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Peter King's take on his Fins visit

Albert Romano said:
High probability we start out slow on offense with new OL, new offense. The defense will have to play exceptional first half of season to keep us in games. Have to be patient yet again with the offense.
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I said this months ago. The season will be flipped, the exact opposite of last year. Last year we started out undefeated, then collapsed the last two games. Regardless of what the record is this year, this will not happen again. There's going to be a slow start as the offense gells, and Lazor's influence take effect. It will take our RT several games (which includes preseason) to figure out what he's doing. Then we'll hit our stride, and finish relatively strong.
 
spiketex said:
I was pretty surprised by Peter King's frank admission that yesterday was the first time that he had met and spoken to GM Dennis Hickey. Considering that Hickey had 18 years experience in the Tampa Bay organization with a broad variety of roles evaluating talent (college and NFL) all the way up to being their #2 guy, that is pretty amazing.
So when some other media figures like Jason LaCanfora and Mike Florio denegrate Stephen Ross' GM appointment of Hickey, maybe they were in a similar position in not knowing much about Dennis.
BTW - I am increasingly comfortable with the Hickey appointment and he appears to be working well with the Head Coach. Most questionable decision to date has been the signing of Knowshon Moreno and that is more injury related and we still wait to see what we've got.
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Moreno is a guy that could come through for us in the clutch coming out of the back field in the passing game. I do not see him as a between the tackles workhorse this year.
He may help us win a game or two, but I do not see the team relying on him week after week.
 
HoneyB said:
I said this months ago. The season will be flipped, the exact opposite of last year. Last year we started out undefeated, then collapsed the last two games. Regardless of what the record is this year, this will not happen again. There's going to be a slow start as the offense gells, and Lazor's influence take effect. It will take our RT several games (which includes preseason) to figure out what he's doing. Then we'll hit our stride, and finish relatively strong.
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I am hoping for a win in game 1 though. New England is notorious for slow starts. That game could be huge later in the season. We have a great chance to win if the defense can shut them down.
Our secondary could have a big game against Brady.
The offense will keep its game plan vanilla through the preseason so hope fully we can catch Belichick unprepared without game tape.
Getting off to a good start with oline protection, and not fumbling snaps or making mistakes will be huge in game 1.
 
Here is another article from King over at SI.

http://mmqb.si.com/2014/08/03/nfl-miami-dolphins-2014-training-camp-report/

I’m in Davie, Fla., at the Dolphins’ training facility, just off the campus of Nova Southeastern University. There’s a first here for a Joe Philbin team: music. As so many teams are doing (I credit Pete Carroll for it), the Dolphins have added tunes to the 8 a.m. workout. Tunes of all sorts, from salsa to rap to “Teenage Wasteland.” (How nice! Playing music for me!) It’s one of Philbin’s nods to being more communicative and player-responsive. The heat is toasty but not oppressive here on Friday morning: 83, with heavy humidity. Welcome to south Florida in August.

Two players this offense needs dearly—center Mike Pouncey, the best offensive lineman of a totally new group; and wily running back Knowshon Moreno, coming off the first 1,000-yard season of his career—ran in the end zone with a trainer during practice. Pouncey is out till October, at least, recovering from surgery to repair a torn labrum in his hip. Moreno walks around with ice packs attached to both aching knees. They alternated in a drill, tethered to a resistance band around their waist that the trainer held behind them. The Pouncey loss hurts more. Without him for maybe half the season, a Miami offense screaming for continuity will have different starters at each of the five positions from last year. (It’s no wonder they just re-signed seven-year veteran center Samson Satele, a second-round pick of the Dolphins in 2007 who spent the past five years in Oakland and Indianapolis.) And Miami ranked 26th in the league in rushing last year. Who knows when they’ll have Moreno, and how much he’ll play?

HOW THIS TEAM CAN GO 12–4

Well, one thing is for sure: the Dolphins can’t get swept by Buffalo, which happened last year. But two things have to happen. First, third-year quarterback Ryan Tannehill has to adjust to a new offense orchestrated by rookie coordinator Bill Lazor, and he has to do it behind a new offensive line. Second, so much depends on the health and welfare of four key players—the aforementioned Pouncey (especially) and Moreno on offense, and safety Louis Delmas and cornerback Cortland Finnegan on defense. Delmas broke down consistently for Detroit, which is why he’s no longer there. If Pouncey can play the last nine or 10 games at his usual high level, and if Tannehill catches on quickly, and if the defensive question marks can stay upright, Miami will contend in December. Lots of ifs there, folks.

HOW THIS TEAM CAN GO 4–12

Tannehill, for most of 2013, seemed to be on the upswing; at least he was until a dismal two-game finish (Bills/Jets 39, Dolphins 7, an incredible blot on the Incognito/Martin season, and Tannehill completed 45% of his throws with three picks in those games). Now, he’s going to have to excel in this new offense needing more time from his line because the Lazor offense emphasizes more downfield throws than the offense of the fired Mike Sherman did. So if the offense suffers a total breakdown, the win-loss record could too.
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Peter King doesn't know football, so whatever. If he nailed it was by pure chance or because he borrowed someone else's ideas.
 
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