TotoreMexico
Member of the 'Owned! Awards' Commitee
DAVIE  In the 5w months since L.J. Shelton signed his free-agent contract with the Dolphins, the left tackle has:... only taken part in about two dozen official practices;
... yet to play through the third quarter in any game;
... not heard or felt Dolphin Stadium at its most fervent - or frustrated;
... never gone to an early-bird special;
... not even had a chance to sit in the mind-numbing South Florida gridlock that can be I-95 at rush hour.
Shelton might not know much about South Florida or being a Dolphin, but the six-year NFL veteran is darn sure about one thing.
"I wish I had been in this kind of situation coming out of college, I really do," Shelton said. "I think I'm supposed to be here, at this time, with this team."
For the Dolphins, it had better be kismet. Because as the man charged with guarding the blind side of quarterback Daunte Culpepper, who is nine months removed from having three ligaments in his right knee pieced back together, Shelton perhaps has the season and the long-term success of the franchise riding on his back.
"There's no question L.J. has a big job to do - he's got to protect The Man," defensive end David Bowens said. "But so far he looks up to the job. I think he's going to do great."
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/dolphins/content/sports/epaper/2006/08/27/a8b_fins_0827.html
... yet to play through the third quarter in any game;
... not heard or felt Dolphin Stadium at its most fervent - or frustrated;
... never gone to an early-bird special;
... not even had a chance to sit in the mind-numbing South Florida gridlock that can be I-95 at rush hour.
Shelton might not know much about South Florida or being a Dolphin, but the six-year NFL veteran is darn sure about one thing.
"I wish I had been in this kind of situation coming out of college, I really do," Shelton said. "I think I'm supposed to be here, at this time, with this team."
For the Dolphins, it had better be kismet. Because as the man charged with guarding the blind side of quarterback Daunte Culpepper, who is nine months removed from having three ligaments in his right knee pieced back together, Shelton perhaps has the season and the long-term success of the franchise riding on his back.
"There's no question L.J. has a big job to do - he's got to protect The Man," defensive end David Bowens said. "But so far he looks up to the job. I think he's going to do great."
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/dolphins/content/sports/epaper/2006/08/27/a8b_fins_0827.html
, period!