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On a lighter note-Top Five Greatest Miami Dolphins of All Time

Csonka didnt just quit the team,it was a huge contract dispute and he felt he was'nt being offered what he deserved,cant blame someone for trying to better there position,just as ALL NFL players did this year. Csonka would have been at Miami for a long time had they done him right,and I hated it when he left,but he did what he had to do to make the money he felt he deserved.

None the less,that doesnt diminish what he did for the team and the hell of a bruising back he was when he was here. The man was like a dam battering ram who didnt run around people,he ran over and through them. He was Earl Cambell before Earl Cambell !! He was one bad *** running back who also was a great blocker and could catch and run the ball out of the backfield. Again,no list is complete without the Csonk on it,just a shame the younger generation doesnt realize how really great and instumental to our Championships this man was ! I love Zach Thomas,and absolutely great guy,but he won 0 championships,same for Jason Taylor. And Im telling you,without Larry Csonka and his bruising running from the backfield,we dont win the 2 championships we did. When he did leave,our championships stopped ! I think it was the very next year in the Sea of Hands loss to the Raiders if Im not mistaken.
 
The list of bad players over the years is definitely much easier.
 
Awsi Dooger said:
IMO, there has only been one meaningful period in franchise history -- the wondrous early '70s -- so no chance I'm picking anyone outside that era.

Csonka
Griese
Warfield
Little
Stanfill

Those were the 5 best players during our championship run, with apologies to Anderson and Scott and Fernandez and Buoniconti and Langer and Keuchenberg, all terrific in their own right.

That group of players was so dedicated that losses were not tolerated, and in the rare occasions they happened the post game radio show was all but silent on WIOD. Henry Barrow would be hard pressed to find anyone speaking above a whisper in the locker room. I'll never forget it. Contrast to these days, with Sean Smith celebrating a fluke interception while down 24-7, or Vontae Davis taking over the mindless grin role from Ronnie Brown. Jason Taylor would have fit well on the early '70s teams but otherwise its been difficult to find anyone equally passionate as that group, or as pained upon failure. One of the reasons I supported the Reggie Bush acquisition was because he's that type of team oriented guy, witnessed by shoving Matt Leinart into the end zone against Notre Dame in 2005. Not exactly surprising he smashed his helmet to the ground on the sideline late during an agonizing defeat.

Marino was undeniably talented but those years were an insult after experiencing the '70s teams. As a stats guy I could look at a handful of numbers and realize we were masochistically eliminating ourselves by finesse and imbalance, since too much passing naturally softens your own defense and team identity. Shula somehow gets credit for adapting to personnel when all he really did was forfeit a dozen or more years by pretending he was playing under rules and application that wouldn't be adopted for another 25 years. The defining moment was the San Diego game 1984, when we dropped our rushing attempts by severe amount, never to return. The 1983 team maintained a stubborn hold on a physical approach but by playoffs 1984 we were a pantyhose passing team, doomed to be crushed. Other than isolated spots to dependably bet against the Dolphins, the Marino years were an incomparable waste. Luckily the Canes surge was parallel. When in doubt, bet against the Dolphins and with the Canes. It was incredible how often that simple two-team parlay worked during those years.
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It's not often I have a crush on a man.
 
Marino, Griese, Csonka, Taylor and either Langer or Little.

Michael
 
Dwight is the greatest center to ever play the game. You could argue him over marino even.
 
Brock Marion
Keith Jackson
Pete Stoyanovich
Terrell Buckley
Trace Armstrong
 
I'm surprised at the lack of love for Offerdahl, they guy hit like Ray Lewis and was as smart as Zach Thomas.

And no Richmond Webb? Come on, the guys was one of the top LT for 10 years. If Jake can live up to his standard we'd all be happy.
 
kloud_9 said:
1.Rob Konrad 2.Marlon Greenwood 3.Arturo Freeman 4.Wade Smith at left tackle 5.Shayne Graham
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... You forgot Yatil Green. :chuckle:


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