Saw this on profootballtalk… thought it was interesting off season topic.
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...hmore-to-four/
Who would be your four?
Players only
Dan Marino
Larry Little
Dwight Stephenson
Larry Csonka
All included:
Don Shula
Joe Robbie
Joe Thomas
Dan Marino
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No love for the player with the 6th most sacks in NFL history?
Thomas is a borderline guy in most of these conversations, but Taylor should never be.Uncle Rico and DHPVW like this. -
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Joe Robbie has to be first on my list. Without him being willing to purchase an AFL team to play in Miami, everything else concerning the Miami Dolphins and it's past 46 years of history would be irrelevant. He also built a stadium WITHOUT expecting the taxpayers to pay for it.
Don Shula, because he was the one person who made the Miami Dolphins a dominant force in the NFL for over 25 years. This was the single best personnel decision Joe Robbie made during his entire time as owner of the Dolphins.
Dan Marino, because he was the best offensive player for the Dolphins over the past 46 years.
Jason Taylor, His signing with the hated Jets is the only reason I hesitate putting him on this list, but just as Marino was the greatest offensive player in Dolphin history, Taylor was the best defensive player in team history.huskerfin, TiP54 and Dol-Fan Dupree like this. -
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Taylor still wanted to play in the NFL and the Jets were really the only team that seemed interested in signing him at the time. Therefore I can't blame him for going to the Jets when it was apparent that he wanted to remain in Miami, but Parcells was in the way. At least once Parcells left the organization, Taylor was able to come back and play his last season for the Dolphins.
Taylor never wanted to play anywhere but in Miami. It was Parcells who first traded him to the Redskins in 2008 and then forced him to sign elsewhere, (the Jets), when he wouldn't offer him a contract for the 2010 season. Taylor has done a lot of wonderful things for the South Florida area beyond just playing football. He was a "Man of the Year" for the NFL because of his work in the South Florida community.
I have no problem forgiving him for the one year he played for the Jets. Chad Pennington played for the Jets for far more than one year and I still rooted hard for him when he played QB for the Dolphins. I will also be rooting for Dustin Keller this year and I couldn't stand him when he played for the Jets. -
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Ryan Tannehill
Mike Wallace
Reshad Jones
Cameron Wake
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I would also add that while Thomas was a great player for the Dolphins, his career went downhill after he was cut. He played one mediocre season in Dallas and was cut by the Chiefs before the 2009 regular season even began. Taylor was still a productive player even in 2011.
I think Thomas probably selected the Cowboys over the Patriots in 2008 because he is from Texas and he probably wanted to be closer to his old home and his family. He also had options in 2008, while it appeared that Taylor really didn't have any other option in 2010, except for the Jets. I just wonder if Thomas would have turned down the Patriots in 2008 if no other team had offered him a contract. It is easy to say you don't want to play for a team when you have other choices, but not so easy when only one team is showing interest in you.Steve-Mo likes this. -
I guess these are good choices if you are only 10 years old and have never read or heard about the history of the Dolphins before these players arrived in Miami. -
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Shula = greatest coach in NFL history.
Griese = QB of our two SB winners and a HOFer.
Csonka = The best runner in team history and a HOFer
Marino = HOFer who retired holding all significant league passing records.
Any other suggestions are made out of emotion and not done objectively. There is no other quartet that make any more sense for our Mt Rushmore.RevRick likes this. -
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Players only:
Marino
JT
Csonka
Stephenson
All included:
Marino
Shula
Taylor
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I'd listen to whatever Fin D has to say on the subject seeing as he was alive for the construction of the actual Mount Rushmore.
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I doubt he is ten. Just ready to look to the future. Not a bad list. -
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I do honestly believe Joe Robbie MUST be considered. Over the lack luster years of the Dolphins recent seasons, lost is the fact that it was Joe Robbie who brought the Dolphins to Miami; that it was Joe Robbie who brought Don Shula to Miami; that if it weren't for Joe Robbie, the Miami Dolphins might not even exist nor would we have the legendary teams that we've had.
Robbie HAS to be considered. Robbie is to Miami what Lamar Hunt was to Kansas City; Art Rooney to Pittsburgh; Al Davis to Oakland. He was a true pioneer who brought us our beloved Miami Dolphins -
Years from now, maybe some of these players may be seen as important members of the Dolphins in regards to their contributions to the organization. Right now though, only Wake would even be in the top 50 of the greatest contributors to the Dolphins over the past 46 years. None of the other three on the list are even in the top 200-300 top contributors at this time.MrClean likes this. -
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Kuechenberg.
Toughest man I've ever seen.
Buoniconti is a fraction of the thickness of a hair behind in that department. Zach Thomas is a hair's thickness behind Kooch. -
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I agree with those who say:
Shula
Marino
Griese
Csonka
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I think Robbie, shula, and Marino are locks.
Lots to choose from for the last spot -
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Players Only:
Marino
Csonka
Buoniconti
LIttle or Griese (can't decide).
All associated:
Shula
Marino
Csonka
Buoniconti
Nick is underrated; he was the QB & leader of the No Name Defense and that defense was much better than any other D the Dolphins have fielded. -
Not putting Joe Robbie on the proverbial Miami Mount Rushmore would be the same the same as not putting George Washington on the real Mount Rushmore in my opinion. -
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The previous points remain...Joe Robbie is to the Miami Dolphins what all of these other storied teams owners are/were to their teams' foundings...Halas, Rooney, Davis, Hunt. Wihtout Joe Robbie, there would be no Miami Dolphins.gunn34 likes this.
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