The Dolphins made it a trifecta, 3 picks, 3 defensive players. They went CB in the 3rd RD after taking DE Charles Harris, and then LB Raekwon McMillan. Obviously, the Dolphins felt they needed to address to the defense, and they did. They took the big Clemson CB, 6’1″ 200 and added yet another big CB to a stable of big CB’s, with good ole Bobby McCain as the lone small CB.
Tankersley was a 2 YR starter at Clemson, starting his Junior and Senior seasons. The good news is Cordrea reeled in 9 INT’s in just 2 seasons as a CB. Not known as a physical player, or an aggressive tackler, in his Senior year, Tankersley recorded 52 tackles (39 solo), 6 tackles for loss, along with 11 passes defensed and 4 INT’s. The Dolphins currently have Byron Maxwell, who incidentally carries a big price tag at $8.5M this year, 4th highest on the team, and on the other end of the spectrum, Tony Lippett ($688K) and Bobby McCain ($677K). In the middle of those guys is 2nd year CB Xavien Howard, who had a bumpy rookie season with injuries, and poor play, as well as flashing some great potential.
So how exactly does Tankersley fit in? He will undoubtedly be in the competition for a starting spot, as I don’t believe anyone has one locked down. If Maxwell plays as well as he can, he should be a starter, and if Lippett continues to build on his success last season, he too should be starter. If Xavien Howard lives up to his potential, well, you have yet another starter. Good problem to have, because we will have 3 or 4 or 5 CB’s on the field sometimes, when teams roll out their 4 and 5 WR sets. Tankersley is a very solid cover corner. He may not be the man in run support, but he can cover. All our guys will be out there on the field often enough, and the best will get the most playing time.
Mostly, you have to have good depth at CB, because injuries happen all the time, even if it’s just a hamstring, or ankle sprain, you need solid depth, and we’re getting close to having just that. Think back to 2015 with an older Brent Grimes, Jamar Taylor, Brice McCain and Bobby McCain, we’ve come a long way in improving the CB depth.
GO DOLPHINS! Zero in!
Finsmob Unleashed 
Tankersley was a 2 YR starter at Clemson, starting his Junior and Season seasons. Mike didn’t have his morning coffee yet?Good in depth article.
Which part doesn’t make sense there?
Hint: the change of seasons is quickly approaching
Jeez, and I read it 3 times, and couldn’t see it. I know I meant Senior, and I probably read it like that each time. Could this be considered a Senior moment? lol
LOL,,, did you mean a season moment….LOL
The league is changing to where it’s almost like flag football and CB’s are a great commodity now a days. Look what NE did for a quality corner,
Awesome as always Mike E.
Have no idea what we have in Tankersley, but we will find out. Seems picking him is a sign of at least three things.
1 — as you point out, this team sure does love its big CBs. We are zone-based for the future unless the whole thing is blown up.
2 — Gase wasn’t lying when he said “you can never have too many cornerbacks.”
3 — Maxwell sure is on notice that his huge 2018 contract is at risk. If the young’uns work out, they could release him and not even need to get someone new in.
Here’s something you might be interested in Mike—I ordered my own amazon silver this week,
My nephew bought me the Echo Dot. It’s kind of cool, but I know my wife likes it better than I do. I was used to using 2 different remotes, one of the TV and DirecTV, and one for the surround sound receiver.
I just watched it on my phone, can’t watch video on my work pc. That was pretty damn funny!
yeah but I know how getting old has its benefits. I been cleaning and organizing my shed this last month.Well it turns I have plenty of wire wheels(7) and 7/16 sockets =15, and multiple tools. Next month or so I plan on cleaning and organizing the garage. Maybe I find multiple tools that I foolishly spent money on buying the same tool multiple times maybe I’ll make a killing on ebay. maybe I’ll open a ebay tool store. Wife said I should donate them to goodwill. I found TWO 2-3.5 ft plumbing pipe wrenches in shed.
Fasano on working with Thomas and his role…..he gets it.
“Recently I have been on teams that have kind of a more pass-dominant tight end and I’ve been the in-between motion, run-blocking guy, and I’ve embraced that, I try to work on that while also not neglecting the pass game and third down and key catches at certain times. So that’s kind of how my game is molded.”
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Adam Gase says right tackle Ja’Wuan James, LB Koa Misi, DE William Hayes are nursing injuries.
Misi hurt? No way!!!!
steveccnv says:
May 25, 2017 at 10:10 am
Actually I think the correct term is OT period, I looked it up and it says in 1974 the NFL added an overtime period…
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Thanks for having my Back (today) Steve. Tim was just being a smart ass (or trying to and failed because what he said wasn’t “smart”. LOL )
No worries Rock, it didn’t quite look right, so I looked it up.
Tankersley with a pick six in practice today. Pajama party! Pajama Party! Lippett took one to the house in practice today too.
Go Tank! Go Amazing Mr. Lippett!
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Ryan Tannehill says he’s back to 100 percent. Will wear brace all season.
Tunsil is looking BIG. his forearms are like my legs. LOL
Protect that blind side! Road grade some lanes for Ajayi!
slow day on the blog. A hour between posts and they are me….
The 3 guts nursing injuries don’t seem to be a concern including Misi. At least I think Misi can’t get hurt when he’s nor in there😐
▪ Two backup Dolphins quarterbacks threw pick-sixes Thursday: Matt Moore to Cordrea Tankersley and David Fales to Tony Lippett.
“I’m happy for Tony for about one second and then I’m mad at him because he figured out what we were doing and jumped the route, which is good,” Gase said. “We’ll figure out a way to scheme him up and get them in the next OTA.”
Adam H. Beasley: 305-376-3565, @AdamHBeasley
Lol at his phone number being in there.
I thought that odd too. I wonder if you call it if he answers or if it is an answering service or something. I’M not going to try it. LOL
Least not worried about Lippett getting cut….not that I was before. If Gase is thinking about scheming him…..
LOL you can see how competative Gase is and how the Offense is HIS baby. HE was happy for a second and then he was mad….which was good…get him in the next OTA.
I had to include Adam’s byline because I didn’t want to be accused of plagiarism….I would have to quit the blog and I have nowhere else to go.
I Am?
We, Todd, It!
I AM?
SOFA KING.
We, Todd, IT!
So, with Pouncey still nursing his hip and the “minor” injuries to some of the other OL this was the starting lineup for today’s practice…
Tunsil – Larson – Urbik – Steen – Young
OH GREAT AND POWERFUL FOOTBALL GODS!! PLEASE, PLEASE DO NOT LET US LINE UP THIS COMBINATION DURING THE SEASON!
I would hope we would contact Orlando Franklin’s agent before we allowed that to happen
Hes done, I’d rather save the money and keep what we have.
We’re talking about practice, practice…
The cheats had a real shitty OL 2 years ago, and did ok. We could throw quick passes😉
OD,
Rumor has it you will be sitting with the Mob at the fest. It will be my son’s FIRST NFL game, and I want to sit in better seats with him than the ones we usually get due to the size of the group. Will you be selling yours? If so I am interested if they are available.
Steve
What makes you say he’s done? Just because he was released by the Chargers?
He played pretty well last year he is a cap casualty. I do think he will be kinda expensive, but yeah hope his agent is at least in our contacts as ICE.
When I read a report about Franklin being released I read some comments from Chargers fans and they all said good riddance.
Mike do you have a speaker hooked up to your dot?
No. I do have a bluetooth speaker, but I use it mostly at work. Why?
Meanwhile…
Landry was selected as the top slot WR in the NFL.
Jarvis Landry is “clearly the cream of the crop when it comes to the position in today’s NFL.”
https://www.profootballfocus.com/pro-the-nfls-5-best-slot-receivers/
“He ran 72.7 percent of his snaps last season out of the slot and found great success. In 2016, Landry led the league in both slot receptions and slot yards, catching 65 of 85 targets for 856 yards. He added four touchdowns, as well. His 2.33 yards per route run out of the slot was the second-highest mark in the league. His drop rate in the slot was 5.8 percent, below the average for slot receivers (7.1 percent).”
He’s one of the better receivers period, i hate the whole designation of receiver as slot or alpha, etc. its a really old school way of looking at the position.
Agreed. He always makes something happen in a game.
I think Landry also desires to transcend the label, as it would seem to limit his earning power, but as the article mathematically states, Landry lined up in the slot for Three Fourths of his snaps in 2016. Thus he must be considered a slot WR.
steveccnv says:
May 25, 2017 at 5:09 pm
We’re talking about practice, practice…
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Still one of my favorite pressers of all time.. lol i go back and watch it on youtube every once and a while kinda like watching one of your favorite movies.
Tim
You can’t listen to what fans say. Just look at this blog for instance . . . lol
I just figured his release matched what fans were saying. I don’t remember one fan saying why did we get rid of him or supporting him. I came away thinking he didn’t play well and definitely not up to his contract.
Tim Knight says:
May 25, 2017 at 6:28 pm
When I read a report about Franklin being released I read some comments from Chargers fans and they all said good riddance.
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Might be something there i dont know about because i haven’t really looked into it much, but i heard several people say he was pretty solid last year too. Could be the charger fans are just wanting to move on from a big contract that hasn’t have equally big results. When he was in FA 2015 and most here had him top of their wish list. I was hoping for Boling that year instead, that was same year we got Suh.
Naples
I think what D is saying is the slot receiver is just as important as the outside receivers are, especially in Landry’s case where he’s the main target in the offense, or at least has been for 3 years.
No that is what **I** was saying. D was saying he does not want there to be such designations as “slot” and WR1 etc.
I get that,
but I was caught up in the happiness of a Dolphin finally props over a patsy.
scuuuuuse me for enjoying somebody not automatically listing Edelman 1st.
LOL! I hear ya man. I felt the same way when I first read that article. I was shocked it wasn’t Edelman
Yeah, he’s our top receiver so really he’s our alpha, and imo the role he plays in our offense suggests he should be paid as one, and not on the “slot” scale. IMO he is a WR1, and if tomorrow he was put on the outside he probably still a WR1, those others terms just say we generally use him out of the slot, even though he played on the outside in college and can run all of those routes as well.
Gee I try to bring good news … as in we have the #1 rated player at a position in the whole league … and I STILL get slammed.
Naples — you act like you’ve never been here before. 🙂
But bottom line for me is that am willing to give Landry more dollars than even his great numbers say he is worth. He’s the heart of the team.
Nobody slammed you.
Naples – I don’t see anyone slamming you bud. I think we all appreciate Landry, and YOU for that matter. 🙂
Lol i wasnt trying to “slam” you i just think Landry is much more than that, if anything i slammed the article for saying he was a slot receiver. Obviously it was incredibly nice to see he was higher ranked than Edleman
Mike E. says:
May 25, 2017 at 6:31 pm
No. I do have a bluetooth speaker, but I use it mostly at work. Why?
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Because to get the most out of the Echo Dot you are supposed to hook it up to a speaker, its little internal speaker really sucks for almost anything other than just having it talk to ya.
Hook it up to a good speaker system and i be you really like it. You could play all your ragtime classics on it!
That’s all I use it for though. I have a really nice JBL Bluetooth speaker, but I use it in my office. All Alexa does for me is turn on the TV, DirecTV receiver and my surround sound receiver together, and turn them off. My son does have an Amazon prime account, so I’ll probably get around to using it for music too at some point.
D
I have some of the “Hits from the Cave” that I used to listen to as a young cave boy.
does it sound like this?
Eerily similar
I think Landry plays the slot a lot because he’s better at it than everyone else on the team. Also Stills and Parker have better boundary speed. But Landry makes plays outside too.
He’s about the best slot guy there is and good but in no way great on the boundary. He’s a special talent and player for us. And slot is even more important in the new passing game Os. Never saw the Pats worried that Welker was just a slot guy.
Why do you think Welker left NE?
I just noticed someone put up the 2017 schedule on the side. Thank you, whoever did it!
This is the guy who can change everything in our offense. I find him to be very impressive and he speaks about what it’s like to mature in life.
http://www.miamidolphins.com/multimedia/videos/Thomas_Its_Going_To_Take_Rep_After_Rep/b2609687-887a-4aa2-a1a7-9200e7c9ba89
Ajayi changed everything last year, but was inconsistent due to OL injuries, RT can change everything in a flash, Parker can changes things, as can Thomas. We aren’t one dimensional, and our success will be more related to TOP than anything else, if we control the ball on O and don’t let teams run on us, we’re going to be a tough out.
Yep! I’ve talked about the emergence of Ajayi and now adding Thomas. We know we’re young and talented at WR. Tannehill is better than most people think he is. The OL seems to be getting more consistent and not having constant change from year to year which is the worst case scenario for an OL. We might be finally one of those teams that all of a sudden sends out that “Uh Oh” message. You don’t want to play us.
And we have Suh!
I don’t see why not Tim, it’s what I’m thinking. The cheats always seem to take away your star on O. Who can they key on to take away, that we can’t do without? No one, too many good players that can beat you.
Son, whu is that woman you keep refwrring tuh.
The one that’s gonna make the AFC east it’s bitch
Suh and Wake can take us anywhere we want to go. They have help. Timmons will feast.
Steve, that’s exactly it. We don’t rely on a 2-3 guys to win. We have talent at every position. Like Gase has said, 8 man box us and Thomas will see a lot of balls. Drop off and go nickel and you’re going to see Ajayi a lot. That’s not even counting the WRs and depth we have who can make plays. This is the best roster on offense I have seen in I can’t even tell you. Back in the early Marino days and we never had an Ajayi. To me it’s all about health and keeping most of them on the field every week.
Sammy Smith what could have been
He didn’t have the right mindset. Guys like him don’t make this team today. Like some say, talent is great, buying in is another variable people forget about.
Good job on the post Mike
OD wanted me to let you guys know that he wouldn’t be on the board till sometime in June. Scary situation for his family. His daughter is undergoing experimental surgery at Vanderbuilt for Grand Mal seizures. And that means brain. Was not really familiar that condition before……it’s a tough one.
Let Old Dolfan know that my thoughts and prayers are with him and his family, Stanger. That’s a serious situation and I hope for the best possible outcome.
Will do. Good news it is not an emergency-type move. Bad news is that the condition has been seroius enough over many years that the answer is this type of surgery.
Stanger
Please do the same for me, tell Randy my thoughts and prayers are with him and his family.
He’s such a good guy. I get things happen, but if anything it should be the parents and not the kids.
Yep, absolutely. We don’t want anything to happen to OD or Mrs. OD either though. 😉
nice write MikeE
I read the first comments posted about “season” despite re-read (edit). If you don’t have access to a second pair of eyes, a good trick is to start a re-read with the last word of the article reading right to left… this removes your thought context and you will see just words. Although, with the word “season” being an actual word you might still not see it. This is a phenomenon in chess as well. We get so locked in a line of thought… someone else looks at our board and immediately sees the error. So we try to walk away from the board, look at someone else’s game, then attempt to look at our own game with “fresh” eyes. 🙂
It actually concerned me that I read it a few times and couldn’t see it. I never have access to another set of eyes, no one in my family wants to read my articles. Not even kidding. 🙂
stangerx says:
May 26, 2017 at 11:06 am
Will do. Good news it is not an emergency-type move. Bad news is that the condition has been seroius enough over many years that the answer is this type of surgery.
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Yeah, man. Experimental surgery really is a very scary matter. My heart goes out to Mr. Randy Campbell’s family during this very turbulent time, having been in his shoes regarding a near and dear one in the past. And if you’d kindly pass it on to Randy, everything worked out just fine in the end for my family’s situation. Please ensure him that there is HOPE… that is SO very important.
Thanks, Stanger.
I’m not sure based on the type of surgery that there will be an immediate answer that it worked, but they’ll at least know she made it through it (but not thinking I will know that either). Is part of what makes this crazy crew great though…..family for sure. More than just the Phins involved.
Pretty much what you would want Tunsil to say…..he also had some real nice words for Albert.
“It feels good to be at the natural spot I was drafted here for.Playing left guard, I learned a lot. It was a different position, different everything. I’m glad I got the opportunity to play guard so I could learn the game inside and out.”
http://www.espn.com/blog/miami-dolphins/post/_/id/25350/dolphins-laremy-tunsil-excited-to-protect-ryan-tannehills-blindside-in-year-2
TRIVIA QUESTION OF THE DAY
As a former player for your Miami Dolphins, I’ve been to more Pro-Bowls than any other former Phin in NFL history. Who am I?
Hint #1: I’ve never made the Pro-Bowl as a Miami Dolphin
M13 — you are trying to trick us out given the hint. I’m going Wes Welker.
VERY good guess… but NO! You are getting warmer, though…
Well if you say I am warmer I am going Larry Izzo
Ray Finkle ???????
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stangerx says:
May 26, 2017 at 12:13 pm
Well if you say I am warmer I am going Larry Izzo
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OOOOOHHH! You ARE getting warmer, but NO! That will lead me to my second clue…
Clue #2: I’d played for the Patsies* at one point in my career
Mike E. says:
May 26, 2017 at 11:14 am
It actually concerned me that I read it a few times and couldn’t see it. I never have access to another set of eyes, no one in my family wants to read my articles. Not even kidding. 🙂
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I wouldn’t be concerned about your sight-maybe you should see a eye doctor, it happens when you get older. Hell, yesterday I was food shopping and I bought cabbage instead of lettuce. I was feeling it thinking to myself I bought a great big firm head of lettuce so I bought 2. Stuff like this happens when you forget stuff like yesterday when I forgot my magnifying glass to read the food labels and now what I am buying. You have to embrace old age. cole slaw and cabbage soup anyone
Is it Fryar?
He did well in Miami & Philly
NEGATIVE, my friend!!!
TRIVIA QUESTION OF THE DAY
As a former player for your Miami Dolphins, I’ve been to more Pro-Bowls than any other former Phin in NFL history. Who am I?
Hint #1: I’d never made the Pro-Bowl as a Miami Dolphin
Hint #2: I’d played for the Patsies* at one point in my career
Hint #3: I’d never made the Pro-Bowl as a Patsie*
M
Paul Warfield?
Never mind, just saw clue #3
Yeah I mis read also….Seau
Make that clue #2 too. lol
Oh my bad I thought it did they made a pro bowl w/ Miami. Ok it’s Seau
BOOM!!!
Junior Seau, as a former Miami Dolphin, made TWELVE (12) Pro-Bowls throughout his NFL career with 3 different teams.
WELL DONE, Dbolt!!!
ALL of Seau’s Pro-Bowl bids came with the Chargers. What a remarkable career, and RIP.
Yep made all his PBs in a Chargers uniform.
D-Bolt always gets the trivia questions. He’s a crackerjack
I would of had the 1st time if I read hint 1 properly😂
It used to be Tim who would win… EVERY TIME! Dbolt is trending upwards!
And I am pathetic at them. In this case was thinking someone we cut early rather than came in and even after the hints came in had no clue Junior played for the evil empire.
TRIVIA QUESTION OF THE DAY, PART TWO!!!
I have the 2nd most Pro-Bowl bids as a former Miami Dolphin, only behind Junior Seau. Who am I?
Webb
Stanger, if you could tell OD I wish his daughter all the best.
Even if don’t talk to him every day, will when I next do. Have a feeling he will be reading the board though too.
Thanks.
TRIVIA QUESTION OF THE DAY, PART TWO
I have the 2nd most Pro-Bowl bids as a former Miami Dolphin, only behind Junior Seau. Who am I?
Hint #1: Don’t think too hard on this one, LOL
Paul Warfield?
NEGATIVE!!!
I’ve got you ALL mixed up! LOL 😀
Based on how the last one went…….Chris Carter.
EXCELLENT guess… but NO!!! I said, don’t think too hard, buddy! 😉
Marino
Dan Marino
Webb
DAN THE MAN is CORRECT!!! Mike E seems to have chimed in a nano-second before Dbolt. Thus, I declare Mike E the WINNER here!
Dan was a 9x Pro-Bowler, second only to Junior Seau’s 12x, when it comes to players who ever played in a Phins uniform.
Incorrect….only one response specified Dan Marino😂
LMAO!
Zach
D-Bolt tripped and got his tie caught in the shredder, otherwise he would have won
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LOL…..now vary wary of that happening😂
Steve,
I see ya, my man! All of your guesses were VERY good, too! Not trying to ignore ya.
Nah, they were weak😃
LOL, not really! Zach Thomas and Richmond Webb would be right there with me as well, man!
I only ask these questions being I’ve researched the answer… I’m by no means a ‘know-it-all’. And that’s the fun of asking the question to begin with… it generally stumps me as well before the research! And when I find something that would stump most (including myself), I like to share!
ALL GOOD! 😀
Time for some blog Trivia: What blogger loved Dan Williams?
My golfing FRIEND!!! Much LUV to O-Rob!
Even when O-Rob and I disagree, we’ve ALWAYS been able to be cool as a cucumber to one another. #RESPECT
Mike in his office today😁
Quick question, and don’t look it up…
Who has more career TDs as a WR: Calvin “MEGATRON” Johnson, Brandon Marshall, Anquan Boldin, Mark Clayton, Steve Smith, Nat Moore, Fred Biletnikoff, Reggie Wayne, James Lofton, Torry “Big Game” Holt, or Andre Johnson?
Probably Brandon Marshall – I didn’t look
EXCELLENT guess!!! But NO.
I’d probably go Clayton
He and Marino held the NFL record for a while.
You’d probably be right!
Clayton has 84 receiving TDs. Everyone else I listed is UNDER 84 receiving TDs.
Marshall will pass them next season though in NY for sure
He has 82 now
Even if I have been one of the trade bashers……don’t blame me for this. Go after Barry Jackson.
“Leonte Carroo is the front-runner for the No. 4 receiver job based on draft pedigree, but it is not absolutely certain that he will make the team. There are several formidable challengers.”
We are finally really deep @ WR. I’m not too worried about Carroo just yet. Many NFL WR’s take 2-3 years to develop. He just turned 23.
Carroo did show a glimpse of his ability with a nice grab and run after the catch for a TD as a rook last season.
I’m not really worried either, but that is mostly because our top 3 are real solid. Carroo we will see about, but still questions there. If all was well he should have played more last season.
Hard to get snaps with the crew we had last season. I’m also anxious to see what Ford can do. If he can translate his game to the NFL level in a couple years, then he’s an absolute steal.
Carroo was drafted as insurance to Stills, but now that Stills resigned he’s just one of the rest. I guarantee Carroo is on the team this year barring injury. Jackson is just trying to stir shit up, at a time when nothing’s going on.
My guess Carro sticks too. At the time thought it meant Stills was out the door and we were going to turn to a scheme without a pure deep threat, but obviously that did not happen. Guess Carroo with a new scheme is something that could happen if they don’t keep Landry though…..deja vu all over again.
I saw that but it’s way premature to go there.
Also, people still don’t understand the trade. It gets written as we traded a 3rd, 4th and 6th for Carroo but we didn’t have a 3rd to select him so we obtained a 3rd to select him. The extra collateral was a 2016 6th and a 2017 4th. The 3rd is a wash because MIN gave us their 2016 3rd and we gave them one of our 2017 3rds, same #84 ironically. You don’t count the pick used to select the prospect because you have to have a pick to pick someone. People write it that way to make the trade look worse when it really wasn’t that big of a deal. We had 8 picks last year and 7 this year. People make it seem like we traded away so many of our picks and it’s simply not true. We’re a +1 the last two years and we’ll head into 2018 with 8 from the Albert trade.
Tim — Didn’t we trade a 3rd, 4th and 6th for Carroo though? I see adjusting the value of the 2016 v. 2017 picks at the time of the trade, but if you say the 3rd round picks are a wash…..then you have to take out that Carroo is on the roster.
How do you see it like that? This year people were talking about what MIN got with our picks but forget they gave up their 2016 3rd so they had a void last year.
The only thing extra we gave away was a 2016 6th and a 2017 4th and people act like we gave up so much more.
The 3rds aren’t a wash, you can’t give the same value to a 2016 3rd as you would a 2017 3rd. The 2017 3rd equates to a 2016 4th. We actually got good value on the trade compensation, let’s see how the player does now.
I look at it that we spent a 2016 6th and a 2017 3rd and 4th for Carroo. If you want to put in 2016 terms that means we spent a 4th, 5th and 6th for him. Just not sure how the 3rd round picks were a wash year by year given you basically jump up a round in value when you trade forward. Trade the sixth in 2016 and it ends up a 3rd, 4th and 5th.
Joining in prayer for OD / Randy, his daughter, and other loved ones!
Stay strong friend!
Oh, Almost forgot. CONGRATULATIONS M, you’re CORRECT!
That was ORob
Best wishes to OD & his daughter.
Mike E. says:
May 26, 2017 at 1:38 pm
Probably Brandon Marshall – I didn’t look
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I don’t care what anybody thinks — negatively or positively — regarding Brandon Marshall. He’s pacing to go to the Hall of Fame what with his production. And in many cases, he’s had a less than stellar QB throwing him the dammed ball (most feel Jay Cutler to be a flunk, honestly).
WE Phin fans — in particular — despise him. But in all honesty, he’s putting together a HOF career. He’s the only WR (if at ANY position in NFL HISTORY) to make the Pro-Bowl with 4 different teams. Not even the great Terrell Owens (who SHOULD have been a first-ballot HOFer this past year over Terrell Davis, SMH, 3x Pro-Bowler with 3 different teams) can say as much.
YES… IMO, Brandon Marshall is a future HOFer being he’s probably got at least 5 more VERY GOOD years left in him at age 33 as a WR.
Anyway… going back to what you responded to, “Probably Brandon Marshall – I didn’t look”… VERY, VERY good guess!!!
But he’s a cancer, that’s never made the playoffs, and is a me first at all cost player, so I don’t think he gets into the HOF early, if at all. I’m glad he moved on from the jets, because he killed us, but…
It’s a TEAM game, my man. I’m not sure anyone can TRULY call him a cancer, so as to affect all 53 players… albeit, he’s got problems within himself. He’s been taking the higher road as of late regarding Sheldon Richardson. I LIKE seeing that growth in BM, Bro!
Truth be told — and we know it — BM has demons. I’d like to see him conquer his demons… and he’s doing it, as far as I can see (obviously, we don’t know it all). His stats are undeniable to this point in terms of a future HOFer.
Real tough for WRs to make the HOF because it’s such a deep pool. Marshall can’t seem to stick with a team for long either. He’s now on his 5th team.
The guy owns a string of Physical therapy offices along with medical offices in South Florida. Seems to know where the money is now a day’s.
Besides, Barry Jackson wrote that disparaging comment on Carroo to help build his other comments boasting about the UDFA WR Morgan that caught his eye catching 4 passes in his underwear the last few days….SMH & LMAO!
LOL, exactly!
M13, you can’t discount the QBs he’s played with. He has the numbers he has in part due to them. Specifically Cutler.
Brandon Marshall is still a narcissistic dick hole.
Can’t remember which Jets player it was that recently said there are 15 reasons why our locker room is better now. LOL
It was Richardson.
I saw waaaaay too much of this for my likes! lol
I remember against Chicago when we played the Bears the moment Chris McCain a cure to Brandon Marshall’s BPD when BM was trying to fight the much smaller Cortland Finnegan😂
Besides, Barry Jackson wrote that disparaging comment on Carroo to help build his other comments boasting about the UDFA WR Morgan that caught his eye catching 4 passes in his underwear the last few days….SMH & LMAO!
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He’s one of the guys that practices at american heritage HS during the off season. I think he will make a impact this year because the Dolphin offense is very detail oriented concerning running pick plays. Once he practices with 1st team in the OTA’s/ TC and adjusts to the others running patterns he will be fine. He was probably drafted with the learning curve big for a rookie along with working with the other 1st teamers takes a lot of adjustment time.
Stanger, I also feel people kind of think we traded so many picks away in 2016 because we also traded a 4th to move up in the 2nd for Howard. The bottom line is we have 15 players on our roster from the last two drafts, 7 is the allotted number for all teams each year so we’re a +1. 🙂
I can’t speak for other people. All I knew was drafting Carroo made no sense to me given that were three strong at wideout. Figured he was their guy. Easier to say with 20/20, but after saw how much he hit the field. And then they re-signed Stills. Overall real happy with both the last drafts and the direction of the team though…..more so than in many a year.
Quality depth at least in the eyes of our FO at the time. It’s up to Carroo to make the trade worthy.
MF, Marshall doesn’t have great overall stats, if you look at his catches to targets they’re poor at best. Its like saying Kobe is averaging 30 points a game, so he’s great, but his shooting % was only 30. He pressures QBs to throw to him too often, causing the inefficient O
Oopsie, another TD drop!
That’s a tough catch, one that gets made all the time by good receivers, but still tough. His drops are part of what I was talking g about, add to that personal fouls, and you get a cancer.
I think he was a 5th rounder?
4th
who was our 4th rounder last year
We didn’t have one, traded it to move up to get Howard.
Steve, it’s about prospects not just “draft picks”.
2016 – Dolphins 3rd WR Leonte Carroo from MIN
2016 – Vikings 6th WR Moritz Boehringer from MIA
2017 – Vikings 3rd C Pat Elflein from MIA (they also traded up for him)
2017 – Vikings 4th LB Ben Gedeon from MIA
So the Vikings were a +2 on the trade. Not sure why a 2017 #84 is more valuable than a 2016 #84?
Where did you get that crazy idea?
Flashback to 1991 – Miami Dolphins make Dan Marino the highest paid player in NFL history (at the time)
“According to a report in The News-Press of Fort Myers, Fla., Marino will earn $4.6 million this year, based on his scheduled salary of $1.6 million plus a $3 million bonus for signing the extension. Then he will receive an average of $4.4 million over the next five years.”
HOW THE TIMES HAVE CHANGED!!
he’s pretty good
I think I counted 6 dropped TD’s by Marshall for us in one year. I never liked him being a Dolphin and was pissed we gave up TWO 2nd round picks for him. (Got two 3rd rounders for him when we traded him though…)
My biggest memory of him is when he ran out of bounds for no explainable reason when he lots of room to turn it upwards. Some say he was disoriented on the play.
Remember the play where he was all alone down the sideline and ran out of bounds with nobody near him? That was a real WTF? play.
jetssuck remembers. LOL!
Yeah I was going to mention that one too. I was soooooo pissed off that play.
That Dan averaged 4.4 mill over 5 years as the “highest paid player” in the NFL is laughable compared to today’s salaries.
I saw D.Wade agreed to a option extension with the Chicago Bulls for next year for 24 million for 1 year. Crazy money now a days
this was great from the article flashback I posted..
In announcing the extension, the Dolphins refused to elaborate on how much Marino’s deal was worth. “Dan is one of the best players in the league and his contract reflects that,” said Tim Robbie, the Dolphins’ president. “Beyond that, I don’t see any reason to get into specifics. Dan is happy and we’re happy with the deal.”
I wanted to strangle Marshall when he ran out of bounds that time
Me too, bud. BM clearly wasn’t buying into our system.
But then again, who was?
Yeah, I get that, but that’s so unprofessional. I don’t know of any other way to play but to win, and play the game the right way. I could never do that.
I remember that Monday nighter, sort of. I was at my sons soccer practice trying to follow the game, and you guys were rightfully bitching up a storm.
Its almost freaky watching Suh’s pressers. He is such a massive guy, big hulking dude, but he is so soft spoken and articulate its almost the same kinda WTF feeling you get the first time you ever heard Mike Tyson speak lol.
Agreed, he’s like a Hercules.
Help!!!
I’m lost in an IKEA!!!
Have the Swedish meatballs. LOL
Just don’t take them from a Swede offering you some of his balls, whilst leading you to a dressing room for a sample.
Or a whitewater rafting trip. LOL
Timmons gives me a prison shankster vibe, that dude looks/holds him self like a serious head buster.
See ball, get ball.
I had that feeling after watching an interview with Kimbo Slice. They showed highlights of him playing LB at Miami Palmetto, and it made me cringe.
Wilfredo Lee / AP
The former Arkansas standout, whom the Dolphins signed as an undrafted rookie, was used as the backup slot receiver during the first week of OTAs and consistently got open. Morgan, who caught 138 passes for 1,763 yards and 14 touchdowns for the Razorbacks, could push for a practice squad spot, if not more, if he keeps this up.
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SUCK IT OMAR!
Piggy, what Ikea were you at, Brooklyn?
We have one of those beasts in Orlando they’re quite an adventure. Agreed about the Swedish meatballs they’re reason enough to go there lol.
Yeah
I made it out
😳
Piggy
How’s the move going?
It’s almost complete
Putting up some curtains today
Next week I get a new couch
That’s cool. Hopefully, it’s a lot less expensive than Manhattan, yet still close enough.
This is just silly talk at this point . . .
Unless it was an intentionally leaked item, in order to send a message to Carroo that he better bring his A game this year, and an A+ effort.
Last year, the Dolphins traded a third-round pick, a fourth-round pick and a sixth-round pick to the Vikings to acquire Minnesota’s third-round draft pick.
Boy, they traded a lot for this guy. He must of been the number one rated receiver in the draft His value is comparable to hersel walker.
LOL – Just keep pouring it on
isn’t it the vikings who traded with dallas to get hersel walker? I guess they learned about being a sucker giving away all those draft picks and found out sometimes their are bigger suckers in NFL.
Why all the ignorant comments on the trade up to get Carroo? We won the compensation part, the player is TBD.
The Flying Pig says:
May 26, 2017 at 5:09 pm
Help!!!
I’m lost in an IKEA!!!
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It’s like a cult with these ikea shoppers. They opened one down here 5 miles from where I live and on opening day they had traffic jams exiting the highway that they had to call in police to direct traffic instead of letting the stop lights block up the highway. They estimated 5k people for the door opening. Incidentally, the place that ikea is at is where W. Hienzga had a golf driving range with all the latest stuff there. It failed and sat idle for 2-3 yrs until decided to build there.
It’s a huge place and they do everything oddly
jetssuck
Yes, it was the Vikes and Cowboys who made that trade. The trade for Carroo wasn’t quite that epic, but it still pissed me off anyway. This year’s draft had a lot of talent in the 3rd and 4th RD’s, it would have been nice to have two 3rd and 4th RD picks.
Don’t worry about the draft pick my mistake picks that we gave up. This guy is going to be all-pro this yr. Got to trust the people who know all the intagibles and they gave up a couple picks for this perennial pro bowler,all pro, and HOFer. They know better football better than the casual fans. That’s why they get paid the money they get.
Heard an interesting stat today — half of American males 18-24 spend at least half of their waking hours playing video games.
amazing generation.
I can vouch for that with my own offspring. 🙂
I see it when I check out what is up with my college rugby team. We fielded five sides (15 each). It now has something like 22 guys and instead of the 10-11 games a season we played they only play six. Same number of kids in the school.
Just for fun . . . These are players that were available with what would have been our 3rd RD pick and our actual compensatory pick that we used on Tankersley
DT Eddie Vanderdoes
DT Montravious Adams
These are players available after our 3rd RD comp pick we used on Tankersley
S Tedric Thompson
OG Dorian Johnson
LB Carl Lawson
DE Deatrich Wise
WR Ryan Switzer
15 years from now, you will be the only one, who didn’t like the steal of all time in NFL history when he is inducted into the HOF
I hope you’re right about Carroo, I really do. I don’t enjoy when players don’t work out, especially the ones that we make a big investment in.
talk about Canton I just received my part for weedeater from repairclinic which is from Canton,NH. Now that’s your sign everything will be great with the Karro whoooo pick.
Mike E. says:
May 27, 2017 at 9:06 am (Edit)
That’s cool. Hopefully, it’s a lot less expensive than Manhattan, yet still close enough.
*****
Mike
I moved to Astoria which is very close to Manhattan. I probably tacked on 5-10 minutes in my commute – it’s really nothing.
I have a parking spot in my building now. And that is huge in my life Combined with the parking spot and the rent it’s about he same $ – maybe a little less but not by a of much
But it’s a brand new luxury building, which is really beautiful, I have a terrace, huge Windows, there is a public rooftop space, a gym and my own storage (huge in ny)
And frankly the neighborhood is just much better than the upper east side. There are much better restaurants in Astoria
You’ve seen the gentrification in Brooklyn…queens is not much different. There is a ton of new construction in Long Island City and Astoria so those neighborhoods are changing
good for you
That’s awesome Piggy – Now you have a place for your Jeep, and I suppose Wedge can stay in the storage shed
Pig — awesome for you. Only knock on the choice is that you chose not to live in a pigsty but nicely with us humans instead….other bad side is that seems you have no plans to come down here. 🙂
But bottom line is Mazel tov.
My niece (a twenty something) posted something alon Facebook about the avg salary in 1930 vs now
It’s not a huge difference
And then they posts cost of a house and cost of car comparison
And the difference is astronomical
I think if I believed it was hopeless that I would ever own a house, I would give up and play video games all day too…
the 20 something have a great opportunity concerning the employment situation. The baby boomers are retiring and these young people are positioned to take over but they say their is not enough of them to handle all the openings. Tight labor market means increased wages.
Yep the wonder world of NYC. Funny how when New Yorkers move to Florida, with much more room, they still choose to live in tight space high rises.
If the avg salary from 1930 to now is similar…..must have been adjusted for inflation (we are talking when a coke cost five cents). And 1930 seems cherry-picked since that was the start of the Great Depression.
No way the car and house costs were that much relatively higher unless they came without inflation adjustment and/or reference to actual wage increases.
Guess can’t leave being an econ major behind, but at the same time the new generation does face problems as well. And that includes the advent of a meritocracy where high-level talent/position gets rewarded more over time in……but that is the whole rust belt reaction in the last election.
economics ? cool I had to take 3-4 classes in it and I always liked it but I didn’t think I could make a living, so I sold out and then hated my profession my whole working life..
econ major sets you up for how to think about business…..but not much more than that unless you are going to go into the higher levels of that, which pretty much means getting a higher degree that leads to something else like teaching, high-end position in teaching, a company, gov org, etc. But you still need the next educational step. And most undegrad econ guys go into business anyhow. Not bad training for that.
I can remember we had a class where we were required to read a book by Milton Freeman. That book was small but it was very thought provoking.
You weren’t the only one who bought into what he had to say…..Reagan did too. Why we went money supply instead of interest rates control for a while.
Misi on the LBs, who have been moved around a lot in practice.
“We’ll go through the process and see what happens. It’s hard for me to say who’s playing where. I know they’re all going to play linebacker, so that’s the best I can give you right now… There’s a lot of moving pieces we’ve got to figure out.”
^ “Gase” on LBs
Piggy, congrats on the move. You seem happy about it.
Congrats to Piggy on the move. When is the first party to break in the new place? JK
Tonight!
(Piggy jumps in his kitchen countertop)
RIP Midnight Rider 😦
Another legend gone. RIP Gregg.
Damn! RIP Gregg
Reunited with Duane