Miami Dolphins Head Coach Adam Gase
The Miami Dolphins have named their 12th Head Coach in the history of the franchise, Adam Gase. The former Offensive Coordinator of the Chicago Bears and also the Denver Broncos, is now the youngest Head Coach in the NFL at 37 years old. Adam Gase and the Miami Dolphins will not be hiring an Offensive Coordinator this season, as Gase will fill those duties himself.
Gase has already begun filling out his staff, beginning with the hiring of former Cincinnati Bengals Defensive backs and former NFL CB Vance Joseph.
Defensive Coordinator Vance Joseph
Gase has also named Matt Burke, former Cincinnati Bengals Linebacker Coach to man that same post for the Miami Dolphins
Linebackers Coach Matt Burke
Our new Tight Ends Coach is Shane Day, who was the TE Coach for the Chicago Bears
Tight Ends Coach Shane Day
Replacing the vaunted John Benton is Chris Foerster. Foerster spent the 2004 season as Offensive Coordinator for the Miami Dolphins, but joins the Dolphins after coaching last year as OL Coach for the SF 49ers.
Offensive Line Coach Chris Foerster
The Dolphins have also named Shawn Jefferson as Wide Receivers Coach, former NFL WR, and former Wide Receivers Coach of the Tennessee Titans.
Miami Dolphins WR Coach Shawn Jefferson
In addition to all the position coaches and assistants, the Dolphins have promoted Eric Stokes, formerly the Assistant General manager of the Dolphins to Senior Personnel Executive.
Senior Personnel Executive Eric Stokes
So, what does all this mean? Will Adam Gase be able to transform our predictable, ineffective offense into a high scoring unit? Will new DC Vance Joseph employ a 4-3, or a 3-4, or a hybrid of both? Will former Dolphins OC and now OL Coach Chris Foerster be able to fix this much maligned unit? There a lots of questions that beg to be answered, but patience will be necessary folks, because we have a long way until we play our 1st regular season game in 2016, and we probably won’t have all the answers until possibly the end of the 2016 season, or maybe even years later.
Yeah, I’ve already started feeling optimistic, they suckered me in again! I like that Gase will be the OC, and will be calling the plays. No excuses about chain of command or the OC being stubborn and not listening to the HC, because the HC is the OC. Accountability my friends, and I like it! Gase has a lot of work to do to catch up with our divisional foes. Save for the victory against the Patriots in Week 17, the Dolphins were 1-5 in the AFC East, and if we want to contend for a playoff spot, we must do better against our divisional foes.
Here’s to hoping Gase is the magic man, and Bill Belichick, Todd Bowles and Rex Ryan are all screaming at the end of next year for Adam Gase to get off their case!
GO DOLPHINS !!
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Let’s go OL in the draft. Early and often
I was a Grizzly Adams fan too. I liked a lot of those wilderness shows and movies. RIP Dan Haggerty
I can see that in you.
lmfao.
bearded brothers
LOL, I was very into the outdoors when I was younger, still am just do it less.
Tim and his bud Jedidiah talking about chopping down trees when he was 4 YO
Tim: So what do I do?
Jedidiah: Just cut the fucking thing down you silly cunt.
LOL, wonder what they actually are talkin-bout ?? Looks like the one actually is gettin an ass’chewin by the boss..
We all wanted a bear for a pet!
It was only when we got older that we realized the damn things would kill and eat you!
So true. But the risk seemed worth it at the time.
https://youtu.be/FKY23ah6PqQ
Do these people doing mock drafts know ANYTHING about the teams? Or for that matter the positions? Here is Rob Rang of CBS sports mock draft pick for the dolphins with his ‘explanation’.
Duh duh duh duh duuuuuuumb!
CBS Sports’ Rob Rang: Andrew Billings, DT, Baylor: “Between Ndamukong Suh and Earl Mitchell, the Dolphins dedicated an awful lot of its salary cap to defensive tackle with little to show for it. Mitchell has recorded just two sacks in 28 games for the Dolphins since landing a four-year, $16 million deal two years ago and could be a salary cap casualty. The powerful and passionate Billings could be the disruptive presence the Dolphins thought they were getting in Mitchell.”
DT;s to not typically rack up sacks and there will be MANY guys available at #8 who are way better fits for our “needs” than a DT!
I mean FUCK we just spent ten hundred gagillion dollars on Suh and a 2nd round pick on Phillips last year!
I guess he forgot we drafted Jordan Phillips who looked good in the 2nd rd last year. Also, Mitchell does a lot of dirty work that is not stat based.
Our issue in run defense was a LB issue. What’s funny is someone posted a stat not long ago that we had the most tackles for losses last year. The problem was we also allowed too many runs that ripped right through us. We were feast and famine. The coverage was another issue.
So, I’m the only one who actually lived like Gruzzly Adams did? You mean that shit wasn’t normal? Balls.
When I was young I always wanted to live in a cabin and off the land. My uncle and I were into the woods. He’s the one who took me camping and fishing for the first time and we would walk the family dogs in the woods all the time.
Now Randy, Grizzly Adams lived in the 1800s so I’m sure you had some better equipment. Also did you have a grizzly bear as a pet? LOL
He had a shinny bucket to carry water in! 😉
When I was a little kid in Miami my mom had a friend who was a care taker of Gentle Ben, Clarence the Crossed-Eyed Lion, and Flipper so I got to mingle/play with them, GOOD TIMES.. RIP Dan Haggerty/Grizzley Adams !! : ((
Mitchell was a little bit more inconsistent this year than last, but I thought he still had a solid year. It’s all in what you ask your DTs to do. Mitchell can clog things up, but it’s really not his strength. He’s best as a gap player. Unfortunately, teams were able to shift their protections inside to deal with Suh and because our edge guys just weren’t very effective and could be single blocked most of the time. We need to find a legitimate edge threat that teams have to account for with extra men.
Totally agree. We lacked speed on the edge after Wake. Vernon can move but he’s really not explosive.
Tim,
Hell no, if we’d had a bear, we’d have shot the damn thing and eaten it. A bear as a pet? City folk do some crazy shit. Lol
Dan Haggerty actually grew up doing some of the things he portrayed in the movie and TV series. Google it!
I mean who the fuck would break into my house if I had a pet bear?
wyoming,
Hey. It’s supposed to be -9 here on Sunday…how about you?
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And, we actually did have an outhouse, but there were cold Winters where we were using a bucket in the back porch because the pipes froze, and the outhouse was just too damn far to walk. Oh, I got stories! Lol
I know life like that is hard work but I’m sure it was pretty cool too.
Tim,
I loved the show and Mr. Haggerty. I was a fan! I actually saw him on tv this past year…can’t remember where…and thought he wasn’t looking so good. He was a bear of a man…perfect fit for that role…a gentle giant. I was bummed to hear of his passing. Do you remember him from when they had those Battle of the Stars(?) shows?
I remember battle of the stars but don’t remember the participants so much.
He was born in Wisconsin. He grew up in a family that owned and operated a small wild animal attraction. There he helped raise wild animals, including a black bear that performed tricks. After high school, he moved to southern California to pursue acting.
https://ci-7eff15a9cc-4087113e.http.atlas.cdn.yimg.com/vevo/782/821/63d7232e-df1e-4541-9a88-bf3f08341c12_Gstwa3MnW5MGrR5m6Ji3ONWrr-T2T_SmxiRS6dN4Z4yE3JHYlsyYy4UITp_mUacW7YsbHg-xaXg-_8_0.webm?a=vevo&b=8300&ib=sapi&m=video%2fwebm&mr=0&ns=c+i+ci+cii+ps&ps=chnuff8k&vid=019ae014-14d8-3886-9560-3c20766bab82&x=1453496058&s=52d4037d25dd3896a3025cd89effd7e0
Dion FF’s theme song ^^
Ken says:
January 15, 2016 at 3:48 pm
I mean who the fuck would break into my house if I had a pet bear?
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Maybe lots of people,(not knowing you had a pet bear) but they would only do it ONCE!
What the fuck is that, holy shit man it’s a bear. They’d jump out the fucking windows. LOL
Soooo Randy, you mean you actually have shit in your bucket? Ewwwwww. Get a new one!
I used to like those Battle of the Network Stars shows. Except Scott Baio was on that show way too much!
Your dreamboat!
wyoming,
Hey. It’s supposed to be -9 here on Sunday…how about you?
75 degrees and sunny. Why do you think we live here in S. FLA? It’s not for all the old relocated fucks from NY, NJ & MASS!
This weather is mine! You fucks stay up there in NY, NJ & Mass! (you mid-westerners are welcome. LOL)
Buccaneers hired Mike Smith as defensive coordinator.
Sheesh, good luck to us with Vance Joseph…smh
Randy, I’ve been meaning to ask you. What is the black disk with the dolphins logo on it next to your bucket? I dolphins hockey puck? if so WHY?
Well it looks like everyone has left for their weekend. (one post other than mine since 4pm.) have a great weekend everyone.
Nogtih all!
The Scott Baio pick must have scared everyone off. MODERATOR!
13kvFINS says:
January 15, 2016 at 3:24 pm
In good fun, I talk like that with my good buddies in person, but in most cases via text the fun is misinterpreted, cool that you too get-it no-matter the format
trust me it has happened on here more then once about the misinterpretation. we have discussed it several times that a lot gets lost in the lack of emotion something is said in. but this blog is made up of a gang of really good and fun peeps so it always gets worked out…..well unless you are tim he is always getting his feelings hurt.
and as for me, it is pretty simple, if i am here then i am having fun and busting balls.
Randy
It’s pretty warm here in Texas got into the 50’s today!
Now at mom and Dads the high has been around 0′
Now this shit is funny!
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We have signed Joe Philbin as our offensive line coach.
no fucking way.
If thats true, we have successfully converted two HC’s into OL position coaches out of out past two. Thats sad as being the girl that turns all her BF’s gay.
http://www.nfl.com/playoftheyear
Our DT’s are fine, no actually they are pretty great, even our depth guys. If i took a DT in this draft it would on only a few conditions. 1) its a late round selection, and thats pretty much BPA. 2) someone retardedly talented fell to a ridiculous round and i was able to get a steal. Like A’Shawn Robinson falling to the 3-4th round, etc.
Im feeling secondary as the deepest need from the draft. I agree we HAVE to get some help on the OL but im thinking FA is a lot better place to address the OG position. OG FA’s arent overly expensive in FA, CB’s and Safeties usually are. There is one FA CB i wouldnt mind getting but id still draft FS/CB high and pair them. I also feel a lot more comfortable with the draftable talent at CB this year than i do about the OG’s
I think DE’s are second most important because we likely lose 2-3 of our top 3. Thats gonna hurt and we are going to need a stud to replace them. We cant afford to get a stud DE in FA this year so we are going to have to draft at least one. I could se getting one in rounds 1-2, then double dipping by round 4ish. Seems like a decently deep group.
LB is pretty much on same level as DE in my opinion, we could really use 2-3 LB’s, most importantly an ILB. Im with Piggy i could see us drafting 2 LB’s and if i had my way we would wind up with both the LSU LB’ers Beckwith and Deon Jones. ILB is somewhat deep group this year, OLB seems very deep so i think we have a chance to land two pretty good guys.
Id only want to draft an OL in the first if we were replacing Albert, and if thats the case i definitely go LT in the first, and hopefully it would be Tunsil or Stanley. Id be interested in Vadal Alexander in the 2nd, as a potential start early LT or LG. There are some other LT’s i think could be starting by end of the year, but i dont really trust any of them to be starters day 1. It is a pretty deep pool though, so we might want to get Albert’s eventual replacement in another round, even if we dont replace him this year. We could do the same at OG, get a FA or two, but also draft a guy in a later round to eventually replace the vets.
I go pass rush over DBs.
LOL@D’s 5:57
Philbin is with the Giants. I heard Ben McAdoo on WFAN today at his presser and then an interview with Mike Francesa and he mentioned Philbin on his staff. He will reportedly be asst. HC and QBs coach.
http://blogs.colts.com/2016/01/15/indianapolis-colts-make-assistant-coaching-move/
Here is a photo of Tim enjoying the wilderness
Ugh…. no. I don’t rape people.
The guy on top or bottom?
it doesn’t matter when they are rolling around in the leaves together
Maybe they just havent gotten around to changing the coaching staff page, but its showign as if we have duplicates of all our coaches, old ones mixed in witht he new ones like Lou Anarumo still as DC and Vance Jospeh as DC, it also still has Campbell, but with no title. I mean i know what it takes to change a web page, same place they were adding people is the place they delete them lol, so WTF would they do that, thats pure lazy. Also if you changed Campbell to list no title, Why the fuck didn’t you just delete him….. i mean change it enough to remove title but not just remove the whole line.
Ross handles the website and he hasn’t had time. LOL
That’s bc he is always in NYC
and you have to be in So Fla to update the website for the Dolphins
Philbin is everywhere
You can’t stop him!
Look at that look of determination in his eyes
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Assistant Coaching Move – http://indcolts.co/JzEfju
Colts hired Joe Philbin as offensive line coach.
Philbin was expected to join Giants HC Ben McAdoo’s staff, but talks broke off with QBs coach Mike Sullivan likely getting promoted to offensive coordinator. He’s spent most of his career as an OL coach and brings head-coach experience after getting fired from Miami earlier this year. Philbin should help turn around a Colts offensive line that struggled with pass protection for most of 2015.
Wow, McAdoo talked about Philbin just hours ago.
Very sad….for both the team and him.
Why he got a coaching job and they got a coach they wanted?
Yes no Philbin with the Giants. Hulk’s 2nd favorite team
Hulk have bad year. He very angry
If he can do for the Colt O line what he did for Miami’s…..lolololololol
I predict another injury riddled season for Andrew Luck
Yeah it’s kind of funny when people forget it’s a personnel issue with both teams but somehow magically a coach is going to make them better than what they are. John Benton had a great rep as an OL coach so… ding!!!!
I feel sorry for Andrew Luck…naw, not really….lol
wow it is about time philbin is doing something to help the dolphins compete in the afc
and some say ross is a doofus, i say he is a genius. let a coach show his talents then cut him so he can go off and help the fins win. brilliant i tell you
Tim Knight says:
January 15, 2016 at 6:20 pm
Why he got a coaching job and they got a coach they wanted?
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Not their team Tim…lol Scroll up to my 5:57 reply. Part joke, part truly sad. LOL
I gotta go drink some beers with my buddy Stanger. Peace.
Cool!
Rock,
Not the same bucket. Thankfully. I’m not really sure what that thing next to the bucket is, but I think it’s a coaster. I googled “Miami Dolphins bucket” to get a picture because people around here were bitching about me not having one. J/k. That’s the picture that showed up first. Lol
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And, if I could, I would be living somewhere I never had to see snow again.
ESPN’s football analyst Chris Mortensen has announced that he has been diagnosed with throat cancer.
The stage IV finding will force Mortensen to leave ESPN, temporarily we hope, to seek treatment. Mortensen released the information today and immediately the prayers and well wishes flew. A long time analyst for ESPN, Mortensen has been a pioneer in reporting on the NFL.
“More than a week ago, I was diagnosed with a Stage IV throat cancer,” Mortensen said in a statement Friday. “My focus shifted significantly to gathering information about the specifics of this cancer. The initial diagnosis was confirmed Friday and there is another test remaining that will determine the best possible treatment plan that will commence in the very immediate future.” Mortensen said VIA ESPN.
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WOW, prayers for Mort. Get Well Soon!
Yeah I heard that today. Cancer is killing at a high rate. Get well, Mort.
Humble, shy kid but has a lot of talent. I think he’s going to be a top WR. He basically shows everything you’d want him to do in a small body of work.
http://www.miamidolphins.com/multimedia/videos/DeVante_Parker_Joins_The_Finsiders/44fbfa28-206e-47a2-be98-698a14dff44c
Good stuff on Parker
Tim, yeah cancer is a scourge on society that’s touched every family it seems. I know it has mine as well.
It does seem to be getting worse also. I guess all that GMO, pesticides, chemical preservatives, chemtrails, and all are catching up to everybody. Kind of a slow form of eugenics & population control. Sad times!
I definitely think processed foods play a big role in it. That and not so healthy lifestyles.
I wonder is Gase is waiting for the playoffs/SB to be over to hire an offensive asst., asst. HC and/or QBs coach. That seems to be a hire or two he’s going to need.
It does seem to be getting worse also. I guess all that GMO, pesticides, chemical preservatives, chemtrails, and all are catching up to everybody. Kind of a slow form of eugenics & population control. Sad times!
or just we live in the information age and things are not as private as they use to be.
That too, more people etc. I think it’s a lot of things. Back in the day they didn’t even know it was cancer, they just got sick and died.
Well this is a fun topic for a Friday evening…..
Yeah I’d rather not.
Tim Knight says:
January 15, 2016 at 7:12 pm
That too, more people etc. I think it’s a lot of things.
had a client a few years back. i said it here before but it was like a kind of wow moment. he was at pearl harbor. we talked and he said when he signed up, they didnt even have electricity at his home. it was just kind of wild talking with him about how different things were when he was younger. how things were so different when he came home from the war.
we all think having wifi on our phones is different, imagine their lifestyle changes
‘wait you mean i dont have to go outside in freezing weather just to use the bathroom’
FFR, I remember having B&W TV when others had color. The advancements in technology is crazy. In my industry we’re still trying to dial down to what works? It’s so fluid and both tech and people change really fast. So it’s difficult to determine what’s going on. It’s a race and I’m not sure that’s what I want to do anymore.
13kvFINS says:
January 15, 2016 at 4:24 pm
When I was a little kid in Miami my mom had a friend who was a care taker of Gentle Ben, Clarence the Crossed-Eyed Lion, and Flipper so I got to mingle/play with them, GOOD TIMES.. RIP Dan Haggerty/Grizzley Adams !! : ((
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Gentle Ben
One time They brought him to a little park in North Miami along with the kid from the show so we all went to meet them.
Grizzly Adams
He was cool but remember back then we only had 3 channels so we watch what was on and we liked it.
If he was on at the same time as Steve Austin we would have never even seen that show 🙂
Just a week or two ago Dan Haggerty was on American Pickers and sold them a few things. I wonder if he knew he was dying at the time so he let some stuff go for other people to enjoy his legacy…
the Cult of Mike @elvisknievil 8m8 minutes ago
Alice in Wonderland is the story of a weekend at Bill Cosby’s house.
Ouch!!
Pablo
@pabloknows
This piece by @Ian_OConnor on ESPN has a Gase tidbit I hadn’t heard before. Some edge there. http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/14577884/ranking-new-nfl-head-coaching-hires-hue-jackson-cleveland-browns-first …
In one of his many job interviews over the past two years, Gase was asked by one executive if he knew his personal record against Dan Quinn, the Seattle defensive coordinator who became the head coach in Atlanta. “It’s 0-2,” Gase responded, “and I’m going to tell you something right now: He’s never going to f—ing beat me again.”
Nice, a lil fire from the HC.
I’m just glad he curses
Omar Kelly ✔ @OmarKelly
Seriously people, don’t believe everything you read, especially when it is clear people have agendas and want to blame-shift.
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Amen, that’s what we learned from reading you….LOL SMH
https://twitter.com/thedeependmiami/status/688139130513952769
That’s hilarious!
LOL
James McKinney @ConchPhinsFan 15h15 hours ago
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NEW at @draftbreakdown: CB Mackensie Alexander (Clemson) vs Alabama (2015) http://draftbreakdown.com/video/mackensie-alexander-vs-alabama-2015/ …
Lmao @ Piggy’s Andrew Luck post above
Is it just me or do the cheats get to play the Saturday game of the divisional round every yr, no matter if they’re the #1 or #2 seed? Not such a big deal this yr, because the AFC teams played last week on Saturday, but usually they get the extra week, the home field, the opponent gets the short week, and they have the funny looking guys in the zebra suits. Almost as tough of a task as we had this yr playing in NE on Thursday Night.
Go Chiefs!!!!
Tim Knight says:
January 15, 2016 at 6:47 pm
http://www.miamidolphins.com/multimedia/videos/DeVante_Parker_Joins_The_Finsiders/44fbfa28-206e-47a2-be98-698a14dff44c
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Parker’s catch against Balt. might be the greatest routine catch in the Fins history. what I mean is it looks like such a great play, but Parker himself will probably tell you it was nothing special. With his size and athletic ability the DB had no chance, that’s the type of play I want to see happen next yr on a regular basis, like Brandon Marshall does weekly.
Like he said, when the ball is in the air it’s his.
He needs to become RTs favorite target, which will open up Landry on 3rd downs. What will really open up the O this yr will be an offensive scheme that’s current with the century we’re living in.
One thing the Fins have had through most of their history has been very good/great LBs, that have made plays all over the field, Bob Matheson, Larry Gordon, Bob Brudzinski, Mike Kolen, Joey Porter, Kim Bokamper, A.J. Duhe, Bryan Cox, John Offerdahl, Nick Buoniconti, Zach Thomas, and Hugh Green.
To me our biggest need is a great LB. I don’t think a D can be productive without at least one great/very good LB. The guy we had as our sudo LB this yr making those plays was R. Jones, but having a safety do that isn’t a good thing, because you get what you got in SD, Jones comes up to ballhawk an int and the WR goes deep wide open to the endzone.
Nothing wrong with having a safety like Jones but yes you need a LB who can make plays sideline to sideline. Jenkins is pretty good but played on a high ankle sprain most of the year and missed games because of it. I also liked what I saw from Hewitt, he could really push to start next year. Vigil needs to get bigger and stronger so he can compete at MLB which is where I think he’ll compete. Misi is Misi, he can play either MLB or SOLB. I wouldn’t be looking to release him for cap purposes until we have better LBs on the team. Sheppard is a UFA and likely won’t be back so we can’t start getting rid of LBs until we have their replacements.
I think we need to add at least one good LB from the draft and one from FA who is better than Sheppard and Paysinger. He doesn’t need to be a big signing. Is it really that hard to add a LB better than those two guys?
Oh man, I’m sick with some kind of stomach bug, or maybe I can just blame The Olive Garden. We went there last night to take out one of the Doctors who’s leaving the practice. It has been coming out of both ends since I got home last night at about 9:30PM. Sorry for the graphic nature of this post. This is brutal
Feel better Mike E
That sucks!
Thanks Piggy – I feel awful, worse than I can remember. I’ve thrown up 6 or 7 times already, and I’m pretty sure there’s nothing left to throw up. I’m waiting for one of my organs to fall into the sink.
Get Well Mike !! Datt’Pigg seems to be having a good time, made me wanna go..
Steve
You get the golden bacon award for that post
Give me Linebackers!
Piggy wants linebackers
And that is why I promote the Myles Jack + Scooby Wright combo via the draft
OSU LB Darron Lee is a good prospect as well.
I haven’t seen him yet
But big school prospects are a good thing
It’s just a highlight vid
But he looks pretty good
Good call Tim
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/players/2060774/darron-lee
I like the way he wraps up. He projects as a classic 4-3 WOLB.
Piggy this is one of my 2nd round favorites!
http://draftbreakdown.com/players/joshua-perry/
I like him too.
Thanks WY
Wedge is focusing on LBs right now
And you guys are giving him stuff to work with
Don’t over look Nick Vigil @ ILB for the Phins. He’s the younger brother of Zach, also from Utah St. where Nick has posted impressive back to back seasons.
Looks like he’ll get drafted by the mid rounds unlike our UDFA Zach.
Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter 3m3 minutes ago
Former Indianapolis/Baltimore Colts Head Coach Ted Marchibroda passed away today at age of 84.
That sucks. He did get a lot of years tho. I didn’t know he was that old.
He was considered an offensive innovator in his heyday. Gave Belicheat his 1st coaching job in mid 1970’s.
RIP Ted
Good-Guy TedM RIP !! Colts fans already have something to blame JP for, made him roll-over-into-his-grave… Too Soon??
RIP Ted. Good coach and football man.
Mike E. says:
January 16, 2016 at 1:24 pm
Oh man, I’m sick with some kind of stomach bug, or maybe I can just blame The Olive Garden. We went there last night to take out one of the Doctors who’s leaving the practice.
lol. not laughing at you being sick mike. just the. ‘we went there to take out one of the doctors’ and then you got sick. i would say yep that’ll do it. want to ‘take’ someone out take them to olive garden just remember when you do it to not eat the food too.
Jeff Darlington @JeffDarlington 20s21 seconds ago
So basically, this is playoff football for both teams. Patriots & Chiefs will both field all key players. Lots of pain management today.
Lots of needles & injections.
And guts.
Hey 13kv, good to see ya found the place. Saw where you’ve been posting a couple days.
Welcome to the crazy house! 😉
Well he knew the original play grounds at the SS and Tinshaker’s site so nothing here will phase him. LOL
Right, I remember him through all the fog in my head. 😯
KaNiggitt & MikeE have also visited where I hang since this reunion of sorts !! Tried to offer the link to what i wrote yesterday, but things haven’t been goin as smoothly for me here as they did on day one !! Think I keep mistakenly loggin in with 3 different options which is screwin-up how the options here work for me??
Thanx Getter : )) Yea I remember you from the SS.. You ain’t shittin with “”the place”” !! Same ole SS FunnStuff (minus the SS host and a few other DHeads) !! Good place to hang with 500 comments in 24 hrs while waitin a week for where I’m planted to gather 100 of just Dolphin thoughts !! Try to give my folks stuff to laugh at but most are (slightly exaggerated) WW1&2 survivors who’s funny bones are worn out… We have a good time, but not like at the ole SS and/or here !! I Appreciate be welcomed here by those that (for the most part) I haven’t spoken with for 5 or so years, though FFR has gone out of his way to keep me on my toes by visiting where I hang/write : )) !!
GOFINS, getterdone !!!
See what I mean, that previous KVNicholas one was supposed to be below the 13kv entry, DAMMMIT KV WTF !!!
The other blog is discussing Dion Fuckface’s fate with the team. What say you from a pure football standpoint if you were in control of personnel?
My view is teams hold onto talent as long as they can or bring it in regardless of what they’ve done in society, so you know they’ll give him the opportunity, he’s our property so might as well try to make the most of it.
If it doesn’t work out we didn’t really lose anything at this particular time because he wasn’t playing and producing anything. We know we busted on the picks and some money. It’s not going to effect this team moving forward. It would be different if we had picked him last year but it was 3 years ago.
It’s a tough call. Normally you hold onto a guy who’s still in his rookie contract, BUT….being a #3 overall, his rookie contract is costing some fairly hefty cap space that might be better served elsewhere.
The 1st salary cap deadline is in March I believe, so you don’t get the real luxury of seeing what he brings to OTA’s & training camps.
So if you need the money in FA for signing Miller, Vernon, etc, then I’d just part ways with him.
Another key is, do the Phins have someone in regular contact with him, know where his head’s at type thing?
We actually haven’t paid him much. He’s lost almost $10M from his suspensions and his contract was only $20.5M. His lost money is labeled in red. If football is still important to him and he produces for us, we paid him $6.2M for the 2016 season. That’s not a big deal for that kind of player. We could use his skills at DE and OLB and I’d play him at both.
Yeah, he’s a $6.2M cap hit.
Again, a lot depends on where his head is at, plus where Wake is at in rehab, what Vernon & Shelby do, and what the thinking is from Grier & Gase early in the draft’s 1st & 2nd picks.
I agree with getter here. He’s never produced even decent rookie numbers. We’ve wasted time and money, but no need to continue wasting either. Aldon Smith at least was a terror for two years. Fuckface was just a waste.
Badly NEED a matured, highly productive DJ, but get the feeling that he’ll be flipping burgers wayyy before o16’s end.. I didn’t like trading up for him, (I wanted Tavon Austin), though once it was done I did initially like the idea of DJ opposite of CWake, but at this point, he needs a huge restructuring, NFL minimum for me to trust him, if not burger flippin minimum wage.. CKelly’s in SF, see what/who he’d offer for DJ, Kelly’s aggressive & has wanted DJ/all DUCKS since day one, we might actually score..
http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/miami-dolphins/dion-jordan/
Tim, is it even a given that the NFL will be reinstating him soon? Is the suspension officially over?
It was for a year and we haven’t released him yet. Does the official NFL calendar start in March? That’s when we’ll know his status. I’m just looking at him from a pure personnel standpoint, not whether I like the guy or not. Right now I do not like him.
If Jordan cared the least bit about money, he wouldnt have already forfeited millions of dollars. Time to cut losses. Does anyone really expect that he learned anything at all from this? He’s been suspended 3 times and has been off the field far longer than on it.
Agreed! Him & Aldon Smith are two wastes of talent…but ya move on.
If we release Jordan we save $3+M as his dead money is almost $3M. It’s not a lot of money in the big scheme of things.
I get that, but new HC Gase doesn’t need his cancer roaming the locker room either.
I’ll leave it up to Tbomb & Co. My guess is they cut him.
Well that’s what we’re discussing lol. I have no idea the contact they’ve had if it’s even allowed yet or what the plan is. It might all be contractual to cut him at the right time, not sure about those rules. That’s when we’ll know what the FO thinks of him. I’m just counting him in my DE/OLB conversation because I think it’s an area we need to improve upon as things change.
I will be posting about the DE/OLB position but I think I may just submit it as an article. Herd asked for us to help in that area. It’s setup as a factual/opinion based discussion piece.
I wonder what kinda # the Giants & other teams wave at JPP. He’d be an interesting get if the price is right.
He’ll be fully healthy & coming back to Fla at 27yrs old. I’d cut Wake & give him some of that Wake money.
If JPP can be signed cheaper than Vernon due to what happened to him, then I definitely do it, and also take the Wake savings & resign Shelby to a fair deal.
Then we’re set, maybe draft a DE mid rounds if we can’t go that route early.
Remember we’ll still have Fede on his cheap rookie deal as developmental depth. 😉
He’s got a major hand issue. He applied pressure but struggled wrapping up. That’s not the direction I go even though he’s having his hand operated on in the offseason. I don’t want to add more risk.
GD, I’m all over what I call DE/OLB/Edge type guys. I just finished the article and will submit it. It’s a food for thought and visual of where we’re at in that area of the team.
you just have to love the flippant ‘cut wake or dont sign vernon and just draft someone in the mid rounds’ attitude. cause it is just that easy to just draft another starter. and evvvvveeeyone knows how great the fins are with the drat
Vernon to me is a very good player, but not special. I’m not paying him special money. He doesn’t change games. In fact yes he does, getting a PF penalty to put a team in position for the game winning FG. I think it was JAC.
CWake ain’t never again gonna be what he once was with that achilles, and he’ll be nearing 35 if/when he is 100% late in o16… Gonna GIVE Coples some 7 mill, and not pay OV?? With only Fede, DeMontre Moore, & Coples, GOTTA KEEP OV and DS if at all possible, IMHO !! I’m not paying CWake 10 mill for 6 or so games at half of what he once was !! He’ll be retiring soon, get out while the gettins good (like NE does), and move forward with who will actually be on the team in o17- 2020 whould be my preference even though I luv CWake!!
the easiest job in the nfl has to be playing offensive line for the cheats more specifically pass protection
lmao. any body can be that open if you are allowed blatant push offs
tim
wasnt commentating on vernon dollar value, but he is a started in the nfl. you just dont flippant go out and replace that with a mid round pick
Oh I agree about that but he was a borderline mid rd pick in the 3rd. But he now has 4 years experience and he’s still very young. I get it!
oh well i really wasnt expecting a good game here. i didnt think the cheifs stood a chance against the cheats and the nfl.
i think there are reruns of oprah on somewhere
Gronkowski and Gostkowski set scoring records for NE on the TD. Brady 8/10 for 80 on the drive. They did not run it once.
Game plan.
I think this KC/NE game could be very entertaining
I hope it’s 48-45 and the Pats lose just to seem them distraught. LOL
Yeah……on the last play of the game
LOL
guess i was the only one that saw that opening drive. the refs are not going to let brady get touched and as long as gronk gets to push off like he did on the td this game is history
Damn Tim, ya stole my idea. Guess I’ll do a write up on another area of the Dolphins.
But good idea. The DE situation is in a real flux. Many ways it could go.
Do CBs or something. LOL
QB’s LOL
LMAO @ Sean Smith….coulda made a game changing play….but he never could hold onto a ball in his hands.
He still has the same hands as always. 10 career INTs in 7 seasons with 2 being the most in any season. The great pumpkin pusher. LOL
LOL…the great pumpkin pusher???
James Walker @JamesWalkerNFL 14m14 minutes ago
If Ryan Tannehill reduces his turnovers, improves pocket presence, makes a few nice throws a game and uses his legs, he can win more games.
lmao. and he actually gets paid for this wisdom.
if parker runs crisp routes comes out of his breaks sharp he will be open more lol
Well if he was faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound we’d probably win more games. LOL
tim
did you know that if the dolphins would score more then their opponents they would win more games
Bookman, I used to say because of Sean Smith’s lanky build he looked like he was pushing pumpkins as opposed to wrapping up WRs beating him for YAC. LOL
That’s just silly…LOL!
For sure. LOL
What a cheap shot by amendola
what ever happened to that one qb that got caught deflating the footballs. did the league ever do anything to punish him.
yeah i didnt think they would
What ever happened to the appeal
That was supposed to come down in December?!?!
would have been special if that hit to the back of the neck broke it.
It’s 1st down at the half inch line isn’t it l?
Why challenge that
pig
i think it is 3rd and goal
pig
i am sure after the league lets brady win the superbowl and he retires they will suspend him
i really hate brady and everything boston. now would be a real good time to set off a dirty bomb in NE
i think i would rather watch 2 broke girls then this fuckfest