mvp- chad pennington- without chad p here last season, this team does not win the division for the first time in many years, and does not make the playoffs for which wouldve been 7 straight years. only here 1 year, but so valuable.
lvp- david boston. the guy was supposed to be out first big time reciever we had here in a while, and he tears his acl in training camp and his drug problem. total bust.
best coach- tony sparano. not that there r so many to choose from, but tony sparano, while i do question his playcalling at times, has gotten the respect from his players, and has done a nice job only 2 years into the job.
worst coach- im tempted to go with wanny bc he wore ricky out, and he costed us our 2002 season with his horrendous play calling in ne in the finale,but i got to go with cameron. the guy had no fire watsoever in him, and he was a complete joke. led us to our worst season in franchise history, a season i wish my memory would let go of.
best draft- 08. we get our franchise left tackle with the number 1 overall pik, and then we also draft our hopefully franchise qb in chad henne. could be a draft we look bak on in a few years from now.
worst draft-07. when u take ted ginn and john beck in back to back rounds, and in 2010 there is a good chance both of them wont be on the team, that speaks for itself. disaster. everything about that year.
player saddest to see retire- ricky williams. i remember that day so perfectly. a sunday morning, woke up did my normal stuff, turned on espnnews and it reads'' breaking news'' dolphins rb ricky willams retires''. i almost lost my mind. i couldnt believe wat i was reading. a team that had so much hope going into that season had just gone to a 4-12 team from a superbowl contender. i was beyond myself. ill never forget that day. the guy had such a good career infront of him, and even though hes back now, hes not the same.
best trade- ricky williams trade. yes i no it didnt end up as well as it we wouldve liked bc he retired, but he gave us 2 great seasons, and at the time was a great trade. also we havent rlly made any stellar trades rlly so it wasnt a hard choice. i guess u can say fasano and adyole for a 4th rounder bc we gave up nothing for 2 serviceable guys with potential, but not big enough ppl to make it the best trade, and have dropped off since last year.
worst trade- a 2nd rounder for ****in aj feely. yes he played hurt alot and showed guts, but honestly wat was the front office thinking? we gave away a valuable draft pik for a freaking back up qb. the eagles were laughing at us. he wasnt the answer clearly as we went 4-12 that season. u can make a case for culpepper also, but i think the main reason ppl may say that was bad bc of who was avaliable in drew brees, but at least he had shown flashes of greatness, as opposed to feely need i say more?
best free agent signing- chad pennington if considered a free agent signing. yes we had him for 1 year only, but the leadership he brought to the table for us, and how he carried a team a year removed from 1-15, to 11-5 and an afc east championship was priceless. he got all the hearts of dolphins fans that year and beyond now.
worst free agent signing.- david boston- supposed to be a big time threat for us and give us that deep passing threat, yet turned out to be a nothing. barley made it on to the field for us, and not much more to say. complete bust.
most memorable moment-good- camarillios ot catch vs the ravens. yes i no most ppl r gonna say penny wins us the division at the meadowlands, and yes that was great, but we were 1 play from being the only 0-16 team in nfl history[at the time] as opposed to being just another 1-15 team with 9 other teams. i remember that catch like it was yesterday, and as sad as it was, i celebrated like we had won the superbowl. it was insane. ill never forget that catch on 3rd and 7 lemon to cammarillio.
most memorable moment bad- ricky retiring. doomed our franchise, set us back many years, and stunned the whole dolphin nation. went from sb contenders to doormats of the afc and the league.
best game- so many to choose from. im going to go with sunday night at denver in 02. fiedler breaks his thumb, chambers gets a concussion, and yet our team showed some heart and guts that night, elam hits a 52 yd to take the lead with over a minute left for denver and the crowd is celebrating like its over. then fiedler playing with a broken finger later learned, drives us into fg range and mare hits a 53 yd gw fg to silence the crowd and they were stunned. unfourtunatley, fiedler misses some games, lucas stinks it up, and we collapse the final 2 games of the season and miss the playoffs.
biggest surprise- chad pennington. yes i no its around my 3rd time mentioning his name, but knowone excpected him to come into the starting lineup with less than a month before the season opener, and have arguably his best season statiscally ever. deffinetly his biggest accomplishment leading a 1-15 team to 11-5 and afc east champs. remarkable.
He was insane man. The rest of the years I've been a bit unfortunate to remember.. but I'm glad we're through those bad, bad years. This season was a bit on the rough side, but hardly far from "bad"