I respect others opinions, as I have done to yours even over the past couple days. What I don't respect is the kind of posts I referenced. So do better, you can be right if you think you are, no need to go around acting like that. I'm not a mod could care less if you continue that line, I'll just put you on the ignore list and move along, but your posts are insightful and different to the typical line tow to me hence why I'm even responding here. Again, do better. That's all.
You can be excited all you want. I am excited too, but for me it was never about the name. It was about the fit. My narrative never changed. I said well before this signing that I was happy with what Miami had done this FA. I'm even happier now. Nothing about my posts has been hypocritical.
Must be exhausting giving that much of a **** what strangers might think about you.
It sadly can be at times.
So…..don’t. Focus on the Dolphins. Ignore any other bullshit. It’s liberating.
I’m happy about the signing too. But saying signing Armstead was about the fit and not the name when we had the worst LT situation in the league and Signed the potentially best LT in the league is like saying Devante Adams was more about the fit and not the name because the Raiders simply needed a WR.
Trust me man, I get it. I represented the opinion that it would be more exciting and moved the needle more if the Dolphins used some of the money they had to sign a “big named expensive player”, and people ripped me for it. The same exact people are now celebrating that we signed Armstead, a “big name expensive player”. It bugged me. I should’ve ignored it. I’m happy we showed some aggressiveness and signed Armstead.
It wasn’t just that you wanted a “big name”
Same here though I stopped caring some time ago. If someone doesn’t like me or agree with what I say that’s fine. I’m not here to please anyone.
I haven’t been melting down at all. Again, it’s that kind of straw man argument that’s so frustrating. Almost every one of my posts said that if we weren’t going to be aggressive in free agency we should just own it and load up for 2023. Either way would be ok. My thought process, right or wrong, was that there should be no half measures. Again, this is simply my opinion. It means almost nothing and shouldn’t make me a target for personal attacks.
Fit is more important than talent. That's why big FA signings so often fail, great players, but poor fits. A couple of years ago I said that Ogbah would be our best FA signing that year. I stated at the time that it was b/c he was a perfect fit for our defense. As an example, (not that this is the only measure or even a good one, but it's one that people who focus on big names would understand), he was a guy who averaged 4.5 sacks per year. In Miami, with a better fit, he averages 9.0 sacks per year. And this year he was considered one of the big FA names. He didn't suddenly have twice the talent. But the better fit made people think he was better.
