It’s obvious that the focus of this offseason has been the offense. We traded for one of the most dynamic wide receivers in the NFL in Tyreek Hill. We brought in hands down the best LT available in free agency in Terron Armstead. We signed free agent RB’s Chase Edmonds and Raheem Mostert, as well as tendering Salvon Ahmed. We signed FA WR Cedrick Wilson formerly of the Dallas Cowboys. The huge contracts and majority of trades and signings happened on the offensive side of the ball, but we very quietly brought back our entire starting 11 on defense, as well as most of the depth players behind them. You can ask “Was our defense that great last year that we stand pat?” Yes, and no would be my answer. I think we have a great mix of young and veteran players, and most of our veteran players are still young.
Our RDE Christian Wilkins had an elite year, and there’s no reason to think he won’t either play as well or better this season. We have some young players that just started to show how good they can be such as SLB/DE Jaelan Phillips and safeties Jevon Holland and Brandon Jones. Raekwon Davis came off an early injury and wasn’t 100% last year and I expect bigger things from our young NT. Our veteran CB duo is still among the best CB tandems in the NFL if not the best. While X is the big playmaker, whether it’s an INT, a forced fumble or fumble recovery, he’s always around the football making plays. Byron Jones is a very underated cover corner. A lot of teams just avoid X and throw at Jones, and Jones is a top 10 rated CB on PFF, if you care about such things. Jones isn’t a WR playing CB, he’s a CB who just blankets his guy. Zero INT’s, but he rarely gets beat bad. Our two young safeties Holland and Jones looked better as the season went on and Eric Rowe is also a fine player. Jerome Baker is another underrated player, he plays every down and and does it all, from making the routine tackles to blitzing, to covering RB’s and TE’s, #55 is there. CB Nik Needham is one of my favorites and just a guy who steps in and gets it done. AVG hasn’t really busted out, and he may never do it, but he’s a guy that gets a lot of pressure, in fact he had the second most QB hits on the defense with 20 behind Emmanuel Ogbah, who we re-signed to a big contract. He’s worth every penny.
One thing that is easy to skip past is that the huge investment in the offense will help the defense. If we can keep the chains moving and score more than we did last year, which I believe is nearly certain, then the defense will be on the field less, and won’t be forced to carry the team as often as it did. If we can jump on some teams and take some leads for a change, that puts the pressure on the opposing offense and makes them more one dimensional, and will play right into our strength, better pass rush and lockdown, playmaking secondary. We were 22nd in points scored and 16th in points allowed. Say we go up to midpack or better in scoring points, to 16th or better, I’m almost going to guarantee you that our points allowed will drop into the top 10.
This team should be a lot of fun to watch. The speed on the offense with Mostert, Hill, Waddle and Gesicki is going to be fun. All of a sudden, that left side of the line with Armstead and Williams will be plowing spaces for the run game, the screen game, and add in FB Alec Ingold, you just have to expect a better result running the football. We brought back blocking TE Durham Smythe, Michael Deiter is our C, and our best OL from last season, RG Robert Hunt should stay right there. There should be a fierce battle for the RT spot, between Austin Jackson, Liam Eichenberg, Larnell Coleman and Robert Jones, and potentially another player who is not yet on the roster, either a draftee or post June cut. I understand we have a new system but I feel we’re in good hands with Mike McDaniel. I don’t expect him to struggle implementing his system. The players like him, listen to him. he r-e-l-a-t-e-s to them. They get him. He’s charismatic. Our team will be all in, and we will be much better on offense, we have so much more talent. Talent wins. So while the offense will be much better, don’t overlook the Dolphins defense!
#stangerstrong
GO DOLPHINS!!!
Finsmob Unleashed 
More reasons to love Gesicki
Page turn, deal with it.
BBM,
I liked that Thornton prospect you posted about on the last page. Seems to have good concentration and catch radius to go along with the size and speed. He does look skinny, but so does Jameson Williams. Thornton wouldn’t be a bad flyer to grab in the later rounds, but we have a lot of receivers already. I’m not sure we’d be able to stash him on the practice squad without getting poached at some point.
I agree. He keeps coming up as a 5th or later. We did bring him in for a visit so we will see.
Lol…
scouting report on Leo Chenal under strengths:
“-Recently engaged but married to football.”
https://www.nfl.com/prospects/leo-chenal/32004348-4521-5722-54f9-454a4bab0b83
We may be drafting for future replacement players moreso than for 2022 depth
But since many of our LBS are on 1 year contracts and we can use an ILB, pretty sure we’re taking one in the 3rd or 4th
I wouldn’t be surprised, if we didn’t draft OL, since we have enough youth there
CB would be my 2nd choice, too much $ at the position
7th rd can really just be BPA
We still need another Center on this team for competition/depth and I wouldn’t mind seeing James Cook drafted either. I think I’d rather grab a top LB and Corner with our firsts next year.
I agree we need another young fast boundary CB,
as our backups are not that great once we lost Coleman,
although the coaches seem to trust Trill Williams and Elijah Campbell.
7th round is a good place to take a chance on a skinny WR like Thornton or a troubled edge rusher like Isaiah Thomas or a borderline UDFA EDGE like Jeremiah Moon.
I think our FO really likes James Cook,
as he seems to fit the mold for RB that they want in McDaniel’s offense.
Especially since Mostert gets hurt so much.
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I mean, he is Dalvin Cook’s little brother, and even though he is physically smaller,
not that much, and he has those special feet like Dalvin,
so if he could give us 75% of what Dalvin has done,
that would be great for a late 3rd round pick.
Mike Gesicki was the team’s second-leading receiver in both yardage and receptions this season, totaling 780 receiving yards on 73 receptions (10.7 avg.). Gesicki also led all NFL tight ends with 324 receiving yards in the fourth quarter and overtime this season. Gesicki’s 73 receptions matched the Dolphins’ single-season tight end receptions record.
PS:
James Cook played at Georgia which is the very top competition there is,
and they could recruit any RB they want, so he must’ve been highly regarded.
He ran a 4.42 40 at the combine, so he’s fast enough for McDaniel’s offensive prototype.
Plus he catches well and can run real routes.
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He is from Miami, so the heat won’t bother him.
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He’s light in the lower half, though, so he struggles in pass pro.
Miami had 48.0 sacks this year, which was just one shy of the team record of 49.0 sacks set in 1983 and 2005. The total was tied for fifth-most in the NFL this year and the Dolphins had 14 different players record at least a half-sack. The Dolphins also led the NFL in passes defensed (88) and ranked second in QB hits (121).
I know Grier gets a lot of grief, but overall he’s done really well and put this team in a position to succeed. The biggest problem with our team is that it’s still really young and inexperienced. We haven’t been able to establish a culture of winning.
QB- Upcoming young guy with a winning record despite a lack of weapons or functioning o-line and a quality backup.
RB- lots of guys in a running back friendly system, addition of FB
WR- Two of the top players at this position along with some nice role players
TE- Mismatch receiver Gesicki, with overall solid guy in Smythe
O-Line – Partially addressed and still time to add pieces – Youth with room to grow with good coaching (shut up Ken lol)
DE – Solid Vet in Ogbah Paired with up and comer Philips
DL- Good, solid youth in Wilkens, Davis, Seiler, Butler
LB – Baker, Van Ginkel, and an Island of misfit toys that can get the job done, currently our biggest weakness in comparison to other positions
CB- All Pro X opposite lockdown corner jones and solid Nickel corner Needham. Lots of youth and potential behind these guys.
S- future all pro Holland and solid 3rd round pickup Jones
This is just a glancing look at the roster as is. We still have draft firepower to add to this team in 2023 and make it even better and I’m not even counting the upgrades we’ve received on our offensive coaching staff to elevate the play of our current guys.
STs are in good hands also (pardon the oxymoronic pun)
We’ve got the best FG kicker in team history,
and a punter who’s made all pro and won a SB,
and the best LS to come out of college in his class,
and a return man with a KO return TD and 4 Punt return TDs in the NFL.
I do this same type of thing every year, thinking we have no holes and solid backups, then the season starts…
Actually traded down and it worked out very well.
125. Channing Tindall LB Georgia
126. Zach Tom OT/OC Wake Forest
164. Velus Jones Jr. WR Tennessee
165. Amare Barno EDGE Virginia Tech
224. Ty Chandler RB North Carolina
Ty Chandler would be another fit at 6′ 210 and ran a 4.38
He won’t be there in the 7th though.
Naples,
I love James Cook. The thing that I get from watching his film is that he plays bigger than he is and he’s got the speed to pull away from defenders and break big plays.
Very true.
He would’ve had more splashy college stats if he’d have played where he had more rushes and more passes thrown his way, but that’s all good for keeping him fresher, too.
BBM
That mock above is basically perfect.
Not to over-hype Tyreek,
but he has almost a hundred rush attempts with zero fumbles and averages 7.7 ypc.
Not that we would risk wearing him out by doing the deebo thing with him,
but it’s there to secure a close game with a long run late
or get us into FG range in OT or something like that.
Explosive change of pace, keep the D on their heels
Over 6 seasons he’s more of rusher here and there on jet sweeps etc. Don’t think we’ll be wearing him out on rushes.
I like Tyson Allgier to be our draft RB as for what round I haven’t clue.
Also I would sign Tretter and Ingram.
^
Kind of like no draft picks, no one to have to count on to make this year good, sure the top 3 picks were outstanding last year, but other than Waddle they didn’t hit the ground running
I could watch Tua highlights all day, when he has an inch of space he seems to make the most of it
Gonna be interesting to see how he progresses with a functioning OL and a full stable of skill players
Also like Smythe as our lunchpail guy, he sneaks out uncovered and has some power to break tackles
He did seem to elevate his game last year. If he continues that, he could be a stud.
Smythe runs more like a rhino than a giraffe though.
Yeah, one of the things I like
He seems to be open all day too like Witten, he’s becoming what I hoped Long would be
Twitter (TWTR) slashed gains to about 3% after Tesla CEO Elon Musk offered to buy Twitter for $54.20 a share in cash, calling the bid his “best and final offer.”
Bad news for those trying to suppress voices
^
If you are saying the folks at Twitter try to suppress voices…. awesome news for them. Price is up 38% over when Musk did his initial public filing two weeks ago. The folks at Twitter just got a whole lot richer.
Ya think
I does think.
Dolphins TE Mike Gesicki on appealing for WR tag designation: ‘I’m not really a big controversy guy’
Give it time, now that he’s married and not making the family decisions
Thanks Naples!
Also I would sign Tretter and Ingram.
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Heck yeah, we have the money. We did this, we could, for sure, go BPA with every pick and not have to lean toward a certain need.
We did this, we could sign Cook, Tyson Allgier or Velus Jones.
Yeah go for broke, and who cares, if we don’t hit on any of them risk/reward
We could sign Velvet Jones for all I care.
Does she come with shares to Vivid?
Just a lot of bestselling how to books.
Makes you think we could sign say Tretter, but there is next year to think about too.
Our 2023 cap space is currently at $21 mil. And that doesn’t include whoever on the roster now we’d need to re-sign.
Wow warm day in NJ today, mid 80’s.
Much better than Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota and now Wisconsin.
My sister is stuck in a snowstorm with her camper in Kingvale, CA off I-80 between Sacramento and Reno, NV. She just started a 2 month gem hunting excursion. I think she needs to go farther south, lol
Wow!
BTW, Toba must be still digging out. Haven’t heard from him since he said it was coming.
Yeah Tyreek’s rushing attempts works out to almost exactly1 per game during his career.
However, they look like this.
Top Ten NFL Teams (consensus of power rankings after FA)
Rams
Bucs
Bills
Packers
Bengals
Broncos
Chiefs
Cards
49ers
Cowboys
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Notice only the Chiefs are on this list AND on the list of most cap money.
(and they just transferred Tyreek’s paycheck to us.)
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hmmm … coincidence? I think not.
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You get what you pay for.
I’d rather sign Melvin Ingram than Tretter.
Bigger bang for the buck.
I see we brought in RB Tyrion Davis-Price, LSU, for a visit. Combine #’s 6’1 223, 4.48. He’s been brought up here before.
Yeah I saw that and was just going to post. LOL
It seems he’s a day 3 prospect.
Anybody seen Lil Mike Florio’s latest asinine drivel?
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Now he pretends to have lost his source.
Now he is saying people are asking him if he’s heard anything about it,
as if that adds credence to the rumor that he helped to start.
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Hey Mike ever heard anything about Klingons?
I’ve a lot of folks discussing whether they are coming back.
Must be fact.
I should have stopped here and knew it, too:
“Simms and I first talked about it on February 28.”
Lol!
steveccnv says:
April 14, 2022 at 11:12 am
Twitter (TWTR) slashed gains to about 3% after Tesla CEO Elon Musk offered to buy Twitter for $54.20 a share in cash, calling the bid his “best and final offer.”
Bad news for those trying to suppress voices
How so? If he get’s 100% then he can make subscription based and actually MAKE MONEY unlike Twitter’s current open model. having to pay a subscription will not be “Good news” because it will no longer be free to users.
It would then be privately owned and he would not have to follow FCC regulations.
I mean the SEC not the FCC Brain fart
👍
Also Twitter is a private corporation they can suppress whoever voices they want
except it is PUBLICLY OWNED right now. If he takes it private it will be his own toy to play with.
It is not owned by the government
I owe Rock a Homeraide
‘Twitter’ is a dumb name. The site should be called ‘Short Bursts of Explosive Diarrhea’.
Did you see Florio’s latest short burst of explosive diarrhea?
No Ken, it is not owned by the government. It is owned by stock holders so it is regulated by the SEC. If he bought 100% it would no longer be regulated by the SEC. It is PUBLICLY traded and owned. Not PRIVATELY owned.
First I was talking about First amendment privileges do not apply. It is a private corporation that is publicly traded. You mentioned FCC but that doesn’t apply. Yes because it is publicly traded the SEC does apply but that is not what I was talking about. I was talking about Steve’s comment about the suppression of speech. Now I don’t owe you a Homeraide. I am taking it back. 😆
And then there is the Jets
That’s OK Ken. You can keep that nasty swill. It is poison. Makes your hair fall out. LOL
That explains a lot for the 2 of us lol
Look, even Scott Pioli has been drinking it. Just look at his ugly mug in that Short Bursts of Explosive Diarrhea above.
lol
Florio is basically a gossip queen more than he is a sports reporter.
Gossip queen works….lol.
Nothing substantive for sure…and his buddy Simms. What a pair?! Lmao!
I still think we need a ILB next to Baker vs LB by committee….seems like a hole to me.
Starting to think coaching may be able to improve OL performance since we filled 2 holes on it. Love for Dieter to improve significantly or find a replacement….strong backup with potential to replace at a minimum, is still needed, imo.
I have no idea what’s in store at RT….
The reason I don’t see ILB as a big need is because we play so much more nickel and dime like most teams do and Baker is the 3 down LB. On run down situations Roberts is a big hitter inside when we need that. I’d prefer we add another LB who can do what Baker does in case he ever goes down. Not sure with our picks we’ll be able to land that but you never know, Baker was a 3rd round pick.
As for RT I think Jackson and Eichenberg are going to compete there unless we move Hunt or Collins there.
Why, what is so special about today?
You actually read the words??????????
Recent interview with Tua.
bailbondmike
bailbondmike
Tim Knight
5h ago
BTW, Toba must be still digging out. Haven’t heard from him since he said it was coming.
Actually : Wednesday I drove to work , a little slick but driven through worse this year.. by noon visibility was getting shitty, boss told us finish up and go home .. and plan to work from home Thursday..1/2 way home skies were clear and sun was melting it almost as fast as coming down… decided to check grocery store for items I did not get Tuesday with the Idiot Hoarders.. shelves well stocked and hardly anyone shopping.. grabbed my beer for Friday family dinner and went home .. hiways around us started closing Wednesday afternoon.. 2 people made it into office today , I COULD have but didn’t see a need .. 90 % of businesses were closed for no real reason. Major Media/government over reaction.. kind of like NYC last year. Yes driveway required a snow blow, and highways are still closed to east and west
Between Covid last week and being sent home this week I’m Getting WAAAAY too comfortable with working from home 🤔🧐
Basically it is one shitter of a storm but mostly swirled all around us , we missed the really bad shit
Glad it missed you
We hit 94 today 😅
🖕
Tua Tagovailoa
I picked 10/15 middle of October to gauge hotel prices for the Fest and that Friday – Monday only costs just short of 1800 to stay at the Hard Rock in Hollywood. Wow
Sunbeach or whatever it’s called is like 375 lol
I believe that week his booked off by someone at work already … bitch !!
Wife wants 9ers game to land on / about Nov 10 her 55 birthday
Don’t worry the schedule isn’t out yet
55 wow she’s just a child lol no wonder she has so much energy
Yeah that’s it 🤔😊
To reiterate from last night, just try the PFF mock draft simulator… without changing the default settings. Post your results here on the blog… they make it very easy to do.
https://www.pff.com/draft/nfl-mock-draft-simulator?ref=dc969d88-3961-4a97-8c24-a16dfc35e380
I’m NOT recommending to do this!!!
BUT, if we were to REALLY go ALL-IN this year, this could be a possibility…
Sign FA Center JC Tretter and either of Melvin Ingram or Ant Barr
Then… https://www.pff.com/draft/nfl-mock-draft-simulator?ref=dc969d88-3961-4a97-8c24-a16dfc35e380&complete=7&draft_grade=C-&multi=false
Damn, that didn’t work.
Well we did show interest in Ingram. I’m sure we’ve looked into a lot of players. Money is probably the issue.
If we TRULY believe Chenal can be that guy for us, it might be worth exploring. However, I wouldn’t make this trade. By the way, Wyoming’s Chad Muma was there to take @ 41 as well.
I’m going to the Mets game tomorrow
If you re watching look for a piggy in the stands
What if Musk took over Twitter and turned the tables 180 degrees and sensors the left’s speech? They’d loose their shit
*lose
Yes, and I agree!
Piggy – have a great time at the Mets game! LGM!!!
How did you get to RD 2 M?
The trade I made is included at the top of the image. Again, I’m not sure I’d make the trade unless I was 100% convinced that we needed Chenal (or somebody else).
Steve,
IMO, there’s quite possibly nothing more important than #1A rights for every single human being. Most leftist Americans will never realize how essential it is to have as much. What’s going on in Shanghai right now is enough to make a grown man cry, but they have NO freedom of speech over there.
Godspeed, Elon Musk… PLEASE save this world from totalitarianism.
Steve, you and I agree on VERY MUCH… and this is yet another matter where we are quite firmly in agreement!
#1A
I have no idea what we’ll do in the draft. How could any of us predict #102? Will we use 2023 draft picks to trade back into this year’s draft to improve the team this year? No idea!!!
Our team is never going to be perfect, but we have a competitive core if projections goes right.
Same, regarding the Draft. But I’d be extraordinarily happy to come away with Melvin Ingram via FA.
Ingram makes sense in a rotational pass rush role. He fits the win now mode. Money is probably the discussion.
Could be $$$, or he could be another seasoned vet who doesn’t want to go through the rigamarole of mandatory camp dates and the like. Either way, it’s likely why he hasn’t signed as of yet. I hear ya.
Then again we met with Armstead and he didn’t sign until a week later.
Tim Knight says:
April 14, 2022 at 10:29 pm
Then again we met with Armstead and he didn’t sign until a week later.
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I think Armstead was looking for that one last $$$ deal before his age catches up with him, whereas Ingram is now a mercenary, chasing a ring. JMO.
He’s 32, he’s not dominant enough to demand much. Be a part of something special in Miami. 🙂
Yessir! That’s how I feel as well.
Ogbah, Phillips, Van Ginkel and Ingram would be a nice Edge group. Let’s not forget our interior guys – Wilkins, Davis, Sieler and Butler. Then we blitz our other LBs and DBs.
I liked Ingram when he was drafted. He never reached what I thought he would do but he’s still a good player. He provides vet depth at the least.
I would pass on Ingram unless we could get a very good team friendly contract . He hasn’t done much in the last two years, although he did make a few plays in the playoffs with KC.
Ingram isn’t a ‘finisher’ like he had been in his early days, but he still records QB pressures like nobody’s business. His pass-rush rate is still incredibly good. If the price is right, come on down like Bobby Barker to Miami.
This was his recent range.
https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/kansas-city-chiefs/melvin-ingram-9828/
That’s not terrible. Maybe a 1 year deal @$2-3 million?
It’s funny I say “that’s not bad” when that’s more money than I’ll make in my entire life.
mf13ss says:
April 13, 2022 at 9:47 pm
Also in the article…
Melvin Ingram: Updated contract projection: One year, $5 million fully guaranteed
Unless we get hit with a boatload of injuries we should be very competitive. We have much better talent on offense and the defense remains the same. STs has been solid and we’ll see which side of the pendulum we are in 2022.
When thinking about #102 in the 3rd round, I think you take the BPA that fell to you. If the #79 ranked prospect on your board is a DT, and the next best prospect is an OG at #94, who do you take?
If we stay pat with the draft we have and don’t use 2023 to do anything, just go BPA at any position. That will improve your roster even at a position of strength. A reach need pick maybe gets cut because he was never that good.
M13, I’m sure that’s what Ingram wants – 1 year $5M. What Brian mentioned ($2-3M) is probably what most teams are offering with incentives.
That mf13 trade gives up way too much for Chenal.
Wow, I’m just reading about some of the stuff Snyder is accused of. I can’t see this guy being a team owner much longer.
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“I mean, nothing gets the attention of NFL owners quite like money. And if the details provided this week by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform prove credible, , it’s apparent that Snyder misappropriated money from his NFL partners, as well as the season-ticket buyers whose security deposits totaling $5 million were allegedly stashed in Snyder’s coffers.”
“That Snyder allegedly used one set of books to count his earnings and another set to turn over to the NFL for the purposes of complying with the league’s bedrock principle of revenue sharing – which in turn dictates the revenue shared with NFL players as part of the collective bargaining agreement – is some kind of scam.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/nfl-must-face-unavoidable-truth-dan-snyder-has-to-go-opinion/ar-AAWc14x
I would assume that most billionaires are white collar criminals in on way or another. You don’t accumulate that type of money by playing by the rules.
That said, pretty stupid for him to be playing that game as an NFL owner.
He was ripping off other NFL owners though
Chenal looks limited as a 2 down thumper to me. He looks like he plays slower than his speed and seems slow to recognize plays from what I’ve seen. That can probably be coached up, but I definitely wouldn’t trade up for him. I don’t see him as a must get.
Odds are he’ll never be a 3 down LB, and we have Elandon Roberts who is this for us already. If we’re going to upgrade, that’s one thing, but not sure Chenal is an upgrade.
Happy Birthday Hulk!!!
Hulk smash punt birthday cake 🎂 😋
Happy Birthday Ken
Smash your birthday today Hulk
My kind of birthday
Chenal is limited in man pass coverage but fine in zone. With his monster size coupled with his quickness shooting gaps he is almost unstoppable. TE’s and RB’s can’t block him. If an OL is not squared up on him when he is blitzing, they can’t stop him either. The way our defense is run, he could play as a 3 down LB as he is very good at blitzing and does well sitting down in zones and reading QB eyes.
Yeah he may attack the wrong gap at times on run downs due to him trying to make a play before trying to diagnose the play or something like that. That can be coached out of him.
It’s the perfect time to bring a LB in like him who can learn over the course of the year from Roberts and Co.
I don’t know about that BBM – If we’re going to have one LB on the field it would be #55, and if we’re going to have 2, I would think AVG or even Phillips as an additional pass rusher would be more likely.
M13, I did the draft with PFF yesterday but couldn’t copy and paste.
To get Chenal I traded #102 plus a 2023 2nd and 2024 3rd. for #45.
#45 ILB Leo Chenal
#125 OC Cam Jurgens
#224 DT DJ Dale
#247 RB Kevin Harris
Not sure how I feel giving up 2 future picks like that.
Happy birthday, Hulkster
With all this said, I don’t see us trading up to the second round for someone who is a second rounder. I don’t see even Grier trading up that far unless it is a really special player. I do think Chenal has the potential to be special but don’t see us trading that far to get him. I could see us trading up into the top of the 3rd for someone who slides from the 2nd round.
I just look at all the players we are bringing in for visits. They are all 3rd round and later prospects.
Again, I don’t see us trading up unless someone they feel is special has slid down.
I could see them going with who they have brought in already:
#102 ILB/OLB Channing Tindall
#124 OT/OC Zach Tom
#224 BPA
#247 BPA
Happy Birthday HULK!!!!
I need to light a scented candle. Whole house stinks like liver. We have 2 small dogs we inherited who won’t eat dry food so we would mix can food with the dry. Then we found out how much fillers and cancer causing preservatives were in the canned food so now I make our own and they love it.
I chop up 1 pound of beef liver (while still frozen so not as nasty), dice up 2 sweet potatoes, add 1 can of green beans and 2 cups of instant brown rice. Vet says use brown rice as white rice is not good for them. Put it all in a pot and boil it up.
Put some in a tub in fridge then bag up the rest and freeze it. One batch usually lasts a week for our one medium size dog and 3 little ones.
This is why I don’t have a dog.
Too much like work.
It’s ken!
Happy Birthday Hulk 👍🎂
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/33742993/indianapolis-colts-signing-cb-stephon-gilmore-two-year-23m-contract-source-says
The John Jenkins and Morestead contracts finally hit. After subtracting the bottom 2 from the top 51, they only dented our cap space by a little.
We still have 20.2 mil to play with (per Over The Cap). SPOTRAC says more.
The cap hit for the next 5 players at the bottom of the top 51 is at around 1 mil. So, anyone we sign, we can basically subtract 1 mil to figure their cap hit.
If we were to sign Tretter at 8 mil and Ingram at 5mil, we would only be subtracting another 11 mil from our current top 51 cap space. We would still have around 9.2 left.
Our roster is at 70 right now with 20 spots available. Our 4 draft picks and say about 12-14 UDFA’s, we are still looking at about 2 or more FA signings.
Out of the 4 draft picks and 12-14 UDFA’s (16-18 players), only the 3rd rounder will probably crack the top 51. We have plenty of money.
The difference between the 2 cap sites is Howard is listed on Over as 9.8m and 8.2m on sportrac
When Tua was drafted most here said their only concern was for injury
When I mentioned he had a weak arm, most disagreed
When watching his tape, before the draft, I also noticed there was something different about him, he played fast, smooth and was polished, and comparing him to Herbert was night and day, so he’s who I wanted to draft
The light came on for Herbert about the time of his final bowl game, tape I didn’t see, and he’s been different ever since, but I digress as that isn’t my point
My point is Tua is still that QB I watched from Bama, the best college QB I’d ever seen at the time
IMO Brady has had the most success of any QB, because he’s mostly been unstoppable
Unstoppable because he takes what you give him, and mostly throws high percentage passes
Why did we win 8 of 9 last year? Because Tua has a lot of those same qualities Brady has, just can’t beat you with a strong arm, (although he is accurate deep) but is more mobile
Why were the ’72 Fins the only undefeated team? Because they used a lot of high percentage plays too and had a good D
When Herbert is on he’s unstoppable, when he’s not he is, result – win some games looking great, then lose some games while looking just ok
Tua’s game translates to looking the same consistently every week, this is what I expect from him this year
I was very high on Herbert and worried about Tua being too small to take the pounding.
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Since then, Tua has gotten way more jacked and weighs 217, which at 6′ ish is plenty stocky.
Herbert has played about as I expected which to me will be somewhat like Phillip Rivers’s career.
Tua could (should) become Brees 2.0 (NextGen Brees, not CloneBrees)) which would be awesome.
That’s like Bob Griese 5.2. (2 SBs)
I still don’t see Tua as having a “weak” arm. OF course he is not like the Bills guy whatshisname, but being able to hit a golf ball 600 yards is overkill.
I think Tua can scramble well enough to punish a D for laying off or leaving a lane open, and he is not a sitting fuck back there, so that is good.
When you can hit a golf ball 600 yards you don’t have to be in a perfect body stance to throw it deep, you can just flick the ball and it goes 50 yards
Tua on the other hand doesn’t get the ball downfield quick enough, every throw is a lob, so unless the receiver is wide open he’s throwing contested balls prone to ints, and why he likely doesn’t throw downfield much
Happy Birthday to the Big Green Guy!!
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Sometimes I wonder how I graduated 3rd grade.
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Why does your pic show and mine just show the link?
Only some links make the pic come out For instance, a string that ends in jpeg means the pic will. There also may be some way to alter one like the one you put out to make it pop….. but that’s beyond me.
PEBKAC
Happy Birthday Ken.
bailbondmike says:
April 15, 2022 at 9:30 am
Chenal is limited in man pass coverage but fine in zone. With his monster size coupled with his quickness shooting gaps he is almost unstoppable. TE’s and RB’s can’t block him. If an OL is not squared up on him when he is blitzing, they can’t stop him either. The way our defense is run, he could play as a 3 down LB as he is very good at blitzing and does well sitting down in zones and reading QB eyes.
Yeah he may attack the wrong gap at times on run downs due to him trying to make a play before trying to diagnose the play or something like that. That can be coached out of him.
It’s the perfect time to bring a LB in like him who can learn over the course of the year from Roberts and Co.
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I agree with this assessment, I was just saying I wouldn’t trade up for him.
I agree about not trading up for him also, unless he slides to the 3rd round say in the late 70’s or later where it will cost less. Then again, I would also be happy with Tindall, Anderson or Clark at #102.
Thank you everyone for the birthday wishes
Thank you Stanger.
Naples, sometimes when you “copy image address” the file route will include modifiers to change the size or the placement of the photo. If it is a .JPG it will often be followed by a ?and then the modifiers. If you delete everything after .jpg (the modifiers) then the photo will post here no problem.
I still have problems if it is a .png file. They seem to be hit or miss.
When you paste look at the file address and find the .jpg and delete everything back to the g of jpg.
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In this example everything from the ? on (width=660&height=441, etc etc) are the modifiers and will prevent the picture from showing here.
doesn’t always work
I can’t wait to see what our offense comes out and does this season. I know it will be better scheme wise, but I want to see it. No more having three guys on one side of the line run routes that end up within 5 yards of each other! We have TWO weapons now Waddle and Hill should be on different sides of the ball. If see plays called that bunch them within one zone again like I saw constantly last year I am going to lose all confidence pretty quick.
Never want to wish my time / life away, but I want shit to hurry up already! LOL
This thought came to mind because I have read 3-4 blog post or newspaper articles since we traded for Hill that say you can’t double both of those guys and it SHOULD make it an easy pick for TUA 1a or 1b because they can’t double both. That got me thinking about the formations and routes we ran last season with the Cocos and how they were constantly being shut down by one zone guy.
that was a crappy offense, wasn’t it?
My high school ran more innovative shit than that.
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apropos to what you said above, tape from McDaniel offense shows lots of misdirection and motion pre snap to both read the LBs and confuse their keys.
Many times 2 or 3 players on the defense were schemed right out of the play from the getgo, so it was 10 on 8 in favor of the offense, which is much easier to block, which should help out our OL.
Ima gonna start off Friday night songs a little early. Theme: positive outlooks for this season
DONT STOP BELIEVIN’ !!!
Happy Birthday Ken!
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Happy Birthday Ken! 🥳
Thank you
Happy Bday Big Green Guy
Thank you
Further to Rocks theme… I will save my Planned theme for next week …
Highest graded Kickers since 2020 on PFF
🥇 Justin Tucker: 93.3
🥈 Jason Sanders: 87.8 🐬
🥉 Cairo Santos: 87.5
Sigh
I wouldn’t be mad at this at #102.
“Draft Wire predicts the Dolphins will get Cincinnati edge defender with pick No. 102”
Edge/OLB Myjai Sanders, 6’4 242. In 2021, Pro Football Focus gave him a 20.2% pass-rush win rate, which is comparable to Jaelan Phillips’ 20.4% he received before he was taken in the first round of last year’s draft.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=myjai+sanders+highlights
Oops…
BPA on the board leaning towards need if the value is there.
Yep, he could be one of a few to choose from.
A blast from the early 90’s rock scene.
Some Dolphins stuff.
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/is-dolphins-offense-set-to-explode-how-mike-mcdaniel-can-use-tyreek-hill-jaylen-waddle-to-get-most-from-tua/
Happy B-day, Hulkster… YBGF! 😀
bailbondmike says:
April 15, 2022 at 9:36 am
M13, I did the draft with PFF yesterday but couldn’t copy and paste.
To get Chenal I traded #102 plus a 2023 2nd and 2024 3rd. for #45.
#45 ILB Leo Chenal
#125 OC Cam Jurgens
#224 DT DJ Dale
#247 RB Kevin Harris
Not sure how I feel giving up 2 future picks like that.
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Absolutely agreed… the cost is too high, IMO, and not just for Leo Chenal. Thus, we’ve demonstrated roughly what it would take to trade up for a decent prospect in the 2nd round… hence the purpose of the exercise.
That said — unless we love a ‘can’t miss prospect’ — I don’t forecast any radical trade-ups. Maybe slight trade-ups, but nothing big like jumping into round 1 or 2. Again, JMO.
It definitely has to be for a prospect that we have a high grade on and he’s still there in the 2nd round where we feel we can pounce.
Right on, and that’s should we choose to pull the trigger. The cost will be high, as BBMike and I have demonstrated… via PFF, at least.
I’m really not big on trading future capital to entertain the needs of today, being so much can happen over the course of one year. For instance, what IF for whatever crazy reason either Mike McDaniel or Chris Grier are fired? Having a thin 2023 Draft class would deter a future HC or GM from coming here.
IF we pull the trigger on a trade-up using future capital, we’d better be DAMN sure the player is worth it… dare I say a potential generational talent.
For the Hulkster on his B-day…