Miami Dolphins’ Bryant McKinnie expected to start against Patriots

With the franchise QB on the verge of being injured they just don't have the luxury of waiting even a week. When Ross reportedly met with Ireland and Philbin I wouldn't be surprised if it was to ask them why they're getting his franchise QB murdered.

Losing Jake Long was a huge step backward, and Tannehill has been suffering those consequences. Martin is sketchy and Clabo is just plain awful, as we all know. McKinnie- we'll see what happens, I guess Martin goes to the right side.

This thread can probably go into the other one.

Something has to be done. Clabo is struggling because of injury, or he's a poor fit in the system, or whatever. At this point, the problem has reached critical mass. He obviously needs to be replaced. McKinnie certainly is not a final answer to the problem... in fact, I think he's a sizeable risk that could emerge as a bigger problem next season... but I do feel he's an improvement.

So, here we go again. Weeeeee!

two months too late.

:woot:

Let us hope Mt McKinnie is feeling it

"jim1 wrote:

McKinnie is expected to start at left tackle Sunday against the Patriots, The Miami Herald has learned. Struggling Tyson Clabo heads to the bench.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/10/26/3712711/miami-dolphins-bryant-mckinnie.html#storylink=cpy

Got a feeling he will miss it completely and fall on his ass.

So a fat Bryant McKinnie, with a bad knee that has to be drained frequently, is put into the lineup while our sketchy LT Martin goes to RT and the current OL disaster dujour, RT Tyson Clabo, goes to the bench. That is just pathetic.

Part of me would rather see Danny Watkins and and Dallas Thomas take over on the right side. That being said, my best guess is that Martin, Thomas and Watkins are not long term solutions. Add John Jerry to that list and what you have is a overhaul on the OL with the exception of Pouncey and maybe Incognito.

The Colts signed Xavier Nixon off the Redskins PS- that sounds like a better move to me than picking up a retread like mcKinnie with a busted wheel.

"muscle979 wrote:

With the franchise QB on the verge of being injured they just don't have the luxury of waiting even a week. When Ross reportedly met with Ireland and Philbin I wouldn't be surprised if it was to ask them why they're getting his franchise QB murdered.

Well, I don't think that 'being on the verge of being injured' is as important as 'being turned into Joey Harrington' by making the kid gun shy.

But this move isn't about Martin doing poorly as much as Clabo simply sucking, period... Thing is all Mt. McKinney has ever played is LT...

"jim1 wrote:

Losing Jake Long was a huge step backward, and Tannehill has been suffering those consequences. Martin is sketchy and Clabo is just plain awful, as we all know. McKinnie- we'll see what happens, I guess Martin goes to the right side.

This thread can probably go into the other one.

We didn't lose Jake, Jake left on his own accord...he didn't want to stay here. Hind sight is 20/20, but looking back at it now, yeah, they could have dipped into fa for a better tackle option than Clabo...

He cant possibly be any worse.

Regardless of how Jonathan Martin plays, it looks like letting Jake Long walk was a good decision based on his play with the Rams. He's been better than last year, but not worth the contract.

"Larryfinfan wrote:

We didn't lose Jake, Jake left on his own accord...he didn't want to stay here. Hind sight is 20/20, but looking back at it now, yeah, they could have dipped into fa for a better tackle option than Clabo...

That's semantics- we lost him, he's gone. No matter how you dice it. That being said, why did Jake leave of his own accord? Because Dawn Aponte was obnoxious in hardball negotiations? Because Joe Philbin is less than charismatic as a head coach and maybe wan't all into the leadership council thing a couple of years ago? Because of Jeff Ireland (state your choice of multiple reasons here)? Because we drafted Jonathan Martin, a LT that played out of position at RT, last year, and he interpreted that as us drafting his replacement?

Those are all obviously nothing more than guesses. But the fact is that Jake Long is gone, and what we have now is a load of crap at OT.

"Disgustipate wrote:

Regardless of how Jonathan Martin plays, it looks like letting Jake Long walk was a good decision based on his play with the Rams. He's been better than last year, but not worth the contract.

I would take Jake Long back in a heartbeat- it wasn't a great ride for him the last couple of years with the multiple injuries, but what happened with Martin moving to LT this year and Clabo at RT is self evident- a disaster.

"jim1 wrote:

I would take Jake Long back in a heartbeat- it wasn't a great ride for him the last couple of years with the multiple injuries, but what happened with Martin moving to LT this year and Clabo at RT is self evident- a disaster.

Jake Long over Jonathan Martin would be a net positive in terms of on the field play(although I don't think as much as you seem to think), but it wouldn't be a particularly resource-efficient move(Long is way overpaid in St.Louis), and I think there were better courses to pursue in retrospect.

now we'll focus on Martin....the last game he was awful too.... let's hope for the best, but I am not so optmistic, honestly (but I am quite a pessimistic guy in real life too :lol:)

Re: Miami Dolphins’ Bryant McKinnie expected to start against Patriots

"Larryfinfan wrote:

We didn't lose Jake, Jake left on his own accord...he didn't want to stay here. Hind sight is 20/20, but looking back at it now, yeah, they could have dipped into fa for a better tackle option than Clabo...

To be fair, Clabo was a borderline top 5 RT in 2012. His diminishing play to this extent has been surprising.

"jim1 wrote:

That's semantics- we lost him, he's gone. No matter how you dice it. That being said, why did Jake leave of his own accord? Because Dawn Aponte was obnoxious in hardball negotiations? Because Joe Philbin is less than charismatic as a head coach and maybe wan't all into the leadership council thing a couple of years ago? Because of Jeff Ireland (state your choice of multiple reasons here)? Because we drafted Jonathan Martin, a LT that played out of position at RT, last year, and he interpreted that as us drafting his replacement?

Those are all obviously nothing more than guesses. But the fact is that Jake Long is gone, and what we have now is a load of crap at OT.

It's all a perfect example of Jeff Ireland's leadership (or lack thereof). As long as he is he GM this is what you will have. He was not qualified for the job, and he's not learned enough in 6 full off-seasons to create a winning team. The bloom should be off the rose even to those of his most ardent supporters. Not admitting it now, is burying your head farther into the ground. Ross holding on to this guy just makes it more years we have to suffer though his arrogance & incompetence and I see yet another coach that is going to be sacrificed in order for him to keep his job.

He has yet to draft a superstar player, or obtain a consistent Pro Bowl Player. 6 freakin years and he can't do it, its not bad luck when its that many years in a row, that is just incompetence.

Well the Patriots defense has a bunch of injuries so I don't expect much pressure from them, but I can still see some false starts and other struggles.

Well I see this as a game where the offensive plays well and gives Tannehill time BUT....the defense can't stop Brady and he kills us.

Was hoping to show some faith in Garner on the right side.
Nothing to lose, really.

"Clabo heads to the bench."

I have no problem that we let Jake go it's that we didn't replace him with anybody. Martin was not a surefire replacement ,we took Jordan in the draft and he barely gets on the field. is what it is the new GM will address the tackles

This trade reeks of desperation...Martin will probably be benched soon too.