I love this time of year because we as fans have all the hope in the world that our team is going to build a roster through free agency and the upcoming Draft that will carry us through to a super bowl.
So let's say you get to be the GM and you can make one move to help this team. What would you like it to be? Let's not be too crazy and say trade for 5 players for one kind of nutty, but something that could realistically happen! What would yours be?
I'll start it off with a Major shakeup to this offense.
Ryan Tannehill is traded to the New York Jets for their #6 Pick and their first number 2 in 2019.
The Jets would immediately have a starting QB for the next few years, Miami would be able to draft a Rookie QB for the future. While the moves made this offseason seems to indicate the team is rebuilding as much as they don't want to admit that. I for one don't see Ryan elevating this team to Super Bowl contenders.
We would be screwed with a Starting QB so this would require us to get a good backup and start the rookie right away which I'm ok with if we're rebuilding in GASES image.
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I challenge the owner to mortal kombat.
I rip out his spine.
Now I am the owner.
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People on this site say Tannehill sucks. Then they propose trades with him that nets Miami a ridiculous return and say that team is getting a good starting QB for the next 3 years.
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Puka-head My2nd Fav team:___vs Jets Club Member
Brady has worst year of his life. Seems like every week he is getting into a fender bender. Strange noises in the night. Plumbing disaster after appliance failure after jury duty summons and speeding and parking tickets and somebody used his card for a 200k party in SoBeach and crabs that he shares with Gizzy and bedbugs in the hotel and fiberglass dust in his jock and every kind of small misery there is upon him from training camp on.
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Heck, I'll play the game.
Since I know next to nothing about college prospects, I trade our 2018 1st round, 3rd round and 4th round pick for JJ Watt. Then I trade this year's 2nd rounder and next year's 1st and 3rd for Von Miller. Then I try to take all the remaining picks and swap them for Khalil Mack, but that trade falls through and I actually have to draft some people. Drat!
But then it occurs to me that if I bring in Russel Wilson, that solves six positions in one since he really doesn't need an offensive line. So I trade Tannehill, our 4th round pick and next year's 2nd for Wilson- problem solved. I use my 6th rounder (we don't have a 5th) to draft the best kicker in college and then I grab two corners with my 7th round picks. Draft is done- bam!
Finally, I need to address the running back position and I should probably unload Kiko Alonso. I hear Denver is looking for a linebacker so I swap Kiko for CJ Anderson straight up...but then I throw in next year's 4th and 5th round picks for Brock Osweiler as well. The guy will never play on our team but he does make finding the water boys much easier, so his job is to stand next to Gase and point whenever a coach gets thirsty. Note- I do save our 6th rounder in case we need another kicker in 2020.
The next day, Ross fires me and I leave the office in a fit of rage. Wait until you see our freaking defense, I yell, as security escorts me off the premises and orders me never to come back. And once the Dolphins win the Super Bowl thanks to my genius, I am awarded GM of the Year by the league and given a new 10-year contract extension. From that point forward, I never draft anyone ever again....except for the best kicker or punter in the nation in the 5th or 6th rounds.
Kickers actually lead the league in scoring every season so I obviously want the best possible. My greed leads to a new trend of drafting kickers earlier, so I eventually have to save my 2nd round picks for the best kickers around. That makes me swap strategies and I start trading journeymen pro bowlers for the best kickers in the league- I end up with 14 of them on my roster and 6 more on my practice squad. That makes the value of kickers skyrocket and then I get in the business of trading kickers for rookie contract Pro-Bowl defenders. I continually outsmart the league by staying two years ahead of this trend- they nickname me the Kick Nazi.
Meanwhile, my entire offense is undrafted free agents or guys that wash out of the league. I explain to Wilson that his ONLY job is to get us into field goal range once...which happens to be the 50 yard line since we can kick that darn pigskin a country mile. Meanwhile, our receivers suck, our running backs can't even put their helmets on straight...but you should really see our defense! They score an average of 14 a game all by themselves.
By 2024, the entire AFC Pro Bowl team on defense is Miami Dolphins....including Kahlil Mack (who we got from trading our 2021 kicker draft pick) and several other household names. I just keep trading all our picks for top defenders and by 2027, we become the first team in league history to never give up a single point in an entire season. We win the Super Bowl that year 3-0...which is the same darn score from the past three years. I retire in 2028 and receive my Hall of Fame jacket in 2033.
However, because my kicking and defensive trend has caught on so beautifully across the league, the average score of football contests is 6 to 3. The fans hate it because offensive players aren't even drafted in the first five rounds anymore, save for quarterbacks that could be "the next Russell Wilson." Yet none of them are.
So by 2035, the entire NFL collapses and college football fills that void. It does become a year-round sport though since the playoff brackets last a total of seven months, and the fans absolutely love it. The raging popularity finally leads to college players being paid, which in turn opens the doors for division II and III schools to compete on a national level. In turn, Monmoth University brings in Russell Wilson as he pursues his Masters Degree in psychology and yet another trend is born- ex-pro athletes flock back to college to relive their glory days through the lower tiered schools.
From what I hear, Ritchie Incognito is pursuing his 3rd doctorate degree at age 57 just to stay in the locker room with all his boys. Just sayin...
That's my plan folks....you can thank me in 2035. I'm taking down the whole freaking league just by being GM for a single day!Last edited: Mar 17, 2018Bumrush, zatrex99, Dorfdad and 1 other person like this. -
If you make a drastic move such as that you have to do so knowing that everything else is in place and THAT is the final piece to complete the puzzle.
We’ve been sucking wind so much on defense the past couple of seasons that’s where I would put my focus, that an OL -
Stay put on free agency unless a surprise cut happens, we did very well as is, dont need to add a cap casualty. If a star right guard happens to get cut, go after him.
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Puka-head My2nd Fav team:___vs Jets Club Member
Re-sign Donkey-Kong to a 3 year 45 mill GTed contract. Ross throws in a 7 story Ft Lauderdale condo on the side. Plus an extra 500k for everytime he puts Marcia on her back and makes her cry.
PS-conract$$$ aside. Sucks losing the player, and from all accounts the man. -
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Yay lets spend 14 million on 2 slot WR's, super bowl baby!! I added an extra exclamation...i just raised the stakes.
The number 11 pick in the draft last year signed a 4 year 15 million dollars contract. 15+66=81.
Last time I checked having a dominant OL is actually better than having 2 decent slots. I think the phrase is it all starts up front, or is it...it all starts in the slot? I forget. -
If having the best oline in the league was the path to the chip, we would’ve seen the cowboys take it home already. What’s more important than having the best line on paper is having a cohesive line. Pouncey not practicing all year did not allow them to build any sort of chemistry. If Kilgore stays healthy, he’s going to be a huge pickup for us and we just signed a veteran pro bowl guard like all of us wanted. We also have good depth now. -
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Having actual rebuilding plan with a 2-3 year schedule taking care of the OL that way was the architecture of many of the great coaches through he years.
Don't think its ours though.... -
Step 1? Work on my grammar so other GMs don't laugh at me when I email them.
Sorry I couldn't resist! -