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Miami Dolphins: What will they reveal today?

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Bill Parcells teams believe in only two types of interaction with the media:

Stonewalling.

Manipulating.

The idea is to keep important information inside while getting self-serving messages out to the football world.

This isn't mentioned here as a cause of complaint but, rather, as a matter of fact. It's a strategy. One can debate whether it always works, but it is always the same, no matter which team he's running.

That's what made last week's OTA day so interesting. Rather than hide the use of the Wildcat, the Dolphins let the media see. And, after the practice, Tony Sparano was reasonably expansive on the subject. That wasn't an accident. The Dolphins wanted to put the rest of the NFL on notice. "We have more to this. You better spend -- or waste -- some of your valuable practice time preparing for it."

Jimmy Johnson was a master at manipulation. We called it his "praise agenda." He would gush about one player to get the attention of another. Sometimes, he meant it, as was the case when he was touting a little-known CFL guard named Mark Dixon. Sometimes it was stagecraft.
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http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/sport...ami-dolphins-what-will-they-reveal-today.html
 
So I also took note of Sparano's effusive praise of Ronnie Brown last week. Was it genuine? Well, Brown does look fit and explosive. But Parcells teams have generally viewed halfbacks as replaceable, so it made me wonder, just for a second, whether the Dolphins would still entertain dealing him, and were just getting the word out to other teams that Brown was ready for a breakout. Again, the best way for the Dolphins to prove they are sold on Brown is to extend his deal. That hasn't happened yet.
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IMO, the Dolphins will not extend Brown's deal until he proves he can take his game to the next level or atleast play like he did in 2007 before the ACL injury.
 
Do they necessarily need to when they can just franchise him? Granted franchising someone has its risks such as a guy not being happy with it, but RB doesn't seem like the type.
 
bradmcnutt said:
Do they necessarily need to when they can just franchise him? Granted franchising someone has its risks such as a guy not being happy with it, but RB doesn't seem like the type.
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...they likely don't even need to. save for some drastic change in the CBA situation, he'll be a restricted free agent.
 
Well I am interested in the guard and nt position as well as backup ILB. Maybe OLB from there Wake in particular.
 
bradmcnutt said:
Do they necessarily need to when they can just franchise him? Granted franchising someone has its risks such as a guy not being happy with it, but RB doesn't seem like the type.
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Don't underestimate the business side of the sport. Ronnie did hold out before signing his rookie contract in 2005 so it wouldn't surprise me if he held out if they were to or attempt to place the franchise tag on him.
 
Can He Really Be Replaced That Easily,honestlywho Would It Be In You Guys Opinion.would He Do Just As Good A Job?
 
Sporano had said, in interviews during the season, that Crowder was all you could ask for in a MLB, that Polite was much better than he was, that Carey was playing really well, that Ricky was playing well and that Cam had really stepped up.

Strangely enough, no BS, and all were re-signed.
 
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