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A Practice Squad Idea

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I was talking to my wife who really isn't into football. To her credit, she was listening to me.

I mentioned the dilemma with Skylar Thompson and she said something that made me think.

"Can he stay with Miami if another team claims him? Seems like he should have a choice."

That kind of led to my maybe wacky idea. What if every team had one practice squad exemption? The player designated with the exemption couldn't be poached and would receive a salary bump, say $100,000.

That player could only have the exemption tag for one year. Teams could also decide not to use the exemption.

For a player like Thompson, who seems like an absolutely perfect fit in McDaniel's system this would seem like a win. He could conceivably have a long career as a backup in Miami.

Go somewhere else and maybe it doesn't work out well.

Of course, Miami could just put him on the 53 man roster knowing he essentially won't play this year.
 
He would have to clear waivers before we sign him to the practice squad. If another team claims him, he has no say in it other than retiring. So there's that.
 
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SF Dolphin Fan said:
I was talking to my wife who really isn't into football. To her credit, she was listening to me.

I mentioned the dilemma with Skylar Thompson and she said something that made me think.

"Can he stay with Miami if another team claims him? Seems like he should have a choice."

That kind of led to my maybe wacky idea. What if every team had one practice squad exemption? The player designated with the exemption couldn't be poached and would receive a salary bump, say $100,000.

That player could only have the exemption tag for one year. Teams could also decide not to use the exemption.

For a player like Thompson, who seems like an absolutely perfect fit in McDaniel's system this would seem like a win. He could conceivably have a long career as a backup in Miami.

Go somewhere else and maybe it doesn't work out well.

Of course, Miami could just put him on the 53 man roster knowing he essentially won't play this year.
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He has no choice if cut and a team claims him for their 53. If unclaimed he can choose his team/ or practice squad!
 
SF Dolphin Fan said:
I was talking to my wife who really isn't into football. To her credit, she was listening to me.

I mentioned the dilemma with Skylar Thompson and she said something that made me think.

"Can he stay with Miami if another team claims him? Seems like he should have a choice."

That kind of led to my maybe wacky idea. What if every team had one practice squad exemption? The player designated with the exemption couldn't be poached and would receive a salary bump, say $100,000.

That player could only have the exemption tag for one year. Teams could also decide not to use the exemption.

For a player like Thompson, who seems like an absolutely perfect fit in McDaniel's system this would seem like a win. He could conceivably have a long career as a backup in Miami.

Go somewhere else and maybe it doesn't work out well.

Of course, Miami could just put him on the 53 man roster knowing he essentially won't play this year.
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I give you credit for discussing it with your wife. I have been married for nearly 50 years and I have many discussions with my wife concerning many different issues.

When it comes to discussing players the Dolphins should cut or keep, I prefer just discussing that on here or with some of my friends who are also Dolphin fans, If I attempted to discuss it with my wife, she would be kind enough to listen and then just tell me, “ that’s nice”, and go back to doing whatever she was doing when I interrupted her.
 
1972forever said:
I give you credit for discussing it with your wife. I have been married for nearly 50 years and I have many discussions with my wife concerning many different issues.

When it comes to discussing players the Dolphins should cut or keep, I prefer just discussing that on here or with some of my friends who are also Dolphin fans, If I attempted to discuss it with my wife, she would be kind enough to listen and then just tell me, “ that’s nice”, and go back to doing whatever she was doing when I interrupted her.
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Yeah, it's pretty rare that I talk football with my wife. She overheard some of the broadcast when they were discussing Thompson and it kind of started there.

I still don't think she gets the concept of 1st downs. And she is an intelligent woman.
 
NBP81 said:
When you get a player from waivers, his contract is yours.
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Maybe it's a waiver exclusion for one player to the practice squad. Player would have to approve it and get the salary bump?

And maybe it's just a bad idea?
 
SF Dolphin Fan said:
I was talking to my wife who really isn't into football. To her credit, she was listening to me.

I mentioned the dilemma with Skylar Thompson and she said something that made me think.

"Can he stay with Miami if another team claims him? Seems like he should have a choice."

That kind of led to my maybe wacky idea. What if every team had one practice squad exemption? The player designated with the exemption couldn't be poached and would receive a salary bump, say $100,000.

That player could only have the exemption tag for one year. Teams could also decide not to use the exemption.

For a player like Thompson, who seems like an absolutely perfect fit in McDaniel's system this would seem like a win. He could conceivably have a long career as a backup in Miami.

Go somewhere else and maybe it doesn't work out well.

Of course, Miami could just put him on the 53 man roster knowing he essentially won't play this year.
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One thing that bothers me and has always bothered me about the NFL is the lack of a real developmental program and teams being able to directly benefit from developing their own players.

The practice squad thing is flawed because players can be poached. To me, each team should have the option to protect their PS players. IDC what the limits are. But some kind of protection.

With roster sizes being such that a team can’t have 3 deep at each position, it makes sense to me to have an allowance for a certain number of PS players that have practiced in the system and can plug and play.

That flexibility further allows teams to develop players that might become something with more time and practice. Maybe a guy like Kurt Warner wouldn’t have had to bag groceries and play in the arena league to finally get a chance to star.

The current system sucks.
 
SF Dolphin Fan said:
Yeah, it's pretty rare that I talk football with my wife. She overheard some of the broadcast when they were discussing Thompson and it kind of started there.

I still don't think she gets the concept of 1st downs. And she is an intelligent woman.
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My wife's pretty cool, she's been watching football since she was a kid with her dad and is a Giants fan. She knows more about the NFL football than most guys! Coming up on 40 years now. Not to mention she did not leave me after I broke my neck back in 94.
 
EJay said:
One thing that bothers me and has always bothered me about the NFL is the lack of a real developmental program and teams being able to directly benefit from developing their own players.

The practice squad thing is flawed because players can be poached. To me, each team should have the option to protect their PS players. IDC what the limits are. But some kind of protection.

With roster sizes being such that a team can’t have 3 deep at each position, it makes sense to me to have an allowance for a certain number of PS players that have practiced in the system and can plug and play.

That flexibility further allows teams to develop players that might become something with more time and practice. Maybe a guy like Kurt Warner wouldn’t have had to bag groceries and play in the arena league to finally get a chance to star.

The current system sucks.
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Well said. At the very least, a player should have a choice when another team comes calling.

College free agents selected a team for specific reasons. Maybe it was the coaching staff, a better opportunity, scheme fit etc.

You are 100 percent right about development.
 
Ikema said:
My wife's pretty cool, she's been watching football since she was a kid with her dad and is a Giants fan. She knows more about the NFL football than most guys! Coming up on 40 years now. Not to mention she did not leave me after I broke my neck back in 94.
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My wife attended over 600 football games with me over the first 47 years we were dating and married. This included over 400 Dolphin games, home and away and over 200 Miami Hurricane games.

‘’’She obviously went to these games because she games because she knew how much I loved going to these games and she wanted to go to support my love of these teams. Because of health issues I no longer attend games but never miss one on TV.

When we are at home and the game is on TV. My wife always finds other things to do and she has never sat down to watch a game on TV. When I asked her why she doesn’t want to watch the she games. She admitted she has never been a fan of football but she enjoyed going to the stadium and sitting around the friends we made over the years in the stadium and traveling around the country and to London to see the different stadiums.

She always asked me after the game if the Dolphins and Canes won or lost but that’s about her real interest in football today.
 
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