I'll just say what I said in the other thread, I'm not happy about the signing but to lighten it up, we haven't seen what he can do in our offense we will be implementing so hopefully he'll know what he's doing.
Would rather just stick with Moore and draft Tannehill
I seem to recall the standard opinion on here (and nationally) was that if Philbin doesn't want Flynn it would be very telling. Now, we don't sign him and all of sudden we missed out on a franchise QB.
The Seattle fans should be the people questioning what they have with Philbin passing, and yes, I believe we passed, especially knowing the numbers he signed for with Seattle.
The theme on here of whatever move we make is the wrong one is getting VERY tired.
I can't speak for anyone else, but the reason I'm in full on panic is that it looks like we're going to throw 8 million a year at Alex Smith. No Flynn? Fine. Matt Moore and draft a QB, that was a plan I liked in the first place.
But Alex Smith? at 8 mil annually? No. **** no.
The Dolphins brought him in, interviewed him, went through the paces. It's not like Philbin had never met the guy before and decided after interviewing that he'd pass. It doesn't seem the Dolphins passed. The contract Flynn wound up signing is pretty ideal for someone you're taking a chance on. Incentive laden with low guaranteed money. Don't know how much better the Dolphins could realistically have expected it to be. You have to at least consider the possibility that Flynn chose the ****ing Seahawks over us.
lmao, we offer smith all this money but not flynn? i just dont get it....
The Dolphins brought him in, interviewed him, went through the paces. It's not like Philbin had never met the guy before and decided after interviewing that he'd pass. It doesn't seem the Dolphins passed. The contract Flynn wound up signing is pretty ideal for someone you're taking a chance on. Incentive laden with low guaranteed money. Don't know how much better the Dolphins could realistically have expected it to be. You have to at least consider the possibility that Flynn chose the ****ing Seahawks over us.
Philbin knows Flynn completely and his friend Mike Murphy coached Smith. It is very possible that, when Smith made himself available after SF started cheating on him with Manning, Philbin and Ireland concluded that Smith was the better choice.
Miami almost immediately offered Smith a contract and I do not recall reporting that they did the same with Flynn. Indeed, Miami must have invited Smith in the midst of their meetings with Flynn.
Smith only payed WCO twice - in his rookie year under Murphy and last year under Harbaugh. Smith took right to the WCO system last year was a top ten QB with 6 come from behind wins.
This could be interesting.
Jason Cole just said that Smith is going to wait until Manning makes a decision. If Manning doesn't go to San Francisco, Smith will go back the 49ers because according to Cole, he wants to remain in California. The talk of Miami negotiating a contract with him seems to be yet another jump of the gun.
Smith is not coming to the Dolphins.