My takes on our moves this year.
Porter solid player too much guaranteed money. Perhaps
Did not sign or trade for any significant OL upgrades. That remains to be seen. It depends on how the new guys play.
Relying too much on a TE that has been injury prone and done very little, no backup plan in case his history repeats itself which is very possible. Agree. But McMichael was not living up to the hype either.
Hate the idea of aquiring a 37 year old Qb for a draft pick a concussed one coming off a bad year to top that off. If he plays well, nobody will care that he had a concussion last year.
Not addressing the oline enough in the draft At best they could have taken OL instead of Booker. Nobody good enough to take at #9. QB was a must at #40. Would an lineman in the third have changed your outlook that much?
Took too many chances in the draft with the Qb position, if Beck was thier man we got him by pure luck because we could have easily missed drafting him and even though i think Ginn could be real good would rather have addressed Qb there and still got a good receiver in the second round. This objection I don't understand. Why knock the team for getting the guys they wanted?
Cut one expensive kicker and replaced him with just as expensive a kicker. Obviously they feel Feeley is better.
Best move of the year convincing NE to give up so much for Welker.
Change the whole OL around again, just as we were getting some cohesion and decent play from our RT. I'm also getting tired of the yearly change at OL.
i'm not as optimistic as some because I don't think the moves we have made
give me such a reason to be. I'm just a very realistic fan and will not like a move just because my team does it. i don't think players are better just because they are on my team, i root for them and am glad when they do well but there is a differance. i want to be optimistic I do, I just see very little evidence why I should be. I'ma dolphin fan to the end but I will not try to act like my team is better than they are.
I think the Fins have a chance to be better than last year for two simple reasons - the offensive philosophy and play calling will make sense and the play of the QB should be better. They may not have a better record than last year because of the schedule, but they should be less painful to watch on offense.