT, SON!!—What a talented group of authors we have on this site!!–Talk to you guyz and galz after work.
If we resign Clay we will have 15mil at least tied up in the TE position. That’s quite a lot. Again I think if we resign Clay we might cut Wallace. Clay and Cameron Landry rookie 1st and rotation between Matthews and 2nd rookie or Hazel would still be a formidable offense with future written all over it
Excellent job Son – Time for this whole organization to get to work, and find ways to improve and get better.
Thanks guys and a big thanks to Piggs and Piggyshop for making the Mt Rushmore. It came out awesome.
So listening this morning to NFL radio, the goons (Bob Papa and Ross Tucker) talking about how great the Jets are now, and how all 3 teams (Besides the Patriots), should be at or around 10-6. A female Dolphins fan calls in and brings up the Dolphins signing cameron to a 2 YR contract, and she wanted to know if the Dolphins are really working on a contract for Charles Clay. Papa says he can’t understand why they would do that, why both? Tucker says they drafted Arthur Lynch in the 5th RD last year, and Dion Sims in the 4th in’13, why would they need 4 TE’s, and how are they going to get them all on the field?
To Tuckers credit, right before the hour break, which is why they cut off the Dolphins fan, he said maybe Lazor is going to use Clay and Cameron like Philly used Ertz and Celek. Yeah, that’s the ticket Ross, maybe we’ll do that! Maybe since Tannehill isn’t a great deep passer, maybe we’ll focus on his strengths. Makes me also think that Wallace might be on his way out. Not for sure, but I’m thinking it’s a legit possibility now, especially if we do sign Clay.
Add a rookie deep threat WR on the cheap to replace Wallace and we’re good to go on offense. Well, other than a bit more online help/depth which can be had somewhere rounds 2-4 if we’re talking guards.
Pretty much agree with your assessment, D. Though my guess is they are waiting to see how the draft shakes out before they decide what to do with Wallace. If one of the top tier WRs that they are high on falls to them at 14 then Wallace is probably gone (or offered a take it or leave it restructure). If no WR they covet falls to 14 then I’m not sure how it plays out with Wallace to be honest.
As for Clay, like some have suggested I think they are keeping the transition tender on him to make the Bills have to pony up and not get him on the cheap (especially if there are no other offers out there for his services). While I’m wary of the Cameron signing due to the concussion history, it was a relatively smart move. If they let Cameron go back to Cleveland, then the Dolphins are left in a bidding war with the Bills for Clay and potentially are left with overpaying or no TE. Also, it leaves Cleveland without a TE now and thus the Bills may have to potentially get in a bidding war with Cleveland for Clay (and with a base of appx. $7 mil to start the bidding).
As a bonus, Clay can’t be too pissed about the situation or with eh Dolphins, as with the Dolphins keeping the transition tag in place, he won’t be stuck with a lowball offer he has to take from the remaining team in this TE musical chairs should one of the teams above bow out.
Hasn’t Wallace already been paid his $3m roster bonus? Don’t really see him being cut at this point – we’d have no speed on the field – allowing opposing defenses to really take away the middle of the field and have their safeties cheat in the box.
I think the $3 million is due in 2 days? But yeah that does throw a monkey wrench into the idea of dropping him after that. As for the other part, hopefully just get a rookie speed WR in the draft. Much cheaper and accomplishes the same thing (and hopefully with less headaches). The flip side of that is it takes away a draft spot that could be used on other needs…
I think so
That doesn;t mean you can;t save cap room
Convict
I’m saying that if we do sign Clay to a multi year contract, Wallace might be gone.
Twice
I’ve been thinking WR in the first RD for a while now, but now I’m not so sure. I can see O-line, LB or CB.
Unless it’s a tackle/guard swing type, I don’t see O-line in the first, but yeah it’s definitely a need. But if straight guar, then no need to throw away a first rounder on them unless we trade down.
LB I’m not completely sold either – you could almost drop the bag boy from the local grocer in behind Suh and they should be unmolested by the opposing o-line to make plays.
CB I think they roll with the young guys and maybe pick up a veteran camp casualty and probably someone later in the draft to develop just in case.
If La’el Collins was there, he’s a guy who can play anywhere from LT to RT, except C, and he’s a guy that play with a nasty demeanor too. He’s probably the top rated LT on the board. If not O-line, LB or CB, what do you think we do ion the 1st?
On the other side of this, I think putting all our eggs in Cameron’s basket is a real risk. I know I sound like broken record, but his next concussion is likely his last, and he’ll be out for the year, and most likely his career. That leaves Sims and Lynch, which scares the heck out of me.
Whats up Twice
Good to Oink you here
Sign Clay!
Twice,
We you talk it out like you just did the WR pick always seems to make the most sense. I could even see them moving up to get Cooper if they really like him. The plan this year seems to be to try and stop getting above average with average players.
Not sure how my post ended up there.
Sign Clay!
I keep forgetting we got Shamiel Gary who will fight for time at Safety with Thomas and Don Jones and Aikens. Plus we kept Jordan Kovacs too.
So we’re gonna sign Suh, and then have Shamiel Gary, Michael Thomas or Jordan Kovacs playing S? That’s how we’re going to the playoffs? I don’t get it
Don’t forget Aikens
I wouldn’t ignore Aikens, he was a 4th rd pick.
I’m not expecting much from Don Jones as a DB. He seems like more of a STs guy and backup.
I want to re-sign Clay too
I would love to see Cameron and Clay on the filed at the same time
I still want that redzone threat WR though
OG – CB- LB – S – WR
I guess those are our needs
did we sign 2 CBs yesterday?
I hope there is some truth to the Mathis rumor (even though it was shot down)
I would love to fill our OG need with a vet
Not if we have trade Dion Jordan for him. He’s going to be 34 this season, that’s a horrible trade. If it’s for a late RD pick, like a 6th or 7th, fine.
That isnl;t even a realistic option
The report was a mid round pick
People just speculated Jordan bc he went to Oregon
I doubt Jordan was part of the trade for Mathis.
The Patriots are in worse shape a CB than we are
I’m not nearly as high on Aikens or Michael Thomas as you guys are. I hope we aim higher personally.
Michael Thomas is a good looking player, our secondary struggled when he went down last year. I could see him having a big role this year with Aiken.
Cameron followed the Jimmy Graham path to the NFL – a basketball player who turned to football. Though Cameron gave up basketball (at Brigham Young) early for football (at USC), he wasn’t moved from receiver to tight end until his senior year (he had one touchdown his senior season there).
But we have Jake Stoneburner…
nice job son. I hope suh works out and gets us to the playoffs.
Thanks, me too and I feel good about our chances.
Son, nice write up. I thought the same thing about Suh when I first saw him play for Nebraska. In fact I may have tuned in because you were talking him up. He would toss OL around like rag dolls. Still does that in the NFL too.
I think both Thomas and Aikens will be factors in our secondary.
Our secondary struggled because we had CB’s we just called up off the street. I think you’re giving too much credit to Michael Thomas, but I don’t have a problem with him earning the job, I just hope we draft some competition for him.
Thomas was playing when we were one of the top defenses, we started downhill when he got hurt.
WOW, Pork Chop came to free agency out of shape, got spurned by his old Bronco DC & now HC coach Del Rio in Oakland. Porky settles for the Skins on a 1yr $4M deal.
Makes me glad we went the extra mile & signed The Suhminator.
Man some people don’t know when to bite their lip.
http://news.yahoo.com/univision-fires-rodner-figueroa-michelle-obama-182010184.html
I just don’t see the relevance of a re-signing Clay with what we do with Wallace other than just needing cap space. IMO, we cannot go into the draft with Landry and Matthews as our starting WRs. There will be too much desperation to address the position early – when we also have pressing needs at LB, DT, and the OL.
You just said it, cap space.
Mike E, if Thomas and Aikens don’t end up as starters, I see them definitely part of nickel and dime packages.
It sounds like McCain will be our nickel corner.
That’s fine with me. All I’m saying is we should aim higher. I’m not saying they don’t belong on the team, I think we should try to do better.
I say good luck to anyone trying to displace Thomas, he’s proven time and again that he can play.
I was doing some research on Sammy Seamster who could compete @ FS in training camp to go along with Aikens, Don Jones, & Micheal Thomas.
Seamster entering his 2nd year out of Mid Tenn St. is 6’0 205, but runs a sub 4.5 and has 33″ arms with a 35″ vertical. He’d be a decent center fielder.
We have him listed as CB.
So….lol
Son, to quote South Park “Disney” episode… your article “tickles the ginny” LOL
…getting us all excited to get our money… is “Son” a front for Steve Ross trolling the site. 🙂
We’ve got some young DBs in the mix, we need to add a couple from the draft and let the competition begin.
Wallace is due his roster bonus on March 15th so if we don’t cut him by Sunday I’d say he’s a Dolphin in 2015.
TE situation: Cameron deal was ‘made for tv’ drama. NFL has hired script writers to orchestrate tv worthy drama. 🙂 $15 mil over 2 yrs is a pretty expensive gamble. But if he is healthy, he’s the seam threat that Eggs never became.
Rhino, if I’m working for Ross I’m gonna get paid – so far I ain’t been paid
maybe you will get paid in barter… an umbrella hat in case your seats aren’t in the shade. 🙂
And nipple rings with bottle openers on them.
I think RD 1 comes down to LB and WR. And from there it comes down to whether we shed Ellerbe or Wallace. If Ellerbe, we go LB, if Wallace then WR… IF BOTH?? who the hell knows, maybe a kicker. lol
I’m not a fan of Wallace, I think he’s an immature douche but I think we look pretty good with Wallace, Landry, Cameron and Clay as our weapons. Pick up a guard or two in the draft in the mid rounds and we can focus the rest of the draft on defense and depth.
Assuming we sign Clay. If that doesn’t happen then we still need another weapon which will probably be a WR in the draft.
Jordan Cameron said his concussions are not a concern from him moving forward. His baseline for brain activity is the same as 4-years ago.
Good news, he just needs to bubble wrap his dome
Apparently, Wallace got the $3m roster bonus already..
“Wallace, who has been on the trading block all offseason, and Ellerbe were each guaranteed $3 million because of a clause that was triggered last March 15. According to a league source, each contract does feature offset language, which would allow the Dolphins to reduce their payout based on what each player makes in 2015 if there are released, and do re-sign with another team.
However, that $3 million payout due has made it difficult for the Dolphins to trade each player.”
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-dolphins/sfl-mike-wallace-dannell-ellerbe-each-guaranteed-3-million-from-dolphins-in-2015-20150313-story.html
Well ,that’s what I get for listening to Omar. Earlier this month he tweeted we had UNTIL March 15th before the roster bonus came due.
good link Convict. Maybe Ellerbe’s injury early in the season earned him the benefit of the doubt from coaches and F.O
We still need a #2 QB. Moore remains unsigned and we have McLeod Bethel-Thompson as our only back-up QB.
Adam Beasley @AdamHBeasley
Cameron said there were other teams chasing him than just the Dolphins and the Browns.
Armando Salguero @ArmandoSalguero
Jordan Cameron says the Dolphins current system similar to the system in Cleveland two yrs. ago when he was Pro Bowl player.
Miami Dolphins ✔ @MiamiDolphins
Cameron on the Dolphins: “It’s a great team and they’re headed in the right direction.”
son of a son of a shula says:
March 13, 2015 at 9:56 am
Michael Thomas is a good looking player, our secondary struggled when he went down last year. I could see him having a big role this year with Aiken.
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That’s exactly right. Once Thomas went down our defense started trending downward. He had become the Nickle along with being the 3rd safety in our 3 safety packages. Once he was lost Wilson got more PT….. End of story.
Wilson got on everyone’s shit list last year also. He was a feel good story his first year, but as expectations rose, he did not.
Agreed dbolt. Wilson drove me crazy this past season. He always seems to put in a ton of effort, so can’t fault him there. But he always seems to be one step too far away from making a play.
Son,
Great article! I also learned about Suh in college and he was amazing to watch at Nebraska. I really hate that school but I couldn’t stop watching the Suh-weet domination.
Son, it’s interesting that many of the FA QB’s have already been signed somewhere and I don’t remember if Moore even got any interest from any team in the press so far.
He must be telling his agent he wants to stay put and wait and see what money the Phins have left to give him.
If he leaves, there is still Ponder & Flynn w/o a deal.
Cavalier + Son = Suhn of Kong (I’m surprised that movie was never made). 🙂
LOL
I’d watch that movie.
What’s up everyone? Still trying to thaw out up here. 2-3 feet of snow STILL on the ground in most places. They predict it won’t completely melt until mid-late April…
Son – I see them going for the best WR available (and who they feel is top tier) at 14. One of them has a decent chance of dropping to them there (not likely Cooper or White but you never know). Someone like Parker. If no WR they like is there, then I think they try to trade back. Barring that, they go BPA O-Line. Mike E and others call on Collins if available there – that could work.
Or maybe they go TE? lol
Twice, where do you live again?
Northeastern Massachusetts. Land of fun and sun lol
Lol, remind never to move there 😉
MikeE——-How did you make out yesterday with your work problem. Sounded like a issue with the company that sold the db to your company. Interface software development engineer to be specific. 1st off your company should have used a sample group to test software.2nd backups of old data should have been used. The good news is you can restore from your last backup and then do a data merge of new data. Unfortunately the DB company that sold you the software program doesn’t sound like they have the necessary skills to correct this problem. I talked to my friend that works with compucom and he mentioned they should have product liability insurance if any data is lost and you may be able to recover any labor performed by your companies employees. He also said you get what you pay for in software development.
I want Clay back. You can’t have too many top notch players and keeping him opens up draft options. When I think about either keeping Clay or getting a really old OG, I know which option lasts longer.
Nice article Son.
Hey Twice, the melting has begun here. My front and back lawns are basically back. It’s been in the hi 40s and 50s the past week so a lot of melting has happened. You need a week of temps like that and some sunshine and rain.
It made it to 58 on Wednesday – first time over 32 in 6 weeks. I think I heard the snowpack chuckle at the melt attempt.
Of course people like Manitoba are likely saying “ha that ain’t nothing!”
Yeah Toba probably needs a meteor shower. LOL
I see a lot of articles out there saying Wallace is due his signing bonus on March 15th this year including this one from Omar just 13 days ago, lol. I swear this hack reporting sucks ass. Wish I could find another report that confirms Omar’s latest article saying Wallace already received his roster bonus.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-dolphins/sfl-dolphins-release-wr-brian-hartline-20150227-story.html
This one also says no roster bonus due.
OK, I’m all over the place…. summation of where the D is…
1. Double teams shift to Suh now, not Wake. Our pass rush FINALLY gets to do what it wants. It will make so many people behind them “better”. It’s a matter of health.
2. LB therefore seems to be the priority. Good riddance Wheeler (aka I forgot how to tackle). Are we set at MLB with Misi? or do we fill that role with a rookie? I don’t see Ellerbe moving back to the middle.
Defense is so close to being ready to go. (Injuries disrupt ANY team in a salary cap league)
3. Offense was looking good until Albert went down. WE ALL cringed and knew what it meant, even though we were in denial at the time. I knew “the season was over”. Maybe Big Jake would come back as a back up (not sure teams are willing to pay him as a starter … we will see). OG’s really aren’t available now in FA. … Draft is weak compared to last few years. LT, RT, C are set. Solve the Guard position and our entire offense gets way better. Give a QB time, and WRs will find the open space, even if they create it away from the designed route.
Offense needs to fix Guard more than anything…
If this game is won in the trenches, DL is tops in league, OL is 3/5s done. A solid LG and we are definitely a better team than last year if we do nothing else.
This article says Wallace gets his base salary guaranteed on the 5th day of the 2015 league year – which I believe would be this Sunday (March 15).
http://www.thephinsider.com/2013/3/14/4104246/2013-free-agency-miami-dolphins-mike-wallace-salary-contract
LOL, so we’re back to March 15th being the deciding date.
This article says Wallace becomes the emperor of the Dolphins if he’s still on the team June 1st.
fuckallthesearticles.com
lmao… the era of “instant” communication turns “news” into “stream of consciousness” as accepted fact. lol
LOL, “Random thoughts by Jack Handy” becomes “news at 11:13. 11:17 or whenever.” “
from PFT
Free agent WR Percy Harvin is deciding whether to take more visits or sign with the Bills.
It sounds like Harvin liked what he saw in Buffalo. It helps that Harvin is familiar with coach Rex Ryan. If Harvin does decide to take another visit, his next stop will be Foxboro for a meeting with the Patriots.
Son
Time and time again??? That’s a stretch right there. He’s played in 8 games total, with 2 starts for us here in MIA. He had no INT’s last year, he did have the 1 playing CB in ’13. I don’t know, maybe I’m looking or more production than that.
I think everyone is saying he was looking good before he got hurt. We did re-sign him so the coaches must have liked what they saw too. It would be great if some of these young DBs stepped up. We kind of need them to.
I know we re-signed him, but you re-sign depth players too, and I think that’s what Thomas is. Same for Kovaks, until proven otherwise.
Thomas did start this past Season so he’s proven otherwise😝
Andy Cohen @ACohenFins
As for medically, he has been cleared with no lingering effects from three previous concussions.”My base line is the same as six years ago.”
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3 previous concussions….yikes. I hope for not only us fans sake but for Cameron’s career & future, that he can stay concussion free for the next 2 years. Get some healing going on and also scoring some TD’s damn it! 😉
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Weird again…
LOL @ Kong on Wallace becoming the emperor. Omar has already said Suh runs the team now so we’ll refer to him as Zeus.
Deadspin has an honest summation of FA and misinformation leaks as the new norm….
http://deadspin.com/how-jordan-cameron-used-the-nfl-media-1691244256
jetssuck
Unfortunately, despite the fact that all of the users are miserable with the program, it appears as if we have to suck it up and deal with it. I’m trying to organize a few of us to discuss this issue with management, but it’s going to be hard to push some of these people to speak up.
you want to be part of the solution not part of the problem. Times like these are very stressful during corporate change and being a problem solver goes a long way towards perception of valuable employees.
95 % of our snow is gone, 35 F here today.. 2-3 more days and only snow in the shadows will remain.. Mind you it is only Mar 13th, we may still get snow or cold up to May 20th.. LOL
SIGN CLAY !!!!
Rex Ryan will offer a bounty for anyone who can give Cameron a fourth concussion… maybe Rex will throw a sandwich at his head.
MikeE, school districts are addicted to the idea of “new software”… I think it’s a “conspiracy” (lol, I miss some of our paranoid fellow fans) to push older, more expensive teachers into retirement. So, how long have you worked there? 🙂
Apparently too long. 😉 It will be 13 years in June
lol Kong – I’m sure even Wallace doesn’t know what the real contract terms are.
LOL
With DT basically off the list in the draft with the signing of Suh, and I read recently somewhere that the org really likes Francis and Johnson. So I see us addressing LB and DB in the draft, maybe even two each. So WR and OL are likely the picks on offense.
Or Running Back, or Safety (but DB would include that I guess). Though those are admittedly less likely than WR, OL, LB and CB.
I like a trade down scenario and nabbing Kendricks so I can nanny-nanny-pooh-pooh at you while he has a probowl rookie season behind Suh and Mitchell. 😛
I don’t think we’ll draft a RB. Maybe sign a couple UDFAs and let the guys we have compete.
I’m not anti-Kendricks. I’d like him on the team and see where he fits. It’s possible we could trade down and take him.
at this point I’d rather the Browns take Clay over the Bills. Bills cut Chandler, so they’d be left out in the cold (pun intended). Clay and Hartline reunite in Cleveland as a support group… I envision a scene like “the island of misfit toys”.
And the fins defeat the Browns in the AFC Championship game. 🙂
I know, I know. But it keeps a lot of teams I HATE out of the AFC Championship game…so a guy can dream!
Rhino,
True to the South Park theme, there’s an episode where the school buys a new software program. Every thing that goes wrong requires an expensive upgrade to fix, and they just keep digging deeper.
The cost of the software is going to be the biggest inhibitor to any change you’d like to see Mike. Someone higher up than you has their reputation riding on that program and is not going to likely accept responsibility that it’s not working. He probably will buy an upgrade that includes better “training” for you rank and file types.
Jetssuck,
Saw you mentioned Dwight (Stephenson), I see him from time to time.
He has his own construction company here in Miami and the company I work for (architectural design firm) has done a couple public schools projects with him.
You an architect…drafter…? What’s your role Al?
Are you really Art Vandelay?
LOL
Voicestream installed several cell towers on his property and I was shocked to see how few white professionals he had on staff. I was at his location several times and I only saw 1 White person that worked for him. He received numerous set aside minority contracts and he only had 1 white person on his staff? Something is wrong with that.
I’m onboard with finding a way to keep Clay. Our cap is blown to hell anyway, so why not? Run plenty of 2 or even 3 TE sets and let’s make teams defend them with LBs or we can run a ton of read option if the defense goes small. Lazor’s offense and Tannehill’s strength is quick drops, read option, and play action hitting the seams. Seems to me we have or can cheaply acquire the right WRs to run that and having 3 TEs that can do serious damage would make the offense a real threat and hopefully improve our RZ production.
Depth and injuries scare the hell out of me, but no going back at this point. Wise or not, this is an all in year and might as well approach it as such.
Found a photo of Tim from the 5th grade. Note the Zeppelin logo on his pants.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B_8JfVvWEAAgWn0.jpg:large
LOL
Nice job, Son. I agree that Suh is a unique player. He just seems like a really mean dude that you don’t want to mess with out there and is unnaturally strong. I’m excited to watch him. We totally overpaid, but at least he is an elite talent that seems like he wants to get better and dominate.
Excellent work Son – it’s playoffs or bust IMO.
Tom Hanks ✔ @tomhanks
A guy named Tony found my credit card on the street in NYC and returned it! Tony! You make this city even greater! Thanx. HANX.
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What are the odds a guy named Tony would find it?
…better yet, the odds a guy named Tony would even return it? 😉
I think it would be more ironic if the guy’s name was Wilson. 😉
Man Tom has become an arrogant prick. Thinks just because a guy gave him his cc back that the guy automatically follows him on Twitter. The nerve of these celebs😆
Jahn
I’m all for what you mentioned to Rhino – We need an “upgrade”. They definitely did not train us properly, they had one guy on 4 computers showing 19 people for a 5 hour period. Then he came by each location hung over and cranky to finish up. He was hating me, because I kept saying in front of my bosses that this program doesn’t suit what we do here, because it really doesn’t. It’s for a small Ophthalmological practice that sees 2 patients a day.
Did you do it in your Sol Rosenberg voice? That might of have been more effective.
“Oh this sounds scary, I don’t think this works well here. Thank you!”
LOL! I should have. I should have brought all my shoes and my nub to the training session too
how did they handle the missing records that you mailed to the corporate office. This trainer(user interface developer) should have shown YOU how to handle new records created with old records with acct balances.
paper trail?
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I would loveeee if we got Perryman — he is the type of LB we need he’s all over the field and hits the crap out of guys!
I don’t get that stat.
Piggy – If he plays only 3 games with us and has 2.3 yards per route run, will you be thrilled? lol
Gigi
Perryman is exactly what we need
My favorite player in the draft
He will eat up ball carriers behind Suh
It will be awesome to watch if it happens
Exactly he’s the perfect LB to play behind Suh!! Ellerbe & Wheeler were/are too slow and do not scare people — Perryman will. 😛
And if they don’t get scared he will tear off their heads and Suh will eat their brains
If we sign Clay
And keep Wallace
We can afford to draft a developmental WR with a lot of talent
A guy like Sammie Coates who is 1st round talent with an undeveloped skill set
He may be available in the 2nd or 3rd
Course I would rather have white, Parker or strong
But I’m just saying we might have the luxury of a lot of different options
My two favorite 4-3 LB types in this draft are Kendricks and Perryman but I consider them 2nd rd prospects.
Me too
But some have elevated Kendricks to 1st round
Never Forget
SUHdenly
Sick!
That’s my piggyshop
If we don’t get Perryman or Kendricks, Stephone Anthony is a good consolation
He seems to be moving up a lot of draft board
Lots of LB prospects with 2nd round grades. I think our 2nd round pick should easily land us one of 4 prospects, andy of which would be good draftees.
Andy hung tough
Still like McKinney a lot. We seem to as well, he and Perryman are the MLB prospects that have gotten the most interest from us.
Do you like McKinney inside, or outside?
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Rams DL was already pretty sick.
If they can get Fairley to eat more celery and less cheesecake he might return to form. He kinda has a shitty attitude towards his job though.
Wilson isnt a bad fallback if we happen to miss on the top 4 guys too. Its not like he is a big drop off from them
top 4 LB’s i mean.
Here is an article in suh’s cap numbers
2015 – not even worth discussing
2016 – huge hit over 28m. This is the big hit
2017 – under 15m. That is nothing
2018-2020 are all between 21m and 23m per year. That is more than Wallace received
But 2018 is 3 years from now
Did you know the salary cap goes up about 10m per year?
2016 is a big salary cap hit
But by 2018 those 20m won’t eat up such a big chunk of our cap
2017 is not a big hit (like 2015)
It’s a really smart structure that DOES NOT kill us
Factor in how much the cap goes up each year when you consider these numbers
‘he is the type of LB we need he’s all over the field and hits the crap out of guys!’
that sounds like david’s type of player
I like McKinney outside
I think I might as well
I think the 2nd rd is the LB round for us. CB in the 3rd, S in the 4th+.
In the 1st I say it’s WR or OL.
Jordan Cameron’s contract numbers – per game incentive heavy…
Jordan says c-c-c-c-c-c-oncussions not a c-c-c-c-c-c-oncern
Lets not put too much negative juju out there eh? He’s signed. It was a calculated risk by Tannenbaum (according to him), so if it pays great. If it doesn’t, well, I have a feeling that we’re only out the first years’ salary and can move on. This isn’t all that different than the Keller signing, just a bit of inflation, and a premium for Cameron’s skill and the TE drought.
I’m just joking, but I really didn’t want to sign him. Especially not at the expense of Clay. His concussion history is what it is, it doesn’t matter what I think or say.
Tim, yards per route run is basically, take all his yards and divide it by the number of times he ran routes. It’s an indication of what kind of impact a receiver has on the game as a whole. Think if it this way, the larger that number is, the more the opposing DC has to game plan for that player.
Piggy,
I think you’re trying to hard on the cap. I understand everything you’re trying to say, but Wallace is getting 13-14m, so 20+ is substantially higher than that. Furthermore, that salary cap inflation affects every player in the league. Minimums go up, free agent demands go up etc. So it’s not like you can keep spending flat across the board and just attribute it all to one player.
All that said, I’m not worried about it for now. Suh gets hurt and we’re fucked, there’s no way around it, but for now, if he produces like you all tell me he will, things will work out.
I don’t understand why you are pointing out that it affects every player
It actually affects every team
22m is a substantially less chunk of the cap room if the cap is 30m higher than it used to be. There is no arguing that.
So when you look at those numbers from 18-20 you have to factor in how much higher the cap will be.
I’m not trying to do anything with the numbers
They structure the cap hit with 2 of the first 3 years with lower cap numbers for a reason – to get the benefit of cap inflation in the final 3 years
People look at the numbers as gasp and have no idea how the cap works
They report the guaranteed money but don’t even mention the cap hits or the structure
Why even mention guaranteed money, it means so little in the scope of cap space
2016 is the big hit
The rest is not really bad at all
I don’t see how you don’t see that
Kendricks does have an outside shot to be a 1st round pick, maybe late first, but he isn’t quite as good as those guys who have gone in the first previusly. He compares pretty nicely with the way Borland was perceived last year and Borland was taken in the 2nd by a team with little needs(by that i mean other teams would have waited to the 3rd). I think team realize this group has a bunch of pretty good guys but no Keuchley or Mosely’s. Kendick is riding a high right now but i would bet we dont take him at 14 and he gets taken somewhere late first, early second. I think though we have a very good chnace of seeing Perryman, McKinney, and Anthony at our pick in the 2nd, potentially all 3.
It’s not an outside shot when most mocks have him going in the first, it’s a liklihood. Granted, most have him going 30th to the Packers..but hey we wouldn’t want to scoop the packers on a LB would we? That could never work out. 🙂
Your Borland analysis is just confirmation bias. LOL…
Do over drafts would all have him going in the first IMHO….never the 3rd.
Okay, that could change the 1st round. He’s a fast WR who’s had a good start to his 2 year career. This could also mean we’re moving Wallace.
He’s a REALLY good slot kind of guy, very good route runner, and slippery in the middle. Maybe the trade is for Wallace, lol, but given their cap situation, i doubt it.