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Insightful Dolphins Quote from Mike Tanier's Mock Draft

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Mike Tanier's mock draft discussion of the Dolphins contains an insightful quote:

"Perhaps the Dolphins are stuck at .500 because they are always drafting to replace the outgoing players who kept them at .500."

So far in free agency it appears that this is exactly what we are doing: resigning the same mediocre players who led us to a 7-9 record at higher salaries. We never improve ourselves -- we just keep staying the same.

If this continues at least Ireland will be gone.
 
I disagree... These past 2 drafts have been really good and I see this years draft as possibly being the best.


We have some really young up and coming guys on the roster. I'm extremely optimistic this year :brewskis:
 
http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/42347136

Mike Tanier's mock draft discussion of the Dolphins contains an insightful quote:

"Perhaps the Dolphins are stuck at .500 because they are always drafting to replace the outgoing players who kept them at .500."

So far in free agency it appears that this is exactly what we are doing: resigning the same mediocre players who led us to a 7-9 record at higher salaries. We never improve ourselves -- we just keep staying the same.

If this continues at least Ireland will be gone.
Oh. So Randy Starks is a bum is what your saying. Same with a #2 WR in Hartline, and a solid backup QB in Matt Moore that mentors your young, potential franchise QB. Okay.
 
Oh. So Randy Starks is a bum is what your saying. Same with a #2 WR in Hartline, and a solid backup QB in Matt Moore that mentors your young, potential franchise QB. Okay.

I like getting Moore back but qb mentorship does not seem to be a big thing in todays NFL.
 
Isn't that how it usually goes? You release players with high cap number and replace them with guys who have lower salaries.
 
LMFAO @ Patterson as a young Burress. From where did he pull that comparison?
That made me LOL really hard as well. Some people are just, well, for lack of a better word, stupid.
 
Oh. So Randy Starks is a bum is what your saying. Same with a #2 WR in Hartline, and a solid backup QB in Matt Moore that mentors your young, potential franchise QB. Okay.

How did any of those resignings make us better than we were last year? From a talent point of view at best they kept us the same while eating up a larger portion of the salary cap. The idea is to get better, not to continue being 7-9.
 
You are reading and interpreting the quote the wrong way.

"Perhaps the Dolphins are stuck at .500 because they are always drafting to replace the outgoing players who kept them at .500."

He is saying we do not keep our own players (i.e., Marshall, Davis, etc.). He is actually saying that keeping the guys who have done well for us is a GOOD thing. So by signing Hartline, Starks, Moore we are keeping our own. That's what he is saying we have failed to do....and usually have to draft to replace them.
 
You can't continue to resign players, the costs become prohibitive, if they only get you to .500. You need stars, Long used to be one, maybe he can be one again if healthy. But not signing Sean Smith when you upgrade through the draft makes sense.
 
starks is making a fine salary of 8.5mil for a guy who stays on field all 3 owns and went to the probowl. hartline is a valuable wideout and he got12 mil guaranteed over 5 years... cmon... hes either getting it all up front so they can cut him penalty free any time or theyre backloading all the money so he never sees the other 18 mil of that contract. matt moore is a borderline starter who can win when he comes him, that's invaluable, and his contract is irrelevant, you have to look at the total money we pay to that position and its still half of what other teams pay to just their starters
 
Well free agency hasn't begun yet so we really haven't had the opportunity to improve ourselves yet this off season.
 
Jesus christ people you like to bitch a lot. FA has not even started yet and you are complaining. Teams are re signing their own players now. It doesn't mean they won't sign FA when they can. THEY CANNOT SIGN ANY FA YET!!!!! fricken relax!!!
 
http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/42347136

Mike Tanier's mock draft discussion of the Dolphins contains an insightful quote:

"Perhaps the Dolphins are stuck at .500 because they are always drafting to replace the outgoing players who kept them at .500."

So far in free agency it appears that this is exactly what we are doing: resigning the same mediocre players who led us to a 7-9 record at higher salaries. We never improve ourselves -- we just keep staying the same.

If this continues at least Ireland will be gone.

That's a very insightful quote by Tanier, and you completely misunderstood it. What he's saying is that we should hold on to our veterans who are not great but not terrible -Sean Smith, Hartline, Clemons, Starks, Long, maybe Bush-, instead of letting that sort of middle-tier players walk year in and year and spend all our resources trying to replace them.
 
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