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Let's face it. Miami is a mess at OG and OT

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Depending on Albert to be healthy for all year -- seriously?

That's basically what the front office plans on -- and essentially what the season hinges on. IF Albert can magically be 100 percent for the year.

IF Albert is 70-80 percent or not able to go at all, who will fill LT? Fox? Seriously?

And if James gets nicked, who big-time plays RT? Crickets.

Forget about the DEPTH at OT being paper-thin. Even the penciled in starters are FREAKIN PAPER THIN and held together with surgically repaired thread.

Now, let's go to OG.

What is settled here? And is there real DEPTH? If 2 guards magically develop in two weeks, who play reasonably well, what happens if one OG can't go? Great depth stepping up? OR crap like Thomas once again bearing the season on inept shoulders?

Front office has gone into the season with terrible starting quality depth, and the DEPTH behind them is craptastic.

Mark it down: the season WILL be played with at least one OT that doesn't deserve to start, and one OG that shouldn't start. Bulk of snaps for the year. Hinging on an OL that is once again one of the worst in the league.

All when Philbin said that one of top priorities in coming to Miami was to provide for pass protection and efficiency.

right.

Call it like it is.

The season hinges on paper-thin starting quality and paper-thin depth quality on the OL.

AGAIN.

LD
 
Unfortunately, it is shaping up as you described.
Most teams have similar problems along the line. Any decent vets cut for salary reasons will be in high demand.
We are just going to hold our noses and hope that RT doesn't get killed early on and pray that this mess of congealed dump run off can somehow become a solid unit after 4-6 games.
 
I was very upset this past draft when other teams kept taking quality OL (T & G) off the board! I found it rather rude actually.

Philbin should obviously deal with that!
 
knew when we signed Suh that we had to play short in several other positions. We could have signed a new line but then we might be talking about how we have no interior Dline and we cant stop the run. I think going with Suh will prove to be the right move.
 
Its august 8th

Calm down

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Billy Turner can play RT, he did it very well last year. and James will probably be the backup LT. Douglas will be fine and I think if we have 1 weak guard spot we can get by. get off of the ledge
 
Hopefully we can salvage through it, time will tell
 
another post about this...leave it alone and see what happens 1 month from now
 
jetsh8r said:
knew when we signed Suh that we had to play short in several other positions. We could have signed a new line but then we might be talking about how we have no interior Dline and we cant stop the run. I think going with Suh will prove to be the right move.
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Yep, it's not like the front office can just go out and sign every free agent on the market, there's a salary cap. I myself wasn't even a huge fan of the Suh signing at first (because of the price) but I'll give the front office the benefit of the doubt on it. They decided Suh was worth more than fixing other holes. Will it work out? I honestly don't know. But I do feel like it's a much better gamble than Mike gator-arms Wallace was, so at least there's that.
 
People who are setting the SUH signing against OL as if the SUH signing magically disqualified Miami from acquiring talent on OL -- smh.

What you are saying is that Miami can only acquire OL talent via overpaying FA.

If that's not an indictment of the HC and inability to see/judge/acquire quality OL, nothing is.

This isn't about Suh. This is about the 4th year in a row in which the Miami OL is in the running for worst in the league at pass-blocking.

Sad.

LD
 
Totally agree, the O-Line will kill the fish this year. Wonder how many waver wire FA's and over the hill saviors we will see this year again? Next draft needs to be O-Line and LB heavy.
 
EFWilson said:
Totally agree, the O-Line will kill the fish this year. Wonder how many waver wire FA's and over the hill saviors we will see this year again? Next draft needs to be O-Line and LB heavy.
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It's driving me crazy: a position that Philbin said was top priority in pass blocking efficiency is worst in the league for 4 years straight?

It's like a bizzarro universe where Miami fans are forced to watch the same horror show over and over and over.

LD
 
We are gonna need a little luck with the oline thats for sure...health wise and level of play

definitely paper thin and thats if everyones healthy
 
nick1 said:
Billy Turner can play RT, he did it very well last year. and James will probably be the backup LT. Douglas will be fine and I think if we have 1 weak guard spot we can get by. get off of the ledge
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Ah, sanity. Thanks for bringing it back.
 
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