http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/...-believe-its-my-time-20120518,0,3683256.story Lydon Murtha puttin out the word that he wants to be our starting right tackles, looks forward to the competition with new rookie Jon Martin, says he's all healthy, has been with the strength coaches all offseason, and is in excellent shape (that's a good boy), People have anointed the starting position of right tackle already to Martin, however, this kid is highly athletic, he seems to be a scheme fit, and Ive see a few weaknesses in Martins game to think that it wont be an easy win, I say bring it on Baby, let the best man win,in a win win situation, first win,the player that replaces Columbia will be an upgrade after this competition, and 2nd, our depth will be vastly improved.. Should be pretty fierce, Martin is a tough minded player.
Sorta OT: Murtha is a really cool guy. You can often find him Friday night at the weekly car show in the Tower Shops off of 84 & University. He is out there talking about his red Mustang pretty often. He's a nice person and takes the time to talk with ya about cars which is pretty sweet.
Not so sure. If Incognito has grown used to the left side (which he's played two years now) then you should probably leave him there. Perfect world to me, Martin starts at Right Tackle and Murtha starts at Right Guard.
Perfect world is they all stay healthy and we have quality depth at one of our worst positions. Usually that world barely makes it out of TC.
Not necessarily OH, we want them both to play evenly outstanding, and be versatile, want it to be a very tough decision,if one can take the tackle position and the other take the guard, how happy would we be?..Just gotta think about each skillset at guard.
Yep, suits me fine and really what I'd like to see happen. Murtha's problem is he is made of glass, literally, he calls Joe Toledo "durable". John Jerry looked good at LT filling in for Big Jake, would like to see him in OL mix as well.
What else would he say? That he is going to just resign himself to being a backup to Martin? I remember him saying the same thing a year ago. The first thing he needs to figure out is how to stay healthy and on the field.
Hmm, they both have played about as often, both had lower leg issues, both were thought to be answers for the OL. To me, they simply must find a way to recoupe some value from John Jerry, he should not be just written off do to regime change.
There isn't a lot of hope for the offense to make big strides if our Oline and WR corps don't improve. Hopefully he steps up to the plate.
With Marshall not being a number one maybe these young recievers will rotate more often and help wear down the D's running full speed routes more often.
He threatens Joe Toledo status. He came into the league injured and has spent most of his time injured.
As far as the WRs unit goes, the Dolphins just really need Michael Egnew to be all that was advertised.
Well it was just pre-season, but Murtha looked great at LT. I'd feel better starting out the season with a veteran OL but if Martin is dominant then it's all gravy.
I think the passing game improves BECAUSE Marshall is not there and it's a better scheme with a better coach. The OL? Cannot possibly be worse than Columbo.
True, all I'm looking for is improvement at both positions, and considering what was there last year, a good competition with two healthy players presents a good chance.
"Great" is not the word I'd use to describe Murtha last preseason. He was a passable LT, about all you could hope for as a backup at that position, IMO.
It boggles the mind to try and grasp why Sparano couldn't see what a liability Colombo was, and at least try Garner or Jerry there after a few games. Not only pass blocking, but both Bush and Thomas had their lowest avg per carry running behind RT.
There were many of those moments, how bout Henning running a Ricky Williams half back pass at the one yard line, when we just completely demolished the bills on the ground all the way up til that point, how bout not using a guy with a 46 inch vertical on field goal block team, how bout running consistent fades on terrible down and distance situations, not going after the right tightends, not playing Cam Wake more in his rookie year.
