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John Denney: The Hero the Dolphins Need, but Don't Deserve

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Today on "It's the Offseason", a tribute article for our long snapper, the longest tenured player currently on the team

http://www.thephinsider.com/2016/1/20/10796810/john-denney-miami-dolphins-long-snapper-closer-look

The Miami Dolphins have been one of the NFL’s most turbulent franchises. Front office changes are made frequently, coaches come and go and players are not retained long term. However, there has been one constant. For over a decade, one player has been doing his job and takes the field each Sunday for the Miami Dolphins . He doesn’t receive respect, and he doesn’t receive accolades. However, there is nobody better at his job. He is one of the most underrated players in team history, and probably deserves to be his position’s first representative in Canton.

That player is John Denney.
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He doesn't receiver respect? What the...?


Denney is also a two-time pro bowler so he has received accolades.
 
the article goes a bit overboard.

but I love John Denney and his story. Sexy position or not, it is amazing how much he has played for the fins and even in his old age he still makes plays on special teams
 
If you want a really long career in the NFL, the best positions to be are long snapper and backup QB.
 
John Denney is awesome! I don't know how many tackles he gets on ST punts but I know he is almost always around the tackle, he put all his effort in when he is on the field. Much respect for that guy!
 
Some fans may say paying him 1.5 million is a ton for a long snapper but considering how often we punt, he has a very important position.
 
Nobody could deny that John Denney does his job well. However, I was surprised when the whole Jonathan Martin issue was imploding around the team several years ago, why the 2 most experienced players on the team (Denney and Brandon Fields) were noticeably silent when the disaster was taking place near them. When J-Mart tossed his plate of spaghetti on the floor, Denney, Fields and maybe Cam Wake should have taken control of the issue in the cafeteria and sorted it out, as the wise old gray beards on the team. Instead they quietly ate their meals, watched J-Mart storm out and the rest is history.
Yes, John Denney is a great long snapper and has made negligible mistakes on the field, but I will go to my grave believing that he and Fields failed to show real leadership and dissipate the tension when it really counted. Martin was overly sensitive and emotionally fragile while Incognito and some others were bullies but we had a decent team that year that could have gone further.
I'm interested in the opinions of others. Should Special Teams veterans like Denney be encouraged to show more leadership on the team? I get the impression that they know their place and keep silent in the background.
 
spiketex said:
Nobody could deny that John Denney does his job well. However, I was surprised when the whole Jonathan Martin issue was imploding around the team several years ago, why the 2 most experienced players on the team (Denney and Brandon Fields) were noticeably silent when the disaster was taking place near them. When J-Mart tossed his plate of spaghetti on the floor, Denney, Fields and maybe Cam Wake should have taken control of the issue in the cafeteria and sorted it out, as the wise old gray beards on the team. Instead they quietly ate their meals, watched J-Mart storm out and the rest is history.
Yes, John Denney is a great long snapper and has made negligible mistakes on the field, but I will go to my grave believing that he and Fields failed to show real leadership and dissipate the tension when it really counted. Martin was overly sensitive and emotionally fragile while Incognito and some others were bullies but we had a decent team that year that could have gone further.
I'm interested in the opinions of others. Should Special Teams veterans like Denney be encouraged to show more leadership on the team? I get the impression that they know their place and keep silent in the background.
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Because he was union rep, Denney did media and radio interviews in the middle of all that basically saying Martin should man up and the lockerroom was fine. Dont think he had a lot of sympathy for old JMart
 
uk_dolfan said:
Because he was union rep, Denney did media and radio interviews in the middle of all that basically saying Martin should man up and the lockerroom was fine. Dont think he had a lot of sympathy for old JMart
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The only people that had sympathy for Jonathan Martin were social activists that think the game of football, which is very Darwinistic at its core in terms of only the strongest survive and prosper, should shed the value of competition and machismo that has been tradition of sport for millenia and settle for the little league participation medal philosophy that "everybody wins".

It is not a coincidence that Jonathan Martin is no longer playing in the NFL, and Richie Incognito is an all-pro player.

p.s. Jonathan Martin is a snake etc. etc.
 
Adam First said:
The only people that had sympathy for Jonathan Martin were social activists that think the game of football, which is very Darwinistic at its core in terms of only the strongest survive and prosper, should shed the value of competition and machismo that has been tradition of sport for millenia and settle for the little league participation medal philosophy that "everybody wins".

It is not a coincidence that Jonathan Martin is no longer playing in the NFL, and Richie Incognito is an all-pro player.

p.s. Jonathan Martin is a snake etc. etc.
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I had sympathy for Jonathan Martin and I'm not a social activist. Ultimately he wasn't good enough to succeed in the NFL, but I still have some sympathy for him - trying to fit in and being the subject of a lot of unnecessary verbal (and probably physical) bastardization from a sociopath.
 
Adam First said:
The only people that had sympathy for Jonathan Martin were social activists that think the game of football, which is very Darwinistic at its core in terms of only the strongest survive and prosper, should shed the value of competition and machismo that has been tradition of sport for millenia and settle for the little league participation medal philosophy that "everybody wins".

It is not a coincidence that Jonathan Martin is no longer playing in the NFL, and Richie Incognito is an all-pro player.

p.s. Jonathan Martin is a snake etc. etc.
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Im sure you meant pro bowl player in 2012 maybe as alternate this year. He never has been an all pro player. Im glad this scumbag is no longer a dolphin also glad Martin is no longer also.
 
Should I should teach my kids how to snap a football? :ponder: Benefits are:

1. Low impact, low risk of injury
2. guaranteed six figure salary
3. long NFL career
 
Denney won't be at the very top of my favorite fins list, but he does make it. Rarely does he make a mistake and how many times does he come up with the tackle, force a fumble, or recover one? I can think of three turnovers he was in on without trying. $1.5mil is a wee bit much but $1mil and under for a position you now don't have to coach or worry about is worth it. That ST time can be spent on other younger players. Keep Denney- hell, send him to Canton. Why not
 
Love John Denney - don't think he's ever snapped one over our punters head etc. Guy never makes a big mistake.


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