It really happened and it’s in the books, Brian Flores is the 13th Head Coach of the Miami Dolphins. Thirteen, that’s a good number. Dan Marino and Jake Scott, 2 excellent players for this franchise wore #13. On Sunday night, February 3rd, Brian Flores gave his last performance for his former team, the New England Patriots, and it was a masterful symphony. Sean McVay, Head Coach of the Los Angeles Rams had no answer for the Patriots defense. The young superstar HC, who most teams are out there looking for the next Sean McVay was completely out coached by Belichick and Flores. Most fans were in awe of the defensive talent of the Los Angeles Rams, with players like DT’s Aaron Donald, and Ndamukong Suh, but it was the lesser known players like Kyle Van Noy and Stephon Gilmore who followed a clever script written by our new Head Coach that won the day.
That was then, this is now. Brian Flores is no longer part of the machine that is known as the New England Patriots. Bill Belichick will no longer be hand picking his roster, finding gems in the draft that no other team considered, picking up cast offs from other teams that fit the Patriot way. It’s now on GM Chris Grier and himself to come up with their own gems, and I’m sure Brian Flores will not necessarily be a clone of Bill Belichick, I’m sure he has his own ideas, but they will be similar to those of Bill Belichick and the Patriots. Flores says he want to play with multiple fronts, he doesn’t want to be solely a 3-4 defense or a 4-3 defense, but instead be able to play either or both in the same game. Adaptability, change to what thwarts your opponent. He wants to be a physical team, on both sides of the ball.
How Grier and Flores shape this team will be interesting. I look forward to seeing how both Flores and Grier work together to remake this roster. You all know the players I would trade or cut, but do Flores and Grier share the same strategy? Probably not. BBM mentioned that backup LB Chase Allen shares many physical traits and skills with New England Patriots LB Kyle Van Noy, which is quite accurate. Both players are 6’3 250 with sub 4.7 speed, very quick shuttle speeds and 10 yard splits. In Allen’s rookie season, he was forced to play in all 16 games, starting 4 due to the Raekwon McMillan injury. Speaking of Raekwon, could he be our version of Dont’a Hightower? Is Minkah Fitzpatrick our Patrick Chung? I think Minkah is a much better player than Chung, but Chung is the signal caller on that defense, and Belichick was visibly upset when his leader went down in the SB. Minkah can be that player, he studies constantly and strives for greatness, and Flores will love working with him.
I reserve judgement until things start happening. I’m excited, because I think Flores is a quality coach, a dedicated and thorough man with a good strategy for our team. I’m nervous because we just never know how much success is due to the individual coach, or just the replaceable cog in the big Belichick machine. I’m not going to cite the failures of past disciples of Belichick because they don’t mean anything and aren’t relevant except for the one fact that they all came from the Patriots machine. How much is each part worth? We will find out soon enough. I’ll leave you with this for whatever it’s worth, I like Flores’ personality much better than the previous HC’s like Adam Gase and Joe Philbin. It’s not even close!
The Miami Dolphins have hired Chad O’Shea as Offensive Coordinator, and Tiquan Underwood as Offensive Quality Control
Finsmob Unleashed 
Rock,
Lol. I never once said that. Neither helped each other much.
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There are no fullbacks in College football anymore. It’s funny, you can sort by player type on fanspeak’s mock draft and this year they don’t list a single player.
Teams use TE, OL, DL and LB in those situations where you want a lead FB. Most teams don’t play much pro set anymore, and I’m a fan of it. It’s just the way it is.
And what Tim just said above, too.
That’s why if we want to discover a FB, we’ve got to extrapolate from the Combine, player history, and game tape. Bigger RBs, TEs, and LBs are our prime candidates if we wish to find one.
To me year one of a rebuild is for the new HC Flores to establish his culture and core beliefs. The top personnel people (Grier) along with the HC clean house of players who don’t fit what they’re looking for, regain a better cap situation, bring in players who fit what they’re looking for, sans big spending in FA and focus on the draft. Teach fundamentals and the new systems and go through the learning curves to set up phase 2 for 2020.
Flores is gonna find out things are a lot harder without Brady at QB. Brady is able to be a second HC on the field and demand that guys work just as hard as he does. It’s also why we need to find the right QB. It can make a huge difference….unlike any other position on the field. We need to find a leader. It can’t just be the HC. it has to be a player on the field.
Head Coach and QB is huge.
Just for YOU, Randy!
watch how he gets lower than the defender, once that happens the defender is toast
ROCKPHIN: I think many of your concerns about the scouting department are well founded. I hope that the house cleaning in that department is still ongoing and not yet complete. But, to be fair, the old scouting department DID FIND jewels in the rough, like AJAYI and a certain wide receiver who now plays for the Browns. These picks were pissed away for next to nothing by an incompetent head coach who, praise Jesus, was sent to the football hell known as the Jets!! However, the bottom line is this: the scouting department HAS NOT found us enough of these jewels to make the Dolphins legitimate Super Bowl contenders during the 72-90 Steve Ross era. And that’s a FACT!
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OCALA ROB: Happy birthday, big guy!! Hope someone special gives you what you REALLY WANT today!!
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Mr. SPIKES: Hope you get a chance to see THE GREEN BOOK this weekend.
Time to walk the doggies and call it a night. I’m out!
Thanks OD, I want for nothing except Miami to be competitive, most people think when they die they go to heaven, my outlook is that i’m in heaven now.
M13,
Hockenson is a complete TE. He plays tough and can block. He’s gonna get even bigger and stronger in the NFL. I don’t see a lot of downside to his game.
Rockphin says:
February 7, 2019 at 9:28 pm
Happy Birthday ROB!
mf13ss says:
February 7, 2019 at 6:34 pm
Happy B-Day, ORob! I hope you enjoyed your day.
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Thanks guys
with TJ and Rashad you have 2 safeties that should be in the box, maybe some of the drop off in run support has to do with Jones playing FS. we need to have another shutdown corner and get Minkah back to FS.
I read that Howard wants to renegotiate a long term deal but if he doesn’t he will happily play out his contract this year which is great news that he won’t holdout.
should we deal with this now to maybe save money down the road?
should we look to trade him for picks?
we could also franchise him in 2020
i did get a present from one of my sisters, I got an unopened Mel Tillis greatest hits CD, now some might think…big deal…..but it was………a great present.
you see my sister was Mel Tillis in home nurse prior to his death last year and that CD came directly from him.
RIP..the stuttering cowboy
Im actually pretty fond of Mel Tillis, very different sound hearing him sing vs hearing him talk. Very strange how calm singing made him,and it cam off in his music. There are a lot of the classic country guys i like a good bit,
Landry at $15.1M per season was just pissed away? If that’s so, the best leak we ever took!
Peegasm?
“They aren’t tanking—that’s such an ugly, misleading term—they just aren’t kidding themselves anymore.“
https://syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/2819633-dolphins-might-finally-have-a-plan-to-get-them-to-stop-swimming-in-circles.amp.html
I think its more of fcing the fact that a rebuild goes all the way down to the foundation. Builing on a bad foundation will leave you with something that at best is going to have a short life. We should have done it each time before and its possible if Gase had done that when he got here, it would have worked out for him.
I wonder if Amendola would take a extension of two years 8mil 4mil guaranteed to get his salary and cap hit down this year. If Flores likes him it wouldnt be a bad move, since we’d have a coach that knows how the Pats run a team, a OC that would be on the same page with the offensive calls and a player-coach on the field that also could helps with the WR room. I think at 6mil Amendola is a possible target for cut, but i think he is worth close to that anyways and id like to see hm around a year or two more.
I agree with this
Makes all the sense, unless perhaps to Amendola in terms of taking a paycut. All would depend on what his open market value is, but as a 33 year old receiver…. can’t be that high.
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Dolphins re-signed LS John Denney, his agent @iangreengross says. Denney is the longest tenured Dolphins player being with the team since 2005.
First signing in the Flores era….. and not a bad one. Unless you ask Rock. 🙂
FUCK! I’m done! Flores just lost all credibility!
See, we are tanking!! LOL
LOL – Flores’ first move is a dickslap to ROCK.
D, Amendola is on the books in 2019 for $6M and becomes a UFA in 2020. If we released him this year there would be no dead cap either. I don’t see any reason to redo his deal. There are other players who can give us more cap savings than him.
I think if you want a prototypical FB then you draft a guy like Alec Ingold from Wisconsin. BUT, I prefer a player who could fill that role but be a huge playmaker in so many ways and that is 5’11” 240 lb WR/RB/FB Tyre McCants from USF. Yes, he played WR at 240lbs! Check him out in this video dragging a DB the last 15 yards in to the endzone.
Again, he is playing WR at 240 lbs most of this video. He is a beast and a very good dual threat.
MAN CRUSH!
Can he block? If not, we don’t need him, not as a FB at least
Tim Knight says:
February 8, 2019 at 1:09 pm
D, Amendola is on the books in 2019 for $6M and becomes a UFA in 2020. If we released him this year there would be no dead cap either. I don’t see any reason to redo his deal. There are other players who can give us more cap savings than him.
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I know, but the extension actually give him guarantees. I dont wanna cut the guys salary down too much i think he is worth 4mil, but every little bit helps and extending him would put him in the plans for 2020 and it would give him a guarantee. If he gets hurt this year, or whatever, they could cut him and he would just be out his paycheck, if i were him id look to turn some of that into guaranteed money even at the cost of losing a little bit of annual money.
I wonder if he even wants to be a part of a rebuild at 33 years old? He could help a contender.
He’s already been part of superbowls though, i think he is looking for a place he feels comfortable, and maybe thats with the Dolphins with his old coach now here with him, or maybe its not. Im not sure either. Id almost bet though there is going to be someone approaching him about his contract in the next few months. We will see then what his motivations are.
As far as a I’m concerned, we can cut Amendola. I’d prefer that Flores not lean on players to “Bring the culture”, especially one like Amendola that gets hurt all the time. JMO, I’d let him walk. We’re not the Patriots, we’re the Dolphins.
I dunno, players who match your mentality on wat players should be and carry the culture you are trying to establish help a lot. IMO there are playes on your team you keep because they do more than just provide you with a skilled player, sometimes they are even more to the team.
Like i said i see Amendola as a valuable piece, but i dont see him as a irreplaceable, so id try to negotiate his salary down, but id try to retain him at a better price. He actually contributed pretty well last year.
Actually, that’s not really fair. He’s been relatively healthy the last 4 years, so forget that part of the equation.
For what its worth, Amendola was the healthiest receiver we had last year for the number of snaps he played.
If we’re going younger and looking to develop young players the first couple of seasons, not sure how Amendola fits that criteria as a 33 year old player with one year left on his deal.
It’s funny, the word tanking is out there, rebuilding, retooling, yet nobody wants to part with a lot of the vets. This isn’t directed at you, D. Some fans and even some in the media have made comments like that. If we’re going to do this rebuild right, just do it. The idea is by 2021 we have a team that can contend and most of the vets on the team won’t be part of that.
^ Agree Tim
Mike E, Not sure about his blocking skills. He is a unique talent at his size. He seems like he can be a “do it all” type player to me. From what I read, many fans wanted him to be the starting RB for USF this past season but they kept him at WR most of the time. So not much tape on his blocking except for some down field stuff.
Yeah ill part with any of the vets i think really dont benefit the rebuild, i just feel like Amendola could be one of the ones that does, and thats just because of his affiliation with the new HC and the new OC. I see him as a bridge player.
Wake, unfortunately is one, and id very sadly let him walk in FA unless he was willing to come back for a significant discount. I dont think thats fair to him and i dont think that it would be fair to expect him from seeking out a contender to play for in his last few years.
In fact id say that most the older more expensive guys would be targets for me for trade, or cut or let walk in FA. I dont think though that every vet or ever player who is expensive dont offer so much more as far as intangibles that they arent worth keeping. So i guess i agree with you, but i dont fully agree, its just not so cut and dry for me.
Official coach hirings.
Here are our FA’s and what id do with them.
Cameron Wake (make a offer thats team friendly, let him walk if he doesnt take it)
William Hayes (make a offer thats team friendly, let him walk if he doesnt take it)
Ja’Wuan James (make a offer thats team friendly, let him walk if he doesnt take it)
Stephone Anthony (walk)
Frank Gore (walk)
MarQueis Gray (walk)
John Denney (signed)
Ziggy Hood (walk)
Sam Young (walk)
David Fales (walk)
Brock Osweiler (walk)
Travis Swanson (minimum contract)
Brandon Bolden (minimum contract)
Sylvester Williams (walk)
Wesley Johnson (walk)
Mike Hull (offer)
Leonte Carroo (walk)
Jake Brendel (walk)
A.J. Derby (walk)
Senorise Perry (walk)
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James is the only one id offer serious money to to stay, and by that i mean more than a 5mil a year type offer. Still im not offering top player money to anyone. I also dont know that i would feel good about making a big offer to Howard either, not even next year. I might tag him and make that decision in 2021, but if i got the right trade offer for him im really going to be considering it, especially if the offer is a first round selection.
so what is the play to replace those 16 out of 53 players? (30% of roster?)
** plan not play damn Iphone
D, I think it’s time to let Wake go. I don’t think Hayes who will be 34 in May and coming off of season ending ACL surgery makes sense for us. James will likely get more than $5M per on the open market.
Other than that I think you’re probably accurate. What about Parker?
Lot more than $5 mil, but maybe that means he walks.
Rock, you think it will be difficult to replace a lot of those players?
Time to build, and anyone that doesn’t fit, off with their head!
Mando doing his thing. We hired one coach from the Jets in Karl Dorrell who has coached for a lot of teams including us in the past. The Jets have obviously hired a few Dolphins coaches because of Gase.
Was it funny to him that a Boston paper hired Ben Volin? 🙂
LOL
Stanger, yes if that’s D’s number on James just consider him walk. LOL
No i said he would be the only one i made more than a 5mil per year offer too. Id offer him 8-9mil per
My bad. I have no idea what Grier and the new staff think of him. I’d prefer to move on from him but not my call.
Wake i would make a 5mil per offer to. One-two year with maybe one year guaranteed. About the same or a little less for Hayes.
Rock, those guys are gone anyways, they are not on the roster for next year, and im sure there are ways to fill out the 53 that doesnt require re-signing them. I dont think any of those guys were keepers. Let Flores get his guy to replace them whether that be from the draft or cheap FA pickups.
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We’re likely going to sign a dozen or more bottom and mid-tier FAs to low one and 2 tear deals and see which ones stick long-term. I expect us to sign a lot of UDFAs this year as well.
I believe James is an above average RT, and the top ones get 12per. I dont see him as a top one but i think 8-9mil is about the range he fits in. Morgan Moses just got 8 per and James has been better than him.
So Cadwall is the “official” QB coach for the Dolphins. I guess the rumors about the QB coach from that pats was false.
No Jerry Schuplinski is also hired as asst. QBs coach.
It was weird how they worded that. “They also left the patriots this week” But they didn’t say then joined the dolphins.
No he was also hired. ” Josh Boyer and assistant quarterbacks coach Jerry Schuplinski also left the Patriots this week.”
Tim Knight says:
February 8, 2019 at 3:07 pm
Rock, you think it will be difficult to replace a lot of those players?
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No, especially since many of them are backups. My point was you just cant cut them and not replace them. My GUESS will be that they bring a good portion of them back (don’t ask me for a percentage quote)
I doubt they will bring them back, they are going to go out and get replacement players they like not that the previous coaching staff liked.
Like D said, they’re not being cut, they’re all UFAs. You just replace all or most of them with new players.
I could see us cutting some big fat too ad andding a couple decent guys to our team, like i wouldn’t be shocked if we went after Trey Flowers at DE, i dont know how much we would offer but i would think we would be making one.
I like Frank Clark, and he’s not even 26
I think he is really gonna get paid this year. I like him too, but Flower also is going to give us a guy with scheme versatility. Flowers is 25.
Maybe Danny Shelton too
Yeah I’ve mentioned Flowers a few times. He’s likely going to get a big contract. Not sure how big and don’t know if we’ll go there even for a young player.
I think his strength is scheme versatility and thats not what puts zeros on your paycheck its the sack numbers and TFL. Flowers is a really solid player, well rounded. I think Clark gets a lot more money than Flowers.
If we cut Branch, by himself i think we could sign Flowers for what we get back cutting Branch.
Id consider that a big trade up
Quinn will free up $12M too
We can draft DE all day, but it would be nice to actually have some talent there. Harris is still very much up in the air, Quinn should be gone, so what do we have? I can see spending some $$$ on a guy like Flowers or Clark
If we wind up cutting Branch, Quinn and letting Wake walk we almost have to spend some money in FA at DE.
Wake’s contract is already off the books.
As for Clark vs. Flowers, I’m just going by Flores knowing Flowers very well.
Shelton would give us a big NT run stuffer to help us when we were in 3-4 looks and we could get him for what we are paying Spence right now.
I know Harris is a ? but i could see him doing well in this new system where he will stand up as an OLB some of the time. getting rid of Branch, Quinn and letting Wake and Hayes walk, then signing Flowers/Clark we would have starters penciled in as that guy and Harris. We add some depth guys behind them and maybe again in 2020 if we didnt get anything out of the DE’s we drafted. Id be happy with Harris opposint Clark or Flowers.
I kinda feel like Godchaux could probably play DE, especially int he 3-4 looks. He wouldt be a pass rush kinda guy but i dont think he would be shitty out there either. He played some 5 tech at LSU
I agree on Godchaux as a 3-4 end
I think so too and he’ll get the chance to prove it. He’s an easy guy to keep around and see if he fits the future being on a 5th rd contract with 2 years left. He’s also a high character guy with a non-stop motor.
Bring back Soliai! (JK)
I don’t think they are going to necessarily go with ONLY young guys. They will bring in cheeper older vets too to fill in the gaps.
on short term contracts
Yes, but not guys in the twilight of their careers. Under 30 seems to be the target.
Need some vet leadership sprinkled in. Randy was discussing leadership cant come all from the coaches
I’d resign Gore in a heartbeat. Dude is an asset in and off the field.
Well maybe not in the field….he no Jimmy Hoffa
A rare occasion, but I couldn’t disagree more. It’s time for Drake to shine, and Ballage too, and all Gore would do is steal caries from both. He’s already shown them how to be a pro, it’s done.
I see your point Mike E
We’ll see…love watching him run. Like Moreno in his short stint here. Still think that season would have been tons better if he actually played. LOL.
I think or RB room has the right guys without Gore, but bringing him back on a contract like he was under this past year isn’t a lot of cap eaten up and there isn’t much risk.
Im with Mike though, he would be the backup, or the lesser part of a 3 man rotation, since Pats are usually rotate RB’s. I wouldnt want him to be the primary back, i didnt like them having Drake and Ballage off the field. They did a lot better toward the end after Gore went out and i think they could have been doing really well had they been utilized all year.
You see, nobody wants to go young and truly do a rebuild. LOL
Just Gore for me. I’ve already come to terms with Wake…..anybody else no biggie.
No im all with it, but there are some vets that i think provide some leadership and help the transition. I dont think you need just young vets either, but just vets that know the game and understand the commitment to playing it.
Players who have been in the league for 3-4 years are vets. They know what it’s like to go through offseasons, prepare to play a long season and some of them have playoff experience. You don’t have to be in the league 8, 10, 12+ seasons.
By the way, I posted a link of our official coach signings if anyone is still wondering. I heard there are a few more to come who are unknown. Not sure what role as we seem to have covered all the position coaches and quality control etc.
Gore would be better off retiring and kind of going out on top, even last year not being what im sure he hoped, wasnt an awful one and he still looked strong as a runner. Id pack it up and head home.
Wake too really.
ER – I also think we should draft another young back at some point, so there really wouldn’t be enough carries to go around. I hope Gore gets to play on a winning team, maybe back to the Colts?
Gore said when he can’t keep up with the young bucks, that’s when he’ll hang it up. We’ll see what he decides this offseason.
I thought he looked good enough to play for sure, but next season is a while away, you never know.
Still have Bolden too
ER – Bolden is a FA, but I wouldn’t be surprised in the least if he re-signs with us
Id offer him for sure. I like how he plays. He is a good football player.
You’re right. My B
I thought Gore ran well this year. He still is an amazing crease runner. He can get low and exploit creases other backs would give up on and try to make a cut or field reversal to go around. I still think he has elite ability as far as that is concerned. I think though this year showed time catching up to him. He started to wear out toward the end of the year, his conditioning was good but his body didnt seem like it was holding up to the punishment as well. He really doesnt have anything else to prove imo, but then again, thats a personal thing and only he can decide what he still wants to accomplish.
Tim Knight says:
February 8, 2019 at 4:40 pm
Players who have been in the league for 3-4 years are vets. They know what it’s like to go through offseasons, prepare to play a long season and some of them have playoff experience. You don’t have to be in the league 8, 10, 12+ seasons.
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Thats why im leaving years out of it. We need all types of players right now and quite frankly we are going to be signing some guy who we know in 2 years wont be here. A guy like Amendola, or Gore, just makes the transition easier. It helps the coaches. I dont think the fact that they are past 30 really means anything when these players have as much worth to us in the locker room or in the position group room, as they do on the field.
Still, let me ask you this. If you were getting advaice as a new parent on how to handle things, would you listen closer to the parent of 1 3-4 year old, or 2-3 ranging from 8-12. Im listening to the parent with 8-12’s because most likely they have experience a lot more than the one with one 3-4 year old. I see it the same way for the vets, the ones that have been on 2-3 different teams or have been to the playoffs 2-3 times and they 8+ years in the league a lot of times have much more to impart on a player and the other player probably listens better to them than they do to a guy who was in college at the same time as they were.
I hear ya, but I think now is the time to go with younger vets who might still be key players on our team in 3-4 years. Wake, Hayes, Gore etc. won’t be. This is the season to move on.
I also agree that a guy like Bolden who was with the Pats could be back for sure. He’s 29 but can play a lot of roles and may or may not be with us in 3-4 years, but he makes sense for now because of the role he plays.
The thing about players like Bolden and Perry is they are core STs guys and can always give you some touches in a pinch. I’d roll with Drake and Ballage this year as our main two backs. If they suffer injuries, you can use guys like Bolden and Perry, call up a young player up from the PS, or sign a guy off the street. We’re not in a situation where that could derail our playoff hopes and/or championship run. We don’t need a top 3rd back.
I would roll with Drake and Ballage as my two main backs as well. If they bring Gore back, imo its for his leadership, and intangibles and to get some of the harder yards in certain down and distance situations. If they wanna draft one of those guys i mentioned before, those grinder backs, then that works too, but we would lose the vet/coach on the field part.
I want to see Ballage given the opportunity to get those tough yards. He’s not an easy tackle.
D, parenting infants, toddlers, children, teens and young adults is not the same as professional athletes in their mid 20’s playing a game. I get what you’re saying, but many players on our team have already been around Wake, Hayes, Gore etc. Not saying no older players, just not many. This season should be a massive youth movement. You can always add some more experience in 2021 when we want to be a contending type of team. For me this is house cleaning season. Very much like when Jimmy Johnson came in.
Your Picks:
Round 1 Pick 13: Sweat, Montez, DE, Mississippi State (B)
Round 2 Pick 16: Benzschawel, Beau, OG, Wisconsin (B+)
Round 3 Pick 14: Mullen, Trayvon, CB, Clemson (A+)
Round 4 Pick 14: Jackson, Tyree, QB, Buffalo (A+)
Round 5 Pick 13: Alexander, Ed, DT, LSU (A+)
Round 6 Pick 15: Scharping, Max, OT, Northern Illinois (A+)
Round 7 Pick 17: Boykin, Miles, WR, Notre Dame (A+)
I wonder what your draft will look like after the combine and pro days. Will it be this one? LOL
So I guess these drafts don’t give you our two other 7th rd picks.
If we do re-sign Bolden, that’s 3 backs, we get one in the draft, or even undrafted, and we’re good with 4.
The reason we kept 5 last year is because of the change in STs rules. More guys who can run then wedge guys etc. We might keep 5 again this year but not to utilize all of them with significant touches. I think Drake and Ballage are perfect for Flores and O’Shea coming in. Both can rush, they’re very good receivers and can take it to the house. Start there and we’ll see in 2020.
Gotcha – so draft a back, and get another one undrafted.
Drake, Ballage, a rook they like, Bolden and Perry or someone else like that and we’re in good shape. Like we’ve all been saying, winning at all costs isn’t the goal this year.
Tim – I’m pissed the Phillies got Realmuto. Especially for what they had to give up. On the bright side, we signed Mesoraco to a minor league contract. Between Ramos, d’Arnaud and Mesoraco, we should be fine behind the plate. I’m just waiting for the Phillies to sign either Harper or Machado too though
Yeah, the Mets need everything to go right. LMAO!!!!
Tim, Yeah, First Pick was more on top of things last year. It does look like they have all the players coming out early added in already. You would think they would get the # of picks right by now. They had the supplemental picks added in within a week of them coming out last year. Not sure what the deal is.
LMAO!!!
OMG, really!
The problem is NOT too many coaches. The problem is too many unqualified, agenda-driven reporters covering the Dolphins.
OD, the guy who tweeted Omar was the one off here though. What does he think every other team has 3 coaches? LOL
That’s some of the craziness you see from fans. They create things that aren’t an issue and don’t exist.
I just heard that we re-signed John Denney.
Thank God.
This helps me have a little more faith in Grier.
Until Denney can’t do it anymore and someone beats him out keep bringing him back. He’s excellent at his job. Grier has been around him his entire career and Flores has been coaching against him all of his career.
You can always count on the Biplanes to be a shit show.
I HAVE ACCEPTED the fact that next season’s starting QB will likely be playing behind a below average offensive line. An O-Line that COULD go from below average to TERRIBLE if we lose a couple of starters due to injury early in the season. Given that reality, I believe next season’s starter will have to have terrific mobility. A quarterback with just average mobility will have little chance of surviving the sacks and hits that are sure to come over a 16 game season behind a so-so line. In that scenario, a QB with Kyler Murray’s mobility would be a huge plus for Miami. And, in fact, if the Fins go QB in round 1, I believe it will be Murray.
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ROUNDS 2 and 3 likely will focus on the D-Line/Edge and the O-Line, altho’ not necessarily in that order. A local Tampa Bay Bucs fan, looking at Miami’s running backs, said, “If Devin Singletary is still on the board in round 4, the Dolphins would be crazy not to take him.” In fact, this guy kinda agrees with MF-13 and told me he thinks Singletary will go in round 3, MAYBE TO TAMPA BAY!!–In that scenario, I’d expect Miami to take the best available player, period, because our Fins need help at almost every position. But I sure as hell would not mind another O-Lineman or D-Lineman in round 4.
Having to possibly replace a lot of players is another reason rebuilding teams like to stockpile a lot of draft picks.
Yep! They turnover maybe 15 low and mid-tier players in FA, draft as much as they can, and sign lots of UDFAs.
Mr. Campbell,
I should have posted it here when I viewed it the other day, but an NFL.com writer mocked your cat Devin Singletary to us in the 3rd round a couple of days ago. The assumption was that Frank Gore won’t be back this year, and we could use a RB early to replace him.
I wouldn’t address RB within the first 3 rounds of the Draft this year (especially with Ballage looking good when given the opportunity last year), but I certainly took notice of that mock Draft with you in mind! I seriously doubt Singletary makes it past round 3, as I stated to ya last week, my friend!
And yes… I’m looking forward to viewing “The Green Book”, under your advice, sooner than later. Thanks!
Randy,
I posted that video of TJ Hockenson for ya last night because I think you need to be aware of him… LOL 😉
Yessir, I see ya, man! I KNOW I can trust your opinion of an Iowa player… and you are right-on with him, IMO. TEs aren’t even on my radar this year, but I’ve seen ya talking him up. I saw the video for the first time last night and I was like, “OH! That’s the kid that Randy’s been talking about”. Good call, Bro!
I have to say Flores was able to bring in a lot of experienced coaches to his staff. Yes both OC O’Shea and DC Graham have never held those positions, but it’s not like they just started coaching 2-3 years ago. Every coach that ever was… started off somewhere. Most of the coaches he brought in have 10 or more years experience. Lots of NFL experience.
Jim Caldwell was a great hire. Coaching QBs has always been his specialty, he’s been an NFL HC, and he’s an elder for Flores to lean on about the highs and lows of being a HC.
Tim Knight says:
February 8, 2019 at 4:28 pm
You see, nobody wants to go young and truly do a rebuild. LOL
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53. 20-somethings with no vet leadership is a recipe for disaster on a franchise crushing scale. Way beyond #1 pick territory. It is a recipe for continued failure IMO due to the collective-bargaining agreement and how the coaches are limited in interaction throughout the year with the players veteran in leader ship is critical
It’s the other veterans to teach the young guys how to be true pros and perennial winners
Tim Knight says:
February 8, 2019 at 4:28 pm
You see, nobody wants to go young and truly do a rebuild. LOL
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53. 20-somethings with no vet leadership is a recipe for disaster on a franchise crushing scale. Way beyond #1 pick territory. It is a recipe for continued failure IMO due to the collective-bargaining agreement and how the coaches are limited in interaction throughout the year with the players veteran in leader ship is critical
It’s the other veterans to teach the young guys how to be true pros and perennial winners
Debbie downer with another article!
I saw that. He’s been a ST’s coach for over a decade. He keep getting hired because teams think he’s poo poo. LOL
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NO, not every team has the same amount of coaches… and I understood the question as the total number of coaches on a coaching staff. During the Steve Ross era, we’ve been known to have assistants to assistants (a total bureaucracy)… not to mention the FO mess Ross has created over the years.
Omar is absolutely incorrect on this (per the usual).
You’re over thinking it. There is nothing uncommon about the coaching staff. The Pats have a bunch of detailed oriented coaches and assistants. Lots of teams do.
The question from Ty Gregory was too many chefs in the kitchen. What’s the kitchen?
Grier is the top dog as a true GM, Flores is the HC. Ross is staying out of it. His view is results from my top two guys is who I will evaluate.
The question was novice. Sorry it was. What… Jim Caldwell is going to subvert Flores for the HC job, the young coach who hired him? It was a drama question and Omar shot it down with reality. I think y’all read it wrong.
Ross has nothing to do with the amount of coaches we have. What are you talking about, M13?
Oy! I suppose what we read from what Ty Gregory posted differs from one another. It’s all good. But the fact? No… not every team has the same amount of coaches on their staff. There’s no minimum nor maximum requisite.
Ross has more or less dictated/advocated the ideology of MORE CHIEFS than Indians makes for BETTER. I’m sorry… I don’t advocate the ideology of bureaucracies. Lived through it, and saw the disaster it always becomes. And we’ve all seen it in action as it pertains to our government, other government, and throughout history.
And why are so many against Armando’s recent reports/opinions? He’s speaking the truth in nearly all cases, and I’m not even trying to suck up to him.
Only thing I’m disagreeing with him on? We could very well have a winning season this year, even in a so-called “rebuilding year”. As I noted several weeks ago, we made the playoffs in Sparano’s first year… as we did once again in Gase’s first year. We’ve GOT talent on our team, it’s just that it’s been severely mismanaged/coached.
In other words, it’s going to be pretty hard to “tank” this season with so much talent on our team. I mean, we could likely accident ourselves into more wins this year than last year under Gase.
Armando is best using his resources to give us fans team intel. Armando opinions become speculative and obnoxious. He dabbles in drama. He does like to piss in your cornflakes. LOL
Mando apparently is pissy that nobody gives him the inside scoop.
Okay M13, fair enough. Start the rebuild with a “I Hate Ross” approach. LOL
Hey Brian Flores, see what you got yourself into? LOL
Hey! Don’t take me the wrong way… I’m really hoping that Ross got it right this time. What’s more, it’s been reported that Ross destroyed his ‘who reports to who’ wacky board, LOL (what a $#!t show that was, to begin with!).
The hope is that Ross has learned from his mistakes, I’m seeing tangible growth from him (if what’s being reported is true), and I DO like the Brian Flores hire.
I think Ross may FINALLY have gotten it right! At least I hope so!
Bro, I’m just JK/BB, but not totally. LOL
I hear ya! Give Ross credit though. He’s admitted his mistakes. He’s tried different things. But never a GM/HC hire as a tandem. It was always three. Let’s hope we have it now. 🙂
If our season rides on ST coach….well….we’re screwed. We supposedly had one of the best and we sucked!
I’m on the fuck Mando bus right now. Even the braided coconut is making more sense…..
Can this new staff even get a chance before writing them off?
Let’s see… we’re tanking… no they’re not… these coaches are overmatched… no they’re not, maybe they are… nobody knows yet. Geez… we have to wait another year or two? Everyone wants to blow it up but not really! LOL
Good Luck!
Right?!
I’d rather just wait and see what happens. LOL
M – I don’t comprehend your bureaucracy comment. Did he not basically give Adam Gase complete control here? I don’t see it the way you’re looking at it. I don’t think we have an unusual amount of coaches, and I applaud bringing in a guy like Caldwell to help the young HC out. Not sure where the assumptions come that there are too many chiefs.
All signs point to Brissett as a real option.
Oy vit da Brisket again!
Embrace the Brisket
You really think he’s going to be that much better than Tannehill? If so, why?
Simple answer is Tannehill is sooo bad that it would be hard to be worse.
However Brissett has worked with our coaching staff so he’d pick the offense up quickly, he has a real good arm, exhibits leadership skills. I just want Tannehill gone, I would have already fired him.
OK, so let’s say we sign Brisket and we go 8-8 for 2 years with him. Does that make you happy? It makes me nauseous. I’d rather see Razor Rudock or Luke Falk or even better, a QB we draft starting and let him grow. I really don’t want to bring a vet, but that’s just how I feel.
Glad we kept these guys:
Oden and Studesville both are back for a second season.
In Oden’s first season with the Dolphins, he helped cornerback Xavien Howard tie for the NFL lead with seven interceptions and earn his first career Pro Bowl selection. Oden has 15 years of NFL coaching experience, all with defensive backs. In four of his past six seasons, Oden’s teams have ranked in the NFL’s top five in interceptions (2013-14, 2017, 2018). He’s played an instrumental part in six players earning eight Pro Bowl selections.
Studesville helped helped the Dolphins improve from 24th to ninth in the NFL with 4.68 yards per carry in 2018, his first season with the team. Studesville has 22 years of NFL coaching experience, including 18 at the running backs position. He has been on the coaching staffs of two conference championship teams (2013 and 2015) and won Super Bowl 50 with the Denver Broncos.
— from dolphins site
Rock says:
53. 20-somethings with no vet leadership is a recipe for disaster on a franchise crushing scale.
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I totally agree with this.
I can literally point to games the past year where our young guys cost us the victory.
And before I blame it all on Gase, and he should take the blame for the Gesicki crimes, this happens on all teams.
“It’s a rookie mistake.” is something we have all heard TV announcers say, because it happens.
And wily vets like Brady and Brees and A. Rodgers are well known for taking advantage of the young guy who just got his first start or who just came in when the vet got hurt.
Last year i remember seeing many wide open WRs and our very young CBs lost in a scheme slip.
I remember Raekwon and Baker both filling wrong holes or misdiagnosing their coverage responsibilities which gave up first downs. And Jesse Davis got embarrassed by several vets, and even the great Minkah got confused on several critical plays that hurt our team.
Gore and Wake and Reshad and Amendola have value far beyond their stats, and their stats were pretty good.
You guys talked about many of these guys, but didn’t see a fuller list of hires. Flores has worked with most of these guys, which makes sense.
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Brian Flores’ coaching staff came into focus when the Dolphins announced 16 of his assistants for the 2019 season….
The group includes three holdovers from the previous Dolphins coaching staff, along with the addition of former Colts and Lions head coach Jim Caldwell and the return of wide receivers coach Karl Dorrell.
Former New England Patriots wide receivers coach Chad O’Shea will be the offensive coordinator; former Green Bay Packers linebackers coach Patrick Graham will be the defensive coordinator; and former Buffalo Bills special teams coordinator Danny Crossman will come in the same capacity.
Also joining the staff: Pat Flaherty as offensive line coach; George Godsey as tight ends coach; Marion Hobby as defensive line coach; Rob Leonard as linebackers coach; Josh Boyer as defensive pass game/cornerbacks coach; Jerry Schuplinski as assistant quarterbacks coach; Matt Lombardi as defensive quality control coach; and Tiquan Underwood as offensive quality control coach.
The three coaches returning from last year are Eric Studesville (running backs), Tony Oden (safeties) and Josh Grizzard (quality control)….
Full https://www.miamidolphins.com/news/brian-flores-staff-comes-into-focus-miami-dolphins
Anyone going to watch the “Last Chance U.” games tonight? The AAF kicks off tonight. I will probably watch the Atlanta game. Want to watch QB Aaron Murray. I always thought he would develop into something.
I wonder, can any of these players be plucked at any time to be placed on an NFL roster?I know Josh Johnson was on one team but left and was signed by the Redskins…
I read where 70% of the players had been on an NFL team at one point.
My friend wants us to go to the game tonight, down the street at UCF, not sure if I’m going to go yet. They want real money for tickets like 50-100 bucks. 20-25 I’ll probably go.
The
Olando Apollos are going to kick butt today!
i think Garret Gilbert will have a good day!
Wanted to check Gilbert out also.
Gotta wonder if JJ Watt threw brother TJ under the bus with this quote on the Steelers.
““It does seem very dramatic. It’s like somebody that’s watching the Kardashians, and I can call one of the Kardashians. I’ll call my brother, I see everything on TV, and I’ll be like, ‘OK, give me the real story.’ And it’s pretty wild. It’s pretty wild.”
Rock, you act like all our players will be infants. LOL
Amendola and his new teammate
New QB? LOL
RT
The new coaching staff updated on the official site. Except they don’t have active links to their bios. They usually do. Maybe not done yet.
https://www.miamidolphins.com/team/coaches-roster/
Mike E. says:
February 9, 2019 at 8:11 am
M – I don’t comprehend your bureaucracy comment. Did he not basically give Adam Gase complete control here? I don’t see it the way you’re looking at it. I don’t think we have an unusual amount of coaches, and I applaud bringing in a guy like Caldwell to help the young HC out. Not sure where the assumptions come that there are too many chiefs.
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I’m talking about the past, not the present. And I’m talking about the FO and the way it was such a mess in who reports to who (remember the ‘diagram of authority’?) in it’s structure. It’s amazing that anything ever got done.
I think it’s fair to say that Ross has been learning on the job since the day he got here, but he’s finally learning how to make things work from a management perspective. I really don’t care how many coaches we have on staff… I was referring to management (FO), not the coaching, bud. Sorry if I wasn’t clear in differing between the two.
Ross would be the first to admit that. He has. This time he hired his “Supreme” GM albeit from within in Grier, and Grier picked the HC. Ross has basically said to Grier, this is your baby.
Yup, and I respect Ross’ decision making this time around to make things work.
It took him awhile to get there, but it seems right in theory at least. Results will decide if it was the right people. I believe people within the org were whispering in Ross’ ear that Grier is the guy who should be running the team. The results of the team not being where it should be, and more and more people whispering in his ear, and he said I’m making a change. Remember Tannenbaum was let go before Gase was. Grier was already the head honcho.
Let’s hope it’s a new start to something cool like winning. LOL
I also think Marino was one of them whispering in Ross’ ear. He’ll probably never say it though.
Wouldn’t surprise me, Tim.
M – OK, gotcha. No matter how they set this up, winning is all that matters. Winning consistently. Always being competitive. There’s never really a right way or wrong way, it’s just about finding the right people. I hope to heck we have.
WINNING! 🙂
Mike E,
This came out 2 days ago…
Excellent! I dig John Lithgow, haven’t seen him in a long time
I’ve seen him doing this since his days as DC with the Giants. He’s always thinking ahead.
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/heres-bill-belichick-told-assistant-154013305.html
M13, What do you think of 5’11” 240 lb WR/RB Tyre McCants from USF I posted yesterday. I think he could be developed yet into another weapon in our arsenal. Someone you could line up anywhere (WR/RB/FB/HB/TE and, of course, ST). Dude has great passion and likens himself to Jerome Bettis once he has the ball in his hands.
Just can’t find much on his blocking skills.
He seems more of a weapon than a pure blocker, but there aren’t many of them around these days. Maybe a Charles Clay type player. He lined up all over the place at Tulsa – Wildcat QB, FB, TE and WR.
Probably right
Son, you know anything about him?
BBMike,
I’ll have to check in on Tyre McCants, my friend. TBH, I’ve not been keeping up on college prospects this year as much as I used to, partially due to the fact that we’re just now knowing who are coaching staff is rounding out to be.
I’ll get on it soon enough. PROPS to you and the others who are educating me right now on prospects! #Respect
*our… not are! SMH @ myself!
LOL, cool! He probably doesn’t fit any kind of need but I like the way he plays.
Agreed, he’s a player some team will take a look at. Where is he projected to go?
Not trying to get into politics, but when the National Enquirer says “do what we want or we show the below-the-waist selfies you sent your girl.” Either that guy has nothing to worry about down there or someone really screwed up back at the home office cause the richest guy in the US is so pissed off willing to let them out
What is this about?
Politics.
If I was a teacher you would get an “F” for that answer. Do we really have to make people type more than they have to? LOL
LOL 😆
Tim — National Enquirer tried to blackmail Amazon head Bozos with just that. Q is how the paper got it.
I don’t want to post the video here so I will just give search words.
Go to YouTube and type ‘Sam Harris: Trump, Consciousness, Jordan Peterson Debate, and more’. Watch or listen at your leisure because it’s a bit over 2 hours. But it’s a good forum that discusses today’s political climate without pissing on each other.
WTF?!! LOL!!!
Just post the video, man! 😆
Nah, it’s too long to create comments. You don’t really have to watch it but you can to get a vibe for body language etc. You can listen like a radio program too, have it on when you’re doing whatever. It’s enlightening and a newish trend for everyone to communicate in the digital and social media world. I think you’d enjoy it.
mf13ss says:
February 8, 2019 at 10:04 pm
And why are so many against Armando’s recent reports/opinions? He’s speaking the truth in nearly all cases, and I’m not even trying to suck up to him.
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Telling the truth and being a dick does not have to be inclusive!
I personally don’t like the arrogance in the way he writes!
He’s starting to act like Omar!
And will be treated as such!
All good! I don’t see it the same way as you do, but I understand why some would be upset with Armando. Truly, I do!
That’s what irks me about Armando, Omar and Hyde, and sometimes Perkins, they get smug, make fun of people, giggle and act above what they’re discussing. Beasley and Jackson are much more even keel. I try to get as much intel about the team from all of them, but I don’t read too many of their op-ed articles. I don’t need them to teach me about football or who the team is. I get more of that here which is more engaging. We all follow the team and invest our time with them. I’m not taking a class from them. I want the news.
For the Fole groupies
https://syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/2819603-buyer-beware-nick-foles-is-qb-fools-gold-in-free-agency.amp.html
It’s very possible he loses that magic and is just ordinary from here on out.
Watch Tannehill go to another team, have success as Dolfans all throw up their arms lead by Son saying really Ryan FF!!!!? LOL
Not to mention… our man Son is the ONE who coined “Foles Gold”. Somebody is reading us!
Well the article says “Fools Gold” which Son did not coin. LOL
The ironic thing is Son is a fan of Cousins and he has started off as “fools gold” in Minnesota.
That’s why I want see us build a solid team overall because you can still win without an all-time great QB. You need a solid QB who makes the plays that are there, doesn’t make too many mistakes, and once in awhile you need some big plays. I don’t ever want to build my team needing the QB to carry us.
Brady has done that at times with the Pats, but they have won in a lot of different ways. Belichick and Brady get most of the credit. But think about how they win. They win most games as a team. A lot of that is Belichick but as he says, players make plays and win games. His genius is he looks for players who can do that. They don’t have to be top 10 talents in the draft.
Son is a RT hater and a Brisset booster.
The new football league (AAF) is about to start on CBS. Looks like Logan Woodside is starting for one of the teams.
Bill Polian is one of it’s founders.
So… we’ve now got the AAF (which we’re about to see tonight), the re-emergence of the XFL, and the Ricky Williams/TO league soon to come.
Logan Woodside has a 7-step drop akin to Drew Brees. Just sayin’!
Not any specific target or order in FA or the draft, depends on the market. But this is what I’d like to see us add to the team this 2019 offseason. Players we can build on.
Defense:
DL – an interior guy who is versatile
Edge – hand in ground or standing
LB – versatile to improve the corps
Offense:
RT – starter material
C/G – versatile interior w/starter potential
QB – has the tools to develop
WR – possession chains mover
This is the season for the new staff to really see what they have at CB, TE and RB so that’s why I didn’t focus on them. As of right now we’re very deep at Safety so no focus there.
No aging vets in this group. Sorry, Rock. All newly acquired vets are under 30. Some of these are rookies too. 🙂
I like, but just so ya know, ‘EDGE’ refers to pass-rushers (DE & OLB, regardless of system).
I absolutely agree with ya that we need a DE to be a formidable force to kill the run. Hopefully, William Hayes comes back HEALTHY and on the cheap.
Who knows, Tim… perhaps the Super Bowl commercials featuring mermaids was just what William Hayes needed! 🙂
I forgot when I said “Edge – hand in ground or standing.” LOL
I’m not re-signing William Hayes off of ACL surgery at 34 years old. Why… so in 2021 he’s not on the team? Come on, man?!!! Why invest in him?
Tim Knight says:
February 9, 2019 at 1:32 pm
Rock, you act like all our players will be infants. LOL
Nah they’re just 20-something millionaires set loose on. South beach
Bully gate, molly, night club brawls
You never see stuff like that 👀
My Orlando Apollo’s are up 8-3
GO Apollos!!!!