Polian.." Dolphins doing a really good job""..some think "Mitchell is the steal."

Where can I buy Super Bowl tickets? It's a lock!

 

Ugh now we'll be lucky to win 4 games.

 

Sounds like battered fan syndrome.

 

Sounds like a broken sarcasm detector.

 

I like Mitchell, but Polian's endorsement does nothing for me. The game left him a long time before the Colts left him, and he's even worse in his current role.

 

Were you referring to the team or those new features that would land South Florida a SB?

 

You know some guys can recognize individual talent but be crappy GMs.

 

I think if Mosley fell to us, they'd go for him. Not sure they'd pick what essentially would be a guard at 19, that would be a need pick all the way through, and Hickey has said he prefers to go with BPA. I think one of the top TE's may also be a possibility or maybe even Brandin Cooks, considering they really liked Tavon Austin last year.

 

Man, how great would it be if DJ really steps up and becomes a dominant pass rusher? Our D would be sick. Wake needs someone else to get good pressure and free him up from double teams and RB chips, etc. A guy with his potential and physical attributes, could really be something special for this D. It's still a big IF, but that could take the D to another level, but i guess, at this point, we'll just have to hope.

 

Is Mitchell going to be playing 1-technique or 3-technique or both? That's one thing I'm confused by.

 

polian just loves quick dts. he almost had an orgasm talking about aaron donald after the combine.

 

Polian loves Mitchell. Had him ranked number 6 on his list of free agents. Not sure how much that means, but it's good to hear I guess.

 

Thanks, I just caught that vibe in his interview.

 

I don't see Patterson coming back to Miami but it would be nice. I just think he would be too expensive. They saved $5M off of him so we'll see.

 

Should be a very good fit Here. I aghree that his skillset will play bettr in our system. How much better, we'll have to see

 

Even if he were serious, we deserve it.

 

With so many injuries, I think the best he can hope for is a one year prove me deal.

 

Bill Polian has been flat-out awful on ESPN the last few days.

 

Wasn't aware of injury history of Mosley; elbow, hip and shoulder.

http://www.nfl.com/combine/profiles/c.j.-mosley?id=2543464

Seems like a high pick for a guard in Martin, but I would be hopeful that he can play guard for 2-3 years, play LT if Albert gets hurt, and take over at LT when Albert leaves. Not very sexy.

 

Have you seen our schedule? Im not sure I believe with any upgrades we make this offseason that were going to win more than 8-9 games max... Do you think otherwise??

Home: Buffalo Bills, New England Patriots, New York Jets, Kansas City Chiefs, San Diego Chargers, Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, Baltimore Ravens

Away: Buffalo Bills, New England Patriots, New York Jets, Denver Broncos, Oakland Raiders, Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, Jacksonville Jaguars

I see use splitting evenly within division so 3 loses there, Losing to Denver, GreenBay, Chargers, KC, and Chicago (8 Loses)
Winning: 3 division games so 3 wins there, beating Minnesota, Jacksonville, Oakland, Ravens, Detroit (8 Wins)

So again next year were sitting outside the playoffs with a mid teens draft point... Again *****ing next offseason... I know things can change but this is how i see it right now..

 

You seem to be upsetting yourself for no good reason.

 

Bill Polian is also the kind of guy who is going to love the specific style defensive tackle that Mitchell is.

He's almost certainly going to be the 1-technique. He's just a different style.

 

Could you elaborate? I'm getting answers saying both techniques.

 

I can see what you're trying to say and the frustration it might bring, but give it a chance....We didn't start the season yet.

 

Odrick played around 870+ snaps last year. More then any of our DT's. We basically use a 3 man rotation. If anything we could probably use a more solid 4th guy to swallow up the depth guys snaps and maybe give Starks about 50-100 snaps less to keep him fresh.

Starks: 742
Odrick: 876
Soliai: 572
Austin: 28
Martin: 32
Aaitui: 36

Besides it sounds like Mitchell is going to take over Soliai's spot in the end unless we got another move to find a more stout guy. I don't see Starks or Odrick filling that spot on the DL full time.

 

There sure were games last year where those guys could have used a blow. They had some games w/ lots of snaps on D and some series that were really long as well.

 

That's why I don't think we are absolutely done at DT. Could be a 4th guy signing on the cheap.........could be a day 3 draft pick. I just don't think we are done there.

 

Would not be so sure about that one, Patterson violates the #1 rule of player acquisition:

"..they have be healthy and be out on the field.."

He has mkt value, the question is how much value with him missing significant time the last 2 seasons with lingering injuries.

Suspect we landed our top 3 FA targets, Starks/Mitchell/Albert, now we manage Cap space and see where the market settles on the middle class FA's we may be interested in signing.

Rb's typical go into FA with high expectations, the league simply won't pay them what they think they are worth, would love to see a MJD in Miami if the price is right

 

When Soliai(and guys like him) play 1-technique positions it is pretty straight forward what they're going to do. They're going to be easy to block, but them being blocked is less likely to open a lane(holding their ground against blockers) and more likely to open a numbers issue(drawing a double team, etc.).

The idea with a guy like Earl Mitchell is he's harder to get blocked and harder to anticipate what he's doing. He can stunt and attack a variety of gaps, and he'll be quicker to the point where he can cause a problem with a blocker trying to square up on him if he's fast enough off the snap. He won't be as good when he's successfully blocked but the idea is that he's harder to do so on.

He's a 1-technique in Houston. I think to an extent people are barking up the wrong tree suggesting he was miscast because it was a 3-4 because it's the same technique and the same kind of responsibilities.

 

I saw his pressor as well. Certainly sounds like a 3 technique. Between him, Starks, and Odrick we've cornered the market on 3 techniques................

 

I don't think he said anything about techniques, and it's the same positioning in a 3-4 or 4-3. I wouldn't be shocked if they gave him a shot to earn play time at other positions. They could also have more willingness to end up with Odrick or Starks at a 1-technique, be it by design or shifting in a direction rather than having guys switch spots if a shift changes strongside or weakside directions.

 

How about this 3-4 look?

Wake -- Odrick -- Starks -- AARON DONALD -- Vernon/Jordan

Would be awesome on 3rd down.

 

Starks can play 1 technique too, just as well. Starks can do anything.

 

Green Bay, Chicago, sd, and kc are all toss ups IMO. Could go either way and they might depend on home field. More importantly, we have to do better in the division, which isn't a huge stretch goal