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http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/...fl-flspskolnickspec18nbjul18,0,5332938.column



"So appreciate what he brought: fleeting optimism that was in full bloom on April 23, 2006.

Chris Chambers, coming off his first Pro Bowl appearance, held his inaugural CATCH 84 charity kickoff party at Shula's Steak 2 in Miami. Saban, coming off a strong 9-7 first NFL season, mingled for an hour. Wes Welker chatted with Randy McMichael. Tommy Davidson, a close friend of Culpepper, told jokes, including this one directed at an all-white-wearing Ricky Williams: "Just one more test, Ricky. Lawrence Taylor and Barry Bonds are conducting the test, so you ain't got nothing to worry about. You're going to be on the team."

And, during a live auction, Culpepper's replica jersey raised $5,000, $1,000 more than two Super Bowl tickets.

At the event's conclusion, Culpepper, Chambers, McMichael and Williams posed for a photo of what promised to be a dynamic new offense.

"That was a classic," Chambers said afterward, noting that Marty Booker and Ronnie Brown weren't even in the photo. "

The above is from a Sun-Sentinel article. Things were looking good then. Too bad it didn't pan out...
 
Yeah everyone was full of optismism last year including myself. When we traded for Culpepper initally i felt like i was let down only because i thought we were going to get Drew Brees. Than i thought "Ok, he's played in this offense, he's had success in this offense and of course he's Dante Culpepper." Than came the Pittsburgh game where he played very well until the end. I don't care what anyone says he choked when he threw that pass right to Joey Porter. He could have silenced all his critics if he led us down to at least tie the game and even more so if he led us down for the winning score. IMO it came down to him and he crumbled. Everyone makes mistakes though and if i or anyone else was in that situation we probably would have crumbled too. I don't think last years team did him any favors though especially the offensive line. The defense did all they could but the offense did nothing for him.
 
I really hoped Daunte would do well here he has always been my favorite and I was so pumped last year only to be let down.
 
madisonfan90 said:
I really hoped Daunte would do well here he has always been my favorite and I was so pumped last year only to be let down.
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Yeah man i've felt that way alot about the Dolphins in last couple of years. Last years draft when i waited so long to see who were going to get in thr draft and they picked Jason Allen. I felt the same way when we didn't pick Quinn this year initially but i'm glad we didn't take him now.
 
PhinFan0202 said:
Yeah man i've felt that way alot about the Dolphins in last couple of years. Last years draft when i waited so long to see who were going to get in thr draft and they picked Jason Allen. I felt the same way when we didn't pick Quinn this year initially but i'm glad we didn't take him now.
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Why has you opinion changed on Quinn at this point. HAve you looked at beck closer and liked what you saw or just like Ginn that much better now.
I personally think Quinn is going to be a very good NFL QB but that doesn't mean he will be the only one.
 
i think the dolphins handle this whole thing wrong period but the fins have a history of not being up-front with players, i'm still mad the way the organization treated surtain and madison, i just hope trent green holds up and c-pep doesn't come back the haunt us
 
Ricky and Daunte were both bad trade moves that seemed to be at the time the final piece to get us to the super bowl.
 
Straztheman said:
Ricky and Daunte were both bad trade moves that seemed to be at the time the final piece to get us to the super bowl.
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Yeah it seemed that way, one underperformed off the field and the other couldn't perform on it.

THough they both had there warning signs before moving ahead with them. People knew ahead of time that Ricky had some mental issues, and with CPep his startling decline in play before his injury and the injury itself. Even if he was 100% would it have been 2005 Cpep we would have ended up with?
 
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