Yeah, I know. In so many ways this has been beat to death, but I needed to vent my frustration. I do not understand, for the life of me, why Miami is never aggressive in free agency. They never seem to have a real plan. They never go all out for THEIR guy. It just boggles my mind. I can somewhat understand trading Marshall, who is, and has been, unhappy with Miami because of the ongoing QB situation, and because of his off the field issues. Nevertheless I was stunned - and I'm not even a fan of Marshall. Straight up, I think he's a *****.

What's bothersome is, given the fact that Ross has deep pockets, and is willing to spend, why the **** are we so conservative in our approach in free agency? It's been this way for years. You see these other teams swoop in and get their guy and we watch our team standing around, hands in pockets, looking like a group of horses asses.

Some may say that we are waiting to see what Manning is going to do. I say F*** that. You don't let one guy with a 2-3 year shelf life hand cuff your team and it's immediate and long term future. It's just not worth it. Some may think so, but I wholeheartedly think it's the wrong way to go. Our receiving corp is laughable now. Uncertainty at QB. Uncertainty on the line. Uncertainty in the secondary. Uncertainty with a pass rusher opposite Wake. And even uncertainty at running back. (Can't count on Reggie Bush repeating last year, and DT didn't show me ****.) There are so many needs on this team and there is no way we can fill them all in the draft. And it's pointless to fill them with second and third rate free agents. We've all seen how that turns out.

I'd like to know the plan our front office has put together. At least it would give me something to laugh at. No wonder Miami is becoming what used to be the Detroit Lions. And we all saw how long they took to matter...

 

Dansby was, by far, the most aggressive I have seen from our front office in a very long time. Reggie Bush was a trade. But, ok, I'll bite. Most people thought Reggie Bush was a big risk. Turns out he put together a very solid season. Can he duplicate it? Will he be as motivated next season now that he's proven his point?

Pennington? Come on man. Everyone knew that he was going to be a high risk. And we did okay with him. But he wasn't a "solution." He was the prettiest girl at the prom and we were desperate. Marshall? Mistake. The price wasn't bad if it wasn't for the fact that he carried too much baggage, was a QBs nightmare, and a *****. His personality type can bring a team down.

Two of the three you named were trades. One is gone, and not surprisingly. The other still, in my opinion has some question marks. But at least RBs question mark isn't as big as Marshall's. Reggie Bush has good character and gives his all. The question for him is can he sustain it.

 

Smiley? I hope that's sarcasm. If not, you prove my point. 2nd and 3rd tier free agents.

 

We're not a good team.

 

And if we sign him, he is our ONLY guy. Anyone else we sign, SHOULD we sign Manning (which we won't), is scraping desperately at the bottom of the barrel.

And that's part of what I said to begin with. I'm not letting a QB with maybe 2 or 3 years dictate the direction of the team. By waiting, we are, AT LEAST potentially, hurting this team short and long term.

 

Yeah, I'm joking. He was injury prone before we signed him.

It's funny. You seem happy with the way things are going. Are you drooling in your pants over Manning like 90% of the fan base. Get over it and look forward. This team needs a lot more than Manning.

 

Ok. For the sake of argument: put aside other acquisitions. We aren't doing **** but waiting on an old QB and it's holding us back if that's what we're waiting for.

 

He's talking about tier two. Where all the "decent" players are. No game changers. Yeah, there are plenty of complimentary players left.

 

I'm hearing you Stitches and Dupree. But what is frustrating is that, while it may appear we've been aggressive - when we are, it's always been (Dansby aside) with players with some sort of question mark. And now, we appear to be sitting on our hands to hold on to cash to throw at someone who hasn't shown us the same commitment. That someone who is recovering from a serious injury, 4 surgeries, and on the brink of Marino's retirement age. I just don't get it.

 

Well of course we are. Contingency plans. At least they are smart enough to have that. And the two WRs we're talking to don't exactly excite anyone. The o-linemen are very solid. But, if you really want one, you go grab them. It may be days before we sign anyone. While the aggressive teams are signing these guys RIGHT NOW.