Finally, some good news!!
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/spor...ins-heat-um-notes-samsons-survivor-debut.html
The acquisition of Eugene Monroe would change my whole outlook for the 2014 season.
Could this actually happen?
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Pipe dream. Would be embarrassing for Baltimore to lose him to FA after what they paid for him in draft picks. He'll be franchised at worse.
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While it would be excellent, there is no way he gets to fa. Unless pitta fails to agree a deal and they need to decide.
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If we had only traded picks for him...thank you Ireland.
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And if my auntie had balls... The past is gone. He future is all we can look to. Monroe probably won't make the open market unless pitta decides to stall and see what is out there
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Monroe would be a homerun. Great tackle in his prime. Not holding my breath though
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No thanks, will likely be too expensive.
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It depends on what Monroe wants. Does he want money? He can come back to Florida. Does he want to win? He'll stay in Baltimore. After being on the hopeless Jaguars for so long I suspect it's the latter.
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Miami can address the OL without going after high-priced FAs. Think Brandon Gibson-types, rather than Mike Wallace-types. -
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Carroll/Patterson, Grimes, Soliai, Starks, Clemons, McKinnie, Cogs, JJ...all guys that started for us. Add in Martin who is unlikely to be back and we're potentially looking at replacing 9 starters....Now, not all those guys are/were great players, but all contributed... Hickey has a lot of work and there may not be a lot of money after re-signing Grimes, Starks/Soliai, Carroll/Patterson and perhaps Clemons...
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We are in the position we are in today not because of them not spending on the OL (although I agree with you and think they should have) but because 2 of our starters blew themselves up, a couple of backups didn't develop and FA. The fact of the matter is, as bad as Ireland was with OL, even he can't be held accountable for the explosion that part of the team with thru last season. I know, as a long time fan like you, that we've cried about the OL for years, but there was some hope there. Heck in the beginning of the year, we were more concerned about JJ than Martin at LT ?? At any rate, I think they go all out with a LT, something they are unlikely to be able to get in this draft (at least early in the draft...).Unlucky 13 likes this. -
great LT's do not grow on trees, and they usually do not come available all that often that is only 26 and in their prime. you have to pay good money to get one and the dolphins have a huge need. you do whatever it takes to land him.
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Based on last year, that's true but I think they both deserve another chance and the contracts are set up so that we can effectively do that...next year... -
My opinion is that Ross should send Moose and Rocco and a few other mercenary bastards down there to serve up a monster portion of whupass on the worthless jerks. They obviously just took the money and jagged off all last year.
This is what happens when a GM totally ignores the issues of character and leadership.
The only time a GM should give a huge contract to a moronic jag off is if he has Mario Williams/Julius Peppers type talent.
Cutting Wheeler or Ellerbe is just plain cap suicide, but they could bring down some, outside the box, discipline on them; and no, I don't really mean have them roughed up, but these guys don't deserve any coddling. They deserve the opposite. -
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Not tagged. But I sense the two sides (Baltimore and Monroe) are committed to finding something that works.
The good players dry up out of free agency just before the bell rings. That's always the way it goes. Cincinnati is working on retaining Anthony Collins, and now there's even talk of Kansas City keeping Branden Albert. There's always been talk that the Raiders will not allowed Veldheer to escape.
We're going to have to sweat this one out. My preference remains Anthony Collins unless Monroe or Veldheer actually make it to market at which point I'd like to see what the buy-in price on them really is.Finrunner likes this. -
All that being said, I would prefer to use the $10 million on a few lower-profile and lower priced OLs than on one high-profile one. Unless, of course, the better guys all fail to hit FA and the guys that are left are worse than the guys we had last year.Rhody Phins Fan and sports24/7 like this. -
Remember this when it comes to projecting who makes it to market and who doesn't.
The salary cap came in at like $133 million versus previous projections at like $126 million. That will affect teams' decision making. -
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