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Flores quotes on Dieter

This is the year he needs to prove he belongs in the NFL. If he isn’t a starter this coming season, I suspect he will be looking for another team or a job outside football after this season. Three years is plenty of time in the NFL to prove you have it or your don’t.
 
I was happy about the Deiter pick, and excited for the kid. He was a bastion at Wisconsin and incredibly durable--which has been an Achilles heel for OL here in sunny Miami playing on grass (where we shouldn't have injuries very often!). But, his thick tight build was exposed in space and he didn't have the power to move DL like we had hoped. He was a tad slow reacting to stunts and made his share of rookie errors. But, like Iggy on defense, I haven't written him off, and am happy to hear that the coaching staff has not either.

Now when they say things like Coach Flo did, it doesn't really mean anything, because everyone knows year 3 or 4 you're no longer potential or learning ... you're either good enough or not. you're going to want a veteran contract and if you're not the future, you're likely not in their plans. So, of course there's a sense of urgency. The coach is right to paint a rosy picture of possibilities and faith. But at the end of the day, we've invested a LOT of draft capital into the OL (1st-Austin Jackson, 2nd-Liam Eichenberg, 2nd-Robert Hunt, 3rd-Solomon Kindley, 3rd Michael Deiter) and secured FA's at a relatively high level (Jesse Davis on a long term deal a few years back, Ereck Flowers on starter money who we then cut when he didn't perform up to it) and a real stopgap plan at center where we paid Ted Karras backup money and are now paying Matt Skura backup money. Clearly the position we _want_ to draft is center ... but we keep looking for a 3rd round steal and our guys keep getting taken in rounds 2 or 1. Soon enough we're going to pull the trigger on a C in a spot where the rest of the NFL thinks they should go. So, with Hunt, Kindley, Davis and Deiter all vying for 2 guard spots ... his best shot is at C, where he's probably one injury/bad-snap away from starting and getting his chance. But once he's in there .... it's up to him to prove his value, because time for developing potential is in the rear view mirror.

Good luck Michael Deiter ... you're a Wisconsin and Pac10 legend ... but you're NFL career is facing a 'prove it' year.

Fins Up!
 
that's what she said!
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I think it is tough for us fans to realize just how razor thin the margin is between barely making an NFL roster and having a Pro Bowl season. The reason why they pour so much over film is because everyone in the NFL is good and athletic ... and it's those minor things that make a huge difference. Take Zack Thomas ... not tall enough ... not quick enough ... not fast enough ... written off before the draft, written off at the draft, written off post-draft ... and as soon as he got onto the pre-season field, the kid dominated. He took charge of the defense lifting them up by the scruff of their necks (which is hard because he was only 5'9 and they were 6'2) and setting them into the precise right formation and assignments, then he pulverized ball carriers and picked them up by the ballsack. He didn't F around.

But, Zack Thomas studied EVERYBODY and spent countless hours watching film to identify those tiny tendencies and tells that gave away what each player was doing on that play before the ball was snapped. He knew what possibilities it meant for their offense and quickly deciphered the opposing teams' plays and shuffled his guys into the perfect defense. ZT was a force multiplier because every player was in the exact right role and assignment for that play ... and opposing QB's looked at him like 'El Diablo' because he was reading their minds. They call an audible--GOTCHA!--because he memorized all their calls and recognized that they were audibling, so he immediately moved his chess pieces in response. How could he possibly know what the perfect counter-move was for every call? Practice. Forget this one-a-day practice crap, and the only-18-padded-practices-each-year BS, ZT was a guy who devoted his life to getting that tiny edge ... and it resulted in the least impressive athlete in the NFL dominating the NFL. If he were 6'2 with 4.5 forty time he would be in the HoF with half his production.

If you want to win games ... you NEED to put in the work. The difference in "talent" in this league is very small.
 
Hit the nail on the head.

Seriously though, I get your minimalistic approach and spirit of 'if you have nothing good to say, then say nothing at all' but, I'm not sure this is your greatest ever post brother. :D

As an award-winning Class Clown, I suspect this was intentional. Well played brother .... well played.
 
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