Ahhh…there is nothing I like more than rolling over the remaining lifeforms after planetary conquest. The feeling of dominance as you roll over their squishy bodies – smells like….victory!
I imagine its what it feels like to be a dominating running back. I saw some old videos of Herschel Walker and he must have felt the squishing bodies of the defenders underneath him.
Georgia has had some good running backs: Walker, Todd Gurley and now Nick Chubb.
The Positives: Nick Chubb has been very productive at Georgia. As a freshman no one expected much from him. But when Todd Gurley went down with an unfortunate injury Chubb picked up the slack – rushing for over 1,500 yards and 14 touchdowns. For his career Chubb ran for 4,599 yards and 42 Touchdowns.
Chubb is listed at 5-10, 225 pounds. He is a downhill powerful runner who fights for every inch. He’s a fun runner to watch – breaking tackles and using his body to overpower defenders.
Chubb is a decisive runner – he hits the hole fast and has also proven to be elusive in the open field. He had plenty of long rushing touchdowns in his career at Georgia.
The Negatives: Chubb suffered an ACL injury in his sophomore season. He missed seven games that year. But Chubb bounced back strongly in his junior season and had a third 1000 yard season in his senior season (2017).
That said, Chubb’s freshman year stands out as his most productive. The medical evaluation at the combine might hurt his draft stock in the same way it hurt Jay Ajayi.
He’s not a great asset in the passing game only catching 3 passes in 2017 and 5 in 2017.
The Alien Dust: One of my favorite running backs to watch run…Boom Boom and then he breaks a big run. If you enjoyed watching Ajayi run, you will probably like watching Chubb.
I think he can be a productive runner in any NFL tandem and a great short yardage back. I would love to see Chubb paired with Drake for a powerful rushing attack in Miami. Not sure if Miami feel like they can work with him in the passing game though.
He won’t be drafted too high. He’s probably a day 3 pick. At best he is a 3rd rounder.
This terrific prospect reminds me of the lunar flattener I love using to crush the remaining lifeforms on a planet. So that’s his weapon of destruction – an obvious fit. Lookout defenders!
You can see his highlights here
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Tim Knight says:
January 11, 2018 at 1:20 pm
Why does it matter? It’s just one of those 4th rd picks where it’s too late to pick anyone of any value unless you trade it. LOL
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Not true, you never know what gem will slide, didn’t we get ajayi late? someone did a redraft of 2015 recently and ajayi was in the 1st rnd.
what round did we get godchaux in?
It was a joke about how picks are viewed both positively and negatively. When we wait until the 4th rd to address a position it’s a negative. If we trade that pick we gave away a valuable resource. LOL
D, you said: “He isnt going to blow the doors off and leave a guy in the dust” about TE Ian Thomas. I thought he is projected to possibly be the fastest TE in the draft? Draftscout lists him to run in the 4.6’s and potential to run under a 4.6.
Was the reason we saw much more of Grantman the last couple games is due to the Landry contract situation? Just wonder
maybe
but I got a couple other alternatives
1. working other guys in with the season being lost
2. Parker not producing
3. desperation to change some thing sup on offense
4. An almost annoying degree of patience/caution by Gase before he puts guys on the field (like Keyon Drake or maybe like Asiata or I put Stephone Anthony in that pool)
I don’t think the 2 are directly related, but if I were Leonte Carroo, I’d want to come in here next year and bust my ass because a 6th RD pick was getting tons more playing time than the 3rd RD pick they gave up 2 additional picks including the original 3rd RDer can’t see the field.
In other words, I don’t see Grant as a replacement for Landry, if anything, Carroo would be that guy.
Piggy, those were all good possibilities.
For some reason FirstPick is not giving us our second 4th so I looked at who was still there and got Freeman.
This is my draft if we don’t resign Landry.
Your Picks:
Round 1 Pick 11: Quenton Nelson, OG, Notre Dame (B+)
Round 2 Pick 10: Anthony Miller, WR, Memphis (B-)
Round 3 Pick 9: Hayden Hurst, TE, South Carolina (A-)
Round 4 Pick 11: Ogbonnia Okoronkwo, OLB, Oklahoma (A)
Round 6 Pick 9: Riley Ferguson, QB, Memphis (A-)
Round 7 Pick 5: Rashard Fant, CB, Indiana (A)
Round 7 Pick 11: Anthony Winbush, OLB, Ball State (B+)
Insert RB Royce Freeman as our second 4th round pick.
That’s a great draft except I never heard of Fant and don’t want a CB if I can find a good Edge rusher.
M13 BALLHAWK ALERT: CB Rashard Fant could be a late round steal coming out of IU. He stood out to me this year watching a few IU games. He is not the size we have been going after at 5’10” 180 but he is fast (may run about a +/- 4.4 40) and in 36 starts he is IU’s career leader (Current NCAA Active Leader) with 58 PD’s.
Fant could be under the radar due to his 2017 #’s dropping off to only 9 PD’s and 1 INT because teams didn’t throw his way as much as opposed to 2016 where he was 3rd in the nation with 20 PD’s and 3 INT’s and 22 PD’s in 2015.
Already has his degree is SPEA Management and working on his masters in Public Affairs.
We could possibly put him at slot CB cause I always thought McCain should have been converted to FS. McCain at FS and McDonald at OLB on passing downs would be nice since it doesn’t seem like Kiko can cover.
I had to post his video against PSU this year. LOL
He is a good cover guy but the knock on him is his lack of support in the run game and doesn’t pursue to tackle on running plays not to his side or up the middle. Will tend to watch the play instead of get in on it. Probably due to his size. Not sure if that would be something you can correct or not (fear of contact). When it comes to RB’s, he’s not a hitter but a leg tackler which makes him miss on some tackles.
He might be a decent NCB but he isnt really a fit as a boundary guy in our system. We, especially against the Pats, need to be able to play press on the boundary, and it would be best if we could out of the slot, which is why i think that Bobby McCain isn’t a perfect fit and replaceable too. McCain has come a good way to be more capable there, and there are other attributes that make him a guy we might want to keep, but i definitely think we could do better there, just from a fit and talent perspective.
What I liked in that video on that first pass defended is how he looked back to locate ball then turned to read the WR and knocks it away right at the right time.
BailBondMike says:
January 12, 2018 at 10:42 am
Insert RB Royce Freeman as our second 4th round pick.
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They aren’t giving us the second 4th because its not determined at this point which pick it would be. I dont know why they just started doing that, because its been true this whole time, but that seems to be their justification.
D, you said: “He isnt going to blow the doors off and leave a guy in the dust” about TE Ian Thomas. I thought he is projected to possibly be the fastest TE in the draft? Draftscout lists him to run in the 4.6’s and potential to run under a 4.6.
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So far im not seeing separation on his part and if those number hold true, then its his route running and acceleration thats lacking. I dont see him blowing the doors off in the footage i have seen, though im not so deep that i have watched a ton on him. Ill let ya know if my mind changes on that evaluation, but for right now its how i see it.
I got ya. I haven’t been able to find much tape to watch on him so I could tell. Thanks!
Round 1 Pick 15 (ARI): Quenton Nelson, OG, Notre Dame (A-)
Round 2 Pick 15 (ARI): Mark Andrews, TE, Oklahoma (A-)
Round 2 Pick 26 (JAX): Anthony Miller, WR, Memphis (B)
Round 2 Pick 32 (MINN): Ogbonnia Okoronkwo, OLB, Oklahoma (B-)
Round 3 Pick 9: Anthony Averett, CB, Alabama (A)
Round 4 Pick 11: Rashaad Penny, RB, San Diego State (A)
Round 4 from PHI: DE Justin Lawler
Round 6 Pick 9: Deadrin Senat, DT, South Florida (A+)
Round 7 Pick 5: Logan Woodside, QB, Toledo (C)
Round 7 Pick 11: Tony Adams, OG, North Carolina State (B+)
Traded down once in 1st and once in 2nd dammit, LOL
D.J. Chark, WR, LSU (4.39)….
Chark is a guy i have as a WR prospect if we lose Landry in FA or trade Parker. I’m not suggesting we should do this, or that i want to do this, but im just saying it might be something Gase is considering since Parker hasnt really been living up to expectations and is getting limited by his constant injuries. Either way, if we seem down one of our top guys, Chark would be a decent replacement and he also has ST ability as a returner, so we could throw another guy into the mix on kickoffs and punts.
Chark is also a guy that probably gives us a different combination of WR’s too. He is faster than Parker but about the same height, he probably wont fight through a defender as well as Parker (though Parker wasn’t doing it that great towards the last half of the season anyways) but he has good hands, and he would get open deep more. I think he also helps us with those damned WR screens because he is better with the ball after the catch than Parker. He wouldnt be an equal replacement for Landry and it would be a different offense with him unless we supplemented with another receiver like Drew Morgan, to give us Landry’s role at least to some degree. Chark more reflects Stills than any of them, so on rotation he could give Stills more of breathers or he could give us a new dimension where teams would have to play cover two, just in case we have he and Stills. Just the threat of both of them on go routes would make them have to defend us different and likely opens the run game which then opens the play action pass.
Parker’s biggest issue is staying healthy. He always has some kind of foot/ankle injury that hampers him.
I’d rather Ishmael
So if we let Landry walk, what do you guys think of some of the WRs we already have in the pipeline – Isaiah Ford, Malcolm Lewis, Drew Morgan and Francis Owusu?
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I liked Owusu, thought he had an outside shot to make the team this season. I haven’t really seen enough of any of those guys to really have a strong opinion on any of them
I will be really upset if landry walks
Don’t buy his jersey please 🙂
I will too but some of the numbers being thrown around point to it being a real possibility.
I’ve owned his jersey for more than a year Phindog
The damage is done
Too bad we don’t play in Landchark Stadium anymore . . .
Landry is basically impossible to replace
We can change the offense around
Have more of a traditional slot receiver
But I don’t think it’s like – we can find another Landry
No he’s a unique player but I’ve heard debates about paying big for WRs and the team’s that do don’t have a great track record of winning. Does Landry = winning?
Hard to say. Maybe we only win 3 or 4 games this season without him. He did get just about 1000 yards and 9 TD’s, and probably a shit ton of catches for a 1st down
I think winning from game to game is a collective effort
But sometimes the difference is just one player on the field
So I think you need as much of those one players as possible
As far as drafting players goes – I think Landry is the best player to walk through are doors in like a decade
Who is the Dolphins best drafted player in the last 10 years? I think it’s Landry
I think you have to keep your best players and build on those best players
I think
The Flying Pig says:
January 12, 2018 at 2:58 pm
I’ve owned his jersey for more than a year Phindog
The damage is done
You need to stop that shit Piggy. 🙂
If Landry leaves I’m gonna start buying Patriots jerseys
Tom Brady knee injury here we come!
Tim Knight says:
January 12, 2018 at 2:39 pm
So if we let Landry walk, what do you guys think of some of the WRs we already have in the pipeline – Isaiah Ford, Malcolm Lewis, Drew Morgan and Francis Owusu?
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Drew Morgan is the closest thing to the skill set of Landry. Good routes, good hands, decent speed but great quickness in and out of breaks, and he is good after the catch. I dont think he is capable of completely replacing what we have with Landry, especially with some of the intangibles. I think we are 100% less likely to see him thrown out of a game or get a 15 yard unsportsmanlike though.
Ford is a a little different style receiver, faster, and probably more more fluid, not as gritty, not as good burst acceleration or ability to accelerate through his breaks. I think i see him more like Bess than Landry.
Lewis and Owusu i dont think compare well to him at all, Owusu is more Parker, and Lewis is a Cooks type receiver, with a lot less refinement and talent.
Landry is very vital to the team, but i do think other WR’s can give you the skill set he does, the rare part of him is the effort and competitive fire and how he is driven to make the most out of every play. Thats the rare quality in him that is very very difficult to find. He also ratchets up his play the more he is needed to. Thats not to say he doesn’t give max effort on all plays, he finds a gear past where you thought was his max sometimes, so he is pretty impressive and there is almost no way for someone to evaluate that part of what he brings to determine if he helps you win, you can only say, most certainly.
I think i would have rather let Stills walk last year, and Parker next year than let Landry walk this year. I say that really liking Parker and really wanting him on our team. Its obvious though, Landry is the type of guy you build your WR unit around so replacing him wont just be about finding another slot receiver, it will be able completely changing the dynamic of our WR corps and what our play calls are.
D, never mind what I said about Rashard Fant. The more tape I watched of him the more I changed my mind. He is a really good cover corner but that is all he will do. He shy’s away from contact WAY too much and when goes to make a tackle he is unimpressive. When the play is not to his specific area he turns into a spectator.
Yeah thats why i think as a boundary guy he is not a good idea. On the boundary he wont be able to make a judgment like play is away from me i can slack, because that’s when an NFL QB looks back to your side to see than and drops it in to the receiver after looking off the safety that probably has to be permanently assigned to your side for just that reason. You also have to fight off receivers on the outside routes and especially in a press situation (which i think we want to do even more than we are already) and that’s just not his game. He’d be ok in the slot, but i dont really think he is all that much better, or any better, than McCain for us.
I didn’t want him as a boundary anyway. Was looking for a faster McCain but Fant is way too much of a liability when it comes to tackling. He is off my list for sure now.
McCain played pretty well this year. He’s not great but he’s very competitive and slot is not an easy position to play.
Maybe like Drake, Carroo’s time is coming.
Maybe but i think i feel way different about Caroo’s situation than i did about Drake’s. With Gase he has kept saying he was hoping Drake would get things figured out so he could use him more because he was excited by him in one moment and disappointed in another and it frustrated him. Thats tells me he knew Drake had huge potential and was a weapon his offense needed. He doesnt talk about Caroo the same and i think Caroo is more of a disappointment with not a ton of the hopeful upside that kept him with a vision for Drake in his system. I think Caroo is going to have to pull himself up and impress Gase significantly with his progress to really get his break. I think Gase would be more inclined to still draft a guy if Landry doesnt re-sign to address the position instead of expecting Caroo to take control.
Very possible that’s the case. Maybe Carroo was going to get some playing time at the end of the year but he had some medical issue that required emergency surgery and ended the season on IR.
In the past 10 years and judged off their first 4 years with us, i think Jake Long, Reshad Jones, Mike Pouncey all have to be in consideration for as important. Jake Long just dropped off, but while he was with us the guy was the best OT in the NFL so yeah if you let his injuries and other stuff bring him down he doesnt compare, but same could be said about Landry if anything like that ever happens. I think Jones and Pouncey (again, take out injuries) are maybe even bigger.
There was another iffy couple of guys i considered just because they were indeed pro-bowlers for us, one is iffy because of his position, Fields, and the other because he finished his career here on such a sour note, Soliai. I dont think these guys, ultimately were as big for us, but they certainly gave us good production at their positions.
We have a few still working on their first 4 years, but i think Tunsil, Howard and Drake, possibly Harris has a chance to change that list.
Godchaux and Tankersly are off to a pretty solid start, but id be less likely to think they eclipse Landry. I also think Landry still has a lot of impressing us to do, so he might just keep distancing himself from those others, we just have to see if we can get him re-signed if he just keeps adding on.
Reshad Jones has to be the best player we’ve drafted in the last decade. 2010 5th rd pick, two extended contracts and 3 pro bowls?
He stands as my number 1, though Jake Long in his first 4 years was in 4 pro-bowls. It was more expected, and we forget that because of how it ended with us, but the dude was a big time stud on our OL and we haven’t had one close to comparable since.
I was going by players still on the team.
Pouncey also has 3 pro-bowls, but like ou said, Jones surprised us with his, Pouncey was kind of expected to play well as a 1st round selection.
Because of Pouncey’s injuries I put Reshad ahead of him even though he missed most of one season too.
Tim,
I agree. I was completely right in saying we should draft Reshad Jones in the mid rounds. It was a wonderful moment. 😏🤓🤘🧐👍👏 Possibly my best draft pick. I’m so proud.
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I actually liked him from watching about 5 minutes of a game, and he was just laying people out. He was a little slow, but when he hit guys he laid the wood.
LOL, he’s your guy Randy.
Tim,
I think it’s an example of just how hard drafting is. In all the years i’ve evaluated players, he’s the only mid round guy I actually liked that became a top flight player. It’s just hard, and I think us fans get a little carried away with ripping GMs because it’s just not an easy thing to do. You don’t hit on guys like that a lot. He’s pretty much my ONE feel good mid round pick in 20 years. Lol
Unfortunately, the Phins GM’s weren’t able to get the guys right in the first two rounds. It would have been great if we just got that right.
D,
Joe Thomas?
Mike E. says:
January 12, 2018 at 8:33 am
Lou – I’d bet Gase would like McKinnon, he’s an excellent receiver, but my guess is we’re not going to want to pay what he’s going to get.
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what do you think he can fetch?
I look at Anderson’s most recent contract when we tried to steal him away from Denver and think it’s not going to be as high as that but maybe a little higher than Vereen’s last contract.
So, maybe 4 yrs $16M including a $3.5M bonus.
I’d pounce on McKinnon for anything less than 5M / yr. for 4 yrs. He’d fit in great.
If Landry walks, should we get Watkins?
I really dont think Landry is going to go mega stupid on what he sets as his value, but i do think he will be asking for a decent amount more than any other slot receiver has ever gotten. I think he knows he isnt a 1500 yard receiver, and i think he knows he he doesn’t run a sub 4.4, he knows the details about the NFL and how they reward players with unique talents or physical traits and production to go on top of it. He shows he knows this because he emphasizes his most valuable attribute and out efforts most if not all others. This gives him the right to stand firm with whatever amount he sets himself worth and i believe there will be more than just one team that agrees with him enough to meet that.
Just looking at other top receiver contracts, i think he is going to seek about 12mil per, and i think as long as we meet him there, he would take a 12mil per offer from us over 12 per from another team, maybe even 12.5-13 mil per. I think anyone would be stupid to turn down a contract of more than that if thrown at him and he isnt stupid. I also think anyone would be stupid if they put 5-10 more in guaranteed money even at the same per year average. Id offer 12-13mil per, and about 30 in guarantees, id look to back-load it a little just to take the brunt of a big hit this year, push the bulk of it to 2019 and that way we have our leverage for Parker, if he doesn’t bring up his performance or he gets traded before the deadline or let loose into FA at the end of the year.2019 is a year that Stills also becomes a cut target, where his savings mean he either has shown more or he could be cut to create space to absorb Landry’s hit.
The contract is structured right would give us ways around our somewhat small cap space for 2018. We are very likely have some cuts, and some restructures coming as well, and that’s going to give us a decent bit more, so i think we can easily afford Landry at that amount, if we want to.
Tim Knight says:
January 12, 2018 at 3:02 pm
No he’s a unique player but I’ve heard debates about paying big for WRs and the team’s that do don’t have a great track record of winning. Does Landry = winning?
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It’s a proven fact, statistically speaking, the more we throw to Landry the less we win and I’m not going to put that on him; I’m putting that on the OC. This team needs to start utilizing more of the talent it’s got to throw off defenses and then maybe a guy like Landry becomes more valuable.
A lot of that is on the QBs too. Landry gets open and QBs have confidence he’ll catch it. I don’t think our game plan is just throw it to Landry. He is part of what we want to do with the ball control game though. If we added a good TE we wouldn’t have to rely on a player like Landry because we’re also going to utilize our backs in the passing game.
Or the qb isn’t confident they can make the throw to another wr or the qb isn’t making the right reads or progressions. But, I still say it’s on the lack of imagination in the game planning/scheme on the offense. The only time we showed anything that looked like a real NFL offense was in the 2nd NE game
Lou, I’m writing this season off on offense. LOL
Randy says:
January 12, 2018 at 5:29 pm
D,
Joe Thomas?
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No, when Long was at his prime, most considered him better than Thomas, they compared them fairly equally but Long was considered the better LT.
McKinnon helped himself this year and how deep the vikings go into the playoffs is really going to keep bumping up those numbers.
At this point id say he is probably going to be considered by most teams to be a RBC running back, not a 3 down back, so we wont have to compete with teams that are going to be willing to pay him primary back money. We will though have to pay him like one of the better RBC’s. Im thinking right about what Lou is, 4.5-5mil per. He is a young back, and being an RBC he is less likely to get injured due to limiting his total number of snaps, so he might not a swayed by the guarantees as the per year amount and getting at least one of those years fully guaranteed, but then again, guaranteeing money to a young back in that circumstance generally isn’t a risk as long as you really feel he is a good fit for you and as advertised. If you look at his numbers, you see fairly stable production and a little bit better receiving yards this year, so he seems like a safe bet to me.
So 3 years, 15mil, 9 in guarantees… something in that range i think would get a quick sign and be pretty good for both sides.
I wouldn’t go RB in FA. Drake is going to be the guy on the cheap for a couple more years. I’d draft a RB or two, maybe one mid round 3-4 (no 5th) and maybe one 7th. I’d try to re-sign Williams who can probably be had for $2-3M per.
I’m looking at it from the point of view that Gase is said to want a two back offense and a guy like McKinnon can not only run the ball but catch it. Yeah we could bring Damien back as well for some 3rd down opportunities out of the backfield but it all depends on the new OC, IMO.
How they plan on using these guys is going to make the biggest difference. If I’m Loggains, I’m putting Drake on the outside as a wr and going for a mismatch vs a LB. But, what the hell do I know? Anyway, I think that’s what determines it. How will we utilize these guys in the offense?
We did that with Drake this year. We can lineup with a conventional offense 2 WR, 1 TE, FB/H-back and a RB and morph into a 3 WR set with Drake. I love the ability to do that.
wow. I’m good. They should have hired me as the OC. WTF!!
Also while thinking about LB and the draft, remember we invested a 2nd last year in McMillan and a 5th this year for Anthony who I think will play a bigger role next season. I wouldn’t go LB early unless he’s clearly BPA.
and that’s what my boy Okoronkwa is. lol
Depends, i agree with what you are saying, but a guy like Roquan Smith i could see him really helping round out that group and giving us the set of LB’s we really want to go more aggressive with our defense. With his coverage skills we jump way forward with what we can hope this unit can do against NE (well and other teams as well) and i think it works more as Burke has envisioned it working not so much as Burke has had to make do with. It would be hard and yet also comforting to choose between James or Fitzpatrick and Smith. I mean i think no matter the choice you get a good player, but you also turned down a potential stud.
I’d have to agree with that. We’ve got to compete against teams like NE and in order to do that we’ve got to have superior talent at this point. If the coaching catches up down the road then all the better but until it does we need to get guys who are better at what they do than they other team’s got.
So, yeah, we got Alonso and Allen and Anthony but that’s no reason to not take the LB core to the next level if you can.
I think the offense being better helps our defense be more aggressive and attack more than any one player. They’re built the the way they are to be in contested games and with a lead, not down 20-6 in the 3rd quarter as we try to mount a comeback as often as we did this year. That’s where complimentary football comes in. Our offense needs to start putting more points on the board to make other teams have to try and come back. That’s when you release the dogs and turnovers go up.
normally if i saw a 40mil 5 year contract with 18.25 guaranteed for a RB i would seriously ask what you are smoking but for Shady McCoy for what he is worth to that Bills offense that’s kind of a bargain.
D,
I think most would disagree with you. Thomas was first or second team All pro, for like, 10 years. Long only made 2 All pro teams and only one as first team. Thomas was clearly considered the better LT. It’s really not even close.
lol. every time I see a comment “disagree with you” I see the “ou” and I’m looking for an L in front of it.
Long was a 4 year Pro Bowl selection and i wasnt judging careers against one another, i know Thomas has had the better career, Long’s got cut WAY short by injuries. If ya look at my comments above when we started talking abotu this i was focusing on the first 4 years with us. During that span, and the 4 Pro-Bowls, he was considered the best LT in football.
Man i just saw a picture of him, he looks rough these days lol
lou,
Hey, every time I use that phrase my iPad even auto corrects to “lou”, and it sucks to have to change it all the time. Lol
even your iPad knows.
One time i was having an argument via text with a buddy of mine who is an FSU fan and it auto-corrected to gay… made it a point to make sure he knew that even google agreed with me that FSU was indeed gay.
D,
I said All pro not pro-bowl. Thomas was a pro bowler for a decade straight. I think they actually got voted onto the All pro team together twice. It’s cool though. It doesn’t really matter. 🙂
Yeah its kinda splitting hairs anyway. I completely agree with you Joe Thomas is an amazing LT and possibly one of the best LT’s ever.
Tim Knight says:
January 12, 2018 at 6:48 pm
I wouldn’t go RB in FA. Drake is going to be the guy on the cheap for a couple more years. I’d draft a RB or two, maybe one mid round 3-4 (no 5th) and maybe one 7th. I’d try to re-sign Williams who can probably be had for $2-3M per.
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Totally agreed. A RB’s career isn’t very long in the NFL, so the younger, the better the shelf-life. What’s more, why pay big $$$ for an aged RB in FA when younger RBs generally produce better? Save the $$$ and go young.
There’s only one caveat: we’ve gotta have a decent O-Line for rooks (including UDFAs) to put up major production. It ALL starts in the trenches… and that includes protecting the QB.
I’d invest more on the OL and TE than at RB.
Randy, when you see how many players who were top prospects not living up to expectations it shows you how difficult it is to draft the right guys.
Naples i was asking that about getting Watkins if we cant retain Landry and id say its going to make a big change in our offense if we do that. Im not sure if it would be for the good or the bad, but i do know i dont think we are getting the same Watkins that had everyone here scared when the Bills selected him. The year he had with the Rams has not been good and thats probably the best QB situation he has had in his career. He just looks to be way off his college game, and might not be the same guy.
The pluses would be he is going to be cheaper than Landry, but im not sure how big of a step down it will be and how much it might overall affect our offense. Watkins also has a injury history and has had back to back disappointing years. In fact if you look at it his short career, he really hasn’t had 1 year where his production really jumps out at you. Part of that might be because it was shitty QB’s in Buffalo, but with Goff he is third on the team in all categories for WR’s and pretty significantly behind 1 and 2, which are receivers that dont have the dynamic ability he does. He for sure would be someone i might take a chance on in the situation we can get Landry re-signed, but i also think i would be careful not to over pay or get into a long term contract with lots of guarantees. He might be one of those guys who needs to sign a show me contract and just get himself some street cred again.
I just think we have to invest in OL this year. How they do it is debatable, but we just have too many holes and an overall lack of talent to do nothing.
EXACTLY
Speaking of Joe Thomas earlier, id take him in a heartbeat if he would take an old fucker contract so we could afford him.
Id go big on a RB that i thought was going to really make changes for us. I tend to agree with you, especially for this next draft, we wouldnt need to invest early, because we are either looking for a compliment to Drake that mirrors his ability as a rounded back, or we will be looking for a complment that gives us someone who can grind out yards and take that punishment off Drake. Either way there should be a guy in the 4-6th rounds to fit that and fit it pretty well.
A prospect RB like Mike Tolbert who can play STs would be good. We may not need him to get many carries every week but his value on STs keeps him active and ready to hammer when needed.
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Yeah, he’s beginning to break down a little, but he was first team All pro and pro bowl pick in 2016.
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January 12, 2018 at 11:42 am
M13 BALLHAWK ALERT: CB Rashard Fant could be a late round steal coming out of IU. He stood out to me this year watching a few IU games. He is not the size we have been going after at 5’10” 180 but he is fast (may run about a +/- 4.4 40) and in 36 starts he is IU’s career leader (Current NCAA Active Leader) with 58 PD’s…
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Fant’s got a future in the slot with some team, but as you insinuated by his size, it won’t be with us. He’s got a knack for breaking up pass plays, and that’s a very valuable asset in this league. I’ve seen him play a couple of times and I thought he did rather well. But as you noticed, he’s not a tackler… that’s a bad trait in this league.
Looks like the team will be moving on from Terrell Williams per Football Scoop. I’ve been advocating for this for some time and, if true, could be a move in the right direction. Of course, it also depends on who they get to replace him.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Miami_Dolphins_season#Staff
Looks like Wiki has picked on this as well.
Interesting. I guess when the d-line isn’t getting pressure on the qb or getting it done vs the run it’s time to move on. Should have happened at least 2 yrs ago.
Agree…. how many times we gotta hear about the great strength of the defense is the DL? ….oh yeah….. they only talk that way cause they practice against our OL. Lol
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January 12, 2018 at 4:14 pm
It was a joke about how picks are viewed both positively and negatively. When we wait until the 4th rd to address a position it’s a negative. If we trade that pick we gave away a valuable resource. LOL
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I thought that statement was a little weird coming from an NFL Draft savvy guy like yourself.
Interesting take . . .
http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/armando-salguero/article194358364.html
Assistant Defensive Line – Andre Carter,
back in the 80’s i use to work with his older brother Johnny Carter, doing Iron-Work for Tri W Steel.
that was Rubin Carter of the Denver Broncos not Andre Carter, I wonder if thy’re related?
yes Andre Carter is Rueben Carters son
I was listening to WFAN in NY yesterday, the afternoon show with Chris Carlin and Bart Scott, and Scott was talking about franchise QB’s, and then what he called the “2nd tier” of franchise QB’s, because he was talking about Case Keenum, and he mentioned other 2nd tier franchise QB’s, like Andy Dalton, Joe Flacco, Alex Smith, but left Ryan Tannehill off that list. Now it may have slipped his mind, and that’s certainly possible because he was out this season, but if Joe Flacco is in that 2nd tier, than Ryan Tannehill damn well is too.
Tannehill will never get respect because the Dolphins haven’t done anything while he’s been with the team. If the Phins become consistent and start making the playoffs with him at the helm then you’ll see that change but, until then, it’s probably not going to happen.
That’s true in the sense that you have to have success, which IMO, is not solely on the QB. Matthew Stafford is kind of the exception there though. Most people consider him to be in that 2nd tier, but he’s 60-65 as a QB, and is 0-3 in the playoffs.
well, that’s because DET has made the playoffs with him at qb. Unless MIA makes the playoffs a few times with Tannehill he’s never going to be seen the same way. And, IMO (of course), unless he starts utilizing more of the guys on his offense to get the offense going and stops throwing all those short, underneath passes to Landry he’s not going to be seen that way.
I know we can put that on the coaches a bit and maybe say it’s about others not getting open but his progressions are seen as a weakness in his game; like it or not.
I’m seeing my man crush Marcus Davenport moving up to the 1st-2nd round range, up from the 4th round since Thanksgiving. We may opt to draft a DE early, but I’d rather focus on the O-Line and TE positions on days 1-2.
A guy currently projected to go in the 4th-5th rounds is Dorance Armstrong Jr, DE, Kansas: 6’3″, 246, 4.74. He’s one of the fastest DEs in this Draft and he’s NICE (not sure why he’s projected in the 4th-5th rounds). He’s had a sack of Baker Mayfield every time he’s faced Oklahoma over the last 3 seasons. He’s got a very good, long frame to add more weight. VERY athletic and his burst his SWEET.
I see a bit of a project in him, being he doesn’t currently possess a full arsenal of pass-rushing moves: he’s relied almost solely on his speed. Give him a couple of years, and he could be a dominant force in the league. Dare I say it, he looks to have a little bit of Cam Wake in him as an athletic freak.
Here are his highlights…
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49ers’ LB Reuben Foster was arrested in Tuscaloosa, according to the Tuscaloosa Sheriff’s Office arrest database, and charged with second-degree possession of marijuana.
lmao. 2nd degree possession. We need to change these antiquated laws. If a person can rot their insides with something like Bourbon they should be able to smoke weed
LOU; One problem with your logical answer. The preachers who preach hellfire and brimstone about the evils of bourbon (while selling bourbon out of their office windows for “medicinal purposes”) probably don’t have access to weed, which, in theory, they could ALSO sell for “medicinal purposes” if they only could get some of it). It’s a bottom line money thing with these preachers and churches.
SURPRISE!!!
yep
MIKE E.; I THOROUGHLY ENJOYED Armando’s article which you were kind enough to post at 8:20 AM, just up the page. Mando correctly detailed the Fins’ TOTAL LACK OF LEADERSHIP during the just concluded season. Meanwhile, as the “DOOFUS BRIGADE” (minus Ross) looked on during the press conference, it was obvious to all that NONE of those 3 stone faces HAD A CLUE about how to obtain a REAL team leader (such as Ray Lewis).
BOTH Tannenbaum and Grier, in particular, looked and sounded TOTALLY LOST. That’s WHY Ross needs to replace BOTH OF THESE GROSS UNDERPERFORMERS RIGHT NOW so that a new regime can be brought in to do the job T-Baum & Grier have so miserably failed at. Bringing in BRYAN COX to help find a TRUE LEADER, A TRUE MOTIVATOR, might be a step in the right direction. That said, I WOULD NOT be shocked if Ross brought back Casper Milquetoast himself, Joe Philbin, to help pick the next class of draft picks!!
Stupid is as stupid does. I’m afraid there’s no hope of the Fins getting to a Super Bowl as long as Ross owns the team. UNLESS ROSS BUYS THESE PLAYERS TICKETS TO THE 2020 Super Bowl in Hard Head Stadium!!
Unfortunately, Atlanta’s d-line was worse than ours while Cox was their coach.
I would NOT hire COX as a coach. I’d hire him for his judgment regarding who could make a good team leader when times get tough. That said, Cox, as I vaguely recall, did OK during his stint in New England. He’d CERTAINLY be an improvement over Casper Milquetoast.
ONE OTHER headline story in the Herald caught my eye. It’s the story about the 2017 Dolphins having the 2nd-highest number of penalties called on them in the entire National Football League!!!
Talk about a lack of focus and discipline –??? THAT’S ON THE COACHING STAFF, plain and simple!! Poor coaching & a lack of leadership=SHIT STORM!!!!
but we now have guys who hold players accountable. don’t you know that?
LOL!!
Players that lead aren’t easy to find, and are difficult to identify. Team leaders in college don’t always turn into leaders in the NFL, because sometimes their leadership doesn’t match up with their talent, and like that article mentioned, it’s hard to be a leader if you’re not a starter. Also, having that great leader doesn’t always guarantee success. Marino was a fiery competitor and a leader who made sure players did things the way he wanted them to, and yet he never won a Superbowl, and only played in the one. It’s better to have a few leaders, but again, not easy to find, and sometimes, leaders just develop on their own.
MIKE: TWO THINGS;
1) I’d certainly take the Dolphins W-L record during the Marino era over the shit storm we’ve endured during the Ross era. Mando is spot-on (and fair) to mention the lack of leadership and focus that’s been a trademark of the last 8-9 seasons.
2) Marino had help on the leadership issue from Cox, good ole #54, Zack Thomas, Jason Taylor, and several others I could mention. The Marino era featured a higher percentage of quality individuals, some of whom had true leadership characteristics (not the least of which was the Coach himself, the Don of Miami.) While I’ll admit that finding leaders is not an easy task, I’ll also say that those franchises who do well in this issue tend to do far better on the football field, too.
Unfortunately, “THE DOOFUS BRIGADE” has earned their moniker.
If you’ve got guys like Wake, Suh, Jones, Pouncey and Landry and your team is lacking leadership you’ve got a huge problem.
RIP Keith Jackson. Died at age 89.
Damn, for a sec I I thought it was the TE, obviously he ain’t 89.
RIP Mr. Jackson
Whoa Nellie
M13, Armstrong looks nice! Another one who can be had in the 4th probably is the U’s Chad Thomas. He is nothing real special and not as fast. He has that big thick build at 6’5″ 275 and reminds me of our DE Williams Hayes. He could be an early down DE for us. He really came on this year for the U.
The Seahawks had the most penalties this season, and Pete Carroll is considered on e of the best coaches, and they have Earl Thomas, Russell Wilson, Bobby Wagner, and Richard Sherman. There’s no perfect formula.
IF that’s true then I guess we should commit more penalties – – JK!!!
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The thing that puts Seattle WAY AHEAD of Miami is the fact that they have MUCH BETTER PLAYERS than Miami, many of whom are REAL LEADERS INSIDE THE LOCKER ROOM. YES, Mike, there’s more than one formula for success. By selecting far better players, the Seahawks have found a way to WIN. BY CHEATING (“Pete the Cheat”) the Seahawks have found another way to get an edge (see Belicheat). So, yes, there’s MORE than one way to win.
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But poor coaching, poor scouting and poor ownership have NEVER EQUALLED success on the gridiron. – – Throw in a lack of leadership and you’ve got a formula for failure.
You bring up an interesting point with the poor scouting or poor talent evaluation. Ppl like to shit on Carroo and say he was a waste and he’s never going to do anything. He’s not the only player they say that about. But, who are the people who made those evaluations if that turns out to be the case? You’ve got to look at both sides of the coin.
If a player doesn’t work out with the team and you see it often enough you’ve got to start pointing fingers at the people doing the evaluations.
Talented team. Shula was able to take a bunch of guys who weren’t as talented and still win because they didn’t commit all those penalties and they executed well. If you’re undisciplined the chances of executing well on either side isn’t good and we didn’t.
professorloumiamidolphinsblog says:
January 13, 2018 at 11:57 am (Edit)
If you’ve got guys like Wake, Suh, Jones, Pouncey and Landry and your team is lacking leadership you’ve got a huge problem.
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So what do you think that problem is? Maybe those guys aren’t the right leaders?
got me. I don’t see what’s going on there on a daily basis. Maybe you got too many guys who are more concerned about themselves than they are about the team
ACCORDING TO MANDO, none of those guys you mentioned stepped up when things got tough. He believes NONE of them were true leaders. SO, YES, Miami’s “got a huge problem.” And, to repeat, “poor coaching, poor scouting and poor ownership have never equaled success.”
this has been an ongoing thing. I remember seeing them coming out of the tunnel and standing in the endzone before a game and NOBODY was giving any kind of speech or doing anything to get the team pumped. poor
Shula and the Dolphins were kind of Teflon back then, much like the Patriots are now. They will get the benefit of doubt more times than not. It’s pretty hard to deny to that. Some of it was discipline, but a lot of it was refs letting things go somewhat because it was Shula’s team. There’s no shame in that, just like Michael Jordan couldn’t foul out of a game if he tried most times.
Did Keith Jackson ever tell us who this Nellie person was?
It was a bad season. Last year the team did show leadership and resiliency during the 1-4 start and turned the season around finishing 9-2. That didn’t happen this year for all sorts of reasons. It doesn’t mean everyone stinks. But now Gase has to figure out how to turn it around in 2018 because he’s the HC.
Hey OD
I see where FAU signed an agreement with the Max Planck Institute for research into Integrative NeuroScience and Biology. Cool.
Falcons at Eagles might be a close game today. Much as wish it was otherwise, Titans have little chance against the Pats. Chiefs might have but Titans are left with any give Saturday.
Eagles chances seems to be on how Foles plays. He didn’t play well down the stretch.
The Pats will do everything they can to take away the Titans running game and try to contain Mariota in the pocket as well and make him beat them with his arm.
For all 4 teams then there are turnovers and STs that could play a role in the outcomes.
Titans just don’t match up well. And this is the hooded one dissecting for a playoff game.
Agreed. Their only chance is the run game and playing really good defense, or something out of the ordinary.
I think we should draft Rosen and Barkely!
all we’ll need are a couple of gas masks!
Titan’s at Pats is a night game. How cold and windy is it going to be? A cold windy game could be in the Titan’s favor if they can get their running game going.
Weather channel hourly forecast shows about 25 degrees and 10 mph winds with 15 degree wind chill at game time. Could help the Titan’s. Dunno
Pats should be good as far as the temp……seems a strong wind would have helped the Titan’s more.
I haven’t seen anything on Terrell Williams being fired. He’s still listed as DL coach on the official site. Where did you guys read/hear this?
Lou, I’ve seen video of Wake getting the team pumped up but that’s inside the tunnel before they come out.
It was warm for one day in NYC, it rained and now its oinking cold again
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But nothing compared to that Arctic blast for 10 days. That prepared our bodies for 20’s and 30’s temps.
I’m just tired of it
I only have so many layers to wear
Well you left Florida for the big city lights. 😉
So does anyone here eat Tide laundry pods for fun? SMH WTF!!?
No, but I used to chew paper as a kid. It started with lollypops. I would chew on the paper stick when I was done. LOL
LOL, but you didn’t eat or drink laundry detergent so that’s good. WTF are teens thinking these days?
And guess what…… there’s going to be more government regulation now because theses fucking idiots want to be on the internet……
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January 13, 2018 at 2:08 pm
I haven’t seen anything on Terrell Williams being fired. He’s still listed as DL coach on the official site. Where did you guys read/hear this?
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So Ajayi tells NBC, as Collinsworth relays, that he was “too open and honest” for Dolphins’ liking and apparently shouldn’t be that way.
Lol.
Trade is looking better and better…
What? Is that my boy Nick Foles outplaying Matt Ryan? Why yes it is. lol
Neither QB looks very good. Lots of bad passes by both.
Foles is completing 74% of his passes
You watched the game right? I wouldn’t call that a QB lead game. Both dinked and dunked all day and looked awful throwing down the field. Give the defense’s credit but I’m not giving praise to the QB play.
BailBondMike says:
January 13, 2018 at 11:35 am
M13, Armstrong looks nice! Another one who can be had in the 4th probably is the U’s Chad Thomas. He is nothing real special and not as fast. He has that big thick build at 6’5″ 275 and reminds me of our DE Williams Hayes. He could be an early down DE for us. He really came on this year for the U.
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Thomas looks solid and I agree with ya on the Hayes comparison. I wouldn’t mind him in the mid-rounds at all. Based solely on his highlights here, he seems to have a very good motor. Good call!
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January 13, 2018 at 6:55 pm
Trade is looking better and better…
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I wish we would have traded Ajayi for Nigel Bradham, instead of for a 4th round pick.
got ya on that one. Bradham is ALL over the place all year
Nick Foles 20 of 27 for 226 yds outplaying Matt Ryan. Dat’s MY boy.
He thrown the ball over 7yds yet? Lol
Yes
Ok…I haven’t seen it.
wind is kind of bad in Philly right now. kind of hard to do anything down the field. going with the RPO’s was a great call on Pederson’s part
Dink and dunk…..ok.
far from dink and dunk
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January 13, 2018 at 7:09 pm
got ya on that one. Bradham is ALL over the place all year
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Crap, it just dawned on me: we didn’t have the cap space to make that trade happen, SMH. Way to go, Mike Tannenbaum.
This eagles falcons game has been yawn worthy
Really Lou? Far from dink and dunk? Ok.
Have not seen any attack by the Philly offense. Just screens and quick slants. If this was RT17 running it, you’d be bashing him and throw out his completion % as a joke.
dude. do you see the wind in Philly? ain’t nobody throwing the ball that far in this wind. way to be realistic.
what Foles did tonight is no good but if Tannehill did it he’d be fucking great.
Eagles had a perfect game plan going into this game without Wentz and playing the red hot Falcons. They shut them down and you’ve got to give them credit. If it wasn’t for the Ajayi fumble at the beginning of the game and the screw up on the punt when the ball hit 2 Philly players the Falcons probably don’t score in this game.
The Eagles defense has still not allowed a td in the last two minutes of a game this season.
Foles played ok, nothing special. He’s your boy so you gotta make it something it isn’t.
yeah sure.
You are trying to take M’s job. Not gonna work! 🙂
Problem is nobody wants to give any other qb any credit for playing a good game. If Tannehill had this game you wouldn’t hear the end of how great he played. Foles misses training camp with an injury, get’s thrown in there cold at the end of the season and then has a game where he goes 23 of 30 (76%) for 246 yds and was a big part of the victory keeping the ball moving on offense but, yeah, I could see your side.
All I know is Philly has been to the playoffs twice; once with Foles as the starter and just won a playoff game with Foles as the starter. So, Foles has 2 playoff appearances and one win. How many does that guy Tannehill have?
Lmao.
That’s such a reach…..
Let’s flip the script….RT17 has this game and you’d say Phins win despite him because of stellar defense.
I don’t deny any QB that plays well. Foles played ok. That is it.
Oh wow, somehow Tannehill is in the conversation because of that 15-10 barn burner between PHI/ATL. WTF is going on here? LOL
Foles is an All Pro out playing Matt Ryan and I didn’t agree. My B
And somehow scoff at it and point out exactly what everyone here knows he’d say about RT17, that somehow turns it into I’m saying RT17 is the best in the league….
Matt Ryan had a full camp, preseason and a full season. Foles missed camp and didn’t play until late in the season and came in and had this game today. That’s pretty darn good. But, yeah, he is my boy. I’m still pissed we took that nose picker over him
I never said anyone said Tannehill was the best in the league. I said if Tannehill has that game today and we wouldn’t hear the end of it about how great he played.
Lol. Ok.
Face it. Foles should have been our pick back in 2012. If we had picked him we probably would have seen several playoff appearances since then but instead we only saw the one last year because we chose to reach for a qb in the first rd.
What????
Cheatriots home cooking……Titans still need to make some plays and overcome these phantom flags….
Every frickin’ player in the league is tweeting about the refs making calls for the Pats and it’s pretty darn obvious but nothing you can do about it
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Someone check the patriots payroll and look to see if “Play clock operator” is on there. That was blatant. Only right they missed the field goal. The ball never lies
Lol….
Even Boomer on almost every show says something about the Cheatriots. The world is starting to wake up to what we’ve been watching for years…..
Romo trying to cover up….NFL guy is a Cheatriot guy. Lol.
Fuck it!!! Forget big stud backs and high salaries for WRs. Find a competent TE, a few good WRs, a bunch of quick backs who can run and catch, move the chains and let the big plays happen. There is nothing amazing about what the Pats do. They just keep doing the same thing every year while every other teams falls all over themselves trying to land some super studs in FA and the draft. What exactly does Brady do that is so amazing, get rid of the ball quickly to backs and receivers within 10 yards most of the time mixed in with the run? Follow that model, it’s not that complicated. Most defenses can’t cover it.
I hope Gase was watching this game tonight and not only seeing how to copy the blueprint of the Pats on offense, but how not to defend it. But the key is you have to score with them.
Maybe Gase wanting more receiving backs is part of that plan. Nothing wrong with having a guy who can hammer it in there from time to time, but it doesn’t have to be a special back as we’ve seen. I think go more quick with a good OL and TE. RT with his ability to throw on the move fits this style with quick guys coming open underneath. Bootlegs, screens and flooding areas with a quick guy running open the opposite way one on one. The Pats do this all the time. Nobody knows who to pick up who and much of the time the one on one coverage has to be brilliant. The Pats play for 1st downs and let the big plays happen. They help their defense a lot. They get to play with leads all the time. You play much looser that way than knowing you can’t let them score here, like in the 3rd quarter. LOL
Grant fits this style. So does Landry, but what’s his price tag? I don’t think the money that’s been thrown around matches the role. Drake and Williams fits it. Add another quick back who can catch and maybe a hammer who can also plays STs and serve as a FB when needed. Quickness and speed seems to beat most defenses than power teams and how many of them are there really? What have they won?
Cheats didn’t even run the ball. 50 plus attempts early in the 4th qtr for Brady. That’s crazy.
They run when they want to. The way they pass it’s like a nice 5-6 yard run. Then sometimes a guy gets more than that for a 1st down. They do this all the time. I feel like I’ve watched the Pats play this same exact game like 100 fuckin times and against us many times. Copy it, it doesn’t require amazing throws. Sure you have to make some big throws and come through in the clutch, but the bread and butter stuff is easy if you add the right pieces and you don’t need pro bowl studs to do it. It doesn’t hurt to have some but you don’t have to have them.
That’s how I’d start building my team. The Falcons had it working last year with their backs better than this year, but they had the right idea. The Eagles did it today just not as well as the Pats do it. It’s hard to match up against a lot of quick guys all day long. The Pats guys aren’t just quick, they fight for every yard until they’re down. They find quick tough guys.
Let your hatred flow thru you Tim!
Hatred? I’m amazed it’s still happening. LOL
Yes! Lol
Jaylen Samuels of NC State fits the mold of a receiving back, quick strike pass offense. Not that he’s super quick or fast physically, but he plays every skill position well mentally except QB and is productive. He might be better than D. Williams and a possible replacement or to join him. You can do a lot of things with a player like him. Probably a 3-4 rd pick if he does well at the combine and pro days.
Time of possession, score some TDs and play solid defense and you can also be leading 21-7 all the time, Wilbur! I see that score all the time for the Pats and I’m sick of it. It has to be stopped I say!!! LOL
You know what, if Samuels does well at the combine and pro days he’ll probably be a 2nd rd pick. He’s a #2 RB, similar to Landry in versatility but can play anywhere with more of a RB build 5-11 220 as opposed to Landry at 5-11 205 WR build. Keep an eye on this Samuels guy. He plays football. 🙂
That’s why keeping Landry is vital. This team doesn’t have those types of guys….if they lose him you gotta find a way to replace that intensity and drive and fight for every yard.
And that is apparently hard to find for this team.
Landry is not a $10M+ per player for us. What’s our record with him in 4 years? We have to replace him on the cheap. I’m not a fan of the big WR contract. Love Landry the player, if I was GM once it went beyond $10M per I’d say good luck.
Don’t worry he’ll be the one guy the Pats do pay big, go onto to do this thing that they do for another 2-3 years and we’ll be discussing the same thing again this time in the future. Ugh! LOL
Lol
Landry is just a tough decision….I hear what you are saying. I just think you can’t replace that intensity. But I think he’ll price himself out of Miami all the same.