Dolphans Expectations vs Reality

Flacco was rated higher in the draft. That's all that matters at that point in time. I think Flacco is a better QB at this point in time. I don't think that's even that debatable. I see and hear about his play a lot b/c I live 20 minutes from Baltimore.

 

An above average team ? in what area ? ST are a joke, NE exposed that, and got the ST coach fired. At QB ? We've had little to no scoring production from Henne. OL ? That part of the team never did pan out after Sparano & Ireland decided that it was their coaching, not the players ability that made the line 4th best last year. We all saw the run game fall tremendously off because they just think that they know it all, and now we have no running game, and have RB's that will be even older next year (unless we draft a stud in the 1st round).

Dude, stop with the rah-rah. We all love the Dolphins, but to be endlessly syrupy optimistic is just flat out ridiculous, and insulting to the people that post here with real concerns over the state of this franchise and where it is heading.

 

where are you getting these rankings? We've drafted one superstar since this regime took over. Two if you count Davis

 

Jamarcus Russell was in the 08 draft? I don't see how the Dolphins FO's rating of a player in a draft isn't all the matters. You brought up the fact that statistically this season Henne is close to Flacco. I say in regards to where they were rated in the 08 draft that is irrelevant. I'm not so sure any team had Henne rated ahead of Flacco in the draft but who knows.

 

This makes little sense as it is the Miami FO's fault they don't have anything settled in the interior of the line by year three. Those teams don't have to use our starters there, they got better ones. How much did Atlanta have to start with? They were in shambles. I lived down in Georgia at the time. There was very little optimism around the team. New Orleans sucked too. Baltimore had just been 5-11 and lost to that 07 Fins team that was supposedly the worst team that ever played. They had to rebuild their offense and they took steps to improve the defense. Ray Lewis can't do everything. That 07 Fins team was bad but could have won more games without a clueless coach. They started with what every rebuilding team starts with, a few decent players and some high draft picks. These excuses can get crazy sometimes.

 

I like the phrase that some one (maybe you Muscle) stated in an earlier post. The Dolphins since Dan Marino left have been trying to cheat at aquiring the most important position on the team, that of the QB. We need to sh!t or get off the pot on Henne. He needs to be worked, and worked hard the rest of this season, put in all kinds of positions of hardship to see if he is the man or not. If he isn't, then QB should become the # 1 priority in the off-season. NUMBER 1 !!!! Atlanta, Baltimore and NY understand this, and are now reaping the rewards of due diligence and finding the right man for their offense. Yes Sanchez is behind the others, but he also left school a year early, only started 16 games in college. He is very raw, but also has loads of talent, and scary for us, will only get better.

 

If you're happy with being the offseason champs, more power to you. I'd love to see results during the season one day. Maybe in my lifetime.

 

This is the exact type of things I meant in my earlier post. Fans who ***** and whine because they are impatient. There is not a damn thing you can do about it so go to a fan board and make everyone else miserable. A fine example of a Dolphin fan in desperation. Go root for another team if it is so awful bad because quite frankly we don't need you around.

 

Southbeach I don't agree with absolutely everything you say but most of the time you make really good sense with good reason. Keep up the good work.

 

You missed to acknowledge my key word in my response...''expansion''

I know your intelligent, thats why I cant understand why you dont quantify the incredible void of talent that this regime inherited relative to the ones you speak of..

When they came aboard 3 short years ago, I would say the previous 5 were on par with some of the worst drafting teams in the league..

You've got to put that into perspective imo..

You are right, our GM has shown weakness, and iam on the record saying that iam not a big fan yet when it comes to his free agent eye, however, I think he gets the draft, and if you consider both men, Sparano, and Ireland are in their first go round, then you have got to give them a little extra space and time to evolve..

Just like a player, if you see the foundation could be right, you've got to use some perspective from the starting point, cause if you dont give the process the right amount of time, you could make a bad decision, based on a lack of perspective of the starting point.

 

Their effort is admirable. They have attempted to do things the right way for the most part. I agree with that. They are just not executing for some reason. You have to be able to scout and find talent. And coach it up on the field. The team does not appear to be improving. Their shuffling of offensive line personnel is frustrating, for whatever reason they either are not or dont' think they're finding the right guys. Their should probably be a little more stability there in year three. They didn't have a ton of talent from 07 but they had some. I'm not a Joey Porter fan but he was a holdover and gave them 17.5 sacks. Vonnie Holliday was a pretty decent player too. Ronnie Brown had a good year in 08 for the most part. He was key to the Wildcat's success. Another 07 holdover. Of course Ricky was there. Will Allen, Renaldo Hill, all played well in 08 and were from the 07 team. Not to mention Yeremiah Bell. The lines were the weak links and they did a good job attempting to address those. But in the end the philosophy is not as important as just getting it done. I'm not advocating firing these guys right now. I'm willing to see what they can put out next season.

 

If you think it's any different on any other teams' message board, you're fooling yourself. If this type of thing bothers you, maybe you shouldn't be on the internet.

 

Here's the difference...

in no particular order
Darelle Revis
David Harris
Shonn Greene
Mark Sanchez
Brad Smith
Nick Mangold
D Brick Ferguson
Matt Slauson
Bryan Thomas
Eric Smith
Dwight Lowery
Jerricho Cotchery
Sione Pouha


Thats why Jets can go and sign some good free agents...and are 9-2

 

No worries.
You ever have a day when it rubs you the wrong way
Snuff it out and move on......

 

the internet & driving a car have much in common, they both have the capacity to transform its operator's character into an irresponsible, anonymous, rude & aggressive creature