DOLPHINS: Season's Over

Mon Jan 4 03:59:14 GMT 2010

The roster turnover will be interesting.  There will definitely be some, as there has been the past couple years.  I expect a complete overhaul at LB, as we've discussed, much like at CB last year.  My best guess is that Porter's gone, along with either Ayodele or Torbor (the other sticks around as backup).  JT comes back in the role he was supposed to play this year.  I think Wilson is probably gone.

On offense, I think Ginn is gone---or maybe I just hope.  I've seen more than enough of him.  As much as I like Camarillo, I wonder how much longer we'll have space for him.  I think the OL will return pretty much intact.  I'd like to see some new depth at RB, as I've said before, but I'm not sure that happens....

> Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2010 20:59:42 -0600
> From: mdiana at tulane.edu
> To: dolphins-disc at phins.com
> Subject: Re: DOLPHINS: Season's Over
> 
> The only Sparano quote I heard from the post-game presser was that 7-9 was
> mediocre, and that mediocre wasn't acceptable. It made me wonder if we won't
> see some significant roster turnover this off-season. I can't say I'd be
> sorry. In some cases it seems clear to me, and in others, it is hard to know
> if the consistency will come with experience. My tendency would be to give
> the younger players more of a break, in general, than the older ones that
> are still not getting it done.
> 
> The Jets seem to be able to catch Palmer's passes...
> 
> 
> On 1/3/10 8:26 PM, "Kristoffer Shields" <kms223 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > I think it depends on what you're talking about.  If you're talking about what
> > the Dolphins earned, then I completely agree.  You are what you are---the
> > Dolphins earned a 7-9 record this year.
> > 
> > 
> > But if you're going to look ahead and make plans, you have to make an honest
> > assessment of where you are, and to do that I think you need to look at more
> > than just record.  You have to take into consideration the injuries---if last
> > year's team had lost Pennington, Ronnie, and Ferguson, would it have been
> > 11-5?  And you have to take into consideration competition---I think this team
> > has more or less proven that it's better than the bad teams in the league and
> > not as good as the good teams.  But in deciding whether to go after X free
> > agent, or draft this guy or that guy, or re-sign this guy or that guy, etc.,
> > you have to look at the team as a whole and figure out what went right, what
> > went wrong, and where that leaves you in the context of everything.
> > 
> > 
> > What this team needs is consistency.  The question is whether that will come
> > with experience and the return of some key players, or whether that's going to
> > require a lot more new players.  That's what the staff has to figure out.
> > 
> > And oh my God, the Bengals can't even catch a pass.  A conspiracy theorist
> > might think they'd rather play the jets next week than the Texans....  Hmm....
> > 
> > 
> >> Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 02:13:11 +0000
> >> From: ldouglas at gmail.com
> >> To: dolphins-disc at phins.com
> >> Subject: Re: DOLPHINS: Season's Over
> >> 
> >> if you count the near misses (Colts, penalties) you also have to count
> >> the near hits (ginn 2 TD returns vs jets, ronnie brown wildcat vs
> >> jets, comeback vs pats).
> >> 
> >> it evens out over the season. you are what your record says you are.
> >> 
> >> On 1/4/10, Danny Nelson <cheesefrog at usa.net> wrote:
> >>> I disagree with that WQAM.  We had arguably the toughest schedule in the NFL
> >>> (after having the easiest last year) and came within a dropped pass (Colts)
> >>> and 3 bad calls (Saints, Texans, Steelers) of going 11-5, all while losing
> >>> the
> >>> starting QB, RB, TE, NT, CB, and a slew of other players.
> >>> 
> >>> ------ Original Message ------
> >>> From: "Peter Robbertsen" <finfan at home.nl>
> >>> 
> >>>> It was said best on the pregame show on WQAM: "This year we had better
> >>>> players, but last year's TEAM was better."
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>> From: "Salas, Randy" <Randy.Salas at startribune.com>
> >>>> To: "Miami Dolphins Discussion" <dolphins-disc at phins.com>
> >>>> Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 11:25 PM
> >>>> Subject: Re: DOLPHINS: Season's Over
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>>> When I said, "The Dolphins simply weren't as good this season," I meant
> >>>>> it
> >>> 
> >>>>> literally. They didn't win as many games. I didn't say anything about
> >>>>> talent -- although all of >the injuries clearly dropped the talent level.
> >>>> 
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