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How badly did we misuse Karlos Dansby?!? Why did we get rid of both him and Marshall?

personally i believe it was Dansby's mouth that got him a ticket out of Miami. he publicly criticized the team to the media on more than one occasion. Marshall was a diva receiver and had mental health issues, not the best situation for a young QB learning the ropes. my two cents
 
Why didn't Arizona bring Dansby back? I mean if he was so insane you would think Bruce Arians and company would have brought the brinks truck in for him.
 
Already in cap hell with veteran players?
 
Odell 'Turdman' Thurman rookie and only productive season; 2005.

98 tckls, 1.5 sacks, 4 ff, 5 int, 1 TD, 9 PD.

Had he not ballooned to 300 lbs...
 
We gave up two 2nd round draft picks for Brandon Marshall. He has enormous talent but the issue was his behavior off the field. He has a long history of bashing women, going back to his college days at Central Florida. It was subsequently identified that he has a borderline personality disorder. This is a very serious mental health condition in which he just fixates on himself and is extremely difficult to live with. In one incident he was stabbed by his wife while in Miami.
Since leaving the Dolphins and going to the Bears, he has been a model citizen. His QB, Cutler has been very supportive and they appear to combine well. Denver and Miami couldn't manage him and he was a danger to himself and his wife, but in Chicago there are reports that he has made progress with his condition.
The interesting thing is that Ireland kept on recruiting and drafting players with fairly big mental health issues. Brandon Marshall, Davone Bess, Richie Incognito, Jonathan Martin all had serious mental health issues. There may be others. Some might say that this was Jeff's blind spot. I would argue that they were not properly evaluated and this was a major deficiency of the Dolphin evaluation process.


Jeff was really good at finding the cookoo's for the nest.
 
And yet, Karlos Dansby got snubbed for the 2014 Pro Bowl. Not even as an alternate.
 
How on earth did we misuse him so badly and why the heck did we get rid of both him and Marshall??? Because they weren't "Philbin guys"?? I'm starting to think our HC is a joke....

Part of the reason I don't like/trust Philbin and his "vision". Time will tell, but in two years he's left me very unimpressed overall
 
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Marshall yelling at his QB on the sideline sealed his fate. You don't draft a raw QB like RT and keep a headcase like Marshall around. Instead of one young player being mentally challenged, MIA could have sealed RT fate before he even had a chance.

As for Bush and Dansby, Bush danced too much for my liking. And Dansby showing up fat with a new boss in town, is the epitome of unprofessional behavior.
 
I did not watch Dansby play last year - and I agree with the premise of this thread - that Dansby was an underachiever in the Dolphin system - which reflects on the whole organization. To me this major point of the thread is understated and I agree with it passionately. I find it deeply frustrating and it runs counter to the whole reason aged Dolphin fans like myself ever got on board in the first place - with Shula being the consumate leader and intense motivator of men.

Is Dansby Offerdahl? Meaning is he one great player on an otherwise average or less then average defense? He certainly was no Lawrence Taylor (likely cocaine enhanced) but Taylor made everyone around him better - to me that is the real sign of greatness.

Btw those numbers from Dansby really are absolutely insane....he said he was the best linebacker in the league a couple years ago and honestly those numbers almost prove it....I've been looking some stuff up and I think last year for him was the best year a linebacker ever had statistically in the history of the entire NFL......crazy
 
Odell 'Turdman' Thurman rookie and only productive season; 2005.

98 tckls, 1.5 sacks, 4 ff, 5 int, 1 TD, 9 PD.

Had he not ballooned to 300 lbs...

Or you know, not been suspended for 2 years while never getting over his personal demons either
 
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