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phunwin Happy kids are Dolfans. Luxury Box
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I think alot of people saw this coming.
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Yeah, it was somewhat seen coming but still caught me a little by surprise. How often does a team cut a 91% field goal kicker from the previous season? I have my doubts about Carpenter. He has a strong leg but can he make the big time kicks?
We had salary cap room so we could have kept him without any problems. I don't understand this move to be honest.HULKFish likes this. -
He was an outspoken players union rep, therefore he had to go. Parcells and Co. won't stand for him trying to speak out against them breaking the status quo they establish. Nothing personal, just business.
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why not trade him?
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Lets hope that Carpenter gets the job done. If not, we'll be bringing others in for tryouts.
I know the Saints have Grammatica in a battle with the rookie they drafted in the seventh round. There is never a shortage of kickers. -
No biggie
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For what, a half eaten bag of Doritos and a flat Diet Coke? No one will give up squat for a kicker they know will walk. That way, they can negotiate his contract without having to eat the crap deal he's already got. -
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So we get rid of a good FG kicker who sucks at kickoffs, and replace him with a kicker who also sucks at kickoffs and may be good at FGs.
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from what i have seen of this guy, he has a big leg and has been pretty accurate. The front office went to save some cash instead of hoping Feely would be healthy. I just hope it wont cost us a game is all.texasPHINSfan likes this. -
Georgia Fin likes this.
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Didn't Carpenter drill that first field goal off of the dirt at like 40+ yards Saturday night, that was pretty impressive. :yes:
That being said this is still a dumb move, actually its a Cameron like move, because when you have a good kicker you keep him. Plus if he was cut because he was outspoken for the player's union then I lose some respect for Parcells and Co. (well I never liked Parcells' personality or mindset in the first place, sometimes he puts together a good team sometimes he doesn't until someone else takes over the reigns...ie the Cowboys).
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I did not reaslly take me by suprise I saw this coming. But I just dont understand a 91% field goal kicker and we get rid of him. But Carpenter should be good. I hope he can hit the big kicks.
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I don't like it. It's not a smart move, IMHO. Still, it's not as if our making the playoffs this season hinges on having Feeley as kicker.
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I like this move. Bring in a fresh leg and let's see what the kid can do. He hit those two 40+ yard FG's last week let's see how he does this week.
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i'm kind of confused why a lot of people are unhappy with this or questioning the move.
you have two kickers on your roster.
One is a veteran, $1M+ salary, currently is injured, and is vocal and a players rep. The other is an undrafted rookie free agent, getting next to squat in pay, is practicing very well, has outperformed the vet in practice, is healthy, and is confidently booting LONG fieldgoals off dirt in the preseason game.
what is to debate? i think it's pretty straight-forward to me. :)
also, to those asking about trading.... other teams know what is going on, no one is going to give us anything. you better bet that parcells & co were trying the trade angle first. for all we know Feely could have been on the block the last two weeks. :up:His'nBeatYour'n and Big E like this. -
They did try to trade Feely, no takers.
I don't know why so many see this as such a negative. Yes, Feely was great last year for the Dolphins. But I'm much more optimistic in that I see this as a sign of faith in Carpenter.
With him and Fields, wouldn't it be nice to have two young kickers we don't have to worry about for the next 5-10 years?
I see this as a good sign. Like when Jimmy Johnson cut Jack Del Rio because of how impressive Zach Thomas was. -
Jack Del Rio played for the Dolphins??:tongue2:
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I don't get this move at all.
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I think this had more to do with health than anything. Didn't TS just talk about it being playing time and not injury time? I think you will se people that can't stay on the field go away. Seems to be Bill's MO.
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Like posted earlier he's injured plus he's being out hustled by the rook. If we can go with a younger less expensive kicker and it works, by all means, lets do it. A kicker is the least of our concerns right now anyways, let Henne do the kicks for all I care, I just want a winning team. -
I don't blame them for cutting Feely...He annoyed me last season with the way he talked so much, he just joined the team and talked like he'd been a dolphin for 10 years through thick and thin...I dunno, just always was like "stfu feely" whenever he always inevitably had something to say about everything.
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Exactly he is a kicker. Now I know he can win or lose games for us. But he is not going to "keeek a touchdown". Kickers should be appreciated when they do well and ridiculed when they screw up, but they should never be an outspoken player for a team unless he has been there with tenure.
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Well after reading a few articles about how and what was said to Feely prior to the cuts. Than saying the competition was not even close kinda bugs me..
For thos who have not read this..
http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_rumors/view/61895
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After reading this blog article about Carpenter, I feel we did the right thing:
http://www.thephinsider.com/2008/8/13/592434/getting-to-know-dan-carpen -
Carpenter is cheaper, younger and doesn't talk as much.
feely is proven, loud and expensive.
If we were a favorite to go into the playoffs and needed a reliable leg, feely would have been kept. Since were not, get the kid experience along with the rest of the young team, so he is the reliable kicker that is needed a few years from now.
This move made total sense. We will have a less expensive good kicker and we released a player with a high salary. -
No. There's a difference between having a big mouth and actually doing stuff that's harmful to your organisation. Feely certainly wasn't on the quiet side but I've never heard him say anything that could honestly be considered as harmful to the Miami Dolphins. Actually, I find it quite refreshing to have on my team a guy who's got a brain and something to say instead of the horribly unbearable PR junk that comes out of everyone else's mouths. But that's just me. Generally speaking I don't particularly fancy it when adult people are told what and when they are allowed to say something. If the guy said something harmful - cut away. Feely didn't. He was cut because Parcells prefers his players to be little puppets with strings attached and I prefer the people running the team I'm fond of not to be complete jerks who believe that an NFL team has to be run like a Soviet Gulag. -
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