by Randy Campbell (OLD DOLFAN), season ticket holder
From 1970 through 2001, the Miami Dolphins were one of the most successful franchises in the history of the National Football League. They played in the postseason on 22 occasions during those 32 seasons, reaching the Super Bowl five times. Their back-to-back Super Bowl victories following the 1972 and 1973 seasons, during which they compiled an NFL record of 32-2, stands as the historical high point of the franchise. During those 32 years the Dolphins won 335 games, lost 191 and tied 2 for a winning percentage of 63.6%. Best of all, only TWO of those 32 seasons were losing seasons.
Head Coach Nick Saban’s final season in Miami (2006) featured a 6-10 season. Saban left Miami for the top job at Alabama in early 2007. He was replaced by Charger’s offensive coordinator Cam Cameron. Cameron’s one year stint as head coach produced a disastrous 1-15 season. A disheartened Wayne Huizenga decided to sell the Dolphins to New York real estate mogul Steve Ross. (Note that Cameron had no prior head coaching experience, a theme of the Ross years.)
Ross’s first season as owner (2008) was a success. The release of quarterback Chad Pennington by the Jets gave director of football operations Bill Parcells a chance to bring the highly rated Pennington to Miami. And a season ending injury to Tom Brady during the first quarter of New England’s first game provided Miami another chance to succeed. They subsequently won the AFC Eastern Division before getting blown out by the Ravens in the playoffs. More dark clouds were on the horizon.
Next season, Pennington suffered a serious injury to his passing arm. His career was nearing an end. And Parcells, unhappy with the direction of the franchise, later walked out the door. Ross turned to GM Jeff Ireland to run the franchise while also relying on the advice of ex-Chiefs GM “King” Carl Peterson. What followed was a seven year run of failure. Seven years without a single winning season, an all-time record for the franchise. After going to the playoffs in 22 of their first 32 seasons in the NFL, the Dolphins failed to win a single playoff game for 15 consecutive seasons! And, under Steve Ross, Miami is 49-64 over the last seven seasons.
And you wonder why I’m NOT happy with Steve Ross?? Well, get ready all you Kool-Aid drinkers. Here come some of my reasons for not liking Ross’s stewardship of the franchise, along with a list of recommendations on how to fix the situation.
THE FRONT OFFICE: The Tuna, Bill Parcells, was a holdover VP of football operations from the Huizenga era. Ross decided to keep not only Parcells but also GM Jeff Ireland and head coach Tony Sparano. All of these choices were poor ones. It was Parcells who oversaw the firing of Cameron and the hiring of Ireland and Sparano. His decision to hire Ireland & Sparano will go down as two of the worst hires in Dolphin history. The fact that Ross approved all of these moves makes him culpable. The fact that Ross later extended the contracts and gave raises to Ireland and Sparano (before firing them) makes Ross look like a football idiot!!
Ross’s hiring of Mike Dee as Dolphins’ CEO in 2009 is another head scratcher. Dee, a former COO of the Boston Red Sox, came to Miami with NO FOOTBALL QUALIFICATIONS TO RUN A FOOTBALL FRANCHISE!! In 2013, Dee failed miserably to get $350 million in public tax money to upgrade Sun Baked Stadium. In the process, Dee pissed-off major Republican leaders in Tallahassee. His failure to get this upgrade funding ultimately defeated Miami’s bids to host Super Bowl 50 and/or SB 51. Currently, Dee is CEO of the San Diego Padres.
Two years ago, Ross hired ex-Buccaneers’ assistant GM Dennis Hickey to be the next GM of the Dolphins. The jury is still out on Hickey, who was recently fired by Ross. I believe his two drafts for Miami were better than most of Jeff Ireland’s drafts. But Hickey’s status became moot when fired Jets’ GM Mike Tannenbaum was hired by Ross to oversee football operations in 2015. “T-Baum was seen in a heated debate with Hickey during last year’s draft. Few doubted that T-Baum had the final say on who was selected, making Hickey’s status very shaky.
Ross’s choice of Tannenbaum is yet ANOTHER poor selection on his part. T-Baum’s last two years in New York were a disaster (details too nauseous to repeat here). Suffice it to say he was fired after the 2014 season. Ross’s fascination with PROVEN LOSERS absolutely mystifies me. And, remember, T-Baum is the guy who paid out hundreds of millions of Ross’s dollars to Suh, Tannehill, etc., in an effort to upgrade the Dolphins for 2015. The result? The 8-8 Dolphins of 2014 became the 6-10 Dolphins of 2015! FAILURE!!!
So here’s my verdict on Ross’s decisions to retain or hire the following FRONT OFFICE PEOPLE:
1) BILL PARCELLS; FAILURE.
2) MIKE DEE; FAILURE.
3) JEFF IRELAND; FAILURE.
4) DENNIS HICKEY; TO BE DETERMINED.
5) MIKE TANNENBAUM; FAILURE.
THE HEAD COACHES: More bad news on these retentions/attempted hires/hires by Steve Ross:
1)TONY SPARANO; FAILURE.
2) The HARBAUGH HIRE ESCAPADE; FAILURE.
3) The JEFF FISHER REJECTION; FAILURE.
4) TODD BOWLES: Coached Miami to a 2-1 record and was let go by Ross. Bowles was 10-6 in 2015 as HC of the Jets. Has NO CHANCE to get hired by Ross because he’s a proven WINNER BOTH IN MIAMI AND NEW YORK!!
5) JOE PHILBIN: FAILURE.
6) DAN CAMPBELL: FAILURE.
7) ADAM CASE: TO BE DETERMINED. WAS O/C of the 6-10 Chicago Bears in 20015. WHOOPEE!! Has NO HEAD COACHING EXPERIENCE AT ANY LEVEL. Sound familiar?
THE STADIUM UPGRADE:
After the embarrassing effort to get tax dollars failed, Ross announced he’d plunk down $400 million of his own money to upgrade Sun Baked Stadium. Many praised Ross for his efforts. But Ross is NOT doing this out of the goodness of his heart. He’s doing it to get a SUPER BOWL, and its benefits, in Sun Baked Stadium! Ross’s $400 million pales in comparison to the 1.3 billion spent to build Levi’s Stadium (home of Super Bowl 50). And it looks positively puny compared to the over $2 billion spent by the Kroenke family for the Rams’ new stadium in suburban Los Angeles.
The new seats in Ross’s stadium look nice, but the fact that ROSS REMOVED about 11,000 of them will be viewed negatively by those who award Super Bowls. Anyway, this Super Bowl talk is irrelevant to Dolphin fans. Miami has NO CHANCE of going to the Super Bowl as long as Ross owns the team and sticks with the current philosophies expressed in his past football decisions.
Ross’s alleged “Shade Devices” constructed over the stadium actually will NOT help most who are seated in the lower deck seats, including yours truly. Same old, same old, in the hot months of September and October. And speaking of those peak hurricane months, the next category 4 hurricane that hits Miami Gardens likely will do massive damage to Ross’s “Shade Devices.” I’m calling “BULLSHIT” on any claim that this stadium project is hurricane proof!!! Perhaps if Ross actually LIVED in south Florida (instead of New York), he would know better!! Conversely, Marlins’ Stadium, totally enclosed and air conditioned, is constructed so that it likely will withstand a category 4 hurricane (according to an analysis I saw on, I believe, either the Weather Channel or the National Geographic Channel). Ross SHOULD HAVE DONE what was done in Miami regarding the construction of the stadium. For an estimated cost of $700-$800 million (according to a Google article) Ross could have built a similar stadium that was NEW, AIR CONDITIONED, AND MUCH MORE RESISTANT TO HURRICANES!! Then he could expect the NFL to put SEVERAL FUTURE SUPER BOWLS in his edifice. Instead, he spent $400 million for an OLD< NOT AIR CONDITIONED, stadium that is far from hurricane proof! –STUPID!!!!
SEAT ASSIGNMENTS
One of the most hate-raising issues associated with Ross’s stewardship of the franchise is the issue of seat assignments. I was told I COULD NOT buy tickets between the goal lines on the Miami side, even though I’ve been a season ticket holder almost since forever last season. Nor would I be allowed to buy tickets on the visitor’s side between the 30’s, either. I found that people with 2-3 years as ticket holders were given preferential seating treatment and location over people like me and “MY BOYZ” who’ve been lifelong loyal season ticket buyers. The guy who got tickets one row in front of my brother-in-law (Jim) has had tix for just ONE YEAR! When Ross said he’d offer tickets according to how long we’ve been ticket holders HE LIED!!! Just tell the truth, Steve, if you can. It’s REALLY good for business.
Also, there’s the ultra-embarrassing story of Ross’s $1,000-$2,500 seat per game “LAZY BOY SEATS” located on the Miami side near the Dolphins’ bench between the 30 yard lines. THEY WERE MOSTLY EMPTY!! When Dolphin players turned and looked at the crowd, they saw EMPTY SEATS!! Boy, that will get you pumped-up for the 4th quarter, eh??Ross’s ticket agent told me “all those prime seats selling for $1,000 per game (and up) were sold out.” How come they were 75-90% vacant during every game I attended?? I’m calling “BULLSHIT” again!! Sell those seats next year to the highest bidders and put noisy Dolfans near the Dolphins bench as happened in prior years! Bring the THUNDER, not the SILENCE! Fill those seats!
PARKING
Finally, the parking issue. The price of my parking pass has TRIPLED SINCE 2008! It’s now $300 per season to park in the area where we’ve had our “MOBFESTS.” In this season’s opening game vs. Buffalo, my “PRIME” space was located more than a mile from the stadium underneath the Turnpike overpass way southeast of “Sun Baked.” In 2007, I remember a friend paying $5 to park there! –As for parking lot security, a major security issue at the Chiefs’ game in September of 2014 occurred. My wife will no longer attend games because of this near riot (featuring cars running into each other) inside the southeast corner of the fenced-in lot. NO SECURITY, I REPEAT, NO SECURITY ever arrived in that area despite verbal pleas to officers on the outside of the fence to restore order. We have yet to receive any apology/explanation from the Dolphins almost 18 months later despite two in-person complaints and several email complaints. ROSS JUST DOESN’T CARE!! – – So, be sure to “pack some heat” in your glove compartment if attending future games!!!!!!!
We’ve gone over some of the major problems with the Miami franchise under Ross’s stewardship. Now it’s time for—-
SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS
1) CHANGE ADVISERS; Ross has relied heavily on Carl Peterson and Jeff Ireland for advice during the years he’s owned the team. Thankfully, Ireland eventually was jettisoned (but only after he received a contract extension and a pay raise). An article in the SUN-SENTINEL in 2014 stated that Ross consulted with “King Carl” on every major football issue from 2008 to 2014. Eventually, though, Ross brought Mike Tannenbaum into his inner circle of advisers. This came AFTER he was fired by the Jets. “T-BAUM’s” impact on the franchise, so far, has been negative (witness last season’s 6-10 season). Time to CHANGE ADVISERS! I’d strongly suggest that Ross seek out the advice of the Hall-of-Famer himself, former Bills and Colts GM Bill Polian. His advice could be just what our franchise needs to return to its winning ways. And Ross should also ask Polian “Who else would you recommend I take advice from?” I’ll bet neither King Carl nor T-Baum will be on Polian’s list!! Do it, Steve!!
2) STOP HIRING HEAD COACHES WITH NO PRIOR HEAD COACHING EXPERIENCE!! –Cam Cameron, Tony Sparano, Joe Philbin, Dan Campbell and now Adam Gase. Need I say more?? Ross tried to hire guys who had prior HC experience (Harbaugh,Fisher). He botched both of them. KEEP TRYING, STEVE!! And consult with Polian on who to interview. (Perhaps Ross SHOULD let Polian do the interviews?)
3) Our new GM was promoted from within. If this appointment also fails, I’d favor bringing in someone who’s had success in a WINNING FRANCHISE. Hiring guys who’ve worked in a losing franchise IS NOT THE WAY TOO GO!
4) THE STADIUM UPGRADE. I already addressed this issue. PUT ME ON RECORD as favoring a retractable dome/fully air conditioned NEW STADIUM for the Dolphins. Ross’s patchwork approach will prove to be an inadequate failure when the next major hurricane passes over it! DON’T SAY I DIDN’T WARN YOU!!
5) ROSS NEEDS TO LIVE BY HIS WORD that those who’ve had season tickets the longest will get first shot on available seats. This absolutely WAS NOT DONE LAST SEASON!!
6) PARKING LOT SECURITY needs to be upgraded. Having NO SECURITY and TRIPLING parking rates in some areas over a 7 year period IS UNACCEPTABLE. This stunt is pure “King Carl,” going back to his days in Kansas City! FIX IT!!!
7) ONE LAST REQUEST: Put “fannies in the seats” between the 30 yard lines on the Dolphins side in the luxury seats. If prices need to be lowered, then LOWER THEM!! Perhaps giving them away to local high school football players might break the silence and “RESTORE THE ROAR” of the historic Orange Bowl!!
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WE ALL WANT A WINNER, STEVE!! – – GET TO WORK!!–The Old Dolfan,” Randy Campbell
Finsmob Unleashed 
http://www.miamidolphins.com/news/article-1/Aikens-Looks-To-Be-More-Than-Special/375c61bb-70ca-46c7-95e3-8b6e0b9e95b9
He needs to be a pie football player instead of a professional fuck off.
He needs to be a pro football player instead of a professional fuck off.
I don’t think he fucked off last year, that was his rookie season where he got benched the last game or something. Last year he hit a wall and struggled as a starting safety and was replaced by Thomas. The thing is Aikens has more talent and upside than Thomas. If he could develop that would be a good thing for us.
I think he gets a shot to compete
but he wasn’t very good last season
that’s not real unusual for a young player from a small school
He may be a different kind of player in 2016
but I don’t want to rely on Aikens as our starting safety
if we have a shot at a rookie who can compete for the job – go for it
He had the job handed to him and failed miserably. Then to top it off he was the biggest fuck off in that Grimes sham interview at the end of the year.
Yeah I’m sure we’ll bring in competition.
Franchise tag day Mikey….. starting today and ending March 1st.
Ah, gotcha. I don’t expect we’ll be using it this year.
There has been some rumors we might use it on Vernon but i severely hope we dont. We either need to get a deal done or move on. Vernon is a good player, i like him, i think he might finally be ready to turn the corner, but at the same time taking a 15mil fully guaranteed hit to do the franchise tag this year would limit any other moves we might would make and it might not turn out to be anything but a very expensive 1 year rental if we cant get him to re-sign.
DBolt, what is a “pie” football player….lol
He covered it in his second comment.
Come on man you know the rule, if they are quick enough to correct before you can comment you gotta just let that one pass…. lol
LOL. Tried to stop that after I noticed autocorrect took over 😂
Mmmmmm
That does look pretty tastey. Might see if my wife can make those for draft day.
Aikens Pie
I agree with you Tim about Aikens, i think he has the talent to be our FS, and thats primarily why i think we need CB more than FS from the draft. Im a little more concerned however about him reaching that potential than i was last year though so i really hope he shows something this year. Last year he seemed all kinda out of whack, made some really bade decisions in coverage and wasnt overly exceptional in run support. He has a lot of ground to cover and not a ton of time getting to it.
bad
I’d be very disappointed if they franchised OV. I didn’t think he was worth anywhere near 10-12 million & now they’re saying 14-15….have fun OV!
When i averaged the top 5 at 4-3 DE i got a number of 13.26 mil. I am not sure though that they only consider 4-3 DE, and perhaps average in all edge rushers. If so then that might be why the 15mil number popped up as it would include Houston’s reacent monster contract and Watt, etc. If they do count those however, id be pretty pissed to be Jimmy Graham after they denied him the right to be considered part of the receiver group since that was primarily how he was used and other positions get lumped together the same way.
Not just the tag, Salguero said he’s looking for $14-$15 per year. Also said the Fins haven’t even had preliminary talks w/ Canter. Canter won’t even discuss the topic, but he’s probably biting his tongue because Miami’s an option for Weddle. By the way I think Canter’s a self righteous asshole😁
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I think we should try and re-sign OV, but I wouldn’t bother with the tag. If we can’t re-sign him, so be it.
Im in same boat. Did you even make it to my second sentence lol. I mean i know my large block comments scare people from reading it due to fear of eye damage but was only second sentence in when i said it lol.
LOL – I read the whole thing.
I was just letting you know I agree. 🙂
Tim,
Aikens was the asshole the media was criticizing for his behavior during the Grimes interview. You know where Armando & Co. called it the most unprofessional scene they ever covered in a Mia. Locker room? Shit like that more than likely carries over to the meeting rooms and etc.
Oh really, I heard it was a bunch of guys but didn’t know exactly who though I thought one of them was Damontre Moore.
Moore grabbed a mic and told Tannehill he liked him.
Bobby McCain was being loud like an ass w/ McCain, but Walt was being a d-bag and hovering above the media yelling loudly while recording himself on face chat or something.
Aikens has been a disappointment. It’s great that he’s a good ST’s player though, but I’d be surprised if he’s ever our starting S again.
I think he gets a decent shot at it, young, cheap, ST contributor. You will know if they go out and get a guy like Weddle or Griffin. That pretty muchmeans they dont see him as much but depth. If we dont really invest in FA, its possible we have eyes on getting a replacement in draft and just let whomever wins out in camp move forward. I dont expect though we draft a safety in the first 2-3 rounds.
He’s still a young player. Not all young players reach their potential in their 2nd season. It’s not about talent with him, it’s whether he can grasp it mentally.
dbolt48 says:
February 16, 2016 at 9:43 am
Tim,
Aikens was the asshole the media was criticizing for his behavior during the Grimes interview. You know where Armando & Co. called it the most unprofessional scene they ever covered in a Mia. Locker room? Shit like that more than likely carries over to the meeting rooms and etc.
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Dbolt you know as well as me that players often are blindly loyal to one another, especially if they are part of the same sub-croup on the team. Those groups get really tight with one another and sometimes being young and stupid you dont just stay out of it you run in to defend. Does he need to clean that shit up, yeah, but i think thats how a lot of players are until the light goes on for them and they realize what being a pro really means.
Understand that which is why the Moore item wasn’t a huge deal in my eyes, but Walt who has a history of immaturity issues went far beyond stupid. I gave Bobby McCain a pass for being a rookie and the fact he wasn’t called out for hovering above reporters doing a snapchat. Aikens has a SERIOUS maturity issue. There were fans who called him out on Twitter for this and in turn, Walt didn’t respond, Mrs. Aikens defended her sons behavior.
dbolt48 says:
February 16, 2016 at 9:46 am
Not just the tag, Salguero said he’s looking for $14-$15 per year. Also said the Fins haven’t even had preliminary talks w/ Canter. Canter won’t even discuss the topic, but he’s probably biting his tongue because Miami’s an option for Weddle. By the way I think Canter’s a self righteous asshole😁
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Yeah, i think what was said was that the tag was the number he was shooting for anyways, which i think is a ridiculous number for him. It would put him at Robert Quinn numbers, just below Mario Williams who ironically might be available soon for less that what OV is asking for.
OV is not that type of player. He’s worth half that.
Meh, i could see him, given the market, being worth maybe 9-10per. Still thats a far cry from 15.
Von Miller i would expect gets tagged today, though i guess they could draw it out some to see if they can just get a deal worked. Broncos though have all the cards in that negotiation so i wouldnt expect them to get a deal done unless they just skip the whole song and dance and get right to getting him inked. The deal he is looking for, and rightfully so, is likely going to be highest ever for a defensive player, so tag saves tons of money for them.
Id have him tagged before the end of the day and then just keep on keeping on negotiation wise. Knowing he will only make as much as the tag might actually get him to sign a deal that will get him a little more and kinda pressure him into doing a deal sooner rather than later.
so the phins are interested in keeping miller for 5 mil / year? waste of money IMO. I’d rather get a new CB, LB or a good guard.
How’s baby Boulder doing?
Pebbles?
he’s doing well. thanks for asking. Just not a lot of sleep for us. Last night was a little rough.
The comment was made yesterday in an article that the Phins want to keep Miller and are working to re-sign him. It was someone else’s comments,
a source”, that said it was likely that Miller would be trying to get and worth somewhere higher than 5mil a year, potentially as much as 7mil a year because he was the top RB prospect in FA. I was saying we couldnt afford to go much higher than 5mil as my own personal opinion, they may be willing to spend more for all i have read so far.
yea I saw that on pft. Is he worth that much money? No many RBs get that these days.
Not sure one has anything to do with the other. The Phins can clear quite a bit of cap space restructuring Suh’s contract alone. There will be a few more cuts as well.
dbolt48 says:
February 16, 2016 at 9:59 am
Understand that which is why the Moore item wasn’t a huge deal in my eyes, but Walt who has a history of immaturity issues went far beyond stupid. I gave Bobby McCain a pass for being a rookie and the fact he wasn’t called out for hovering above reporters doing a snapchat. Aikens has a SERIOUS maturity issue. There were fans who called him out on Twitter for this and in turn, Walt didn’t respond, Mrs. Aikens defended her sons behavior.
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I do remember that Aikens had some maturity issue that got him in the dog house his rookie year. I wonder though about some of these issues that kept popping up if it wasnt really to do with the poor management of the team and the fact that the coaches were unable to relate to the players. I dont feel like its the job of a coach to coddle a player but i do think there are manager i know of that have 0 chance of having a good team environment because of their absolute indifference to realting to the team members, those wind up with the most dysfunctional teams. Maybe Philbin and his staff somewhat created that shit.
Could be D, but looking from his history getting tossed out of Illinois, to suspended his rookie year, to the shenanigans this year with his mother defending them….it paints a pictured of a lifetime enabled dick ball. These types of individuals tend to not mature.
Boulder
Does he ever give you like 6-8 hours during the night?
LOL. 6-8 hours is not gonna happen for a while. Since he is a premi he needs to eat every 2 hours (max). I usually do the night shift to give my wife a break since she watches him all day. I’m pretty much in a fog during the day so if my comments make no sense you know why 🙂
LOL, good to hear all is well except for the sleep.
A coworker and friend of mine just had a baby and he was 3 months early at just over 2 lbs. He’ll be in the hospital for 3 months.
My last one was a couple weeks premature, same deal every 2 hours, but even full term usually have to have every 2-4 hour feedings for first few weeks.
Way too early for him to be getting 6-8 yet. Id bet 4 hours top and thats a good night.
I’d be doing cart wheels if I get 4 hours of straight sleep 🙂
Boulder, we’ll find out what both Miller and OV are worth on the market based on what other teams offer. Then again the FO likely already knows what it is.
yea I agree. I think the numbers we’re seeing being put out might be inflated. 15m for OV? I don’t think he’s worth that. He’s not wake or von miller.
BoulderPhinfan says:
February 16, 2016 at 10:28 am
he’s doing well. thanks for asking. Just not a lot of sleep for us. Last night was a little rough.
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Had my last one 3 years ago in March. I do not envy those first few weeks/months of up every 2-4 hours, and thats when they arent sick. I can remember driving to work many days having to stop every so often to get out and walk around so i didnt fall asleep driving because i may have gotten a hour or two combined sleep for the night.
yup. that’s exactly how I feel. thank god I can work from home for another few weeks. not sure how people can go to work those first few weeks.
Yeah and i drive like 45 minute to work every day so plenty of boring ass road to lull me to sleep lol. Its sometimes hard for me getting there without falling asleep now lol.
Players that have been cut also have to wait until March to talk to other teams?
LOL Boulder…. I feel your pain. When my wife and I had our twins it wasn’t until they were 14mo’s old that we got a full nights sleep. You feel like you’re in an over drunken state/fog and every day runs together.
Yeah, but you really were in a drunken state/fog bud! Or should I say Bud Lite Ice? lol
dbolt48 says:
February 16, 2016 at 10:39 am
Could be D, but looking from his history getting tossed out of Illinois, to suspended his rookie year, to the shenanigans this year with his mother defending them….it paints a pictured of a lifetime enabled dick ball. These types of individuals tend to not mature.
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Good point, i forgot he was previously kicked out of Illinois, definitely think he has more of a pattern of continued immaturity vs growth in those areas. Again i think he need to straighten is shit out fast on and off the field, this may be a make or break year for him.
Meant to say definately think you are right, he has more of a pattern….
Agreed that this is his make or break year. I love the physical abilities possessed by the player. He mentally cant continue to be an under-Roos & Zipper PJ’ type of guy.
LOL
Boulder
I didn’t realize he was a preemie. My first boy wasn’t a preemie, but he was colic, and if he wasn’t eating or sleeping, he was crying. He was tough, and he didn’t sleep well early at all. My next boy was a dream, he slept through the night pretty quickly.
Ahhh
The sacrifices of a proud papa
Poor Boulder
I will think about you when I wake up Boulder
But for now…well…my snooze button might get worn out…
LOL .Mike! Nah, I took a long sabbatical when the twins came along😂
LMAO, too funny.
https://twitter.com/WorldStarFunny/status/699624898709352448
That’s hilarious! I was laughing here in my office, and the woman at the front desk was shhhhhing me. lol
Lol sorry Mike, i was doing the same thing but my office is pretty well isolated from most anything but the team i manage. I did get some questions about what was so funny from my staff lol.
Was just looking at things for post june 1st designation cuts. Albert and Grimes both save tons of money this year if done as post june 1st designations. Albert for example if done as post june 1, would save 8.45mil, this year, though that would have a 3.4 mill roll over on next year as dead money in 2017. Grimes would save us 8 mil this year, 1.5mil rollover on 2017 cap as dead money. Wake’s wouldnt matter one way or the other. In fact, really only those two would be worth the post june 1st designation as they are the only two we could really afford to do that with. Could be if we go after a guy like Glenn we might would do that with Albert if we secure Glenn in FA sine next year is a somewhat lighter cap year and could absorb the rollover.
Mistaikens sucks and he is an ass. He got burned so often last year we should just call him Sunblock
How I felt watching Aikens.
He still has talent at 24 though. Let’s see if he can mature and improve his game. Too many fans write guys off too early.
Wouldn’t calling him Sunblock mean he’s not getting burned? 😉
Means he needs it badly
We saw what he had last year and it wasn’t good. If they don’t bite as pups….
The Jets will franchise Muhammad Wilkerson which will piss him off. LOL
They are in a pretty good position to not bother with it. They have Leonard Williams who looked ready to take over last year so they could just let him walk and then since DT is a pretty deep draft this year take another guy to put behind Williams and get that guy in 2nd to 3rd round.
Wilkerson was a friggin beast last year with 12.5 sacks, 2 FF and 7 PD.
They also have to deal with their UFA NT Damon Harrison who had a big time year as well.
Thinking about throwing this on Onar’s Twitter TL for shits & gigs:
Did his wife finally get tired of his twitter feed being more important than her?
It appears so😆
He probably told his wife that she should act like Miko.
Omar is getting divorced?
His wife left him😆
Ken, I don’t believe in the bite as pups thing because we’ve seen that not be the case too many times. Aikens had a more impressive rookie season so then what? He struggled as a starter in his 2nd season and maybe he wasn’t ready for it. We had quite a few young players not quite ready to play on our team last year. It’s a big reason we were 6-10.
Yeah i really dont think there is anything that says if a player doesn’t show in year one they are duds. If though they arent showing signs of having it together by end of year 3 i really start to doubt them.
True, like WTF happened to Jamar Taylor?
Plenty of players didn’t bite as pups that ended up going to be good or great players. That’s such an over used phrase.
I agree but there is a point where you start to be very concerned. Aikens has gottent here quite yet but he is approaching pretty quickly.
You also have to temper those feelings with the round you drafted them, a guy like Fede has already overachieved as a seventh round pick just buy staying on the team for two years and making strides in contribution during those times. Truth told as a seventh round pick they are just hoping you turn into a solid rotational player.
Aikens was a 4th rounder a little more is expected, you would hope to see a little something in year one but it would be understandable if you didnt, year two you would expect to see him fighting for a starting positiona nd at least be rotational work, year 3 would be a year he either would be there or he wouldnt, so agian, to me this is his shit or get off the pot year. He either comes of age and is a starter or he falls back to being thought of as a depth player.
Tim Knight says:
February 16, 2016 at 12:45 pm
True, like WTF happened to Jamar Taylor?
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Im over Taylor he should have already been a contributor. We shouldnt have had questions about the CB opposite Grimes, that should have been Taylor. The fact it wasnt for the past couple years really makes me think 0 chance it happens this year. Id cut him if he wasnt so cheap. 900k for a guy with NFL experience as a backup at CB isnt bad, but im not re-signing him unless he just balls out this year, and as is said, i have no belief in that happening.
dbolt48 says:
February 16, 2016 at 12:42 pm
It appears so😆
dbolt48 says:
February 16, 2016 at 12:43 pm
He probably told his wife that she should act like Miko.
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She’s a saint for lasting this long. I woulda killed him for his insurance money by now. He’s so hated her involvement would have easily been lost in the paperwork of the investigation. They would have to interview half the internet, 3/4’s of the players on the Phins, and 9/10th the front office. Hell i think a lot of us would have done it for her for payment of an authentic Cuban sandwich.
LOL. His views on women in general probably expedited the situation.
Aikens was bad last year, and I don’t remember him being all that good his rookie season either. H should be a backup/ST player. Go draft a real FS. This team has been ham and egging that position for a decade, it seems.
D,
I just hate when people use cliches in lieu of an actual point. It’s like “you are what your record says you are” or “this is the definition of insanity”. Pet peeve of mine.
Oh i see, yeah, i sometimes use them but i more than expound on my point lol.
Hazel was getting bashed the other day but i think he is pretty much spot on where he should be. He was like a 6th round pick, he spent the first year on the PS, he made the team his second year, got into some games, made contributions on ST and now is ready to step into Matthew’s or Jennings spot if they leave. He didnt over achieve, but thats about what you expect from your last two round players.
Still don’t see him being ready to step into anyones spot. His hands have been very inconsistent through the last 2 PS’s and those were supposed to be his strength. You of course let him compete to show otherwise, but you still draft a later round guy to develop to take over if Hazel’s hands don’t improve.
I wonder who the other 4 are?
Tim,
I haven’t been a fan of Coye’s quarters system or his scheme in general for DB.
I’m hoping that perhaps the D can improve just by the addition of Vance Joseph as DC in the same way Dallas D improved signficantly by the addition of Rob Marinelli (who replaced Monte Kiffen).
Tim,
Taylor IMO is best served in the slot with his body always facing foward. He’s a solid run stopper coming in and in coverage, where he really sucks is with his back to the QB.
Hell, he might even be a decent FS option if the team would experiment there.
Would be better there than at CB at least his weaknesses wouldnt be as damaging, but im kinda just over him, its time to just just find a path to moving on.
He also plays WAY off, like he knows he cant stay with a receiver. He doesnt seem to have a lot of confidence in his pass defense. I know our system called for off man a bit but what Taylor did when he was out there was ridiculously off man.
I think Taylor might be done mentally. I think he doesn’t trust himself on the field physically which is causing delays in his game.
Taylor will never be a FS. His body will not hold up in camp let alone the season.
Tim Knight says:
February 16, 2016 at 12:44 pm (Edit)
Wilkerson was a friggin beast last year with 12.5 sacks, 2 FF and 7 PD.
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That’s what Suh should be for what we’re paying him!
Well Wilkerson plays the same 3-4 DE position Watt plays and he wasn’t comparable so your point is null and void. 😉
It helps when you have a supporting cast …
Wilkerson had Leonard Williams & Sheldon Richardson on the other side of the line. All 3 were 1st RD picks.
Demario Davis & David Harris are probably better than any LB on Miami’s team.
I was catching up with some comments from yesterday and today and saw Piggy talking about Ed Reed & Ray Lewis in context of guys in a dominant defense….let’s not forget who played on the DL during their time -Sarigusa & Sam Adams in their first SB, both monsters inside and Peter Boulware as a LB & Mike McCrary at one of the DE positions ..those are big guys who bring the heat with eveyrone else.
In the later years, Haloti Ngata & Terrell Suggs were monsters along the 3-4 front.
You always have to have the guys up front. I don’t care who you have at LB or in the secondary, if you’re not strong up front even great LBs and DBs can look ordinary.
Agreed.
As for the young DB discussion, I’d let them all compete with some new additions and there will be some for sure and let it work itself out. We’re very young and still somewhat unknown in the secondary to start getting rid of guys. Let the competition weed them out.
In the business of things, if you are on a cheap rookie contract, you always have a chance to stick around.
Tim,
I would say this about roster management..one of the benefits of BPA is that it allows you to always find the best at whatever position when its time to pick. If those picks work out, then you can alter the rest of the unit around the best players strengths (and if you luck into finding gems while doing that; makes the unit the more lethal).
Yep! LB and DB need an infusion of really good talent to upgrade the group and then like you said, if a couple of other guys step up now you’re cooking.
Tim
We should switch to the 3-4 then. Suh and Mitchell could play DE, and Phillips could play NT, so Suh could be as good as JJ Watt and Wilkerson. Mitchell could also play NT in a 3-4
Re-sign OV and he plays OLB, and Jenkins plays WOLB, and then you need two ILB’s. Vance Joseph already said we’re going 4-3 though.
Vance Joseph said he’s keeping the 4-3 defense because it’s constructed as such. So he must not feel we have 3-4 personnel.
What do we have that screams 4-3 though? Unless Wake is a big part of the plan, what do we have that demands 4-3?
Hard to figure out exactly what we have when you are not sure if either OV or Wake will be back.
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Feel bad for Omar — that’s tough on anyone. Pretty clear from going over his twitter him not being with his wife was at least not recent news……..he’s just now letting it out (or maybe let it slip).
Pretty clear he misses us, or at least remembers what pains in the asses we are. 🙂
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Omar Kelly @OmarKelly 19h19 hours ago
I’ve decided to get back to speaking in code (like the Old Mob days). It’s safer on the twitter streets that way.
Fuck him I say….Pretty sure his wife agrees with those sentiments😂
LOL dbolt……you are a true humanitarian.
Enough of my memory remains to still remember the time when Omar was a friend instead of a fallen idol.
My memory only remembers a self righteous Dick Ball who understood very little about football yet knew everything😆 I came along at a later time. He’s still a shit today. He’s off trying break down film and is proving how clueless he is trying to blast Jordan Phillips.
Mike, my guess is we don’t have the LBs for a 3-4. Jenkins and Hewitt are not 3-4 LBs. Misi could be and maybe Vigil. McCain looks like he could be a 3-4 OLB but I’m not sure what his deal is. The same with Fuckface but ya know. Not sure if D. Moore has the over skills to be a 3-4 OLB.
We don’t have 4-3 LB’s either, that’s why we’re drafting 14 LB’s this time. lol
Stanger, Omar was a good guy at one time and then he started to change.
I agree — think he got too full of himself. Big break for me was when he started to create a twitter world knowing that he only had to address the points he wanted, which meant he could pretty much just erase the tough questions out of what the rest of his world saw.
Isn’t that similar to using the IT guy, Chris???, to banish people from the blog for complaining about Brandon Marshall being an ass hole who beats women?😂
I don’t remember that one, but wouldn’t be surprised. Will say Chris was pretty darn cool. We had many down “Home” conversations. He was eager and honest.
Oh yeah, not putting it on the IT guy,
Wow, I don’t hate Omar at all. I don’t love his slant on certain things, but I save my hate for more important things. Like black QB’s. 🙂
He’s a cock🍭. You’re a better person than me😂
dbolt — at the first Fest Omar and Mike had some serious bonding going on. And Omar was there after all even though he had to cover the game. It was pretty cool.
Chris T was a very cool guy. Looking back on it, we were like a bunch of asshole school kids. Eh, we’re still like asshole school kids.
Had to like him. He’d be like, “when Home comes back just tell me what the new name is……”
Tim,
I saw you defending Suh’s market value and have to agree with you. The market dictates the value of the position and the DT position in a 4-3 is commanding that kind of money. It started with Gerald McCoy in 2014 (based on Suh’s rookie deal that gauranteed him $40 mill) and re-affirmed not only in Suh’s new deal but also in Marcell Dareus new deal signed in September of last year. If you look at Suh & Dareus’ contract, they are very similar differing only in where the team/agent have decided to shift risk.
Suh’s signing bonus = $25.5 mill
YR 1 base (2015) = $985,000
YR 2 base (2016) = $23,485,000
YR 3 base (2017) = $9,985,000
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Base total guaranteed being rostered on 2016 NFL calendar year -> $34,445,000
Dareus’ signing bonus = $25.0 mill
YR 1 base (2015) = $2,830,000
YR 2 base (2016) = $7,900,000 + $7,000,000 option bonus
YR 3 base (2017) = $9,750,000 **
YR 4 base (2018) = $9,925,000 **
** YR 3 base fully guaranteed if rostered on 3/11/2016
** YR 4 partial base ($2.35 mill) fully guaranteed if rostered on 3rd day of 2016 league year.
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Base total guaranteed being rostered on 3rd day of 2016 NFL calendar year -> $29,830,000
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Taking a look back on McCoy;’s deal from 2014 (and looking at what he’s already earned)
McCoy’s signing bonus = $2.5 mill
YR 1 base (2014) = $17,500,000 + $2 mill option bonus
YR 2 base (2015) = $5,000,000 + $6.5 mill roster bonus **
YR 3 base (2016) = $6,000,000 + $6.5 mill roster bonus **
YR 4 base (2017) = $13,250,000 ***
** 2015-16 salaries became fully guaranteed on 03/12/2015
*** $12,742,692 of the 2017 salary guarantees on the 3/11/16
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McCoy’s earned salary to date = $33.5 mill
McCoy’s guarantees to date if rostered on 3/11/2016 = $58.7 mill
Damn Al – You wasted a lot of time defending Suh. Let him play as well as y’all defend him. You did a very nice job BTW 🙂
My main point ended up with me defending the DT position as a premium position and building block more so than his contract.
I do understand the argument that he was not worth the investment based on where our team was at. Our roster was over-evaluated. But it was sold like Suh would take us over the hump and that didn’t happen. So you get that whole we could have gone 6-10 without him point.
And there’s this note on McCoy from Dec of 2015
Bucs DT Gerald McCoy revealed he’s been playing through a torn rotator cuff in his shoulder since Week 2.
McCoy has missed just one game this season, but that was because of a broken hand suffered back in Week 12. Despite the injuries, McCoy still leads the team in sacks with 7.5 and was selected for his fourth-straight Pro Bowl. However, he’s Pro Football Focus’ 34th-ranked defensive tackle out of 70 qualifiers. McCoy could end up requiring surgery next month. Wed, Dec 23, 2015 10:26:00 AM
Source: Tampa Bay Times
Stanger
Omar was pretty cool at the Fest, though I have to admit, he looked nervous as f*ck like we might jump him or something. He did go out of his way to meet us though, so he deserves props for that.
Isn’t this the same fest that Gigi had to keep badgering him to make an appearance at that morning. Then when he posted the picture, only looking at the SS guy, made it out like you guys were worshiping him? The best part for me was knowing all you guys had a chance to meet up. I’m just trying to pull from memory because that game was years ago.
It’s true that he had the SS photographer snap a pic or two, but in my mind, he didn’t come meet us solely for the reason of taking a pic of his fans adoring him. He met us a lone, his photographer cam a little later if I remember correctly. Stanger might know.
He treated you like a groupie😜
@NFLDraftInsider: Larry Fitzgerald has only 24 Drops over 12 years in the NFL. That includes post season. Pretty crazy.
More incredible when you consider his QBs outside of Warner and Palmer.
Yep. Thing is you’d expect someone to drop 4-5 passes a year…..his avg is 2.
stangerx says:
February 16, 2016 at 2:11 pm
dbolt — at the first Fest Omar and Mike had some serious bonding going on. And Omar was there after all even though he had to cover the game. It was pretty cool.
Stanger, I have to say that sounds like they were making out. LOL
LOL
Omar was married at that time and we know Mike’s history👋🍆
Lets just leave it that a serious bromance was going on…..it was like Mike E caught Omar’s eye at the Senior Bowl. lol
Well that clears that up. Were they still dressed?
Omar liked Mike E more than the rest of his……not sure how else to explain. And hey can’t blame Omar for that — Mike’s just cut from nicer cloth.
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Mike E. says:
Omar was pretty cool at the Fest, though I have to admit, he looked nervous as f*ck like we might jump him or something. He did go out of his way to meet us though, so he deserves props for that……..
It’s true that he had the SS photographer snap a pic or two, but in my mind, he didn’t come meet us solely for the reason of taking a pic of his fans adoring him. He met us a lone, his photographer cam a little later if I remember correctly.
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All the way I remember it, including how uncomfortable he was, especially when I went out of my way to say hi. But based on how I am on the board I was probably the reason he almost didn’t come.
And yeah the photo guy came later, and who can complain about him being there? We all made it on his blog after all. Only other “name” in Phins world who has interacted with us like that is Volin……and we had to crash his board to make that happen. 🙂
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stangerx says:
February 16, 2016 at 2:53 pm
Omar liked Mike E more than the rest of his……not sure how else to explain. And hey can’t blame Omar for that — Mike’s just cut from nicer cloth.
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Sounds like Mike knew how to stroke him the right way😂
He’s just a really good guy is what it comes down too, but yeah I get the reference. 🙂
It all starts with the proper hand shake LOL
A firm grip while you look him in the eyes😆
@BestOfCops: Slingshot fail!!! OMG😵
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I’ve seen that. She had to break her nose if not worse.
Stanger
I don’t really remember it that Omar liked me any more than anyone else, I don’t think that’s true. I did ask him to take pictures with my family, but that was me asking, not him. He seemed just as nervous with me as he did with everyone else IMO. It was fun to talk about all the stuff that happened on the SS blog though.
He was scared to be around a bunch of whitey’s. LOL
Another thing Omar did was he used to stop bye and chat with OD’s taligate crew, and their table was on his way into the stadium. Never figured out if cause he remembered OD from before or they just looked like an old-time Phins crew to chat up.
I remember you all kissing Omar’s ass and standing up for some of the crazy, stupid shit he’d say like he was a football prophet! Actually anticipating in “Ask Omar” like he actually knew what the hell he was talking about. MikeE wasn’t the only one shining his knob on a regular basis. Ya build ‘me up only to tear ’em down. LMAO
In retrospect, Twitter opened up the competition of journalism and it led me to just directly connect with other sources with larger networks.
LMFAO😂
Ditto that Dbolt, especially the MikeE shining his knob.
Sorry Mike, but that shit is funny.
From yesterday but non the less …DeAngelo has been busy today responding to silly Pat fans LOL
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/25484794/deangelo-williams-from-what-im-told-only-tom-brady-likes-belichick
Also from his original tweet, you have what is the actual paper a player receives when cut. Not something I have seen before so it’s interesting to see the actual document.
Omar is a dick and I don’t know really if he ever was a good guy.
I remember liking to read his stuff at one time and I do remember distinctly that at some point this shit got old and asinine.
I think probably as a person he was always a dick and as groupies got all up on his nuts he got empowered to really let it come out in his writing and twittersphere. I don’t hate him as much as I just detest almost every word he says anymore.
He crossed a bridge a long time ago with me, one he burned blew up and then burned again
Good post D. I had great disdain for him when he would say from one side of his mouth “treat me with respect is all I ask.” And out the other side “I’ll stop calling him double Nickle when he EARNS my respect!”. I thought he was a complete dipshit from the very beginning
But I didn’t hit that blog until 2009 I believe.
As long as we’re talking about dicks, Greenbag from Mike and Mike this morning is talking about a study done on the NBA, like it was word. The jist of it was, because dunks are down in the 4th qtr the players must be playing to many minutes and too many back to back games. As he’s saying this I’m thinking what an idiot, everyone knows, even in pick up games, when the game is on the line the defense is much tougher. Jalen Rose, then responds, by saying the same thing I just wrote, that I was thinking.
How does that guy keep his job? He unprofessionally roots for the jets, and he’s never played any sport, so what qualifies him to talk about sports? He’s like a glorified sports fan.
Tim, you mentioned Aikens hit a wall, but that would require him to have been playing good, then a decline. He sucked all yr at safety. He only started like 3 games, pretty hard to be tired after that.
Randy says:
February 16, 2016 at 5:24 pm
I remember you all kissing Omar’s ass and standing up for some of the crazy, stupid shit he’d say like he was a football prophet!
lol, just love these blanket kind of comments that just lumps everyone together but for the one saying it…..not me…..look at me i am the only one that stood out. randy remember your age now when it comes to stroking yourself on the back.
(and i dont think i have to even get into the convo about that troll)
thought some of you would like this
Lmao
I have to admit that when I first started blogging on the SS, it was fascinating to me, and I thought all you guys, especially Omar knew what he was talking about. Now, a grizzled blog veteran, I realize that you’re all full of shit and don’t know shit, but no more than Omar, he just gets paid for not knowing shit. 🙂
LOL.
LOL Rob!
Wowww, CWake is nearly at 100% after just 4 months ??
Miraculous, and if true he’ll surely be good to go after 6-plus more months of not having to play in a game..
http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_externa…
I’m more apt to extend Wake than re-sign IV. I trust Wake much more than OV.
When CWake (now 33) was 26 he wasn’t as good as OV is !!
OV is just 25 and had another decade in the league, CWake MIGHT have two good years left !!
CWake was 27 when he came to us from the CFL in o9 and is now 34…
Jusayin that now and for the next however many years is when OV’s career will takeoff !!!
I want to keep’em both and have’em both healthy, so that SUh’s presence pays off BIGGG!!
My son literally covered my bathroom in vomit tonight. Youngin went into the bathroom to throw up, but cold isn’t get the toilet seat up in time….what a fucking deflector shield a toilet seat is!
Oh man, that sucks!
DBOLT & Mike E.; Did the son just get an autographed picture of Steve Ross??
KV
Do you have a different link for that article? That one didn’t work
MikeE, this work ?? http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/miami_dolphins_defensive_end_cameron_wake_is_close_to_100_recovered_from_achilles_injury_ready_to_talk_contract/s1_13000_20343625
Yeah man, thanks! I’m pretty skeptical about this though. I’m always skeptical, but I think in this case, I just feel it’s going to be very difficult for him to have the same explosion he used to have.
Mee tooo, but if he’s already nearing 100%, give’em another 4 months and he’ll have 3 months to test/strenghten his explosive abilities before opening day, I can’t believe that he’s already near 100% BUT HE WAS TWEETIN HIS WORKOUTS DURING Senior bowl week and he looked pretty serious about being ready for opening day !! Culdn’t believe that Grimes still had his needed explosiveness after his achilles but he had an entire year to recover and doesn’t need quite the explosiveness that CWake relies upon !! Though the minute he went down I had wrote him off till midseason o16.. If he’s miraculously ready on opening day, totally worth the risk if he’ll restructure for half of his cap number?? But STILL gotta get his disruptive to the QB protoge on the roster early in the draft, (just in case) IMHO !!
Did you guys see Jenningss on ESPN again vouching for Ryan to have more freedom?
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Gotta run fellas, may be back later
so the last few topics on this blog
cam’s tude sucks
ross the worst owner ever
omar was once a nice guy
ok sssoooooooooooooooo this is what the bottom of the barrel is like.
Tim hasn’t posted a dick suit yet so night is early and the bottom still hasn’t been hit lol
Apparently joique bell got cut as well
And jermon bushrod OT bears
MIAMI DOLPHINS
YOUR PICKS
1: R1P8 DE DEFOREST BUCKNER OREGON
2: R2P11 OLB JAYLON SMITH NOTRE DAME
3: R3P10 C NICK MARTIN NOTRE DAME
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5: R5P8 S MILES KILLEBREW SOUTHERN UTAH
6: R6P11 RB KENNETH DIXON LOUISIANA TECH
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I keep seeing Jaylon Smith going in the 2nd, does anyone think that’s possible?
No, steve, I think he is gone before we pick, but wth! he was there. LOL
That is awesome to here about Wake. I have every confidence in him. The way he keeps to his diet, works constantly on himself, I fully believe he can come back at if not full, close to full. My concern would be other injuries for him early on like hamstrings, etc from protecting the Achilles sub-consciously and putting more strain on other body parts. .
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i dont want to be around when tim post his dick suit pic and hitting the bottom.
YOUNG STANGER: You are right that, at one point, Omar used to stop by where me and “My Boyz” parked in the handicapped area to chat with us. I PROMISED him he had NOTHING to fear from a bunch of old, fat, white guys, ALL of whom absolutely LOVED the Dolphins!–After a couple of appearances he seemed almost comfortable (bored??). But after I gave him a little criticism on one of his columns, we never saw him again. However, it’s a fact that Omar was NOT comfortable “hanging” with white guys he didn’t know very well. You may remember at the first “Mobfest” David’s daughter drew a huge picture of Omar that we had taped to one side of the tent. (Or was it someone else’s daughter, like Walker’s?). He REALLY liked that!!
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Also, Kim Bokamper stopped once and had a brief convo with me and “My Boyz.” He is HUGE, even by today’s standards, for a linebacker/pass rusher. Kim played at 6’6″ and 255 pounds in 1984, the tallest and biggest LB I’d ever seen up to that point. He was duly impressed when I asked him if he ever got back to see his Spartan buddies. That, of course, refers to his college career at San Jose State. He said, “most of my team mates on the Dolphins didn’t know WHERE I PLAYED COLLEGE FOOTBALL!” I told him I saw a couple of Spartan games when I finished up my hitch in the army. Today, Kim is a sports commentator on one of the south Florida radio stations.
What about Hialeah’s Ted Hendricks? He was 6’7″, but skinny.
He never played for the Fins. But I DID see Ted Hendricks play basketball at Hialeah high. He and 6’10” Neal Walk (of Miami Beach High) had quite a rivalry in hoops at the time.
My parents went to Hialeah High when Ted Hendricks was there.
That’s NEAT, Steve. Hendricks made the NFL Hall-of Fame and Walk, I believe, made the basketball HOF. –Guess that would make your parents almost as old as ME!! – – PS: I DID see Hendricks play a couple of games at “The U.”
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But it was sold like Suh would take us over the hump and that didn’t happen. So you get that whole we could have gone 6-10 without him point.
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what actually happened is we got worse as a defense once we got him. Preseason: “No one will be able to run on us, we are going to be one of the best front 4 in the league, blah blah blah” Sound familiar? statistically and in W/L we regressed appreciatively. I am on record as crying from the hilltops that I was against us getting into this deal.
I didn’t mean to end that like “told you so, see how great I am, I knew that and told you so,huh, huh?” I didn’t mean it like that at all. LOL
Philbin fucked everything up last yr, he took us under the hump.
steveccnv says:
February 16, 2016 at 9:35 pm
I keep seeing Jaylon Smith going in the 2nd, does anyone think that’s possible?
he is from nortre dame. draft bust U. he is lucky to be drafted.
We should do a series of “Dolphin fan confessions”
Ehem, here we go,
My name is Rockphin and I wanted the Dolphins to draft Brady Quinn.
I had hoped that Damon Huard could instantaneously fill the retiring #13’s shoes, and ended-up luv’n Jay Fiedler till THill came along … I liked John Beck, LOL, woww what a QB trio, Trent Green went down before seasons start, Cleo Lemon and rookie Beck ended up taking a pounding like no other before THill ; ))
I argued that firing Wanny would be stupid, because I enjoyed 9 &10 win/playoff seasons and starting over (once) would suck for a decade !!
GOFINS!!
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We Todd It.
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Read this out loud.
Rockphin says:
February 16, 2016 at 10:19 pm
Read this out loud.
if one has too then they are
steveccnv says:
February 16, 2016 at 9:35 pm (Edit)
I keep seeing Jaylon Smith going in the 2nd, does anyone think that’s possible?
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Only bc of the injury
He’s not going too 15 anymore
There are enough good LBs on the cusp of the 1st round to push him into the 2nd round
His injury was so late in the year
It’s a shame for him really
I would be real cautious if I were a GM to spend a 1st rounder on him
Unless it was a team that was deep in the postseason
I think the chances of him going early 2nd are pretty high
In the 2nd round a team think a guy like that is hard to pass
Suh was actually ranked very high by PFF in 2015
Cue the who cares about pff comments
But I saw it on the field too
Some athletic LBs behind him would make all the difference
Jones was basically doing the job out lbs should have been doing for most of the season
Generally speaking we rushed the laser well last season
Even after wakes injury
But we didn’t do it well early in the season
The run D was the real issue
And I think you need those athletic lbs to come up and make plays when Suh is double and tripled teams or cut low
Rushed the passer
Just got back from the Flyers/Devils game with my daughter. Christmas gift. Good times, Flyers won 6-3 and almost go into a fight. LOL
My daughter was too close this guy’s beemer on the way out and he was freaking out. Probably because the Devils lost, but he got out and started yelling and my daughter was like we’re fine I never hit you and I put arms up like what’s the problem and he yells something, I thought he said you be quiet and stay in the car, my daughter said he said tell your boyfriend to get out the car. He got back in his car shortly after saying that. I was about to open my window and try to say relax it’s not a big deal, nothing happened here, but my daughter locked my window from her driver side to prevent me from escalating it. LOL
I was just smiling and kind of laughing at the whole thing so I didn’t look intimidated because I wasn’t. I wonder how he acts when something really fucked up goes down. He’s not a big enough guy to be acting like that. He was trying to impress his girlfriend who was trying to stare me down from the passenger seat and I hope she saw me mutter what a fucking asshole. LOL
She saw you mutter
But she thought you said
“Cut a duck with glass poll”
Which is probably why they sped off
Hopefully they didn’t call the police on you you creepy duck murderer!
Glad you had fun though!
LOL, yeah it was fun. Bring lots of money if you want any food or drink. Parking $30, the tickets not sure what they were I never really looked as it was a gift, $50 each maybe? Really good seats center ice, the 120s 3rd row. You can see everything.
Lesson to self, don’t drive a beemer to stadium parking and expect your car to never get dinged. Everyone is inching in to merge from all angles. That’s just the way it is.
Steve, Aikens showed promise in the PS and started the season off okay and then lost it. Maybe hitting a wall was the wrong phrase.
Everytime I read Rock’s post outloud in the subway
Someone throws change in my hat
Forget being a lawyer, just do that all day. LOL
Giggittty, made me think of FFR’s couch.
Way back when I was wanting Sage Rosenfells to become our next QB
I am pretty positive Matt Hazel is retarded. Guy really is an ignorant douche bag.
Random morning thoughts? LOL
Nah just constantly talking non-sense.
Whats the reference here? i like the guy and i think he has a good chance to be a contributor this year. Just wondering what you are referring to? Tweets? comments made at press time?
Yeah, his history of stupid tweets.
Yeah i have seen those. Most the time i dont credit them or burn them on those things. Most people act like retards on twitter. AJ Francis, Anthony Johnson, Hazel, Aikens, etc all of them should just stay away from Twitter.
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I think colleges and even High Schools should educate kids (and young adults) to the damages that social media can do to them, and that they need to be responsible for everything say to the “public”. It’s really a different world out there, and they should know there can be ramifications for the things they say that at the time is just playing around.
I would think they do. I believe the NFL already does that.
They might, but apparently, too many dickheads don’t pay attention.