- Dolphins Unhappy with Phillip Merling -
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-- Dolphins Unhappy with Phillip Merling --
Sun Jul 18, 2010 --from FFMastermind.com
Miami Dolphins DE Phillip Merling is on thin ice with the team heading into training camp. According to PFW, the Dolphins' staff was unhappy with Merling even before he was arrested for aggravated battery earlier this offseason, and he didn't help himself with that incident. Merling could face a suspension for violating the league's personal-conduct policy because of his involvement in a domestic dispute with his pregnant girlfriend. A former first-round pick who was expected to be a starter, Merling was easily beat out for a starting job by DE Randy Starks last year.
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SICKforum_veterani know it was a technicality. but merling was not a 1st round pick.
and i dont think it is a surprise our team is unhappy with him
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cobrajetNew Member"The Rev wrote:
The selection of Odrick is making more sense everyday.
We should all be tickled pink with the great talent that we got during the off season on both lines (I know I am). Odrick will probably put so much pressure on QB's we will forget all about missing JT. Man alive, I am tired of talking about the cake mix - I wanna see the cake! Is it September 12th yet?
:wink2: !! - I CAN'T WAIT TO START THIS SEASON - !! :wink2:
padre31luxury_boxImho Merling needs a tall can of "grow the hell up".
I doubt they trade him as even in Dallas they dealt with underachievers, however if Odrick flashes something in TC Merling will have a good view of the field from the sidelines.
cobrajetNew MemberDude, you are a major news hound! Where do you find this stuff?
mrozsubscriberI think we can file this one under the "no crap" section....
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cobrajetNew MemberI wonder at what position Starks beat him out at? DE or NT? ...and if he is suspended that will make two DL players we have lost even before the season starts! Ouch! It seems like it's always something.... :cry:
cobrajetNew Member"Merling could face a suspension for violating the league's personal-conduct policy because of his involvement in a domestic dispute with his pregnant girlfriend."
Ya', great. Way to go NFL. The Patriots cheated their way to four superbowls stealing millions of dollars of revenue away from other teams and nothing happens to them, but by all means lets suspend Merling and Ferguson. DUUUUH!
Maybe there is something to the talk of football being fixed after all. Of course this "Dolphin-Punishment" couldn't be because the new Commissioner of Football is a Western New York native and grew up in "Bills Country" could it?
"silence dogood wrote:
I wonder at what position Starks beat him out at? DE or NT? ...and if he is suspended that will make two DL players we have lost even before the season starts! Ouch! It seems like it's always something.... :cry:
Defensive end.
"djphinfan wrote:
Fat and stupid is no way to go thru life son.
That made me LOL!
"PhinsRDbest wrote:
Soliai may make this team by default.
He was going to make it either way IMO.
padre31luxury_box"Shulaboy wrote:
"Merling could face a suspension for violating the league's personal-conduct policy because of his involvement in a domestic dispute with his pregnant girlfriend."
Ya', great. Way to go NFL. The Patriots cheated their way to four superbowls stealing millions of dollars of revenue away from other teams and nothing happens to them, but by all means lets suspend Merling and Ferguson. DUUUUH!
Maybe there is something to the talk of football being fixed after all. Of course this "Dolphin-Punishment" couldn't be because the new Commissioner of Football is a Western New York native and grew up in "Bills Country" could it?
Come on man, Merling slapped around his pregnant GF, what should they do nominate him for Man of the Year?
He is going to get whacked, so is McDaniel, whom people also forget had a domestic squabble, a less serious one, but still, Sheriff Goodell is going to use the pimp hand on them both...unless they manage to find a divergence program.
cobrajetNew Member"Shulaboy wrote:
Ya', great. Way to go NFL. The Patriots cheated their way to four superbowls stealing millions of dollars of revenue away from other teams and nothing happens to them, but by all means lets suspend Merling and Ferguson. DUUUUH!
Maybe there is something to the talk of football being fixed after all. Of course this "Dolphin-Punishment" couldn't be because the new Commissioner of Football is a Western New York native and grew up in "Bills Country" could it?
I'd like to believe that we are not being picked on but sometimes it sure seems like we are. I am still concerned about FS and to a lesser extent NT, but still we are building one of the most talented teams in the league. In any case, being picked on or not won't matter when we beat them 50-0 in a few weeks. It's not who laughs that matters - it's who laughs last that counts. :yes:
Im almost certain Merling was a 2nd round pick.
anlgpNew Member"SICK wrote:
i know it was a technicality. but merling was not a 1st round pick.
and i dont think it is a surprise our team is unhappy with him
It's not a technicality. He wasn't a first round pick, by round, or apparently by the way he conducts himself off the field. :hi5: . (in other words I agree with you).
"A man's suffering is similar to the behavior of gas. If a certain quantity of gas is pumped into an empty chamber, it will fill the chamber completely and evenly, no matter how big the chamber. Thus, suffering completely fills the human soul and conscious mind, no matter whether the suffering great or little. Therefore, the "size" of human suffering is absolutely relative." - Viktor Frankl
cobrajetNew MemberHe was drafted in the 2 round / Pick: 32 out of Clemson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillip_Merling
Check out the mugshot...YiKeS~! That is not a happy man!
SICKforum_veteran"anlgp wrote:
It's not a technicality. He wasn't a first round pick, by round, or apparently by the way he conducts himself off the field. :hi5: . (in other words I agree with you).
the reason its a technicality is that was the draft where new england got a draft pick taken away for cheating.....so merling was 32nd overall pick. meaning in a normal draft would be the last pick in the 1st round. but he was 1st overall 2nd round because new england forfeited a pick :up:
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cobrajetNew Member"SICK wrote:
the reason its a technicality is that was the draft where new england got a draft pick taken away for cheating.....so merling was 32nd overall pick. meaning in a normal draft would be the last pick in the 1st round. but he was 1st overall 2nd round because new england forfeited a pick :up:
Great catch. I totally forgot about that! :pointlol:
anlgpNew Member"SICK wrote:
the reason its a technicality is that was the draft where new england got a draft pick taken away for cheating.....so merling was 32nd overall pick. meaning in a normal draft would be the last pick in the 1st round. but he was 1st overall 2nd round because new england forfeited a pick :up:
Ahhhhh, thanks :ffic:
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jetssuckNew MemberWell if he really wants to turn things around, he could start with a better hair cut
JS
Boik14subscriber"jetssuck wrote:
Well if he really wants to turn things around, he could start with a better hair cut
he can also start playing better
jetssuckNew Member"Boik14 wrote:
he can also start playing better
I just think the hair cut is an easier fix
JS
padre31luxury_boxWell, we've all seen him in DC Pasqualoni's Defense, perhaps the switch to Nolan's more attacking style of Dline scheme will be to his benefit?
And keep in mind Starks was in hot water last yr, heading into TC and he had the best yr of his career by far, Merling has to have noticed the way to save one's bacon is to play better..just like Randy Starks did...
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