So many moves have been made, and in general, the prevailing thought at this time is that the Dolphins are in a good place. We’ve left behind the ugliness of the split between the Miami Dolphins and former Head Coach Brian Flores and the accusations levied against owner Stephen Ross. I feel like all that ugliness has been left behind, and the negative slant that was hanging on the Dolphins organization has craftily been removed and replaced by a hefty dose of optimism. 3 months and change have passed since Brian Flores was let go and to me it’s startling how much this Dolphins front office has done to change the entire appearance of our team, and organization as well. I feel a sense that the Dolphins are in good hands, both with GM Chris Grier and his Head Coach Mike McDaniel. Sure, they used a fair amount of media clips to pump up new HC Mike McDaniel and his crucial impending relationship with QB Tua Tagovailoa. They seem to have finally committed to the young QB who has always deserved that from the get-go yet for some reason the Dolphins brass chose not to. I believe that the new tact will enable Tua to be better at his job, of course in addition to all the new faces who will now be wearing aqua, white and orange. The entire dynamic of the team has changed, and will likely continue to change until the season begins. As my last article said, they’re all in, and there will be additional pieces, possibly importance pieces that will be added to give this team what it needs to compete with the likes of many improved AFC teams such as the Bills, Raiders, Broncos, Colts and others.
Looking at the roster now, it seems so much more complete, the gaping holes are now gone. I still believe they’re not finished with the O-line and help may come still from free agency or via the draft, or even after June 1st cuts. The good thing is we aren’t desperate now at any position on the line. We have our LT and LG and probably our RG, and possibly our center too in 4th year C Michael Deiter. We’ve all discussed C prospect Tyler Linderbaum who is the top C prospect in the ’22 NFL Draft. I think the key issue is does the FO see Linderbaum as an immediate upgrade to our current C? If not, we may look elsewhere for a C or just stay with Deiter. Keep in perspective the O-line is a unit, and when everyone else around you is better, you’re better too.
As of now, the Dolphins first draft pick will be late RD 3, pick #102. That pick can still net a starter, or we may choose to use either a player or players, or future and current draft capital to move up to acquire a special player. The latter would not surprise me considering we’re now operating in a window of time where we have in order to be competitive. That window can always change, but right now it looks to be a 2 year window, which in turn would lead me to believe we’re looking for players to make an impact now, not 3 years from now. While some of us think C is the big issue, Naples wisely pointed out our depth at DE is thin. We re-signed Emmanuel Ogbah which was critical, but there’s really no one behind him at this time. Zach Seiler was a great pickup but he plays on the other side. Daeshon Hall who has played a total of 75 snaps at DE in 3 seasons is what we got. I think Naples has an excellent point that if Ogbah goes down, we’re in trouble. I love CB Nik Needham, but I’m not sure I’d want Needham to be starting if either X or Jones went down. We do have reclamation project #9 in Noah Igbinoghene as well, but he hasn’t given any indication he’s ready for prime time yet either. Do we finally draft a RB? It’s been a while since we invested early on a ballcarrier, Kalen Ballage was a 4th RD pick in ’18, (#131). We took newly acquired RB Chase Edmonds’ RB mate in ARZ Kenyan Drake in RD 3 (#76) in 2016. There’s no immediate need for a RB unless they wanted a bigger back, and don’t feel that last year’s 7th RD pick Gerrid Doaks is the answer. We have a lot of lightning in our RB stable but no thunder.
The new look Miami offense is no doubt more impressive than what it was a month ago. The O-line has been addressed and now we have one of the most dynamic WR’s in the sport. Tyreek does it all, and don’t for a moment underestimate his potential as a return man on special teams. He will be getting lots of touches in this offense, some behind the LOS or at the LOS and hopefully a bunch downfield as well. No matter what though, Hill is a player that requires the other teams full attention, he must be accounted for each and every play. Having a player like that makes things easier for guys like Jaylen Waddle, who received plenty of attention last season, and rightfully so. Add in Cedrick Wilson and a few of the guys in the backfield who will be used as receivers out of the backfield or on the LOS such as Chase Edmonds, Raheem Mostert and Myles Gaskin. I just can’t help thinking this will not be the stagnant, toothless offense we watched all too many times last season. Hey! We actually added a FB too! FB Alec Ingold will bring some physicality to the offense as well.
On the defensive side of the ball we did all we could to bring it all back intact, and succeeded. We will have all our starters and many of the same depth players as well throughout the defense. This was a good defense, maybe even just below a great defense that unfortunately had to carry the team on many occasions. A better offensive output this season I believe will lead to better things out of our defense. If the offense can run more plays and put a lot more points on the board weekly, our defense will have the advantage of the opposing offense being on their heels a bit trying to keep up. That usually allows for a more aggressive defense, and we’re a pretty aggressive unit anyway. We should also continue to see growth for 2 budding stars in DE/OLB Jaelan Phillips and S Jevon Holland. Safety Brandon Jones is another. DE Christian Wilkins made the leap to a high level last season. No Dolphins defender had as well rounded a season as Wilkins, contributing 89 combined tackles, 4.5 sacks, 13 QB hits, leading the team with 10 TFL, 1 FF and 1 FR. That’s NFL elite right there. #55, Jerome Baker had another great season leading the team with 92 tackles. Unfortunately, Bobby Wagner who had nearly twice that many tackles and would have looked great in aqua and orange is headed to the LA Rams and another chance at a SB berth in the NFC. I don’t honestly know if we were interested in Wagner, but I was!
I guess if you want to look for a glaring hole, look no further than P, because we don’t have one. Last year’s punter Michael Palardy was here on a 1 year deal so we’ll be looking. Some here have already fallen in love with P prospect Matt Araiza, the highest rated special teamer in the draft at 6.09. I can only imagine young Stanger dreaming of his favorite new player! Penn St. Punter Jordan Stout is right behind Araiza at 5.99. It’s possible we use a pick on a P, or we may just fill that spot in FA. Palardy remains unsigned after an uneven year last year.
#stangerstrong
GO DOLPHINS!!!
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Former Clemson Tiger and budding NFL star Christian Wilkins broke the NFL record for most tackles by a defensive tackle in one season.
Naples,
Man, you continue to impress me (I think ALL of us) with the stats and knowledge you bring to this site. Your contributions are most appreciated, sir!
Page turn.
I remember some NTs back in the day having over 100 tackles or close to it. Ted Washington had 92 in 1996. But it doesn’t matter. Wilkins is a very active and underrated player. He’s been my avi since he was drafted.
I can (along with many others) can vouch for you on your avi.
Huh… I had two cans in there. Toucan Sam.
I haven’t changed it since I chose it after he was drafted. For me he represented the rebuild and a new direction and I think his high character and play still represents that.
Regarding Christian Wilkins… HELL YEAH! I think he’s earned himself not only a 5th-year option, but perhaps a new contract.
No need to offer him a new contract now.
https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/miami-dolphins/christian-wilkins-29048/
Deiter is the only Center on our team. No doubt we have to do something there unless someone already on the team is going to start working there. I still see C being a position we have to add.
I think people are really looking overestimating the Chargers
I think the Commanders will make the playoffs. If Wentz can stay healthy, they should
If we utilize a FB on some plays and it seems we will, let’s say this is our pro set.
WR Hill and Waddle
TE Smythe
FB Ingold
RB Edmonds/Mostert/Gaskin
You have to respect the speed of the two WRs. 8 in the box is dangerous for opposing defenses. They’re going Cover 3? If we get teams into 7-4 Cover 2 we can run anything. Then of course we go 3 and 4 WR with Gesicki involved. What we did on offense in the offseason was to create a lot of mismatches.
Great….hopefully, the OL does their part, too! It starts there, imo.
Of course it starts on the OL. But a FB and TE to max protect on a play-action fake to the RB and Hill and Waddle stretching the field, with the RB, TE and FB as a check down or to set up a screen. That’s what speed does to a defense.
If Waddle runs a zigzag post and Hill runs a go route on the other side, that deep safety has to pick one. We can take teams out of 8 in the box with that speed threat. They can’t blitz and overwhelm us all day long which is what teams did to us last year and years prior. They only feared Waddle and took their chances with everyone else.
We added one of the most explosive players in the league in Hill. It’s almost like we’re downplaying his presence. It’s a big deal. 🙂
Oh and because of page turn on Wilkins….just gonna say, been a fan since day 1.
The BIGGEST question for me would be: how early do we draft a Punter?
R3P38/102
R4P20/125
R7P3/225
R7P26/248
Seems to me the ‘sweet spot’ would be @ R4P20.
Just me: I’m drafting Matt Araiza no later than R4P20. And if he goes before that, we’ve got PSU’s Jordan Stout (hey, Brian!) to fall back on.
Araiza > Stout
Why?
Araiza doubles as a kicker who can make 50+ yard FGs and who is fearless as a tackler on STs.
Based on what we’ve done building through the draft for 3 years and then FA, trades and cap to make moves this year, what do we have to do? I could see us drafting C and P 3rd and 4th. Who are we drafting that will beat out a position player other than OL and P?
I’m not worried about ILB. Baker is the 3 down LB and Roberts can be that hammer. Teams play 3 WR most of the time. ILB is like FB. Once in awhile.
Just remember our 3rd is like a 4th at 102. The norm would be 96 at the end of the 3rd. I’d draft a Punter with our 3rd. There are two really good prospects in Araiza and Stout. Some of us like to talk about holes. Punter is a hole, we don’t have one. LOL
Big hole at P for sure…lol
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Damn, I was hoping they ended up trading him
He’s hard to guard.
I’m all in to see whether or not McD can assess his assets and maximize their potentials while expoiting others’ weaknesses….to TK sort of…lol
We’re working out Thomas Morestead Punter
In case we need one,
Here are the RBs left in FA:
There are some quality names on this list.
Sony Michel
Darrel Williams
Melvin Gordon
Devontae Booker
Devonta Freeman
Latavius Murray
David Johnson
Carlos Hyde
Alex Collins
Justin Jackson
Phillip Lindsay
Jerick McKinnon
Le’Veon Bell
Jordan Howard
Elijhaa Penny
Malcolm Brown
Jalen Richard
Peyton Barber
Adrian Peterson
Corey Clement
Kalen Ballage
Marlon Mack
Patrick Laird
Wayne Gallman
Dexter Williams
Ryan Nall
Dwayne Washington
Buddy Howell
Ito Smith
Tarik Cohen
Jordan Scarlett
Since we can’t draft many people, would one of these guys be good to back up Ogbah?
Kyle Van Noy
Rasheem Green
Jadeveon Clowney
Steven Means
Justin Houston
Jason Pierre-Paul
Melvin Ingram
Jerry Hughes
Mario Addison
Alex Okafor
Benson Mayowa
Adam Gotsis
Carlos Dunlap
Everson Griffen
DeMarcus Walker
Stephen Weatherly
Ryan Kerrigan
Brandon Copeland
Takkarist McKinley
Whitney Mercilus
Trey Flowers
Carl Nassib
Pernell McPhee
Kemoko Turay
Ifeadi Odenigbo
Cassius Marsh
Derick Roberson
Chris Smith
Lerentee McCray
Chauncey Rivers
Tashawn Bower
Kylie Fitts
Nate Orchard
Jalen Jelks
Bryan Cox Jr.
Krishna says:
April 6, 2022 at 4:43 am
Big hole at P for sure…lol
There’s an old cut up from the Newlywed game, where Bob asks the men to name a national park, that reminds them of their wife
One redneck says the Grand Canyon. He had no idea what he said, she hit him over the head after they revealed what he said
I’m just continuing the “all in” discussion.
The Rams and Buccaneers went out and got some of these very same guys to make their SB run.
These guys would mostly know they are stop gap and sub package spot players brought in to play a few plays each game but to make a high impact on those plays.
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Although a Whitney Mercilus type might actually be a resurrection project good for 2-3 years.
Kyle Van Noy
Rasheem Green
Jadeveon Clowney
Steven Means
Justin Houston
Jason Pierre-Paul
Melvin Ingram
Jerry Hughes
Mario Addison
Alex Okafor
Benson Mayowa
Adam Gotsis
Carlos Dunlap
Everson Griffen
DeMarcus Walker
Stephen Weatherly
Ryan Kerrigan
Brandon Copeland
Takkarist McKinley
Whitney Mercilus
Trey Flowers
Carl Nassib
Pernell McPhee
Kemoko Turay
Ifeadi Odenigbo
Cassius Marsh
Derick Roberson
Chris Smith
Lerentee McCray
Chauncey Rivers
Tashawn Bower
Kylie Fitts
Nate Orchard
Jalen Jelks
Bryan Cox Jr.
I like Carlos Dunlap as a one year vet to solidify the DE spot
Do you want to pay a JPP 10+M to play a few plays?
We have so many sub packages, that some guys already aren’t getting enough plays
At least it keeps them fresh, it’s when we get stuck and over play guys, that we get in trouble
I suppose a 5m or so contract wouldn’t be horrible for one of these past rush specialists
IDK, maybe it’s a good idea, can’t really have too many good past rushers
Tim, Baker plays OLB for us since about mid-season last year.
Seriously, if we are talking about trading next year’s picks for a chance on a rookie, maybe we should use whatever resources we have to get a Pernell McPhee (just to pick a somewhat wild example) or a Jerry Hughes.
What if we took Ogbah out for a breather and put in Carlos Dunlap, and he knew to give 110% to make a splash play for that moment and then go rest up for a half hour.
He can still beat most RTs just on knowledge alone. (for one to five plays)
I agreed above on Dunlap but Hughes would also be a good addition
I won’t rail against the front office if they do it, but I don’t think there is such a thing as a generational punter. You just don’t draft punters in the 3rd or 4th rounds. They might as it is a hole in our roster now, but I just don’t see it.
naplesfan2010 says:
April 6, 2022 at 8:57 am
We’re working out Thomas Morestead Punter
Don’t see us going into the draft without a P
I agree, but that doesn’t mean they won’t draft one too. I just am too traditionalist to seriously consider drafting a punter on day 2. (or even early day 3)
Sure, if someone is there in the 7th, but you don’t have to reach
My biggest issue with drafting a P/K before the 6th is, their game doesn’t always translate to NFL, because of ball size
That is a long list of pass rushers. Are they all unsigned right now? WOW.
It’s the part of FA, where the good teams go bargain hunting for 1 yr contracts
Flores and Belicheat special
Here are the remaining FA LB.
But I don’t think we need one unless Baker gets hurt
(which would be really bad, as we do not really have a backup for him either).
Joe Schobert
Alec Ogletree
Anthony Barr
Dont’a Hightower
Troy Reeder
Kenny Young
Anthony Hitchens
Ben Niemann
Josh Bynes
Kwon Alexander
Reggie Ragland
Malcolm Smith
K.J. Wright
Marcell Harris
Alexander Johnson
Kevin Minter
Jaylon Smith
Jamie Collins
Eric Wilson
A.J. Klein
Wyatt Ray
Bruce Irvin
Jon Bostic
Christian Jones
Benardrick McKinney
Danny Trevathan
Nick Kwiatkoski
Jordan Evans
Dakota Allen
Nick Dzubnar
Dorian O’Daniel
Hardy Nickerson
Francis Bernard
Emmanuel Ellerbee
Daren Bates
Vince Biegel
Kyle Wilber
Brandon King
Patrick Onwuasor
Matthew Adams
Skai Moore
Otaro Alaka
Natrez Patrick
L.J. Fort
Jared Norris
B.J. Bello
I thought Morestead retired. We should sign him. He still can boom it and I remember he used to do kickoffs for the Saints because he had a stronger leg than the kicker. Trying to think of that FG kicker for the Saints but can’t remember.
Not to mention, HOT WIFE ALERT!
Sign him!
Man, it’s killing me. It was an older kicker like in his 40’s.
Anderson
I thought Carney maybe. Don’t feel like looking it up. lol
Off that list, we could bring back Vince Biegel, but I’m looking for the aging star profile.
Anthiny Barr
Anthony Hitchens
Danny Trevathan
maybe Bruce Irvin
or the younger guy who never got a fair shot, like
AJ Johnson
Kwon Alexander also
Morstead spent the first 12 seasons of his NFL career with the Saints, making one Pro Bowl, before splitting time between the New York Jets and Atlanta Falcons in 2021. During last season, he averaged 47.2 yards per attempt, his highest mark since 2016 and higher than any season in Palardy’s career.
The 36-year-old also finished with the seventh-highest net average (42 yards) of any punter in 2021.
BBM is correct above.
What? About the hot wife?
NHL and their horrible pts system makes it very had to play catchup
How you can have a system where 2 pts are awarded for a win, but…if the game goes into OT the losing team gets 1 pt and the winning team still gets 2 pts?
When teams in front of you play, you might think great, someone has to lose, then it goes to OT
Wow, the Bills got Diggs for 6 years at 17.3 mil per yr, 70 mil guaranteed. Considering WR contracts right now, that’s a steal.
By comparison, we got Hill for 5 years at 25 mil per yr, 72 mil guaranteed.
Actually, it’s probably more than that. I didn’t take into account whatever he’s still got coming for these 2 years. Hopefully it’s closer to that 25 mil mark.
It’s all in how you look at it, and it’s not the same, when you have an existing player and when you have a new player
The year to year terms don’t show up yet on Sportrac, but just at face value it’s 24m per year extension, which by signing now seems like a good deal comparatively
He could have a non guaranteed last year, where a lot more than the avg is due, like Hill has
So for an existing player it really isn’t accurate to avg his old contract years with his new to give him something like 17m, because he already had that contract with the low figures, with a new player like Hill you didn’t have him before, so the entire contract avg is accurate
I think teams are trying to get a jump on the inflated contracts we’re going to see next year
bbm
lol
for the record, I did not Google “hotwife.”
I know posting all those long lists of names is clumsy and overwhelming, but it’s just to jog us out of our thinking of Miami as being in “rebuilding mode.”
We need to change our collective mindset from the blow it up, tear it down and start over modality that I at least was in for several years.
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Like a couple guys on here keep saying, we are now in the “all in” phase. The “win now” phase.
Dare I say the “Go for the Super Bowl” phase.
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This is not the time to be timid … smart fiscally, still, yes, but now is the time to sign the best LT in FA (done), a generational TD machine (done), and the fastest skill guys you can find (done).
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This is different also because the teams that go out and get a Melvin Ingram or a Von Miller, even if they have lost a step, those teams win SBs.
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Even though some of you scoff at talk of SB for Miami,
saying it is premature,
I guarantee that
it will not happen if we don’t talk about it.
The FO cannot conduct business as usual.
It’s rare to go from not making the playoffs for several years to winning the SB, sure it happens and can happen to us, but if you put all your eggs in that basket and don’t win it, you take a step back, before moving forward
In my estimation it would be foolish to do it this year
I understand what Steve and others are saying about not ready to commit to a SB run, but we’ve built this team the right way. We are still a very young team in many positions, but with experience where it matters most (CB and LT), we have a franchise QB, we have legitimate stars at every position group, we have a HC with SB history and yet a fresh plan that the league does not already know how to beat.
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If we just had a Punter, we’d be SB ready.
Concerning the “all your eggs in one basket” concept.
If we had gone out and gotten say Tyreek before building up the roster, then that would be an example of that. Or how we misjudged the Suh effect back then, where the rest of the team could not do their part, and Suh was wasted.
Or the Mike Wallace fiasco.
But Hill is not the only WR threat we have. We also have the all time record rookie WR.
We have the CB with the most INTs since he entered the league.
We have a DT with maybe the most tackles ever.
We have a statistically top 5 TE.
We have the certified fastest RB in the league.
We have first and second round draft picks all over the roster.
We have 2 winning records in a row.
We swept the patsies last year.
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We are not trying to go from nowhere to the SB, although Cincy did that last year, so it can be done.
Cin had a QB, that put his team on his back, can Tua do that? Maybe, odds say no
The argument for it happening is the short passing game, that the cheats used for 20 years, can be duplicated or at least be similar enough, so that we can move up and down the field and score often
We are one of only 6 AFC teams with winning records the last 2 years in a row.
Only the Bills, Chiefs, Titans, Steelers, and Colts had winning seasons in both 2020 and 2021.
(And the Miami Dolphins)
And only 5 in the NFC.
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We are elite, and we need to start acting like it.
But only one of those teams that didn’t make the playoffs
You aren’t even in the elite discussions until you win a playoff game
There is no such requirement.
There is no rule that says you must win a playoff game
before being allowed to play for the SB.
steveccnv says:
April 6, 2022 at 9:49 am
Sure, if someone is there in the 7th, but you don’t have to reach
My biggest issue with drafting a P/K before the 6th is, their game doesn’t always translate to NFL, because of ball size
I have seen you type this statement a couple of times at least and I have to say I don’t think the difference in ball size is any factor in the kicking game. The NCAA does not have a “standard” size football. Depending on the team, conference, etc the balls used may come from several different manufacturers and the sizes range from team to team and conference to conference depending on which manufacturer they are using.
College balls range in length from 20 3/4″ – 21 1/4″ (1/2 range) NFL balls have a tighter tolerance because they all come from one manufacturer. (Wilson) they range from 21″ to 21 1/4″
The quarter inch difference in length is negligible (or even non-existant)
At the widest point of the ball, the circumference is 27 3/4 inches to 28 1/2 inches in college and 28 inches to 28 1/2 inches in the NFL.
The NFL ball IS NOT harder to kick. MOST of the time the ball is about the same size as the NFL ball, but MAYBE a half inch smaller in circumference. more like 1/4″ – That equates to 1/6″ of diameter difference.
Way over spoken difference that in reality doesn’t make one.
NFL balls are also harder, making them harder to kick
My reference to ball size goes back many years, if the ball sizes have changed I wasn’t aware of it
Steve, I don’t really follow why you wouldn’t consider Diggs’ previous contract in the extension to get the average, but you would with Hill. I get you’re saying it’s all in how you look at it. I just don’t get why you would look at the two contracts differently. The results are the same. You get a player for ‘x’ number of years for ‘x’ number of $$$. Just because one player switched teams doesn’t make the new average $$$, the new guaranteed $$$, or the # of years different.
And if memory serves, we had a similar conversation the first time we extended Howard, and I made the same argument then I am making now (that you take his prior years and rip them up, and re-average the new total years) and you took the opposite stance that time.
Disregard this last statement, I confused myself, lol. You’re staying consistent in that you said you don’t rip up Howard’s old contract (like you say now you don’t rip up Diggs’). So actually, we’re just rehashing that old argument. We obviously still disagree, lol.
Howard’s and Digg’s contract seem similar, and they’re players you must have and keep happy
Hill’s contract needed to be extended, because you don’t want to give that compensation for 1 year
Also by trading for Hill you get the current contracts lower figure to make the contract somewhat easier to digest
The 3 players mention are impact players, it’s Ok to over pay them, you don’t want to over pay Tannehill
SB window thinking is like this.
Who would you rather have on your bench @ roster # 52? Solomon Kindley or Jerry Hughes?
Kindley would be inactive most Sundays. Hughes would only be on the field 6-8 plays a game.
Sol is a great developmental, but Hughes might make the strip sack that wins Week 4.
There’s no clear cut answer, you make a decision and live with it
Based on circumstances, that occur you hope you make the right choice
Apparently he’s visiting the fins. Posted Tweet but disappeared.
https://georgiadogs.com/sports/football/roster/channing-tindall/5478
good player (4.47 40) but same type as Baker (smallish, laterally quick).
We need a destroyer MLB.
If he’s BPA when we pick
Also, NFL balls and NCAA balls weigh the same. They are both mandated to weigh between 14-15 oz.
In the NFL K/P used to be able to take the game balls home, give them a massage, soften them up…now they have special K balls that are like glass
I firmly believe that Tua’s completion percentage enabled Waddle to set that record.
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I contend that Tua did indeed put Miami’s pitiful offense on his back, and he carried them to 2 winning seasons and the brink of the playoffs in spite of the worst rushing game and worst OL in the league.
In spite of Brissett losing several games. In spite of broken ribs from a turnstile @ blind side.
We should’ve been a 3 or 4 win team based on those two facets above.
No argument here, and don’t think it’s debatable
Ok Rock good research, you won’t hear me mention anything about your small (college) balls any longer😝
LOL, I never attended college so I have big PRO balls, always have…..
My point is like we always say around draft time.
Are we saying who WE want them to pick?
or who we think our FO WILL pick?
I think the who we think they’ll pick, just comes into play, when directly asked
haha true
I’m just saying there is no need on this roster to grab hoards of developmental guys.
We should be looking for That Guy that teams get to juice the stat sheet.
it’s like when my fave MLB team, the Braves,
got those 3 guys at the tail end of the season who won them the World Series.
Notice they built a good team first, then stole just what they needed from the rest of the league who were still fumbling their roster like the Mets do so often, in perpetual rebuilding mode, mismatching needs, letting their core guys go, bringing in random shiny toys with no Big Picture.
The moral of the story is that while it’s certainly possible the Dolphins might pick up a veteran between now and the start of training camp, the reality is that all the really significant additions already have taken place.
https://www.si.com/nfl/dolphins/news/miami-dolphins-and-the-second-wave-of-2022-nfl-free-agency
I don’t think we should expect a big signing, but we still might find a good addition or bridge player
So, what stat needs to be juiced.
It’s sacks from the DE/DT. i love Ogbah, but he doesn’t get enough pure sacks.
It’s Carlos Dunlap / Jerry Hughes plays that we need.
Note: I do NOT want Clowney nor even Calais, as I think they are more distraction than contributor.
Notice that Calais teams do not win lots more games.
He’s like a Suh. Clowney, too.
They’re independent contractors, not team players.
They’re great, but I’m looking for somebody who’ll make impact off the bench,
not be an over the hill starter.
Didn’t know that about Calais
He seems like a good man.
I am not casting aspersions on his character.
I just think he’d be like a Suh for us where he gets his,
but it doesn’t translate to a lot more Ws for us.
I could be wrong.
He didn’t save Jax or rescue the Ravens.
Naples,
You think the same as me. Grab a vet or 2 cheap. Ingram and Hughes or Houston would be a great BU at edge. Cheap insurance.
Why is everyone sucking JB and Herbert’s nuts? For pete’s sake Tua has won more games than both of them but cops all the crap the U75 can think up. Negative A-holes!
Punters are out there both in F/A and the draft. 4 very good ones in the draft alone: Araiza, Stout Camarda and my favourite Stonehouse. Then you have some solid ones in F/A.
I can see us doing a Cincy and reaching the SB this year.
Poupart is a good guy, but I’m not buying stocks from that guy. Past performance is no …
What the Dolphins did under Jimmy Johnson is only as relevant as a Smithsonian typewriter.
Doing things the same as we have always done them will get us into the playoffs once a decade.
Why would he want us to follow our past pattern?
I want to BREAK our past patterns.
OMG
once was freaky enough,
but TWICE?
That’s a shot I’ve never seen before. I’m left with why? Must be able to make sure skips consistently.
They definitely did that on purpose. No pro at the Masters is going to skull a shot like that without trying. (Now I on the other hand, skull 3-5 that badly per round.)
I for sure knew they did that on purpose. A horrible miss that turned out well otherwise, but these are pro golfers.
Don’t forget the late cuts. Always some reasonable players in there. Still a long way to go yet.
cool
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Howard said he “loved” the additions of Sam Madison and Patrick Surtain to the Dolphins’ coaching staff this offseason — he’s been in the facility a few times since February to speak with them
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Howard said he told McDaniel he’s “gotta get my hamstrings back” because of all the speed now on the Dolphins’ offense
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Xavien Howard: “Things are going to be special here with Mike McDaniel.”
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Xavien Howard says he’s ready to hopefully retire as a Miami Dolphin and win a Super Bowl
very cool
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Emmanuel Ogbah says he’s really happy about the Terron Armstead addition because he’s a dawg
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Similar system. Some new wrinkles. – Emmanuel Ogbah on any potential difference with Josh Boyer staying, Brian Flores departing
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Emmanuel Ogbah, when asked how to describe the new energy, says “fun.” #FinsUp
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Emmanuel Ogbah says there is a different type of energy with the Miami Dolphins right now
You have to agree, if Tua takes a step back this year or doesn’t progress, in a system built for him, with players acquired for him to succeed, then change will likely come, but that should be a given, these brilliant minds don’t need to keep repeating it
Yet some of the comments on here make me think Tua would have been all-world last year except the OL and the tools around him. He was overall OK, an average NFL QB. Think he will be more than that this year, but we have to see.
Don’t know about all-world, but with a little help he’d have made you think he was our franchise QB.
Even against the Jags, we struggled with non Tua things, that should’ve been much easier
Captain Obvious.
Where’s some insight Todd “old Man” McShay?
Where’s some commentary on how to max Tua?
Where’s some football talk, man?
Do you have any ideas or are you merely a Wally Whiner?
What will keep it fun is
what McDaniel said in one of his interviews, and I paraphrase because I have lost the link,
… we are going to find our players’ best plays and run those all the time.
Brilliant!! or duh! obvious.
Why run a play the guys have no confidence in, that has a high chance of failure, of making them look bad?
… …
So we will run a play that Hill loves, then one that Waddle loves, then one that Mostert loves, then one that Gesicki loves, then one that Chase loves, then Ced’s best play, etc. etc. with obviously more of Hill’s, but what McDaniel said is why waste opportunity on plays that nobody likes?
And by plays that guys like,
he specified that that means plays that make the players look good and feed their families.
Obviously that means successful plays which means yards gained for the Dolphins.
That’s why guys 6 and 8 years later still say they loved playing for him and
had their best year for him. Because he made them look good.
cool but I hope he doesn’t look heavy.
Stanger oh of course you knew that.
I was not saying you did not. I did not phrase that comment very well.
I am quite sure you are a way better golfer than I.
Aaron Rodgers is the GOAT without a doubt,
but he’s only won 1 SB, and it was 10 years ago.
Why? because they didn’t build a team around him.
It’s why he’s so frustrated.
TB12 otoh has always benefited by having highly superior supporting players,
except at the end in NE, so he left for TB,
where they had better players and promised him to go get more.
… …
Marino? never mind. Don’t get me started.
TB12 also did restructures and took pay cuts to make it possible. Something Rodgers wouldn’t do.
If Rodgers is so frustrated, maybe instead of taking $50M per year he could suffer with $30M per. I know it would be hard to feed and clothe his family, but if he was really frustrated, he need not look any further than himself
Rodgers is a prick.
You two are totally correct, but my point is the difference in SB victories between Rodgers and Brady relates to the supporting cast of players and the coaching, because TB is not 7 times greater than Aaron.
102.Quay Walker LB Georgia
125.Cole Strange OG Chattanooga
224.Josh Blackwell CB Duke
247.Ryan Stonehouse P Colorado State
Take it! I keep wanting WR Velus Jones in there somewhere, but we need a potential backup Center/OG more. It is important we get an OL who can play anywhere in the middle. To many of our interior OL (bottom of depth chart) are less athletic power gap guys, Smith and Jones. LOL at Smith and Jones, but that’s a no shitter.
Excellent.
Tua @ Alabama had great coaching and quality players around him.
He was 22-2 with an 206.93 passer rating passer rating. Both losses were against Top 2 teams.
He threw 87 TDs in 24 games.
He threw for 33 TDs in 9 games before the hip injury.
The year before he threw 5 INTs and 48 TDs.
So if we get him great coaching and quality players all around him, …
The golf shots posted earlier were during the practice round. They were doing it because John Rahm did it last year during practice and actually made it. What’s more impressive about Rahm’s shot was it went the entire length of the green and dropped. It’s a large green too.
wow
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hmmm
guess I need a twitter account, or I can’t steal stuff from those that do have one.
PLEASE IGNORE.
Lol
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/high-school-student-arrested-after-homework-found-in-car-tied-to-deadly-home-invasion/ar-AAVVOaq?li=BBnb7Kz
Life imitating art…
NSFW (language)
BBM check out Idaho State wr Tanner Conner
Could be a good project
Rockphin says:
April 6, 2022 at 11:37 am (Edit)
Also, NFL balls and NCAA balls weigh the same. They are both mandated to weigh between 14-15 oz.
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Unless you are Tom Brady and Bill Bellicheck
Does air pressure increase weight or decrease?
I would presume it does
LOL, great answer, Ken.
Wyo, air takes up space and has mass, so more air pressure in a ball would increase the weight of said ball.
I have to go back to that clip at 1:02 from Stanger.
Nothing against Stanger.
In the still version before you hit the play button, just the expression on that guy on our right
makes me want to slap the smirk off him.
Who the F does he think he is?
He’s a nobody.
He’s an arrogant little pissant who comes on talkin smack long distance.
He is not 1 tenth the man Tua is.
He has an agenda of belittling everything Dolphins.
That’s his click bait schtick.
He adds nothing to the debate about Tua’s strengths and weaknesses.
He also might be right about Tua’s leash, but not because he has anything insightful to say.
He’s just a sneering, snarky, mosquito at a great barbecue beer party.
… …
I feel better now.
That was an epic rant 😃
You should….lmfao! I even feel better…lol
I don’t really mind what mcshay said other than it’s obvious
The Dolphins positioned themselves to be ready to draft a QB in 2023 if necessary you can even draft some one next year and keep Tua
When It comes down to it I don’t really think it’s so much that Tua has to improve, it’s the entire offense needs to improve: the running game, the OL pass protection, the YAC and the red zone conversions are actually more dire than the play at the QB position
But that doesn’t mean we can’t improve the qb play
In 2 years Tua has over 4400 yards, 27 TDs to 15 ints and a 66% completion rate
Those aren’t great numbers
They also aren’t really bad either
He’s not really hurting the offense
He’s not taking it to the next level either
The difference between eye opening numbers and where Tua is now really might just be a few big plays here and there, or a run game
But if that doesn’t come together, you’ll evaluate where you can better and QB may be a big part of that
So moderate improvement from Tua will probably lead to substantially more scoring if some of the other weaknesses we addressed pan out in 2022
But the one thing that you say, ‘we need a QB” about is another injury
Ore than anything else, a healthy year from Tua in 2022 is important to where we go in 2023
Tua will be better because that’s who he is.
The rest is what management can bring to the table…so far, they have brought the house…nice
Cav
I love your chemistry or is it physics? but isn’t air lighter than … uh … air?
Don’t balloons float?
Isn’t a football just a really tough-ass balloon?
I mean a pair of shoes don’t float up into the air, and they are leather.
But, if you filled a pair of fine leather dress shoes with air, lots of air,
and sewed them shut full of air,
would they sail better when Tom Brady threw them than empty shoes?
LOL, all very interesting points
Balloons don’t float unless they are filled with something lighter than air like helium or hydrogen.
Or heated air
Pretty sure you’re kidding. Should I bring all my shoes, so I have them?
2nd try
Is that the son of the Will Allen that played for the Dolphins?
I believe so.
Y’all can stop arguing about punters now.
Makes sense and then maybe a rookie punter to compete.
We knew he visited but we didn’t sign him. Yet.
With the picks we have – 3, 4, 7 and 7 we could go BPA at any position with a lean on want/need. Maybe even take a chance on a talented prospect but there are some issues.
This year more than any, if Tua gets hurt we’re prepared to win, with Bridgewater
Think Tua starting every game we win 11, if Teddy plays 5 or less we still win 11, if Teddy plays more than 5 we’ll have a tough time making playoffs
“Like I just told [head coach] Mike McDaniel, I said, ‘Man, I got to get my hammies right. Y’all got a lot of speed over there,’ so, you know, I’m excited about everything that’s going on around this building,” he said.
X
Hope he doesn’t get too competitive and tweak something
Coaches need to be smart about what they allow
I think X was talking about the speed we have. They still have to practice. Our guys should make each other better with better skill in practice.
Yeah, and he also mentioned going toe to toe with them in practice, hope they don’t get too competitive to the point where so.eone gets hurt
Phel
So that’s why all the balloons I blow up sink to the floor.
Glad I’m not full of hot air.
Wait.
Thinking back over my posts on here …
… n/m.
Most of them don’t float, either.
Lol
Going back to McShay…just look at who he’s working with as his partner. #1 buffoon Mel”the hair” Kiper. Both of those blokes are still looking for a magnifying glass to find a clue. Dumb Buggas.
Piggy Kiper
If we increased speed and talent on offense how can we not be better? The defense has the potential to be better with more experience playing together.
If you were not a Dolphins fan and looked at our roster knowing something about the team already, would you say we’re a better team and can be in the mix to contend?
We are considerably better, on paper, we will get a chance to see it on the field soon enough
I honestly don’t care for the narrative that it’s in Tua’s hands now, bc I don’t Tua was the difference between scoring more last year and not scoring more
For me the absence of the running game, the poor pass protection, the poor playcalling are all bigger factors in improving o at offense than Tua’s play to play performance
If all those things are better, our scoring goes up and his numbers go up, and then the people who don’t really watch him, don’t have the same stuff to parrot
But I really think this off-season was about improving the offense, not improving Tua’s play
He’s going to get at least a little better with more time
But if those other things improve, he’s going to appear a lot better – statistically at least
Agreed. Tua can play fast and accurate. All good QBs have had talent around them. Some pundits act like it’s only needed for Tua. It’s silly. There is a lot of ignorance out there about him.
Being better and more talented doesn’t translate straight to more win we still have to put it together, that’s why most here say show me
But that’s how everyone determines a team’s potential. Why is everything questioned with us? Of course you have go out and win. On paper matters though. After the draft people will start saying well now that they drafted this guy and that guy they should be better. That’s what we do in the offseason.
LMAO @ Piggy.
uwantwat,
Curious, what territory do you reside in Australia?
I’ve got two couzs who reside in Sydney.
South Australia. M13 Born here and live here all my life.
Hell a long way from me. Busy busy place Sydney. I won’t ever go there, they have funnel web spiders. No thanks!
Piggy, for me Tua has to elevate his game with the new talent around him. There are more plays to be had now and he has to make them. I think he will.
I really don’t know if I’m explaining it right
But if you throw out the Tennessee game (yes that’s cherry picking), almost everything Tua did was good for the Dolphins.
I think if Tua plays exactly the same way he has the last 2 years, and we have a running game and better playcalling and a receiver like Hill who’s going to make something out of nothing, our scoring jumps up significantly
As bad as the OL was, I don’t even think the OL was killing us as much as the other things were
Early on in the coaching hunt McDaniel was my favorite, bc I think he’s innovative with the running game
So that addresses my first problem
And hill is the difference snaked on that 3rd issue
Playcalling we have to see but I wasn’t quiet in my squeals about playcalling last season – so I can’t see it getting worse. The minute I see that draw play from shotgun on first down a couple of series in a row – I give up
I’m on the Tua bandwagon. All aboard!
Choo chooo
Not putting Tua on their level but I see a lot of Montana/Young traits in his game. Make the smart play most of the time and rip it when the big play is there. It’s not like Tua missed on big throws with wide open guys, nobody was ever wide open down the field. That might change now. I want to see how teams defend Hill and Waddle.
Wilson and Hollins were wide open, both caught the ball
I didn’t know you were from 🇦🇺 Uwantwat
Do you know where Adelaide is?
Forgive me if that sounds ignorant, I didn’t know until recently
Piggy
I live in Adelaide. Well a suburb. Capital of S.A.
Cool
My brother is going to be working for university of Adelaide
He’s got a contract with the school
He had a contract before covid
And for 2 years he hasn’t been able to get a visa….lol
It’s honestly a horrible story bc it’s his dream job
He’s at a school in Seattle right now, he had to take a job elsewhere while he waited for 🇦🇺 to start granting work visas again
Tim
You nailed Tua’s game perfectly. That will us many games.
I think the NFL is in for a big surprise. 😉
This new coaching staff is all about blocking on offense. Not that others are not, but this is a primary fundamental with their history as coaches.
Block the friggin play and let the skill do its thing.
A photo from training camp
We have weird fans and Tua has really brought it out
We’ll probably sign a lot of UDFAs hoping to find a gem and a couple of role players. Our draft is thin but we added a bunch of FAs including re-signings. We could probably already do a 53 man with who we have, but we know there will be some new rookies and maybe some vets down the road.
Well we do need about 22 more to get to 90, so…
That’s what I mean. We have a lot of core players, the bottom end could be very competitive.
Think this year is a horrible year to have lots of draft picks
Might be why we don’t
That’s been reported. After 15 or so and overrating the QBs it’s considered a ho-hum draft. But there is a lot of good potential 2nd through the 4th. It’s just not a special draft. There are always good players available.
I don’t think people want to say it – but it’s a weak draft
It’s considered deep at WR, but it doesn’t feel like last year with chase, waddle and Pitts at the top
There’s decent OL too
And some decent pass rushers
But I suspect a lot of the guys that will go too 10 this year would have been late firsts last year
I agree. It’s weak in QB, which gives it a “light” feel.
There seem to be a bunch of really fast guys this year though.
It’s one of the fastest drafts ever.
Lots of fast RBs and WRs, and even the LBs are fast.
I do believe this is part of the strategy. We get better “plug-and-play” talent in ’22 FA to (hopefully) take us to at least the next step (play-off team). We retool in ’23 draft with 2 x day 1 and 3 x day 2 picks, and bring players in at positions where we know we will lose that talent we have now acquired for the medium term, to (again hopefully) keep us as perennial play-off contenders. That’s the theory anyway. Grier seems even more open to deals than MTP, which is a good thing if they work in our favour.
Well since I was a youngster,and then I got in highschool, and then college age to now that I got old man balls. They have always gotten bigger and are much lower 😆
I hope when Tua has a great season, all these fuckers who have been deriding him since he was drafted and have continued to tear him up eat some legit shit. The amount of disrespect this kid gets is totally undeserved.
^^^^^
It’s not like he’s shooting off his mouth like Johnny Manziel or something.
OMG – I almost mentioned Manziel and decided not to. He seems like a nice kid, not a jerkoff like Manziel was rubbing his fingers together.
funnel web spiders
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Them things are like brown recluse spiders on steroids.
hey no problem with those things.
Just let them bite you on the neck.
… …
If you survive the poison, it’ll help keep you from getting cancer.
I imagine with McDaniel at the helm that games like this will be the norm for Tua.
Shows what Tua can do, if he has a little blocking and full compliment of receivers
He is who we thought he was, soon everyone will see that, then we’ll start to hear the U75s saying I’ve always been a Tua guy…
Xavien Howard said “everything is different” in the building now. “Everybody is happy. Mike McDaniel is bringing that energy” and he (and others) are hopeful that McDaniel “will bring the offense up to the standard” everyone wants.
What an FN prick, so he got paid translates to everybody is happy
We have a word for that, narcissist
That’s how you translated it?
In today’s NFL QBs have better comp%, than they did in the 70s, because they take better care of the ball and throw more short passes
Josh Allen had a comp% in the mid 50s in college, because he played more like a 70s QB, with less short passes and took more risk
The AZ game proved Tua can wing it, just like the rest, if he has help, and that was a not fully healed version
I have to shake my head, when I think about the type of WRs we’ve had the last 2 years, I could see in 2020 with Fitz, but not last year, even Fuller wasn’t a fit
How to get to the Super Bowl
— Rebuild the roster after several years of failure.
— Move on from a black HC.
— Move on from a good but not great QB.
— Get a young offensive minded HC.
— Draft a collegiate champion QB.
— Renovate the WR room with 2 bona fide stars.
— Take advantage of a division with one team with a former superstar and another team in disarray.
— Utilize a very good pass catching TE.
— Overcome some marginal OL players.
— Have one of your team colors be orange.
— Make the last letter in your city be i.
This league is littered with elite QB’s who couldn’t win the big one or only have 1 ring under their belt. Hell, even Peyton Manning only has 2 in 4 tries and needed a top tier defense and running game for both of those to happen. Not to mention HOF coaching.
It’s tough to get to a Super Bowl, let alone win one. People act like you can throw a big-time arm out there and everything sorts itself out. A QB still needs a team around them. Stafford barely won the thing last year, even with a super team around him. It’s that tough.
I’m saying all of that to point out that Tua’s skill isn’t what has been holding this team back. His injuries have to an extent, but not his skillset or lack thereof.
It’s like people don’t understand that football is the ultimate team sport.
Yeah, the stars need to align for you to win it
Agree Tua isn’t the problem, we’ll see how much of the solution he is this year
Couple of weeks before the draft and not much to say, we’ve been a little spoiled in recent years with all the picks
If healthy think we’re going to see a version of Preston, that fits with Tua, something closer to what we saw against AZ
MM needs, that big bodied WR, that can block and run slants
Good move for status quo, but how about injecting the D with a splash move of their own?
How about an ILB, that can stop the run, so we can force teams to pass, allowing the Amoeba D to flourish
This is a good move IMO.
He plays hard and knows the system, and the coaches know what he can do, so no transition time.
He steps right in to spell Raekwon and gave us quality minutes when Davis was down for a few games.
obvious statement, but it seems we are happy going into the draft hoping to hit on some spots and then filling in with some budget names in FA if the draft doesn’t flow the way they want.
With our 1st pick essentially being an early 4th, what could we possibly hit on other than a P?
That will get any meaningful snaps this year
good point … you wouldn’t want to waste cap to sign a third tier FA only to see a quality guy surprisingly fall to you in the draft who plays the same position .