Yes, dream big. I can't wait to get our pass rush team Wake/Jordan on the field. It will happen this season with a healthy DJ!

 

Did Armando Salguero just report that he's "been told" that Dion Jordan wants to better in 2014 than 2013 and then spin it as news!?

Slow news day.

 

That's what I want to hear! Now let's get Mosley in here and make this a top 5 defense!
I keep flip-flopping between offense and defense in the first round, but I made up my mind, I want Mosley for these reasons:

1) This defense is a good MLB away from being great. Let's make the most of Wake's, Grimes' and Starks' last few years of productivity. With Mosley in at MLB, we are solid at all positions on defense, with maybe the only question mark being CB opposite Grimes.

2) With the addition of Albert, Smith, Moreno, and most importantly, Lazor, our offense is already much better than it was last year. OL can be had in the later rounds, and even WR for depth.

3) If Tannehill is indeed the QB we've been waiting for, he'll make the offense better either way, and we'll eventually have a top offense... next season he'll have everything he needs to succeed, even without the addition of playmakers through the draft. If he is NOT the answer at QB, then the addition of playmakers won't make too much of a difference and we'll need a top-notch defense anyway (see: Stafford, Dalton).

 

I wonder if he's gained any weight.

 

That is most of the offseason.

 

Actually the most interesting tidbit was the line "(By the way, the Dolphins are not making coaches and players available to legitimate media during this period)."

Does that mean that Mando was included in the illegitmate group ?? hehehe

 

Having him in the building, especially of his own choosing, can only be a good thing. Having Wake there as an excellent role model is another. The D Line group as a whole should have about the most solid group of veterans and leaders on the team, so hopefully that can all help push Jordan to make the most of himself. We can only hope the staff uses him the right way too.

 

The weight thing isn't a concern. Of course he's going to gain muscle now that his shoulder is fully healed and he can start working out properly again.

 

I'm still interested to see if they add someone that will lop Francis off the roster. I know they've shown interest in Will Sutton, Caraun Reid, and there's that rumor of interest in Ed Stinson from last week. All 3 of those guys, to me, make Francis expendable.

 

It's not exactly being "content" with our skill players per se, it's more about managing our resources in the best way possible. Sure, I'd love to be able to draft some great skill players, but with our limited draft picks there is no way we can do everything we want to do all in one year... so I say tweak up the defense and OL and if RT17's the real deal, everything will come into place, even with the skill players we already have on the team.

Last year we were a Branden Albert away from making the playoffs and we've kept all of our offensive weapons and are changing up our offense with Lazor. The one thing that concerns me is WR depth because of all the injuries, but that can be addressed in the third day of the draft, IMO.

 

You have to look at the potentially finished product w him. He was nowhere near it last year. If you've ever had a shoulder injury you know how hard that makes working out at all.

I'd be shocked if Wake doesn't have him completely yoked in the next year.

 

I wouldn't say NEVER. Maybe he's the only one that's played int he NFL. I'm built EXACTLY like him, except taller and quicker and stronger.......:shifty:

 

I was trying to figure out why you'd start a thread about you showing up to work early when I read the title.

 

I think coaching and our OL were the biggest culprits in fielding that bad of an offense, not the lack of offensive weapons. I'd like to be able to upgrade them as well, but I don't see them as the major weakness you're making them out to be, especially when we still managed to keep ourselves in playoff contention despite having one of the worst offensive lines the history of the franchise.

 

Please let that horrible name die.

 

DPlus likes your enthusiasm.

I know Jordan didn't play many snaps last year, but some of the few snaps he played showed a pretty big impact. The one that sticks out right now is the pressure on Matt Ryan that led to the game-clinching INT. It was good to see the D snuff out a comeback attempt like that (felt like it had been a few years), and it was good to see Jordan making a difference.

Now if he can play more and still make that impact on a consistent basis, the sky's the limit for him. It's good to see him in early and working.

 

It was the latter around here for a while, unfortunately. Let's not speak of it again.

 

Praying Mantis was fine, imo. Either that or Mantis Toboggan MD.

 

Really happy w/ a stud D line if they play up to potential. It just makes everything on defense easier.

Not sure it's the best use of a pick but I still fantasize about getting Donald; I think he will be a league stud for years.

 

You mean you hope he didn't get fat like Ronnie Brown did that one year? :shifty:

 

I thought this thread was going to be about djphinfan not knowing ow yo set his alarm clock. I dont know what I was thinking that somebody would be foolish enough to give him a job.

 

I don't think it was his work ethic that was being called into question. It was his work method if I recall correctly.