If PARCELLS was right in saying "you are what your record says you are", then MOORE's a top 12 QB in the NFL. Period. But if any of you want to go farther, it's easy: MOORE had no preseason, got "back-up QB's reps" until HENNE went down, and had to deal w/COLUMBO-CAREY and the lingering stench of PARCELLSBALL, &c.
FLYNN never had to deal w/THAT, did he? Just excellent Coaching, excellent "weapons", excellent O-Line, etc.. I wonder how well FLYNN would have done in MIAMI the last 3 years? I wonder how well MOORE would've done in GB? After all, coaching matters, and as long as football's a team game, who your teammates are matters, too...BIGTIME.
So, I'm wary of FLYNN because he's never faced what he would have faced here the last 3 years, and there's "insufficient data" on him anyway. As to MANNING, he's an "all or nothing" situation. If he's 100%, fine, go for it: anything less, forget it.
MIAMI i/m/o would have been a playoffs team this year if it had ANYONE but COLUMBO playing RT. COLUMBO was a beast coming out of BC. But 6 serious leg injuries have made him a ghost of what he was. No wonder he was rated the worst starting T in football. He singlehandedly/almost singlehandedly cost MIAMI 5 games last year that I can remember. And since HOUSTON and SD beat us by 6, it might have been MORE.
I would start F/A by drafting a topshelf G. Do whatever it takes, just get one. I'd also go after MEACHEM as a WR and that FS from CINCINATTI (d-r his name), who i/m/o played the position well. That's about it for F/A, really...unless either MANNING's 110% healed and his old self, or FLYNN gets the STRONGEST possible testimonial from Coach PHILBIN. If neither, I'd look for WEEDEN in the 2nd Round. Any and all combinations of the above are doable, by simply doing what should be done. E.G. #1, signing SOLIAI to a long-term deal. It'd have to be better than WILFORK's contract (5 Years, $40 Million w/$18 Million as a "signing bonus" and $25 Million guaranteed), but that's easy: and it should save $2-2.5 Million in capspace. E.G. #2, cut BELL. He gets 6.2 Million this season, and he can't cover his a** anymore: the N.E. TEs LOVE HIM! Cutting him would save $4.3 Million. There are lots of other cuts and restructures as well. But since MIAMI was $9 Million under the "cap" last season, and the "cap" is going up this season, I figure that MIAMI would have c.$18 Million in "caproom w/o doing ANYTHING else. ALL THAT MIAMI HAS TO DO is spend its "cap" money wisely, and do well in the Draft again, to seriously contend.
FLYNN never had to deal w/THAT, did he? Just excellent Coaching, excellent "weapons", excellent O-Line, etc.. I wonder how well FLYNN would have done in MIAMI the last 3 years? I wonder how well MOORE would've done in GB? After all, coaching matters, and as long as football's a team game, who your teammates are matters, too...BIGTIME.
So, I'm wary of FLYNN because he's never faced what he would have faced here the last 3 years, and there's "insufficient data" on him anyway. As to MANNING, he's an "all or nothing" situation. If he's 100%, fine, go for it: anything less, forget it.
MIAMI i/m/o would have been a playoffs team this year if it had ANYONE but COLUMBO playing RT. COLUMBO was a beast coming out of BC. But 6 serious leg injuries have made him a ghost of what he was. No wonder he was rated the worst starting T in football. He singlehandedly/almost singlehandedly cost MIAMI 5 games last year that I can remember. And since HOUSTON and SD beat us by 6, it might have been MORE.
I would start F/A by drafting a topshelf G. Do whatever it takes, just get one. I'd also go after MEACHEM as a WR and that FS from CINCINATTI (d-r his name), who i/m/o played the position well. That's about it for F/A, really...unless either MANNING's 110% healed and his old self, or FLYNN gets the STRONGEST possible testimonial from Coach PHILBIN. If neither, I'd look for WEEDEN in the 2nd Round. Any and all combinations of the above are doable, by simply doing what should be done. E.G. #1, signing SOLIAI to a long-term deal. It'd have to be better than WILFORK's contract (5 Years, $40 Million w/$18 Million as a "signing bonus" and $25 Million guaranteed), but that's easy: and it should save $2-2.5 Million in capspace. E.G. #2, cut BELL. He gets 6.2 Million this season, and he can't cover his a** anymore: the N.E. TEs LOVE HIM! Cutting him would save $4.3 Million. There are lots of other cuts and restructures as well. But since MIAMI was $9 Million under the "cap" last season, and the "cap" is going up this season, I figure that MIAMI would have c.$18 Million in "caproom w/o doing ANYTHING else. ALL THAT MIAMI HAS TO DO is spend its "cap" money wisely, and do well in the Draft again, to seriously contend.
