1. Tannehill is on the brink of proving many he deserved tobe picked #8, if not higher. Ryan has the intelligence and tools to be a verygood QB, give him just a little time, and he will succeed. The one thing amongmany improvements this year with Tannehill, he has shown to be a leader, on thefield has been vocal, whether yelling, or talking players on the offense, butwhen interviewed, he continues to blame himself on the failures between Wallaceand himself, those are traits of quality QBs.
2. This O-line will be better then last year, then againconsidering the disaster that was the Miami Dolphins O-line last year, thatreally is not say much, but I truly think this Miami O-line will be good whether it bemid-season or late in the season. I expect growing pains, and everyone gettingin sync with each out, and losing Pouncey will not help, but this line willgrow to be a good line.
3. I might be wrong, and I really do hope I am, but Miami might now have adependable RB this year. As good as Miller has looked in camp, he is not astarting RB, Thomas is just too inconsistent, and Moreno is not the answer unfortunately. Miamineeds to get a RB that can consistently get positive yardage, rarely get caught in the backfield, and when a crucial3[SUP]rd[/SUP]/4[SUP]th[/SUP] and short or goal-line comes up, NAIL IT. Don’tknow if that RB is on the team right now…and I’m a huge Miller fan.
4. Losing Jordanfor 4 weeks is not going to help the team, but it really will not hurt theDolphins as much as it would other teams. Miamiis loaded at DE, Jordan wasnot going to start over Wake and Vernon, Miami will have Shelby,who seems to have picked up even more this off-season, and will not get abetter chance to look at & display Terrence Fede who also looks to be avery good player. Those that say Miami will miss the way he was able to controlGronk, well 1[SUP]st[/SUP] off, there is still no guarantee that he will beable to play in the 1[SUP]st[/SUP] game (No matter what continue to come out ofPatriots land, in fact. I generally believe the opposite of what I hear fromPats land), and #2 I doubt very much we were going to see Jordan on Gronk much if at all this year anyway had he not been suspended.
5. I believe Jarvis Landry is going to be special, and if Iwas Hartline and Wallace, I would try extremely hard to have a career year,because eventually Landry will become the premier receiver, leaving Wallace andHartline to prove who deserves #2 status more then the other. I could write anentire page on what I like about Landry, and why I believe he will be special,but I will just say how great he is running those routes, how tough he playsgoing for the ball, and having those huge mitts to make sure few of thosepasses end up any other place but in his possession are more then enough fornow to tell everyone this kid will succeed.
6. Finally I like many things I have seen from coach Lazor thisoff season, but until I see how he reacts in battle, and how he is able to continuallyput this offense, and Tannehill in positions to succeed, rather then fail, likethe last few OC, I will try to hold off in claiming he is among the top OC inthe league.
2. This O-line will be better then last year, then againconsidering the disaster that was the Miami Dolphins O-line last year, thatreally is not say much, but I truly think this Miami O-line will be good whether it bemid-season or late in the season. I expect growing pains, and everyone gettingin sync with each out, and losing Pouncey will not help, but this line willgrow to be a good line.
3. I might be wrong, and I really do hope I am, but Miami might now have adependable RB this year. As good as Miller has looked in camp, he is not astarting RB, Thomas is just too inconsistent, and Moreno is not the answer unfortunately. Miamineeds to get a RB that can consistently get positive yardage, rarely get caught in the backfield, and when a crucial3[SUP]rd[/SUP]/4[SUP]th[/SUP] and short or goal-line comes up, NAIL IT. Don’tknow if that RB is on the team right now…and I’m a huge Miller fan.
4. Losing Jordanfor 4 weeks is not going to help the team, but it really will not hurt theDolphins as much as it would other teams. Miamiis loaded at DE, Jordan wasnot going to start over Wake and Vernon, Miami will have Shelby,who seems to have picked up even more this off-season, and will not get abetter chance to look at & display Terrence Fede who also looks to be avery good player. Those that say Miami will miss the way he was able to controlGronk, well 1[SUP]st[/SUP] off, there is still no guarantee that he will beable to play in the 1[SUP]st[/SUP] game (No matter what continue to come out ofPatriots land, in fact. I generally believe the opposite of what I hear fromPats land), and #2 I doubt very much we were going to see Jordan on Gronk much if at all this year anyway had he not been suspended.
5. I believe Jarvis Landry is going to be special, and if Iwas Hartline and Wallace, I would try extremely hard to have a career year,because eventually Landry will become the premier receiver, leaving Wallace andHartline to prove who deserves #2 status more then the other. I could write anentire page on what I like about Landry, and why I believe he will be special,but I will just say how great he is running those routes, how tough he playsgoing for the ball, and having those huge mitts to make sure few of thosepasses end up any other place but in his possession are more then enough fornow to tell everyone this kid will succeed.
6. Finally I like many things I have seen from coach Lazor thisoff season, but until I see how he reacts in battle, and how he is able to continuallyput this offense, and Tannehill in positions to succeed, rather then fail, likethe last few OC, I will try to hold off in claiming he is among the top OC inthe league.
