Lynn Bowden Article-really good
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I've always wanted a Phins tattoo, although I would ask for the version that does not look like Godzilla dry humping a 15. I am rooting for this guy as a player... tattoo artist, not so much
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Now that we have Fuller and Waddle, I am excited to see how Parker and Williams do against DB #3 or #4.
So much wrong with that, but let's start with Wilson is not PS eligible to begin with, and even if he were, you don't carry a 3 million dollar hit there.
Second thing, Grant is not even in the same time zone, let alone area code as Fuller as a reciever.
5 yards average with 4 yards of YAC is pretty good and I'd take that every single down!
The Patriots have been KILLING teams for 20 years by having a guy who can get open early, often, and hard to take down. Julien Edelman made an entire career of this. It's also
a certain type of skill set. Bowden possesses this and will play a huge role for us. Behind Waddle probably the safest WR on our roster.
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Don't disagree. A number of us have said, if Fuller/Waddle play close to what fans think, guys like Bowden/Gesicki will see their production rise and the D focuses on others.
1. Parker
2. Fuller
3. Waddle
4. Bowden
5. Williams
6. Foster or Hollins
and if we keep a 7th, Grant
2. Fuller
3. Waddle
4. Bowden
5. Williams
6. Foster or Hollins
and if we keep a 7th, Grant
My intention wasn’t to show that Bowden wasn’t very good. In fact because of injuries to the WR‘s last year, Bowden was the most productive WR on the roster over the last month of the 2020 season. Yet if Parker, Williams, and Wilson come back fully healthy and with the addition of Fuller and Waddle, that would mean Bowden would be in a battle for the 6th WR spot with Perry, Hurns, and the rest of WR’s on the roster.
I think Waddle will likely play the slot position which Bowden played most of the time he was on the field last year. With Parker and Fuller on the outside and Wilson and Williams probably rotating when they go to 4 WR’s, I think it will be difficult for the 6th WR to see the field in the games unless their are injuries during the game to the other receivers.
I would like to see them keep Bowden because I do believe he can develop into a good WR over the next several years. Fuller is on a one year contract and I don’t know how much longer Wilson and Parker will be on the team because of age and salary. Also Williams has to prove he can play an entire season without going on IR.
I can see Bowden being an important WR for the Dolphins in the future if he continues to develop but first he has to show enough in the pre season to make the roster this year. Unfortunately if they cut him with the expectation of signing him to the practice squad like they did last year, he will likely end up being claimed by another team. I am rooting for him, just like I root for every player on the Dolphins roster.
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I really don’t want to cut Perry so I would find a way to keep him on the roster.
I made a comment on a different post about Bowden then researched a bit and he did not drop a single pass. The PHINS have great depth at WR, which is such a contrast from last year. Adding Fuller and Waddle and getting back Wilson and Hurns. Without those 4 Bowden and others had moments. I do think a lot of Bowden's plays were gimmicky ones when there were so few receivers out there. With our talent now, I think we will play more conventional offence, since we should be able to and Bowden will just not have a spot. Hope we can stash him somewhere.
Parker
Fuller
Waddle
Williams
Wilson
Hurns
are my guesses. The last two have contracts that don't have much savings if cut. If Wilson has a good season, but is expendable we could get a comp pick. Hoping Fuller lights it up and gets extended.
Parker
Fuller
Waddle
Williams
Wilson
Hurns
are my guesses. The last two have contracts that don't have much savings if cut. If Wilson has a good season, but is expendable we could get a comp pick. Hoping Fuller lights it up and gets extended.
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2 X classic X receivers (Parker, Williams)
2 x classic Y receivers (Fuller, Waddle)
2 x classic Z receivers (Wilson, Bowden)
Obvs they'll be moved around but that should be the basis of the WR stable.
2 x classic Y receivers (Fuller, Waddle)
2 x classic Z receivers (Wilson, Bowden)
Obvs they'll be moved around but that should be the basis of the WR stable.
Most interesting piece in the article for me:
Sometimes, it was something bigger. Like the team trying to get Bowden on ADHD medication.
Into August, Bowden says the team sent him to see a counselor about three hours away. Calling himself the “quietest cat” in camp, he cannot recall a specific incident that prompted this. If there was one benefit from that June raid, it’s that Bowden became a hermit in Sin City. After hearing those coaches on FaceTime, Bowden knew he needed to shut it down. To the extreme. From June through September, Bowden estimates he left home “two or three times” — and that was only to walk the strip with his pregnant girlfriend.
Bowden’s best guess is that the Raiders had him evaluated over the punch he threw in the pregame melee of his final college game. Upon being diagnosed, Bowden refused to take the meds.
“I feel like they were trying to control me,” Bowden says. “I’m a grown man. You’re my coach but you’re not going to tell me how to live my life. I’m not about to take that medication to f--- me up.”
NFL players get a pass on drug tests if they’re taking the medication, Bowden adds. He wonders aloud if that is what motivated the Raiders.
That^ I’m sure this is a loop hole that is constantly abused in a variety of ways.
Sometimes, it was something bigger. Like the team trying to get Bowden on ADHD medication.
Into August, Bowden says the team sent him to see a counselor about three hours away. Calling himself the “quietest cat” in camp, he cannot recall a specific incident that prompted this. If there was one benefit from that June raid, it’s that Bowden became a hermit in Sin City. After hearing those coaches on FaceTime, Bowden knew he needed to shut it down. To the extreme. From June through September, Bowden estimates he left home “two or three times” — and that was only to walk the strip with his pregnant girlfriend.
Bowden’s best guess is that the Raiders had him evaluated over the punch he threw in the pregame melee of his final college game. Upon being diagnosed, Bowden refused to take the meds.
“I feel like they were trying to control me,” Bowden says. “I’m a grown man. You’re my coach but you’re not going to tell me how to live my life. I’m not about to take that medication to f--- me up.”
NFL players get a pass on drug tests if they’re taking the medication, Bowden adds. He wonders aloud if that is what motivated the Raiders.
That^ I’m sure this is a loop hole that is constantly abused in a variety of ways.
That whole situation with the Raiders was FUBAR. IDK if it was just beat writers bull$hit speculation, or the organization putting out bull$hit info, for whatever twisted reasoning. It almost seems they were setting him up for failure.
Is it just me, or does sending a guy to a doctor 3 hrs away seem odd?
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Everything Gruden and Mayock have done has been odd. I've decided that both are better TV analysts than they are NFL management.
It's weird... for several years, Mayock's draft takes, I thought, were the most sensible... but then he works with Gruden and it's reach, reach, reach... I don't have a clue why.
Gruden.......no other explanation.