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As he heads into his second season with the Dolphins, Gase now wants to do whatever he can to see more of Pouncey in the regular season, even if it means seeing him less outside of game days.
Put another way, Gase is planning on managing Pouncey’s practice time to maximize his game time. Pouncey’s five games came in the middle of the season and the Dolphins won four of them. Perhaps not coincidentally, two of Jay Ajayi’s three 200-yard rushing performances came with Pouncey in the lineup and he had another 100-yard game against the Jets with Pouncey in front of him.
So, yes, having Pouncey in the lineup clearly makes a difference.
The Dolphins went 5-2 down the stretch with Pouncey out of the lineup and Anthony Steen and Kraig Urbik starting at center in his place, but Gase still wants Pouncey as much as he can have him in 2017.
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The second part of the plan probably involves cutting him next year when he inevitably misses games and we don't take on nearly as much dead weight on the cap. I can't see them keeping him if he misses more than 3+ games.
 
He's next offseason either way once trading or releasing him won't cause such a bad cap hit. I'm still hoping no we have his replacement on the roster this coming season, but it's looking more and more like a pipe dream with each passing day.
 
Either way hes gone next year.
 
Trade him and get a 4th. Doubt we get a 3rd
 
His plans dont matter since he is always injured
 
I think he has glued toothpicks holding his hips together. Can't count on him. He's never healthy for a full season and has chronic issues.
 
One thing people aren't talking about is the fact that Pouncey is not the same player as he was. His degenerative physical issues have spun into massive strength and conditioning problems.

The year before last when he had to spend the off-season on crutches and in non-football rehab, his core and base were SO weak when he came back. And his conditioning was Jonathan Martin-esque. His explosion was poor, by his standards.

Last year he played better, but was still not up to par for himself, imo.

This year, I see real problems -- an off-season on crutches again. Next to zero rigorous conditioning. Base and core even more atrophied. And conditioning low-level.

Pouncey is just a name, right now. It's not the football player he was.

Trying to put him on a shelf between games and trotting him out for live action is all well and good, in concept. But let's not lie to ourselves as to why such a failure option is even being talked about by Dolphin brass.

Pouncey has degenerative issues that resting can only mask, not fix.

And it's so Dolphin-like to depend on him for high level OL play.

So, SO Dolphins.

Something Ireland, Philbin and Tannenbaum would love.

LD
 
For anyone saying trade him or release even.... god no. Not yet. Not until a replacement is on the team. The article is right, the line is indeed better than without him, but LDaniel is right too, he's not the Pouncey he once was
 
Maybe their plans include playing the new guy, Larsen at center and trying to trade Pouncey on draft day.
 
This is why anyone who would be angry with Lamp at 22 is ridiculous. The entire interior offensive line is an absolute joke right now because Pouncey is totally unreliable.

We have one good starter at RT, one potentially great LT, and a center that's good when healthy but he's never ****in healthy... The rest at Guard is basically trash. Why in the hell would anyone be angry with a blue chip interior lineman in round 1 when we have basically nothing there and Lamp is a great prospect?

We're a lot better than the Jets and Bills across the board right now, and I don't want to be losing games to teams like them with strong DTs just because we can't ****in block anyone in the middle.
 
insomnia411 said:
This is why anyone who would be angry with Lamp at 22 is ridiculous. The entire interior offensive line is an absolute joke right now because Pouncey is totally unreliable.

We have one good starter at RT, one potentially great LT, and a center that's good when healthy but he's never ****in healthy... The rest at Guard is basically trash. Why in the hell would anyone be angry with a blue chip interior lineman in round 1 when we have basically nothing there and Lamp is a great prospect?

We're a lot better than the Jets and Bills across the board right now, and I don't want to be losing games to teams like them with strong DTs just because we can't ****in block anyone in the middle.
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Its a shame when probably our most reliable lineman will be second year Tunsil
 
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