here's a big F U to everyone in the football nation that is laughing at the dolphins and now thinks we are a 4-12 team now. look at the 2000 and 2001 seasons when we were 11-5 and made the playoffs.
-no ricky williams
-no david boston
-no jr seau
-no sammy knight
-no adewale ogunleye
-no chris chambers (2000)
-no randy mcmichael
-no 1000 yard rusher (2001)
-no WR had more than 60 receptions
-our TEs avg 1 catch a game
-we threw 35 tds and 36 ints
i'll be the first to agree that the loss of boston sucks and absolutely cripples what we could have been as an offense. however, it only brings us back to the pack. it doesn't make us a bottom feeder. as for ricky, we were a better team without him. the results don't lie. 11-5 and back to back playoff appearances without him, 9-7 and 10-6 and no playoffs with him.
it may not be obvious to some right now, but aj feeley is an upgrade from jay fiedler. and aj will only get better as he becomes more comfortable with the offense.
we all know how bad the o line was last season, and anyone with any football brains can see that when mcintosh gets back and in football shape, probably around week 6, our line is going to be 100 times better than it was last year. wade smith will be better. st claire has had an awesome camp, and jeno james is a stud. carey will only get better and seth isn't as bad as ruddy.
the defense is as hungry as ever, and with young guys like moore, bua and poole pressing for opportunity the veterans are going to step it up. yeah, even you toast (sam madison last season). there is also great competition at FS which should elevate that position as well. i'm not saying we're going to be an 11-5 team this year or even make the playoffs. but we're not going to be 4-12 or 5-11 and in the cellar of the afc east. we haven't had a losing season in 15 years and this year will no be any diffrent. i think we're 8-8 at worst.
-no ricky williams
-no david boston
-no jr seau
-no sammy knight
-no adewale ogunleye
-no chris chambers (2000)
-no randy mcmichael
-no 1000 yard rusher (2001)
-no WR had more than 60 receptions
-our TEs avg 1 catch a game
-we threw 35 tds and 36 ints
i'll be the first to agree that the loss of boston sucks and absolutely cripples what we could have been as an offense. however, it only brings us back to the pack. it doesn't make us a bottom feeder. as for ricky, we were a better team without him. the results don't lie. 11-5 and back to back playoff appearances without him, 9-7 and 10-6 and no playoffs with him.
it may not be obvious to some right now, but aj feeley is an upgrade from jay fiedler. and aj will only get better as he becomes more comfortable with the offense.
we all know how bad the o line was last season, and anyone with any football brains can see that when mcintosh gets back and in football shape, probably around week 6, our line is going to be 100 times better than it was last year. wade smith will be better. st claire has had an awesome camp, and jeno james is a stud. carey will only get better and seth isn't as bad as ruddy.
the defense is as hungry as ever, and with young guys like moore, bua and poole pressing for opportunity the veterans are going to step it up. yeah, even you toast (sam madison last season). there is also great competition at FS which should elevate that position as well. i'm not saying we're going to be an 11-5 team this year or even make the playoffs. but we're not going to be 4-12 or 5-11 and in the cellar of the afc east. we haven't had a losing season in 15 years and this year will no be any diffrent. i think we're 8-8 at worst.