Hey, are you guys forgetting the pro bowl
that is NOT a real game.
No pass rush.
Players playing 60%
Oh boy, he played well in the Pro bowl. Who cares.
Hey, are you guys forgetting the pro bowl
two years ago it gave up two 2nd-round draft picks to acquire him and then proceeded to give him a dump-truck full of cash?
He is one of the best in the NFL. It was nice having a real WR for a change. He was big and physical and made a lot of tough catches. He should have held on to more catches but he was worth a few drops, defenses don't give a crap about Bess or Hartline even though they can be decent players.
defenses don't give a crap about Bess or Hartline even though they can be decent players.
First of all, I was against the Marshall move from the very beginning; it was yet another example of the Dolphins thinking they could just poach whatever talent they need from other teams (although, god knows, they can't develop it in-house).
That said, if Marshall really is just an also-ran receiver with butterfingers who doesn't score TDs (in addition to being an incorrigible nut-case), what does that say about this franchise since just two years ago it gave up two 2nd-round draft picks to acquire him and then proceeded to give him a dump-truck full of cash? If we fleeced the Bears by trading Marshall for two #3s, then what kind of screw-job did the Broncos give us?
yeah, we only had a guy who once he compensated for a lack of TC reps, finished the season winning 6 out of 9
ranking 12th in the league in QBR:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/stats/b...frame=All&qualified=1&sort=49&old_category=QB
and was 4th best in Advanced NFL Stats's pure "long ball accuracy" (stripping out YAC).
http://www.advancednflstats.com/2012/01/air-yards-2011.html
If anything Marshall's drops might have cost him 2 more wins and the team a chance to make game 16 vs the jest more than just a spoiler.
But if you wanna hold on to the belief that it was everyone but Marshall, well if that helps you sleep at night, no skin off my back.:idk:
Seems to me that it's important to note that fact given that this franchise wouldn't have been in the position to dump Marshall on to the next unsuspecting (or better yet gullible) team had they not given up a considerable amount-- in draft picks and cash-- to acquire him in the first place. Thus, any praise that the F.O. gets for now dumping Marshall should be tempered by the realization that it was a stupid move to get him in the first place-- although I suppose that hideous blunder will be chalked up to Parcells so as to maintain the illusion that any problems in the F.O. are now gone.Yes, the Dolphins are the worst run team in the league. Noted.