The Dolphins have already secured TE Mike Gesicki for the 2022 NFL season as they have placed the Franchise Tag on him. They can work out a long term deal or have his services for this season and reevaluate after. With a new HC, it’s difficult to say which is more likely. Other Dolphins players I would like us to re-sign are Emmanuel Ogbah, Nik Needham and Mack Hollins, and in that order. From outside our organization, I feel the interior of the O-line is a must fix so I would prefer to get Niners LG Laken Tomlinson. As some of you know, the Cowboys are willing to trade OL La’el Collins. Collins can play inside or outside, and can play either side at tackle, and play them all well. That’s a nice commodity to have, especially with what I believe is some young talent we have that we need to find spots for such as Austin Jackson and Liam Eichenberg. Some have already given up on these players, I think that’s foolish. Collins has been a fixture on the Cowboys line since ’15, although he did miss most of the ’16 season tearing a ligament in his big toe Game 3. He was placed on IR and missed the rest of that season. Otherwise he has been a steady presence for the Cowboys. I don’t know what compensation the Cowboys expect for Collins but I’d give up a 2nd or 3rd RD pick without any hesitation to get Collins. With so high a demand for quality O-linemen, the Cowboys just might cash in much higher for Collins. I suppose I’d consider our 1st RD pick (#29) as well. Other possible picks at #29 are C Tyler Linderbaum, WR Jameson Williams and probably a host of others that I haven’t even considered but GM Chris Grier has his eye on. Collins would start and be an upgrade just about anywhere we put him, and lord knows we need to upgrade the O-line. There are quite a few avenues to consider though, being we have a good amount of cap room and we can find 2 good free agent OL in Free Agency.
Back to re-signing our own, the Dolphins have to make Emmanuel Ogbah a priority. It’s not that Ogbah is a guy who takes over games, he’s not that type of player. He is a guy that consistently gets pressure from his side of the field and despite not having gaudy numbers in any one defensive metric, he’s had over 20 QB hits each of the 2 seasons he’s played here, and although he missed double digit sacks by one each year, with the emergence of Jaelan Phillips, I think Ogbah and Phillips could be both be perennial double digit sack guys. Ogbah’s 2 best seasons were here in Miami, so I’d hope he’d want to return to the place where he’s been most successful, although in all fairness, money will talk. We’ll have to show Ogbah some love ($$$) if we want him back. DB Nik Needham is a player I just love to watch. I remember when we drafted some guy (Noah Igbinoghene) and had such high expectations for that player. Instead, it was Nik Needham thrust into duty and call him an overachiever or whatever you want but he always proved he belonged on the field. It’s hard not to like and admire Needham and I truly hope we retain him as a player. Mack Hollins is another one of those players like Needham. We know he’s a special teams ace and that guy was always around the football on ST’s. He was also thrust into duty when others were expected to be ahead of him, but due to injuries, Hollins got more playing time than expected. He showed up and played well all the time. So often I’d see Hollins make a play and both I and the announcer thought it was TE Mike Gesicki, #86 and #88 look similar and their lithe body types are close as well. #86 has to be re-signed so the confusion can continue.
When you look at improving the team, most of us feel the O-line is the place where it needs to begin. I also feel like the majority here feel we should be adding veterans and not spending high picks on the O-line, as we all know we’ve spent quite a few in the last 2 years as it is, one 1st RD pick in 2020 (Jackson), two 2nd RD picks, 2020 (Hunt), and 2021 (Eichenberg). In 2019, we spent a 3rd RD pick on C Michael Deiter and we spent a 4th RD pick in 2020 on OG Solomon Kindley. I could see spending another 1st RD potentially on center Tyler Linderbaum. If they feel he’d be an immediate upgrade and a long term solution at center, it’s hard to argue pulling the trigger on that. We can also pick up probably the best center available in free agency Ryan Jensen formerly of Tom Brady’s Bucs. Lots of different ways to approach it, and Chris Grier is well aware of that. Tough part is there will be high interest across the board on quality offensive linemen so if we want a player, we’ll have to be very aggressive and pay whatever is necessary in order to get them. Bargain hunting is not an option.
I’m sure Grier has a clear plan as to what he’s doing, and then fallback plans when those are foiled. Even though we have deep pockets, the competition will be so high there’s likely to be a quick frenzy to start the free agency period off. Other than money, is Miami a destination where players feel like they can win? We have a bright new Head Coach in Mike McDaniel, but he’s a first time Head Coach, so is winning immediately realistic? Of course we have nice climate, especially during the colder months of the season and we also have no state income tax which makes the money go even further. I look forward to seeing what Grier and the Dolphins do when the communications between NFL teams and players (agents) begin on Monday March 14th. I have a feeling the bottom line of the NFL channel feed will be ringing like a pinball machine. Hopefully we’re doing some of the ringing!
#stangerstrong
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The rumors have been leaning that way in recent weeks. Not surprised.
He lost Gronk though.
I’d be willing to bet Gronk comes back.
Ouch for Brady….he’s probably thinking he doesn’t need Gronk either….lol
Or not, to mf13ss’s point…
Fucking drama queen
M13, my bad on Gronk. For some reason I thought he went to the Chargers but that was just a possible landing spot pundits were talking about and I had it in my mind he went to them. LOL
All good, man. $#!t happens!
Brain fart. LOL
We all lost an hour of sleep last night, Knight!
And like I said earlier March had to get one more cold weekend in before the warmer weather starts tomorrow. Bitch! LOL
Tom Brady un retires
Ken was right all along…
Hulk is wise
Not exactly a shocker!
I’m shocked, hope he has a season that solidifies, that he should’ve stayed retired
Tim Knight says:
March 13, 2022 at 7:42 pm (Edit)
And like I said earlier March had to get one more cold weekend in before the warmer weather starts tomorrow. Bitch! LOL
Ugh! 10 inches of snow here Saturday morning. Very windy. And it was 70 Friday afternoon. I’ve not left my house. 😭
Oh okay I can’t really complain then, we got a coating of ice rain and then some snow on top of it but nothing shovel worthy. Just really cold crap. The south is cold too, I know people in Florida saying it’s been in the 30’s and 40’s the last couple of days.
Planning a beach trip….lol
Thanks Brady, now we have to listen to the networks talk about you endlessly as FA starts. So sick of hearing about him.
Only if you tune in….lol
I want to tune in to see what else is going on throughout the league. Now it’s all about him again. Ugh! LOL
That was my first thought, it will be endless.
Another year of Brady talk is about as exciting as hearing it’s time for a colonoscopy.
Yeah, we will have to listen Collinsworth choke on Brady’s balls every Tampa Monday Night game.
All of sports media and beyond is awash with it already. Barf!
How many more times do we need to hear what Tom Brady has accomplished? Everyone fucking knows already!!!
M13 posted about Ertz earlier. Is Gesicki worth that? More or less?
Tom Brady has every right to continue playing. I would never tell anyone to stop doing what they love if they still can. But do the networks have to rehash his entire career time and time again as if nobody knows. Report on him coming back, do a little segment and move on.
One thing that is funny is that some dumbass bought, supposedly Tom Brady’s last touchdown ball thrown to Mike Evans for $518,628 at auction.
It gets better, the dumbass bought it yesterday!!!! LOL
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/tom-bradys-final-career-touchdown-ball-sells-for-over-518k-at-auction/
That’s great, some Brady ball sucker last his ass on that one
I don’t get why people are so annoyed about anything related to Brady. Just turn it off or don’t read it. He is a once in a lifetime QB, coverage about him is going to be suffocating. Lol
I’m tuned in to hear about other news in the NFL. Now every other thing that happens will get a minute or two, then back to talking about Brady and everything we already know. Oh and Cowboys news seems to be most important for some reason. LOL
Everyone on the NFLN is snorting Tom Brady. I expect an orgy soon. LOL
I think the good news is we should be able to improve the talent on this team both thru FA and the draft. I’m always a fan of trading out of the bottom of the first too if the value is there. FA has good players at a number of our areas of need too. Grier has options. We’ll see how he does.
Agreed but hang in there and see if a prospect high on your board is getting close to your pick in the late 1st. That is sometimes a sweet spot.
I just finished the new Dune movie. Thought it was pretty great.
You mean the old film redone? 😉
Yes, the new one
I really liked it
Randy, what position would be at the top of your list in FA and who if you have one?
A massive market is developing for former Seahawks’ All-Pro LB Bobby Wagner, league sources say. According to Jordan Schultz, the Dolphins are very interested in Bobby Wagner.
IMO, he’d be the prize of our FA pickups.
I believe most of us here already realize as much, but just in case one didn’t already know…
Butler played a lot of NT on passing downs, not sure his cap savings is so important.
Works for me to retain Butler.
No problem doing that with the exception of Butler. He played a lot last season. I thought he was solid.
Yup, see above.
Strictly my opinion: IF we sign Bobby Wagner and re-sign Emmanuel Ogbah, our Defense alone could potentially carry us deep into the playoffs.
And if we sign two O-Linemen via FA, our Offense could potentially carry us deep into the playoffs.
We have the $$$… do BOTH.
Count me IN for a trade to acquire La’el Collins. To lock him in for $10M/per over the next couple of years works. And if he can’t beat out Liam Eichenberg in camp for a Tackle position, kick La’el inside… he’d be a killer for us there.
It’s that $10M/per that makes the trade so enticing, knowing how good La’el can be. Hopefully, our new regime can coach him out of penalties.
Additionally, heard from someone I trust that La’el didn’t look healthy last year. Perhaps he’s back to normal. I suppose it’s worth the risk for a mere $10M/per, knowing what he’s capable of having done in the past.
Tim,
We’ll, I guess the first thing I’d do is try to find a solid, vet OL. To me, Duane Brown makes sense, but he is 36. Jensen is good, but I’m not sure he’s a good scheme fit. He gets out of position some, and you can’t do that in an outside zone scheme. Plus, now that Brady’s back, he might want Jensen to stay and make it happen. There are a handful of OL guys I’d look at, but it kinda depends on how they have evaluated the guys they already have.
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I’d take a serious look at Allen Robinson. I’m not gonna go nuts to sign him, but I think he could be a good fit with what we have already and could be ready to explode with better guys around him.
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After that, I’d be looking to bring in either a guy who can get pressure off the edge or a LB who can stop the run….or both. I still haven’t gotten deep into draft/FA stuff. I’m really not even sure who’s available right now. Does it start this week?
I’m not moving Robert Hunt from RG. He has the potential to be an all pro. He’s got good enough feet that he should be able to transition to a zone heavy scheme. Don’t touch him unless he shows he can’t make the transition.
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Butler was a big part of our DL rotation. He can fill a number of spots for you. I thought he had a pretty good season.
Yes and if you let him go who is going to replace him for less money and be at least as good?
If you can’t find that guy what was the point of creating more space?
These guys write such one sided articles sometimes
Why not just cut every, so we’d have over 100m?
For the same reason (except dead money) you wouldn’t cut everyone you don’t cut Butler
Not sure we’re wling to give Ogbah 15+M, a guy that has never had double digit sacks
They likely have a price in mind, and if they can’t get him for that, then go after someone, that gets more sacks
What will make me mad is if someone else signs him for 12-14 and we don’t. He probably will get offered 15 or more.
Yes Stanger I fault Biden and the EU
https://www.westernjournal.com/video-trump-2018-spreads-like-wildfire-proof-wanted-hurt-russia-nato-nothing/
It’s not all about having another $20M in cap space. To have the extra money to sign who?
Sometimes you keep a team together. We have plenty of money and draft capital to upgrade and add replacements and depth. I guess it depends on the plan.
Go Phins!!!
I’m 100% with ya, man. I just hope we can make some rather impactful signings with the $$$ we’ve got at hand.
And it’s not so much about putting us over the top as a Super Bowl contender (though we could be a dark horse this year)… it’s more about the development of our future studs, such as Tua.
We must protect Tua and give him every opportunity to learn the right way… rather than him learning the David Carr way (DCS* = David Carr Syndrome ™).
It’s all about Tua at the end of the day. He has to play at a high level. He knows that too. The 3rd season is big for any player and especially QBs. We have two 1st round picks next year to re-evaluate the QB position if we have too.
That’s why I said Grier has done a good job as a GM the last 3 seasons. Our cap is good and we have really good draft compensation. The team has won 19 of its last 33 games. It’s not like we’ve been at the bottom.
But!!! It’s time to take the next step. It’s not about coach McD as a first time HC, it’s about the talent we have. Can he take it to another level?
You will never maximize any QB’s potential without an OL…not sure why that’s not universally known…lol
Could be arm strength, but I don’t buy it.
Miami has expressed interest in keeping Duke Johnson, per The Miami Herald.
He earned it.
Can’t believe I missed this one…
Many thought that Kirk Cousins could be on the move to another team. Well, this settles another QB position.
Krishna says:
March 13, 2022 at 10:56 pm
You will never maximize any QB’s potential without an OL…not sure why that’s not universally known…lol
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EXACTLY correct!
Krishna, I thought OL upgrades were universally accepted here. LOL
That has to happen. Tua also has to elevate his game.
Lol…we’ve probably all said it…..
I expect him too with more to work with and better scheme. I just don’t think one should expect Tua to carry the OL….that’s bullshit.
We need at least one of the following, but preferably both.
A true ultra fast deep threat WR and a true slot WR to free up Waddle to get intermediate throws, because he can take those to the house.
If we don’t get a real long speed WR, and enough OL to form a real pocket, then it’s impossible to blame Tua or even adequately evaluate him.
I don’t know how the OL get’s fixed in one season, but I’m all in if it does.
Hopefully, it will be acquiring a blend of tried and true and still in the game, looking within although I don’t see much except Hunt, and can you get a starting OL in the draft from our position. Yikes.
Lots of holes on the OL….Jesse Davis starting is a fucking hole…lol. We start there and I’m wondering who do we really have…blah, blah. Coaches need to coach to salvage it.
Would love to see it turn around for 2022. It starts there, imo.
i don’t like the idea of creating holes. Then you just have to work hard to fill them and hope it works.
I’d keep most of our own guys, although not Hurns or Davis.
The way it went last year revealed exactly what we needed to win 2 or 3 more games.
A deep WR, a stud at ILB, a NFL quality starting RT, and a backup QB more closely matched to Tua, so we don’t have to scrap the game plan if he is out for a bit.
Upgrading those positions with 3 probowlers and a Tua clone QB would have won us 3 more games last year, and that’s a 12-5 season and a playoff berth.
NAPLES! LOL!
I was almost going to tell ya that you can bring back your Tom Lady* avatar again! I see you beat me to the punch! LOL 😀
Have a great night, y’all. I need to catch up on the lost hour of sleep missed last night.
GO PHINS!!!
HELL YEAH!!!
We’re going to find out a lot tomorrow.
Back to reality tomorrow 😭😭
Buccaneers re-signing center Ryan Jensen to 3-year, $39M deal
https://www.nfl.com/news/buccaneers-re-signing-center-ryan-jensen-to-3-year-39m-deal
Makes sense, making that last run for Tommy
If you want to talk about TB, my thoughts are this. He would have never had the season he had last year if he was behind our OL of last year….
Your Picks:
Round 1 Pick 29: Jameson Williams, WR, Alabama (A)
Round 2 Pick 18: Kenneth Walker III, RB, Michigan State (A)
Round 3 Pick 37 (COMP): Boye Mafe, DE/OLB, Minnesota (A+)
Round 4 Pick 16: Khalil Shakir, WR, Boise State (A+)
Round 4 Pick 20: Leo Chenal, ILB/OLB, Wisconsin (A+)
Round 5 Pick 15: Colin Newell, C/OG, Iowa State (A+)
Round 6 Pick 20: Matt Araiza, P, San Diego State (A+)
Round 7 Pick 3: Jeremiah Hall, FB/RB, Oklahoma (A+)
EXCELLENT
Not sure I want to pay him 25m per, but he’d surely change our O, and it’s better than paying Armstead
Collins isn’t perfect; No one is.
But for what the Dolphins are looking to do this offseason to repair the offensive line, coupled with Mike McDaniel’s history of running the football, trading for a 28-year-old right tackle on a three-year, $30M contract seems like a no-brainer.
SBNation
Except a 10m cap hit, when you could push it forward, is a lot
Could sign Gesicki longterm to lower his cap hit
Love the player and 3 yrs for 30m, not so much the cap hit, but we could add a 4th year and pay this year’s salary in a bonus
Our rookie net cap from Over the Cap shows 3.3m, after we sign the rookies we’ll have about 45m to sign at least 8 players, not really a lot, but enough to do what we want and more than enough
Cap dropped to 48m after Gesicki, Needham and Ahmed were franchised or tendered
Spending in FA is fine when you grab the right people and keep them. Bringing in Karras and KVN only to let them go was dumb. Bringing in Ogbah and not locking him up is dumb. We’ve spent big in FA on players who have backfired on us too many times. Justin Smiley, Jake Grove, Mike Wallace, Will Fuller, Gbril Wilson etc… Nearly every FA running back we’ve brought in the last 10 years has done nothing for us. Smart moves need to be made.
If you sign all your FAs to longer term contracts and they don’t play to that contract you’re screwed for years, by using the short term method its allowed us to be where we are now with lots of space
I didn’t say anything about signing guys to longer term contracts. My points were:
1. Don’t make bad investments
2. When you make good investments, re-invest in them.
Karras and KVN didn’t need to be let go. Ogbah deserves a new contract here. Our last 15 years have been overspending in bad investments during the offseason. We need to stop doing that.
mf13ss says:
March 13, 2022 at 11:00 pm
Many thought that Kirk Cousins could be on the move to another team. Well, this settles another QB position.
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I figured he’d be there. His new HC worked with him as a QB coach/ OC in DC and was praising him in interviews.
Here’s what stupid looks like!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He does have a dumb look on his face.
Today is my wife’s birthday so I’m a yes man all day 😎
Or should I say yes mam 😆
Happy B’day to Mrs. Phindog.
Good another top tier DE which reduces the market for Ogbah
The Minnesota Vikings just informed they are tendering Restricted Free Agent fiormer Dolphins kicker Greg Joseph. Led the NFL in touchback percentage last season and got better and better as the year went on.
Funny that the pic is him in a dolphins jersey.
Jakeem Grant
RS · Age: 29
The Bears got a bargain last October, acquiring Grant from the Dolphins for a 2023 sixth-round draft pick. He scored a 97-yard touchdown on a punt return against the Packers on the way to his second consecutive second-team All-Pro nod as a return man. A new deal could yield over $5 million a year, which would make Grant the NFL’s highest-paid pure return specialist.
I am a little surprised Vikings resigned Cousins. I guess they figured they didn’t have any viable options left and so gave him a 1 year deal and they are likely to be looking in the next draft or 2
The New England Patriots are keeping Mac Jones’ tutor in Foxborough.
The Pats agreed to a two-year contract with backup quarterback Brian Hoyer, his agent announced Monday morning.
The 36-year-old is essentially a player-coach at this stage of his 14-year NFL career. Hoyer backed up Jones last season, appearing in five games and attempting 11 passes. He last started a game in 2020 for New England — a 26-10 loss at Kansas City.
Hoyer was a priority for the Pats to retain to ensure Jones is supported by a veteran presence who can help the young QB in the film room.
Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers guard Ali Marpet will stay retired despite Tom Brady’s announcement that he’ll return for a 23rd season, Garafolo reported, per Marpet’s agent. Marpet announced his retirement on Feb. 27, nearly a month after the QB initially announced his retirement.
concerning Ogbah’s value:
The Green Bay Packers agreed to terms with pass rusher Preston Smith on a four-year, $52.5 million extension through 2026, Rapoport reported. Pro Bowl pass rusher Za’Darius Smith has been released, due to a $27.6M cap hit, per Rapoport. The Packers are also releasing offensive tackle Billy Turner.
Concerning trading for La’el Collins (maybe $10M/yr) or signing another RT or FA Center:
The Atlanta Falcons and left tackle Jake Matthews have agreed to terms on a three-year extension that will pay him $52.5 million over the next three years, Rapoport reported.
The Buffalo Bills released starting right tackle Daryl Williams. The 29-year-old started all 33 games for Buffalo over the past two years. Williams had two seasons left on a three-year deal signed last offseason, but none of his salary was guaranteed. The Bills are signing center Mitch Morse to a two-year, $19.5 million extension with $12 million guaranteed, NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo reported. Morse, who is now under contract through 2024, will see his pay increase from $8.5 million to $11.25 million for 2022.
Only an hour before tampering begins. Was hoping to see a Smythe and maybe a Hollins resigning before teams start giving offers. Still have until Wednesday though. Maybe they are keeping all their cash handy to see if they can make a big splash or 2.
Now that’s funny!!!!!!!
My bad. I was hoping to sell it on EBay.
#Chiefs WR Byron Pringle is heading to free agency, after catching a career-high 42 passes for 568 yards and five touchdowns,
Expect a strong market for the 28-year old ascending receiver. #NFL
Happy Bday Mrs Phindog…..
Leaving 84 F for 15F today. Actually looks like Winnipeg has warmed up …. 12 hours in planes and airports today yeehaw….
yeah I think winter is over, so it’s ok for you to return to Winnipeg.
Have a safe flight!
(and I’d love to hear about fun stuff you did in Jamaica!)
Buffalo has a lot of quality FAs they might lose.
QB Mitchell Trubisky
RB Matt Breida
WR Emmanuel Sanders
OT Bobby Hart
OT Daryl Williams
OG Ike Boettger
OG Jon Feliciano
DE Mario Addison
DE Jerry Hughes
DE Efe Obada
DL Vernon Butler
DL Harrison Phillips
LB A.J. Klein
CB Levi Wallace
Likewise Tampa Bay could be losing a lot of guys.
QB Blaine Gabbert
RB Giovani Bernard
RB Leonard Fournette
RB Ronald Jones
TE Rob Gronkowski
TE O.J. Howard
OG Alex Cappa
OG Ali Marpet (Retired)
DE Jason Pierre-Paul
DE William Gholston
DT Ndamukong Suh
LB Kevin Minter
CB Carlton Davis
CB Richard Sherman
S Jordan Whitehead
Apparently Chase Edmonds is headed our way
????????????????
Ogbah has been resigned
That looks like a win-win deal to me….nice
Like the Ogbah extension. Really don’t like the Edmonds signing.
Feel the same. I don’t like signing an RB coming off an injury
Edmonds came back from his high ankle sprain last season. He’s likely a McD guy and someone he was familiar with being in the same division with the 49ers.
I like the signing of Edmonds IF he can stay healthy. He needs to be paired with a guy like Duke because he’s probably better suited to being a change of pace or 3rd down guy instead of getting 300 carries. If we are really going to be running the ball a lot more….I’ll believe it when I see it….then we need 3 or 4 reliable backs.
^ he’s a very good receiver.
6 million a year for a running back who’s never had over 600 yards or over 4 touchdowns in a season? McDaniel better Run Ricky Run his butt and get every ounce of salary cap’s worth out of this guy.
Yeah, don’t like that contract at all. I think they overpaid. He is from McD’s old division so he should know more than any of us.
As Randy said, I like the player though and if he stays healthy.
sb7,
I see Edmonds more in the role of catching a lot of passes and trying to get YAC. I don’t think….or maybe I hope….that he isn’t going to be our RB workhorse. He’s never done that, so I can’t see them expecting him to run the ball a ton. I’d be surprised if he even gets 200 carries. But, maybe he catches 50-60 balls.
We have guys from the team last year that could make that production and would much cost less.
16.2 per year on Ogbah was a little higher than I had hoped but glad he is back. He deserved that contract.
Compared to other Edge guys his contract is on the cheaper side. We all discussed that the market for those guys is not cheap. I’m psyched that he’s back with us.
Glad to see Ogbah was retained. Not going to comment on the cap numbers. They are ALL overpaid to play a kids game. Edmonds? Meh….
I don’t see anything special, at all, to give him 6 mil per over Duke Johnson. He looks and plays like he is afraid to get hit or even attempt to punish a DB trying to tackle him. How the fuck did he even get injured (multiple) the way he plays?
I have to retract my 12:45 comment.
I guess McDaniel saw Edmunds twice a year up close so he knew he’d fit.
He seems to be athletic!
Still need an OT and after Ogbah signing I don’t see us making a play for Wagner
Edmonds is more of a scat back. You try to get him in space and use him in the passing game. If McD is the running game genius you guys think he is, then he’ll figure out a way to use him, and he could be a very nice nookie blanket for Tua on 3rd downs.
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Ogbah? All I gotta say is he better at least maintain his average production. If he doesn’t, this was a terrible resigning. Frankly, for that kinda money, he should be getting double digit sacks and not rank about 315th or so in tackles.
Average production? Back to back 9 sack seasons, one of the highest percentages of QB pressure in the league, leading the league in deflected passes in addition to being very good at setting the edge. Ogbah earned his payday
^ That’s how I feel, Ken.
Agreed…sack is only one stat. He was always making plays, pressuring the QB, swattng balls down…
wo trubisky to pittsburgh
29.Tyler Linderbaum OC Iowa
50.Breece Hall RB Iowa State
101.Justyn Ross WR Clemson
120.Leo Chenal LB Wisconsin
124.Khalil Shakir WR Boise State
158.Tre’ Williams EDGE Arkansas
199.Matt Araiza P San Diego State
222.Connor Heyward RB Michigan State
Boo on Justyn Ross. lol
We need to draft ILB x 2 and WR x 2.
Edmunds plays the same position as Gaskin.
OL still unknown
Yes Stanger I fault Biden and the EU
https://www.westernjournal.com/video-trump-2018-spreads-like-wildfire-proof-wanted-hurt-russia-nato-nothing/
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Right with you that the EU should have pursued non-Russian sources of energy, particularly after Putin threatened to turn off the valve/pipeline after it took Crimea. Why have been saying they should have increased LNG receiving capacity.
What particularly are you blaming Biden for. Lack of current US energy independence like before? The article, like you before mentioned. Keystone and issuing enough drilling permits (both of which would have a very long lag before impacting production.
What the article does not mention is what I brought up before — The crippling of US oil production cause of the 2019/2020 oil price crash (Trump’s watch) and the macro-economic factors due to Covid that caused it not to rebound (which started on Trump’s watch). It’s like talking about the Titanic without mentioning the iceberg.
^ to Steve
I agree that almost all of the seeds of this inflation including the gas prices were sown years before Biden got elected. And I’m not even blaming Trump per se, I’m blaming Big Oil taking advantage of drivers and Europe’s failure to plan.
Give me a break Naples
I suppose all the money biden has been sending out was sewed before he got elected too, actually it could be it does follow their narrative to kill the middle class
Problem with biden is he doesn’t even try to curtail high gas prices and inflation
They asked the jackass about gas prices and he says, they’re going to go up (a big FU to every American)
It doesn’t. Mention what you said Stanger, because it’s from 2018
The article itself goes after Biden for his energy policies. Is your point that Trump had good advice to Europe. Already agreed with that above.
The highlight reels on Edmunds show nimble feet, great vision, and sneaky ability to always be open as the outlet checkdown guy with great hands and good YAC.
Really good acceleration through the hole and pulls away from LB downfield easily.
Randy, it’s not that McD is the running game genius we think he is, that’s his reputation in the league and people who have been around him. None of us here made that up.
Maybe we can allow our new coach to bring in players he likes instead of shitting on them right out of the gate. Geez!!!
Lol, that will learn him
That’s a $16.25 ave per year with two of them guaranteed. But contract could also be back-ended some.
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“The Miami Dolphins have agreed to a four-year, $65 million deal with defensive end Emmanuel Ogbah, according to a report.
Ogbah will receive $32 million in guaranteed money.”
Ya think
Could be could be not all depends on what the deal is. Players don’t like back-ended cause puts more pressure on the team to cut them when the high salary years hit.
Read it wrong, back ended salary cap is what I was referring to, so very little against 2022 cap
We had a putrid rushing game last year and for several before that, so rolling with who we had is not a wonderful idea.
Instead, giving McDaniel a guy he likes and has played against twice a year the whole time McDaniel was in SF is fine with me.
Agreed. He wouldn’t be here if McD didn’t have a vision for him.
We are likely to use a RB by committee approach and ride the hot hand in games. Edmonds is a really good receiver. Think ball control offense.
Hey, I can like Ogbah and still not like his contract. His production better not slip..and with the kinda money he just got paid, it should improve.
Or he could get more sacks, but his production fall
Isn’t that the case with every player who gets a big contract?
I do not think the president can tell any company what it can charge for its product, and I would not want that to be the way it is anyway.
I believe in freedom from government intrusion into business except as necessary to prevent danger to consumers in health and safety.
The fed has held interest rates at near zero for years before Biden, which it had to do because of covid and which Trump enjoyed as it stimulated the stock market.
However, that cannot go on indefinitely, so now it is time for the Fed to unwind its positions (tapering) and allow interest rates to inch back up to normal range.
Neither Biden nor any other president controls the Fed, which is an independent entity.
However, if the rates go up 2 percent that results in a rise in inflation.
Can’t be helped and most companies have not raised prices in years because they couldn’t with demand so low due to covid, so now they are all rushing to raise prices.
This cycle will ease to normalcy soon.
It always does.
I’m really not interested in a political debate, but can someone please explain to me just how a President controls gas prices other than by taxes? I’m asking because I truly have no clue.
Socialism by setting price caps
nooooo I am completely opposed to socialistic price controls.
I was tongue in cheek. People bitch they want the government to control prices but then they bitch when the government tries to claiming it’s socialism
Which of course would mean decreased production in the long term and increased exports in the short-term (unless the gov wants to mandate those aspects as well).
Not much else in the short term other than release oil from the strategic oil reserve (which Biden has done, but isn’t really big enough to counter the market price) or try to get countries with turn on/turn off production capability like Saudi Arabia to pump more (which the US is trying to get done).
Long term there are other possibilities, but we are talking years to really impact.
Ken,
Sorry. What does that mean? Can a President set certain price caps for how much an oil company can charge for a gallon of oil or gas? Socialism? Huh? Are you saying Presidents do this now, or they could?