Canuck
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I think it's fair to say that Bill Parcells and co. know what they're doing. They had their fair share of misses in FA but the draft was great and that's not including Donald Thomas whom Gil Brandt had as a top rookie at the mid-year mark.
As well as Miami has been playing, we're definately in need of replacments at certain positions. Below is my assessment in no particular order:
CB - Goodman. Nice player but long in the tooth and really better suited for nickel corner. Our secondary needs an upper-tier ballhawk type.
S - R.Hill. Y.Bell, is solid at SS but FS is below average and has been for a long, long time. Just imagine this defense with Ed Reed or Bob Sanders back there. Wow.
RB - R.Brown. That's right, Ronnie needs to be replaced. This team needs a one cut and go runner and Ronnie is simply too indecisive. With Ricky coming back, we have a fine backup. Ronnie could conceivably fetch us a high pick and we can use it on a Curtis Martin type.
WR - T.Ginn. Ginn could very well turn out to be a Terry Glenn, but this team needs a big bodied type. We should have drafted Dwayne Bowe and we wouldn't be talking about this position right now. Camarillo is a nice player but better suited as a third WR.
DT - P.Solavi. Consider him gone by season's end. Starks looks like he might replace Ferguson in time which means we need a solid back-up to Starks. And the Nose is a critical position in the 3-4 D.
OLB - M.Roth. Give Roth a lot of credit, he's a 110% effort kinda guy but simply is not gifted enough to play OLB in the 3-4 as needed. I wonder how he'd be inside blitzing and filling gaps in the run game. He does do a pretty good job setting the edge and will blow up RB's who try to block him h=but he's simply limited athletically.
ILB - C.Crowder & A.Ayodele. I think they both have been solid but the strength of a 3-4 is it's LB's and outside DPOY candidate Joey Porter, our LB's are nothing special. Crowder, a FA, will also likely command a salary higher than his worth.
RT - V.Carey. Moving back to RT, Carey has been OK at best. Another pending FA who'll command more than his (recent) play dictates.
Conclusion: Miami has easily exceeded everyone's expectations thus far and may even be in the position to make the playoffs by week 17's game in the Meadowlands.....how crazy is that! But they're still limited roster will eventually stop their momentum until addressed in '09 in both FA and the draft. Thank goodness, we have the right peope in charge to see this still rebuilding team continues to get better.
As well as Miami has been playing, we're definately in need of replacments at certain positions. Below is my assessment in no particular order:
CB - Goodman. Nice player but long in the tooth and really better suited for nickel corner. Our secondary needs an upper-tier ballhawk type.
S - R.Hill. Y.Bell, is solid at SS but FS is below average and has been for a long, long time. Just imagine this defense with Ed Reed or Bob Sanders back there. Wow.
RB - R.Brown. That's right, Ronnie needs to be replaced. This team needs a one cut and go runner and Ronnie is simply too indecisive. With Ricky coming back, we have a fine backup. Ronnie could conceivably fetch us a high pick and we can use it on a Curtis Martin type.
WR - T.Ginn. Ginn could very well turn out to be a Terry Glenn, but this team needs a big bodied type. We should have drafted Dwayne Bowe and we wouldn't be talking about this position right now. Camarillo is a nice player but better suited as a third WR.
DT - P.Solavi. Consider him gone by season's end. Starks looks like he might replace Ferguson in time which means we need a solid back-up to Starks. And the Nose is a critical position in the 3-4 D.
OLB - M.Roth. Give Roth a lot of credit, he's a 110% effort kinda guy but simply is not gifted enough to play OLB in the 3-4 as needed. I wonder how he'd be inside blitzing and filling gaps in the run game. He does do a pretty good job setting the edge and will blow up RB's who try to block him h=but he's simply limited athletically.
ILB - C.Crowder & A.Ayodele. I think they both have been solid but the strength of a 3-4 is it's LB's and outside DPOY candidate Joey Porter, our LB's are nothing special. Crowder, a FA, will also likely command a salary higher than his worth.
RT - V.Carey. Moving back to RT, Carey has been OK at best. Another pending FA who'll command more than his (recent) play dictates.
Conclusion: Miami has easily exceeded everyone's expectations thus far and may even be in the position to make the playoffs by week 17's game in the Meadowlands.....how crazy is that! But they're still limited roster will eventually stop their momentum until addressed in '09 in both FA and the draft. Thank goodness, we have the right peope in charge to see this still rebuilding team continues to get better.
