I wish I could adequately share my excitement with all my friends and readers here. I hope by the time you finish reading you can feel it through my writing. It’s not that this team is the front runner for Super Bowl LVII, it’s that we’re actually in the running. It’s that our team has made a commitment this season acquiring assets to be a legitimate competitor in the AFC. Last week I was taking in all the moves and thinking to myself this team got a few nice players, a collection of adequate players but nothing exceptional. I felt we needed some top level talent. What a difference a week makes! We signed via Free Agency the top OT on the market, Terron Armstead formerly of the New Orleans Saints. Yes, he’s a LEFT TACKLE, and Tua is left handed, which means Armstead won’t be protecting Tua’s blindside. Doesn’t matter, we needed a high level player on the O-line and just thinking of Connor Williams and Terron Armstead on that left side is exciting. Both are excellent run blockers. Then the blockbuster dropped, and it happened so fast I couldn’t believe it. I’m getting rifled with texts from friends and fans of other teams letting me know that the Dolphins are in the running for WR Tyreek Hill. Who expected anything like that? BOOM! He’s here for the next 4 years for $120M. What???
The Miami Dolphins offense is going to be known as the LEGION OF ZOOM
So friends, as disappointed as I was last week, I couldn’t be more optimistic about our team. The totality of all the moves make it clear we wanted speed on the field, and with newly acquired Raheem Mostert, Tyreek Hill added to Jaylen Waddle, that’s some legit horsepower out there. You can read all the negatives about giving up all that draft capital and paying exorbitant amounts of money to a smallish WR, but F all those know nothings who write and say those things. The Raiders are brilliant for giving up loads of draft capital for Davante Adams and paying him, but the Dolphins are desperate. You could easily make the case that Tyreek Hill is as good or better than Davante Adams. Alright, so in reality, it all comes down to the prevalent belief that Tua just ain’t it, just isn’t good enough. I don’t think there’s a player in this league, possible league history who is judged as unfairly as Tua is. I can’t say whether he’s a top 10 talent at the QB position but please judge the man by what he had to play with. Worst O-line in football, a revolving door of injured receivers, no run game, and the proof of all that was how much worse and established NFL starter, Jacoby Brissett performed in Tua’s stead while he was injured. There seems to be no perspective at all when judging young Tua and I just hope with all my heart that this kid makes them all look stupid. For the most part, he can’t really win, because if he succeeds this season and the team wins, the new weapons will get the credit and Tua will just be a game manger surrounded by great players and a great HC. I can only pray they say that because we’ll be winning.
We all knew the offense was the unit that needed some TLC, and the Dolphins apparently agreed. While we managed to keep the defense intact, props to the Dolphins FO for making that happen, they really dug in to fix the offense. So just how does Tyreek Hill fit in with this offense. Just like in KC, just get him the damn ball. I don’t care if it’s a screen pass, a jet sweep, a 5 yard pass, 10 yard pass or a 50 yard bomb, just get him the ball and good things happen. He’s that dangerous receiver that absolutely must be accounted for at all times. You think Jaylen Waddle is excited? His 9.8 YPR is going to go up nicely with Hill in the lineup. You think Mike Gesicki is excited? BTW, both of those aforementioned receivers may see less targets, but I can almost guarantee you they will be making more big plays. Last year Will Fuller, AKA The Invisible Man was supposed to be the guy to take the top off the defense. That was the bottle rocket that went pffffffffffffffffft! It was such an unbalanced attack, it was the Penguin Show, Waddle getting 104 receptions with the next closest receiver being TE Mike Gesicki with 73.
The ball is going to be spread around a lot, and I’m sure WR Tyreek Hill will get his share of targets and receptions, as will Waddle and Gesicki, but remember all the RB’s we brought in here. First, Chase Edmonds, who’s averaged between 7-9 YPR, and our own Myles Gaskin who was one shy of 50 receptions. Raheem Mostert isn’t really used a receiver often but he’s so dangerous in space and finds angles and creases so quickly that he may get the ball more here in this offense. Ah, but keep in mind, we hired Mike McDaniel, run game coordinator. Mike loves to run, and although we don’t have a feature back per se, we have some guys that make big plays in Mostert, Edmonds and of course Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle.
OK, as Jen Psaki would say, let’s circle back to the O-line. Y’all know I felt we needed two quality guys, and I made it clear I wanted interior guys, expecting our talented young OT’s Austin Jackson and Liam Eichenberg to be reclamation projects of O-line Coach Matt Applebaum and Frank Smith. Instead, the Dolphins simply got the best OL available in Free Agency, LT Terron Armstead. Earlier and preceding the Armstead deal, the Dolphins picked up Connor Williams. Williams must be ecstatic that he’s going to be playing next to Terron Armstead. I don’t know if Michael Deiter is going to be our starting C, or if we look to the draft where we have significantly less capital, or possibly at post June 1st cuts for our new center. The right side of the line has yet to be determined but most definitely includes OL Robert Hunt. Whether he remains inside at RG or moves out to RT is still up in the air. One thing we know for certain, in possibly a symbolic move, is that Jesse Davis will NOT be the RT in 2022. If it were me, I’d leave Hunt at RG where he’s flourished, and make an open competition between young tackles Austin Jackson, Liam Eichenberg, Larnel Coleman and Robert Jones. Or as some have speculated here, maybe big man Solomon Kindley moves to RG and Robert Hunt is the new RT. All possible, but my thinking is that Solomon would have to be in tip top shape to play in this athletic offensive line scheme, where lots of movement is the plan. You have to move to fill a hole or gap, and you can’t be tardy or the play is blown up. I think Austin Jackson has a good shot and as I type that I can see M13 cringing about Jackson on Tua’s blind side. Eichenberg had mentioned last season he’s very comfortable at RT, so this competition should be a good one, and I feel we have enough knowledge there now with Applebaum at the helm, and with a couple of other guys with O-line experience to lean on.
Have we now increased the talent level on this team? CHECK! Have we brought in some game changers, playmakers? CHECK! Have we addressed the O-line? CHECK! The only negative I can muster right now is that I probably won’t watch Day 1 and 2 of the 2022 NFL Draft. It’s usually one of my favorites, until it actually happens and then most times I’m grumbling WTF under my breath, or actually screaming it. We still own picks #102 (RD3), pick #125 (RD4), pick #158 (RD5) and pick #225 (RD7). If we decide to look for competition at C via the draft, OL Cole Strange could be an option. Zion Johnson struggles to move in space so although he has some pop in his blocks, my thought is we’ll be looking for a more athletic mover like Strange, who has played mostly OG, and has only practiced snapping and hasn’t actually played C. He would be a guy that couldn’t take over immediately, but perhaps a year or two later. We could grab in an inside LB and I know most of you here love Leo Chenal. The big backer may not make it to pick #102 but I wouldn’t mind it if he ended up here if he did. We could also look at RB but I think the top 2, Hall and Walker will be gone, so we’ll be looking at some lower tier players. If we’re looking for a bigger back with a tough running style to complement all the smaller, faster guys, Zamir White is that type of guy.
Oh, back to that defense. So we basically re-signed everyone, the defense comes back intact, including the depth. ILB seems to be the spot I’d choose for an upgrade, I love our D-line and and I don’t think our LB is an issue, but I’d love another playmaker next to Baker inside. Chanel is a big, muscular thumper who can motor, but he’s not a good cover LB at this juncture, which means he probably won’t be. As you all know, I’d love Bobby Wagner, but I feel like our cap space is getting tight, but there always seems to be ways to manipulate that and make things work. Wilkins, Davis, Ogbah, Van Ginkel, Wagner, Baker and Phillips make up quite the front 7. Maybe Wagner will see what we’re building and more inclined to join at a friendlier price. Roberts is a fine 2 down LB, and he’s made some big plays so I don’t consider it a need, more a want. Despite trading away lots of draft capital, we’re not done building, we still have some free agency and the draft, and then after the draft the post June 1st cut downs, which always nets some choice players. Enjoy the build, I know I am!
#stangerstrong
GO DOLPHINS!!!
Finsmob Unleashed 
We may need all the drafts picks we can beg, borrow or steal to replace Tua if he doesn’t show he’s the guy. If they are confident he already is that…then it doesn’t matter as much. I still don’t like trading away high draft picks. Fantasy and hope aside, I think it’s a far stretch to think a team who hasn’t even been a consistent playoff participant is a SB contending team. I don’t get the need to trade away a bunch of picks in the hopes of competing for one this year. This team hasn’t proven jack yet.
Times 1,000,000
This is how I feel, you have stated it better than I could have
Yep!
Tim Knight says:
March 27, 2022 at 2:40 pm
It’s not just about this season, but we didn’t make these moves to not go for it this year. Any player we trade up for will still be on the team in 2023.
If it’s not about this season why are you trading a 1st round talent for a second?
I want the better talent, I’d take Phillips over some guy taken in the second
And everything feels right with the World. 🙏
I like the idea of keeping the 2023 picks so we have the ammo to switch out the QB if we need to while keeping the team we’ve built intact, but channeling my inner Tim, if the team sees a prospect they really want and are good giving up the picks, I’m pretty ok with that too.
I like where we are as a team and the moves our FO has made this offseason, so adding anther piece they like is still a win and kinda just reinforces their stated belief in Tua as well.
We have a new coach and some new studs, we won’t know what else we’ll need until this team plays a season, if we trade too much of next year’s picks it gives us less flexibility to fill those needs
We’ve replaced most of the offense…lol. Let’s start there!
I think we’re all in…..we need a punter….lol.
Besides, we are going to need those 2 first rounders to be able to trade for Brady. 😉😂🤪🤷♂️
lol
Nah, he’s coming to the Dolphins on his own next year. Ross is going to give him the team and the city has already started working on his palace and adjoining harem and bathhouse.
Lol, as long as there is no Chiffon robe involved
Kong,
Yeah, as I’ve said before, I can see both sides of the trade up scenario. These things are always debatable. Nobody’s wrong on it. Bottom line for me is just get good players, and everything will work itself out sooner or later. It’s all about improving the roster.
Yep, regardless of record, Flores drama, and Ross shenanigans, I think we’ve seen this roster improve significantly over the last couple of years. However we do it, let’s just keep on keeping on…
^
No Booker. I went to FSU
Oh, Ok. I know you are a Heat fan, thought maybe you were I fan of all things Miami. Never mind, i guess I actually insulted you with the question, given the rivalry, lol!
The braided coconut is no more!
This is turning into a fantastic offseason!
What do you mean?
Do tell.
He could really help our young OL more than just being on the field.
Yep, it is what we went away from this past year. Glad to bring back a veteran presence
Agreed.
This, coupled with lack of effective coaching, is why I am not willing to give up on the young draftees from the last few years
I should say, the potential that it was a lack of good coaching
Sometimes I wonder what the point is of some of the non-football posts on here.
Like the batshit crazy MTG that stangerx put out?
There is something to that, bookman11…
The conundrum….you don’t want to support hateful rhetoric and see people enable it. So you call it out….at least I do.
And, you don’t want to see it….ignorance is bliss.
Yay!
That’s pretty much it
Stanger has denied the Hunter Biden stories all along
Oh stop…
I mean all of them, Stanger’s posts included. (I have mentioned it before) Regardless of what side of the political spectrum I am, I personally find the ALL annoying
Yeah….I love living in my cave….lol.
I come out and think….yep best to be in a cave….every fucking time! Lmao….
???????
Bookman, the way Armstead talks about Frank Smith makes me feel confident there is a new level of coaching here. He hasn’t worked yet with our new OL coach Matt Applebaum but Smith being a former OL coach and now our OC under coach McD and what he is looking to do, it seems to be the right mix along with Jon Embree as Assistant HC/Tight Ends.
Yeah, I am really hopeful that we already have talent in our Oline group from the previous drafts.
We’re going to find out if they are good fits with the new coaches. Right now this is how it looks.
LT Armstead
LG Williams
OC Deiter
RG Hunt
RT Eichenberg/Jackson
NFL Rumors: Jarvis Landry Seeking New Contract Worth Around $20M Annually.
Good luck with that?
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10030928-nfl-rumors-jarvis-landry-seeking-new-contract-worth-around-20m-annually
He should be one of those guys that takes a one year prove it to me contract
Yeah like maybe $10M per. He’s not getting $20M per from any team.
JuJu Smith-Schuster signed a one-year $10.75M deal with the Chiefs. That’s Landry’s market at best.
Big head….lol
I think/hopeful we’re in a good place on OL. Would love a kick ass C….but trusting coaching will fill that hole.
ER – what did you mean when you said the braided coconut is no more?
He shaved his head😝
From Omar
The Brandon Marshall trade the Miami Dolphins pulled off in 2010 taught me one rule about the NFL, it’s that it’s irresponsible to trade draft capital for a player and then sign that Pro Bowl caliber player to a record-setting contract.
Big money and early draft picks are too much for one player.
But if you’ll allow me, I’d like to make an amendment to that rule, which is that if the player is on a Hall of Fame trajectory, like Tyreek Hill is, exceptions should be made.
I agree with this, and have always said, why pay and have to compensate its the FA era
The exception for me is his greatness, by how he changes an O and the cap going way up next year
Someone posted Omar is being traded to Pittsburgh for a taco.
Worthless……I used to like him, but he’s sold his soul, imo
He has to be open in less than 2.5 seconds….since he’s a cheetah it seems like that will work….
Barry Jackson explains it well. This idea that Tua has been holding this team back is a bunch of nonsense. Should he play better with the players we’ve added? Of course!!! Isn’t that what it’s all about, surrounding your QB with talent? When did that become a new thing?
https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/barry-jackson/article259665025.html
You can see our new offense coming from a mile away. The run game being a staple, then quick throws to our speed playmakers who can pick up YAC. One in awhile a guy will be open deep and we’ll hit on some of them too. But that’s not the staple of the offense.
When you can rush for 3-5 and then pickup 6-10 in the pass game on a regular basis, you control the game on offense. The big plays come off of that.
When you rush for -2 to 2-3 and then pickup 6-10 in the pass game here and there, you punt.
They created a dynasty in NE using that style
Tua can do that too, with some playmakers and blocking around him, but he can’t do it by himself
Agreed. People act like if Tua can’t throw 50+ yard bomb TDs on a regular basis he’s a weak link. It’s really silly what the media does to Tua. As if he’s the only QB that needs blocking, a run game and playmakers. LOL
Krishna
I don’t think Bookman lives in a cave?
I’m pretty sure he is up to speed on the current events.
I believe he was referring to the random politics being thrown in to the football conversation?
I could be wrong?
I DO! I live in a cave and quite comfortable there…lol.
Mrs. K always shook her head…lol.
I’m mostly oblivious to the din….
You are correct WYO
I am quite aware of current events, I just see no need to give my opinion on them here………
Anymore. I learned my lesson
Bookmam11…sorry you’re butt chapped, but my post was self-depracating and had nothing to do with you…facts
Sorry guys. It was a joke going around. We could only be so lucky for that guy to go somewhere else. It would indeed be the greatest offseason ever!
From soup to nuts…sorry coconuts!
I have a lot of Jets fans as friends and they’re so bummed what Miami has been doing they revert to saying but your QB is not the real deal. I can’t wait until they realize they’re wrong and they will finish 4th in the division again. LOL
Lol…such a patient man….
I agree they will finish last in AFC east….lol
…and their argument to that is what?
I say stuff like okay we shall see. They got nothing. I also mock them that their boy band QB has a lot to prove and they stop talking. LOL
Who will they beat? Sure hope we’re better than they are!
The Jets have to have a tremendous draft and some big steps from their current young players or they’ll be drafting top 5-10 again in 2023. I don’t see them matching up with us at all. The Bills? Nope! The Pats will split with them maybe. They went 0-6 in the division last year.
TK….seriously don’t you ask them? Lol…what are the Jets bringing to the table?
They already know it’s not even close. They don’t want to shit on what we’ve done without sounding stupid but still want it to crash and burn. That’s all they have. They know it’s another shit season for them. If Tua becomes a top QB they’ve got nothing left.
I know how NYers are…I’d bring it….
I’m not beyond shaming them….never been a Jet fan. That is all.
Krishna says:
March 27, 2022 at 9:03 pm (Edit)
Who will they beat? Sure hope we’re better than they are!
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With our luck probably us
Sure hope not…just means we fucked it up again…lol.
We’ve won the last 4 and dominated them too a few times. I do not seeing that changing. Of course there could be an upset. But we’re so much better than them right now.
Our history with the Jets is full of games where they beat us when they shouldn’t and we beating them when we shouldn’t
Most Jets fans say that they are “building the team the right way” and they’ve “never had a GM this good before”. I’ve said it here before, I fucking hate the Jets worse than the Pats. Their fans are the most delusional, annoying, and pathetic in the NFL. I’m talking about most of my friends and family btw.
GM M13 says HELL NO(!!!) to trading future picks for the benefit of this year!
We’ve done A LOT already this year in a HC’s virgin season, now it’s time to evaluate what we’ve got instead of potentially throwing good $$$/picks after bad.
We may very well need our current 2023 draft capital to fix anything that didn’t go as expected in 2022. There will be bumps in the road and… significant injuries.
IF we were to trade future draft capital, nothing before a 3rd round pick. Our two 1st rounders and 2nd rounder are NOT for sale under any circumstance. JMO
This is what we have in the draft in 2023 – 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7.
That’s pretty remarkable, considering all the maneuvering we’ve done since we traded down from R1P3 last year.
We’ll get to assess our brand new team under Mike McDaniel, and still be able to make so many moves next year.
We traded Jakeem Grant for a 6th to the Bears and that replaces the 6th we traded in the Hill deal. When you look at it, all of that draft capital we acquired, now we’re seeing what you can do with it.
The Giants are reportedly looking to trade their #5 or #7 pick because of cap issues. If we sent them both our 1st round picks in 2023 – most likely not high picks being us and SF in 2022, I would do it for another top OL. There are good OL early in this draft.
When you’re trying to win now… why stop?
Looks good to me and don’t know why I would change it.
YUP!
This team is being built for now. It’s pretty obvious. Why not go all in?
Evan Neal, Ikem Ekwonu, Charles Cross, Trevor Penning etc.
That’s what all those future trades do for you when the time is right.
Yep. If they love a guy this year (Linderbaum) , then go get him.
I don’t get the all in…aren’t we? I’m lost…
We just brought in a new HC, new O coaches, new OL, RBs, WRs….
…wtf is not all in? Lol….Brady? I don’t understand.
We didn’t trade for Tyreek Hill and sign Armstead etc. because we’re looking 2-3 years down the road. Let’s be real. Let’s get so good it’s beyond anything we’ve seen in recent times. 🙂
Our defense attacks constantly.
Our ST’s is solid to very good.
Our Offense has been totally revamped.
Why is it a problem to try and go win a Championship? You go for it when you can.
I’ll ask you again? Aren’t we? I don’t understand.
I don’t understand. What are you asking?
We are, but Tim doesn’t think it’s enough
Think we might have to taste the playoffs first, although the Bengals didn’t have to
Tim! You’re getting too greedy for NOW, man! LOL
We saw the stej do that under Tannenbaum, and then us under Tannenbaum. It’s unwise to blow our load in order to chase after Moby Dick (the Lombardi Trophy) in one year, Brother. For all we know, we may already have a juggernaut team.
Let’s see if this ship can hold together at a steady 10 knots, before accelerating to LUDICROUS knots… we may need a bigger boat…
1000%
Thank you, Steve.
👍
‘I really wish we hadn’t given up those picks from our bevy of 2023 Draft picks… hadn’t forecasted THIS…’
No signing Suh when we were not ready is not the same thing.
For the record, I’m not working on these trades and transactions. All I’m saying is… if you’re all in, go all in!
A lot of you say we’re not ready for a championship. The reason is because we didn’t go all in. The core of this team has been drafted. The recent FA and big Hill trade shows you that this franchise would like to win sooner than later.
You’re all worried about if this approach doesn’t work, we need the picks to start over. Like Bookman said not long ago, we know how to do that. What the fuck are you worried about? Winning 6-10 games and missing the playoffs for the next 10 years? LOL
No it’s retarded to trade a future 1st for anyone except a QB
If you win a Championship I don’t care about the next Kyle Boller. LOL
My stance has been keep the guys you need to stay status quo first, Ogbah, Gesicki, Smythe, Needham, and I’ll add Roberts too even though I didn’t care if he came back, then add pieces, which we’ve done
I was tired of the slow starts under Flores, so keep the D improve the O, so you take a step forward instead of 2 steps back to start the season, then try to dig out of a hole
To those that don’t think Hill fits with Tua, are you trying to win every game by 30 pts, then lose a couple by a few or win every game?
Seems like we’re going back to the 70s, run first, Warfield/Hill deep threats, no name D
We’re 1 player away from being a complete team, a run stuffing ILB
Well 2, if you count punter
If we can score 30+ points on offense nobody cares about ILB. LOL
Smalls…
You can’t score 30 against teams, that you can’t stop their run game
When you kick FGs and punt it allows good teams to put their foot on your throat.
When you can’t stop the run against some teams they aren’t kicking FGs and punting often
Hill and Waddle could be our modern day Duper and Clayton version. I think we all want that to be the case. 😉
That’s a Dolphins beat reporter and a Rosenhaus client…
Wishful thinking or is it really true?
Could just be talk, likely not the Dolphins, but the way this offseason has gone in the NFL I am not discounting anything, lol
Teddy Bridgewater comes off as very insincere or FOS
Oh it’s a dream come true to come home and play for the Dolphins…
FU asshole, you had 2 previous chanced and you flat out turned us down
This is pretty wild. Will Smith literally slapped the shit out of Chris Rock at the Oscars tonight on live tv for making jokes about his wife, lmao
I say staged.
They have a history and did you see Will Smith’s face as he was yelling from his seat? He was so furious he was crying. I think that was genuine.
The Dolphins signed Teddy Bridgewater to back up Tua Tagovailoa. Why is that mind boggling? LOL
Who said anything about mind boggling?
Fellow Dolphins fans, if we can’t compete with the top teams in the league, what’s the point?
We can, just can’t stop good running teams
https://syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/10031014-report-2-additional-plaintiffs-will-join-former-dolphins-hc-brian-flores-lawsuit.amp.html
What a surprise that douchebag Florio is reporting this. He probably has feelers around the NFL that he has on orders if there’s anything negative about the Dolphins, I want it!
Y’all are scaring me about having the new Marks bros. and scoring 30 per with a good QB
yet not winning the SB or even getting close
because of having no power run game OL
and/or another Olivadotti D.
We can draft a 4th round run stuffing specialist to fix the biggest problem on D, so why not?
He could play STs and occasionally on 1st downs, when the run D is having issues
Flores sat Baker last season, when he wasn’t a fit for the game plan, a couple of games
The Eagles have three 1st round picks in 2022 – 15, 16 and 19.
Would you do it? I would.
Trade: Philadelphia Eagles
WR DeVante Parker
2022 4th Round
2023 1st Round
MIA #19 C Tyler Linderbaum
Miami and Philly have a relationship of making trades.
I would not have a problem with that
IFord. that but that’s too high a price to pay. Just the 2 picks is enough or add in p williamsand ford.
I’d do that but
Sure let’s give Tyreek Hill comp for a rookie C
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as in DON’T …
Draftees are unproven.
We know Tretter can play C at a high level.
Although I would not trade a future first for him, trading 2 picks AND a good former first round former 1000 yard WR for an undersized rookie who only plays center is way overpaying.
C’mon man…he’s just the coach! What could he know that we don’t know!?!
I’m still trying to figure out Tim and others mean by all in….it seems to me we are already all in.
So if we trade a future 1, for an unknown, never been tested draft pick, then we’re all in? Then we will make it the SB? Talk about drinking the Koolaid….lol.
But what we’ve done so far is not all in? You want Brady/Watson because you think they will guarantee a SB?
I don’t get it….sorry. We don’t even know what we have so let’s go get more….sounds like poor judgment, but what do I know….lol
LOL – Title of this article is “Dolphins are all in”. My take is that it’s not the same old let’s build the team for the next few years and hope that we can compete. This is different, they have a window of opportunity in which they are operating in to try and win in this season or the next 2. You don’t trade multiple picks (future assets) for a WR like Tyreek Hill unless you feel like he’s a player that puts you over the top and soon. Paying LT Terron Armstead top money is another indicator. It’s just a shift in the timetable. Teams always try to win but now the Dolphins are artificially creating a window in which they feel they can compete to win in.
We jumped the gun on the massive increase to the 2023 salary cap, as I hoped we would, wait a year and the Hill contract will look like chump change
With that said, there is no 1-3 year window, it’s an open window, so why give away a 2023 1st, when doing so really isn’t going to accomplish much?
I agree with this sentiment. I think we are already all in, I would not trade any future picks for this years team. I would be pissed if we traded Parker PLUS two picks, including one of next years firsts for Linderbaum, as Tim proposes above.
I would much rather make a draft day trade with Parker and/or a 4th to move up in the 3rd to grab Chanel.
I think the feeling is that Linderbaum is a generational player at C. He could be an all-pro for most of his career. Chenal would probably have a tough time beating our Elandon Roberts. They’re kind of the same type of player. Good run stoppers who aren’t coverage guys.
This should be our theme song for this season
Mike McDanie owner’s meetings media availability thread
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McDaniel explains that Teddy Bridgewater’s answer at his intro presser was very professional “for us to explain, not us.” McDaniel further says that at the Combine he was describing, unbeknownst to us, Teddy to a T.
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Coach addresses the Tom Brady rumors – I think that’s what you’d call fake news.
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Dependable player makers – that’s how McDaniel describes Mike Gesicki and Emmanuel Ogbah. Says the Dolphins are very fortunate to get both of those guys back.
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Coach says Cedrick Wilson Jr. is a tremendous play maker who is well-versed in the WR position, and also threw the best ball he’s ever seen thrown by a WR.
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Coach says the players the team added in FA are great human beings, which was important to the team because the players you add there kind of set the tone for what kind of locker room you’ll have.
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Coach says Tyreek Hill is excited about his opportunity to lead and help develop a young WR room
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Coach says the speed of the player’s they added was a nice bonus — says the priority was good players and the fact that they’re fast means they can probably do a little extra with that.
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Coach says there’s probably some overlap with Tyreek Hill’s usage compared to what they did with Deebo Samuel in SF. Says both players are exceptional with the ball in their hands but Samuel’s role was one that developed over time.
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QBs need players and players need QBs, Coach says about building around the QB. He then goes into detail about the importance of getting complementary parts.
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Coach on Terron Armstead:
An outstanding player at one of the most difficult positions in the NFL. That’s obvious by the respect his peers and teammates give him.
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Coach says that Terron Armstead will for sure be your LT, but it wouldn’t be fair to the players to try to outline exactly who’s playing where right now. He mentions the strength of a lot of players in the group is their versatility.
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Asked about Connor Williams position, Coach says he wouldn’t be doing justice to the process to get every (all players) in-house and see where they’re most comfortable as Miami Dolphins. Says practice, meetings, etc. will sort that out.
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McDaniel says the Mostert signing wasn’t something he forecasted coming into the process, but once it came across their radar as a possibility they acted quickly.
We still have options via Free Agency to bolster this team where we don’t need to give up more draft picks. We could have had Bozeman at C for 3 million and Tretter is still out there. I’m not sure the team is wanting to go that route though unless they are waiting for other cuts to happen. I think if they wanted one of the centers on the market they would have pulled the trigger by now. Although I still think they need to being throwing more talent at this line. Armstead playing a full season would a first, so we basically have Connor Williams and all the guys from last year who weren’t getting it done to count on.
I also wouldn’t be looking to trade Devante. Right now WR is finally a strength. Let Devante play limited snaps and keep him healthy for the season. I can see how the trade is appealing. I just wouldn’t do it when there’s no need for it.
Here’s an acronym we could all use!
Good thing he’s not Mike Smith
Well we’ve played like we were cramping in the past! 😉
I didn’t know that James L. Brooks of the Simpsons was involved with the Mary Tyler Moore show.
Not sure if you noticed it, but that was the final season’s theme song, which changed from the previous seasons. In the last season they changed the words from “You might just make it after all” to “You’re gonna make it after all”. Subtle, but totally different.
No, I’ve never watched the show. It was basically before my time and it wasn’t on any syndicated channels I used to watch as a kid like Andy Griffith, Bewitched, or I dream of Jeannie were.
SB – I thought we might have some interest in Bozeman but I guess they decided he’s not much of an upgrade over Deiter, or they have other plans at C
Yeah, that’s why I said, if the team wanted to go that route they would have pulled the trigger by now. That doesn’t mean it’s the right or best decision. We still have some time and the draft to upgrade this roster though. I’d be concerned if we decided to go into the season without further addressing the roster in FA though.
I really think we need to keep Parker.
Unless Philly hands us a naked 1st for Devante, I’d keep him.
I think he has some important chemistry with Tua.
I’ve said it before, but the way those two work the back shoulder throws at the sideline is deadly to a defense.
If they just convert 2 third downs a game that way, it’s worth it.
Parker is such a different kind of weapon than Waddle and Hill.
Why depend on small track stars alone?
What if some team figures out how to play them?
Then Parker leaks open for 14 down the left (Tua’s arm side) sideline and boom,
the defense is punished for overloading coverage on the speed twins.
Parker also catches 50/50 balls and short redzone, back of the EZ tight window balls really well.
I agree and have said, don’t want to trade him for anything less than a 2nd
With Mahomes, Kelce and Hill playing KC has been bottled up at times, you still need someone else to pick up the slack, when that happens
We need Armstead to be healthy for the playoffs and maybe that big playoff deciding game like we’ve had the past 2 seasons, and against the Bills
We won some games last year without him, it won’t be devastating, if he misses a few other games
Dieter was a #78 pick overall out of Wisconsin, which is a well known OL factory.
He only allowed 5 sacks his entire time in college, against the Big 10 schedule.
He was first team Big 10 and 2nd team All American.
He was 1st team all state and OL of the yr in Ohio as a sr in high school.
That’s a big, football crazy state.
He’s 6’6 310, so he’s no fatass. Maybe he can move well enough to fit for McDaniel.
This guy is no UDFA over achiever.
He has credentials.
He has started 23 and appeared in 40 NFL games.
Last year he gave up only 1 sack and 3 pressures. How is that not good enough?
His PFF rating was only 60, but we all know there was no coaching, no real scheme, and no vet leadership with a rook and 2 2nd yr guys on the line with him.
To replace him, I’d want a first rounder or probowler, no less, or you are just churning for nothing and wasting assets to boot.
The downside is that Zeurlein says his weaknesses are
* Mechanical second-level climbs
* Issues adjusting and connecting in space limit effectiveness as move blocker
* Surrenders positioning and gives some ground to bull-rush
* Lacking lateral foot quickness to mirror quickness and counters
It’s hard to give up sacks and pressures when the QB is getting the ball out lightning quick, so his stats are going to look better than a QB who takes their time in the pocket. Center is the second most important position on the offense IMO. If we want to win a championship, we need better, not just good enough. We could at least bring in competition for the guy. Who else do we have at center? Let him prove his worth to earn the starting spot or become a quality backup for us.
Tua gets getting rid of the ball quickly, when the rush is coming, not just in general
Sure some plays it’s designed to get it out quickly, but all teams do that quite a bit
I agree with Naples
Wyo
Thnx for those great quotes from coach.
It’s scary how sensible he seems.
NO problem
Imagine going 5 wide with Hill, Waddle, Wilson Jr, Parker, and Gesicki.
Could also put in there Mostert or Edmonds and shift them outside
We have lots of weapons
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When will Tyrann Mathieu sign?
Will the Bears sign Mathieu? Will the Dolphins sign Mathieu? Where does he go? #DaBears #FinsUp #NFL
This could be the big news
If we did, Rowe is 100% gone. Don’t think we need him though. We have our starters at safety. Draft a young promising one for depth like Marquise Bell in the 5th.
I agree, just thought the report was odd for us to go after him, it would be a 15m luxury signing
Like we have 15m laying around for that position
I still haven’t given up on aquiring JC Tretter yet. It comes down to money IMO along with how healed his leg is. Last season he had no pre-season and never practised during the week. Yet he still had a great season.
Could be teams are scared of the medical side of things.
Tretter is the FA I am still looking for as well.
Went back and checked. He was ok in PS but barely practised due to knee and ankle injuries.
Naples:
I watched Dieter enough and he is mediocre at best. He gets very little push in the run game and I think the pass blocking numbers you cite have more to do with Tua than him
I know just what you mean. Your analysis is correct.
Just think losing Parker or a 2023 First is worse than the amount of improvement we’d get replacing Dieter.
If you can think of a way to do that without paying too high of a price, then I’m fine with upgrading the position.
… getting Tretter would be fine with me. Seems to be a class act.
He’s a vet so that would help our OL
but comes with injuries so he could be (relatively) cheap.
He and Dieter could swap in and out all year to keep both fresh and save both for a SB run.
It’s a 17 game year and then the PO. We can’t face that with only one Center.
So we get 2-3 years of part time help from Tretter and extend Dieter’s career.
Dieter’s only 25 yo.
We do need a backup, I’m good with letting them battle it out
2 Big questions at center … whoever it is.
Can he move really well to block for the run in the new offense? and
can he mentally run the McDaniel offense, as in can he make those complicated protection calls?
Matthieu is not my type of guy. (Maybe I have him wrong?)
He’s never seemed like a team guy. He’s been in several situations and is once again a FA.
Didn’t he get kicked off his team in college?
Who gets kicked off a team in college who has that much talent?
They put Patrick Peterson in charge of taming Matthieu and look what it did to him.
I really can’t see how or why we’d sign him, but yeah forgot about his me me issues
Any FA signings now will be value signings, so whatever else we do I’m mostly all for
Get Gesicki signed longterm, so we have another 7m or so to play with
good point about Gesicki.
I liked the HC’s latest quote on him and Ogbah.
I really like Rowe in pkgs.
He battles TEs well and comes up with random INTs.
He’s a wily vet out of the Bellicheat school.
Agree, and since there’s no real reason to let him walk, other than saving a couple mil, just to have to replace him…
He’s a reliable backup and should be the dime db, his contract is what it is
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I know just what you mean. Your analysis is correct.
Just think losing Parker or a 2023 First is worse than the amount of improvement we’d get replacing Dieter.
If you can think of a way to do that without paying too high of a price, then I’m fine with upgrading the position.
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I think Parker is expendable now regardless of whether or not we seek to trade him. I don’t think he plays into the equation of upgrading our OL. The big question is do we want Lindenbaum and if we do then I think we have to give up one of next year’s number ones.
It comes down to value of replacement to me, can we get any value in draft comp + additional cap savings or is his value to the team more important
I’m really interested in seeing what McDaniel is able to do with Gesicki.
Yeah, does he try to turn him into a clone of Kittle or does he have something else in mind
It’d be tough to turn him into a Kittle clone. That guy has the mentality of a dog. I would think McDaniel just tries to augment what he does well and minimize what he doesn’t. I’d also like to see vast improvement in Hunter Long’s second year. It’d be nice if he could step up.
Long could be more of a Kittle clone, without the dog, just all around
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says that with Tyreek Hill, Tua Tagovailoa becomes a top-12 QB in the NFL 👀
“The Miami Dolphins with Tua and now with Tyreek Hill could become basketball on grass.”
I believe it’s true, the only thing I’d question is using stats to prove a QB is top 12
We’ll be a 50/50 run pass team, so the passing stats won’t look video gamish, the proof will be in the success of the O/team
I expect us to run more too
But I think Orlovsky makes a good point
Those short mid range passes with deadly accuracy to Hill are always likely to explode
And he will run reverses and screens too
Those passing stats are not critical
But we may be averaging closer to 27 ppg instead of 20 ppg
Tua will be able to dramatically improve in TDs bc the scoring opportunities will be there
And when we win 12 games they’ll still call Tua a game manager, which hopefully sticks, so when it’s time to pay him he won’t break the bank
Jaguars center Brandon Linder retires after eight seasons in NFL.
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There’s another team who will be looking for a center.
Hunter Long’s college highlights
He was most dangerous sneaking off the line during play action, but usually he went down at first contact. If he had a head of steam after the catch, he was able to outrun guys taking bad angles. He had good concentration making catches with guys on him or in traffic. He looks like a good fit for what we want to do offense using PA or those boots/waggles. Very useful in short yardage and in the redzone. I don’t foresee him being a Kittle type, but a better receiving version of Smythe. I wasn’t impressed with his blocking, but he was a rookie and most rookie tight ends aren’t great at blocking. He has a nice base skillset that can be used.
He needs to be coached up
Definitely. He was dealing with injuries last year as well.
His blocking was atrocious! He was the worst TE run blocker on the team. Was real slow getting to his spot. He needs a lot of work in that regard. He does have the upside. He just needs to play angry like Jackson does.
Steve is right, he needs to be coached up. We have that so we should see a jump from him now that he is healthy.
Watching 49ers games, especially the NFC Championship game, when Mostert ran wild, noticed they had to get real creative in their running plays, since the box was stacked
This creativity is something I’d expect MM to thrive with, Hill in motion takes the handoff, then a few plays later Waddle in motion takes a shovel pass, then either in motion and gets a quick screen…
Our points per game actually went down from 25 to 20 from 2020 to 2021.
Our victory total went down as well,
which I and other people might tend to forget given the euphoria of all those Ws in a row.
And our winning percentage went way down
as 9-8 is only .529 whereas 10-6 is a much better .625.
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I see no reason why this offense cannot score at least 3 TDs and a FG per game.
That’s 24ppg, again below our own 2020 mark.
If we can average 3 TDs and 2 FGs, that is 27 ppg. That’s 5 scoring drives every game, though.
That’s hard to do as an average,
since some games tend to be a “defensive struggle” type game to offset the shootout type games.
btw
we finished 22nd in the NFL in scoring last season, just a tick behind Pitt @ 20.2
The top four were bunched and clearly the higher scoring teams in the league.
Just one point separated Dallas (!!!) @ 30.4 from KC @ 29.4. In between were TB and Buff.
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In 2020 we were 15th. Big Drop off tour 2021 average.
Because of the OL
We had a vet C and LG in 2020
Now we have 2 better vets, that alone should get us back to 25 pts a game at least, then Tyreek should add another 2+
The funny thing is we gave up 21.9 and only scored 20.1 in 2021.
No wonder we went 9-8.
We were 15th giving up points.
In 2020 we were 4th best in scoring defense, as we scored 25 and gave up 21.1,
thus 10-6.
In a story I read, Kittle credits McDaniel for bringing out the pit bull mentality in him.
I’m not denying he said or feels that way, but you can see from Kittle’s college tape that it was there. You can see a difference between his college play and H. Long’s.
totally agree … I was surprised at how soft Long plays.
Mike,
I didn’t even catch it was Florio who was ‘breaking’ that news. He really is a punk when it comes to us. Maybe we can get Will Smith to get up and bitch slap that freakin’ guy…
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Loved reading all the quotes Wyo put out from our coach. It’s easy to see why everyone respects him. He doesn’t mince words (like saying the Brady talk sounds like fake news), and he just has a good answer for everything. It’s easy to believe he’s going to be successful.
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Is Tyrann Mathieu a Rosenhaus client?
Calvin-lierKong broke the blog.
Kong – if anyone bitchslaps Florio it’s gonna be me. I want him in a Steel Cage match
LOL @ Rock and Mike
I expect to see Waddle and Tyreek on the field a lot, the rest of the skilled position players will be rotated thru based on what MM wants to do and by matchup
CavKong,
Yo, I didn’t realize there was already beef between Chris Rock and Will Smith, to begin with. I also didn’t realize Jada has alopecia, hence her lack of hair.
Yeah, I think you’re most correct that last night wasn’t staged. I’m looking at it from a totally different perspective now and WOW!
It’s possible it wasn’t staged, but they’re all actors and the Oscars was in some desperate need of views. The funny thing was that if you watch the clip, after the joke, Will is laughing and Jada makes a sour face.
I’m assuming Will got the face afterward when she noticed he was laughing and he had to make a scene for her, even though she’s spent the last several years making a mockery of him in public.
I hear ya, SB7. That was my initial thought from last night. Who knows, but it was very odd.
Yeah, I get the thought that it was a way to boost ratings. When I saw the headline last night that was my first thought too
Whether it was staged or not, they got more views from the controversy than they ever had with just the awards show.
Smith should have been tackled to the stage and hand-cuffed right then. He should NOT have been allowed to accept his award in person later that evening.
Who the F does he think he is!?
As stated above his first reaction was to laugh at his wife’s expense then because she grimaced he needed to “protect her” GFYS dude.
Chris Rock handled it very well IMO. (although I think he should have pressed charges. If I was the one who interrupted the Academy Awards (just by stepping on stage, let alone assaulting the presenter, I would still be in a holding cell waiting for my appearance before the Judge) Don’t get arrested on the weekend!
I don’t think we need him. Right now Holland does everything he does, is younger and on a rookie contract. I also think Rowe and Jones are both really good next to Holland
Will Smith and Chris Rock who cares? I mean I guess it was entertaining but otherwise Ho hum
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Chris Grier says he has gotten calls on DeVante Parker
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Chris Grier says the organization spoke w people who know and have worked with Tyreek Hill in their background work before the trade
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Xavien Howards agent has had some discussions with Chris Grier. Grier is looking forward to having him in Miami.
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Chris Grier will talk w Mike Gesicki’s agents but he has no concern regarding Mike playing on the franchise tag this season
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Dolphins not in on Tyrann Mathieu per Chris Grier
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Chris Grier on Tyreek Hill: When those opportunities come you can’t pass on them
I didn’t really understand Tyrann Mathieu being on our radar to begin with.
Sounds like he wasn’t, more click bait fake news
Notice how Grier is taking some of these rumors head on, not sidestepping everything like he did when Flores was the coach? A different way of doing things now.
The world was a much simpler place when you got smacked in the mouth for talking about some ones wife!
Truth
Interesting…
Ring the bell and pull the trigger 😃
So Will Smith is okay with his wife sleeping with other men…literally okaying a guy sleeping with her…but not with a guy making a joke about her? And then he sucker slaps the dude and cries about it later to get sympathy? God, I love Hollywood shit. I hope this starts a trend of all of them slapping the shit out of each other. Good stuff.
Hollywood slap fight
LOL
Rock,
I basically agree with everything you said. Violence is the last resort of the incompetent, and even though I get defending your wife in certain situations and in certain ways, that was just flat out wrong IMO. The Oscars has a long history of the host roasting the people in the audience and sometimes those jokes fall really flat or push boundaries.
As a matter of fact, I remember when Seth McFarland hosted and took jabs at Ben Affleck, who really didn’t take kindly to it, Affleck when he got his chance on stage later in the show took shots at how badly the show was going for McFarland. That is the appropriate way to respond in that kind of situation, history or no history.
I’m also guessing he was kinda laughing at first because he didn’t get that Rock was making a joke adjacent to her alopecia because he’s a numbskull and it took a moment to set in.
I also think there is no way that was staged because what kind of person would let himself be slapped like that in front of millions of people, not to mention you could see he was a little shook and he kind of screwed up the next category announcement. But overall, I think Rock handled it well and he was the one who comported himself with dignity.
I kind of disagree. A little thoughtful, well applied violence can cure a lot problems.
I thought that way when I was younger. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve just never really found violence to be a necessary course of action except to counter other violence.
Now it’s, I don’t know if Tyreek can do it with Tua
He was great with Alex Smith, so…
It’s funny, I heard on NFLN someone said Hill no longer has Mahomes. Usually they say the QB no longer has a playmaker, not the other way around. Like Aaron Rogers no longer has Davante Adams. There always has to be some shade throwing on Tua. It’s getting really annoying.
Fresh start, good for him
Before he was a starter last year, he was a versatile member of the OL
He’s not very talented, but players willing to do whatever job they get assigned are valuable
Good for us. TIFI
I didn’t watch the oscars. I was doing my taxes….lol
I read about this morning
I don’t know I hear a lot of weird stuff about will Smith and jada Pickett marriage. Will Smith looked like some one who took offense to a very minor jab bc it’s such a sensicitve relationship right now. Maybe that’s why he didn’t laugh it off 🤷♂️
It was weird
Maybe there was a fight between rock and Smith before about his wife 🤷♂️
Maybe it was staged 🤷♂️
It was just an odd and inappropriate reaction. Everyone thought it was a joke for a minute