Originally posted by Phins13
My brother and I were trying to figure where O.G would fit in............He does not
e.........Sage is absolutely the third string Q.B ONCE AGAIN SAGE IS THE THIRD STRING Q.B!!!!!!! NO DEBATE HERE[/QUOTE}
Great posts but here are my comments
I agree about OG not fitting in to this offense! Recieving corps has changed alot in the last couple of years first. They are getting smaller and Quicker. And With DT being the Big, Great Hands threat that we need,OG will definately not be on our Opening day Roster(Barring no more injuries,"Please no more inuries")
On griese I will have to disagree. I have been to about 10 Practices and have not been impressed at all. He may have had one good practice, but overall he has been sloppy and inconsistent. FIne blame it on having to learn the new system. But there are certain plays that every team runs, sort of there bread and butter so to speak, and griese cant even get these plays to look good. Even in Warm ups when your just running pass drills he definately does not look sharp.
Sage on the other hand has looked great. He does know this offense,feels confident and makes sharp crisp passes. Some people try to say that he is playing against inferior defenses as a 3 rd stringer, but if you have been to practice there are times in scimmages when he has been left there against the starters for a couple of plays before fiedler returns to scrimmage where he continued making plays and commanding the offense.
Sage deserves to be the 2nd string qb on this team, I honestly see him as our future to this team than the Griese Kid.
But because of politics and the Bigger Salary he is still our backup!
Just got back home to N.Y last night after seeing 5 different practices and just wanted to give a few observations about what I saw and a few of my opinions. Anyone who thinks that O.G is going to make this team has not seen this current group of rec. run and catch and practice. D.Thompson ias such a big and athletic rec. that he is more impressive then I imagined. More gifted than O.G in the speed(for sure) department and surely more acrobatic on going up and catch the ball........An absolute upgrade over Orande. Chambers looks better than ever catching everything and running faster without any problems(hamstrings)...........My biggest suprise was seeing how talented Tolver and Simmons were in every practice. Tolver seems to find holes between defenders and is very polished at every thing he does on the field. Simmons seems to find every hole in the middle of the field(O.J. McDuffie) and is going to compete for some return duties. My brother and I were trying to figure where O.G would fit in............He does not!!!!!!! Sorry guys But it is just a fact. We have a L.B on our team who spend more time in the offensive backfield than some of our R.B's. This guy disrupted every play I watched..... I kept rubbing my eyes because I have watched our L.B's for the last 30 years and never seen this kind of force coming and rushing from every angle... #55 (I think his name is Seau) This HOF is going to be better than we all imagined. I was 10 feet away from him and you could not imagine what a physical specimen he is...........Playmaker and leader all rolled in one. Griese impressed me more everytime I saw him. He seems to pick things up the more practice he gets.. Throws the deep outs and long ball better than any back-up Q.B we have had in a long time. Notice I said back-up........Although I had hoped He would compete for the starting job it is CLEARLY jay's job !!!! Jay's confidence in this offense is amazing and he knows where the ball should go everytime..........By mid-season, Griese should be able to step in if Jay gets hurt(god forbid) or if he struggles and this team should not miss a beat. Unlike last year where we had to scale down everything just to make it simple.........Sage is absolutely the third string Q.B ONCE AGAIN SAGE IS THE THIRD STRING Q.B!!!!!!! NO DEBATE HERE!!!!!!!!!! Other guys who impressed me were Sammy Knight(made a one handed pick in tight coverage) that I have not seen a dolphin defender make in years. Charlie Rogers has speed to burn on kick-offs and I am sure will make a huge play for us this year...... My only concern that I saw was our Left Tackle pos. Wade Smith looks like he will be a player for us when he gets a little bigger because he is very quick and athletic............but in the 5 practices I saw Jason Taylor either ran by him or over him(pushed Smith back into Jay numerous times) It is no fun when your Q.B has no time to even look for a rec.!!!!!! I just have to figure out whether this is more a testimony to J.T's greatness or lack of ability right now of Wade Smith.. Still very early in the pre-season but I was very happy overall from what I saw at camp... Sorry for the novel but I tried to remember all the highlights :eek:
