I've got mixed feelings. If the Dolphins don't pick up a mobile pulling guard, they are not going to be able to utilize a portion of what Daboll likes to do. Its not a huge issue, we can get by with zone elements and short pulls, but I think it would be more beneficial to let him do it all.

Davis had a down year last year, but he's not old enough to expect him to be shot, and the guy can ruin some **** when he is right.

 

Is it just me or is everyone who is let go by Dallas linked to Miami?

 

what's his health like?

 

Started 16 games 4 straight years. I would love to see him next to Jake absolutely mauling people.

 

That's probably because we'd sign Jerry Jones' pinkie if he'd cut it.

 

At this point, I'm almost completely against signing any more of Dallas's castoff's.

 

I was really liking this idea but can anyone elaborate on this:

- rotoworld

 

Since were talking bout Dallas, Marion Barber was cut as well.

 

I haven't seen anything else to suggest otherwise. Just thought it was weird to see that.

 

The backlash against players from Dallas is really asinine. We got Anthony Fasano, Lousaka Polite, Jason Ferguson, Akin Ayodele, and Joe Berger for minimal contracts and what? A 4th round pick? Some of their tenures have been uneven, but the only one that is even arguably a net negative was Bobby Carpenter. They've come out so far ahead on Dallas pickups it isn't funny.

 

What backlash?

 

That doesn't make a lot of sense. He was never that great of a LT in Arizona, but I don't think he would have been a great LT if you played him in Anchorage.

 

Tin Indian is far from the first person I've seen trash the team for picking up former Cowboys.

 

It makes journalism easy that way. Just link the players to their former coaches/regimes and you've got yourself an article, or a tweet in this case.

 

Signing 33 year olds doesn't seem to be this regime's thing, even if he is from Dallas.

 

I didn't exactly trash the team for picking up former Cowboys. They just need to start looking through some other teams castoffs rather than picking up guys that they are comfortable with from the Cowboys. And for the record I love Polite and like Fasano and Berger just fine. Glad their Dolphins.

 

And for the record signing Dallas castoffs has been probably the only saving grace to this regime's veteran acquisition strategy since they started. If you stripped out the players they've acquired that were from Dallas or otherwise coached by these coaches, and just counted the veterans they've acquired in free agency or otherwise that they had to scout and make decisions on without a leg up, their pro personnel decisions would look god awful.

 

Well, that's actually a really good point.

 

In this case it probably should be, the line could use the Vet leadership, and tbh pinning our hopes on JJ and Garner is not exactly confidence inspiring, I'd rather keep Garner in the utility lineman role and provide excellent depth in so doing.

BTW, Wr Roy Williams also cut by Dallas.

 

Has he played on the left side at all while in Dallas?

 

Aren't we running a zone blocking scheme with Daboll's new offense?

 

Not full blown scheme.

 

Is he an injury prone lineman? Cause if not, we won't sign him.

 

* Awaits report of Roy Williams being linked to Dolphins *

 

I believe we're already the highest paid OL in football (or damned close to it)! May as well add another expensive dude. Lol.

When you spend what we do on OL we should be top five in rushing.

That said, bring him in. But understand that fewer and fewer dollars are left for plum free agents like Ahmad Bradshaw.

 

Maybe, he is a 33 yr old coming off of a down season, perhaps he can be acquired at a good price?

To me, his durability means we have 1 less question on offense, which I am entirely in favor of, this yr should be about performance and not potential.

 

No, but he was at times at least a solid left tackle in Arizona, so I think you can assume he's not one of those guys who just can't really switch sides.

I think there are reasons both for and against doing it here, though.

 

We were before the cuts of Grove and Smiley. We just have a really expensive pair of bookends now matched with a very cheap interior.

 

I can't imagine it wasn't by far and away the Jets, pre-Woody release.

 

Marshall Yanda was just locked up by the Ravens. I know there are some who like him here.

 

Had no interest in him whatsoever, to me the Oline is resource hog and yet another 6 million dollar salary on the unit is not justified.

 

Good question. I think we were ahead of them before we dumped Smiley. Not sure about after. Too lazy to crunch the numbers again. When I did the numbers before the 2010 season, we had over 20% of the cap tied up in OL. Next closest ones were 18% I think. Anyways, it's changed since then, but I guarantee we're top three.

 

I don't like spending money on OL either but that's what Miami has done in FA lately.

 

I like that Leonard Davis could be an ideal mentor for John Jerry. Similar size and style. (Actually, Davis is BIGGER!) He could do for John Jerry what Jason Ferguson did for Paul Soliai.

 

It reminds me of Gruden towards the end in Tampa, what did he have 4 Qb's? 5?

This is why I would not mind Davis, or Darryn Colledge and just get this nailed down with as few question marks possible.