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The Miami Dolphins showed this offseason that they are committed to winning and committed to winning right now. Bill Parcells has expectedly done a tremendous job restoring this franchise ever since he was hired to be the team’s head of football operations. By the same token, general managers (GM) Jeff Ireland and head coach Tony Sparano have done unbelievable jobs as well.
The franchise appears to be on track to winning a Super Bowl and it starts with their improving offence.
The team had been missing a key part from being a great offence. They have a solid offensive line (O-line), two great running backs, and a young improving quarterback.
Chad Henne, as promised when he was drafted, is the starter heading into 2010, while Chad Pennington has gracefully stepped aside to serve a mentor in a backup role and let the stronger, younger Henne lead the offence. Henne showed last season that he was ready to be the starter, as the offence fared well and Henne showed much promise.
Henne was thrown into the fire after the team started 0-3 behind Pennington. When Pennington had to undergo season-ending shoulder surgery, Henne stepped in and responded well. He went 7-6 in 13 starts while leading Miami to some memorable come-from-behind victories.
While Henne did show promise, it was the running game that helped carry the team. The team may have the deepest backfield in the league. Just Ronnie Brown and Ricky Williams alone make a strong backfield, but when you throw in Patrick Cobbs and the best short-yardage fullback in the game in Lousaka Polite, the team is stacked and built for their wildcat formation.
Many accuse the team for relying on the formation so much, but when it’s effective, you can’t blame them for using it. Ronnie Brown, the anchor of the formation, believes it will still be used this season: “I see us still using it,” he said. “It was a vital part of our offense the last couple of seasons and obviously it offers a change of pace for our offense as a way for us being able to switch it up. That’s just another phase that we have as an offense to have defenses have to study and prepare for. They’ll have a lot on their plate.”
While the running game will still be important, Henne now has something he didn’t have last year. Receivers Davone Bess, Brian Hartline, and Greg Camarillo are all sure-handed receivers, but they just don’t have the breakaway speed and the raw talent that someone like Brandon Marshall will now bring to their offence.
The receivers did the job, but defences were able to pressure Henne without worrying about a constant threat. The speedy Ted Ginn had a dropping habit that didn’t seem to go away and the Dolphins traded him.
Now Marshall comes in, one of the top five receivers in the league, and he is a constant deep threat. He's also physical and has some of the best hands in the game. Defenders now have to worry about Marshall burning them, and their extra attention paid to him will open things up underneath for other receivers and will make the running game that much more dangerous.
Marshall did have his problems with coaches in Denver, but he has insisted that he intends to change his ways and sees Miami as a fresh start. Certainly when you have Parcells and Sparano in charge, you better be on your best behaviour.
Henne also gained experience last year, and while many are anticipating a breakout season from Matt Ryan of the Falcons, you can expect the same thing with Henne. He now has a receiver who has caught 100 passes in all of his last three seasons and a more balanced attack to work with.
While more eyes may be leering towards the Jets and the Patriots, beware of the Dolphins. They may just have something that will be too tough for defences to figure out
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http://blogs.bettor.com/Do-the-Dolphins-Have-the-Most-Underrated-Offence-a18845
 
The Dolphins do, but so do the Patriots.

Brady, Moss, Welker, Holt, Edelman, Maroney.
 
Well, not by us.

(also, that dude needs to learn how to spell "offense") :)
 
We don't really have any glaring weakness on offense. They have the potential to be one of the better offenses in the league but will never know until the season starts.
 
Watership Down said:
We don't really have any glaring weakness on offense. They have the potential to be one of the better offenses in the league but will never know until the season starts.
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Tight End is a weakness as is Left Guard, Right Guard, and Center.
 
RobertHorry said:
Tight End is a weakness as is Left Guard, Right Guard, and Center.
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Tight end is not a weakness, both players are excellent blockers and Fasano has shown he has the goods before. As for Haynos I seriously think you guys overlook him, he is a real good blocker and he is a nice goal line weapon to have. He has also shown potential. Kory Sperry is another guy who I think showed a ton in the Bucs game and then the Fins failed to use him more and remember the Fins also have Nalbone.

Center and the Guard spots are not weakness either. Grove played exceptional when healthy and Berger did not miss a step. At Guard you have Thomas, Garner, Incognito, Jerry, Procter and Berger (he has started at G before.

The Fins biggest worries are at FS, OLB and maybe NT.
 
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FinAtic8480 said:
Tight end is not a weakness, both players are excellent blockers and Fasano has shown he has the goods before. As for Haynos I seriously think you guys overlook him, he is a real good blocker and he is a nice goal line weapon to have. He has also shown potential. Kory Sperry is another guy who I think showed a ton in the Bucs game and then the Fins failed to use him more and remember the Fins also have Nalbone.

Center and the Guard spots are not weakness either. Grove played exceptional when healthy and Berger did not miss a step. At Guard you have Thomas, Garner, Incognito, Jerry, Procter and Berger (he has started at G before.

The Fins biggest worries are at FS, OLB and maybe NT.
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This.
 
We have no real holes on offense going into this year. We won't know how the offense will be until the season starts.
 
SebasMiamiFan said:
No. TE is not a weakness, we just lack a Tony G. type player. Fasano and Haynos are kept for blocking, while Sperry has potential. The O-line is set.
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This...as long as everyone stays healthy not having a Tony G. type of TE is all that keeps Miami's offense from being top 5.
 
The offense has lots of potential, and I'm really excited to watch them. We also have to see if Henne will take the next step, and if the rest of the WRs will too. Health is important too both with Brown and the O-Line. They could and should be a top 10 offense, but we'll see.
 
RobertHorry said:
Tight End is a weakness as is Left Guard, Right Guard, and Center.
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Center, and both guard spots, are far, far from a weakness. We have very good starters at each position, and lots of depth at each position. I wouldn't consider Tight End a weakness either. This coaching staff wants blocking TE's, and they have one of the best blocking TE's in the league, as well as Haynos who's a great blocker also. I'd love to see a pass catching TE, who knows if that's what the coaching staff wants. If Fasano can get back to what he did in 2008 as a pass catcher, then we're fine at TE.
 
The addition of Marshall not only improves the run game, the TEs will benefit as well.

To say that we have a weakness on offense is overstating the facts. We are solid across the board. Would be nice to have a Pro Bowler at every position but that's not going to happen.
 
FinAtic8480 said:
Tight end is not a weakness, both players are excellent blockers and Fasano has shown he has the goods before. As for Haynos I seriously think you guys overlook him, he is a real good blocker and he is a nice goal line weapon to have. He has also shown potential. Kory Sperry is another guy who I think showed a ton in the Bucs game and then the Fins failed to use him more and remember the Fins also have Nalbone.

Center and the Guard spots are not weakness either. Grove played exceptional when healthy and Berger did not miss a step. At Guard you have Thomas, Garner, Incognito, Jerry, Procter and Berger (he has started at G before.

The Fins biggest worries are at FS, OLB and maybe NT.
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Again, Tight End is a weakness. Fasano showed one good year, and another bad year. Haynos is a bit above average at blocking, and slow as molasses. Sperry is an unknown. Hence TE being a weakness. Guards are a weakness because Thomas is technically in his 2nd year and was inconsistent last year. Incognito is a loose cannon and wildcard, and Garner is nothing to write home about...yet. Jerry is a rookie and Procter is average. Center is a weakness because Grove is injured half the time and no one has seen Berger play consistently well.

Having a decent player at a position who is inconsistent = Weakness.

A position not with a weakness is something like LT/RT/RB/FB. Players you can COUNT on to to make plays for you day in and day out without making dumb mistakes more than one or two times. Its not about having Pro Bowlers at each position, its about players who don't make dumb penalties(Incognito), don't fumble the ball(Fasano), don't drop the ball(Haynos/Fasano), don't screw up in pass protection(Thomas), don't get injured every other play(Grove), not shown their play consistently(Berger,Garner,Procter), or are rookies(Jerry).
 
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