Need more "Heart" to wear a Miami Dolphins Jersey

[timmash44]

The "heart" to wear a Miami Dolphins jersey is fading away. Who is the greatest Dolphin to wear the colors of aqua and orange, Zach Thomas is the one to come to who comes to my mind. 54 is retired and will be loved by every Dolphin fan known to man. "To be a champion, I think you have to see the big picture. It's not about winning and losing; it's about every day hard work and about thriving on a challenge. It's about embracing the pain that you'll experience at the end of a race and not being afraid. I think people think too hard and get afraid of a certain challenge." -Summer Sanders

We need more players who have the heart of a champion to be a " Miami Dolphin". Chris Grier this is your specialty, please make each decision this 2016 draft the best you can make. Each Super Bowl team wins by building through the draft. Zach Thomas was selected in the 5th. That shows you the power of the draft. I believe in you, your father chose JJ. Watt the BPA for the Texans. When people were against it, because it wasn't the greatest need for the team.

There is so much talent in this draft. This is our Super Bowl because we haven't contended, since I was born. There is no I in team and Gase knows that. Gase will get the best out of his players. Gase hopefully will contend for the ring you want on your finger. He has to, it's what every 32 teams in the NFL want.

"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence".
"The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand." -Vince Lombardi

Do what you think is best for the Miami Dolphins, Chris Grier.

"I bleed the Aqua and Orange" T. Mash

Merge this thread. It is finally time we WIN!

 

[Adam First]

Just as a counter-point to your argument...

A guy like Jarvis Landry, who busts his ass every play, doesn't make you feel that way?

What about Cameron Wake, who earned his job and his stardom the hard way, and was out there on the practice field today despite tearing his Achilles tendon only 7 months earlier?

How about Ryan Tannehill, despite having the odds stacked against him since day one and who has gotten the living **** beat out of him since day one, who is constantly grinding and working to get better?

To think that this team is full of players who don't give it their all is a very selfish thing to say. Sure, Zach Thomas is Zach Thomas, and he was an absolute warrior and one of my favorite Dolphins, but does that make guys like Landry, Wake and Tannehill any less than Zach?

 

[timmash44]

Just as a counter-point to your argument...

A guy like Jarvis Landry, who busts his ass every play, doesn't make you feel that way?

What about Cameron Wake, who earned his job and his stardom the hard way, and was out there on the practice field today despite tearing his Achilles tendon only 7 months earlier?

How about Ryan Tannehill, despite having the odds stacked against him since day one and who has gotten the living **** beat out of him since day one, who is constantly grinding and working to get better?

To think that this team is full of players who don't give it their all is a very selfish thing to say. Sure, Zach Thomas is Zach Thomas, and he was an absolute warrior and one of my favorite Dolphins, but does that make guys like Landry, Wake and Tannehill any less than Zach?

I'm going after Suh. Jarvis Landry is my favorite player I want an authentic jersey signed by him but it cost $200+ and I don't have that money right now. I love his mentality "Never get to comfortable" those are his words not mine. Wake is the underdog leader of this team, his story will motivate anyone who believes in the NFL dream. Ryan Tannenhill, if you can piss blood weeks after the 2015 season behind are terrible line and still love this organization, you are our franchise QB for YEARS to come.

 

[Adam First]

I'm not really throwing Suh under the bus. If he's here as he should for mandatory minicamps, then this stuff is water under the bridge. I'm sure he's got his playbook already if they've sent them out.

He's definitely no Albert Haynesworth. Is he a $100+ million player? Definitely not - but he should, and will be, a cornerstone of the defense for years to come.

 

[timmash44]

Defense wins championships hopefully Gase sees that.

 

[uk_dolfan]

VONTAE MACK!!! he has heart!

 

[hemidemon]

Who was the greatest Dolphin to wear aqua and orange? There was a lot of them, but the one with the most heart had to be Larry Czonka. He played so hard he hit the defenders. They didn't hit him. The only RB in NFL history to be flagged for unnecessary roughness.

 

[timmash44]

Who was the greatest Dolphin to wear aqua and orange? There was a lot of them, but the one with the most heart had to be Larry Czonka. He played so hard he hit the defenders. They didn't hit him. The only RB in NFL history to be flagged for unnecessary roughness.

Chris Grier believed he got that In Tunsil, great way of thinking for the future with Albert and his medical history. Is there a Larry Czonka in this draft? Some people believe it's Derrick Henry, now we have an O-line that will open up holes for our running back and Bama did have a great o-line. Henry gets better when the game is in the 4th. We still need CB and LB. With Jack, Ragland, and Alexander. Good thing we are entering the 2nd round. Ogbah can learn a lot behind Wake and Williams, plus we have one of the best DE coaches in the NFL.

 

[tay0365]

VONTAE MACK!!! he has heart!

3 Sacks in a game...Hopefully Cleveland picks him in the 2nd round. :up:

 

[Adam First]

Who was the greatest Dolphin to wear aqua and orange? There was a lot of them, but the one with the most heart had to be Larry Czonka. He played so hard he hit the defenders. They didn't hit him. The only RB in NFL history to be flagged for unnecessary roughness.

In terms of strictly blue-collar attitude and versatility, it's hard not to mention Jim Jensen.

 

[phinfan40353]

Just as a counter-point to your argument...

A guy like Jarvis Landry, who busts his ass every play, doesn't make you feel that way?

What about Cameron Wake, who earned his job and his stardom the hard way, and was out there on the practice field today despite tearing his Achilles tendon only 7 months earlier?

How about Ryan Tannehill, despite having the odds stacked against him since day one and who has gotten the living **** beat out of him since day one, who is constantly grinding and working to get better?

To think that this team is full of players who don't give it their all is a very selfish thing to say. Sure, Zach Thomas is Zach Thomas, and he was an absolute warrior and one of my favorite Dolphins, but does that make guys like Landry, Wake and Tannehill any less than Zach?

Albert has also shown a lot of heart and desire to come back early from injury. I respect the big guy.

 

[phinfan40353]

Chris Grier believed he got that In Tunsil, great way of thinking for the future with Albert and his medical history. Is there a Larry Czonka in this draft? Some people believe it's Derrick Henry, now we have an O-line that will open up holes for our running back and Bama did have a great o-line. Henry gets better when the game is in the 4th. We still need CB and LB. With Jack, Ragland, and Alexander. Good thing we are entering the 2nd round. Ogbah can learn a lot behind Wake and Williams, plus we have one of the best DE coaches in the NFL.

I was intrigued by him in the last week. Thought he might be that bruiser we need. I'm not too concerned about his receiving skills. I see him as a pounder to abuse the defense as the game goes along. Much like a 2 down "thumper" LB equivalent on the offense.

Short yardage, clock grinding and just plain ole wearing the defense down. It would be nice to see a Dolphin RB WANTING to punish defenders. That was one of Ricky's qualities I loved. Ricky was going to hit someone. It was his mission every hand off.

 

[NoblePhin]

Not gonna lie, I've been on the fence with Henry, but him and Ajayi in the backfield would be pretty formidable in the Miami sun. Ajayi is a good receiver out of the back so I'm not too worried about Henry's ability there.

 

[rymflaherty]

While I 100% agree that you build a team through the draft and the preference should be on high character guys that love the game and work hard, attempting to simplify it in that manner does everyone a disservice.

Attributing success to "heart" is an over simplification that attributes value to something that isn't measurable. It's a convenient explanation that you can use whenever it suits your needs. It also is a slap in the face to every NFL player because it insinuates that you can make it to this level without a certain amount of heart and toughness. I'd wager every one of them has more than the common American.

Zach Thomas had the "heart of the champion"...only without the championship.
Thomas was great and I loved watching him play, but I'm not going to pretend others didn't work as hard or harder than him. It's easy to place the heart label on a guy like that because he was undersized and the narrative coming into the league made him an underdog.
Truth is he didn't start as a rookie because of some mystical desire that eclipsed all other players on the roster...he started because he was a great football player. The disconnect was the morons in front offices that group players into rigid boxes based on certain characteristics and failed to see Thomas' true talent and potential.

Trying to play the - who really wants it more game - is no different than those Gm's that passed on Thomas because his lack of ideal qualities.
You take the people that have the talent, fit the system and who have personalities that you are comfortable with. From there there's a certain leap-of-faith, but you hope your coaches do their job and you establish an environment where a rookie can't help but come in hungry and motivated, personally I think that sort of thing has more to do with an organizational culture than any individual.