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Sports Illustrated Audibles: Dolphins offseason report card

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Best acquisition: OT Branden Albert Even if Martin had stayed with the Dolphins, there would have been issues. Martin wasn’t a top-level left tackle at Stanford, so putting him in that position at the NFL level was problematic at best. Hickey didn’t create that problem, but he inherited it. He also solved it in the offseason by acquiring Albert, the 2013 Pro Bowler who started 83 games for the Chiefs over six seasons. In 2013, Martin gave up seven sacks in just 298 snaps, one season after allowing six sacks (but 47 quarterback hurries). Meanwhile, Albert allowed just four sacks in 883 snaps last season and one sack in 722 snaps in 2012. Given that no quarterback faced more pressure than Ryan Tannehill last year — especially on the blind side — the five-year, $46 million deal Miami gave Albert in free agency could be a relative bargain if he stays at his current level and avoids injury. Nobody will appreciate his presence more than the Dolphins’ quarterback.
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The good news is that there does appear to be a level of consistency in the talent acquisition department that was never there when former GM Jeff Ireland was in charge. Hickey moved decisively to shore up the team’s offensive line, signed running back Knowshon Moreno from the Broncos, and is trying his best to reverse the course.
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The new offense is in the hands of first-year offensive coordinator Bill Lazor, who replaces Mike Sherman and will reportedly feature a more high-volume passing game with a quicker tempo. Tannehill needs to become more consistent with his mechanics, which will lead to better accuracy, especially downfield — last season, he completed just 16 passes in 64 attempts in which the ball went 20 or more yards in the air. And he’ll need to be better with multiple-read concepts, though a speed offense could mitigate that issue to a degree. In any case, the Dolphins — despite their turbulent past year — are actually set up to make a decent amount of noise in the AFC East, and they’ll go about as far as Tannehill can take them.
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http://nfl.si.com/2014/06/18/miami-dolphins-offseason-report-card/
 
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16 of 64. Imagine if he had doubled that to 32. We may have won a few more games.

The article is encouraging, like I need that every offseason *sarcasm. Lazor delights me with what he brings. I cannot wait to see it in action with the receivers we have. More passy, less sacky.
 
zach attach said:
16 of 64. Imagine if he had doubled that to 32. We may have won a few more games.

The article is encouraging, like I need that every offseason *sarcasm. Lazor delights me with what he brings. I cannot wait to see it in action with the receivers we have. More passy, less sacky.
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I think we have found the Dolphins motto for 2014.
 
I hope Hickey turns out to be like Ted Thompson,Ozzie Newsome, or some other good GM, so the Dolphins will compete for the playoffs and Super Bowl year in and year out.
 
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Me too, but I can't say that's where we seem to be heading.
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Nobody will know that for sure, for atleast this season and more so entirely for about 2 seasons. But in my opinion i think Hickey has a more coherent plan than Ireland. Now Ireland will get some redemption if Tannehill, Jordan, Taylor, Thomas etc....etc....turn up good for us. Might as well chill out and kick back. Im taking the wait n hope approach.
 
Didn't like his draft outside of LAndry. Reached first round but not a horrible draft.
Free agency not impressed outside of finding a LT and do like Moreno Signing.
Did basically nothing to improve line after signing Albert.
Should have waited instead of overpaying Finnerman
 
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