Face It: The 2012 season is hopeless

[KTOWNFINFAN]

Marshall was not a great reciever!!! As stated above he dropped a lot of catchable passes and was not a game changer.
On a different note I hope we take a pass rusher 1st and wait until next year for qb - Trade up for Barkley USC.

Not a game changer?? So Brandon Marshall is not a game changer?? That is what you said right?? So who is??? Is Calvin Johnson?? Is he the only game changer in the league?? Make no mistake Brandon Marshall WAS A GAME CHANGER!!! He also made mistakes, and hurt us some ways, and might not have been a great locker room guy, but on Sunday's he changed the way defenses played the miami dolphins. Other players had an easier time because Brandon was on the field. I am not all broken up because he is gone, because even with him we were not ready to take the next step this year, but make no mistake he WAS, and STILL IS, a game changer.

And you can go ahead and forget the possibility to get Barkley. There will be no trading up to get him, just like it would have taken 5 1st rd picks and more to get Luck away from the colts there will be no trading up to get Barkley. If we didn't have the guts to pull the trigger and throw games last year to get Luck there is no way a NEW staff is going to do it to get Barkley. Give that dream up, NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!!!!

 

[finfan54]

By trading Brandon Marshall, you abandoned any hope of salvaging the 2012 season. With him, you could've upgraded some positions and worked with your current roster to present a team capable of winning 9-10 games, allowing some hope of playoff contention. Now that you no longer have a true #1 receiver, Pro-Bowl MVP player, your team, no matter what you do in the draft will be worse than it was last September. Even if you got a guy like Blackmon, which we won't, he would take at least a year to be as good as Marshall even if he is capable of ever being that good. Miami traded him for a draft pick that becomes an NFL starter only 30% of the time. Well, 2 of them. 2 players that in all likelihood will not be NFL starting caliber players.

Therefore, the only sober way to look at this draft is to understand that it's a first phase of building a team capable of winning a superbowl, not just scraping for 9-10 wins. Pick up some pieces now, suck this season, and pick up some more, be 8-8 in 2013, then be in position to be the best team in football in 2014.
This is where we're at. I wish it wasn't so, but it really is.

hey look everyone! its a guy with 41 posts! will he be back here once he realizes we are winning and have an easier schedule to deal with?

I think not.

 

[CalDolFan10x14]

The posters who all share a particular mindset descended on this thread like a pack of hyenas on a wounded gazelle. Look, the dude's not rooting against the team, he's only suggesting this is a transitional year with limited expectations.

It's not about a particular mindset or opinion, but to declare a season "hopeless" in April just because we lost a good but drama-filled receiver doesn't make sense. Heck, he's facing a possible multigame suspension. I think we got good value for him. The WR position WILL be addressed early I believe. We still have the draft to go, we don't know how our new coaches will affect the team offensively & defensively, AND there's still 5 months to go before the season starts.

No one is questioning his fanhood, but there's no logic or reason to declare Philbin's first season a failure several months before it begins. It makes just as much sense as someone declaring this team a SB contender this far out.

 

[aquaman54]

.......and most probably go into the 2012 season WITHOUT him,because of his uncontrollable,idiotic behavior!!!

 

[fin4u]

Unfortunately when you are where the dolphins are in terms of talent, you have to take some chances on some suspect players. Teams that are more stable have the luxury of not having to necessarily take those risks.

 

[Fins1980]

Well i think we are on the right track and and like the pick we made a lot!!!!!! Everyone just need to watch and see what happens