> I’d say 50/50 Ireland survives. Sparano is in a much more precarious position with dudes like Cowher and Gruden wanting the job (if indeed that’s the case – as it has been reported). > Last, the empty seats and growing fan-base erosion is going to force Ross to make a significant move. And in hindsight, Ross may have set the table for a change when he declared the team “SB rea
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Spellbound. Didn't you know that Shoes made a Faustian Bargain? One undefeated season, another for the icing, but then, Dolphins fans are all mine, to toy with, hahahaha. Relax Jaw Man, you get the All Time Wins thing, I get the fans.
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> Animals kill only for fright or food (or if they are trained to as Michael Vick has done). Animals kill for other reasons too, just so ya know. Like competition for mating, or leadership, or regicide, infanticide. Territorial reasons. Weasels have been known to go on killing rampages, effectively committing mass murder. Might be evidence that Chimpanzees do too, can’t remember o
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BigNastyFish Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Quaff Lol, Could you repeat that sir? In the name of The Tim?
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dolphaholic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > JC Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > dolphaholic Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > I always thought a quaff was when a womans > > private > > > parts made a......oh n
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Cool, a teacher. I'm a student myself, a natural fit perhaps. Credentials?
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dolfan1 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Lol, don't worry grasshopper that went straight > over your head. Read and learn. Learn what Rodent?
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dolfan1 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Why the eye roll, it's the way I roll That's the way you eye roll?
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dolfan1 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Aqua&Orange Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > That is assault. I would actually love to see > you > > throw it, then get pummeled with a billy club > from > > your arresting officer. > > > > Now that would be funny! >
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BigNastyFish Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > In summary, this team has been “erected” via a > very specific formula; the “Parcells > architecture to win.” And since Ireland and > Sparano are of the same core philosophy, they’re > essentially a matched pair. So if one goes bye-bye > the odds seem fairly high the other goes as well
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> Sure there were some vital peices to the puzzle in place when Brady was drafted (Brown, Bruschi, Law, McGinnest, Milloy, Vinatieri) but the notion that Brady stepped into a team ready to go to the super bowl with a good QB is wrong. Belechick GUTTED that team from the day he walked in the door and built the vast majority of that team around a QB on his roster. > That's not even remote
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Phinsfan2 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'd be tempted to pull the trigger on Palmer for > our #1 this year. > > I'd rather have a young QB and while I like the > top 4 guys in this draft the only one I'm fairly > sure about at this point is Luck and we have no > shot at him. Yep, that’s it in a nutshell. The Palmer thing wor
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Phinsfan2 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > seadevil Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > > > Bring in B. Volek, trade down, draft R. Stanzi > and > > be done with it, keep the Thig, tell Henne to > > (whispers) get out? > > > How does that even REMOTELY come close
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> From my perspective, I'd rather just give them our 2012 1st round pick and keep Davis. Now we’re talking. Yeah, I’d probably do that. Gradkowski, Henne, Locker. Not bad.
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Hooligan2 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > When Brady went down two seasons ago the Pats > almost won the division again with Cassel coming > in cold off the bench. Since then Cassel hasn't > really set the world on fire in KC. (offensive > line?) > You can point at Brady and argue just about > anything that you want. Brady makes the WR
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montequi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > > My concerns with Palmer: > I think I agree. > I see him as a stop-gap until we get a young QB to > replace him. That COULD BE Henne or someone else. > What we need is competition in training camp. Of > course...what do we give away in a trade then? How about, trade down, acquire
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Phinsfan2 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- >> My concerns with Palmer are numerous: > > 1) He turns 32 in a couple of weeks. So you are > getting maybe 3-4 good seasons out of him, > assuming he ever returns to top form. > 2) He hasn't had a good season since the knee > injury (4 years ago). > 3) He'd cost more than you think
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Phinsfan2 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm not sure what your point is. They've won > three titles using this formula in the past decade > and lost another one 2 years ago. > > Not too mention they are a contender EVERY year. > > Over the past ten seasons the Pats have won > outright, or lost the division on a tie-breaker
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> Why don't you see that happening now? > Is that because you don't think any of these QB's (mallett, Newman or Locker) is any good or is it because you don't think we'll be in a position to select the one we want? Both? The Dolphins need an upgrade now; they can’t wait around another season hoping a QB develops into being “any good?” Because the Dolphins will have to
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> I'd just as soon pick up experience and have it for 3 or 4 years and win the SB than expect us to have that young guy that never gets hurt. Fitzpatrick, Henne, Thigpen?
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> My ideal solution is to try to find a diamond in the rough at QB in the late rounds. A guy from a small college with a good arm, a good brain, and a lot of heart. A Tom Brady from a small college. It happens. How about, you bring in Alex Smith, keep Henne, bring in undrafted free agents in the hopes of finding the next Tony Romo?
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BigNastyFish Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Listen dude, I think Carson is a discounted > commodity right now and if we could get him at a > bargain price I like the concept. The problem is > we have no clue how viable that idea is -- so we > can’t put that in the bank as a sure fire > answer. > It’s a speculation at best. We
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> And how are you going to get Carson Palmer? > Send up a flare? You tell me, you're the one who is blasting on about getting a QB, I've given an option, tell me how to get the player. Do you have a better option? Let's hear it. Surely you have something else to say beyond the most obvious observations, observations that the Dolphins have long ago made (as evidenced by the benchi
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> seadevil: LT in the above context means long-term. > So I assume your solution is to do nothing since we’ve already got so much invested in Henne and he may be our QB by default next season? > Wrong. We need to get aggressive about the position – THE MOST IMPORTANT on an NFL team. This regime wagered the entire future on one QB pick in 3 years. As stated over and over Pat W
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> Draft 2 QB's this year. Open TC with Henne + Thiggy + One high drafted QB + one mid to lower drafted QB. Declare the job 100% open and get it on. But we do NOT have the LT solution at QB on the roster right now IMO. But, at least the Dolphins have the LT, whew, thank Gawd that’s out of the way. Your idea about the draft? Eh, not so good. It leaves you with a good chance of Henne st
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> Gee, thanks. Except that you missed my point. Perhaps it was buried in one of the other threads on this subject where I said I wasn't suggesting that we tank it but that there's no arguing that we'd be better off being 5-11 than 10-6 in the long run. Why is that? A 10-6 team would, presumably, be closer to being a championship contender, so, a 10-6 team might not need any more of those h
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> Once again seadevil I don’t think you even read before you go into the “smoke screen support the regime PROPAGANDA.” And once again, you think wrong. Same old, same old. > This regime has drafted 2 (count them, TWO) QB’s in their tenure. One is Henne, the other is Pat White. Now you can use your imaginary powers and pretend Pat White was a legit NFL QB prospect but I thi
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ChyrenB Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Glad to see you are using the "quote" function, > SeaDevil. I try. Thanks btw.
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> Yo seadevil you MAKE MY POINT: > Do you have any idea how effin hard it is to find a viable QB? > It seems you're an ADD poster child who doesn't even bother to read and COMPREHEND what you're commenting about. Now put down the keyboard and back away from the computer. How did I “make” your point? Yes, it’s difficult to find a viable QB, just like it’s difficu
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> what are the consequences to this regime for the "situation" we're in? We can keep Henne around and cross our fingers he'll eventually develop, but we need a more competent staff that can identify QB talent and draft accordingly. Oh give me a break. Do you have any idea how effin hard it is to find a viable QB? Obviously not. And the staff just agreed with you, since, they ju
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