Miami - Pro Football Weekly
The future is now for the young Dolphins defensive line. The manner in which they bottled up New England stands as the latest evidence that the players that were brought in to anchor the defensive line for the future have jumped the learning curve. Spearheading the effort has been DE Kendall Langford, a Hampton product who ranks among the early leaders for defensive rookie of the year.
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I was very vocal, and against the drafting of both Langford and Phil Merling as I wanted to see a "Nice" MLB drafted...or even a fairly "Nice" Safety or CB.
Some of insight (I think primarily Peter Stitches and Travis) helped show me the light.
Very very glad I was NOT doing the drafting for the Phins this year. Both of these kids are absolutely loaded with talent, both appear to be very special type of talent. I think these two bookends are going to really solidify this D-Line for many many years. -
I am very happy we drafted them. We needed some great youth injected into this defense.:wink2:
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I was high on both of these guys when we drafted them, and it clearly showed that Parcells and Co. were determined to address run defense and depth overall on the DL. Bboth were extremely weak areas on our team last year.
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Samphin Κακό σκυλί ψόφο δεν έχει
I thought Merling was a steal when we got him, but I missed the boat on Langford completely. I figured he was a project and appeared slow on film that I saw. He has been better than I could have ever imagined at this stage of his career.
I also think Merling has been slowed by his recovery, but has played phenominal considering.
Iwas like az in that initially I wanted Glenn Dorsey, a MLB and a safety. I wanted to rebuild the defense from the middle out.
I am pleased to be wrong and now know why az and I drink beer in front of the TV instead of scour the country looking at the buttocks's of young men in tights...
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Well, Dorsey has been hurt much to this point. Not even sure if Connor is on a roster?..probably is but...
And now we are stuck with these two? Great great turn of events..and NO I dont admire men in tights... :no: -
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See what happens when you play at Penn State? :pity:
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wouldn't that be something if langford won droy?
i was excited for merling but i didn't know enough about langford..what a steal -
How can we not be happy with the performance of merling and langford so far. I was a bit puzzled when we drafted langford, just because i'd never heard of him. Then reading up on alot of the great infor posted here about it, it seemed like it could have been a nice pick. Now here we are a few weeks in and these guys are playing outstanding football for us. Definately are going to help out this D for years to come.
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Our draft this year was simply brilliant, rebuilding had to start from the trenches and they nailed it perfectly IMHO. Merling, Langford, Ferguson, Starks, all were very solid and IMHO we already have twice the DL we had last year.
And much as it hurt to see JT & Zach go, it was for the best, this DL and LB core are really coming along as units.azfinfanmang likes this. -
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not only am I pleasantly surprised with Langford...but I didn't even know who the hell he was when we drafted him.
As for Merling, definitely thought he was a steal.azfinfanmang likes this. -
I want a Langford jersey. BIG #70
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The Line was neutralized by Arizona's quick drop backs and passes.
Arizona had the perfect gameplan against us after we put some pretty good pressure on Favre in week 1. They took advantage of our lack of talent in the secondary with those quick passes.azfinfanmang likes this. -
I thought Merling was a steal. I thought he wouldve been a good pick with our 1st rounder back in December of last year (lol) if we went defense and not offense (wanted matt ryan).I thought Langford was a solid pick where we got him at the time. I had others I thought we could go after but I liked the pick. But Langford looks like a steal also. Hopefully Henne and Thomas become steals also
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No one signed him
He is a guy who has time to develop -
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I see two primary reasons.
First and foremost, the mentalitity of everybody involved int he FO is to play smash-mouth football. Gotta have plenty of Fresh Legs to get that done. Of course we have Ronnie and Ricky, but Ricky is one bad weekend away from never playing again, and Ronnie had pretty serious surgery middle of last year. At draft time the coaches really had no idea where he was. A good guess yes, but no "For Sures".
Second, Special Teams baby. Usually Running backs and Linebacker type players are what make and break you on special teams. Those are ALSO the type of players that contribute not only on ST but also as role players in irregular sets.