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http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/sports/football/14189283.htm

''Even though our team for next year is still a work in progress, we do have very good players, we have good veteran leadership, and those veterans created the character and attitude this team competed with and that's special,'' Saban said.

``And that's something we want to build on in the future.''
Although the construction is not complete, the excitement in what has transpired so far is tangible.

''We won six games in a row at the end of last year so we want to keep that going,'' linebacker Channing Crowder said. ``People everywhere you go are excited, especially because of the way things ended.

``Now that we've picked up some people in the offseason, everywhere you go the talk is Super Bowl this and Super Bowl that.''

And some of that talk is heard in Miami's locker room, where players last week began the first step of the offseason conditioning program.

''I always think we have a shot to go to the Super Bowl, and this year especially, with the team coach is putting together,'' receiver Chris Chambers said.

Even veteran linebacker Zach Thomas, the eternal realist, does not argue that, on paper at least, the Dolphins seem stronger than they have in years.
''We make changes every year and sometimes they work and sometimes they don't,'' Thomas said. ``But the changes this year, I'm definitely excited about.
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On offense, the scheme that Scott Linehan brought to the Dolphins has remained, even though the former offensive coordinator is now the Rams' head coach. New offensive coordinator Mike Mularkey will run that system, although it is new to him.

''Right now [the players] know more than he knows,'' Chambers said. ``But he'll catch up pretty fast, and we'll tell him what plays were successful and we can build on that.

``That shouldn't hold us back.''
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Goin` Deep said:
I hope the players get Mularkey up to speed then...in a hurry!
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I guarantee Mike is spending all of his time in his office right now studying film and photographs seeing what everything is and what works. Saban accepts only first class players, and a first class staff. It's nice to know we have a group of guys who will work their hardest to put wins on the board.
 
Aqua4Ever04 said:
I guarantee Mike is spending all of his time in his office right now studying film and photographs seeing what everything is and what works. Saban accepts only first class players, and a first class staff. It's nice to know we have a group of guys who will work their hardest to put wins on the board.
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Not doubting MMs dedication, I`d expect nothing less from him.
 
Goin` Deep said:
Not doubting MMs dedication, I`d expect nothing less from him.
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Oh yeah totally! I'm just saying how nice it is to have such a quality staff after the Wanny era.
 
Aqua4Ever04 said:
Oh yeah totally! I'm just saying how nice it is to have such a quality staff after the Wanny era.
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I hear ya, I think Mike will do a good job in place of Linehan. Should help having Culpepper.
 
Aqua4Ever04 said:
Oh yeah totally! I'm just saying how nice it is to have such a quality staff after the Wanny era.
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Staff is the operative word. Wanny didn't really have an offensive staff his last year, unless you want to count Chris Foerster.
Boy was that last year a comedy of errors.
 
Skip Bayless is a moron, course we all knew that

from ESPN 2 article on Vinatieri. Yes he's a good signing for Colts, but Skip Bayless must have been a kicker in high school to milk it this much. what an idiot:

"The Colts will be fine with Dominic Rhodes at running back. He ran for 1,100 yards and caught 34 passes when James was hurt in 2001. But having Vinatieri in the locker room and in the clutch will make the Colts truly believe they can win it all. Last year, they weren't quite sure. Now they have a weapon nobody else does."

Hmmm, i Seem to remember Adam V. missing a clutch field goal on MNF against us. He's good, he's worth the money, but the patriots didn't win the SBs because of Adam V, they won because of great defense and an offense that put Adam V in a position to make the game winning FGs.

"You can argue that Tom Brady made all the gotta-have-it passes. But Brady never felt pressure quite like Vinatieri felt. Brady was always clutch in the read-and-react flow of the game. But Vinatieri always had to trot onto the field with play and time stopped -- with time to consider the live-in-infamy consequences of missing."

Hmm, I guess I was wrong, QBs never feel any pressure. We should just go back and trade C Pep to Jets for Jay Fiedler.
 
Nice one Nub. And imagine how different the feeling is for the players compared to the Wannstedt years, where the offseason windfall consisted of the Jamar Fletchers, Eddie Moores, and Jay Fiedlers of the world.
 
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