Didn't really say much more than we already knew. Ironic that Jeff ran into SSmith's agent on his way over to do total access. His agent didn't mention the Pats as being one of the 3 teams in on Smith (49ers, KC and Philly the three he mentioned)

 

You always figure Speilman likes to stick it to his old team don't you? However, I think Miami gets Wallace, just for a little more money.

 

who cares about nat'l recognition. I'd rather they just win.

 

I hear you but we the soorriest excuse of a gm asanybody in the league with the dumbass resigning Hartline we will get shafted again . With Boldin going to san fran and Harvin going to the seahawks Wallace will probally end up in Minnesota so that drops us to only Jennings and the other wrs are not much better so I hope to hell I'M wrong but Ireland isabout to drop the ball on our offseason.

anyone that thinks Hartline and Bess will lead us to the playoffs is out of their minds we wont win five games with those two wrs because they are too slow and they fall down all the time.

we need a real tightend and a #1 and a #2 wr desprately .

if we sign Wallace and another wr then I wont say anything else but i dont trust the ******** of a gm until he gets a real playmaker.

 

Odd, since we just won 7 games with them starting.

 

I love it. How many times have we seen teams like the Jets or Redskins "win" Free Agency only to flame out when the games matter.

I'd much rather we have a relatively quiet offseason, sign one or two key players, and continue to build through the draft. Unfortunately for us this isn't Madden. We can't just turn off the salary cap and sign every big name Free Agent out there.

We also need to be patient - Free Agency doesn't technically begin until Midnight EST. In the meantime let ESPN and NFL Network cover the Jets and other teams. We'll see who's laughing at the end of the day.

 

lol

 

People slagging off Ireland are hilarious. He essentially just re-signed a thousand yard receiver to a three year $12 million deal with a cap hit of $1.7 million if he's cut going into year four. If not then he's primed for restructure. He's on the eve of bringing in Mike Wallace and Jared Cook because he had the team at $45 million under the cap and has 5 picks in the first 100 or so after bringing in the best young center in football and a rookie QB with great upside in the first two drafts he's run.

 

He's getting slagged on because every year counts and this past year he let some serious holes develop.

Yes he has $45 million (is it that high?) because a lot of contracts were expiring.

That's like saying we have $120 million because we cut the whole team.

$45 million with no serious major holes would be quite something. But I think we have a couple holes.

That said, I am excited this year but let him sign them up, suit them up, and play and at the end of the year we'll see if he did a good job. But he absolutely deserves the criticism he got. He all but admitted he screwed up royally on the WR position last year.

 

Yea even I gotta give Jeffy some props on the Hartline deal, only 2.1 mil against the cap this year isn't half bad

 

Hartline will never be cut. He will be extended. Brain Hartline will be a Dolphin for life :yes:

 

I like the sound of that. Mark my words, The Hitman will go down as the 38th best WR in dolphins history. You heard it here first.

 

I'd love that provided we're not overpaying for him.

 

We are at roughly $26 million after franchising Starks, and resigning Hartline and Moore. If Wallace get's $12 million that leaves us with $14 million (assuming the cap hit is $12M and not backloaded like the Hartline deal). We could still sign one or two FA's depending on who they are and how much they cost. With that much we couldn't maybe bring back Long or Smith. If that's the case the only guys we lose (unless I'm forgetting someone) would be Clemons, Bush, Long/Smith (whoever we didn't sign). Doesn't seem like there are too many wholes left and that's before the draft.

 

That's what I'm saying. Most of that money will be used to fill some holes and um, who is our starting LT, who is our starting CB, do we have a pass rusher yet not named Wake (I know we didn't do too bad on sack totals last year).

Do we have a tight end yet?

Our RBs are a kid I like A LOT but hasn't yet carried the load, and a running back who has an open field but runs himself into a concussion. Color me cautious :D

That said I hope we kill it.I love the dolphins. I see Pete Carroll in Seattle execute 200 transactions his first year and how fast they got good. I want some of that. I mean, not too much to ask for ;)

 

QUICK, somebody put their hand on LB's forehead and see if he's feeling ok!!... In the meantime I'll get the ice bath prepared!! Might need a defibrillator too! We can save him if we band together!

 

I would love to be the San Antonio Spurs of pro football for once.

 

free agency starts tuesday at 4 p.m. eastern time

 

there is no one left here that was responsible for what happened to him.....so no

 

No way man.
Certainly we have another 30 days of high hopes to argue about.

 

We should be hoping that Wallace goes to Minnesota to save us from what his contract is going to be and the mistake it is going to be to sign him, but that won't happen. Why? Because the Dolphins are the only team desperate enough to severely overpay the one trick pony. We are bidding against ourselves for Mike Wallace. No one else is interested in him at that salary.

 

I've read you saying this several times, please explain exactly how we are doing this.

 

KB stop posting baseless speculation in every single thread. It's starting to get ridiculous.

 

Sounds about right, but there are certainly holes.

Losing one of your tackles and having not a single decent starter at CB and only one Safety, and maybe no Tight End.

We have five picks, but you figure maybe two are ready to start and play as well as you hoped, another one probably is up and down and two others are like Egnew/Pat White/Pat Turner etc.

 

Those cap numbers are incorrect. Miami, as of tonight, has $31 million in space. Take out the rookie money (roughly 3 million) and you still have 28.

Minus Wallace's deal, which is likely to be in the $7-$8 mil range (as far as cap hits go) you've got $20. That's enough to get some work done. Sign Winston, Sign Houston, sign another role player, restructure Patterson/Cut Marshall, etc.

edit: Holy **** the rookie class is closer to $6 million not 3. I guess we're looking at 25.5x in FA money to spend.

 

I guess having a pick at 12, and then four more in rounds two and three will do that to your rookie salary allocation.

 

:chuckle::chuckle: Good one man.

 

lol

 

And what's with the 4 pm start of FA??? Is that to coincide with NFL Total Access @ 7?

Maybe Wallace will give us a location discount... Well even if he doesn't have a Pro Bowl season for us, just the threat of him will get guys open underneath. Cook would be a great addition, but I hope Fasano resigns at some point as well. Cook or Keller?

 

If we miss out on Wallace, I strongly suspect that Jake Long gets done very soon afterwards as does Brandon Gibson. They will talk about how there was never an interest in Wallace and that they will build through the draft.

 

It'll actually be closer to 3 million. Until the regular season starts, only your top 51 players count against the cap. Since the mid to late round rookie class won't have salaries in the top 51, they won't count against the cap until the season starts, if they make the team at all.

 

Not wild about Gibson, but think if we land a seam busting, proven Te, that is a great takeaway from the start of FA.

Jennnings 12 millie per yr does not seem so outlandish atm, which makes the Hartline deal make even more sense.

 

As I said earlier, the Hartline deal is three years, twelve million. Then the will be a restructure or a cut.

 

That is true, but memories of being in a city with a franchise do linger. I was just being sarcastic. One thing is certain, for what ever the reason is, Minny is a threat to Ireland. And the reason is likely because Minny needs Wallace as much as we do.