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Shift Of Power!

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sounds good! :dolphins:


Shift of Power
The Patriots have owned the AFC East, but that may be coming to an end. While New England has been waiting for the market to come down, the Miami Dolphins have been plugging right along.

The bottom line is this: At the end of last season, Miami was a better team than the Pats. With six straight wins to finish last season and a solid offseason, the Dolphins are waving to the Patriots in their rear view mirror.
Other than the acquisition of QB Daunte Culpepper, the Dolphins class lacks star power. That doesn't meant they didn't find some quality players, though. One of the biggest concerns was cornerback play and the team has addressed the position by adding Will Allen (N.Y. Giants), Andre' Goodman (Detroit Lions) and Renaldo Hill (Oakland Raiders). This group will add a lot of athleticism on the outside.
The team also added outside linebacker Sedrick Hodge (New Orleans Saints) who has a ton of talent, and might benefit from a change of scenery.
Throw in tight end Justin Peelle (San Diego Chargers) who will complement the athletic Randy McMichael and you are talking about the hottest team at the end of last season making some excellent strides.
The Patriots on the other hand have made only one move in the free-agent market, adding wide receiver Reche Caldwell (San Diego), who is not in the same class as the receiver they had in Givens.
You add that to losing McGinest and potentially losing guard Stephen Neal, offensive tackle Tom Ashworth and place-kicker Adam Vinatieri and this offseason can be described only as disastrous so far for the Patriots.
Now that we have talked about the team awards, it is time to address the individual honors. :cooldude:
 
ahh you beat me to it, i just got on to post this. I love seeing others realize how awesome the phins are wooooooo
:biggrin: :dolphins:
 
I'm a dolphan don't get me wrong...

But we just BARELY beat the Patriots with all of our starters playing against their 2nd and 3rd stringers at the very end of last season when we were playing our very best...

I think we will be improved, especially at defense in Saban's 2nd year. Dom Capers will make a major difference I think.

Offensively we have to really hope that Dante heals and he plays like he used to, otherwise we have MAJOR problems...

:dolphins:
 
But we just BARELY beat the Patriots with all of our starters playing against their 2nd and 3rd stringers at the very end of last season when we were playing our very best...
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You have a point, but remember we're talking about the Patriots here. They win Superbowls with their 2nd and 3rd stringers.
 
MiamiMan147 said:
You have a point, but remember we're talking about the Patriots here. They win Superbowls with their 2nd and 3rd stringers.
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Thats all about preparation and the coaching that Bilichek has to offer to that organization. If it were any other team playing those players (2nd & 3rd string) then there would be issues....I do believe that even though they still have Tom Brady they are still capable of playing pretty decent. However, the Bills and Jets are the ones I don't think we'll have to worry much about. There direction as of now seems pretty straight forward now that they are revamping everything that was encompassed last season. Not saying much considering they both had losing records. It's going to take time for those two teams to form some type of good chemistry. The Patriots I believe are our only threat however, that threat IMO is definitely weakening. They lost key players such as Vinateri, who signed with the Colts as a FA, McGinest was released and signed with the Browns, cut Tyrone Poole who ended up becoming a Raider and lost Tim Dwight to the Jets in FA. We're continuing to supplement the losses of certain players this offseason which is great. I believe all these "supplements" are all upgrades from what we had previously. The Dolphins are in good shape right now they should be able to add some key guys in the draft and get the ball rollin for 2006 and finally make it to the playoffs! :)
 
tcdrover said:
...we just BARELY beat the Patriots with all of our starters playing against their 2nd and 3rd stringers at the very end of last season when we were playing our very best...
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Yup and lets not forget that our winning streak we only had one decent win. Against SD. All the other wins (besides NE) were against the worst teams in the NFL...
 
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