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I'm already steamed by the "Negative Nancy's"

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We are a week away from a new season with a universally improved team over the one that went 10-6 last year.

The negative comments by many in this fan base are unsupportable. These "Fans", to use that word loosely, have one common general complaint theme that goes something like this:

We've been so bad for so long, we're never going to be good.

I am not referring to actual fact (not opinion) based criticisms about our current team, but to the constant whining based on the past. If you feel that way, there are other teams that should be more suitable for you to apply your constant whining to, since it appears that is what these posters live for. I don't want to hear any more of these lame brained "whines"

Last year we had a taste of the effectiveness of the rebuilding process that is occurring with this team. We went 10-6 without a preseason, many new personnel and a lot of injuries to key players. This is clearly lost on the whinners.

We have just concluded a large draft and have used it to bring in players that either represent new starters or seriously good depth this year with future starter potential. We have maintained or beefed up every position on the field. We have used our cap space effectively. We had so many good players in training camp this year the decisions as to who we cut were problematic because our worst players could easily become one of our opponents better players. Our practice squad players could be 2nd string players on most other teams.

I'm ready to enjoy this season and expect to see exciting games from a driven team that is going to have a lot of the talking heads back-peddling on their predictions for the dolphins this year.

I hope most of you guys are too.
 
I am cautiously optimistic. Is that acceptable? ;-)

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Edit: I can't wait for this Wednesday when the 506sports map will come out to see if the game will be televised in Orlando. Jacksonville plays at 1300, and we play at 1600, so I am hopeful I can watch the game at home. Woot!

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Ray R said:
We are a week away from a new season with a universally improved team over the one that went 10-6 last year.

The negative comments by many in this fan base are unsupportable. These "Fans", to use that word loosely, have one common general complaint theme that goes something like this:

We've been so bad for so long, we're never going to be good.

I am not referring to actual fact (not opinion) based criticisms about our current team, but to the constant whining based on the past. If you feel that way, there are other teams that should be more suitable for you to apply your constant whining to, since it appears that is what these posters live for. I don't want to hear any more of these lame brained "whines"

Last year we had a taste of the effectiveness of the rebuilding process that is occurring with this team. We went 10-6 without a preseason, many new personnel and a lot of injuries to key players. This is clearly lost on the whinners.

We have just concluded a large draft and have used it to bring in players that either represent new starters or seriously good depth this year with future starter potential. We have maintained or beefed up every position on the field. We have used our cap space effectively. We had so many good players in training camp this year the decisions as to who we cut were problematic because our worst players could easily become one of our opponents better players. Our practice squad players could be 2nd string players on most other teams.

I'm ready to enjoy this season and expect to see exciting games from a driven team that is going to have a lot of the talking heads back-peddling on their predictions for the dolphins this year.

I hope most of you guys are too.
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I am not a negative nancy, I predict 11 wins this year and a wild card spot. I just don't see how you can say we are "universally improved" over last year. Pretty much the same O-line and same RB room outside of some minor additions. (We added MALCOLM Brown not JIM Brown, and we replaced Ted Karras with Michael Deiter, not inspiring changes. And we traded up 8 spots for Liam Eichenberg to come off the bench)

The defense is pretty much the same.

WR is the only position that was upgraded and it was upgraded big-time. But upgrading one position group I'm not sure you can say the overall team is "universally improved"
 
DolphinsTalk said:
I am not a negative nancy, I predict 11 wins this year and a wild card spot. I just don't see how you can say we are "universally improved" over last year. Pretty much the same O-line and same RB room outside of some minor additions. (We added MALCOLM Brown not JIM Brown, and we replaced Ted Karras with Michael Deiter, not inspiring changes. And we traded up 8 spots for Liam Eichenberg to come off the bench)

The defense is pretty much the same.

WR is the only position that was upgraded and it was upgraded big-time. But upgrading one position group I'm not sure you can say the overall team is "universally improved"
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Is it possible to improve in other ways besides replacing a player? Tua and others now have a year of experience and a full training camp under their belt. Can that help?
 
DolphinsTalk said:
I am not a negative nancy, I predict 11 wins this year and a wild card spot. I just don't see how you can say we are "universally improved" over last year. Pretty much the same O-line and same RB room outside of some minor additions. (We added MALCOLM Brown not JIM Brown, and we replaced Ted Karras with Michael Deiter, not inspiring changes. And we traded up 8 spots for Liam Eichenberg to come off the bench)

The defense is pretty much the same.

WR is the only position that was upgraded and it was upgraded big-time. But upgrading one position group I'm not sure you can say the overall team is "universally improved"
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Robert Hunt was far better at RT than most people on here think, but even I believe that moving him to RG gives him an opportunity to be even better.

Eichenberg will not be on the bench for long (Davis probably gets the start because Eich got a little dinged in practice, missed some time, he's a captain, well respected, worked hard, blah blah blah. I wouldn't be surprised if we see Eich at RT during game 1 at some point).

Austin Jackson and Solomon Kindley were rookies last year. I'm expecting the vaunted "second year jump" for both of them.

Deiter is an unknown, but he should be as good as Ted Karras (if not much better).

To me we are much improved on the OLine.

Just have to see it now on the field.

On defense I hope Jaelan Phillips is a big improvement, but I have a strong suspicion that Holland is going to be.

I think Butler is better than Godchaux.

Raekwon was a rookie, also expecting the vaunted "second year jump" for a guy who came in and played extremely well as a rookie.

More AVG will benefit us as well, that kid is a big play waiting to happen when he's on the field.
 
Ray R said:
We are a week away from a new season with a universally improved team over the one that went 10-6 last year.

The negative comments by many in this fan base are unsupportable. These "Fans", to use that word loosely, have one common general complaint theme that goes something like this:

We've been so bad for so long, we're never going to be good.

I am not referring to actual fact (not opinion) based criticisms about our current team, but to the constant whining based on the past. If you feel that way, there are other teams that should be more suitable for you to apply your constant whining to, since it appears that is what these posters live for. I don't want to hear any more of these lame brained "whines"

Last year we had a taste of the effectiveness of the rebuilding process that is occurring with this team. We went 10-6 without a preseason, many new personnel and a lot of injuries to key players. This is clearly lost on the whinners.

We have just concluded a large draft and have used it to bring in players that either represent new starters or seriously good depth this year with future starter potential. We have maintained or beefed up every position on the field. We have used our cap space effectively. We had so many good players in training camp this year the decisions as to who we cut were problematic because our worst players could easily become one of our opponents better players. Our practice squad players could be 2nd string players on most other teams.

I'm ready to enjoy this season and expect to see exciting games from a driven team that is going to have a lot of the talking heads back-peddling on their predictions for the dolphins this year.

I hope most of you guys are too.
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Totally agree. I think the negativity is coming from two distinct camps. The first group are obvious trolls, who enjoy chucking grenades and destroying good threads and good discussion.They should be banned. The second group are what I like to call fans who suffer from the beaten wife syndrome. These are folks who have never seen this franchise succeed and they have a negative outlook on everything MD related, from the owner, Grier, individual players, our draft, our scheme and especially Tua. I think this is a bad habit that has emerged from years and years of abuse by this franchise, some is deserved and some isn’t. I’ve always been a glass half full kinda guy, so these people really annoy me because they are habitually negative. In fact they look for negative outcomes so they can proudly say “I told you so.” I have set both of these groups on ignore because they bring nothing of substance to the board or the discussion. Having a negative or positive take, backed with facts, is what makes for an excellent dialogue. Those are the posters I really respect. The season starts next week, and in my book after following this team for 60 years, I can say this is the most excited I’ve been about the MD in a very long time. How about some of you take off your Eeeyore costumes and enjoy the ride. It’s so much more enjoyable than being a killjoy.
 
DolphinsTalk said:
I am not a negative nancy, I predict 11 wins this year and a wild card spot. I just don't see how you can say we are "universally improved" over last year. Pretty much the same O-line and same RB room outside of some minor additions. (We added MALCOLM Brown not JIM Brown, and we replaced Ted Karras with Michael Deiter, not inspiring changes. And we traded up 8 spots for Liam Eichenberg to come off the bench)

The defense is pretty much the same.

WR is the only position that was upgraded and it was upgraded big-time. But upgrading one position group I'm not sure you can say the overall team is "universally improved"
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Most of this is not true. The oline isn’t the same because players have changed positions, so essentially there are three changes there and added significant depth. When a guy moves from OT to OG that’s not the same dude. The defense is not the same either. We added a big time pass rusher, and elite safety, another veteran at safety and slot CB, more depth on the D line and Elandon Roberts is back and healthy. Not only that guys like Wilkins, Rowe, and Needham are a year older and much improved. It was obvious in preseason. I really don’t know what the heck you’re talking about except perhaps our LB corps.
 
Ray R said:
We are a week away from a new season with a universally improved team over the one that went 10-6 last year.

The negative comments by many in this fan base are unsupportable. These "Fans", to use that word loosely, have one common general complaint theme that goes something like this:

We've been so bad for so long, we're never going to be good.

I am not referring to actual fact (not opinion) based criticisms about our current team, but to the constant whining based on the past. If you feel that way, there are other teams that should be more suitable for you to apply your constant whining to, since it appears that is what these posters live for. I don't want to hear any more of these lame brained "whines"

Last year we had a taste of the effectiveness of the rebuilding process that is occurring with this team. We went 10-6 without a preseason, many new personnel and a lot of injuries to key players. This is clearly lost on the whinners.

We have just concluded a large draft and have used it to bring in players that either represent new starters or seriously good depth this year with future starter potential. We have maintained or beefed up every position on the field. We have used our cap space effectively. We had so many good players in training camp this year the decisions as to who we cut were problematic because our worst players could easily become one of our opponents better players. Our practice squad players could be 2nd string players on most other teams.

I'm ready to enjoy this season and expect to see exciting games from a driven team that is going to have a lot of the talking heads back-peddling on their predictions for the dolphins this year.

I hope most of you guys are too.
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Hey, I’m optimistic, but cautious. Remember, the last 20 years with this teams feels like a Hollywood script, you just couldn’t make up anymore ways to lose games but we did. Most of us are shell shocked at this point. We single handedly invented new ways to crumble and hire terrible coaches and bad free agents year after year after year.
With that said, with Flores, Grier and co. this is different, we found ways to win through adversity and we do things differently and it just feels different now. I’m cautious, but I really believe we found something
 
Ray R said:
If you feel that way, there are other teams that should be more suitable for you
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after 37 years of living and dying with this team there's some jackass on an internet fan forum telling me what he's decided is an acceptable way for me to be a fan, and if not, i can find another team.

nah, man. i'm good.
 
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dnespins said:
after 37 years of living and dying with this team there's some jackass on an internet fan forum telling me what he's decided is an acceptable way for me to be a fan, and if not, i can find another team.

nah, man. i'm good.
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Let’s be nice. He obviously wasn’t referring to you. We all know who he’s referring to and as I’ve said numerous times, if instead of getting into a pi$$ing contest with these trolls just put them on ignore. They are attention whores who thrive on conflict. Take that away and they disappear.
 
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In Germany they say,the next Game is the hardest. we are 0:0 right now and with our Coaching staff,our New and improved Players,i Not See why we must hide us.i wrote It before,and i know its too optimistic,but why Not think we will be 15:2 at end season.After Last season,its First time in many years where i Not think we will be Out of Playoff Race in November.
Go Phins
Show all " Experts" that they wrong.

I Hope you Understand what i mean BCS my stupid autocorrection alltime try make german words.
 
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