So the 2018 NFL season will be coming to and end next week, and as per usghe, Dolphins will watch other teams in the playoffs. Also as per usghe, we will not be picking top 10. We’re not even good at that! Sometimes if you’re bad, it’s better to be baaaad. Get that top 5 pick, or even #1 pick, and then parlay that into more picks, and really change the roster. No, we’ll pick somewhere in the middle, maybe 15 or 16, or maybe even 18 or so when we beat Buffalo when it doesn’t count next week.
Let’s take a step back. I’m not mad that we lost yesterday, our playoff chances were slim going in, but for a while there, the Colts were losing, so our opportunity was there, but we couldn’t take care of business. It seems like whenever the stakes are high, and the playoffs are on the line, we manage to show our worst. Ryan Tannehill is a big part of that. He’s not, I repeat, NOT the guy that will lift your team. I watch a lot of games around the NFL, and the best QB’s take chances. They don’t always work out, but guys like Brees, Roethlisberger, Wilson etc. when the game is on the line, throw a 30 yard pass on 2nd and 8. They throw a 30 yard pass on 3rd and 10, in fact, they always look to get the ball downfield for a big play. That’s the last place Tannehill looks. He’s a warrior, but he’s gutless in his decision making. He’s not a guy that wants to get the kill, he’s a workaday bee. He’s more than happy to just do his job, but he’s not wired to kill.
There are rumblings for a big front office shakeup in Miami. If so, that would probably signal the end for Mike Tannenbaum ( Executive VP of Football Operations) and Chris Grier (GM). Which direction we would go from this I don’t know, but I’d hope we find a guy with experience that can build the team from the ground up. No quick fix plan, but build the team in the image of what he feels is successful, and sustainable in the current and future state of the NFL. Identify a HC, and mutually agree with that HC on the coordinators, and then build the team. If it takes 2 or 3 years, fine. Don’t cut corners to try and win now, no foolish FA spending. If we take our lumps for a year or two, so be it. Just build it right. The best teams do, and repeatedly are contenders.
If we don’t fire any executives and and don’t bring a new FO, I’d hope that Adam Gase is truly on the hot seat. I can’t be sure he’s not the one, but it’s becoming clearer to me that he might not be. For all of his offensive knowledge and potential, our offense is in the bottom 5. It’s understood we lost players to injury, yet there are players on the roster that are here that I feel are underused. Kenyan Drake had 10 total touches Sunday. He’s you’re home run hitter, the big playmaker. C’mon, it’s not like he’s Tavon Austin and we’re afraid he can’t touch the ball too many times, Drake is 6’1 212. Frank Gore is out for the season, and Drake gets 10 total touches. What’s the problem? Where’s the disconnect?
Forget about the defense, Gase has no part of that, and it’s obvious, because Matt Burke still has a job. Oh BTW, our defense is also in the bottom 5. Yeah, we lost some personnel there too, but it’s more than that, a lot more than that. We don’t make adjustments on either side of the ball, just keep going with what we’ve got. What we got ain’t working all too often, so . . . At the very least, if Gase is still here next season, he has to do 2 things. Fire both coordinators, find a legit OC who can call the plays so Gase doesn’t have to sit on the bench during the damn game doodling by himself. Find a legit DC who has been proven elsewhere, and will straighten out and identify our issues, and fix them. That might even be enough to save his job for the future.
I think we MUST draft a QB next season, and not just pick one in RD 5-7 to say we took a QB. It’s possible the best QB for us might be in RD 5, but then I want that guy competing to start from the get-go, and not sitting on the bench because Gase loves Ryan Tannehill. If Tannehill is still here next season, his reign is over. He is on notice, and any real competitors should have a fair shot to unseat him. If somehow he comes out on top, as soon as he falters, the next man up if ready should be given his shot. We’ve seen this show far too many times, It always ends the same. Ryan Tannehill has never played in a playoff game, and he probably never will. Nuff said!
I wish I had a brighter outlook for all of you, I think we all could use a little Dolphins cheer, but we’re going to have to wait and see how things shake out.
Happy Holidays to all of you!
Enjoy!
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ocalarob says:
December 27, 2018 at 3:53 pm
Tannehill throws a missle, but throwing a missle is sometimes hard to hit your target, he has a lack of touch on deep throws. Haskims seems to have that touch.
his awareness in the pocket is pathetic, Haskims seems to move well in the pocket.
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if i’m replacing Tannehill that would be my target.
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He also tries to throw to the reciver and not to where the receiver will be. He has good zip on his passes and it allows his throws to be on target some of the time, but those throws that require anticipation of where the receiver will be, he usually is off target on. I think that is one of the core passing skills he is weakest at. He has a live arm, its really able to do most the passes, his problem is between the ears.
I think the same can be how it is for his pocket awareness and his reading of routes. He cannot determine if a receiver will likely be open on a play and when to move on and come back to something that might be opening up. He either stares down the first read and/or wait endlessly for it to get open, or he never goes back to something that wound up getting wide open after he looked away from the play. He never gets to check down, and i mean never, its almost like it doesn’t even exist in the play but yet they are always sitting right there wide open in front of him as he takes another sack.
He’s hella athletic, he has a good arm, he is tough (though i do think he gets rattled because we see him really go downhill in games when he gets frustrated), he is a good dude, he had a good character, he just isnt a good QB. He doesnt have the mental aspects to make him one.
weeeee page turn.
son of a son of a shula says:
December 27, 2018 at 5:46 pm
Falk couldn’t beat out Gabbert. There’s better out there.
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Dont think he was given a chance to beat out Gabbert. They needed a vet backup, and they only carried two QB’s. Still im not saying Falk as our only carry over, i expect us to grab a vet FA and a QB or two in the draft.
Tim Knight says:
December 27, 2018 at 5:45 pm
When Tannenbaum was hired in 2015, he did then hire a new GM in Grier even though from within and then Gase in 2016. So that was sort of a total rebuild. VP hires GM and HC simultaneously.
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D says:
December 27, 2018 at 5:49 pm
TBaum was here the year before but just wasnt in the VP of operations capacity, i do remember him already being here though, when Hickey was.
He was a consultant in 2014 and then VP in 2015. He was behind signing Suh in 2015.
So all the reports I’ve seen is that he’s the one that is being fired but Gase remains. I wonder who replaces him?
I’m afraid to find out. Lol
If we are bad next season, we would be a bigger draw for a HC and/or TO folks because we will have a high pick and looking to draft a young QB
Isn’t “what he’s had” what he chose?
A lot of them are on I/R and not suiting up for games. I know you posted in the wrong place. LOL
Some talking heads argue that Gase has done a good job with what he’s had…
I agree with them. Some have said the same thing about Jay Gruden that he’s kept WAS competitive in games.
Isn’t “what he’s had” what he chose?
I hate blogging from my phone, it sucks!
So what is behind Tannenbaum being fired if not all of them?
Tim, what about Kenyan Drake, he’s here?
He’s been dealing with a shoulder injury for weeks and they lessened his role. That’s why Ballage is getting more carries than Drake since Gore went down. Drake is lining up at WR a lot, but they don’t want him throwing his shoulder into the mosh too much. He can still make a big play at anytime with less touches.
Tim, I definitely think they should all be fired
I know that.🤪
But what is it specifically why Tannenbaum is the one?
Scapegoat?
Well if he’s being blamed for the hirings of GM and HC and personnel than they should all go. I’m thinking there is some kind of disconnect if it’s about him only.
If Drake’s shoulder is bad, put him on IR. If he can play, get him the damn ball. He was under utilized all year. Excuses, excuses.
Okay I don’t want to argue about it. I’m more interested in where we’re headed.
I’m not trying to argue, just pointing out that it’s not just the injuries, he doesn’t use what he has. Gesicki too, although I know that’s because Gesicki sucks. Maybe that’s why Tannenbaum is getting axed. lol
ElephantRider says:
December 27, 2018 at 6:26 pm (Edit)
Some talking heads argue that Gase has done a good job with what he’s had…
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I tend to think Tannebbaum (who I think should be fired too) did a better job than Gaze and could not disagree more with these talking heads
This dolphins team is more talented anthem a lot of other teams we have seen in recent years
And there is no way I accept being near the bottom of the league defensively and offensively is a “decent job”. – it’s just not
But I guess reasonable minds can disagree about that
But even assuming those talking heads are right
Why is this an argument at all?
In a 3 year span, it’s pretty much industry standard that a team should be on its way to be a contender
This argument, “given what he had” is just setting the bar way too low
The standard should be are we a contender?
Are we close to be a contender
If those aren’t your goals – then what’s he point?
And I think most reasonable minds will agree that both are negative
You’ve watched what’s gone on the last two years and can’t accept it? You’re a tough SOB. LOL
Without looking, what was the most carries Drake had all season? Total rushes and receptions all season?
In any game
I think its 16 or 17 touches. That should be his norm, except you got to feed Gore. So that limits his rushes and WR was supposed to be a group that needed touches as well. But this offense never ran enough plays to get anyone touches…..
Tim
Someone said that Gase wanted Lamar Jackson, but Tannenbaum wouldn’t draft him. Could be that, especially since he’s having success. I think the reason he’s succeeding is because he’s playing for a very good HC who will play to the players strengths.
Oh okay but I don’t think the way Jackson is playing with all the running is a good thing. He’s built like a WR and won’t last. He also needs a lot of work as a passer. I do think he’s dynamic and can get better but not sold yet.
I agree with that, he won’t last like that.
Since you’re not playing along, Drake has been used pretty similarly all season, the most combined touches, rushing and receptions was 17, twice, Game 1 and Game 6, then after that, no more than 14 touches a game, and many 10 or less. No reason for him to be used so little.
ER’s answer, we’re not a good TOP high play count offense. Scoreboard also played a role.
That’s definitely true, but who’s a guy that can make a big play at any time? Drake??? Why not get him the ball? If you’re down 14 points or more in the 3rd quarter, why would Gore be in the game?
I’m not sure, I thought Drake would have more touches.
ER – If they sign Gore next season, I might stop watching. Between him and Tannehill, I don’t think I can tolerate that.
We could sign Gore in a limited role because I think Ballage will get more touches anyway. Why are you down on Gore, he played well? He’s not making big money.
I love Gore, let him play somewhere else. If he’s taking carries away from our young backs, I want no part of that. If we want use him as a 3rd or 4th string back, and he’d be willing to accept that, fine.
I’m not sure if he’ll be back or not but I hear ya.
ER – Why do you think Drake should have so few touches?
Last year against NE Drake had 30 touches, 25 rushes 114 yards, 5 receptions 79 yards
He was awesome in that game.
He was. I feel like Gase is saving him for something, but for what? Is he afraid he can’t handle the work? I wish I knew.
I think of Drake like Alvin Kamara. Kamara almost had twice as many touches. Should be that much of a disparity.
OK, I’ll drop this, too much focus on one thing. 😛
I thought the same thing and that’s also why I traded my 1st rd pick in FF to protect him. I won anyway but besides his 9 TDs he didn’t have the production I expected and I think I only started him once.
Mike E. says:
December 27, 2018 at 8:08 pm
He was. I feel like Gase is saving him for something, but for what? Is he afraid he can’t handle the work? I wish I knew.
He can’t figure out how to use the players/talent he has. I was trying to point this out the other day. He is LOST. I think overall we are a better team than our record suggests but we have a bad coach and he is stubborn to boot. Bad combination.
Could be. I don’t completely understand how little we used both Drake and Gesicki. Dallas Goedert had Zack Ertz in front of him and was used a lot more than Gesicki. Why???
Not a lot more, but more.
Gesicki is on the field all the time every week. I think it’s a learning curve season for him. Gase is playing a lot of rookies and 2nd year players. Count them.
Mike E,
I’ll focus with you. Christian McCaffrey is 6 pound lighter, shorter and not a bit more explosive and has 311 total touches this year but somehow Gase can’t find a way to use Drake. The guy is almost incompetent. We have two rookie TEs…misused. Gase doesn’t trust rookies and he’s unwilling to invest in training them to excel if it may impact his conservative coaching style. . How do I know? I’ve watched his coaching for three years.
Thanks for focusing with me. lol
It’s actually 321 touches for McCaffrey, 157 for Drake, more than twice! That’s bad
Agree with Herd
Seems to me Gase has a real problem figuring out how to use his talent
Oink to you! 🐷
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I agree with Herd too. We have some talent similar to what KC puts on the field but might have lower totals on offense than the 1-15 squad. KC plays a rookie undrafted RG too. It just blows my mind how poorly we seem to teach these players where to be, how to block, what their responsibilities are. I’ve seen at least a half dozen times where a WR was wide open for a pass. Where an OL or Te completely whiffs on a block. Where a WR is in the wrong place or even Tannehill throws to the wrong place. This isn’t happening on good teams.
Wasn’t Gase supposed to be the guy who took Tannehill to the next level? Fail.
Wasn’t Gase the guy who was going to design an offense to take advantage of mismatches? Fail.
Now, we’re being told Tannehill was just never the right guy and Gase wanted to go with somebody else….and that there were just too many injuries for him to run the offense he wanted? BS. Sounds like the team spitting out excuses to set the stage to keep Gase and blame TBaum to get rid of him.
When they Dolphins call some one a “guru” they actually mean disaster
When the aliens invade
Does your power and internet go off for a few seconds
That’s what just happened
I’m sure it’s an alien invasion and not a brief blackout
Astoria plant explosion/fire. It’s trending on Twitter.
Oh shit
That’s where I live
Hindsight
We have a four year cycle of mediocrity
Year 1: something to get excited about, thank god the old era is over
Year 2: blame the players, fix the Locker room
Year 3: blame the front office for picking the players who broke the lockerroom
Year 4: blame the coach I mean
Right now we are still in year 3 of this cycle
But I really think we can consolidate some of these things and maybe buy a couple of years of success
I read a tweet earlier that Gase had Gesicki working with the WR corps today… it’s about time, SMH.
Why, he’s a long strider not a quick twitch guy? The issue is WR is limited with injuries. The team is trying to win the game. That’s why Drake lines up at WR a lot, out of need.
That’s why I thought it was aliens
The sky lit up
Be safe, Brother. Hopefully there’s nothing toxic and/or nefarious about this matter.
I’m just glad to hear it wasn’t an alien invasion
Sounds like it was just a transformer blowing up, but still.
Holy shit
This is what it looked like outside my windows and until I read M13’s post I had no idea what it was
https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1078481872559267841
LaGaurdia is very close to that plant
Btw the sky is normal now
Good to hear the sky is normal now, bud. Nevertheless, stay safe!
https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1078486474738356225
https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1078487389180489728
Uh-oh, some dude is gonna start running really, really fast. Sign him! Lol
Tim Knight says:
December 27, 2018 at 9:50 pm
Why, he’s a long strider not a quick twitch guy? The issue is WR is limited with injuries. The team is trying to win the game. That’s why Drake lines up at WR a lot, out of need.
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I’m just sayin’, Gesicki is not a traditional TE… he’s an ‘attack the seam’ TE, and damn good at it. Gase should have been able to utilize Gesicki’s strengths earlier than just NOW working him with the WR corps.
I’ll give Gase this much: he’s trying to build Gesicki into a complete TE… and Gesicki has been getting better at blocking. But until he arrives as a fair/decent in-line blocker, Gase should have been using Gesicki this year to his advantage… especially after we went a stretch of games without all of Albert Wilson, Jakeem, and DeVante.
To put it lightly, Gase has failed to get the best out of Gesicki in his rookie year. But conversely, let us hope that Gase is WINNING in the long-term by making Gesicki more complete.
Is it impossible to do both? Play him in a way to emphasize his abilities currently while working on the rest of it?
No, it’s not impossible, and I 100% agreed with ya, Herd. I think Gase could have done far better in Gesicki’s overall development/utilization.
*agreed = agree
Maybe just maybe Gesicki isn’t good enough yet. Gase doesn’t have a joystick. Other rookies are playing and having ups and downs too. That’s part of what is going down.
Maybe everyone on the offense isn’t good enough to produce more than 180 passing yards
EXACTLY!
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Good reason to re-sign Ja’Wuan. He could do better in pass-pro (consistency is his problem), but he’s VERY good at run-blocking.
Gesicki is never going to be a good blocker. He wasn’t drafted to be an in-line blocker. Hopefully he becomes a blocker who doesn’t cost you, but his focus should be catching passes not blocking. Tons of TEs like him are successful in the NFL w/o being good blockers. Figure out ways to isolate him on LBers. It’s not that hard. Then, find a QB that can make seam throws not perimeter throws all day long.
^^^
But that’s the thing, he can’t figure out how to do that. Gase is calling the plays. It’s his team, his offense. And game after game we see him sitting by himself on the bench trying to figure it out. He can’t.
Travis Kelce is not a very good blocker and his presence helps open up the KC offense
Once again, EXACTLY.
I swear to God, I don’t think Tannehill even knows what a TE is supposed to do other than block.
He was so productive with clay early in his career
I don’t know what happened
But we didn’t really use the middle of the field much
Donatello was productive working with clay, as was Michelangelo. And I can guarantee ya that Michelangelo’s ceiling was higher than Tannehill’s.
Easier said than done. This isn’t an armchair witch hunt, it’s a sectional witch hunt. LOL
Imagine being on the highway and seeing this
Just posted for the shot from the highway in Manhattan looking at Queens
Ignore the political portion and look at the video
Holy shit it’s happening! LOL
Clay didn’t run traditional TE routes. He was used more like an Hback. He was more like a RB slipping out of the backfield.
Precisely.
Mike E
I dont think he should have few touches. I like the 17 per game. I think the injuries that started nagging him played a role. But I dont know…..I do know Gore ran more effectively. I’d love to see him back, but dont stop watching because I dont think RT17 will be here.
So are we looking at Marino as the oversight football guy with Grier and Gase continuing?
I dont know? Wonder if hes been assessing talent or just a figure head over the years. At least he could go scout QBs!
The Gesicki I saw in GB was getting moved off his routes and hands on him disrupted everything.
Marino’s credentials are big time HS QB, college, 1st rd pick NFL prospect, played in big games. He’s not a cap accountant guy or deep into it personnel guy. His role might just be Ross’ football ear and he communicates with personnel people and coaches.
Who knows Ross might fire everyone. But if not it sounds like he doesn’t think Tannenbaum is a good fit. Maybe he sees Grier and Gase are more on the same page. I don’t know.
Well…as much that is said to the contrary, Ross apparently hates losing and wants to win.
Why are we firing Mike Tannenbaum?
My guess is he’s dead weight on a team that is mediocre, for what purpose do you need Tannenbaum? and does that purpose justify paying him?
maybe they think Chris Grier is fine without tannenbaum or maybe he’s the beginning of other heads rolling.
will they replace him or just carry on status quo? that to me would say a lot as to him being dead weight and would put the rest of the FO on notice.
i hear Dawn Aponte may be coming back.
I always liked Aponte , excellent capologist
Gase is dead weight too, they should fire him as well. If Gase isn’t on the same page with the other guys then tear that page out and fire him.
Firing Gase is premature at this point IMO.
First of all he hasn’t had his starting QB last year and most of this year, you have to give him a chance to succeed as firing him now and bringing another guy in with different philosophy would set us back.
That said if you have a guy that is a proven winner that you are in love with such as a Harbaugh then you pull the trigger.
at this point i don’t see that guy out there so you let Gase continue down the road you’re on to see where it leads.
after 3 years he’s made the playoffs 1, the other 2 years were injury ridden
Ross loves Tannehill, Maybe Tannenbaum who was scouting other QBs such as Hebert & Grier was on board with dumping Tannehill ….
so Ross decided to dump Tannenbaum??
Just a theory
Ha! If that’s the case, they definitely are firing the wrong guy!
This is exactly why I don’t want to sign Frank Gore next season . . .
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/chiefs-reportedly-give-damien-williams-a-two-year-extension-worth-up-to-8-1-million/
Why pay a 36 YO RB $3-4M when we have 2 young RB’s under contract who are more than capable. At least they could be more than capable, they just need to be used!
Even $1M. Use the guys we have that are making $1M (Drake) and $717K (Ballage). Use the money for Gore somewhere else. Draft another late RD RB for depth.
Gore brings production to the power running game that Drake doesn’t, not sure about Ballage?? a lack of that production makes us predictable.
By all means bring back Gore until he mo longer has the kind of production he had this year.
Of course you’re not sure about Ballage, because he we hardly used him. Now’s the time to get Ballage some carries to see what he can do, along with Drake. Branden Bolden isn’t here next year, so Gase will probably give him 15 carries on Sunday. I feel like we go through this every year. “We don’t know what this guy can do”
What Gore does at this point is clog progress. A team on the brink of a championship should have Gore on their team as a mentor and part time player, he doesn’t belong here taking work away from 2 young quality backs on their rookie contracts.
Rob – Look at the Colts this season. They let Gore go, and believe me, Gore did well for Indy. This year they have a trio of young backs, Marlon Mack, Nyheim Hines and Jordan Wilkins, and they have a great offense. Oh, they have a QB . . .
we all know Drake isn’t that guy that can be dependable in a power running set. he doesn’t consistently pick up the tough yards as a Gore.
Maybe Indy’s RBs are better than ours, you can not rely on Drake to get us in manageable down and distance on 2nd down as you can Gore.
It’s all about production. and Drake has a lack of it.
Ballage might be the grinder. I have thought of him as David Johnson lite, I hope we get to see what he can do Sunday.
“He can’t figure out how to use the players/talent he has. I was trying to point this out the other day. He is LOST. ”
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HERD, 100% agreed and I see many other s on here do as well. IMO, Gase designed this offense to focus/feature WIlson and Grantman. When he lost both he is visibly even more lost. He has not been able to figure anything else out in regard to using the weapons he has. Give Andy Reed this offense with Stills, Amendola, Parker, Drake, Balledge, O’Leary, Gesicki, and smythe. He would have our heads spinning with excitement. Gase is clueless and proved he can not adjust. When he does adjust, he goes away from what’s working and changes to what doesn’t work (I am mainly referring to running the ball).
You want to look at a young offensive minded HC that has his offense tearing up the NFL, look across the state of FLA at Dirk Koetter. At least he delivered on on what his strength is. He did it with 2 QB’s that many of you laugh at here, Fitzgerald and Winston.
BTW – TB has 14 guys on IR. I’m aware their defense is horrible, but so is ours, but their offense is top 10, top 5 in some categories. I’m also aware they’re 5-10, but at least they do something well. What do we have to hang our hat on?
we have a better long snapper!
JOHN DENNEY MUST GO!!!!!
ocalarob says:
December 28, 2018 at 8:08 am
Why are we firing Mike Tannenbaum?
https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/armando-salguero/article223617670.html
Armando has a pretty good reason in this recent article.
I just need this team to win one more game to save my ass $100. I had a bet with an obnoxious Cowboy fan in my office this year that the dolphins wouldn’t have “a losing season” I already can’t WIN the $100 but if the dolphins win this sunday then I don’t LOSE the money.
Go dumbass dolphins.
They will start Tanny for no friggin reason and like Mike said make Branden Bolden our feature bac for the game. You might as well get the 100 in your hand so it can say good bye to it.
No to mention im sure Denney starts too.
LOL, my rant against Denney is just a spoof. It is purely coincidental that we have been a shit team as long as he has been here.
I feel like a shark right now . . . I smell blood in the water, and it’s sending me into a frenzy. lol
I’m so angry at Gase right now, I keep finding things about him that raise my ire.
FWIW – I felt the same way about Philbin at the end. I really started to despise him.
Was looking at teams who will pick before us in 1st round and may have a need to draft a QB.
Jaguars – Very possible
Giants – Drafted Lauletta last year but may draft one in 1st if they part ways with Manning.
Bucs – Do they stay with Winston?
Bengals – Do they move on from Dalton?
Broncos – Do they keep rolling with Keenum?
Redskins – Does Gruden roll with Johnson or McCoy? Alex Smith seems done.
Raiders – Carr has been playing better second half of season. Does Chucky use his #4 pick on a QB?
The others seem to have their guy or drafted one in the 1st last year.
IMO, these are the top 4:
•Dwayne Haskins, Ohio State
•Drew Lock, Missouri
•Will Grier, West Virginia
•Ryan Finley, NC State
Who do you think pulls the trigger in the 1st round and for who?
If the top 3 are gone, I’m not pulling the trigger on a QB in the 1st round.
I think Daniel Jones from Duke might be right there with Finley.
It’s rather depressing that we have nothing to hang our hat on and get excited about going into the offseason. Nothing we can say “this is our nucleus, let’s build around it”. We have questions at GM, HC/OC, DC, QB. Even if you are in the camp of giving Gase more time, keeping Tannenbaum/Grier, or giving Tanny more time, you can’t be thinking “this is definitely the guy, we’re set here”.
The only thing we can say is locked down solid is our special teams coach. All other key positions listed above are either definitive crap, arguably crap, likely crap, might be crap, or are maybe, possibly not entire crap. 3 years in with this many questions makes me personally question the effectiveness of anything this regime has done.
Our kicker is pretty solid, punter not bad either. Our LT looks very good as well. Xavien Howard is great, we need to find a CB opposite him. Minkah will probably be much better next year. Other than that, lots of questions.
Also, if we get the same Kikonext year that we had this season.
I’m not looking at players (except QB due to the importance of the position). I’m looking at organizational structure.
We have some nice pieces on the field to build around, but if our organization is a mess, our we going to make the right decisions to build around that? Nope! It’ll be the same ‘ol story we’ve seen for the last 20 years.
I wasn’t meaning to be argumentative (not sure how my last post read). I was just clarifying the intent of my original post.
I guess what I’m saying is it doesn’t matter if we have a few nice pieces on defense or offense. If we don’t have a QB, if we don’t have a HC, if we don’t have a DC, if we don’t have the right personnel acquisition department (VofOP/GM/HC, whoever the hell does what in that group), then we really don’t have shit. Having a good kicker, or a stud CB, or a great ST coach doesn’t matter if you don’t have these other key pieces in place. And right now we have questions at eveyr single one of these levels.
It’s hard to even be excited about moving forward because we need to make changes at some or all of these positions, so that means either we’re starting over again…not a fun prospect…or maybe even worse, Ross might only do a partial reset, which looks likely, and we don’t solve the problem. Lotta questions going forward. Not sure how bright our near future is.
Your Picks:
Round 1 Pick 15: Davis, Raekwon, DE/DT, Alabama (B)
Round 2 Pick 15: Love, Julian, CB, Notre Dame (A-)
Round 3 Pick 14: Buggs, Isaiah, DE, Alabama (A+)
Round 4 Pick 15: Thorson, Clayton, QB, Northwestern (A+)
Round 5 Pick 15: Ivey, Martez, OT, Florida (A+)
Round 6 Pick 15: Dillard, Andre, OT, Washington State (A+)
Round 7 Pick 17: Alaka, Otaro, ILB, Texas AM (A+)
fucking A.
mock drafts in December again…
GGG
Gase Gotta Go!
Too bad it will most likely be a partial res-et as Kong said.
You got it Rock! Mock drafts everyday until it happens. LOL
GGG/DGG
well if you can’t root for your team in December….
YOUR TEAM
MIAMI DOLPHINS
YOUR PICKS
1: R1P15 QB DREW LOCK MISSOURI
2: R2P15 EDGE MONTEZ SWEAT MISSISSIPPI STATE
3: R3P14 G BEAU BENZSCHAWEL WISCONSIN
4: R4P15 CB ISAIAH JOHNSON HOUSTON
5: R5P15 C GARRETT BRADBURY NC STATE
6: R6P15 DL EDWIN ALEXANDER LSU
7: R7P15 DL TERRY BECKNER JR MISSOURI
Nice!
sweat is sweet! 6-6 245 with room to grow and 10+ sacks each of the last two seasons.
Not sure how I feel about Lock
but I like the positions you selected
its early – but there is reason to believe sweat will not be therein the 2nd
Mike E,
That’s my problem with Gase. Koetter, McVay, etc, etc all produced at least on one side of the field. We have nothing positive to look forward to. A draft full of talent that will be mismanaged. Why can’t Drake be the kind of runner we need? McCaffrey, Hunt, Kamara all all similar weight ranges and even Hunt has more carries as an unemployed dude. Our run average is in the top 10 but we have to pass more because Tannehill is such a great decision maker who passes past the 1st down marker every time…except he isn’t. Gase says the problem is we don’t get enough plays in a game…why not offensive genius?
I don’t know much about Lock, but his 3-1 TD to Int ratio is nice. Too bad his completion percentage is in the 50s most of his 4 years and he looks like a woman in his profile picture on ESPN. (a lesbian, but still looks like a woman)
I am torn btwn Lock and Grier on who I would take with Haskins most probably gone.
well, it is December so the mocks haven’t pushed these guys to the top of the board yet. Neither will be available at pick 15 in April.
I think between the 3 guys you mentioned Haskins is the favorite
and yes he will probably be gone
I suspect between and April the negative stuff on Greir, Haskins and Lock will be piled on
I actually expect it to be a little more intense this year with people hoping these qbs get pushed down
and that’s the nature of the draft
but I think at the end of the day you look at the guys skill set
then try to understand whether he is mentally prepared to play QB in the NFL (which is hard)
and then try to make a determination to whether the prospect can be the leader of a high scoring offense
and there is nothing about those guys that says they won’t be able to do this right now IMO
Lock and Falk to push Tannehill. ( I keep reading articles about how he won’t be here….he will) plus Brock? do you guys think Brock will still be here?
I hope not.
well if Gase is still here……
(I will bitch and moan and still root for the team to win, damn them!)
I doubt Brock will be here
I am assuming that they bring back the inconsistent tackle with no eyebrows and not make another hole. But who knows at this point.
the way this franchise has been run lately they are more likely to open up a hole at tackle than fill another hole
but I hope they realize James is worth hanging onto for at least another year and instead focus on the interior OL
Kong, I get ya man – If the FO stays intact, as well as the coaching staff, and Tannehill is still the QB, and we re-sign Frank Gore, I’m not even sure if I’ll watch, because at best, w/o major injuries, we go 9-7, and then get blown out in RD 1 by a real team.
I’m feeling the same
LMAO @ Rock – He doesn’t look like a lesbian! That’s funny as hell though
come on! I posted his picture. He absolutely looks like a lesbian! Google lesbian hair styles and tell me i’m wrong then! LOL
How is the fire mage serise BTW? I am nearly done with John Gwynne’s 3,000 page series and need a new one to read.
Been too busy to read, I’m only on page 33. It will slow down in January, I’ll be able to take a normal lunch 1/2 hour to read.
Yeah, the hairstyle is a little dykey, give ya that. lol
Piggy – I don’t think James would sign a 1YR deal, he can get much better elsewhere. It will have to be a minimum of 4 years I would think.
Can you all imagine if Rizzi was the HC? Tannehill coming back to the sidelines after he throws a 2 yard pass on 3rd 18. WHY DID YOU THROW THAT!!!!!!!! WTF WERE YOU THINKING!!!!! HOW CAN YOU GET THE FIRST DOWN WHEN YOU THROW A 2 YARD FUCKING PASS!!!!!!!
as apposed to Gase who DESIGNS the 2 yard pass for 3rd and 18?
Have any of you guys read David Gemmel? I just saw that an author I like received the “David Gemmel Award” for fantasy fiction, had never heard of him so I googled him and now see he has written LOTS of books.
I think Rizzi WILL be a head coach in the NFL some day (not too far future)
This first bowl game today really sucks.
Look forward to next game and get a better look at Grier.
He’s probably going to tank just to piss us all off!
Lock looks a bit like Cutler.
Rock,
Gemmell is a fun read. Druss the Legend and Waylander are two fantastic characters.
I’d put his writing style on par with Feist. Heroic Fantasy which is solid and easy to read. I suggest starting with the Drenai series.
Rockphin says:
December 28, 2018 at 10:49 am
I just need this team to win one more game to save my ass $100. I had a bet with an obnoxious Cowboy fan in my office this year that the dolphins wouldn’t have “a losing season” I already can’t WIN the $100 but if the dolphins win this sunday then I don’t LOSE the money.
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Will you stop making me root against my team please!
He would be a quick plan for offseason IMO.
Resign Wake, 5mil per, limited situational pass rusher role or let him walk.
Renegotiate Quinn, extend him another year, work the number to have a 16mil 1 year extensiton, 8mil fully guaranteed year in 2019 and 8mil no guaranteed money in 2020. That will get us back 4 mil on cap and keep us we a primary pass rusher (we just dont have anyone we can rely on to man that position and id rather keep him than Branch).
Cut/Trade Ryan Tannehill (i dont think we will be able to trade him) save the 13mil.
Cut/Trade Andre Branch save the 7mil.
If healthy, re-sign William Hayes, 10mil 2 years. fully guaranteed first year, no guarantees 2020.
Re-sign Jawuan James 10mil per, small cap hit the first year, fat in year 2 contract. approximate 5mil in cap hit in 2019.
Rescind the 5th year option for Parker, save 9mil.
Renegotiate with Amendola to extend him and give guarantees he currently doesnt have. Extend him another year, 10mil, 5 in guarantees paid in 2019, and 5 no gurntees in 2020. Save 1mil.
Re-sign Gore, 1 year, 2mil, 1 guaranteed.
Re-sign Travis Swanson, minimum contract, 1 year.
Re-sign Branden Bolden, minimum contract, 1 year.
Offer Jesse Davis.
If OTC is updated and their cap estimation is correct, then we would start with about 19mil in space. With the moves listed above we would have 34 in cap space after the cuts and 16 after the re-signs.Sign a stand in QB 7-8mil 2 years, first year guaranteed, roster bonus for second year. (Bridgewater, McCown, Fitzpatrick) Pick up an OL or 2 minimum/low contract types for depth and competition. use the rest on the rookie class and roll-over.
Draft.
QB best available, and i would be willing to trade up for the right guy. Drew Lock i think could be available when we pick. If we landed Lock, Hebert, or Haskins i think id be pretty excited by it. Depending on where we pick in the first, i might even consider taking Grier in the first with a trade back. Id target DE/DT/OL with the next three to four picks and id target a WR in a later round, im somewhat targeting Hunter Renfrow WR Clemson if he is still available in the 6th. Grab whatever is best available of any position in the 7th.
Lock has big arm talent. He is still refining things but overall he is a really solid QB that could play right away. Id rather let him cook a year or at least part of a year before i threw him in there just so he could spend some time getting the playbook, etc. I like Grier a lot too, he also has good mobility but his arm isnt as good as Lock’s. Lock probably has the best arm of this draft but Hebert’s arm and Haskins isnt bad either.
Tim Knight says:
December 28, 2018 at 2:58 pm
Lock looks a bit like Cutler.
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Funny you should say that, i have him heard in arm talent compared to Cutler. Said Cutler talent, Eli Manning’s goofy personality.
Lock’s hair does look a little dykish…. its like a lazy fohawk
Rockphin says:
December 28, 2018 at 1:48 pm
I am assuming that they bring back the inconsistent tackle with no eyebrows and not make another hole. But who knows at this point.
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You are wrong for that….its a real condition that affects many in a very horrific way….
LOL JKBB
Herbert is returning to Oregon for senior year, but I like what you proposed there!
Rock,
I’ve read many of Gemell’s books. I like them. They’re easy reads.
D,
Why would we resign Quinn? He is terrible at setting the edge and has done next to nothing in the sack department. He was a bad signing to begin with. Are you keeping him because we have nobody else?
I’m bored at work. Starting to trade back, LOL.
Haskins, Lock, and Grier were gone by #15.
Your Picks:
Round 1 Pick 18 (PHI): Allen, Josh, OLB, Kentucky (A+)
Round 2 Pick 15: Love, Julian, CB, Notre Dame (A-)
Round 2 Pick 24 (PHI): Jones, Daniel, QB, Duke (A+)
Round 3 Pick 14: Ferguson, Jaylon, DE, Louisiana Tech (A+)
Round 4 Pick 15: Hyatt, Mitch, OT, Clemson (A+)
Round 5 Pick 15: Tega Wanogho, Prince, OT, Auburn (A+)
Round 6 Pick 15: Russell, Dontavius, DT, Auburn (A+)
Round 7 Pick 17: Alaka, Otaro, ILB, Texas AM (A+)
I like the Jones pick for QB, and Ferguson as a DE. I think that kid will be pretty good in the NFL.
Both you OL guys were solid too.
I like this OT Prince Tega Wanogho Jr as a mid round pick from Auburn. He is good in the run game and stays with his blocks well. Not bad in pass pro. Also, at 6’6″ 307, he is projected to possibly run a sub 4.7 40. Here are his snaps against UGA this year.
Maybe Gase will use him as a TE since he can’t find a way to get the ball to friggin’ Gesicki
Jesse Davis can reach a milestone on Sunday to play every snap on offense this season. Last Dolphins player to do it was Reshad Jones in 2013. Kiko was on pace to do the same thing until last week.
That’s a big milestone for a defensive player since they play twice as many snaps as our offense (unfortunately).
Kiko leads the team in snaps with 960. Yes our defense is on the field more than our offense. 😦
Randy says:
December 28, 2018 at 4:01 pm
D,
Why would we resign Quinn? He is terrible at setting the edge and has done next to nothing in the sack department. He was a bad signing to begin with. Are you keeping him because we have nobody else?
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He’s the best pass rusher we have on the roster, and if we lose Wake in FA or because he retires, then we would have only Harris and a very overpaid Andre Branch. Id rather cut Branch and try to extend Quinn, who has been coming along toward the end of the season, than i would the other way around. If Hayes doesnt come back healthy we would really really need Quinn.
BailBondMike says:
December 28, 2018 at 4:45 pm
I like this OT Prince Tega Wanogho Jr as a mid round pick from Auburn. He is good in the run game and stays with his blocks well. Not bad in pass pro. Also, at 6’6″ 307, he is projected to possibly run a sub 4.7 40.
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He is a decent option as an OT/OG depth player who might be able to take over a spot eventually. I like the idea of he, Martez Ivey from UF, and there are a couple of guys on ND’s OL that would fit that kind of role too.
D – Disagree on Gore, and also disagree on Quinn. He’s not worth near what we’re paying him. I’d start Harris and maybe re-sign Hayes, and draft a rookie, and whatever happens happens. I don’t pay Quinn just because he’s better than anyone else, he’s not worth what he gets paid. Gore is a progress stopper. We’re not a player away from anything, I think that’s the type of team Gore should play for. A team with a ton of talent that needs a good role model, and a guy that can play if needed. If he’s starting over Drake and Ballage again next year I’ll flip my shit, I swear!
$13M is absurd, and no restructuring, that just puts us in a deeper hole for a longer period of time.
We might be able to get 6.5 sacks out of Harris if he plays all 16 games
D, re: mid-round OL picks, I am right with you on them and Martez Ivey would be my 1st choice and Mitch Hyatt a very close second. I think both would have to be taken in the 3rd round/probably gone before we pick in the 4th.
BailBondMike says:
December 28, 2018 at 4:18 pm
I’m bored at work. Starting to trade back, LOL.
Haskins, Lock, and Grier were gone by #15.
Your Picks:
Round 1 Pick 18 (PHI): Allen, Josh, OLB, Kentucky (A+)…
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NO WAY does Josh Allen last that long, but if he does, that would be KILLER for us! I’m figuring he goes top-5, no later than top-10. I also strongly believe he’s going to be a DE in the NFL at 6’4″, 258, and 4.59 speed.
Needless to say, he’s on my ‘man-crush’ list… but I’m afraid we’d have to trade a LOT of Draft capital to move up for him.
My preference would be to draft Bennie Snell Jr in a middlish round to replace Gore, as i agree with you about the progress part. Id like to keep a vicious type power runner to complement Ballage and Drake, but the problem is we could use that pick on a different position, so having Gore is keeping that option open. I would definitely not prioritize running him over Drake even if we kept him, im not in that camp.
Quinn id restructure or cut, i think restructuring if done right doesnt make things worse, it can actually make things better. The reason you feel so strongly aginst it was because of the last two people we did it with and how we did that restructure. We didnt do anything but push bigger problems further down the line, but thats not how it has to be. If we need Quinn for next year, and we give him guarantees that entice him to shift his money around we can wind up only guaranteeing him for the time we intended to use him, and softening the blow.
So lets say we look at our team and decide hey we need this guy, and he has 13mil left on his contract. If we need him and use him next year, we owe him 13mil. thats going to be 13mil against the cap. Now if i restructure his contract to be 16 mil by extending him a year, and i make half of that guaranteed, the player has incentive to sign that, he technically takes a this year pay cut and next year snt guaranteed anyways so we can cut him in 2020 if things dont work out. You are in a better position with that move not a worse one and you arent locked in anymore than you were since you needed him on the team anyways.
I just cant see us bottoming out at the DE position so hard when we have no clue if Hayes will be back and at 100%. We really have no clue about Harris and if he will turn the corner, and after that its scrubs off the street. We also are boxing ourselves into HAVING to go for DE early if we do that because we are so bereft of talent at the position. Quinn has been playing a good bit better this last half of the season so i think maybe acclimating to the system may have been part of it, that and the horrible use of talent we have had by our coaches in general.
It’s not really $13M against the cap, if we cut him, he has no dead cap hit, he’s just gone. I’m pretty much just trying to clean up the roster, and damn the standings. If we play with young guys who don’t get it done, so be it, but we don’t need to overpay veterans ridiculous salaries, and that includes Tannehill, Quinn and possibly even Reshad Jones. I’d trade Jones if we could get a 3rd RD pick. Set us up for a year down the line, maybe 2020 where we have a good amount of cap space, draft a QB, and hopefully draft that QB from a top 5 spot. Set us up real good.
M13, I know, these aren’t a real mock of mine. Just taking what First Pick gives me. LOL
Understood, Brother!
BailBondMike says:
December 28, 2018 at 2:52 pm (Edit)
Look forward to next game and get a better look at Grier.
I just got home and haven’t seen the game but I suppose you already know by now Grier was sitting out the bowl game.
D – it’s what I wanted the Mets to do, but they can’t help themselves. They just traded away a ton of young talent to stay relevant this year, so they are forcing me to root for now, and damn the future. I want to build a good team here in Miami, so stop with Frank Gore, Robert Quinn, and time to say goodbye to Ryan Tannehill too. If we take some lumps, whatever, it’s all good. Get rid of the high salaries and play with young guys, and get better with youth, rather than plugging holes with overpaid vets. Do that when we’re close to being real contenders, doing so now is just a waste.
Maybe we can trade Tannehill, that would be ideal.
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Great.
I’m cutting him next year anyway, he could complain about that in another city.
LOL… Mike has the axe out and there is no stopping him.
I’m with ya 100% on that. And now we know why the Rams parted with Quinn so cheaply: he can’t bend the edge like he used to.
He’s EXPLOSIVE, but he just can’t bend it quickly or often enough. Seems he’s effective against 7-step drops only anymore. Too often he’s just flushed out by a LT allowing him to run too deeply into the backfield. And I do NOT like him running his mouth about his protests.
LOL @ Mike E
You are gonna watch next season no matter what!
I don’t know if anyone has a Wegmans grocery store near them but they have a place called Burger Bar within it and I just had a lobster roll and Tuscan fries and it was damn good.
Lots of talk about Kyler Murray playing in the NFL. However… and until we hear otherwise, he’s going to play pro baseball. 5’10”, 195? He’s probably more like 5’9″, 185, soaking wet. He’s an electrifying QB, but he’s just too damn small.
Oh wow didn’t know he was that small, go play baseball.
Yessir, I agree.
Russel Wilson is abiut 5’10
Wilson is also 215. Less than 200 is scary for a QB. You want a QB who’s built like a medium sized WR?