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First, ease up on me with the political issues. I am allowed to put anything under 500 characters in my signature, and so are you. I don't dogg on anyone for having a Bush O4 Icon.....I dont call anyone Kon-Doh-Leeez-Ah Rice Jr......as I was called Michael Moore Jr. The main thing I want by posting my signature is just to let people see my opinion first.....but also just think about the election. I am wanting everyone to vote, and by placing that as my signature.....Im thinking it might in some way cause someone to at least think about the election. I think a lot of americans take the right to vote for granted. A LOT of Americans. Yet if we were in some other country, where we didnt have a choice as to who our leader would be...we would be praying to god above for just the chance for democracy. So go vote. Of course I will vote for Kerry....but I am just trying to get people to vote. Even if you vote for Nader.....go vote. To many people died long ago so that you have the right to.
Ok, so enough with politics. End of it. Now, lets talk Dolphins. It seems as if every "expert" out of Miami thinks we now have no chance. Not just at the superbowl, but even a winning season. Last night Jim Rome said we had no chance of .500. The likes of John Madden, Chris Berman, the PTI cast, and Around the Horn cast, as well as many other have all said the exact same thing.
Why? Well, I think that it just has to do with the loss of ricky of course, and our lack of passing game. I live in Arkansas, and I can compare the loss of ricky to my Razorback football team. We were ranked as high as 3rd in the country last year though week 8. We are picked #37 in the preseason poll this year. Reasoning? We lost every starter on our offensive line, including All-American Junior Shaun Andrews (1st round eagles) as well as three others who were drafted in later rounds. The "experts" reasoning is this : We were a power running team, and we lost our entire line.....how can we compete? The same goes into all of the NFL experts minds....we were a power running team.....we lost a top-5 back, how can we compete? It is my belief that a lot of the experts cut the investigation off with that. A lot of them (just as college guys do to the razorbacks) think to themselves " Just HOW can they compete now???? There just isant a chance" Without really ever looking extremely close at what the team still has.
The difference in Arkansas and Miami is that Arkansas cannot pass the ball effectively enough to win games.....and without our O-Line, its possible that our ranking is close to correct. Our Dolphins can throw the ball, and will. The experts, and fans have greatly under-rated Fiedler. It has always been my opinion that Fielder was a good run-of-the-mill STARTING nfl QB. Our front office is still looking for another Dan Marino, and he is simply not there. And who knows, there is a chance Feely may play good ball. So, I think our QB situation is ok. We now also have a top 5 #1 and #2 WR combo in the league. This is going to cause havoc with defenses......because we won't have ricky anymore.....but Travis and the guys also wont be seeing 9 guys in the box, either.....allowing them to much-better rickys 3.5 per, running against 8/9 guys. With a much improved O-Line, I think our offense should be BETTER......yes BETTER...than last years.
Once again, we lost ricky. Forget that fact, forget everything about how great he was...and look at last years numbers. It doesnt matter if you have Barry Sander's legs and Jim Browns power......you cannot run against 9 guys, simple as that. I like the RB's we have nows chances running against teams that have to worry about a passing game, playing straight up o-line vs d-line.....than i do ricky running against everybody.
Our O will be better, our D will maintain its top play....and I seriously think we can contend for a SB birth. Period. It's not what the experts say now, its what they say in December.
Ok, so enough with politics. End of it. Now, lets talk Dolphins. It seems as if every "expert" out of Miami thinks we now have no chance. Not just at the superbowl, but even a winning season. Last night Jim Rome said we had no chance of .500. The likes of John Madden, Chris Berman, the PTI cast, and Around the Horn cast, as well as many other have all said the exact same thing.
Why? Well, I think that it just has to do with the loss of ricky of course, and our lack of passing game. I live in Arkansas, and I can compare the loss of ricky to my Razorback football team. We were ranked as high as 3rd in the country last year though week 8. We are picked #37 in the preseason poll this year. Reasoning? We lost every starter on our offensive line, including All-American Junior Shaun Andrews (1st round eagles) as well as three others who were drafted in later rounds. The "experts" reasoning is this : We were a power running team, and we lost our entire line.....how can we compete? The same goes into all of the NFL experts minds....we were a power running team.....we lost a top-5 back, how can we compete? It is my belief that a lot of the experts cut the investigation off with that. A lot of them (just as college guys do to the razorbacks) think to themselves " Just HOW can they compete now???? There just isant a chance" Without really ever looking extremely close at what the team still has.
The difference in Arkansas and Miami is that Arkansas cannot pass the ball effectively enough to win games.....and without our O-Line, its possible that our ranking is close to correct. Our Dolphins can throw the ball, and will. The experts, and fans have greatly under-rated Fiedler. It has always been my opinion that Fielder was a good run-of-the-mill STARTING nfl QB. Our front office is still looking for another Dan Marino, and he is simply not there. And who knows, there is a chance Feely may play good ball. So, I think our QB situation is ok. We now also have a top 5 #1 and #2 WR combo in the league. This is going to cause havoc with defenses......because we won't have ricky anymore.....but Travis and the guys also wont be seeing 9 guys in the box, either.....allowing them to much-better rickys 3.5 per, running against 8/9 guys. With a much improved O-Line, I think our offense should be BETTER......yes BETTER...than last years.
Once again, we lost ricky. Forget that fact, forget everything about how great he was...and look at last years numbers. It doesnt matter if you have Barry Sander's legs and Jim Browns power......you cannot run against 9 guys, simple as that. I like the RB's we have nows chances running against teams that have to worry about a passing game, playing straight up o-line vs d-line.....than i do ricky running against everybody.
Our O will be better, our D will maintain its top play....and I seriously think we can contend for a SB birth. Period. It's not what the experts say now, its what they say in December.
