The Dolphins have a decision looming, do they re-sign their own former 2014 1st RD pick (#19), or do they try and replace him. It’s not as easy as a decision as some might think. While James is not an elite RT, especially in the sense of the “old” prototype of a right tackle, who was usually not a very good pass blocker, but usually a road grader on the right end of the line. In fact, James is the polar opposite of that, he’s a very good pass blocker, but his run blocking skills after 5 seasons are still somewhat lacking.
The Miami Dolphins offensive line has been in flux for too long. Last season we signed former pro bowl OG Josh Sitton after the Bears declined to re-sign him, and Sitton didn’t make it past game 1 before being placed on season ending IR. Center Dan Kilgore, who the Dolphins traded a 7th RD pick for with the Niners didn’t make it that much further as he was placed IR after game 4. The Dolphins had already decided to give journeyman Jesse Davis a shot at the RG spot, and Davis started and finished all 16 games, but his play was just marginal, average or less than average.
At LG, good ole Ted Larsen started 13 games but played in 15 for the Dolphins as the Dolphins really had little depth left with both Sitton and Kilgore both out for the season before the first quarter of the season was finished. It’s really come down to a numbers game, and the numbers are not in our favor. We basically have 1 starter at the moment, Laremy Tunsil, if we decide to move on from James. I know this season is going to be a bumpy one, but if we have to try and bring in 4 new starters on the OL, that’s quite an undertaking. It’s possible we keep Kilgore and Larsen, their salaries are palatable (even if their play isn’t always). Between the 2 players they will come out to about $5M in salary. Even if both are kept for depth only, I think that’s doable.
The other part of the equation is that James has played the entire season and then the following year, injuries limited him to playing half the season or less twice. In ’14 James started all 16 games. In ’15 he played and started only 7. In ’16 James started all 16 games, in ’17 James was limited to starting only 8. Last season James started and played in 15 games. You know what’s coming in ’19, right? I actually don’t believe in those kind of things. I think James will be fine this season. Where he will play is another story.
If I were the GM, I’d keep the steady pass blocking RT because he’s young He’ll be 27 when the season starts, and because he is a good pass blocker, a very good one. His consistency could be a little better, but considering the fact that he had a journeyman next to him all last season, and Davis definitely had his struggles, I think James is a keeper. He will probably get somewhere between $8-12M per year, but I think it’s worth it. He’s going to get that for sure from another team, and I loathe to let our own 1st RD pick leave. I’d re-sign him. Your thoughts?
Finsmob Unleashed 
Josh Allen is the only guy I’d trade up for… and we can’t afford to do it this year while in rebuild mode.
Jared Goff, who just was in the Superbowl has 9 inch hands. Tanny has 9 inch hands (an he does fumble a lot). Derek Carr 9 inch. Phillip Rivers is 9.25, same for Winston, Alex Smith, and Aaron Rogers.
Also are you saying that a 1/4 inch is a deal breaker lol. I mean you guys are some serious size queens lol
Rodgers hand size was over 10″.
Aaron Rodgers (9⅜)
Tony Romo (8 ⅞)
My point is its a stat to make you go back and check some things because it could make it harder for them to hold on to the ball. It could also make no difference at all.
http://www.espn.com/blog/green-bay-packers/post/_/id/36962/hand-size-matters-to-packers-aaron-rodgers-when-protecting-the-ball
Dunno what to say Tim, i have seen more than one source list his hand size under 9.5.
D says:
February 28, 2019 at 10:36 am
I dont think you can put a criminal, known liar on the stand and expect that testimony to be legit.
Why not? We put a criminal known liar at the podium of the POTUS every day.
Because you cant use the testimony of a known liar and criminal to prove anything. Its the burden of the complainant to prove the guilt, and guilt beyond reasonable doubt. I cant say i support what he does either, and you may very well have a point, but thats not whats up for debate here.
Murray and Haskins are like 1/2 an inch difference than Lock too, |——| is the difference between a fumble and no fumble?
Think more of the ability to pull off a pump-fake like Big Ben. But yes, fumbles MATTER. Even Tannehill has bigger hands than Lock.
Tanny has exactly the same size hands as lock.
Ryan Tannehill (9″)
Well, there ya go! Tanny is one of the biggest fumblers in the league.
Tony Romo wasnt and his hands were smaller….
Maybe Miami has a thing for 9″ hands. Tanny…9in, Henne 9in,
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/play-index/psl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=combined&year_min=2012&year_max=2018&season_start=1&season_end=-1&pos%5B%5D=qb&draft_year_min=1936&draft_year_max=2018&draft_slot_min=1&draft_slot_max=500&draft_pick_in_round=pick_overall&conference=any&draft_pos%5B%5D=qb&draft_pos%5B%5D=rb&draft_pos%5B%5D=wr&draft_pos%5B%5D=te&draft_pos%5B%5D=e&draft_pos%5B%5D=t&draft_pos%5B%5D=g&draft_pos%5B%5D=c&draft_pos%5B%5D=ol&draft_pos%5B%5D=dt&draft_pos%5B%5D=de&draft_pos%5B%5D=dl&draft_pos%5B%5D=ilb&draft_pos%5B%5D=olb&draft_pos%5B%5D=lb&draft_pos%5B%5D=cb&draft_pos%5B%5D=s&draft_pos%5B%5D=db&draft_pos%5B%5D=k&draft_pos%5B%5D=p&c1stat=fumbles&c1comp=gt&c1val=40&c2stat=gs&c2comp=lt&c2val=90&c5val=1.0&order_by=fumbles
This is yet another reason to move on from Tannehill.
I didnt even need to see these stats to know this lol. I cringed and expected a fumble almost every time i saw him drop back in the pocket and throw his arm back. Sometimes it looked like he was trying to hand it to the DE.
Alright! And I hear ya, man!!! 😀
Drew Lock has 9” hands AND he looks like a lesbian. lol
Small hands wouldnt be appealing to lesbians either…..im not sure i got your point……
Rock always says he looks a lesbian, nothing more than that. No point
mf13ss says:
February 28, 2019 at 11:41 am
Why is it that year after year after year, we’re right on the outside of picking an elite talent?
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Mike E. says:
February 28, 2019 at 12:03 pm
Mediocrity, over and over again. That’s why.
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then how is it that teams like the pats…seahags….chiefs…..saints…GB…..are most of the time great teams always picking at the bottom of the round.
i’m not buying the mediocrity theory, i think it has more to do with the 6 inch field between the coaches ear.
Well in the last 3 years we got two elite talents in Tunsil and Minkah because they went later than projected. The top 10 are just numbers. It doesn’t always translate to elite talent in the NFL.
will any QB we draft not named Haskins be better than T Hill?
not sure i would draft a qb with the #13 pick this year, i may let Tannehill continue for one more year and draft one of the QBs next year or the Clemson guy the year after.
Rob – The Patriots draft a little better, and I think they even identify the right players in FA better too, but mostly, they’re much more stable with the same HOF QB, and the same HOF HC for over 10 years. That makes all the difference in the world. Just think how much catching up we have to do, the Patriots have 12 picks in this draft.
I think it all boils down to the lack of football intelligence we’ve had over the past umpteen years vs where we pick in the draft and the talent we’ve had on this team.
That’s part of it, but when you’re changing programs almost every 4 years or so, and drafting different types of players for different systems, it really screws you up. Consistency means a lot. The Patriots are the only team in our division that does the same thing every year, year after year. Dolphins, Bills, Jets keep changing coaching and systems and rosters to fit those systems.
Since it’s well known that some guys tend to exaggerate their size, it’s likely Lock actually only has about 4″ hands. We’re the Dolphins! We can do better than that…
Happy late B-Day, Phel!!!
My ‘throwing arm’ has a hand-size of 9.5″… and my other hand is slightly larger at 9.75″. Even I have problems gripping a pro-sized football. Point? That hand-size had better be more prototypical than not. And it’s not so much about how long your fingers are… it’s more about the size of one’s palm width.
I’ve got piano-playing fingers, see.
LOL – The way I read that last line reminded me of a Flintstones episode with “88 Fingers Louie” “Nice and slow, see, nice and slow”. 🙂
LOL 😀
Mike, Bryce Harper to the Phillies 13 years $330M. I think he’s overrated.
I hope he is. lol
I mean I’ve always thought he was.
Ha! Mike Francesa just said he believes Harper is overrated.
Tim – Harper can be a big power guy, but he’s never really hit for average, and he strikes out a lot, which is the new acceptable norm. I think it’s more about the power potential than anything else with him. He’s not a good fielder, and his attitude is questionable. I hope he sucks ass for the next 13 years
In fact he struck out a whole lot more in his walk year which means he’s not great under pressure.
I’m not saying he sucks and doesn’t have talent. Just overrated and not as good as he’s perceived.
Mike E. says:
February 28, 2019 at 2:57 pm
Rock always says he looks a lesbian, nothing more than that. No point
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Was totally joking Mikey lol. I knew what it was all about i was just being a shithead.
mf13ss says:
February 28, 2019 at 3:10 pm
My ‘throwing arm’ has a hand-size of 9.5″… and my other hand is slightly larger at 9.75″. Even I have problems gripping a pro-sized football. Point? That hand-size had better be more prototypical than not. And it’s not so much about how long your fingers are… it’s more about the size of one’s palm width.
I’ve got piano-playing fingers, see.
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And hand strength. Im the opposite of you, i have shorter fingers but my palm is very wide and i have very strong hands. You cant peel a football out of my hands when i lock on to it. Again, thats kind of why i keep going back to the measurement isnt as big of a deal as how well he held on to the ball, specifically in adverse conditions. The size of his hands are just going to push people to re-review the tapes.
Thats also why they measure like they do because it takes into account the width of your palm and not just the length of the finger.
I would have much rather seen Harper go to the AL or at least to the NL West.
Me too
D says:
February 28, 2019 at 2:22 pm
Also are you saying that a 1/4 inch is a deal breaker lol. I mean you guys are some serious size queens lol
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No, IMO 1/4″ of pinky tip is not gonna help you grip the ball any better.
Protecting the football isn’t just about hand size either.
D says:
February 28, 2019 at 4:07 pm
Thats also why they measure like they do because it takes into account the width of your palm and not just the length of the finger.
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Bro, that’s incorrect. They take the tip of your thumb to the tip of your pinky finger while spreading them as far as possible. I’ve asked and received this data from several in the know, including Dane Brugler.
That includes your palm doesn’t it?
Yes! So in short, if you have a wide-paw and short fingers… or a small-paw and longer fingers… it’s all the same in the measurement.
Yes, but if you have a wide palm, it can make up for shorter fingers by moving them further apart.
What I’m saying is that the Combine hand-measurement doesn’t discriminate big-paws vs long fingers. That’s all.
That stated, there is a HUGE difference between the two!
Do y’all understand what I’m sayin’?
I likes it!
mf13ss says:
February 28, 2019 at 2:34 pm
Well, there ya go! Tanny is one of the biggest fumblers in the league.
Fake news and totally false. This is the type of shit that get’s me riled up.
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/fumbles_career.htm
FACTS matter. There is no such thing as alternate facts.
Well your stats are representative either, since those totals were for people with different number of years in the league. I will say hi fumbles per year didnt have him number 1 but he would be near the top. When i averaged out the guys on your list he still at the top.
Still take a look at this, Ryan was a “small hands QB” and Farve a large hands QB.
Ryan Tannehill, Fumbles per year = 8.67 9in hands
Brett Farve 8.74 10.38in hands.
Again, does hand size really mean anything?
One of the QB’s i use to love watching play, Warren Moon was one of the worst fumbling QB apparently.
Ahh you have to sort it again. I guess when I linked
It all the sorting selections cleared.
Just read an article about a guy who was running a scheme on airbnb in New York and was now being taken to court over it. At first i couldn’t understand why, if the guy was buying up apartments and then using them like timeshares on airbnb how that was illegal.
So apparently he wasn’t doing that, he was renting them and then selling them as timeshares for a property he didn’t even own. He was legally renting them, but the sublease thing apparently has rules associated to prevent people from using them in this manner since NY has less apartment space than demand for actual residents of the City.
I have to give it to the guy, that was a pretty brilliant plan, he only has to procure the apartment, an then he can cover the rent in a week or two of rentals, he isnt out of pocket but for maybe the cleaning costs and utilities so once he has paid those for the month, everything is profit after that. The places stayed booked since its one of the biggest tourist places in the world and the money he made off once allowed him to get two more, and then those two four more, so on. The owners who only knew they were renting to a person who always paid the rent on time didn’t even know that the shit was happening until other tenants of the building started complaining about the multitude of people that were coming and going from there. He said that when it caught up to him he just paid the fines in the contract and moved on to other rentals.
crazy.
Was it Trump?
Oddly enough, it was. Apparently thats part of what Cohen was expected to testify about at the hearing. Guess he didnt get around to it.
mf13ss says:
February 28, 2019 at 4:35 pm
Do y’all understand what I’m sayin’?
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Yeah your saying what i am, those numbers dont mean shit lol
Essentially? YES!!! LOL. I’m with ya!
I wish there was a better way to measure ‘paw-size’. And there is… just put one’s hands on a scanner. Then we’ll see ‘BIG MITS’ vs long fingers.
Tim Knight says:
February 28, 2019 at 4:24 pm
Protecting the football isn’t just about hand size either.
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*said in a tiny tim voice* Its also about the size the size of your heart *bubble heart* *unicorn farts*
Rockphin says:
February 28, 2019 at 4:37 pm
mf13ss says:
February 28, 2019 at 2:34 pm
Well, there ya go! Tanny is one of the biggest fumblers in the league.
Fake news and totally false. This is the type of shit that get’s me riled up.
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/fumbles_career.htm
FACTS matter. There is no such thing as alternate facts.
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You can’t be serious here, Rockphin. You provide us a list of the ALL-TIME fumblers in NFL history, vs what I put up, Tanny being one of the (CURRENT!) biggest QB fumblers in the league after his mere 7 years. Did I ever say one of the worst fumblers in NFL history??? NOOOO!!! I did NOT!!!
CONTEXT!!! CONTEXT!!!
THIS is the $#!t that gets ME riled up!!! We’re talking about the HERE and NOW! I don’t give a funk how many fumbles the old-school QBs had… this is a new league, Bro! Please try to keep up before dissin’ me!
SHEESH!!!
It in sorted when I copied the link
I object to hyperbole. So and so is absolutely the worst This guy can’t do this that guy can’t ever do x
His stork Lee most of my “support” of him Is calling out the hyperbole and bullshit of others. Not opinion type stuff everybody can have their own opinions but actual statistical type stuff
Shit like people saying he can’t throw the deep ball and then the following year he’s in the top five of deep ball accuracy
His stork Lee?
HISTORICALY
COME ON SIRI
34 wow that’s a lot, particularly for a RB.
Gaskin is the best of that group
And he’s got a lot of mileage
It’s not a great year for RBs
We don’t need RBs.
I of course didn’t see Tannehill on the list of our top offensive performers. It was pretty obvious anyway.
Some people will call another out what with their personal love of Tannehill.
Rock is very protective of Tannehill. He loves him sooo much, it’s scary really.
I’m not a fan of bullshit more than I’m a fan of tannehill
When Tannehill is gone the haters on here will pick a new target and I will defend that new target too
Same was said about Chad Henne (who I supported). Same is being said about Ryan Tannehill (who I supported). Yes, I was part of the “Patience Brigade”.
Sorry, but if Tanny can’t put it all together after 7 years with us, he’s likely never going to.
Well we all have to be a part of the Patience Brigade now. 😉
That’s very Sofishticated
Size does matter, at least that’s what the Ex kept telling me.
The Force = GOD
When looking at this draft and how to start the rebuild, along with the good young players we already have, I’d say it’s safe to say our 1st rd pick if we stay at #13 will be either DT, Edge, OL or QB. I don’t see it being CB because Howard needs to be paid and I don’t think we need another top CB at this time. Let some young players compete opposite him and if it doesn’t work out target one over the next couple of years.
I’m playing Minkah at the other corner. McCain is locked in at nick and there’s been no indication either Jones or McDonald are leaving.
No idea what the new staff is thinking about Minkah. My point is we’d have a lot of money locked up in the secondary so I’d wait on DBs. Not saying don’t draft a CB because we probably will, just not 1st rd. Outside of QB we have to focus on the lines. And with the young LBs McMillan and Baker I don’t see the 1st pick being a LB either unless it’s a multiple type guy who is also a pass rusher.
Regardless of where we play Minkah, he’s going to become a leader of this new defense because he fits the profile of this new coaching staff – smart, tough, multiple and loves football.
Son, Minkah did say during the offseason he’d like to know where the team wants him to play so he can train for that position – get bigger for safety and leaner for corner.
Minkah is going to be an All-pro safety
But when? If Jones and McDonald are still here and I’m not sure they will be, but if they are, Minkah likely is going to be multiple at least for this year.
I’m pretty sure if we can trade Reshad for a good pick, we will
I don’t think Jones belongs a FS, I think that’s why we were getting gouged up the middle, Bring Jones back to strong safety use Minkah as your FS and let Mcdonald be a hybrid LBer
Could be with this new hybrid defense.
We could see a defense of 3 DL, 2 LB and 6 DBs utilized but you need to be competitive and in the game for that. If we’re trailing a lot, opponents aren’t going to be in desperate passing situations.
I don’t really get why McDonald is taking anyone’s job?
Jones and Minkah are our best 2 safeties
I think it’s that simple
Nobody said that.
Nobody said it
But we were basically doing it last year by playing Minkah at cb
I hope we don’t do that again in 2019
Mike, I agree for a team that is looking to make a run and has the cap space, Jones would be a target for a team looking to upgrade the back end of their defense.
We might take a lot of dead cap hits this season with trades and releases, along with some cap savings to add some transitional players that fit what the coaches are looking for. Then we’ll have a lot of cap space in 2020 to work with. $13M of dead cap comes off the books from Suh in 2020 as well.
I think we are in a position to pick BPA at this point. With the rebuild and the Mulligan year they can pretty much get away with whatever they want this season. I will not be surprised by anything they do. Trade up, trade down stick and pick,
They are already doomed. They re-signed Denney.
Throughout this draft yes. I don’t see the 1st round being any position though. DL, OL and QB. It’s not a forced issue either, there will be talent at those positions at #13 if we stay there. We’ll have to see if we make trades.
Statistics…funny things. Tannehill’s “deep ball accuracy” while pretty….starts to pale when you look at the numbers and realize he did it FAR fewer times than other QBs who were good at it. Does that slant the numbers? Would he have been as good if he threw twice as many “deep” balls? Who knows, really. All I know is, I watched him throw every pass of his career, and his deep ball accuracy was….meh. But hey…believe whatever stats support your opinion. It’s what we do. It’s sorta like the arguments I had with people about his pocket presence and how many sacks were his fault or the OL’s fault. It all depends on your perspective I guess.
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Is he gone yet?
I defended Tannehill from what I thought was unfair criticism and along the way was labeled a Tanny-lover and shit like that. At this time with a major organizational transition, it’s time to move on. The new regime is very mum on him which makes me think it’s obvious we’re moving on. Not one person in power has said he’s our QB. That’s telling.
Mayock and Gruden have said Carr is their franchise QB. Could be BS but they said it. LOL
Jesus Mary and Josuph!
Did anyone take their meds today???????????
Piggy, that happened with Minkah moving all over the place due to injuries and the weird Jones game. New coaching staff. Last year will only be about what they saw he was capable of on tape. I think he’s going to be asked to be a multiple player. Because he can do it.
I also feel they will find the right role for Harris as a multiple. He’s not a pure DE, he’s not big or strong enough. Burke moved him around a bit, but he also missed 5 games with injury and was behind a lot of other players on the depth chart.
Tim,
Best of luck to Tanny. I have no issues with how he conducted himself as a Dolphin. He worked hard and played hard. It’s not his fault he’s a limited QB. He worked hard to get better. It just didn’t work out. I, actually, wouldn’t have a problem keeping him another year as long as they have a plan to move forward. I’d prefer we move on, but I’d understand going with him for just one more year.
Well word on the street is Tannehill expects to be released. A half a dozen guys do. You can’t rebuild and start getting your cap in order keeping high priced guys that are not in your future plans. I’d be shocked if Tannehill is still on the team this year.
Releasing Tannehill and Sitton, letting James walk and not picking up Parker’s contract is all reasonable during a rebuild. On defense… let Wake walk to a competing team, release Quinn and Branch, maybe Alonso, Jones and McDonald too. Think rebuild, not who’s going to play where.
Andrew Johnson became president when Lincoln was assassinated, was from the South (Tennessee), was a Democrat, and was accused to be (or really was, depending on POV) too easy on punishing the South for the Civil War.Thus he was impeached by the Republican House.
I believe he was acquitted by 1 vote.
Yeah I got it backwards
He was after Lincoln not before
Dating back to the East West Shrine Game in St. Petersburg, and the Senior Bowl in Mobile, these are the players with whom the Dolphins confirmed meetings.
Updated 3/1 12:30 AM
QB Kyler Murray – Oklahoma
QB Drew Lock – Missouri
QB Daniel Jones – Duke
QB Will Grier – West Virginia
QB Jarrett Stidham – Auburn
QB Brett Rypien – Boise State
QB Jordan Ta’amu – Ole Miss
OT Jawaan Taylor – Florida
OT Andre Dillard – Washington State
OC Lamont Gaillard – Georgia
DE Montez Sweat – Mississippi State
DE Zach Allen – Boston College
DE Jalen Jelks – Oregon
DE Jordan Brailford – Oklahoma State
DT Quinnen Williams – Alabama
DT Armon Watts – Arkansas
LB Sione Takitaki – BYU
LB Joe Dineen – Kansas
CB Blace Brown – Troy
DS Tyree Kinnel – Michigan
The Flying Pig says:
February 28, 2019 at 9:10 pm (Edit)
I don’t really get why McDonald is taking anyone’s job?
Jones and Minkah are our best 2 safeties
I think it’s that simple
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It’s not that simple. Just going by last year’s play, both McDonald and Jones are pretty equal really. McDonald had more tackles (86) to Jones’ (72), they both had 3 INT’s, McDonald had 5 passes defensed, Jones had 9. It’s not lopsided. In any case, my point all along is we don’t 3 safeties, and one of them could potentially bring back a nice pick in a trade (Jones), so if we can get that nice pick I’d make that trade. That’s pretty simple
Mcdonald played strong safety last year where jones played free safety, so it is very reasonable that Mcdonald had more tackles and jones had more passes defensed.
we got gashed up the middle with mcdonald at SS.
I think they should keep jones and move him to SS and put Minkah at FS and get another CB.
If you’re counting on the SS to be your run stuffer your team is in big trouble. Who does that? OK, so with your plan, what do you do with T.J.?
FS should be your last line of defense against the run, how many times have you seen jones up there in the mix of tackles when he played fs? he was great.
you make mcdonald a hybrid lber
SS last line of defense, Strog Safety….DAMN!
I hope we draft Sione Takitaki. I want to scream TAKI-TAKI every time he makes a tackle
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himalayan salt will get him-a-layan
Rob – I’m just trying to maximize our value for these players. We’re paying $6M for T.J. McDonald and $17M for Jones. Trading Jones not only gets a nice pick, but it frees up a lot of salary too. McD is also 28, Reshad is 31, so by the time this team is competitive he will probably 33 or 34. Just thinking for the future, and not so much for right now That’s what rebuilding really is
Jones high cap hit makes him hard to trade, we wont get much in return, we don’t need cap saving moves this year, it won’t make a difference, next year is when we will realize a huge amount of cap space. this year we should just try to field the best team we can and get our drafted players playing.
ocalarob says:
March 1, 2019 at 8:54 am
himalayan salt will get him-a-layan
I have a lamp made out of himalayan salt. It is supposedly supposed to (is that improper English? Supposedly supposed to?) release beneficial ionized particles into the air that have health benefits. I think it is all BS, but it is cool looking and was a gift so…..
ocalarob says:
March 1, 2019 at 8:12 am
Mcdonald played strong safety last year where jones played free safety
Is this accurate? (asking not disputing) I recall reading an article that quoted Burke saying that their system doesn’t have strong or free safeties and that they are more left or right safeties.
Does anyone else recall that?
Pretty sure that’s correct. I think they basically were all interchangeable playing close to the LOS, and they basically split the field either short and deep or left and right
I cook with Himalayan pink salt. It’ll kill ya just white salt will. lol
LOL, it just has some more minerals in it than “typical” table salt. it is basically the same chemical compound as Morton’s
There is a place here in mobile that has an ungodly number of varieties of salt. One of them is jet black. I haven’t ever tried it, but its got my curiosity going. Next time im in there im getting some of it.
I bet you it tastes salty.
QB Kyler Murray – Oklahoma
QB Drew Lock – Missouri
QB Daniel Jones – Duke
QB Will Grier – West Virginia
QB Jarrett Stidham – Auburn
QB Brett Rypien – Boise State
QB Jordan Ta’amu – Ole Miss
OT Jawaan Taylor – Florida
OT Andre Dillard – Washington State
OC Lamont Gaillard – Georgia
DE Montez Sweat – Mississippi State
DE Zach Allen – Boston College
DE Jalen Jelks – Oregon
DE Jordan Brailford – Oklahoma State
DT Quinnen Williams – Alabama
DT Armon Watts – Arkansas
LB Sione Takitaki – BYU
LB Joe Dineen – Kansas
CB Blace Brown – Troy
DS Tyree Kinnel – Michigan
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If i had to take from this list what our target range for each position is, this is what i take from that list.
QB, definitely considering first round, but it does look like we are prepared to select on even if we dont get our guy in the first as they have added several mid round guys in the mix too.
DE/DL, 1st-3rd, all these guys are pretty Day 1 and 2 guys.
OL 1st-3rd, those guys are all day 1 and 2.
LB/DB – looking to add depth
Also this is something that stands out with those prospects. Most are tweeners, like 3-4 4-3 tweeners, so id does lend some confirmation to the fact they plan to flow back and forth between concepts.
So i believe we will see a QB selection in the first half of the draft, ie no later than 4th. I believe we will see a DL and an OL selected very early probably at least by round 2 and probably two by round 3-4. They will mop up the draft with LB and CB depth and they will try to bring in guys who can swap positions as needed when they switch the defenses up.
I use clarified butter in cooking because it has a much higher smoking point (reduced water content). Do you tan better if you add ghee to your morning coffee?
Less milk solids also.
You tan better if you have more melanin in you
Awesome, thanks. lol
Anti-Hater says:
March 1, 2019 at 10:20 am
ocalarob says:
March 1, 2019 at 8:54 am
himalayan salt will get him-a-layan
I have a lamp made out of himalayan salt. It is supposedly supposed to (is that improper English? Supposedly supposed to?) release beneficial ionized particles into the air that have health benefits. I think it is all BS, but it is cool looking and was a gift so…..
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Dip your dick in it and see how ionized you feel.
Ummm, it is a solid block (big round ball actually) of salt. How does one dip anything into a solid block?
ocalarob says:
March 1, 2019 at 8:29 am
my new morning drink, bulletproof coffee!
MCT oil…..Ghee….Cocao powder……himalayan salt….all blended in coffee.
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I have heard of that. My friend who is doing the keto diet drinks it.
Kong – I’m sure Rashida Tlaib will be offended by this, but how can you even see a tan with all that dark hair?
Lol, good question!
I just shave a section on my back and have my wife look.
Anti-Hater says:
March 1, 2019 at 11:24 am
Ummm, it is a solid block (big round ball actually) of salt. How does one dip anything into a solid block?
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Lol were talking abotu salt used in cooking then i guess you said something about solid salt and i missed that, but woodpeckers get their peckers into very solid things, maybe just use that method lol
I am fifty this august. My pecker isn’t as hard as a wood peckers pecker anymore.
How hard would a wood pecker’s pecker be if a wood pecker had a pecker?
I swear! I am worse than Mikey Trady Pants!
YOUR TEAM
MIAMI DOLPHINS
YOUR PICKS
1: R1P13 QB DWAYNE HASKINS OHIO STATE
2: R2P21 C ELGTON JENKINS MISSISSIPPI STATE
3: R2P25 CB ROCK YA-SIN TEMPLE
4: R3P20 EDGE OSHANE XIMINES ODU
5: R4P14 EDGE JALEN JELKS OREGON
6: R4P22 OT MAX SCHARPING NORTHERN ILLINOIS
7: R5P13 LB TRE LAMAR CLEMSON
8: R6P15 WR JAKOBI MEYERS NC STATE
9: R7P20 G ALEX BARS NOTRE DAME
I still don’t like Buckeye QB’s but he was high on the board and a need soooo….
funny he’s the one QB our front office has NOT met with…..
Yeah, im also not fond of him, i know some swear he is the next coming of Danny boy, but i dont see it. Id take him at 13 though because i do believe as a prospect he would be worth it, but id rather have one f the other ones.
D says:
March 1, 2019 at 11:30 am
Anti-Hater says:
March 1, 2019 at 11:24 am
Ummm, it is a solid block (big round ball actually) of salt. How does one dip anything into a solid block?
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Lol were talking abotu salt used in cooking then i guess you said something about solid salt and i missed that, but woodpeckers get their peckers into very solid things, maybe just use that method lol
Here is how the first round went before my pick of Haskins above.
ALL PICKS
1: R1P1 EDGE JOSH ALLEN ARIZONA CARDINALS
2: R1P2 EDGE NICK BOSA SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS
3: R1P3 OT JONAH WILLIAMS NEW YORK JETS
4: R1P4 EDGE CLELIN FERRELL OAKLAND RAIDERS
5: R1P5 CB BYRON MURPHY TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS
6: R1P6 QB KYLER MURRAY NEW YORK GIANTS
7: R1P7 QB DREW LOCK JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS
8: R1P8 TE NOAH FANT DETROIT LIONS
9: R1P9 CB GREEDY WILLIAMS BUFFALO BILLS
10: R1P10 DL ED OLIVER DENVER BRONCOS
11: R1P11 EDGE RASHAN GARY CINCINNATI BENGALS
12: R1P12 EDGE MONTEZ SWEAT GREEN BAY PACKERS
13: R1P13 QB DWAYNE HASKINS MIAMI DOLPHINS
That was a big run on Edge rushers!
Your Picks:
Round 1 Pick 13: Jones, Daniel, QB, Duke (A-)
Round 2 Pick 16: Dillard, Andre, OT/OT, Washington State (B+)
Round 3 Pick 14: Lindstrom, Chris, OG, Boston College (A)
Round 4 Pick 14: Christmas, Demarcus, DT, Florida State (A+)
Round 5 Pick 13: Ledbetter, Jonathan, DE, Georgia (A+)
Round 6 Pick 15: Smith , Saivion, CB, Alabama (A+)
Round 7 Pick 17: Renfrow, Hunter, WR, Clemson (A+)
I’d take it!
Yep, me too. I am starting to lean toward Jones as the QB I like most. He is probably the smartest of all of them and he is athletic.
The one thing am sure of about our safeties is that Minkah is a special talent keeper and will be here. Well that plus we lose some if he is on the boundary….. even if better than the other guy who would be there.
That’s exactly how I feel. I don’t want him playing CB, I want him playing whatever he wants, which means safety. I think he’s much more valuable there
Rock – Did you catch that I was reading George RR’s new book, Fire and Blood?
No, how is it? It’s a “pre-quill” right? Bastard needs to finish the series he started before going backwards and doing Pre-quills!
I stopped reading the main series when I started watching it on HBO. LOL
otherwise he is going to drop dead before he finishes it like Robert Jordan did!
It’s a prequel, all about the history of the Targaryens. It’s excellent, but I do want him to finish the damn series though!
Lots of teams play quarters defense nowadays. They basically split the defensive backfield into 4 quadrants and assign a guy to a quadrant. You don’t have a traditional FS/SS assignment.
Stanger, That narcotics lock box was not to smuggle narcs. LOL On that South American deployment we would do week long jungle survival and riverine training sometimes with live ammo. In Columbia we were issued ammo just for self defense incase we ran into the FARC who was very active back then. I was the senior medical representative and we had no doctor with us. The narcs were part of my inventory for use in the field. I actually had to give a shot of Demerol w/Phenergan to a 1ST LT who took shrapnel to the face from an M203 grenade as result of a mishap during riverine training in Ecuador. We had to leave 4 pieces in his face. Could not remove them all without causing possible damage to facial nerves and muscles. Had to send him back to the states once we got to Peru so he could see a plastic surgeon. So, I brought back no kilo’s of cocaine or anything, just cigars. LOL I did buy some very nice emerald’s in Columbia and cases of wine from Chile and Argentina which I did claim through customs.
That is pretty cool. And you’ve been everywhere man. Big adventure trips for me, but South Africa this year and South America year before and you’ve been there done that long before. Don’t go blaming for reading into “narcotics lock box” that doesn’t have to go through customs and popped some Cubans in though. I was thinking Iran-Contra. 🙂
FARCING bastages
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-dolphins/fl-sp-dolphins-xavien-howard-20190301-story.html
How are they starting discussions when Bilbo Baggins is still suspended?
That’s a good question. I don’t know enough about the agency biz, but I’d assume that Bilbo’s team is using a proxy. Now whether that’s legal or not, I have no idea.
But we all know that talks go on behind closed doors.
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OUCH!!! I don’t need to tell y’all that that is NOT good.
Jarvis Landry ran a 4.65
Singletary is listed as a 4.52 runner, and it shows on his tape. Something isn’t right with him today.
Not good but not awful either. He is supposed to be m0re of a powerback. Any slower though and he would be in that range that starts to cost him points with the scouts.
He’s 5-7 203 and is considered a make you miss guy. I guess he’s more quick with football skills than pure speed.
https://www.lockedondolphins.com/dolphins/extend-laremy-tunsil-before-xavien-howard/
This is an interesting fan article.
watched all year long, jones was always back in pass pro while mcdonald was up on the line and in on a lot of tackles also in prior years when jones did play ss he was always up on the line stuffing runs, that wasn’t the case last year, call him what you like, i call him a fs last year, and what the hell does burke know anyhow?
He is a lot like Tunsil, very very good feet.
Yep!
Martez Ivey is the other UF OT thats in the draft this year and he is good too, with him he is probably the most prototypical build of an OT, but he isnt as refined, or as naturally gifted as an athlete.
Yeah a couple of those big boys were hauling butt. Bradbury and Andre Dillard were both below the 5 second mark. 4.93 and 4.97. Bradbury is putting up a lot of good number at the combine. had the highest in the OL group for BP, he had the fastest 40, and one of the highest vert’s.
Sounds like he may be the Tunsil of this draft.
Stanger, That deployment was worth my whole 26 year military career.
LOL — you got get your ass to a Fest. A medical special would come in handy. Something happens now all we have is people who can sue about it later. 🙂
ORob,
McDonald isn’t able to play deep safety good. He’s a liability deep. He has to be your up/box safety if that’s the way you’re playing it. Jones, while not great playing a deep safety, is better than McDonald.
Exactly, and that’s the way they played last year, the thing is it’s time to move Jones back to SS put Minkah at FS and let Mcdonald be a hybrid LBer
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Agreed with Matt Miller.
Yeah. How did RB Darrell Henderson run. Think he is more sneaky quick than fast but we will see.
I mean i can get that his number doesnt represent what he looked like he was on the field, and some player move faster than their 40 times indicate. I still dont think that was a horrible time.
Daniel Jeremiah told a couple of funny stories about Quenton Nelson from last year’s combine. 49ers GM John Lynch asked him about how he saw him on tape pick up a blitzing safety and how did you do that? Nelson said, I saw it coming, I study tape, I’d seen it before so I took care of business. I would have done the same to you. LOL
Nelson didn’t run a 40 at the combine and didn’t at his pro day either. A team said to him if you don’t run we can’t draft you. Nelson said, listen all I do is drive guys into the ground. If you can’t see that on tape that’s your problem. LOL
40 time is a pointless statistic for an OL or DL. You wanna see burst speed numbers, power numbers and strength. I dont blame him for that statement at all.
We dont really have a true FS/SS, or didnt last year. Jones was usually the deep safety if we were ever in cover one so that technically would make him the FS, but like i said its really a misused team in that defense.I dont think i ever saw TJ as the deep guy in cover one so i think thats the only formation the FS/SS designation was apparent. If i had to pick what i think our team saw him as id say FS as well.
Jones can play either and play either at an elite level, thats why he is such a hard person for me to say we should trade him. We’d get a good return on trade but not good enough to offset the loss to our secondary.
That sounds like something Randy would say if he were being interviewed at the combine. LOL
Re: Quentin Nelson
LOL
BailBondMike says:
March 1, 2019 at 2:06 pm
Yeah. How did RB Darrell Henderson run. Think he is more sneaky quick than fast but we will see.
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Damn!!! Guess I was wrong about his speed. He’s sneaky quick and fast!
If Singletary has good cone speeds id forgive him the 40 time. Like they said he is a make you miss back, so that means the cones are more important.
Prediction: MR. Wake will be back with us Phins.
Too bad he just really improved his draft stock with a 4.37 40. He would be a luxury pick for us but would love to add him to Drake and Ballage.
Rock, you’ll be glad to hear that Dan Godsil, a long snapper from Indiana, has the 14th best vertical jump so far
I don’t give too much stock to the 40 times of OL
but McCoy, Lindstrom and Bradbury look like pretty good athletes and they should be on our radar
Yeah it’s more about feet, hips and how they use their hands.
I haven’t really watched them play
But they are fairly highly ranked by on most websites
How did OL Greg Little do today?
Rock, about Howard and his agent.
“But Howard will not be without representation. Fletcher Smith and Trevon Smith, Bilbo’s colleagues at Revolution, will represent the Pro Bowl cornerback while Bilbo serves out his suspension. Howard recently assured Bilbo that he will not drop him, which had to be disappointing news for others in the industry who had hoped Howard would become available.”
I hadn’t read that. Like I said above, Bilbo likely has a proxy serving for him until the suspension is over.
Yeah I had read that weeks ago so I did a search for it and just did a copy and paste.
Obviously from the rumor mill so take it for what it’s worth.
https://phinphanatic.com/2019/03/01/miami-dolphins-reportedly-are-front-runners-to-sign-trey-flowers/
LOL
That said, it’s not that surprising because of Flowers age (25 – 26 in August) and connection with Flores. I mentioned this when it became clear Flores would be our HC.
Connecting the dots during a rebuild? To give LONG BREAD to a FA DB, when we should be more concerned with retaining Xavien? Sorry… this doesn’t make sense to me.
Hey, it’s the bloody Phinfinatic. They are laughable, at best.
It’s not phinphanatic with the scoop, it’s Tony Pauline reporting it and they’re sharing it.
We know there are ways to do these contracts cheap early on. We need to see what we do with our current roster. But Flowers fits the profile for us and at a core position.
My primary stat for the OL is broad jump followed very close by benchpress. Those two establish that the guys core strength is good. Everything else you get about an OL is from film. Cones are kinda important for a ZBS but you can also get a good idea of that from film too.
Tim Knight says:
March 1, 2019 at 3:06 pm
That said, it’s not that surprising because of Flowers age (25 – 26 in August) and connection with Flores. I mentioned this when it became clear Flores would be our HC.
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You and me both, and Danny Shelton too. I could see us grabbing both of those guys.
So were they just really fast kickers?
Wait…his name is really Bilbo? lmao
My wife works with a guy that named his kids Luke and Leia, but naming your kid Bilbo is seriously jacked up.
No its not….my son’s middle name is Gimli
A middle name is exactly where you should put something like that, not send a person through life with that being their first name.
We sign Trey Flowers, you can forget getting any compensatory picks
I think compensatory picks are overrated. It’s about players, not picks. Flowers was always a FA that stood out to me once Flores got here. He’s one player. That doesn’t mean we’re going to build the team with multiple high-priced FAs. But he makes sense to me.
Comp picks are nice if you dont have to watch a player get away in FA that would have really helped your team. As the name of the pick suggests, its to compensate for having lost contributors from your team. The reason some teams milk that system si they are established teams, with few needs and a great next man up situation, not a rebuilding team.
We are several years from successfully using that comp pick system to our favor.
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McCoy would be a good OL target for us i agree. I like he and Andre Dillard a lot, and with his combine performance, Bradbury is rising up the list too. There are several quality OG prospects in this draft and some with position flexibility.
Tim Knight says:
March 1, 2019 at 3:21 pm
It’s not phinphanatic with the scoop, it’s Tony Pauline reporting it and they’re sharing it.
We know there are ways to do these contracts cheap early on. We need to see what we do with our current roster. But Flowers fits the profile for us and at a core position.
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Tony Pauline, huh? LMAO! 😆
I’m sorry, but I know who Tony Pauline is. He’s right up there with the biggest schmucks in the industry. IF you are a betting man, ALWAYS bet AGAINST him! He’s right on par with Omar.
All Pauline is doing is reporting the buzz at the combine. It’s not his opinion, it’s what he’s hearing. He also reported that the Saints and Raiders are the two teams interested in trading for Antonio Brown but so are others in the biz. That’s being reported all over the place.
We’ll see. It wouldn’t surprise me at all. I mentioned him as the one big FA possibility back when it was clear Flores would be the HC.
I dont really care about Pauline’s opinion, i like the fit too, and it has nothing to do with Pauline’s backing.
I agree if there was a glove to fit so you do not acquit, its Trey Flowers and the DE/DT hybrid position he would fill on this team.
Shelton, he could give us a NT, 0 or 1 tech, who could also plays as a 4-3 3 tech DT. he would be a really nice add.
Fair enough… so what what YOU do with Xavien?
Sign him to an extension. One has nothing to do with the other.
Id make an attempt at resigning him. Its not like that would be the only move that could be done. Also we aren’t force to make the decision right now. We have him this year under contract, we have the ability to FT after that. Ill have to see if thats the type of CB’s we need first. Goin off what the patriots do in the secondary, i could see him as a fit. I could also see that there will probably be players that fit better too.