Speculation on tyreek wanting out. Was upset end of the year other than that he’s been at mini camp and his camp has not pushed for a trade. Ramsey on the other hand is a different story.
Best safety is a loose term. Was he the best by process of it was only him Poyer and a udfa that was hurt all of last year… I guess so. Was he good? Well the last two years he’s given up 108 and 111 passer rating when targeted. 2023 was atleast tolerable as atleast his run defense was up to par but his tackling went to **** as he was a major contributor in the missed tackling brigade missing 17.1% of his attempted tackles. Poyer was more of the same, they were one if not the worst safety duo’s last year. I’m not going to say we improved but it’s hard to say they’ll be worse.
Ramsey is a lose yes but again he was coming off a career down year. We aren’t losing prime Ramsey. He was a pretty average corner last year. Cb#2 is essentially the same as duck and kader played half the year due to fuller being injured.
Downgraded a tackle on the oline and what should be a Grand Canyon sized improvement at both guards spots. It’s also a downgrade at Tua’s strong side tackle which is a positive and overall outside pressure isn’t a huge deal with Tua’s release. It was the inside pressure that killed us last year. As long as Paul can redirect to the outside as long as he doesn’t get beat inside quickly, should be good. The oline has been upgraded.
Not seeing these holes you’re speaking about? The oline and dline are tremendously improved with additions and injuries returning. We signed pharaoh brown and a lot love the udfa Conyers who was the #1 ranked run blocker in college football last year at tight end so we should finally have some solid inline blocking we’ve been missing for years. We signed a big 3rd wideout that had 8 td’s last year which has also been a large ask for many last few years. We drafted a big back in Ollie and signed mattison adding 2 large backs we haven’t had in years.
We have a hole at corner, that’s it meanwhile have improved on both trenches, wideout, rb, tight end as well as a slight improvement with linebackers (Willie gay a sleeper).
He’s not being biased, he’s just being logical. The team has improved a lot. Doesn’t mean there’s no question marks or that injuries can’t derail the season but overall it’s a much better team that addressed most of what has held Miami back that last few years.
Right, time to digest and reply!
Tyreek, you're right. It's speculation. Either way, he's on the wind down part of his career. Last year was a down year. He's 31. How many WRs bounce back after a down year when they're 31? Not many. It's usually a bit of an age cliff. So, possibly (and I'd say highly likely) we've a diva WR, unhappy in the locker room, in a down year. Not great.
Safety spot, I mentioned this in my last post. We've a safety brought in who has once started more than 5 games in an NFL season (6 games in 2023). I mentioned him being injury prone, but I think I was mixing up our new guard with him, so I was wrong there. I think it's a stretch to say we can't be worse. We definitely can be. People always assume that if players underperform, that any replacement is better. Not always the case.
I agree that we *should* have upgraded at guard. But again, not all players that come in perform as expected. And one of the new guards is very injury prone. Should we lose him to injury, who comes in? Eich? LT, who knows how he'll do as full time starter. You're also losing massive leadership and experience in TA, that can't be underestimated.
The D line, we lost Campbell. He was huge. Hopefully the rookie hits the ground runnign. What if he doesn't? Yep, the likes of Chubb and Phillips coming back. Again, how long does it take for them to get back up to speed? What if we lose them to injury again?
NWI scored a lot of TDs, sure. No way he continues that TD to catch ratio. And we moved away from deep ball last year (hopefully only because of how bad the line was). We've signed 2 "large" backs. But does McDaniel want to use them that way? Not what I've seen down the years. Hopefully he's learned.
My big problem is when you say "have improved on both trenches, wideout, rb, tight end as well as a slight improvement with linebackers". That's what people do on here EVERY year. "We've signed X, he's an upgrade over Y." They always just assume if player X plays to a certain level in New York (or wherever) that he'll continue to do at least that, and likely more in Miami. Never the case. Like I say, 50% of the new players will work out.
Other players who we think are fine, will regress. We'll suffer injuries.
So you can claim it's being logical. But it's clearly not. You're totally ignoring the hit rate with draft / FA signings.
