This is GREAT NEWS...:up:
Link:
http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/sport...sweblog+(Miami+Dolphins+|+Sun-Sentinel+Blogs)
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Did he agree to the whole 'no beating pregnant girlfriends' thing?
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great news
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Noooooooooooo
Too..much..Clemson..stank!
Do not have two Clemson guys on the same unit, that causes a increase in the reaction of "suck" to near thermal nuclear proportions...:lol:ToddsPhins likes this. -
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Merling doesn't help us or contribute if he happens to get back on the field.
He wasn't very good before the injury :up: -
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My worry is crossing the streams of "under achieving" with Merling and Clemons, one disappears and is 320 pds, the other could not catch a pillow if it landed in his hands drenched in stickum. -
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well thats interesting. could be a nice boost to the DL, which has been pretty good this year as it is
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I'd be much more excited if you replaced the name 'Merling' with 'Odrick'.
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Good news for our D-line. He might not help right away, but he can flash just as well as anyone on that line.
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I just dont see how a guy that doesnt have the best work ethic in the world is going to be in any type of shape to play football and be productive coming off an injury. Just dont see it.
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He's been a perfect citizen since the charge. The Dolphin's could use any help they can get. Hopefully this will start a wave of good news for them.
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Read this story before and it usually ends with the guy re-injuring himself or causing injury to another body part typically due to overcompensating.
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Well, if this is our version of a Roethlisberger deal where the guy by all accounts truly seems changed, Welcome back. But one thing that I find interesting is that I remember Skid Rosenberg saying something on the radio (my old man listens to him) when I was in the truck and he was saying he thinks we overplayed Merling's injury to get some heat off of him so he could get his life etc, straightened out.
Lest we forget Marshall also had the spectre of domestic violence hanging over his head. Under the condition of serious changes I wanna see how this plays out. -
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As long as this means he won't be home as often... :shifty:
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Beat a girlfriend / spit on another player........hmmmmm
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This is good, in hopes that the kid did some growing up as a result of a humiliating arrest, and a bone-headed injury to boot! Merling, it's now or never for you to prove yourself.
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I thought he was injured while working out on his own, preparing for camp.
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Obviously there will be a severe rust factor. Here's the thing.
First you get into good physical condition, then you get into football shape. And the only way to do that is to practice and play.
I'm hoping he's at least in good shape. That can be difficult for a big man with a leg injury. But you hope he took it all seriously, got his head right, rededicated himself to his profession and stayed in Nolan's playbook.BlameItOnTheHenne, Stitches and CrunchTime like this. -
get him on the field ASAP..See if he can flash some talent, than see if you can move him for a 3rd or 4th...if you can't, make him live in the gym to completely change his body, if he doesn't abide, cut his fat lazy jerk ***..
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I hold very little hope that he'll be any good or make an impact. And that small bit of hope is purely tied to the CLAIMS from players and coaches that he was having his best mini camps ever before he suffered the Achilles. However, you ALWAYS have to take that type of report with a huge grain of salt, less we start electing guys like Derrius Thompson to the Ring of Honor.
But seriously, he is:
1. Definitely not in football shape,
2. Probably not in shape PERIOD,
3. Coming off an injury that tends to take two years not 6 months,
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This week Miami gets Phil Merling back, and the Titans sign Marques Douglas.
They got the better player. -