Just one more nail and I get this great Earthling Relic up….
OUCH!!!!!
I hit my fingers with the hammer.
Well I guess that is appropriate with my this relic. A little bit of pain just like ball carriers used to experience with this guy on the field.
Ahh…there it is…my most prized possession
Ronnie Lott is my favorite football player of all time.
Old number 42. They don’t make ’em like that anymore. Kinda makes me want to save Earth….
but alas…they don’t play the game like that anymore. So screw Earth!
Okay okay…I see glimmers once in a while. Especially when a young safety wears the number #42.
Like Keanu Neal…
Keanu Neal is a hard hitting safety from Florida.
I know what you are thinking…should we really draft a player named Keanu?
Well…yes we should. He might be….THE ONE!
The one to bring back memories of hard hitting Ronnie Lott.
Boom Keanu Neal is known for his hard hitting. He plays the game at one speed ——– KILL SPEED
Neal is known for his tackling and collected over 80 in 2015.
The Gator Defense was stacked with talent in 2015: Vernon Hargreaves, Antonio Morrison and Jonathan Bullard will probably all hear their names called before Neal.
But make no mistake about it, even though he is a day 3 pick, Neal might end up being an NFL starter down the line.
At 6’0, 211 pounds he looks the part of an NFL safety
He is not known as a ballhawk but he did intercept three passes in 2014.
He didn’t light up the board with his 40 yard dash at 4.62 or his 17 bench press reps.
But he did get the top broad jump among safeties and the 2nd highest vertical jump. So the guy can jump and hit!
If Keanu Neal was an Alien Weapon of Destruction – he would be a space hammer!
Watch his highlights here:
Finsmob Unleashed 
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This is for you Lee. I don’t get mad at things I know I can not make difference.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2016/04/07/u-s-failed-to-justify-how-metlife-is-too-big-to-fail-judge-says/
This really pisses me off. Citizens need to withdraw any financial instruments(401’s, stocks,annuities,life insurance and don’t buy any products they are involved with) they have with these companies instead of sitting in central park complaining about the 1 per centers. The SEC needs to tighten the screws on these corporations somehow, someway. Contraction of financial reserves required for these companies would be a start…
AIG, Prudential, General Electric’s financing arm and MetLife are on the list of to big to fail. AIG is really amazing considering they were the main reason we had the financial melt down.
Looks like Neal has hisself a mighty big . . . resume. lol
Wow there are reports that Jets LT D’Brickashaw Ferguson is retiring.
Hah Hah
fuck the jests
He felt betrayed after seeing the movie Concussion and then the Jets asked him to take a pay cut to help them re-sign Fitzpatrick and he said I’m done.
Neal looks the part. Piggy, is Ronnie Lott really your favorite player of all time?
Yes he is
I think he was the greatest
Safety is my favorite position
and while I like Ed Reed and Troy Polamalu
I really think Lott is a cut above any other safety that has played the game
He was a big hitter, tough as nails and a ball hawk
he retired with 63 career interceptions
and when you consider that his career was in an age before the passing game really took off, that’s an incredible stat
JS….now you know why I think the political system sucks. Business leaders have judges and polis in their pockets. Then you get crap decisions like this. I hope the appeal wins.
That would hurt the Yets if Ferguson was to retire. Put pressure on them to trade up. Offer them Bushrod for their 1st rounder.LOL
It would be nice if the Jets had to take an OL with their 1st pick. I like that!
hat’s one less OL on the board for us
They do pick after us, unless they trade up
They really need an edge rusher too.
Maybe the Jets trade Mo Wilkerson for Ryan Clady and some draft picks.
Mike….then Clady goes down in TC again. Oh the irony.
Sounds good to me!
They could always trade up with us to take Conklin we swap firsts and get an extra 2nd.
Mike, I asked you last night did you see that Noah Syndergaard was throwing sliders in the 92-95 MPH range?
I didn’t see that Tim. I saw some highlights of the game, he looked pretty wicked.
George Brett said it’s an unhittable pitch. Not only is it a slider so the movement is hard to hit, but he was blowing it by guys where they couldn’t catch up to it. LOL
Jets LT D’Brickashaw Ferguson has retired from the NFL after 10 seasons.
As Jets beat writer Rich Cimini put it, it’s “a stunner.” The Jets wanted Ferguson to take a pay cut, and instead of accepting one, “Brick” chose to go out on his own terms. Ferguson is only 32, completely healthy, and still one of the better blindside protectors in the league. Gang Green is now without a left tackle and quarterback, though the $9 million-plus in cap room Ferguson’s retirement creates should allow the Jets to re-sign Ryan Fitzpatrick.
Piggy, Lott and Woodson are the two best DBs for me.
Its funny
they both played CB and S at different points in their careers
but I think of Lott as a Safety
and Woodson as a CB
I happen to like Lott a lot more than Woodson
I’m not sure I would rank woodson as the greatest CB of all time
but I do think he was one of the best football players at the CB position
bc he is a lot more physical then a guy like Dion Sanders
They both were top players at CB and S. They were game changers.
Lott was also very successful transitioning out of football into business
It’s hard to really say who the ace is on the Mets pitching staff, they literally have 3 guys right now that could be aces, and if Matz develops well, and Wheeler comes back healthy, we might 5 ace worthy pitchers. That’s crazy.
I was thinking last night, as tough as it would be to do, Syndergaard would probably be an elite closer. He has the makeup for it and definitely the stuff.
You’re not suggesting that, are you? You would never take a dominant starting pitcher and make him a reliever. I actually think Hansel Robles could develop into a closer.
No I wouldn’t do that now. I think he could be one though.
Jets only have 6 draft picks too…..lol
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7. No 6th.
Their big needs was LB & DB….now add OT to that that list. Oh, & the QB spot is still unsettled. 🙂
and they have herpes
Mike
I know they pick after us
but if we pick a CB or another position in the first and want to go OL in the 2nd round
then the jests picking OL int he first hurts us
Nah, there’s plenty of 2nd rd talent at OL.
I’m not going to worry about. I’m not even sure we’ll be looking for a T, we may just want an interior OL, a G/C
Nick Martin is a strong possibility. Depth at C for Pouncey who is starting to have some injuries and he could compete for a starting spot at guard.
Maybe the Rams @ #15 trade up for Miami’s #13 if their is a run on QB’s. They need & want one.
It’s a small move for us, so we could still get our guy in the 1st, and gain a mid round pick.
Just a thought as draft day approaches. Deals could happen in the 2nd round too. The Rams do have two 2nd rd picks, so they might just use that to get back into the 1st for two 1st round picks. Lots of ways to go.
There are a couple of OT’s that will be available in either the 2nd or even 3rd RD, like Jason Spriggs, Le’Raven Clark
La’Raven Clark Is a real interesting prospect
a guy who should be able to move inside with ease
Most people I’ve read discussing Spriggs thinks Spriggs in an OT and not an interior guy
I actually think Spriggs will be a pick in the late first
and some one will select him to be their RT
Another guys worth mentioning is TAMU OT German Ifedi
who is also said to have the ability to move inside relatively easy
I think Ifedi might be exactly what we are looking for in a lot of ways
I actually think the opposite for Clark & Ifedi moving inside, maybe Clark can.
But both are tall with long arms & may find it more difficult in a phone booth. I like both as LT prospects for the future. Depends on what we see & want to plan on doing with Albert by 2017.
Elliott told NFL Network late Thursday that he has a visit planned with the Dolphins, who own the 13th pick in the first round.
And like Gurley — whom the Rams drafted before Miami went on the clock in 2015 — Elliott has plenty of suitors.
He has already visited the Cowboys (who pick fourth) and has meetings set up with the Eagles (eighth) and Bears (11th), Elliott said.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/nfl/miami-dolphins/article70690252.html#storylink=cpy
Lott has nothing on Scott
LOL
well I’m a child of the 80s
So I grew up on Lott, Reggie White and LT as the great defenders of our time
Kiper’s latest draft has Mackensie Alexander dropping to the 2nd round
I’m a huge fan of Alexander
and according to some “experts” he is dropping
Imagine drafting a Conklin at 13 and Alexander in the 2nd round
woop woop!
Kiper is all over the place like a flying pig….smh
What did he do to drop, not give up a TD? 😉
He had the audacity to be ranked highly in January
I see Elliot going top 10. He’s a complete back with really no cons.
He’s the sexy name right now, and has been. So some team wanting to make a splash will throw normal 1st rd RB caution to the wind early on.
If a team is willing to make him a big part of their offense nothing wrong with that.
I’m a big fan of LeRaven Clark and see him a a good future LT, even if we have to take him in the 2nd rd.
gdp,
I think there is a good chance someone will trade with us if Lynch is still on the board at 13. The rams are definitely a candidate for that trade.
…yes, and Denver knows that….So pony up Broncos!!!
And just like clockwork as predicted….of course this was an easy one….lol
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ESPN Jets reporter Rich Cimini believes the team could pursue Broncos LT Ryan Clady via trade.
It makes too much sense. Much like the Jets were playing hardball with now-retired LT D’Brickashaw Ferguson, trying to get him to take a pay cut, the Broncos have been doing the same with Clady, and even signed his replacement already in Russell Okung. Clady seems like a lock to be dealt or released at some point. Clady is currently scheduled to make a $9.5 million salary in 2015. His next team will certainly want him to re-work his deal with him coming off a torn ACL.
I wonder how much they give up
Lets all hope it happens
Think about the implications for us
The Broncos have more to work with in terms of trading up with us if they want to trade up for a QB
If the Broncos acquired the Jest 2nd rounder for example which is the 51st overall
and we traded down from 13 to 31 for the 31st pick and that 51st pick
then we would have these picks
31
42
and 51
all before the Cheats have any pick…lol
Do you think you can acquire impact CB, OL, RB, LB, S or DE with all three of those picks
The Pork says YES
I know some people hate trade downs
But this is a dream scenario for me
It would be nice to have drafted 1 of those 6 positions above before the end of the 5th round
Its 4 picks in the top 73
6 picks in the top 147 picks
I can probably name 147 players I want to draft….lol
to me rounds 6 and 7 are just kinda of luxury picks
picks to get depth on the OL, WR corp, or wherever ….maybe even a KR
but the first 5 rounds, if we draft well…you can get good players
This draft is pretty deep so being able to select 3 potential impact players between 31-51 would be pretty darn good. The Broncos also have two 3rds so they have the picks to make deals.
Piggy, good stuff on the Jests & Broncos. I wanted to spur that discussion. Lots possibilities are starting to take shape as the draft approaches. Makes it exciting with anticipation, before the oft big let down of disillusion , despair & annual frustration…lol 😉
I know Hickey is gone but his past two drafts were solid. I don’t think he had too many head scratchers.
That is why I’m a little upset Hickey is gone
Tim,
this draft is deep….with second tier talent. I don’t think we’ll be drafting 3 impact players. 3 solid, possible starters? Maybe…but there are very few impact players in this draft. Now that we gave up our top 10 pick, I’d have no problem trading back and adding 2nd and 3rd picks because that’s where the value is in this draft.
Yeah I agree
I don’t think from 12-32 there is a he difference
Unless of course there is a guy they think is head and shoulders above the rest and possibily there at 13
If the FO thinks a guy like Elliot, Conklin or Jackson (CB) is just much better than the additional picks
so be it
but
I don’t really think the CB, LB, DE, S or OL positions read that way to me
maybe the RB position
If we had a shot at Ramsey or Jack
those are the impact players IMO
Yeah Hickey seemed good. We don’t know exactly how much Tbomb had a play in that. But at least we have a few good players from the two drafts.
Tannenbaum wasn’t in Miami in 2014 so Hickey had one draft without him and he landed James and Landry.
Hickey was GM when we finally drafted those 2 samurias early (Landry and Parker)
so I’m gonna miss him
Costumes look like trash
https://twitter.com/xmenfeed/status/718491316703899648
The movie itself doesn’t look good.
Yeah
too bad
the Apocolypse storyline is excellent
I think t ey may have screwed the pooch on the movie
it looks like a Batman sequel – the crappy one with Clooney and Kilmer as Batman
what a chamber of commerce day.Not a cloud in the sky and highs around upper 70’s.
Ryan Tannehill has been studying tape of Adam Gase’s offenses in Denver and Chicago since late February.
Though Tannehill doesn’t have a copy of the Dolphins’ new playbook yet, he’s taken the initiative to figure out route trees and see which plays Gase favored during his time as an OC in Denver and Chicago. Tannehill has been practicing some of the plays with receivers DeVante Parker and Jarvis Landry. “We throw twice a week and we have several guys that are showing up consistently,” said Tannehill. “We’re getting better.” Tannehill seems committed to making things work with Gase after not always seeing eye-to-eye with the team’s previous coaching regime.
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Let the blog pontificators codswallop ad nauseam. Begin Now….lol
Allright Landry and Parker!!!
lol
I think Brady does this during the off-season also. That guy from the papa johns commercial also did that.
so does butt fumble. He’s out in cali throwing passes to broncos receivers.
I have seen different mocksters and analyst have Neal anywhere from 1st to 5th, Mayock believes he is arguably the best safety prospect this year and i tend to agree with him. If you want a guy who is a stud in-the-box safety, and wont disappoint you in pass coverage this is THE guy. There are better ballhawk safeties, but i dont see any other close to him that are going to give you as good of run support to go with a very solid pass defense skill set.
A few guys who i see as close to comparable is Killebrew, Jeremy Cash, but they are not the kind that will make the receiver hear footsteps coming into the safeties zone. I dont think he is going to be a day 3 pick at all. I think he may fall to third but im betting he is more of a second round selection. Id love to have him on our team but i think someone is going to take him before we hit a point in the draft we are going to be looking for safeties.
Given Cincy’s defense and how they plays with a true FS and SS, as opposed to the more hybrid types we have had previously, i would expect that Neal would be a better fit to man the SS spot, i mean look at who they were targeting in Iloka and who they got and you can tell they are looking for a more box safety to pair with Jones.
I like
Ramsey *****
Cash ****
and Neal **** a lot
that is 5 stars for Ramsey and a little less for the others
Randy, there are plenty of impact players in this draft. What I mean by that is there are starters or significant role players, rotation etc. There are very few elite prospects if any but every team has to deal with that.
Id be tempted to trade up for Hargreaves to be honest, we have almost shored up DL, we do need one really good DE to rotate with the old dudes and be ready to take over soon, we do need a LB that has potential to start right away or at least have gotten there after a few games. I think though at CB is our most desperate position this draft and i think Hargreaves represents a very skilled, enthusiastic and almost perfect fit for our scheme making him and ideal player and unique enough we wont find those qualities in many more guys. I think William Jackson is a pretty close second but after that it drops off big and i would not be upset if they traded up slightly for Hargreaves than missing out and taking Jackson as a stay put.
Can you imagine calling throwing passes as a work day
@ArmandoSalguero: UM’s Herb Waters worked out for the Dolphins today. He blazed a 4.39 in the 40, per a source.
@ArmandoSalguero: Source says FAU safety Sharrod Neasman ran a 4.55 in the 40 for the Dolphins. He weighed in at 209. He met with coaaches afterward.
Here’s a little tidbit about our new safety Isa Abdul-Quddus. It gives some insight into why we signed him as a starter. He took advantage of an opportunity and ran with it. Our pro scouting dept. saw it.
http://www.mlive.com/lions/index.ssf/2016/01/isa_abdul-quddus_has_made_hims.html
Funny thing is Billy Cosby took advantage of an opportunity and ran with it & he’s been demonfied🤔
LOL
IMO these are the few true elite players.
I see two truely unique and elite players.
Laremy Tunsil
Jalen Ramsey
I see 2 that are elite, but its more dependent on system/scheme.
Myles Jack
Vernon Hargreaves
I see 2 more that are fringe elite, meaning they are in that elite range but on the very edge of it.
Carson Wentz
Ronnie Stanley
There are a bunch of players just below that line that i think grow, possibly in their first year into elite status, i just dont believe you can compare them to other players who have come out in past 5 years and said they are distinguished above the rest. Wentz was really pushing it, but i think with his touch passing ability, pocket awareness and mobility, and ability to read a defense, and throw to a location, he’s better than a lot of QB’s that have been drafted in the first round in recent years.
I want to see if Tunsil live up to that billing. There have been a lot of top ranked tackles in recent years that have been anything but elite. I also want to see if Mack’s overall game translates to elite. Wentz is not considered an elite QB prospect. Stanley has elite potential but he’s not considered elite coming out.
I’m not talking about could be elite someday because many prospects from this draft could end up being elite players and not necessarily from the 1st round. I’m talking about being considered elite coming out. I wouldn’t out Hargreaves in that category either or he’d be going top 5.
Jack, not Mack
Yes Jack.
@Dolphins_SR: Via Adam Kuperstein “Hearing two possibilities for Dolphins stadium naming– Hard Rock and Qatar Airways. Via source close to ownership.”
I like Hard Rock, should give the place a good vibe
I don’t know….Qatar kind of guarantees you’ll see bombs going off😂
Many on SOBE will think it’s Hard C**k stadium….anything beats Muslim Field.
Winning will give the place a great vibe
Jesus Mike, do you have a vibe in your pocket😆?
D & Piggy, youse guys are stuck on the same names @ safety…sheesh!
Try thinking about Sean Davis will ya, if you want a striker that also has coverage & ball skills, he’s an all around complete DB….oh crap, I seem stuck on his name….lol
Mike, JIm Henderson might be that other relief pitcher we’re looking for,
Did we lose a relief pitcher? lol
Is he pitching right now?
LOL, no but after not pitching for a few years he’s looked really good. He’s striking guys out.
D-Bolt
No but I wish I did! lol
👍
Mike, he pitched the top of the 7th. We just scored 4 in the bottom of the inning and lead 7-1.
Sweet! LGM!!
dbolt48 says:
April 8, 2016 at 3:31 pm
Jesus Mike, do you have a vibe in your pocket😆?
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Nope, but he does have one in his hand upon special request. Cue FFR in 3…2…1…
I would like to introduce s new ranking system to draft heads from this blog
The snout
For instance
Myles Jack 🐽🐽🐽🐽🐽
Is clearly 5 Snouts
Jalen Ramsey is 🐽🐽🐽🐽🐽
There aren’t a lot of 5 snouters
Here is my list of 5 snouters
🐽🐽🐽🐽🐽
Myles Jack
Jalen Ramsey
Ezekiel Elliot
Laremy Tunsil
That’s it – those are the 5 snouters
Most other first rounders probably get four snouts
This was a really bad idea.
http://i.imgur.com/MzkBdaP.gifv
LMAO at his pose on the ground
Sean Davis? Kevin Dodd? Shaq Lawson? Reggie Ragland? Zeke Elliot? Jay Ajayi? Reshad Jones? Kiko Alonso?
Are you suggesting they should get hit by a charging bull?
they usually put grease in the eyes so they can’t see as well.
I give Tunsil, Ramsey and Jack 👋👋👋👋👋
I give Ragland an honorable 👋👋👋👋
very nice hand rankings
Only one player in the draft will be honored with the coveted Boar
Best player in the draft
Jalen Ramsey gets the 🐗
Tim
That cracked me up man. That bull just drilled that idiot, I love the way he leapt up into the hit, like a LB. That was great.
It totally reminded me of football. LOL
🍚👯
Does anyone else think these emoticons refer to cocaine and hookers?
LMAO! could be
As I pissed as I get at the Dolphins organization – at least I am not a Jet fan. LOL
It’s not the end of the world for them, and it will allow them to sign Fitzpatrick with $9.5M cleared off the cap
I think from what i have seen of Tunsil he is very elite. Last OT i saw that i could equate to him was Jake Long. I remember seeing Long’s film and thinking this is a really badass LT, but really none of the prospects i have seen recently have made me think they were elite. I know they got painted that way but if you can go back and look at my comments on any of them you will see i wasnt overly thrilled with any of them, in fact outside of Jake Matthews i didnt even really want any of them for us, and i wanted him because i think the guy has football excellence in his DNA.
Wentz is easily better than and of the QB’s in 2011 draft, outside of Luck he’s better than 2012 class, WAY better than 2013 class, better than 2014, even though i did really like Bortles and Carr, and better than any in 2015…. id say that qualifies him as on the elite side of the cusp.
I say that too not having been a fan of his until more recently. His Senior Bowl wasnt overly impressive to me, but i heard reports he wasnt fully well that week so i went back and looked more at his game film and then i watched him do his combine drills pretty hard and he has really nice touch on the ball in particular he can throw it into tight windows which it a skill that usually has to be refined at the NFL level because the DB are so good the window shrinks. He is coming into the NFL very polished and looks the part of a franchise guy. Like you were saying with the OT’s, the top rated QB’s havent been panning out too well recently, but i think this guy is pretty legit.
Competition for Wentz is an issue. We’ll see.
Packers waived ILB Nate Palmer.
He was entering the last year of his rookie deal. Palmer started 10 games at inside linebacker for Green Bay in 2015 but ended up losing the starting job to rookie Jake Ryan. He missed all of 2014 with a torn MCL.
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He had 68 tkls 1 sack & 2 PD’s in his 10 games he started. That better than Misi…lol 🙂
he’s in his 2nd year. 6’2 248 a 6th rd pick from Illinois St.
looks like a rash of PED suspensions are now being announced….hope Dion FF isn’t on the list again. 🙄
OK, which admin changed the damn smiley faces on the blog???
PED suspensions
Jalen Collins 4 games
Andrew Turzilli 4 games
Demetri Goodson 4 games
Aaron Colvin 4 games
Armonty Bryant 4 games
Substance abuse suspensions
Will Hill 10 games
Taylor Mays 4 games
Nick Moody 4 games
Martavis Bryant 16 games
Thanks D. So far so good.
Good news bad news Fitzy we have money to sign you but now we can’t protect you.
Fitz: I’m not signing with you let Gino get killed.
Tunsil is a finesse LT, which is becoming more and more the template in the NFL because of all the pass pro. His feet are really good….better than Jake’s ever were. But, he doesn’t really translate his size into power. He isn’t gonna overwhelm anybody in run blocking in the NFL. Jake was more powerful and a much better run blocker coming out. Tunsil is the best LT in this draft, but it’s partly because there really aren’t many. He wins by engaging quickly and getting good inside hand position(which is great), but if he can’t he tends to reach and get out of position. Guys in the NFL are gonna have the hand/rushing skills to prevent and take advantage of that, so I’m looking forward to seeing how he adjusts in the NFL. He’s got the potential to be really good, but I think he’ll struggle a bit and will have to develop other parts of his technique to win consistently in the NFL against better edge rushers. He’s definitely a talented kid though and worth a high draft pick.
National Beer Day is observed annually on April 7th.I hope you guys celebrated
Mmmm beer
I downed a couple last night
Mike E:
It’s a big loss for the Jets. He missed 1 play in his 10 year career. They have no on the roster who has any experience at LT and 9.5 ain’t going to enough to sign Fitz
It is, but again, they needed the cap space to sign Fitz, which it gives them, and if they don’t feel comfortable with anyone in the draft at their spot, they can use Mo Wilkerson to get there. I’m just being realistic about it. It doesn’t kill them, and despite the fact that he’s played all those games, the last couple of years he hasn’t been as good as he used to be.
Honestly, I don’t care what the Jets do, I just hope we take of our own business properly.
He hasn’t been as good, but he was solid enough that they weren’t looking to replace him, and now they have a huge hole at an important position.
The way I look at it is the Jets just got worse and that makes me happy.
That’s a bingo Steve
I liked Jalen Collins in last year’s draft. Cheater!
you know Mike I am getting used to this directv. Yesterday, I learned how the volume control works after 6 -8 months. I was hitting the left and right side of volume bottom instead of pushing the volume button up or down. Kids were always asking me to turn up or down volume. Wife even got in on it.
LOL! We need to upgrade to the Genie, I’ve just been too lazy to call them.
Genie, hell I still need to learn the basics.
Steve
No question, and I’m happy they have a new need now at OT. I’m just saying it doesn’t kill them, because it doesn’t.
The Jets also lost their starting NT and one of their ILBs to FA as well.
That’s TBD Mike. Did it kill us when we had Colonblow playing RT, or Fox last yr? How do we know it won’t kill them before we know who will be playing LT?
I was reading one of those articles the other day about the teams that did good in FA, and one guy wrote a piece about the Raiders. He mentioned Sean Smith, and said he was a ballhawk (10 ints in 7 yrs). These national guys don’t know shit, they just regurgitate what the local guys are saying, that’s why we keep getting shit on, because O and Walker are being over cautious this offseason.
I hear stuff like that all the time. Some of the national guys are better than others but a lot of them know very little about the depth of teams.
Smith definitely played a lot better with the Chiefs than he did with us. I still hate him for sucking so badly with us. I don’t know why I have an ax to grind with him, but he was the type of player that just drove me nuts. Maybe it was beacuse he was 6′ 3″ and he had horrendous ball skills.
He also wasn’t a good open field tackler. His best trait is covering the perimeter and that’s about it.
His best trait was covering inside the redzone. He should’ve had about 20 ints for us and he only had 5 in 4 yrs. I think they name a candy bar after him.
Nice work on the article Piggy. I keep telling myself I want to write something when my schedule is less hectic to help you guys out, but that hasn’t happened yet!
Brian in NY says:
April 8, 2016 at 6:29 pm
Nice work on the article Piggy. I keep telling myself I want to write something when my schedule is less hectic to help you guys out, but that hasn’t happened yet!
yep me too, i keep starting to write something for here and then i just ended up sending it into penthouse forum. but hey, at least mike e is as hit there.
We’ve gone from dead last in salary cap to 8th now, but the national media says our moves are head scratchers that’s, If we had gotten rid of guys like Kiko and Maxwell after only 1 yr with a new coach coming in we would’ve been berated, yet Philly is praised. I guess that’s what you get when you have homer beat writers.
The bottom line is nobody knows what this team is going to look like this season, not even the team. We could easily have 2 new starters on the DL, possibly at least two at LB and possibly 3 in the secondary. Then we don’t know who’s going to play guard and what the RB situation will be like, or what Gase’s offense will look like. Even after the draft which hopefully gives us optimism, until we see them play in the RS, we won’t really know. Too much will be new about this team to project accurately.
Go Phins!!!
Generally when you have that many question marks it is not a good sign
Agreed. Everything has to break just right in order for us to have a successful season.
They’re not all question marks, some are already in place as new starters. We were 6-10 with what we had so why keep it the same?
We need some important things to happen like Albert, Pouncey and James staying on the field together, the results were much better for us when that was the case but I believe those 3 have only play a combined 7 games together the last two years. Then we need to upgrade the guard position somehow and hope Wake can at least be a pass rush specialist. If we stay relatively healthy and add some quality prospects in the draft, things could start looking up. Improved coaching can make a difference too.
Steve
We had Colonblow playing (And Fox for that matter) because our front office half assed our O-line. We had no choice, we were past the draft already. The Jets have a chance to make a trade, or draft someone, so they have ample opportunity to address the problem. That’s all I’m saying. Of course if they have a shitty player playing LT, they’re in trouble
they could get fox and he will probably be great as former players are against us.
Monday will be a big day for Gase and his staff. They can finally do football stuff with the players. They can see where guys are at and start installing some stuff – conditioning programs, playbooks, philosophy etc.
Go coach Gase and staff!!!
tim,
I’m jealous. I wish I could see next year’s team the way you do. Always an optimist. Kudos.
Bro, I’m not saying we’re gonna be this or that. I’m not predicting anything. What I am doing is watching the roster and seeing if it looks viable and then saying there are too many unknowns for us to have a real feel for this team. Just as much as it could not work out, who knows it could end up being the right mix and we’re a surprise team.
As a fan, why wouldn’t I want to look for reasons why maybe that could happen and hope that it will? LOL
As a Mets fan, I watched a changing of the guard change their fortunes last year and a team not expected to make the playoffs made it to the WS. It does happen like that.
yea you never know. But year after year of disappointment with the phins makes it difficult.
How is everybody? Hope your week has been better than mine! It started out well enough…my March madness brackets came in first place in one pool and first runner up in another….I won a total of 260 bucks! Then work turned to an absolute nightmare starting Tuesday evening. I’m glad this week is over! I’m having some drinks….I may not stop until it’s time to go back on Monday. lol
Good to see you, Herd. Life can be annoying but there are good times too. 🙂
Boulder, even though it wasn’t long lasting we did go from 1-15 in 2007 to winning the division in 2008 and playing in the playoffs. So we have seen weirder things happen. Just hope and root. What else are we suppose to do? LOL
BoulderPhinfan says:
April 8, 2016 at 8:01 pm
tim,
I’m jealous. I wish I could see next year’s team the way you do. Always an optimist. Kudos.
you are so spot on there. tim is always the ultimate optimist here. got to really enjoy he is. at least someone here is. i admit he is a squirrel hater but damn i do like reading his comments and always a optimist. he does keep it in reason. not a koolaid drinker but always looking for the bright spots. got to give him that.
1st for 4/9
Fish
Tim Knight says:
April 8, 2016 at 8:58 pm
Boulder, even though it wasn’t long lasting we did go from 1-15 in 2007 to winning the division in 2008 and playing in the playoffs. So we have seen weirder things happen. Just hope and root. What else are we suppose to do? LOL
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u know the seahawks and panthers were middle of the road teams before excelling. We are very like them the last several years concerning our records.Just maybe we get the rights bounces and catch a break or two and we are then competing for a championship in February. We are not much different.
Ryan Dukarm @DBRyan_Dukarm 12h12 hours ago
*NEW* video @draftbreakdown Oregon OL (OT Tyler Johnstone, OG Matt Pierson and C Matt Hegarty) vs Cal (2015) http://draftbreakdown.com/video/matt-pierson-vs-cal-
Interesting prospects!
Charley Casserly NFL Network
Kiko Alonso’s instincts and playmaking ability will benefit Buffalo for years to come
Considering his draft position (46th overall), Buffalo Bills linebacker Kiko Alonso is my pick. Many people felt he was the NFL’s best rookie defender last season, as evidenced by a close second-place finish in Defensive ROY voting. The statistics (159 tackles, four interceptions, two sacks, one forced fumble) jump off the page, but I was particularly impressed by his instincts to find the ball — that’s the most important trait for a linebacker.
Based on a 10-year study that I conducted, any second-round pick has a 50-50 chance of just developing into a starter within four years. Alonso was a star in Year 1. Barring injury, this guy should enjoy a highly productive career, especially now that new Bills defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz is moving him to outside linebacker.
I am really excited with the vets we are picking up. I know there is risk and unknown in these guys, but I really like that they are scheme fit and have been coachable. I think we have some really good new coaches as well.
Maxwell was a star on Seattle’s run to the Super Bowl victory. Without him they did not win it. Without good coaching and a scheme he fits, he had a bad year.
Alonso thrived under a no nonsense hard-nosed attacking DC (like our new DC is) and languished with the pansy he had in Philly.
Ifo was possibly the best pure cover corner in the draft but had a terrible injury. He says his knee is good and he didn’t hurt his brain, his hands, or his heart, so I think he will be great for us.
A-Q is a hard-hitting guy so even if he is only in on running downs he will help us not be so leaky.
The WR we picked up from Indy could be our break-away threat in the Kick Return game. We need that. And he is a reliable 5th WR so if none falls to us in the Draft we are set there as well. We have his former OC, so he must know the player and be impressed enough to go get him.
The guy from Canada could be a good back-up, Pead has speed. Gase knew him and went after him, and Bushrod and the RT we signed improve our Tackle back-ups tremendously.
Mario Williams is a former #1 overall draft pick drooling to hit people again after being emasculated in Buffalo.
We got all these guys and did not waste a single draft pick and actually improved our cap numbers.
This is all really awesome.
Plus we hired a guy as HC who is widely regarded as the brightest rising star in the league and a DC who is universally thought to be HC material in a few years himself, so he’s hungry to prove that.
I wish I could find the quote that compared Gase to Shula at least insofar as being young with unlimited potential. It was not from a fan or blogger or a Miami guy. I’d love to have that magic again.
oh well ’tis the season, so I gotta go to work. It was a pleasure talking to myself on here today.
Go Dolphins!!
LOL. I’m glad you enjoyed talking to yourself today
I am excited to see what Tyler Davis can do with the team. I know he was not an NFL guy but 94 passes for 1,733 yards (18.4 yards per reception) and 24 touchdowns. Is nothing to sneeze at. The potential of Jarvis Landry, Parker, Stills and Davis in a system that doesn’t feature rout trees that have our wide receivers bumping into each other has me looking forward to this year.
TWENTY FOUR touchdowns in a season
Tyler Davis is my Javorski Lane for this year
http://m.hudl.com/athlete/3939267/highlights/270680375
WTF? Sure he looks great, but the competition is that of a Canadian College, as someone recently said about GFL. No one touches him coming off the line, the white guys at CB (enough said), make this league almost like a touch football league.
Ken says:
April 8, 2016 at 7:34 pm
Generally when you have that many question marks it is not a good sign
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What’s not a good sign is going 6-10 and staying status quo.
Tim says,
Monday will be a big day for Gase and his staff. They can finally do football stuff with the players. They can see where guys are at and start installing some stuff – conditioning programs, playbooks, philosophy etc.
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slow down there Tim, here’s what can be done starting Monday:
Phase One consists of the first two weeks of the program with activities limited to strength and conditioning and physical rehabilitation only.
So they still can’t talk football?
Not really. They can’t start installing the schemes.
Where did you read this?
Team site.
http://www.miamidolphins.com/news/article-1/Dolphins-Offseason-Workout-Program-To-Start-April-11/d5d0324a-9cef-4e1c-802c-4a98de2ff98c
In reference to Jetssuck’s comments:
My biggest issue with how our offseason acquisitions are being treated is they just don’t seem to get it, that’s why they’re all scratching their heads. Now that I think about it, I’m glad they’re scratching their heads, they don’t need to know.
What I said right from the beginning, when the Maxwell/Alonso deal was made, was how smart it was to get these guys this way. Take the approach we’ve used in the past in FA, paying out millions of guaranteed dollars (hurting the cap) for guys that didn’t necessarily fit out schemes, but were up and coming players, but this yr we got these 2 guys for basically nothing (TBD based on picking at 13 vs 8), on a trial basis of sort.
For Maxwell, if we had taken him a yr earlier through FA we would’ve been stuck with him for 3-4 yrs, before we knew, if he was a good fit, without getting killed with huge dead money. The way it’s working out for us is we’re basically replacing Grimes for him on a 1 yr trial basis ($5M dead money if he doesn’t play in 2017).
For Alonso, if we waited until 2017 to get him we would’ve been in the same boat, signing him as an FA for big money, and several yrs of dead money, if cut…What we’re getting is a very cap friendly player that has a 66% chance of improving based on the following. The way I see the odds are you have one part with more of a chance of success, because he’ll be another yr removed from his knee injury, one part with more of a chance of success, because he’ll be in a system that he’s excelled in, one part failure, because no one is a guarantee.
Bottom line is we’ve brought in guys that fit what we’re trying to do without breaking the bank/cap. Now compare that with what Ireland did his last yr, when he had lots of money to spend and lots of draft picks, yet he shit the bed.
Thanks, Steve. At least they can do something and get the ball rolling.
Any time Tim. The CBA seems like a joke sometimes, but without it guys like Bellicheat would take advantage of the system.