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It's Only Happened ONCE!
Miami Dolphins current success a product of personnel departments — both present and past
http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/armando-salguero/article115350443.html
...Remember a couple of weeks ago when Jets receiver Brandon Marshall said the Dolphins made a bad trade with the Eagles when they got Byron Maxwell and Kiko Alonso more or less in exchange for moving down four draft slots in the first round of the 2015 NFL draft?
Well, Alonso won the game for the Dolphins on Sunday with an interception return for a touchdown. He’s played more snaps than any other defensive player on the team this year. Alonso has played 634 of 635 defensive snaps the Dolphins have played this season. In the one game he didn’t play every down — against Buffalo — he played 56 of 57 snaps. But in that game he played one snap on special teams. So ... yeah the guy has been ballin’.
Kiko Alonso has been an excellent get in trade so far.
Maxwell is a starter. He struggled early in the year. He’s been better lately, partly because he understands the defense better now, per defensive coordinator Vance Joseph. So he has been a solid if not good get in trade so far.
And then there’s Tunsil. The Dolphins traded down and got the second-highest graded player on their board. Now, I’m not going to try to sell you on the idea the addition of Tunsil was some ingenious plan that involved trading down and being ready to pounce when the Mississippi tackle dropped like a lead plug in water on draft day. But the point is moving back those spots didn’t hurt the Dolphins.
Laremy Tunsil came to them. There were questions on draft day why the Dolphins needed another left tackle when they already had one. There were questions why they didn’t opt to fill one of their other needs. And yet, that choice filled the left guard spot. And now is filling the left tackle spot with confidence.
Good personnel work.
And by the way, Urbik, a solid backup type, is filling his role just as planned. He’s filling in for the starting left guard. Indeed, he can also play right guard. He’s doing what the personnel department expected.
So this personnel department should be in the spotlight now because those moves are paying dividends. The Dolphins are South Florida’s best team again today. They are enjoying success again. And the personnel department is as much the reason as anything else.
http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/armando-salguero/article115350443.html
...Remember a couple of weeks ago when Jets receiver Brandon Marshall said the Dolphins made a bad trade with the Eagles when they got Byron Maxwell and Kiko Alonso more or less in exchange for moving down four draft slots in the first round of the 2015 NFL draft?
Well, Alonso won the game for the Dolphins on Sunday with an interception return for a touchdown. He’s played more snaps than any other defensive player on the team this year. Alonso has played 634 of 635 defensive snaps the Dolphins have played this season. In the one game he didn’t play every down — against Buffalo — he played 56 of 57 snaps. But in that game he played one snap on special teams. So ... yeah the guy has been ballin’.
Kiko Alonso has been an excellent get in trade so far.
Maxwell is a starter. He struggled early in the year. He’s been better lately, partly because he understands the defense better now, per defensive coordinator Vance Joseph. So he has been a solid if not good get in trade so far.
And then there’s Tunsil. The Dolphins traded down and got the second-highest graded player on their board. Now, I’m not going to try to sell you on the idea the addition of Tunsil was some ingenious plan that involved trading down and being ready to pounce when the Mississippi tackle dropped like a lead plug in water on draft day. But the point is moving back those spots didn’t hurt the Dolphins.
Laremy Tunsil came to them. There were questions on draft day why the Dolphins needed another left tackle when they already had one. There were questions why they didn’t opt to fill one of their other needs. And yet, that choice filled the left guard spot. And now is filling the left tackle spot with confidence.
Good personnel work.
And by the way, Urbik, a solid backup type, is filling his role just as planned. He’s filling in for the starting left guard. Indeed, he can also play right guard. He’s doing what the personnel department expected.
So this personnel department should be in the spotlight now because those moves are paying dividends. The Dolphins are South Florida’s best team again today. They are enjoying success again. And the personnel department is as much the reason as anything else.
