Merged: Dolphins strike $2.5 million deal with DE Marques

Ugh. NY jets sloppy seconds.

"GARDENHEAD wrote:

Ugh. NY jets sloppy seconds.

Worked out well two seasons ago.

"Brown42000 wrote:

Worked out well two seasons ago.

:hi5:

"GARDENHEAD wrote:

Ugh. NY jets sloppy seconds.

A jest starter here to be a backup aint so bad.

eh. another body

Dolphins sign veteran DE Marques Douglas

They wasted no time at all!

http://blogs.palmbeachpost.com/thedailydolphin/2010/07/23/dolphins-move-quickly-to-replace-philip-merling-sign-veteran-de-marques-douglas/

Enjoy!
-Cobrajet! :up:

Thanks for being so on top of this.

WOW!!

First Ferguson, now Merling........whose next>! I still think that we need another NT though.

Good post cobrajet!

Here's more....

http://www.ffmastermind.com/quickbits.php#202920

http://www.sportsgrumblings.com/football/playerupdates.php?id=3095&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SportsGrumblings-FantasyFootballPlayerNews+%28Fantasy+Football+Player+News+-Sports+Grumblings.com%29

http://www.rototimes.com/nfl/player/3544/notes#76563

"silence dogood wrote:

Thanks for being so on top of this.

There has been a thread on this already for the last couple hours. :lol:

Needed depth and this depth comes cheap. They may not be done yet.

"LandShark13 wrote:

There has been a thread on this for already or the last couple hours. :lol:

ewooops! Didn't see it...:no:

"LandShark13 wrote:

Needed depth and this depth comes cheap. They may not be done yet.

There are plenty of Vets floating around who could fill a role or three in 010 for us:

http://profootball.scout.com/a.z?s=127&p=9&c=12&yr=2010&nid=83&lnid=83&rc=16&pid=22

http://profootball.scout.com/a.z?s=127&p=9&c=12&yr=2010&nid=83&lnid=83&rc=16&pid=23

-Greg Ellis
-A thomas
-Ogunleyae

Safety is a wasteland though:

http://profootball.scout.com/a.z?s=127&p=9&c=12&yr=2010&nid=83&lnid=83&rc=16&pid=33

The only name that stick out is Jermaine Phillips, but he is a SS, and was arrested for spousal abuse..and we just lost Merling, no need to replace him..

coolness. merling was gonna be nothing but a rotation guy anyway. if this FO had confidence in him, we wouldnt have taken odrick. Can't wait for preseason to see these guys hitting people. A lot of changes to look forward to on both sides of the ball.

"GISH wrote:

coolness. merling was gonna be nothing but a rotation guy anyway. if this FO had confidence in him, we wouldnt have taken odrick. Can't wait for preseason to see these guys hitting people. A lot of changes to look forward to on both sides of the ball.

very cool sig :up:

we lost a rotation guy and gained another one.

"Frumundah Finnatic wrote:

we lost a rotation guy and gained another one.

Works for me :wink2:

Per Rototimes:

July 20, 2010
Free agent Marques Douglas could re-sign with the Jets by the end of the week, according to Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News.

Our View:This seems like a good move for a team lacking D-line depth. Douglas made 64 tackles for the Jets last season and was a vital piece of their run defense.

Still a more than capable run defender, the 33-year-old will work in as a "wave" player. He shouldn't be asked to rush the passer

I like the sound of that. I also read that he is a good locker room presence.

Geez, poor Rex is probably crying somewhere right now. I love this signing!

"Pandarilla wrote:

Per Rototimes:

I like the sound of that. I also read that he is a good locker room presence.

He and Ricky know each other from the NOLA days.

I like the move, especially on the eve of Training Camp, a part of me wouldn't have minded Vonnie Holiday returning though.

63 tackles is a large number for a 3-4 DE.

Now if they can land a Vet OLB to provide insurance and who knows Nolan's system..

Odd thing about Douglas, he is 33, so one would think 'that is a lot of miles"...however, he has only been a starter for 6 seasons, relatively speaking he has not played as often as one would think:

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/D/DougMa20.htm

Padre:

He and Ricky know each other from the NOLA days.

The GRA-NOLA days?

Good to note that he is a veteran player, so he can help mentor Odrick and the younger guys. At this point I'm not sure we'll miss Merling at all this season.

The writing is on the wall for Merling with a 2 year deal....next year if Douglas beats out Merling for that job....Philly is getting cut...

"Deus ex dolphin wrote:

Good to note that he is a veteran player, so he can help mentor Odrick and the younger guys. At this point I'm not sure we'll miss Merling at all this season.

You can never miss what you never wanted in the first place. :shifty: