With the 2022 coaching staff intact, the next step is upgrading the personnel that plays on the gridiron. March 1-7 is the NFL Combine in Indiana. Unlike many years past, we’re not armed with an arsenal of picks, but it doesn’t matter. Just hit on a few picks and we’ll be a better team. In reality, the same teams are pretty much in the playoffs or at least in the hunt every season, despite picking near the end of each round and not having 10-12 draft picks. It’s the quality of the picks that count. Considering how much money we have available in 2022 cap space, we’ll already have addressed some key issues before we even enter the fray of the 2022 NFL Draft. The next most relevant date is March 8th, which is the deadline for teams to apply either the Franchise Tag or Transition Tag to players. I’ve actually never been less sure on how we proceed in this regard. You all know how much I love TE Mike Gesicki but I just don’t know what Mike McDaniel thinks about Gesicki and if he’s a viable fit in his system. His talent is undeniable as a receiver, but the biggest question is not necessarily whether he can block, it’s did the previous staffs even ask him to?
The next date is key for us, because March 14-16 is when teams can contact players/agents of NFL Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA’s). There will be fierce competition for O-line players as most every team has O-line issues. We’ll have to pay dearly to get who we want, but really, who cares? Just get them! Not my money, not my problem. This is why you get yourself in the position of having among the highest cap space, so you have the freedom to spend it. Let’s face it, we need at least 1 or 2 guys that will step in immediately and upgrade our offensive line. Draft picks, even the best of them have a break in period. We can’t afford that. This team has started slow each of the last 3 seasons and because of that, we were on the outside looking in during the playoffs. We need to come out of the gate quick, and 2 veteran anchors on the O-line would make that more likely. On March 16th, Free Agency begins and the cash will be flowing. Spend it well Miami! Also on March 1th, after 4PM, the trading opens up. Wouldn’t be surprised in the least to find us active there as well.
April 4th, The 2022 Miami Dolphins will get to work in practice as we will be among the teams with a new Head Coach, so we will begin offseason workouts. April 20th is the deadline for meetings between NFL teams and NFL Draft prospects. April 22nd is the date is the deadline for Restricted Free Agents (RFA’s) to sign their offer sheets. The 2022 NFL Draft is April 28-30. We can’t go into the draft desperate for help at any one position. If we handle our business properly in Free Agency, we just be adding talent to the roster, not relying on any one draft pick to be a star immediately at any given position. I’ve discussed the O-line so many times so I won’t repeat that, but WR and RB might be places where we upgrade. Despite the fact that DeVante Parker carries a reasonable salary, do we really want to count on him? I for one hope we don’t, and if we’re looking to replace him, former Chargers WR Mike Williams would be a nice target. He’s not as much of a 50/50 ball guy as Parker but he’s much more explosive, and reliable as far as staying healthy. We know we need weapons for Tua, and Williams would be a nice player. Chris Godwin is another big receiver, not quite as big as Williams who is 6’4 220, but at 6’1 he plays big. We need to sign a RB, as we are bereft at the moment on our roster. Myles Gaskin and Gerrid Doaks are the 2 rostered RB’s. Former Dolphins Duke Johnson and Phillip Linday are available, and some other interesting choices as well, like former 49er and Bills RB Matt Breida, who gushed about McD, and Rashaad Penny who had somewhat of a breakout season for Seattle and who just turned 26. We know we’re probably going to have a committee approach at RB so we’ll need solid depth. Hope we solve this puzzle well!!
#stangerstrong
GO DOLPHINS!!!!
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Way to lay it out and lay it out well Mike E.
I’m all for keeping Parker at his price though. Like $5 mil, but then have said the same many years before. Just cheap for a guy with his talent. Would still need at least one more quality wideout, but maybe just one if the system stays the same as in San Fran.
I agree
Rockphin says:
February 25, 2022 at 10:57 am
While not speaking about Gesicki or anyone in particular, Embree said blocking is “important” for tight ends in this system. “Our system is based off of outside zone, so get on the edge, get the corner so to speak. It starts with the tight end. [Tight end blocking] is an integral part of our offense.”
From new TE coach.
Doesn’t look too good for our big long striding Slot WR.
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But maybe they decide a long-striding slot would work in a slightly altered system. He’s still going to block better than a wideout and not like we played him much as an inline TE before.
Not sure if he will block much better than a WR. Mostly because of his size, yes, but he is not quick twitch enough to stay in front of DB’s or similar quick LB’s.
Good topic Mike! I am so impatient and want to see some resigning’s now before the “tampering” period begins. Being an addictive mock drafter, I can’t wait until we make our FA roster additions so I can’t narrow down my mocks.
Also, RB Raheem Mostert is rumored. If he is healthy.
Ken – regarding Trump, I’ve been told you have to listen to the whole interview, that the sound bites are being used out of context. I haven’t listened so I don’t know. As far as NATO and Trump, he was right in respect to some member states were not meeting their obligations; rather they were depending on the US to shoulder the load. The head of Germany’s military just came out and said they were a shell, pretty much unable to provide anything of use to NATO.
If I was a German would point out that my country is the main one keeping the EU together from the financial end. There is more than one way to contribute to a mutual alliance.
No it’s not and the EU is not the same as NATO.
Whenever a country like Portugal or Greece gets in financial trouble it is German money they are looking for to get them out of crisis. And no they are not exactly the same, but pretty darn close.
There is a lot more to Trump’s love affair with Putin than that one quote that is just most recent example of it. Again it doesn’t really matter. This invasion was going to happen no matter who or what party held the Presidency
BS, we got a weak, in more ways than 1, president and he and his cabinet are responsible for this mess
His weak economy/inflation don’t help either, nor does his BBB which reduced our at home energy
RIP Sally Kellerman, the original Hot Lips.
Is it just me or is this all very eerily similar to Hitler and his invasion of Poland? Putin is using slightly different rhetoric, but he looks like he’s using Hitler’s blue print.
Almost identical. Recognize a piece as independent and send in “peacekeepers.”
Closer to Czech than Poland
Also reminds of when Hitler took over the rest of Czechoslovakia shortly after the Munich agreement, especially since this one will lead to full out European war.
^ Think “will not” lead to full out war
And this is why sanctions won’t work. Gas and oil will be next.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/25/business/wheat-russia-china-intl-hnk/index.html
That won’t replace the European market Russia is losing. Also in time we will benefit by increasing our exports of natural gas to Europe
Not if Biden won’t approve our increase in production or undo what he undid when Trump had us energy independent just 13 months ago. We have been lining Putin’s pockets with oil money ever since. That is the reason we are buying oil from Russia ourselves.
Bet you right now lots of European countries are wishing they went heavier into LNG. A bit more expensive but no shutdown blackmail.
The wheat is just one thing and, of course, that alone won’t wipe out the sanctions but that along with all the oil and gas still being sold everyday will.
Everything I have seen, so far, Russia has not lost any European oil and gas market. Hasn’t even lost our business yet.
Huh…wonder if “in time” will be soon enough for the Ukraine?
Reality is Russia had already cur supplies to Europe by half and the U.S. is maxed out trying to fill in the shortages. China can easily pick up the EU’s share of Russia’s gas exports. Especially if it hurts the US.
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2022/02/18/now-is-not-the-time-to-limit-u-s-natural-gas-exports/
No it will not be in time to help the Ukraine from stopping Russia from Russia in achieving its military objectives there. It may be helpful in weakening Russia’s position to what could be a prolonged insurgency war in Ukraine which is likely to happen once Russia seizes the major Ukrainian cities
That is what I mentioned earlier. China wants this to go down. China wants to be #1 in the world economically and militarily. What better way than to encourage and support Putin in a war that will weaken him both economically and probably militarily.
This was one of my favorite lines from Back to School
lol
Here is a good article on who pays what. Germany is not close to what they agreed to.
Where’s the article?
Such a stickler….
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-44717074
Nice article Mike E. I kind of feel the same about Gisecki. I really like him but not sure if he fits this system. I would like to keep him but ultimately I wouldn’t be broken up about it if we lose him to some team that is willing to give him a huge payday
That is where I am at. That article I read yesterday said why pay Gesicki top TE money when you can sign one for the same who can do it all in Dalton Schultz who the cowboys may not be able to afford.
I saw that and think that would be a great fit
I somehow feel we will see Gesicki in a Chargers uniform. They have a lot of money also.
There certainly has been a lot of talk about that
But Omar said ‘you saw it here first, Tennessee!”
Here’s some good news. Miami was not mentioned in the article under this headline:
‘Texans’ Deshaun Watson has interest from multiple teams: report“
👍
One of my last deployments was a joint exercise with Germany held in Turkey. All the staff NCO’s and Officers had a big cookout in the end. The Germans brought kegs of beer. I hung out mostly with the German medical personnel. They said that their military had been basically redesigned to defend their country and that was really it. Said they were not really designed to assist in foreign war though they did have some capability.
I’ll just repeat what I want this offseason:
Extend Ogbah
Extend Smythe
2 veteran O-line via FA or trade
Grab Dalton Schultz or re-sign Gesicki
Re-sign Mack Hollins
Extend Needham
Re-sign Duke and Lindsay – Draft a young RB, possibly bring back Breida
Jake Scott statue outside of the stadium
Veteran WR who can stay on the field
Draft 1 or 2 WR
Stud LB via FA or draft
Yep, I like the idea of Schultz, Smythe and Long. Though, we might not even go the route of Gesicki or Schultz.
There are some other more economical options out there that I’d be fine with if we don’t have either one of those guys. However, I’d rather have a top 5 guy at the position and I believe we already have one in Gesicki.
Nothing like playing Monday morning QB
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It’s just extraordinary what this president has allowed our adversaries to do,has not been tough enough on Russia” and, “so far, anything that this administration has said has been weak.”
— Fox Business Network anchor Maria Bartiromo yesterday morning
“Was this a ruse? Was this whole thing an effort to take everybody’s attention away from what Hillary Clinton did and what we know to be a complete hoax over this Russia investigation?”
— Bartiromo on administration reports of an impending invasion last week
That second comment is ridiculous. Though, Hillary gets lucky again where something happens to get the negative out of the spotlight.
Not much news on the NFL front. I thought there would be more news of teams trying to resign their own before the combine. Maybe it gets busy the week after the combine and before the tampering period begins.
Phelon, then there is this from PFT and Florio:
Will Dolphins make another run at Deshaun Watson?
Posted by Mike Florio on February 25, 2022, 11:53 AM EST
Despite the clumsy post-Flores reports that the team’s now-former head coach was the person who wanted Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson and that no one else in the organization did, the truth was and is that the desire for Deshaun came from the top of the franchise. As one source who spoke with Dolphins owner Stephen Ross in the time preceding the expiration of the 2021 trading period tells PFT, Ross definitely wanted Watson.
So now, as the window for trades prepares to open, the question becomes whether the Dolphins will try again to get Watson.
The team recently has adopted a pro-Tua vibe. But that seemed to arise from a desire to pin recent dysfunction on Brian Flores. So how long will it last?
The problem the Dolphins face, as a practical matter, is that Ross wanted all 22 civil cases to be resolved before a deal was done. For some reason, Ross was willing to trade for Watson despite an unresolved criminal investigation. If/when the criminal investigation ends with no felony charges, would that be good enough for Ross?
The current Tua-love notwithstanding, Ross wants a short-list franchise quarterback. Tagovailoa isn’t on that short list. Whether the Dolphins give him another year to try to get their remains to be seen. Ultimately, it may hinge on whether a better option becomes available.
Watson will soon become available, again. Ross wanted him last year. Will Ross want Watson again?
Florio blows. He’s been throwing shit at the Dolphins for far too long, and what bothers me more than that is how Joe Rose and Zack Krantz on WQAM in Miami eat that shit up weekly. They love him and his anti-Tua campaign. They could make Tua the owner of the Dolphins and Florio would still be screaming from the rooftops that the Dolphins owner wants someone other than Tua at QB!
Florio has that look, like he just farted and caught a wiff
Florio is just trying to stir up shit
He really is annoying. He basically infers, or outright states that anything the Dolphins say about supporting Tua, and not wanting Watson is a lie. He believes he is right and he will beat you over the head with it until you understand. I think he is one of those “smartest guys in the room” guys.
Hillary is old news. She wasn’t embraced by her own party, let alone the other. She’s old news like I hope Trump is old news too. We have to be able to do better than another Trump/Biden square off for President. Nothing could be sadder if that’s how it ends up.
It will make me want to move to South America. LOL I could live damn good off my retirement down there.
I will join you, just let me know where and when LOL
Isn’t that the truth!
You can live very well in Ecuador for just around 20K a year and has a low crime rate. I’m talking a nice 3 bedroom apartment, housekeeping, eating out at the best restaurants and having a vehicle for around 1700 a month. My retirement is more than double that, so. Though, Peru may be my first choice for a number of reasons.
If you have enough money for an investor visa or credentials for qualifying professional visa, all the better.
Bookman – The REAL smartest guy in the room called Tua from the jet before he actually signed the contract. Who you gonna believe? 😛 (toothless!)
LOL, exactly
Guess I will start off Friday music with “God We Need You Now”. Love Caitlynne Curtis on the chorus.
Dang, hadn’t heard that in forever.
Putin on the Ritz
🤦
Good write, Mike. We’ll find out soon enough who stays and who goes and who we bring in.
bookman11 says:
February 24, 2022 at 9:25 pm
“I absolutely agree, in principle! However, I’m not willing to unite under false pretenses. Do NOT allow this conflict to unite us under BHO/Biden… who ALLOWED this conflict to occur in the first place.
Seriously, we have a president and administration that is totally compromised by Putin/Xi.”
Then: “I’m not necessarily trying to enter the fray of political engagement, “
Wow, lol.
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Brother, I’m going to be very civil: Biden is compromised by Ukraine, Russia, and China to the tune of $BILLION$. They are the major players in the theater thus far and this could have been delayed, if not potentially averted. These are the FACTS, not “politics”, as in Rep vs Dem or Con vs Lib.
We should and can unite as Americans… but I/we should want no part of a compromised president in Biden, who is serving at the leisure of Ukrainian, Russian, and Chinese interests.
So long as Biden doesn’t sanction Putin personally and stymies Russia’s ability through SWIFT, he can’t be taken seriously. The sanctions have no teeth and Putin is laughing at the US and the world.
It’s not about just the US (UK made a great point earlier), but somebody needs to take the bull by the horns to end Putin’s aggressions. Putin did this to Crimea in 2014, and now again in 2022 to Ukraine. We very well know his ambitions to reunite the old Empire.
The world needs a Winston Churchill, not a Neville Chamberlain. And again, Biden is COMPOMISED! It’s not that he’s a liberal or a democrat (again, I’m not trying to make this about American politics), he’s COMPROMISED! The entire world has the receipts, but curiously nothing happens. Know what I’m sayin’?
I respect ya, Bookman.
#PrayersForUkraine
#EndPutin
If you think is serving Ukrainian interest he certainly has a funny way of showing it
Research Burisma, Hulkster. However, I do agree that he has a funny way of showing it. There’s something very crazy going on and we should want no part of it. Unfortunately, the current American president is involved.
Maybe Biden was playing both sides of the fence? I dunno, but it’s all there.
I am well familiar with it it is a conspiracy theory nothing more
It’s not a conspiracy theory, my Brother… like I said, all the receipts are there.
You can’t just say everything you don’t like is a conspiracy
Biden is on video saying he committed a quid pro quo, but not for the Ukraine for one of their oligarchs, so not serving the Ukraine
A quid pro quo to stop investigating his son’s company
“Son of a bitch”, it worked
Ummm, my whole point was that you posted a political comment then stated you didn’t want to get political. I really don’t give a crap about your political views honestly, that was not my point
Unfortunately, politics lead to war. I wasn’t trying to disparage the left or the right, just making mention that we have a serious problem right now.
I get what you mean(!), but I honestly wasn’t going for the political angle. It is what it is, bud.
Friday music
Good tune!
Seemed appropriate.
Sooo … Mf13 …with all due respect … What should be done about Putin?
I think death by radioactive poisoning would be appropriate. That’s just me though.
LOL!
That WOULD be appropriate, though!!! I hear ya, man!!!
GRAND question! I’m not sure myself, being that’s above my pay grade. However, what instantly comes to mind is PEACE through STRENGTH… but we don’t have that at the moment… it’s past that point with Trump gone.
We could come up with a coalition of willing countries to defend (fight beside) the Ukrainian people against Putin’s forces, but that could actually steer the conflict closer to WWIII with China seemingly having Putin’s back… might not be a great idea.
Diplomacy must continue (instead of Biden saying that he will no longer talk to Putin) and hopefully, a breakthrough occurs.
I’m an optimist, Naples, yet, this issue is so very, very complicated with many moving parts. Seems to me this comes down to ENERGY and the dominance thereof. If we can get to the table, we need to start THERE with negotiations.
Between Russia’s pipelines to Europe (Nordsteam II has now been denied by Germany), Burisma in Ukraine, and the shutting down of our own pipelines, energy dependence vs energy independence seems to be a common denominator to me. That, coupled with The Paris Accords and the “Green New Deal”, I think we’re looking at a war over ENERGY.
JMO, as always. I just don’t know how to satiate Putin’s desire to reclaim the old Empire.
I don’t know how to stop Putin either in Ukraine at least. Seems the American people distinctly did not want our troops to do it. Not sure why should put on Biden how to do it absent that. Sure they could have gone after Putin personally and taken Russia off of Swift, but might not have been agreement from all the NATO countries about that. A united front is best. Plus in the cyber age Putin would have quickly found away around those two.
The world is in turmoil right now. Billions of people are worrying about how far this war will go. We feel our lives being disrupted with anxiety. At least we still have our lives. Jane Marczewski aka Nightbirde lost her battle to cancer this past Sunday. My wife and I don’t really watch America’s Got Talent but just happened to watch this episode with her. She had to drop out of the rest of the competition.
RIP Nightbirde!
Yeah, the world is in turmoil and Joy Behar may have to cancel her Italian vacation due to this inconvenient war. That is a shame . . .
I watched that and it was a really great moment for her. I am glad she got to experience that.
^^^
^ So sad that she passed away but what a life force when she was still with us. RIP Nightbirde
It choked me up when she said, “You can’t wait until life isn’t hard anymore before you decide to be happy”
Same here.
Again, MF13, I’m just trying to understand stuff, but, no offense intended, but, how were we stronger with Trump as pres. Vs. Biden?
If “Biden is compromised by Ukraine, Russia, and China to the tune of $BILLION$” guess we would be better off with anyone but Biden. But depends if you believe that or not. Leaves me wondering how senile Joe hides all those billions.
It’s in bitcoin. I just said that, I don’t know. It is hard to trace cybercurrency from what I hear though.
Almost anyone but Joe, Hilllary makes him look weak in the corruption game
Don’t know where he hides it, but the media sure covers for him
BBM — it could be in bitcoin is the way I read that. Anything is possible, but still left doubting Biden has billions stashed away. And why would he risk it? Ex-presidents make serious bank after they leave office. Think the Clintons made like $100 mil… all legal.
I think it has more to do with Trump’s unpredictability and the fact he would probably take action even if it were outside of what NATO wanted to do. Biden is more predictable and Putin went through this with him before when he was VP and Putin took Crimea. Putin, knowing he has the energy of eastern Europe under his thumb, knew Biden would go with whatever NATO wanted to because they would face the most hardship. Trump would have done what Trump wanted to do within his power.
My guess.
Biden would go with whatever NATO wanted to because they would face the most hardship
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He basically said it in his speeches the last 2 days before today.
No offense taken, my friend. Short and sweet: Trump put sanctions on Russia and China from day 1, added tariffs, and NONE of them wanted to funk with Trump. That was PEACE through STRENGTH.
Remember… Putin took Crimea in ’14 under BHO (BHO wagged his little finger at Russia), and now today, in ’22, Putin is taking Ukraine under Biden (BHO’s VP). None of this occurred under Trump, and for good reason.
NOBODY was as hard on Russia and China as Trump, yet the media tells us the exact opposite. SMH
Meanwhile, BHO/HRC sold 20% of our uranium sources to Putin, WJC gave plutonium to Kim Jung-Ill, Biden has taken billions of dollars from Ukraine, Russia, and China… but Orange Man was mean.
People will believe what they want to believe, even stuff that’s right in front of their face they’ll tell you doesn’t exist
Remember when President Trump spoke of purchasing Greenland and everybody laughed at him? It was about landing a strategic/defensive territory against Putin’s Russia. He took Putin VERY seriously.
SMH. Can we do music? Thanks for the foreign affairs and political expertise on a football blog. 😟
Now I know why Wyoming is staying away for the most part
Please stop vomiting your delusions on this board
Maybe my favorite U2 song.
👍
steveccnv says:
February 25, 2022 at 6:08 pm
People will believe what they want to believe, even stuff that’s right in front of their face they’ll tell you doesn’t exist
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Post of the day, IMO! Thank you, Steve. I don’t understand it either, my friend.
I’m talking geopolitics, yet some are taking it as internal political American politics. There is a HUGE difference, and they have absolutely no idea.
Sorry for talking about a global human event that may eventually involve many of us. We don’t want war, we want peace.
I’m turning to music now.
One of my faves!!!
Wyoming got a new job and doesn’t have his computer at work yet!
I do find it hilarious that we can’t even agree amongst ourselves what a piece of shit is!
I do have my own opinion! But lets just say that’s my secret to keep!
I Ukraine wants saving they should make a call and ask for one of them there Statehood agreements!
If not? Good luck to you!!!!!!
Draft dodger. Said he wrote the song out of guilt.
I’m not fond of his politics!
But his music is still good
But didn’t the Russians flood social media with stuff to help Trump get elected? And isn’t Greenland between us and England? And didn’t Putin and the Russian press exult and smirk at Trump shaking hands with and praising Putin in person?
I promise to stop politics now as well.
Btw
I liked it when Trump told EU NATO to contribute more.
TBC, but not tonight, Bro! 😉
Freeze frame at about 1:50… looks like an inspiration for Cad Bane.
I guess this does answer the question on why you need a semi-auto rifle with a 30 round clip at home! 😉
LMFAO!!!
Yet I MUST say, the instrumentation (the beat) is tight!!!
Sorry about all the questions. My dad told me if you ask questions you get to know stuff you didn’t already know.
Then again they made Socrates drink hemlock for asking too many questions. I apologize if it sounds passive aggressive. I value everyone’s opinions.
You’re good, Naples. But tonight is about music. I won’t comment on these matters tonight, sir.
By the way, I value your opinions as well, as I’d mentioned on the last blog!
They meant to say
Try our pork
Three ways
But on the sign it instead said
Try our pork
Threeways
Piggy would like that 🐽
👭🐖
Follow along
Norman Greenbaum’s name is to rock and roll as Mike McDaniel’s face is to NFL head coaching
Try and refute that, you can’t
My 2nd and last
I’ve been watching some videos on WRs in this draft class. I like Treylon Burks a lot. He reminds me of a young Julio Jones. Can do a lot of things. He also had success rushing. Big body 6-3 225 with good movement skills, very good speed and hands. He would replace a big target like Gesicki if we don’t re-sign him. But he’d bring a lot more to the table.
This isn’t an anti-Gesicki post, just an option that could also fill that void.
I agree. Many of us really like Burks.
I know, I’ve seen his name pop up here quite a bit. I’m a fan. 🙂
Just going by some of the rankings I’m seeing.
1. WR Treylon Burks, Arkansas 6-3 225
2. LB Brandon Smith, PSU 6-3 240
3. OC Alec Lindstrom, BC 6-3 295
Liking it! Another OC I like is Jurgens who may be there in the 4th.
Can’t wait for Monday …
The offense will be built around these two in the pass game. The run game will be the staple, I think we all know that’s coming. How could coach McD not have a good running game? It makes no sense. It’s the core of everything he believes in.
https://www.nfl.com/news/dolphins-coach-wes-welker-jaylen-waddle-is-kind-of-tyreek-hill-ish-with-ball-in-
Safe travels, Toba.
Thank you sir
I hate when I do a bond and when the cosigner gets ready to pay, they reach into their bra and grab the money off their fat sweaty breast. Nasty!
Likely better than him pulling it outta his sweaty ballsack 🤷♂️
That is true! Never have any hot chicks pulling money out their bra. lol
It’s just not fair 🤔
Horrifying. Imagine living through this.
This can’t really be live right now because the sun is up now over there.
So my wife re-arranged my tee shirt drawer. Which caused me to have to pull everything out to find the one I was looking for! I’ve never understood how 2 people that are very organized can have major differences on how to preform the task???????
But I digress, as I was going through them guess what I found????
Yep the old shirt Herd designed for the blog!
It’s pretty fun trying to remember who’s Avi’s was who’s.
But to my next thought is there are a lot of Avi’s on this shirt, and not many posters left??
So in light of my walk down memory lane I respectfully ask the Admin’s to reconsider lifting the last 2 “Bans” from this site.
It’s not a highly important matter to me, and to be honest if it were me I’d not ever post here again.
But other than Home (whom I personally think did all of his schtick on propose) the other 2 were never really an issue for me.
Just my 2 pennies
I never had an issue with Rob. I was also guilty of saying shit on purpose just to stir up David when I was bored but that was back during election time not recently when he got banned. Hard to say if Rob would come back initially. He is stubborn like the majority of us. Maybe this could be done at the start of the new league year. 😉
I’ll ask the other administrators
I am hearing RT Ja’Wuan James may be a cap casualty in Baltimore. They need cap space (top 51 currently at 9mil left). James will save them 3 mil and only 250K dead money.
Any takers?
It would be funny if we ended up with James and Tunsil again bc their teams cut them….lol
lol
Some combine chatter on who we should look at.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/heres-miami-dolphins-focus-nfl-202712312.html
I think I’m in that moment pre draft where I despair that none of my faves will fall to us. It doesn’t matter what our Pick is, I develop these crushes and then realize all the other teams want the same guys.
That’s where I am with Treylon Burks today. He’d fit great but he’ll never last till 29.
But maybe Nakobe Dean will be.
Yes, he might be. I am thinking WR, LB or OL with our first pick. Preferably WR or LB because we addressed OL in FA. We’ll see.
I feel that way as well. It is hard to say. The top 5 are really good and would be happy with any of them. One could fall to us. They are predicting 6 WR’s to go 1st round though.
More draft OL talk and scroll down for his WR pick who would fit our offense best. I like his WR pick. He could fall to us because of the knee.
https://www.si.com/nfl/dolphins/news/miami-dolphins-potential-draft-targets-at-wide-receiver-and-offensive-line
That site is a pop up frenzy
Sorry, it didn’t for me.
From SI:
DOLPHINS OPTIONS FOR INTERIOR OFFENSIVE LINEMEN
Along the offensive line, it’s easy to connect the Dolphins to one of the top Boston College prospects, either Zion Johnson or Alec Lindstrom, considering the new assistant for that position Matt Applebaum coached both of them in college.
“Yeah, both those guys would be good fits,” Jeremiah said. “I like Zion a little bit better as a player. He would be a good fit there.”
Jeremiah then provided two more interior offensive line prospects who would be a good fit for the Dolphins, Tennessee-Chattanooga’s Cole Strange and Kentucky’s Luke Fortner.
“You know, Cole Strange is somebody that I think all those outside zone teams are gonna love,” Jeremiah said. “He just he can really move. He started 44 games. Only one of them was at center but then he goes to the Senior Bowl, played center all week and was really, really competitive. And if you look at the Dolphins coach (Mike McDaniel) and how smart he is and his reputation and then you look at a guy like Cole Strange, who was looking at the service academies and was an engineering major and is really, really a brilliant guy, I think that’s an interesting fit.
“And Luke Fortner, Zion Johnson, all those guys are intelligent. Luke Fortner is going to have two master’s degrees. So you’ve got guys that can move and guys that are really, really smart. And if you kind of look at what the Niners have tried to do, they’ve really tried to zone in on those two things. Get guys with really good smarts, particularly football intelligence and guys that are really athletic and can move, so those would be (guys) I think would be really, really good fits in that scheme.”
The rest of the article from SI:
AN INTERESTING DOLPHINS OPTION AT WIDE RECEIVER
The Dolphins selected a wide receiver with their top pick with Alabama’s Jaylen Waddle last year and it’s certainly possible they could go that route again.
And it’s also possible they could go back to Alabama as well because Jeremiah says that maybe Jameson Williams is a better fit for what the Dolphins want to do offensively (based on the 49ers scheme) than maybe a bigger wide receiver.
“I think one of the things with this offense that’s coming in they usually like those guys to be interchangeable,” Jeremiah said. “So, yeah, we talk all the time about basketball team, right? But a lot of times when you’re talking to guys that are in this McVay, Shanahan system, they talk about having guys that can play all three positions, they’re interchangeable. So they don’t really have that same philosophy in terms of like building a basketball team.
“So if I’m looking at them, and golly, let’s see what number they pick, 29, Jameson Williams, if they want to take a take a flyer on that if you you get him in there. You know what he can do with a slant. I mean Tua, the best thing he does RPO-slant people to death. That’s where he’s in his comfort zone. And you get a chance to get somebody like that, you’ve got him and Waddle, you miss a tackle, it’s over. So I would love to see them just continue to add those type of guys instead of saying, oh, you need to get the bigger, more physical player. I would try and build a track team, a run-after-catch team with Tua because his best thing he does, survey the field, get the ball out quick, accurately underneath, intermediate and then it’s up to them to do something with it.”
Will have to watch his combine presser Wednesday.
https://dolphinstalk.com/2022/02/mike-mcdaniel-and-rich-eisen-plan-stunt-for-this-wednesdays-combine-press-conference/
Kind of heard the story already, but:
https://dolphinstalk.com/2022/02/rich-eisen-show-mike-mcdaniels-journey-from-broncos-ball-boy-to-dolphins-head-coach/
A little more from Rich Eisen:
Last one:
I think we need a pure speed wr to push the d back
That is why I like Jameson Williams so much, 6’2 and lightning (low 4.3) speed. He may not be ready until TC at best so maybe he falls. Dotson gives you that speed (high 4.3) also.
That was the same one I posted earlier but from Yahoo. lol
I like articles like this since I am not an OL guy. Opened my eyes to some new prospects, especially interior OL who will be available a little later.
Not this one but the one I posted from SI. The OT he highlighted seems a little green with big upside.
Williams fell to me this time. Garrett Wilson was WR1. Only 4 WR’s taken in 1st round (odd). It’s likely to be at least 6. All OL are good fits for this offense. I really wanted DT Ridgeway at 123 but took the center instead.
29. Jameson Williams WR, Penn State
50. Christian Watson WR, North Dakota State
101. Chad Muma ILB, Wyoming
119. Brandon Smith LB, Penn State
123. Alec Lindstrom IOL, Boston College
157. Max Mitchell, OT Louisiana
198. Luke Fortner IOL, Kentucky
221. C.J. Verdell RB, Oregon
Christian Watson at 6’5 208 will give us everything Gesicki can but with more athleticism and 4.38 speed. All 3 WR’s (including Waddle) can line up anywhere.
I read that Allen lazard is available. He’s the best blocking WR in the league. And a real pro. I’d sign him to replace Preston w.
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We also need a quality return man. And Braxton Berrios can do that as well as the smurf role that Welker knows so well. Berrios runs fast and has a lot of courage and swagger. He’d free up waddle to go deeper. And he knows the miami weather. I’d sign him to replace Ford.
Berrios is that Welker type receiver. Good call.
I just hate the thought of another Mike Wallace or will fuller type FA WR.
Naples. Good call on Allen Lazard also. He is just like Hollins but more athletic. I think he would be a better replacement for Gesicki to be honest or Parker even, if we decided to move on from Parker.
The United States, European Union and Britain announced Friday that they would freeze the assets of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, following similar steps taken by the European Union and Britain
Lots more EU countries have come out to join Biden in favoring cutting Russia off the SWIFT global interbank payments system, which would make selling its oil much more difficult.
Those are the two actions M13 said he wanted done yesterday. Seems the world was listening.
Maybe he will vote for Biden now that he is doing exactly as he suggested
He might volunteer for weekly prostate exams too?????
Anyone who votes for Biden again has lost more noodles than Biden himself.
Was going to stay away from the politic side of it but since…anyway. BBL
Think Ken was joking, but if Biden runs again many millions will vote for him even if he loses. I dislike Trump a lot, but understand why some do vote for him.
McDaniel got the Godell treatment.
Love it!
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“The first thing is to get him ingrained in the system. Once we are able to do that, then I think the system is going to be built and tailored to him, and… bring out all the positives in his game.”
— New quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator Darrell Bevell on Tua and suggesting the new O system might not be exactly like the San Fran system
I’m happy they are not saying this is our offense, too bad. They are saying they will teach it to him and then flex it to match his skillset.
OD should love the stat about the OL. Should also make us appreciate Tua’s quick release, which is a major plus.
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“The Dolphins owned the league’s worst pass block win rate last season, winning just 46.6% of their matchups, per NFL Next Gen stats. For reference, the Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams led the NFL in that category at 68.4%. The Dolphins’ inability to sustain blocks altered the way quarterback Tua Tagovailoa played his game.
Despite Miami’s low win rate, Tagovailoa was sacked at the 10th-lowest rate in the NFL last season (4.7% of his dropbacks).”
That is also the only prop I can give the last OC’s in that it was their strategy/game plan to have it set up to where he can get it out fast and Tua, for the most part, mastered it. It’s actually an amazing accomplishment by Tua with the up and downs of our WR’s and revolving door at RB to an extent by bringing in 2 new RB’s during the season.
stangerx says:
February 26, 2022 at 1:07 pm
Think Ken was joking, but if Biden runs again many millions will vote for him even if he loses. I dislike Trump a lot, but understand why some do vote for him.
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I agree and see why people vote both ways. Like MikeE said, I don’t know what I will do if it comes down to those 2 again. If that happens, there would be no better time in American history to have a strong 3rd party candidate.
It’s really easy. Which America was doing better under which guy? It should never be about their personality or other minor issues. Based on easily seen results, Biden is worse than Carter who was a top 5 worst president in US history. Trump said mean things and is a narcissist. One thing is definitely not equal to the other.
If Republicans can find a better candidate than Trump? Awesome! If they can’t? Then vote Trump and hold your nose as our economy, borders, jobs, and foreign policy become the focus over whatever the hell Biden thinks he’s doing. I can’t understand voting for Biden after the results of the past year. It’s like shooting your arm off and wondering why you feel bad and weak suddenly.
Easy for you but not for some. Was sorta of my point. And I’m a life-long Republican who did not vote for Trump. Both because of his personal actions/statements and because he turned the GOP from what Regan created to populist. GOP didn’t even put out a policy platform for the last election.
Populist is exactly what Republicans should be. They should want the blue-collar workers who built America. Trump was running on the same policies as 2016 which were easy to look up and he was willing to talk about it all the time.
What policies has Biden kept? How is America under Biden? What has he accomplished for the non-wealthy? My original question was which president had(s) a better working America? The answer is extremely easy and obvious if the person doesn’t have blind, naked partisanship. The goal is a better America, not a more politically acceptable version to run out to other countries. America should always be first. Not the other way around.
Like I said it is just not easy and obvious to me. And I am the one who felt strongly enough against the presidential candidate of my own party, even if still voted GOP otherwise. Am not a Biden fan either.
Am also not a fan of populism, especially when it appeals to baser instincts like xenophobia, isolationism and the cult of personality. I see mob rule and a less than united America in that. Think Trunpo managed all those quite well to the detriment of both the GOP and the country as a whole.
And given what I have said not sure how I have “have blind, naked partisanship”. Like I said the lion’s share of my votes have and do go GOP.
I’m not saying you do or that you’re wrong about Trump. It was a generic statement based off points upcoming. Let’s just look at the basics. Highest inflation in over 40 years and it’s getting higher. Trump or Biden? Major grocers having empty sections for the first time in my father’s entire life (he’s 68)? Biden or Trump. Gross overall employment at peak for either president. Higher for Trump or Biden? Worse overall economy. Trump or Biden? Neither beat Covid. We’ll see if Biden keeps us out of war, but Trump did. Who is worse for the common American? It seems pretty obvious unless you’ve (generic form) made a fortune off Covid stocks and want Biden to continue the mask and vaccine ridiculousness.
The hypocrisy of Biden’s stances is mind-blowing. Ukrainian borders must be honored. Ours? Not so much. Oil bad and so is energy independence. Paying for Russian oil? Good! Trump would be a foreign policy disaster. Nope, Biden was the foreign policy disaster. He’s an utter failure at everything. How is that better by any metric?
Populists suffer from what all democracies suffer. All types of citizen rule suffer from a lot of the same things. Possible mob rule and cult of personality. It’s an inherent risk. It’s exactly why Reagan is still the voice of Republicanism 30 years after his death. He was an amazing man but was there a cult of personality? Of course, there was and is. I see charlatans using Reagan today to shame people for thinking for themselves. “What would Reagan say?!!” Who cares today? It’s a different America and he’d be appalled at Tranny Reading Day in libraries in CA. In the narcissism of our youth today. In the massive growth of our government and the pull corporations hold in our government.
Putting Americans first can be labeled xenophobia but still have the support of Latino Americans, African Americans, etc. In a country like the US, the xenophobia argument is weak as hell. No one else is as diverse but Americans must come first. Isolationism is also a label that has no meaning. When most of our medicines are from China, we have a problem. When Russia supplies lots of our oil, we have a problem as seen today. Independence is not a bad thing, and we should never think putting America first is bad.
Although I don’t agree with all those points, they are ones which could lead you to favor Trump. And some was not in favor of, like the trade wars. But said off the bat respect why some people do support Trump.
For me it is about matter of trust and I simply don’t trust the guy who said :3-5 million illegal aliens voted in the 2016 election, that anything he doesn’t like is Fake News even when it often is provably not and who tried to overthrow the certified results of the last election, etc. Offends me that he seems to think I and the American people are so simple.
That lack of trust means have not voted for him and will not.
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Bleacher Report’s trade idea:
Miami Dolphins receive: Aaron Rodgers, 2023 fourth-round pick
Green Bay Packers receive: 2022 first-round pick (via SF), 2022 second-round pick, 2023 first-round pick, 2023 first-round pick (via SF), 2023 third-round pick
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They are fucking nuts!
I’d rather vote for Biden. 😉 lol
Rodgers for one year or at most two. F-ing nuts it is. But this guy was so sure of it he was balancing a 2023 4th round pick against a 2023 third when 3 first rounders are involved.
I know. Wish that guy was the GM for the Jets or Bills.
Interesting, but can you really go by those casualty numbers posted at the end. How would they know. You know Russia isn’t going to say.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/leaked-document-shows-russia-is-preparing-for-a-massive-medical-emergency-of-ukraine-war-casualties/ar-AAUkSds?ocid=undefined
We need an identity on offense. We haven’t had one in a long time. That usually starts with the QB but even with Tannehill we didn’t have one. We were always changing OCs and personnel. Hoping coach McD can change that.
Thanks for the posts bbm on McD. I like him…homering a little. He’s a smart dude.
^ No problem! Was starving for any kind of Dolphin news.
Every new coach we’ve had has said they would play and tailor scheme to players’ skillsets/strengths. I haven’t seen it in 20+ years with the Dolphins.
I’d like to think it might be true this time with McD. I think he can do that with Tua and Waddle. Hope so!
My hope as well. Difference this time is we have a coach that has done it where proof is in the pudding, I guess.
He’s done it before…..
I’m counting on him to do it again….lol. With everyone in a collaborative way….
And then I found this commentary on McD:
https://phinphanatic.com/2022/02/26/mike-mcdaniel-personality-miami-dolphins-fans-needed/
“The Russian attack marks a turning point. It is our duty to do our best to help Ukraine defend against the invading army of Putin. That’s why we’re supplying 1000 anti-tank weapons and 500 stinger missiles to our friends in Ukraine.”
— German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday.on why he is sending military weapons outside his country and reversing a long-standing ban on that.
I loved UK’s impression of the countries “sanctioning” in a mindful, all-in way. It gas to be a united, effort, for sure. This is not acceptable behavior from Putin and he may end up with a big fight on his hands.
Yeah he made a lot of educated points in that post.
Only bad thing about McDaniel is how he can sustain the manic optimism and spoofing if we lose 3 in a row.
Hmmmm…..
He’s been through it before with the 49ers and probably other teams where he’s been a coach.
As McDaniel put it:
“I haven’t seen a quarterback win a football game by himself ever, really. He has to have somebody to throw to. He better not be getting tackled before he throws, so somebody better block.”
Dolphins to ‘tailor’ offense around QB Tua Tagovailoa’s strengths
Published: Feb 24, 2022 at 07:42 AM
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Cameron Wolfe highlights what to expect from Tagovailoa, Waddle under Mike McDaniel’s first season
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The No. 1 question for the Miami Dolphins’ new coaching staff revolves around the development of quarterback Tua Tagovailoa.
The commitment to the former No. 5 overall pick extends to molding the entire offense around what best suits Tua, according to new quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator Darrell Bevell.
“The first thing is to get him ingrained in the system,” Bevell said Wednesday, via the Miami Herald. “Once we are able to do that, then I think the system is going to be built and tailored to him, and… bring out all the positives in his game.”
Bevell, who has worked with Russell Wilson, Matthew Stafford and Trevor Lawrence in the past decade, noted that, unlike other positions, it’s vital to construct the offense around what the quarterback does best, or the entire operation never gets off the ground.
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“(It’s important) to tailor the game to them, to their talent, rather than fitting the round peg in the square hole,” he said. “We can tailor the offense to bring out the strengths of each guy.”
Tagovailoa’s strength is his accuracy, particularly in close quarters, and his ability to quickly get the ball out. There were plenty of times that Tua’s quick reads and release saved a sack or worse.
“I think he’s a really accurate passer,” Bevell said. “That’s the thing that jumped out at me right away is looking at him. I haven’t done like a complete deep dive yet. But I’ve looked at enough tape that I like the accuracy that he has. I like his ability to make some off-schedule plays. He can get outside the pocket. He’s not going to be a major runner, but he can run and make plays with his feet. I really like those kinds of things.”
The negative to Tua’s game is the lack of arm strength that could hold back the offense, particularly down the field and deep outside the numbers, where he didn’t target much in 2021. Bevell said he wouldn’t judge whether Tagovailoa had limited arm strength before working with him in person.
“I think it’s important for me to be able to see the ball coming out of his hand in person,” he said. “I can see it on tape. I can see him making some of the throws. There are questions that I have. But I want to see the ball come out of his hand in person. That’s the one thing for me, always on tape, is it’s hard to tell the true velocity, so I want to get him out here on the grass and see exactly what it looks like. From what I’ve seen we’ll definitely be able to have high success from him being able to throw the football. He can make many of the throws that we’re going to ask him to do. And the ones that he can’t then we’re going to do something different.”
Rosenthal: Tua Tagovailoa’s 2021 season has been ‘really misunderstood’
Assuming the bulk of Mike McDaniel’s offense relies on the Kyle Shanahan scheme, it should fit with what Tua does well, namely getting the ball to players in space and working defenses over the middle. In addition, the Dolphins’ RPO game should be better in 2022 in the new system.
To help the quarterback, the Dolphins must upgrade the run game and offensive line after both struggled in 2021.
“Any time you run the football, that’s a quarterback’s best friend,” Bevell said. “It opens up so much when you turn around and hand the ball to the quarterback it takes a lot of pressure off of you. But then it affects the defense in a positive way when you can play-fake them and distort the defense.”
Everything we’ve heard this offseason from the new staff suggests Tua will get every chance to show he’s the franchise quarterback. If he struggles in 2022, it’ll be back to the drawing board in South Beach.
Bill Walsh did the same thing when he was OC of the Bengals with QBs Virgil Carter and Ken Anderson. That’s when the West Coast Offense was born. He then brought it to the 49ers as HC with Joe Montana.
Quiet night on the blog.
stangerx says:
February 26, 2022 at 12:20 pm
The United States, European Union and Britain announced Friday that they would freeze the assets of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, following similar steps taken by the European Union and Britain
Lots more EU countries have come out to join Biden in favoring cutting Russia off the SWIFT global interbank payments system, which would make selling its oil much more difficult.
Those are the two actions M13 said he wanted done yesterday. Seems the world was listening.
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LOL, thanks, Stanger! It’s a start and I’m very happy it occurred, but it will take a month or two to see if it has any effect on Putin’s resolve. Hopefully, the Ukrainians can hold out long enough to see Putin’s forces turn tail. Sadly, many will lose their lives — on both sides — in the interim. 😦
I hope the Ukrainians hold out too, but the scary thing is Putin can’t be defeated or he’ll look really bad and egotistical, evil people like him can’t have that. He’s going to see this through until he takes over. But like you said, many will lose their lives. 😦
Yeah, man. And the situation is so delicate that it must be handled with the greatest of caution… lest it spiral into WWIII. 😦
Something I learned today: Brandon Smith, LB, PSU, had 19 assisted tackles last year. Know how many missed tackles he had? 15. He had a missed tackle rate of 17.2% (data from PFF). One doesn’t need to be a football data analyst to realize that that is HORRIFIC.
Love the player and what he brings to the table as far as athleticism, but I’m beginning to shy away from him. Maybe a late day 2 pick, but he’s got a lot of work to do to clean up his tackling.
Dang, one of my bubbles got busted. lol Thanks for that info. He is still considered a 3rd round pick. Seen some have him in late 2nd. It’s just a reminder that measurables aren’t everything.
Doesn’t that mean he only missed like 1 tackle per game?
1.2 ish
I think the 17.2% miss rate was the more alarming stat.
Two OL FAs I’d take a look at are Connor Williams and Duane Brown. Brown, if they feel his age isn’t gonna be an issue, could be a guy who you sign for a couple years. He could easily step in and start, and he could also be a veteran presence to help the young guys along. Williams, I think is just starting to come into his own. He’s probably not gonna ever be an all pro, but he could be a solid, plug and play guard for the next 10 years. They both are nice fits in zone schemes, and they shouldn’t be really expensive. Or maybe they will be because everybody gets insane money in FA these days.
Connor Williams was M13’s guy he was talking about a month or so ago. Be might come cheaper than LG Tomlinson.
Yeah, I’m quietly backing out of that one now, LOL.
How much does Duane Brown have left? Won’t he be like 37 when the season starts?
Connor Williams is a stud, but if he can’t get his penalties under control (he had 14 last season!), he’s no good for us.
If we can get him on the relative cheap (due to his penchant for penalties), I’d pull the trigger with the hopes that our new O-Line coaching can get him back to a palatable amount of penalties.
He’s projected to go for $13.2M/per, via Spotrac.