Technology is such a treat. You can build whatever you want. Take this Crusherbot I made. It is perfect. It has everything I need. Arachnid speed legs, Muttominium Steel as a shell and a photon cannon to target lifeforms everywhere.
Just release the Crusherbot and watch it destroy!
I bet that’s the way NFL defensive coordinators think about Tremaine Edmunds. It’s like some one built the perfect linebacker. Just put him on the field and watch him destroy offenses.
The Positives: Start with his size: 6’5, 250. Edmunds is a big rangy linebacker with speed. Edmunds ran a 4.54 40 yard dash at the combine which was 5th among linebackers at the combine. That rare combination of size and speed has NFL GMs salivating. Edmunds consistently displays quickness, ability and balance on tape.
Edmunds an play in multiple schemes inside and out. An underrated part of his game is his coverage ability. Edmunds is not the kind of linebacker that will need to come off the field on 3rd down. He’s also a good pass rusher. Edmunds had 10 sacks in the last two years of football.
Statistically, his best season was 2017, his junior year. Edmunds had 108 tackles, including 14 for a loss and 57 solo tackles. Most scouts think he will get even better in time. He is young and a little raw.
The Negatives: On paper he looks perfect. On film, with hyper analysis, you can see some minor flaws. Edmunds is a bit raw. The instincts aren’t always there – he some times takes false steps.
But the reality is most teams will accept that. The upside is just too strong and those instincts – they will come in time.
The Alien Dust: Edmunds is a special prospect with the possibility of becoming one of the best football players of the 2018 draft. He’s one of two linebackers, the other being Roquan Smith, that is battling to be the top linebacker in the 2018 draft.
I expect Edmunds to be selected right before the Dolphins pick at 11, but it is possible he is there at 11. Edmunds is one of a handful of players that might be available at 11 that is an elite prospect.
And wouldn’t that be something? If selected Edmunds would be following the footsteps of his father, Ferrell who was drafted by the Dolphins in the 80s. Ferrell Edmunds had a lot of quality years for the Dolphins catching Dan Marino’s passes.
If Tremaine Edmunds was an alien weapon of destruction – he would definitely be the a Crusherbot. Just release him on the field and watch him destroy!
You can watch his highlights here:
Finsmob Unleashed 
Mets get their first real setback of the season, allowing the Nats to overcome a 6-1 lead. I think it’s very important for the Mets to bounce back tonight. It’s only 1 game, but I think they need to show the Nats who’s boss, especially since the Nats are shorthanded with injuries.
FAKE NEWS
It’s more real than any NFL news, which at this point is all smoke and mirrors.
GO HEAT!
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11: R1P11 LB ROQUAN SMITH, GEORGIA
42: R2P10 TE HAYDEN HURST, SOUTH CAROLINA
73: R3P9 OT MARTINAS RANKIN, MISSISSIPPI STATE
123: R4P23 DL RJ MCINTOSH, MIAMI
131: R4P31 QB MIKE WHITE, WESTERN KENTUCKY
209: R6P35 RB JUSTIN JACKSON, NORTHWESTERN
227: R7P9 S DOMINICK SANDERS, GEORGIA
229: R7P11 K DANIEL CARLSON, AUBURN
On top of Harry Anderson, R. Lee Ermy died as well. Most of you will remember him as Gunnery Sgt Hartman from FMJ
What was his major malfunction?
“I will gouge out your eyes and skull fuck you”
Age
and more specifically it was complications due to Pneumonia which is fairly common with advanced age. He was 74 though
If they ever do a remake of Full Metal Jacket……I know one poster on this board who would be perfect for Ermy’s role.
herdfan says:
April 16, 2018 at 10:04 pm
I think you can’t help but think about mortality the older you get. You see your parents grow old and pass away. Then your friends. My best friend in high school passed away weekend before last and I went to her memorial service this past weekend. Our lives had taken different paths and I hadn’t seen or talked to her in at least 20 years if not more. I tried to remember the last time I saw her and I couldn’t. It probably was just a wave and a see you later, never knowing that was going to be the last time.
Wow what a Debbie Downer post. I think I need a drink or ten.
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I have been thinking about it a good bit recently. My dad who has multiple meyloma, and has been battling it for a while recently had more lesions found in his body, specifically his liver and its been determined that he has also developed Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He is responding really well to the treatments, but he’s late enough in life that even best case scenario probably means ill only have him for 5-10 years max. So ts almost as if i can see the end of the road for him. My mother isnt in great health either, and is a year older than him so i wouldnt be surprised if she isnt at the same max timeframe. I can see the end of the road for them and it it scares me and saddens me. I really want my kids to have more time with both of them.
When you start thinking of all that and you see the 5-10 kind of expectations, you tart to think about the cycle of life and how you are heading to the same spot just X number of years behind them so your own mortality doesn’t seem so distant anymore either. Then your hero start dying, the prominent figures of your youth start to die, or really really show their age and you realize you arent so young anymore and life is half over not less than half way started. All people must come to these terms and conclusions, and i think most of us are in that phase where this is that pivot point moving pass the blissfully ignorant to how close we are, to realizing wow i dont know if im going to have time to finish all those dreams i had of doing, or make the impact i wanted to make.
RIP R. Lee Ermy
Look Texas has a bunch of FA OT’s avalable! 😉
Barbara Bush is just waiting for her name to be called too. She is very close to death right now. They have already accepted it and decided to just make her as comfortable as possible until it happens.
I would suspect George H. W. Bush will be close behind her too. They seem like the type of couple that will follow one another in death.
I want to listen to the song “Shiny Happy People” for some reason.
This mock is SO wrong, on SO many levels. If Josh Rosen is available to us @ R1P11, we’re either going to take him, or trade with the Cardinals so they can get him instead of the Bills… and Vita Vea will still be there for us @R1P15.
I was just going to post it with a NO WAY we take Vea over Edmunds!
I’m with ya on that, too!
Just… WOW!!!
Pouncey has made a promise to the Chargers’ fans, but also sure does sound like a guy worried about a chronic condition. No “it’s all over now” in there.
“I’m going to make it through all 16 this year, no matter what, I don’t care what it takes. I’m going to make it through all 16 and just go from there. It’s a mindset thing for me. I proved it to myself last year that I can do it, and I’m going to do it again.”
Lol, what a mistake the Chargers are making. He may get thru all 16, but he’s not going to guarantee they’ll be 16 good ones.
So Tim Knight is coming into my office for an eye exam at 2:40PM
eye chart:
C
ES
PED
ES
Get ready for the special order. 🙂
NICE! That’s Don Jones, who used to play for us!
I think Tank and Howard have a lot of upside. Getting Lippett back and McCain and we’re in pretty good shape.
The funny thing is . . . . It’s not THAT Tim Knight. It’s just some guy named Tim Knight. Cracks me up though
Lol, yeah we know.
Yeah, but can they play?
Nowhere in there does it state they can play
Tim Knight says:
April 17, 2018 at 1:14 pm
I think Tank and Howard have a lot of upside. Getting Lippett back and McCain and we’re in pretty good shape.
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VERY much agreed. I still have a MAN CRUSH on Josh Jackson, but I don’t believe we need him as a ‘luxury’ 1st round pick with so many other positions to be addressed.
SBNATION has an article about the history, last 10 years, of the 11th pick. Some pretty good names there, like JJ Watt, Marshon Lattimore, Dontario Poe…
Escobar
former 2nd round pick, played behind Witten and Kelce, might’ve learned something, even if he can’t do it, just to tell it to the new rookie, since our other 3 TEs are 2 converted QBs and a converted WR, also does have one fourth of catches are TDs (8) so that is a big body in the Red Zone … …
last chance type signing, low risk for us
It’s literally snowing at a 90 degree angle here, in PA, what with the wind. WTF?!!
I’m not sure I’ve EVER seen such a thing.
Keep that shit there. LOL
Right?!! LOL
Come to the west coast, that’s what generally causes white outs, along with heavy snow.
My best friend died exactly one year ago yesterday. Just weeks older than I, all our lives.
I’d known him since we surfed mornings and played basketball evenings all through the 1960s.
My friend for over 50 years.
He was the last roommate I ever had before getting married and moving to the Isle of Palms.
I was the last roommate he ever had before getting married too.
She moved right into the house he and I had shared on Folly Beach.
We both had gone to Clemson, where he used his knowledge of the islands to become a marine biologist. Our intramural basketball team went to the finals. We went to tons of rock concerts together and loved horticulture. He became a peach tree farmer in his later years.
Good times.
I’m older than Harry Anderson.
MAJOR respect to you, Mr. Naples.
I lost my best friend almost 3 years ago now, due to colon cancer… and he was only 38 years old. 😥
We NEVER know when it’s our time — or anybody else’s time — my man and friend.
M
It snowed sideways for 2 days here! Lol
I’d say to you… GET OUT of your state, Bro! LOL… that’s disturbing, man! 🙂
Ken
Hope you are hanging in there! Stay strong!
Thank you ER. I am counting down the days until I am done with radiation. 13 treatments left and counting down
When do you begin the gamma ray treatment?
There is a treatment modality called Gama Knife but that is not what I am getting
So, Tim Knight was disappointing. lol
Did you give him his glasses so he had them? LOL
He was so picky, he left w/o purchasing anything. I hope he never comes back
LOL
WJ3
I just realized we signed Gavin Escobar
We are his 5th team – ouch!
He’s actually not a bad blocking TE
Says who? He hasn’t been a good blocker in the NFL.
Mike E. says:
April 17, 2018 at 12:06 pm
So Tim Knight is coming into my office for an eye exam at 2:40PM
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The question is, does he leave happy?
I don’t think so D. He had asked me about mail order glasses before he even started with me, he has insurance, and you can order on line. I hope that’s what he does, he was a PITA.
Wow sounds like another Tim Kn…. errr, nevermind.
LOL
BTW the radiation therapy for cancer does include gamma rays.
“Radiation therapy uses high-energy radiation to shrink tumors and kill cancer cells (1). X-rays, gamma rays, and charged particles are types of radiation used for cancer treatment.”
Oh i see you listed the Gamma Knife
Don’t tell Gore that he’s here as a back up. He said he’s battling for the starting job.
That’s cause Coach ORob told him he was his powerback!
Shiny happy people laughing
Meet me in the crowd, people, people
Throw your love around, love me, love me
Take it into town, happy, happy
Put it in the ground where the flowers grow
Gold and silver shine
Shiny happy people holding hands
Shiny happy people holding hands
Shiny happy people laughing
Everyone around, love them, love them
Put it in your hands, take it, take it
There’s no time to cry, happy, happy
Put it in your heart where tomorrow shines
Gold and silver shine
Shiny happy people holding hands
Shiny happy people holding hands
Shiny happy people laughing
Whoa, here we go
Shiny happy people holding hands
Shiny happy people holding hands
Shiny happy people laughing
Shiny happy people holding hands
Shiny happy people holding hands
Shiny happy people laughing
Shiny happy people holding hands
Shiny happy people holding hands
Shiny happy people laughing
Shiny happy people holding hands (people, happy people)
Shiny happy people holding hands (people, happy people)
Shiny happy people holding hands (people, happy people)
REM was our concert of the year one time in college. Michael Stipe could barely stand during the show…..he for sure needed a hand to hold that evening.
the battles rage on
Arbor night and the wind
Only time will win
#NationalHaikuDay
Move over homeraid and Jahn’s brew…..will be a new drink of choice at this year’s Fest.
Only back with over 900 yds rushing every year the last 3?
Gore
10th most games in NFL history
5th most yards
Gore
Both Drake and Gore are going to their touches.
Ghey?
I wouldnt say that to Gore’s face, that dude has some serious intimidation stare in his arsenal.
Just seeing how his offenses were run previously, Gase has never liked overworking a back, but he does like to have one that gets the lion share of carries. It was true in Denver, and Chicago and i suspect if he feels he has the right two this year it goes back to being that way with us.
However it’s the most productive is all I care about.
Belinda sings nice
Shiney happy people song
Gore wants first team reps
Son, Gore will probably be in the game in big spots. He’s the experienced guy and Gase is a big fan of his and trusts him.
Amy Mann from Til Tuesday sings on a Rush song that’s really good
Time Stands Still
Aimee Mann
RIP Barbara Bush
RIP, Barbara Bush
DITTO that!!
RIP Barbara Bush
A FEW COMMENTS:
OCALA ROB: I totally agree with your analysis of MLB. Last year the Dodger’s payroll exceeded $240 million, while the “bottom feeders” languished at about $55-$65 million. AT MOST, 8-10 ball clubs have a chance to win it all. Meanwhile BOTH Florida teams currently are 4-12 as we finish the first 10% of the season. They are on pace to be 40-120 with 2 games left in the season!!! WHAT A TRAVESTY for the sports fan.
Luckily for Mike E, his Mets are one of the 8-10 teams that are doing well and could win it all. I’ll be rooting for your boys, Mike!! AS FOR ME, I’m gonna focus MORE on the NHL playoffs and NOT watch MLB. Hockey’s “roof and Basement” numbers are $55 M minimum and $75 M maximum, and those supposedly are HARD CAP NUMBERS per Tampa Bay’s Paul Kennedy, a TV analyst. The NFL also has a fairly narrow spread between its minimum and maximum, so they’ll continue to earn my attention every year (despite the impact of the DOOFUS BRIGADE!) Tampa Bay Rays owner Stuart Sternberg wants taxpayers to foot the vast majority of the costs of a new downtown domed and air conditioned stadium (estimated to cost between $800 million and ONE Billion dollars.) ABSOLUTELY NO CHANCE the voters of Hillsborough County will DO THAT!! EVEN a 50-50 split HAS NO CHANCE as long as some teams can spend $250 million plus in salaries while teams like the A’s and Rays operate at less than one-fourth of that total!! I HOPE TAMPA BAY is the first MLB town to tell the local owner to get his greedy, lying, ass outta town as soon as possible!! Right now, the Rays and Marlins are barely putting 7,000 fannies in the stands. That will fall to 3,000-4,000 by the All-Star break. When push comes to shove, will Rob Manfred and the baseball owners FINALLY come to their senses on this issue?? – – Frankly, I doubt it. I think most owners would rather cut 4 or more franchises than go with a HARD CAP. Baseball is slowly dropping dead from the incredible greed of its owners. The taxpayers have had enough. FUCK MLB!!!
Hope everyone’s weather improves. Highs near 75, lows in the upper 50’s here today in Tampa Bay. Another day in paradise, even for lovers of baseball.
FINALLY, FAU’s baseball team finally cracked the Top 30 Division I poll, coming in at #26 this week with a 26-9 record. This is NOT the strongest team FAU has had recently, far from it. But their reputation is, I believe, giving them a few extra points in the poll. They appear to be a lock for the NCAA playoffs, which start in a few weeks.
I was talking to a friend of mine who’s a Giants fan and he told me Dave Gettleman has never traded down as a GM. My friend feels Barkley or Chubb should be the pick.
So if that is the case, maybe BUF traded up to #12 for a better spot and/or a shot at Lamar Jackson.
Tim Knight says:
April 17, 2018 at 6:40 pm (Edit)
Both Drake and Gore are going to their touches.
Reply
son of a son of a shula says:
April 17, 2018 at 6:44 pm (Edit)
Ghey?
****
Who’s touches?
What happened to get? LOL
I’m trying to figure out what kind of team you are trying to build here Tim
It’s not a figure skating team!
I don’t understand?
i mean without the word “get”,
It’s doesnt sound like the phrase I’m used to and as if you are describing a different kind of lockeroom with a lot of touching between teammates
ONE FINAL POINT tonight. Looked up Phil Steele’s web site and discovered that two of his employees who make mock drafts are predicting that the Dolphins will take Baker Mayfield at #11!!
–I think Phil should stick to college football (where he has the best magazine in the business.) I WILL BE STUNNED if Mayfield is still around at #11. The only thing that would stun me more would be if T-BOMB selected McGlinchy or some other prime O-Lineman to protect our quarterback, which would REALLY make sense. When it comes to T-BOMB, you gotta bet on stupid!!!
McGlinchy is a tackle and we have Tunsil and James with Young as the backup. Davis can also swing outside and we have 3 other young tackles competing. He doesn’t really make sense for us. A C/G would be better. Not sure any of them are worthy at #11 though. 2nd rd might will though.
We added two OL in the offseason and locked up James
I don’t think we are adding OL this n the first unless nelson falls to 11
This is a really bad draft class for OTs imo
The quality is interior OL but after Nelson I think anything else is kind of a reach
I wouldn’t be upset with Hernandez as the pick bc I think he’s a good player but if we did that we would be passing up other good prospects at other positions that can help us too
Personally I don’t like McGlinchy and I think the only reason he is a consideration is bc he is the best OT of a weak OT class – so I would be upset with that pick
I pretty much don’t like the idea of drafting a CB, DE or OT with our pick at 11
Other than I’m pretty wide open – except kicker…lol
I’ll add WR to that list.
Noooooo!
Calvin Ridley is still one of my favorite options at 11
I like Edmunds a lot too
Of course I like Guice but I don’t love RB at 11
And mayfield…
I’m all over the place
I watched Belichick talk about the draft on NFLN and he said (paraphrasing) I really don’t understand the “need” thing. You pick the best players because if the guy that you have a need at can’t play what’s the point? You draft the best players on your board and figure it out along the way.
Teams need good players. What’s not to understand?
I’ve always been about BPA. It makes sense to me.
With all the “I have no idea what the Dolphins are doing” rhetoric going on, it’s not that complex. Gase wanted a culture change from what he inherited and continues to turnover. Pundits act like he broke up a perennial playoff team. Stop!
Attitudes and the production didn’t match the cap for some guys.
LT Tunsil
LG Sitton
C Kilgore
RG Davis/Larsen
RT James
It’s all about durability. The talent is there for a solid starting 5.
SHOW ME!
Agreed.
CONGRATS TO MANITOBA! –His Jets just beat the Wild in Minnesota to take a 3-1 lead in that series. Meanwhile, the Columbus Blue Jackets are trying to win their 3rd consecutive overtime game vs. the favored Washington Capitals. Can’t remember the last time a team won 3 straight OT games in the playoffs!
Thanks OD…SEE YA IN THE FINALS…Knights sweep the Kings tonight as well.
Go Knights go!
olddolphan says:
April 17, 2018 at 9:03 pm
The only thing that would stun me more would be if T-BOMB selected McGlinchy or some other prime O-Lineman to protect our quarterback,
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I think a lot of the sacks that Tannehill endures were because of Tannehill. he stands back there like a statue, holds the ball forever and has no pocket awareness. that IMO was why he’s the most sacked QB. another reason for the sacks was the lack of a running game, without the running game the offense becomes predictable.
I agree a lot of the sacks are on him, but it just isn’t true to say he stands back there like a statue. I see his problem is he doesn’t know where to go when he moves sometimes, but other times he seems to move very well and into the right place. The OL does get a lot of the blame too though, they just haven’t been healthy enough or good enough.
as for tanny standing like a statue, he stands back ready to throw and doesnt move from that position until he’s ready to either throw or scramble to his right, he doesn’t have the subtle moves inside the pocket to free his arm and passing lane up as marino did, he’s totally unaware of his surroundings, that’s why he gets strip sacked or has balls deflected
I agree with that, and have said for years it’s better to have the Marino wiggle than scrambling ability.
A major deficit for Tanny is pocket awareness. Add in that the tough kid often holds on to long instead of throwing it away. Cutler took less sacks, but then he acted like the ball was so hot he could barely hold it….cause he was scared of getting hit. That he was goes in part on the OL too.
no doubt he’s tough
PBP has a ridiculous article Early Gase momentum lost in constant churn of players. Dudes trying to compare FA with the 70s.
I’d rather Gase make the changes he feels are necessary instead of status quo. He could’ve kept Suh and Pouncey, signed Landry and had the same issues we had last year, team quiting, players free lancing stagnant offense…
I admire Gase for making these changes, that no one saw coming, except maybe Landry. A big part of being a coach is getting your players to play for you, and if they won’t not much you can do except get rid of them.
With you on that. Not sure how it will end up, but I like what Gase is doing. Was scared he’d max out the old roster this season, just cause he was on the hot seat…but he is going his way and in a more long-term way. Could be it ends up a crash and burn, but do have faith in Gase’s football smart and integrity.
olddolphan says:
April 17, 2018 at 8:47 pm
A FEW COMMENTS:
OCALA ROB: I totally agree with your analysis of MLB. Last year the Dodger’s payroll exceeded $240 million, while the “bottom feeders” languished at about $55-$65 million. AT MOST, 8-10 ball clubs have a chance to win it all. Meanwhile BOTH Florida teams currently are 4-12 as we finish the first 10% of the season. They are on pace to be 40-120 with 2 games left in the season!!! WHAT A TRAVESTY for the sports fan.
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what’s even worse is the owners purposely lower their payroll to make sure they get the most $$$.
they win by getting the most return on their buck.
Baseball is ripe for the taking, i don’t know why someone with real money doesn’t start a competitive league.
I grew up playing baseball and love the game.
i no longer watch MLB, if i want to watch baseball it will be college.
ORob — as a fan of a small market team, believe me wish like anything MLB had a hard salary cap. And that is a major reason why spend much more energy on football, but when was a kid baseball always came first.
Still watch my baseball though, but we each have our own choices to make. Was at the Marlins game last Sunday and got to watch the two games with the Bucs on the tube before that. Regrets about doing so?…..nah, it was a thrill.
as long as people support that system it will always be around. I’m a marlins fan, i loved the world series seasons, the play in the Cubs series where alou was interfered with and the curse of the Goat applied LOL.
Wayne H certainly wanted to win.
Sadly we won’t see any of that anymore
From similar talks about the Phins, it is clear we are different kind of fans. I just like watching my teams’ football and baseball games. Yes I want them both to win and do well, but you get the idea. And keep in mind my Pirates had twenty straight losing seasons. Still with them, following and watching though.
That’s messed up, unless they actually let the victims do it instead of the hired fake drama students.
I guess I should’ve read the article first, just tired of everything being politicised.
https://twitter.com/MDCheer/status/986628317112602625
Mando learned from his sources in Davie why the Phins are interested in a coverage safety. But seems he could have just checked out our humble board months ago.
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Well, I’m told the following by people familiar with the team’s thinking …The Dolphins really like Jones and McDonald, but both are more or less box safety types. And while that’s really good if the NFL was all about running the football, the opposite is true. The NFL is mostly about passing the football…….
If the Dolphins, however, succeed in adding a starting-caliber coverage safety then we have a three-headed situation for two safety spots.And that’s where McDonald’s 6-3 and 205-pound frame might find itself playing some linebacker in passing situations. Or a lot of linebacker if the Dolphins can’t draft a starter.
Full http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/armando-salguero/article209204864.html
So, if we’re going to be using TJ as an LB, would that stop us from using 11 on Smith or Edmonds and draft Minkah or Derwin? I would think it depends on who is available, like the great cheat recently said, just pick from your board and forget need. Or just get an FS later, or Vicarro.
McDonald is more than 205, more like 220.
I thought that was a little light. We need to have 6 or 7 cover guys playing on every non first down. Raekwon counts as a cover guy, Kiko not so much, he’ll be the next one gone.
And thanks for posting this, the Herald uses too much data to open any of their articles, with all the streaming adds and videos.
Are we at t-minus 8 days
RIP Barbara Bush and Bruno Sammartino
Steve, the org likes Alonso. They’ve said he was kind of put in some bad spots last year because of communication issues due to the churning of LBs and the new secondary. I think we’ll see the defense be more on the same page this year.
I just don’t think he fits what they’re trying to do, and maybe they don’t know yet, but today’s NFL is pass happy and he can’t cover, might be ok in a zone.
Here’s what Gase said about Kiko that I was referring to.
http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/nfl/miami-dolphins/article203528974.html
The Flying Pig says:
April 17, 2018 at 8:58 pm
Tim Knight says:
April 17, 2018 at 6:40 pm (Edit)
Both Drake and Gore are going to their touches.
Reply
son of a son of a shula says:
April 17, 2018 at 6:44 pm (Edit)
Ghey?
****
Who’s touches?
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The way that read i feel the need to reply….bodda book bodda boom.
I think my typo has gone on a little too long here. LOL
Oh come on, its good for at least 10-15 more comments.
RIP Barbara Bush, and BTW this below is whats wrong with the world today.
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https://nypost.com/2018/04/18/this-college-professor-is-happy-racist-barbara-bush-is-dead/
Without reading the article I’m sure this professor is a leftist. 😉
I think Ridley is Jerry Rice 2.0, but still dont want him.
Blasphemy!
steveccnv says:
April 18, 2018 at 11:32 am
I guess I should’ve read the article first, just tired of everything being politicised.
Like the politicizing of the tragedy by fox news, et al by saying that the students are fake drama students?? those are out right lies man. fucking lies.
and I assume you meant the survivors and not the victims.
I’ve seen very few of the sacks on Tanny that were actually on him. The pocket presence awareness is exaggerated, the same way with most disappointing things on this team are. Play calling has been a big factor in the sacks Tanny that takes. They know the 0-line hasn’t been up to snuff, but they would still call empty backfield shotgun plays and not leave anyone running routes for check downs. Also, not being able to audible out of a bad play for most of his career certainly didn’t help either.
Weakness at the OG spot didnt always leave him avenues to escape the pocket to the front, but he inexplicably would step backwards when trying to “escape” pressure and step right into it. He also would stand as a statue, flat footed, even wit pressure pouring down on him and an open spot to the front to step up, so i disagree, i think his pocket awareness, his pocket movement and his pocket instincts are bad, and always have been. I also feel he has no sense of play timing so he doesnt have that clock in his head going 1, 2, 3…. ie pretty much the maximum amount of time he should expect a pocket to hold up, to begin his thoughts of what to do next.
He is not natural in the pocket, and that along with the weakness at the OG position in general is why he has that many sacks, definitely a combined effort lol. A less visible part of it was his development and the fact that the coaching staff didnt put enough time towards him, the HC apparently being of the mindset he should ditch him and start over.
Im hoping some of the sideline time has shown him some things as to how to be more cognoscente of the pocket and how to move in it. Cutler did both a good job of showing how to move up, and not back in the pocket, but also a bad job of actually getting rid of the ball and avoiding and how to slide and keep his feet planted without turnign into a statue. So maybe he got to see the good and bad things that will make him better in the pocket, one can only hope.
I don’t know about 2016, but before that he moved into sacks far too often. There’s a video out there called all of RTs sacks (for a given year), it shows lots of bad pocket presence on sacks, but he also did some good things moving around on his highlight reels.
I think he doesn’t have best pocket presence, but he’s not terrible, and other factors, which you mentioned contributed to it.
Being taught the Marino shuffle would help too.
You could be right, but gonna stick with not a whole lot of moves like this guy’s in Tanny (but them a white guy without them as well).
My biggest complaint is that Kiko seems slow to diagnose plays and Gase kind of alluded to that in the article Tim posted, although Gase didn’t word it that way. Like most of the team, he looked on fire that last Pats game though. He was destroying those little wide receiver screens. It’s hard to tell how much of his success / failure is on him, coaching, or both.
Kiko has his ups and downs
As a whole I just don’t think he is consistent enough to be in the food long term
Its definately his play diagnosis, i have seen it several times. He recovers well because he is a helluva athlete, but between that and not being very “football smart” he isnt always doing what he needs to or being where he needs to be and is playing a step behind the play. You cant do that with players like Gronk or you will be destroyed.
No one except, Dion Jordan, can cover Gronk😉
Kiko has the athletic ability to do it, but those things i mentioned above make him look like he cant. Gronk is cover-able for a guy like Kiko, he just cant be at a disadvantage of being a step or half step off the play.
D, what you’re saying is what Gase said about Kiko in coverage. Trust your ability and get up on those guys and be aggressive, don’t wait to react to what they do.
I’m also not saying Tanny is great or good at pocket presence. I’m just saying the degree to how bad it actually is, is overblown. I’m sure everyone looks terrible to Dan Marino’s pocket presence. That comparison needs to stop. No one in the league had the ninja pocket moves that Marino had.
oinkee time!!!🐷🐷🐷
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Tanny’s pocket management sucks. From not identifying free rushers…to not setting protections right…to not getting the ball out quick enough…to taking unnecessary sacks. People love to rip the OL because it’s easier than ripping their QB, but Tannehill has never been good INSIDE the pocket. Jay Cutler came in with almost no practice time, no time behind his OL, and an OL that was in shambles most of the season and still looked twice as good as Tannehill ever has. But then….what do I know.
Except for his bad ints
little to nothing except your bias obviously…
They wanted Harris’s and the 11?
Honestly don’t know how you guys remember anything about Tannys play
steve,
Yep, cutler has always thrown bad INTs, but I think that has always had more to do with his breakdown in mechanics than poor pocket management. Tanny has also thrown his share of bad picks over the years too. I think they brought in a new coach who is supposed to be good at coaching pocket management, so maybe Tanny will take a step forward. I do believe we saw him improve in this area in 2016. Hopefully, the OL will get better too.
Piggy – Why would Kiko want to be in the food for a long time?
To marinate
Obviously you’ve never been pork
LOL – No I guess I haven’t.
You’ll be happy to know tonight is steak night. No pork products. Aren’t cows jerks anyway?
Eat all the jerks you want Mike
They have it coming
Cutler did both a good job of showing how to move up, and not back in the pocket, but also a bad job of actually getting rid of the ball and avoiding and how to slide and keep his feet planted without turnign into a statue.
D, are you kidding or do you believe this? Because it is THE EXACT OPPOSITE of what I saw with Cutler. He would beck peddle and then back peddle some more.
Kiko doesn’t have short burst quickness. Guys get separation on him. If he can get up on them and use his hands, he may have a chance. But, I saw lots of receivers make moves on him 5 yards downfield and lose him. His athleticism isn’t anything special. It’s pretty avarege. With how the NFL works nowadays, you need that short area quick burst ability, or you’re gonna get beat. I saw them stop using him in coverage and have a safety do it last year because Kiko was getting beat consistently. Draft Derwin James if he’s there, and watch that kid blow shit up.
Rock,
Blow me. I’ll trust what I see with my own eyes over what you think you see every time.
Note to self — when Randy comes to the Fest….a seat right behind Rock not a good idea. 🙂
Well, Randy can’t sit in front of Rock if he wants him to blow him, so . . .
LMAO — I do hope to see both Rock and Randy at the tailgate…..but will stick with right behind Rock at the game is a most difficult seat to have that requires patience.
LMAO!!!!
https://twitter.com/AllbrightNFL/status/986671791031627786
If that actually happened….would be a whole lot of bragging by the Colts office about how much they got out of their initial pick. Would be like DT3 in reverse.
It would be wild
I’m not exactly fond of trading up
But I do think rosen is pretty good
There’s no way that Chris Grier knew who the other teams wanted at the time of the draft, teams don’t tell you who they want, just that they want to move into your spot. Maybe he found after the fact
Teams called him after last year’s draft to say “you got a helluva player in Harris.”
The teams that wanted to trade with us for him?
This gives some insight into that.
https://www.thephinsider.com/2017/4/28/15468380/miami-dolphins-draft-2017-charles-harris-update-chris-grier-two-trades-two-targets
Blinded by my bias….I see what I expect so see and nothing more.
Come everyone sing along with Randy’s theme song.
Still laughing at “what you think you see”. As apposed to what YOU think you see?
Do you usually serenade him before you blow him?
Fuck you Pig. You blow him.
Lmao
Tim
The way I read that is that the Dolphins were locked in on picking Harris, not that other teams tried to trade with us to draft him. It doesn’t really matter anyway, he’s ours, and we both have to hope he shows a lot more than he showed us last year.
“The Dolphins had two teams call with interest in trading up to the 22nd overall pick once the team was on the clock, but they were locked in on Harris at that point. “Honestly we really did not talk much about what they were offering because this was a player that everybody in the building – from personnel to coaches – if you see the video of the room, everyone is going crazy.”
Exactly – I don’t know what in there makes you think they wanted Harris. The 1st sentence is saying that despite the interest by other teams to trade into that pick, the Dolphins were locked in on Harris at that point. We didn’t talk about what they were offering, because we wanted Harris. I see nothing in that paragraph that shows the other team wanted Harris. It’s possible they did, but you can’t glean that from that paragraph
That two teams wanted to trade up with us to draft Harris. Not sure why we’re not on the same page.
Armando Salguero @ArmandoSalguero 1h1 hour ago
Chris Grier says two teams called to trade for Miami’s pick. Both wanted Charles Harris, it turns out.
It’s funny watching Dolphin’s fans praise Cutler’s decision making and pocket presence when he was known for the opposite for his entire career before he signed with this team.
not all Dolphins fans, just the uninformed biased ones….
Whatever his pocket presence was (Cutler), did it really matter when almost every fucking throw was off his back foot? What good is it reading the pressure correctly if you’re going to throw an off balance pass at the receivers feet or to a defender?
Omar Kelly @OmarKelly 49m49 minutes ago
The Dolphins executives reiterated that Ryan Tannehill is Miami’s starting QB for 2018. There will be no competition, and that whatever QB Miami selects in this draft will spend his rookie season watching and learning.
Son just smashed his carpenters hammer through his drywall
Mike, Grier knows the two teams wanted to draft Harris because after we selected him, Grier got calls from those two teams saying you got our guy, you got a helluva player. I saw a video of Grier saying that.
OK, gotcha. That paragraph was pretty ambiguous, it could have been taken either way, that the Dolphins were locked in on Harris, or that the other teams were.
So I stand and make noise when the Dolphins Defense is on the field (instead of when our offense is trying to call audibles like some on this board…..) so sue me. Oh, wait, one of those that stand and make noise when our offense is on the field is a lawyer, strike that about suing me.
Rock — believe your first Fest it was three lawyers sitting right behind you. And man are you about the best fan there ever was. Only reason we might sue you is for not being there this year.
I even wear my hat the entire time to keep the glare out of everyone’s eyes!
Random thoughts catching up on the blog:
LMAO @ only Dion can cover Gronk. He was the Gronkinator. A niche talent to be sure.
It’s me, Dr. Rosen Rosen.
Why would we trade our 1st rd pick from last year for another pick? How does that makes sense?
Nobody will ever be as bad-ass as Marino was in the pocket. He was like Spiderman, practically precog. Tanny is more like Triangle man.
No, supposedly that was last year’s draft, Grier said 2 teams called him about moving up to our pick #22 to get Charles Harris
Oh, got it, that makes more sense.
Skimming is fundamental, lol.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/wr-marshall-no-room-for-bryant-on-giants/ar-AAw1DAM?li=BBnb7Kz
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League rules only allow one full of himself, dickhead WR per team. Sorry Dez.
The eye test. Omar is #1 you are #2….
What hump?
The guard whiffed because Tannehill called the wrong protection! I saw it.
Ugh, Cards/Cubs postponed again.
Mike,
I’m just laughing to myself. Every bad critique of Tanny on this website had been said ad nauseum by pretty much anyone I heard talk about Cutler for the last 10+ years. Then Cutler gets here and somehow he’s this huge upgrade and his weaknesses are now strengths.
I did see some instances where Cutler was pretty good at sensing pressure and moved in the pocket, but there were also about 10-15 other times in the game where he was just backpedaling and throw off his back foot even when there wasn’t pressure. Bottom line is Cutler just wasn’t very good, and although the final stat line somewhat resembled Tanny’s, Tannehill was so much better in ’16 than Cutler was in ’17.
Right. He wasn’t this head and shoulders upgrade that people are making him out to be.
Cutler looked like he was afraid to get hit when he was in the pocket. I thought he played like a pussy last year.
Kong – The funny thing is on twitter right now, what you just said is happening all over the place. A few people think that two teams called about Harris and moving for our pick this year.
https://twitter.com/HappinessHotel/status/986691872750960640
The age of skimming and quick consumption has arrived. The era of reading comprehension is falling behind and eating our dust. Yay internet! 🙂
One of my cousins used to run a school district. Told her thought smart phones and social media are training AD/HD. She could not have more…..you really think we might trade up?
Lol!!
This is hilarious to me
LOL but I like some of the Shins stuff.
It seems to be that there are two different ways people look at Tannehill in the pocket – standing there like a statue vs. standing tall and fearless as opposed to bailing on the first sense that there might be pressure.
Bingo
Ken, I also think people forget how often Tannehill had to use his athleticism and speed to escape ridiculous pressure before he could even set his feet. It was a lot.
Bingo again
Tannehill, standing bravely in the face of danger, golden locks blowing in the wind of defenders rushing by, large brow lined, strong chiseled jaw clenched.
Tannehill….Ryan Tannehill, Quarterback… Miami Dolphins
Are you being creative with lyrics from a song?
Lol, no it was actually more like a screenplay setting of James Bond facing insurmountable odds.
Said in jest from the imagery of your original post, not intending to belittle your point. I actually agree with what you wrote. 🙂