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Vince Wilfork wants to be released

Discussion in 'Miami Dolphins Forum' started by dolfan40, Mar 13, 2014.

  1. dolfan40

    dolfan40 Well-Known Member

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    NFL.com's Ian Rapoport reports Patriots DT Vince Wilfork has requested his release

    Bring him home..
     
  2. seabass0795

    seabass0795 New Member

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    We already signed Starks and Mitchell though. Also, anyone think if we bring him to Miami we switch to a 3-4?
     
  3. SICK

    SICK Lounge Moderator

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    Santaluces high school. From south FLA. U of M.

    however.....He will NOT want to sign here. Dude wants to get another ring.
     
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  4. fins104

    fins104 New Member

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    Not sure of the need but it can't hurt to have him.
     
  5. Paul 13

    Paul 13 Chaotic Neutral & Unstable Genius Staff Member

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    doubt he'd want to come here... probably wants to go to a legit contender. like Denver.
     
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  6. Larryfinfan

    Larryfinfan 17-0...Priceless Club Member

    33 yr old NT, coming off an Achilles' injury... I just wonder how much they wanted him to 'cut' his salary? Given that he's one of their stars, I'm sure he took it very, very personal. However, that's the 'Patriot Way' and everyone there must conform...

    I don't see us being interested in Wilfork except for the really, really cheap... We are pretty much set at the DT position and he doesn't exactly fit into our scheme, not that for the right price I'd consider it...

    Some 3/4 team will snap him up pretty quickly...wonder if Hotlanta is having buyers remorse over Soliai now ??
     
  7. finwin

    finwin Active Member

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    Another reason to upgrade our OL and running game and not pass the ball 35-40 times a game.
     
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  8. Fame

    Fame Well-Known Member

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  9. Disgustipate

    Disgustipate Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    I was under the impression that he said he hated the Dolphins shortly after he was drafted despite growing up here and going to UM.
     
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  10. Unlucky 13

    Unlucky 13 Team Raheem Club Member

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    He's hated the Fins his whole life, we have much bigger needs now, and he's bound to completely fall apart sooner rather than later. No thanks. Glad he's done in NE though.
     
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  11. RGF

    RGF THE FINSTER Club Member

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    Jason Taylor hated the Jets too......................
     
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  12. Ohio Fanatic

    Ohio Fanatic Twuaddle or bust Club Member

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    No thank you.
     
  13. Coral Reefer

    Coral Reefer Premium Member

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    Back in Miami
    He has openly stated he disliked the Dolphins even growing up down here as well.
    So on both accounts he won't sign here and good riddance!
     
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  14. Coral Reefer

    Coral Reefer Premium Member

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    Yep but not everyone has that shallow a price tag.
     
  15. BicketyBam

    BicketyBam No Fist Pumps Allowed

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    He would fit the Jets scheme ;)
     
  16. 54Fins

    54Fins "In Gase we trust"

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    over there
    This is true.....
     
  17. 77FinFan

    77FinFan Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    Not sure how he will bounce back, but man has he been dominant for years. Total stud.
     
  18. FinSane

    FinSane Cynical Dolphins Fan

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    Last time he was a FA he said it would be a dream come true to play for us or the Bucs.
     
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  19. DPlus47

    DPlus47 Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    If he wants to stick it to NE, Denver is the way to go, and if he just wants to win, San Francisco. Other places where he fits the scheme (e.g. NYJ) don't make sense from a winning standpoint. He doesn't fit what the Dolphins do, regardless of his personal feelings.
     
  20. FinSane

    FinSane Cynical Dolphins Fan

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    He can also play DT in a 4-3 pretty effectively as well. However I believe we want quicker, penetrating DTs rather than stout, run stuffing types like Wilfork. Though he is effective at getting to the QB.
     
  21. rdhstlr23

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    My worry is the Jets get him. I think it's always a plus when you can take a productive player from a division rival and add him. Shame we jumped on Mitchell.

    Just not sure we have the bandwith due to Starks, Mitchell, Odrick. How would that rotation look?

    Just hope he gets out of the division and conference.
     
  22. Clark Kent

    Clark Kent Fighter of the Nightman

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    Really? Someone correct me If I have Wilfork confused, but isn't this the same guy who once said he was glad Miami didn't draft him because he hated the Dolphins?
     
  23. padre31

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    What folks may not realize is, Willfork and Brady ate a huge amount of the Pasties cap room
     
  24. MAFishFan

    MAFishFan Team Tannehill

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    That's a BIG sandpaper condom.
     
  25. seabass0795

    seabass0795 New Member

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    This one is a recent report, said playing in Florida for a team would be a dream come true
     
  26. Da 'Fins

    Da 'Fins Season Ticket Holder Staff Member Club Member

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    Any thought of Wilfork is just irritating. We should had brought him here in 2004 instead of drafting Vernon Carey. Such a fail to draft Carey and watch Wilfork go two slots after. It was disappointing when it happened and still is. I hated the Carey pick then and still do. Miami needed toughness and physicality and they chose a finesse RT over a beast.

    Ironic at the thought of his coming here when so many defended picking Carey over Wilfork for several years into their careers - when it was obvious Carey was a soft, inconsistent, RT in poor shape and Wilfork was a giant boulder for the Pats and the foundation of the defensive side of the ball for them for the past decade. Further irony that the guy Carey replaced - Wade Smith - is still playing and has been a starter the last 4 years.
     
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  27. Disgustipate

    Disgustipate Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    There was never any point where Carey was soft or inconsistent until he was injured. The guy played well from pretty much when Saban took over until he had injury issues late in his career, and was one of the top couple Right Tackles in the league for a stretch. The idea that Carey was a "finesse" player was bizarre and I'm not sure how you could be so wildly off the mark on a guy who played for the team for so long.
     
  28. Vertical Limit

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    Also didn't Wilfork blew out his knee or Achilles? I'm not confident that a guy his size and age will come back 100% from that, he's probably even gained more weight since he hasn't been able to become active athletically. So I don't blame the Patriots for wanting him to take a paycut, and I would stay the hell away as well.
     
  29. Da 'Fins

    Da 'Fins Season Ticket Holder Staff Member Club Member

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    He was middling. He was never a dominant RT in the run game - which is what Miami needed. Sorry, your desire to be a contrarian shines through once again. Carey was always overrated by several and I wasn't the only one who disagreed on that and do now. He was a middle-class blocker at best even when Completely Healthy. He was serviceable, no doubt. But at best he was a 2nd-3rd round talent.

    It was a total fail to take him over Wilfork - as was defending that selection for years.
     
  30. Disgustipate

    Disgustipate Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    Carey being in any shape a bad player or a disappointment is lazy revisionist history that is looking for some sort of clean cautionary tale on how the wrong thing got done and how it's so emblematic of where the Dolphins went wrong and it's ridiculous.

    By the by:
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    2007- Carey was the 6th rated LT(13th among tackles), and had run blocking 4th overall among tackles
    2008- Carey was the 4th rated RT(7th among tackles), and 20th rated run blocking among tackles
    2009- Carey was the 3rd rated RT(5th among tackles), and 4th best run blocking among tackles

    He had an injury plagued 2010 and fell off after that, but he was also quite good before that. I'm not sure what the fixation is on run blocking, either.
     
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