Ah….Earth…your time has come….
I’ve collected enough data to finally end your time in this universe. The Alpha Alien is going to give me a promotion for this. I have to admit…I’m going to miss your football.
But I had my fun in 2016 with the Dolphins making the playoffs…So it’s not going to get much better…and if it doesn’t get much better, well then…Earth must die…
I have you in my sights now….
But wait…what’s this?
Oh….it’s the NFL combine…maybe I should put a hold on the destruction of Earth for just a little…
Look at all these great athletes…I wonder if they might help the Dolphins take down the Cheatriots…hmmm
Man I enjoyed watching the first couple of days of the combine.
Isaac Asiata, the Utah OG prospect was the op performer in the bench press with 35 reps.
And John Ross – he could have had an Island if he was wearing the right shoes. He ran an impressive 4.22 in the 40 breaking Chris Johnson’s record. As it turns out Ross ended up with a Nike shoe contract instead of an island.
There were also some unimpressive performances. The QBs weren’t particularly impressive. Deshone Kizer’s lack of accuracy was particularly notable. I’m sure a team will take him early – but he may not be ready as a rookie.
And Dalvin Cook, who’s a great athlete and will probably be a great RB in this league, had somewhat pedestrian numbers. But trust me – he will be a great RB irrespective of a modest combine.
but who cares…
If you are like this alien you were most excited about Sunday
That’s when the Linebackers and Defensive Line ran their drills
The Godafther Garrett
First off I think we can settle who will be the #1 Overall pick. It looks like Texas A&M Myles Garret solidified the belief that he will be the #1 overall pick on Sunday.
He did 33 reps on the bench press on Saturday, 2nd among defensive lineman. But He didn’t stop there. He ran a 4.64 40 yard dash, jumped 41 inches in the vertical jump, and 10 feet 8 inches on the broad jump.
So its safe to say, the Dolphins don’t have a shot at Garrett. But you already knew that.
Reddick makes Lou smile
What you may not have known is that another player within reach of #22 proved himself to be a great athlete, despite going to a smaller school (Temple) not known as a powerhouse.
Hassan Reddick has had a great offseason. First he turned heads at the Senior Bowl, then at the combine: He ran an impressive 4.52 40 and leaped over 11 feet in the broad jump. The only problem with Reddick’s absurd numbers are the fact that it might push him to go a little earlier than #22….the good news: There are other prospects.
T.J. Watt Runs!
For example TJ Watt. You already know about the Watt family. They are great athletes. The youngest Watt looks like he will be a very good player in the NFL for a long time.
Watt ran a sub 4.70 40, leaped an impressive 37 inches and benched 21 reps. Watt also looked impressive in general in the linebacker drills.
If you ask this alien, his less coveted Badger teammate, Vince Biegel also looked pretty good.
The thing about Watt and Biegel is whether they are right for the Dolphins. Playing in a 3-4 system in college caused each of them rushing the passer a lot. Both have shown – they can get in the backfield fast. But can they drop in coverage? Well it probably helps
Peppers JUMP!
if you are a pretty good athlete. I’m pretty sure a lot of 4-3 teams might look at either prospects in either an outside linebacker role or a defensive end role. But time will tell…
Speaking of positional ambiguity – how bout that Jabril Peppers.
He tested on Sunday with the linebackers and guess what…he is testing again on Monday with the defensive backs. Peppers appears to be a player who prides himself on proving how good he is. And you know what Peppers – you proved it to this alien!
McMillan talks about proving aliens wrong
Peppers had the fastest 40 time among linebackers.
For a guy who isn’t too familiar with the linebacker drills, he looked pretty good in those drills as well. But I expected that from Peppers.
What I didn’t expect is Ohio State Linebacker, Raekwon McMillan to be so fast. His 4.61 40 yard dash was among the fastest of the day.
Keith Kelsey runs the 40
There were other impressive players. Like Keith Kelsey who looked like a linebacker who has refined his skills.
Tennessee linebacker Jalen Reeves-Maybin looked very good in the drills. If he can stay healthy, some NFL team might get an excellent MLB.
Anthony Walker, Jr., a pork favorite, who looked fast and fluid and not the slow and overweight player some suspect he has become.
If it weren’t for Peppers you might hear endless squealing about how fast Duke Riley and his 4.58 40 is.
Derrick Barnett assaults equipment
The combine was so stacked with defensive talent up front that I barely noticed players like Derrick Barnett or Carl Lawson. But each also looked good.
Legacy players like Bryan Cox, Jr, and Hardy Nickerson, Jr. also made their dad’s proud.
Tyus Bowser, may not be from a powerhouse conference, but the Houston Cougar looked like one of the better athletes on the field/track. Smaller school guys like Connor Harris were able to show their skills and solidify a day 3 pick.
Please Dolphins…..Please Draft some of these defensive players.
The fate of your planet may depend on it…
Finsmob Unleashed 
Timmons to meet with Dolphins. I find that an odd marriage, but what do I know?
This is great . . .
THERE IS DOLPHINS NEWS! ACTUAL DOLPHINS NEWS (as apposed to fake Dolphins news..) we have come out of the desert once again my friends. From here until Feb next year there will be things to read and talk about Dolphins. We won’t have to make up things to talk about. notice I said February… 😉
Sooooo, we resigned Branch for about 9M / year (waiting to see the details on that) Are working on deals for Kiko and depending on who you listen to MAY have come to terms with Stills. We have Timmons coming in for a visit. I hope we can stay healthy this year!
With Kiko having 115 tackles, if Jones had been healthy we would have been a much better defense right there.
We need depth at DT an DE and need to bring up some young guys. (Jordan is still on the roster….?) If we move Kiko to OLB (115 tkl) and put Timmons (114 Tkl) to MLB and get a good rookie or use Misi / another FA at OLB and having Jones back (135 tkl 2015) and IF IF IF IF IF they can stay healthy this could be a really good defense……. Yeah, the season starts tomorrow so I heated up the Homeraid still.
Stills 4 years, $32M, $20M guaranteed.
Stills remains a Dolphin. Deal is done.
Front office is working it!
We will officially get Julius Thomas tomorrow.
Looking good.
Timmons is interesting and Williams made his #94 available.
Now draft Haason Chop AND Lawson.
Who was the better Buffalo turd we got for their last hurrah, was it Thurman Thomas or Mario Williams?
This is pretty fucking cool we are locking up her own guys
Stills for 8 million per year 20 guaranteed I think is a good deal for both sides
I think there’s a good buzz out there among the players about our team and I think it will be easier to get free agent because of it
Now we have to compete for a playoff spot again this year
Now resign Simms and get an OG
8mil per is pretty much as much as I wanted us to go. I think it’s a good one, guarantees are fine for a young guy who is just now beginning to hit his stride
Hell yeah to resigning Stills as well as Branch. Well done guys well done
Yay we keep Stills for exactly what I thought we should pay for him
Agree with Piggy resign Sims
I am happy we kept Branch as well. These are good productive core players we are holding on to
It’s not Belicheatesque, but I agree, we need to keep these guys around and build off of them.
It’s Green Bay and Pittsburgh like though
Stills took less to stay in Miami and stay with Gase and….wait for it
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…….stay with Tannehill
👍
FYI
Someone asked him if he was coming back to Miami and that’s his reply
We must get one LB in FA, the rookie class is weak outside of Foster and Cunningham (2nd rd).
It’s not so bad
I would lovemaking we decayed 2 LBs
Wtf creepy iPhone spellcheck ^^^
Is that your next article?
It’s not so bad
I would love it if we drafted 2 LBs
I’ve looked at all the top ones, and don’t see much after the top 2. Who would you take?
The pressure is now off of Carroo to start the year, but he better do something this year.
If he gets the opportunity. He’s not going to see too much playing time if all of our receivers stay healthy.
It’s all about Gase’s offense.
I like this regime I haven’t felt this way about a dolphins front Office in a long time maybe ever Stills is only 24 years old and we have them locked up through his prime and he is an ascending player We will get Landry locked up and have Carroo and Parker it has been said above sign Sam’s and get a guard or three and let’s do this thing
What’s not to like, other than Mike’s dislike of Tannenbaum ;), I really haven’t heard anyone say bad things about them, including the talking heads.
I like taking care of our own. Branch’s contract seems to be a bit high for my taste, but it is what it is. My cap on Stills was $8 million per, so I’m happy we were able to keep him. He’s in his prime. Now we have to get a LB and a G.
That’s how you get off to a fast start, and no more of this 15 out of the first 16 games on the road crap 😛
Combine Stills and Landry into one and you have the best WR in the league. Everything one lacks the other has. Just watched all of Stills TDs from 2016 and they’re pretty spectacular. Glad to have him back for $8M.
If we get 2 adequate guards and JT is what we think he is (anything close to Denver), we could have a very good O.
We’ve still got plenty of money to get some nice solid second tier FAs.
I wouldn’t mind taking TJ Watt in the 2nd round, couldn’t really get a good look at him since I could only find highlights, but…
Steve
Right now my dream draft would be
1 Julius Peppers (as a safety)
2 Duke Riley
3 Anthony Walker Jr
That would add a ton of speed to our defense
We would probably have to move up to mid 3rd round ro get walker
Duke Riley sucks, he’s another Scooby. I’m going to look at Peppers again, and don’t know anything about Walker.
You must’ve meant Jabrill Peppers.
I remember him now, he looks better at PR and WR, no thanks.
I did…lol
But drafting Julius as a rookie would be awesome too😜
Riley is a much better athlete than Scooby Steve
He’s very fast
One of the fastest 40 times last weekend
And he’s solid in coverage
If he is similar to anyone from last year it’s Dion Jones
He doesn’t play fast, so his speed is useless.
He does play fast IMO
He misses more tackles than he makes.
He’s a step slow on just about every play, even when he’s making tackles. The QB was running by him like he wasn’t even there.
I missed the last paragraph, absolutely not even close to Dion Jones. No one plays as fast as Dion Jones. Dion to Riley is more like comparing DD to B cup😀
If I compared some one to Scooby Weoght it would be Ben Boulware
I happen to like Ben Boulware a lot
But he does lack athleticism and might struggle to make it in the NFL
Riley is a much better athlete than Scooby Steve. That’s not saying much.
EDGE DEREK BARNETT
TENNESSEE
54: R2P22
LB DUKE RILEY
LSU
97: R3P33
S MARCUS WILLIAMS
UTAH
166: R5P22
CB CORN ELDER
MIAMI (FLA.)
178: R5P34
TE GEORGE KITTLE
IOWA
184: R5P40
LB JALEN REEVES-MAYBIN
TENNESSEE
206: R6P22
LB JAYON BROWN
I still love him
You can’t stop it
Riley!
Cool…
Got my computer running just in time.
II wouldnt have known any of this till August
STILLS!
HELL YEAH!
The Flying Pig says:
March 8, 2017 at 10:07 pm
It’s not so bad
I would lovemaking we decayed 2 LBs
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A necrophylic Pig?
No images please
LOL
Well this would suck
Adam Schefter
Bills free agent CB Stephon Gilmore expects to sign with New England barring any final snags, per sources.
I see one sight saying we already signed Larsen