MiamiDolfan85
DA M.I.A IS WHERE I STAY
I thought denial was a river in Egypt....huh?
And on a team with so many holes it is better to have 3 high picks than one good player so I'm fine with the Tunsil trade.I tried to make that point in the spring. There was, literally, nothing to rebuild. We had too many bad contracts, our line wasn't a whole lot better (as a unit) than it is now, we had no avenue to get many young players aside from our normal mid level picks.
It needed to be bulldozed and a new foundation poured, including the "culture". I usually tune out the culture building narrative, but I think it was true, in this case.
Honestly, the only guy I feel bad about letting go was LT, and with what was offered, I have to agree with the move. He is going to command a HUGE contract when he hits the market. Look what James got from Denver. Tunsil is on a whole different level, and we have too many needs.
It needed to be bulldozed and a new foundation poured, including the "culture". I usually tune out the culture building narrative, but I think it was true, in this case.
Don’t hope for the saints to tank. They might actually snatch a QB early.This is me admitting that I was wrong. I was in denial that my beloved Dolphins, a team that I've cheered for since I was a kid, would purposely "tank" so that they could set themselves up in better draft position this next year (or two). I was naive. I tried to justify all these moves and insisted that it was not a "tank" but rather a "rebuild." Call it what you want, but this is absolutely a tank. This last trade with the Steelers was the final straw for me. It is disappointing for me that the team doesn't seem to care about winning games this year, but at the same time I'm starting to buy into the plan.
I'm not going to quit watching this team play on Sunday's, I'm just going to take the loss's much easier. Rooting against the Steelers and the Texans (and possibly the Saints) is also going to make Sunday's a little bit more exciting.
As painful as this season is going to be, these next couple of drafts are going to be a blast to watch and analyze, and I have a lot of hope about the future of this franchise.
Regarding this current team, which players do you think have potential to stick on the starting lineup the next couple of years? I know a lot of people are saying get rid of everybody (except maybe X) and start over, but that isn't really feasible. I think the team could keep Jerome Baker, Michael Deiter, Sam Eguavoen, Mike Gesicki, Davon Godchaux, Xavien Howard, Jason Sanders, Christian Wilkins, Preston Williams, and Albert Wilson as possible starters and players like Kalen Ballage, Vince Biegel, Jonathan Ledbetter, Andrew Van Ginkel, Chandler Cox, Jesse Davis, Jakeem Grant, Charles Harris, John Jenkins, Patrick Laird, Bobby McCain, Raekwon McMillian, Durham Smythe, Julien Davenport, and Josh Rosen staying on as depth. Other young players currently on this roster may develop and be worth keeping around as well, but that gives us about 30 open roster spots that we can fill via the draft and free agency. Another thing to keep in mind is that some of these players may be better than they look on Sundays, as it's difficult to shine when everybody around you is hot garbage.
April can't get here soon enough! Go Fins!
Good point. I’d just like that 2nd rounder we have from them to be a good one. They’re not going to tank though.Don’t hope for the saints to tank. They might actually snatch a QB early.
Actually many thought we would be average but they weren’t following the money.... zero money spent in FA the tell allI don't think anyone expected the team to be good, I know it's fun to think so, just not historically bad. 4 - 6 wins maybe, now that's looking like 0 - 1, not a huge difference and yes 0 - 1 is better. My thinking was it would just be hard to lose that many games but these guys nailed it in the last couple weeks leading up to the season. Nailed it, they left nothing to chance.
Also, lets say we stuck with the Gase "win now" method. Look at him, he's 0-2 and hos roster is dropping like flies. Guarantee he brings in an old friend to play QB for the next 3 weeks lol.
Some People have left not willing to admit wrong they just flake offI said it would take until week 4 for everyone to fully embrace the tank. I was wrong. It only took 2 games.