Oh well.
Dolphins cut Dion Jordan, parting ways with their most disappointing draft pick ever
http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/nfl/miami-dolphins/article141994854.html
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Puka-head My2nd Fav team:___vs Jets Club Member
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Well that never quite worked out now did it?
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I remember being so excited when we drafted him, he was THE player I wanted. It really sucks how he basically pissed away his career the way he has.
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Sometimes I am wrong. Very, very wrong. Wow, was I wrong.finsfandan, Tin Indian, Gaijin and 3 others like this. -
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Between 2005 and 2011 twenty teams had the same or less FA's than the Pats. During this span, the Pats had a winning % of .800. Out of those 20 teams with less FA's than the Pats, 10 failed to win at least half of their games.
The Steelers, who had less FA's than the Pats, were the next highest team in the NFL with a .688 winning %. The Jets and Bills each had fewer FA's than the Pats and had a .513 and .375 winning %, respectively.
The Lions had the greatest number of FA's and had a .313 winning % and the Saints had the second highest number of FA's and had a .650 winning %.
The Packers had the least number of FA's and had a .613 and the Colts had the 2nd fewest and had a .638 winning %.
Dolphins were around the average in terms of number of FA's and had a .400 winning %. -
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It will be interesting to see if anyone picks up Jordan and gives him a 2nd chance (well, really a 5th chance but who's counting?). I think he can still be a great player in the league IF he can get his head on straight. I can't name sources but a little birdie told me there may be some mental evaluations involved with the decision to move on.
Still, I wish the guy the best of luck finding a new career or resurrecting himself in the NFL. We make it out like he was a massive bust but I really didn't see that- the team told him to bulk up and his personal trainer convinced him to take a shortcut. Then he was bummed out and smoked a few joints- almost everyone these days has done that (including most NFL players). Just bad luck and even worse timing...it just wasn't meant to be. The talent was once there though; that's undeniable.finsfandan likes this. -
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Such a waste of resources, spending that first and second rounder for Jordan. Funny, that at the time it was a GREAT deal trading up that far for just a second rounder. I was hoping against hope that he might turn it around, but no surprise he has been cut.
The only way this could get worse? If he got picked up by another team and had some success on the field. Not really worried about that though, as he seems to lack any real desire to succeed.finsfandan and KeyFin like this. -
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Looking back at the 2013 draft class, especially the top ten, it really has turned out to be a pretty poor class:
- busts: Luke Joeckel, Jordan, Barkeviois Mingo, Jonathan Cooper, Dee Milliner
- debatable: Tavon Austin, Chance Warmac
- solid: Eric Fischer, Lane Johnson, Ezekiel Ansah
If you expand it, there was a better success rate in the bottom half of the first round than the top half. So not really the best top end draft in recent memory, but did we mess up trading up for him. Even at the time I wasn't sure it was a good idea, I preferred to stay at 12, or used our 3rd pick on Johnson. But hey ho, that's history and so is Jordan. Que Jordan breaking out elsewhere...danmarino likes this. -
Pats will take a chance
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When I think about the decision to cut Dion Jordan, I think of those guys waiting in the parking lot of team facilities with a sign begging for a try out.. and then i think yea, cut this loser. He had the opportunity of the lifetime to try to be successful in this league. You can respect the guy had he made it as a star or had he been average. But the guy literally didnt even try.. he wasted our resources and our time, and thank god for Gase we werent setback for too long because of it. -
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On top of that Ireland drafted him to be a 3-4 edge rushing OLB when our coaches were running a 4-3. So when he shows up in the lockerroom he wasn't exactly greeted with enthusiasm and open arms since he wasn't big enough and lacked the pass rush moves to be a 4-3 DE and wasn't smart/skilled enough to be a 4-3 OLB.
So we drafted the wrong guy for the wrong reason and gave him to the wrong coaches and then wondered why he became a bust.SocaCasualuk and hitman8 like this. -
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What a waste of talent and physical ability.
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Never wanted him, Never understood why we traded up to get him, Never understood why they didn't use him as an OLB.
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Another one of Ireland's smelly old floaters finally flushed.
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Man what could have been. Should have stayed pat that year and drafted Kyle Long at 12.
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I didn't like the pick at all at the time, but I was willing to support it. I thought that Lane Johnson without a doubt would be the pick. WTF?
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Puka-head My2nd Fav team:___vs Jets Club Member
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Just look at how a guy like cam wake can go undrafted while dion jordan gets drafted 3rd overall. That tells you all you need to know about NFL talent evaluators. They are generally clueless.
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Lets look at our drafted SS's of recent memory, and I'm gonna be a bit loose with the term SS, Jayjay is only one season but, Miller, Matthews, Landry, Pouncey, Long, Jones, Clay, Davis, Soliai, OV, Madison, JT, Zach and Surtain.
Unfortunately that about covers it for quite some time, 3 of those are 1sts, both OL guys with injury problems and Davis, the rest range from the 2nd to 7th.
There's been more and more talk about higher picks year after year it seems, but the truth is, the league is built on 2nd through 5th round draft picks, there's only one 1st round every year, but there are 6 other rounds every year, so obviously the league is built with guys outside the 1st.
What this means? The teams with the best talent evaluators build the best teams, the Steelers have 1 top 10 pick since 1990, and it's not even Ben, and they don't sign big name FAs, period. The Pats since BB, big name FA's coming in is rare, getting picks for losing talent? They always seem to have extra picks.
Good teams draft well, that's never going to change under the current format, where every player in the league comes through the draft, lol, but if your guys can't draft for ****, then yeah, you might as well trade your picks for players.Puka-head likes this.
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