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To quote Brian Flores: "This is just the beginning." I can't remember being this excited about the future of the Miami Dolphins in a long, long time.

Finishing 5-11 isn't great obviously, but this team's roster resembles an expansion team in some areas such as the offensive line and at running back. The team started 0-7, were blown out by a 102-10 margin in its first two games. Couldn't run the ball all season long. And yet, the players gave it their all finishing with two straight victories including the unexpected 27-24 season finale at New England. Miami hadn't won in New England since 2008. You can see glimpses of the schemes working on both sides of the ball despite the lack of talent.

Miami still has a long way to go, but I think we might be able to check "coach" off as a big need. The last time we could say that was really Don Shula. It will be exciting to see what the team does this offseason. Five picks in the first two rounds, including three #1's, approximately $130 million in salary cap space. Can the Dolphins find their franchise quarterback? That is the next big fish to bring in. Unless it's Josh Rosen as some here have implied.

Congrats to this coaching staff. I really wondered if this team would win a game after that horrendous 0-4 start and the serious lack of talent across the roster. Hold on tight, should be a fun offseason.
 
SF Dolphin Fan said:
To quote Brian Flores: "This is just the beginning." I can't remember being this excited about the future of the Miami Dolphins in a long, long time.

Finishing 5-11 isn't great obviously, but this team's roster resembles an expansion team in some areas such as the offensive line and at running back. The team started 0-7, were blown out by a 102-10 margin in its first two games. Couldn't run the ball all season long. And yet, the players gave it their all finishing with two straight victories including the unexpected 27-24 season finale at New England. Miami hadn't won in New England since 2008. You can see glimpses of the schemes working on both sides of the ball despite the lack of talent.

Miami still has a long way to go, but I think we might be able to check "coach" off as a big need. The last time we could say that was really Don Shula. It will be exciting to see what the team does this offseason. Five picks in the first two rounds, including three #1's, approximately $130 million in salary cap space. Can the Dolphins find their franchise quarterback? That is the next big fish to bring in. Unless it's Josh Rosen as some here have implied.

Congrats to this coaching staff. I really wondered if this team would win a game after that horrendous 0-4 start and the serious lack of talent across the roster. Hold on tight, should be a fun offseason.
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I thought the 0-4 start would be bad, but not THAT bad.
 
5 wins with this bunch is amazing...I mean really!!!...Look at this bunch on paper..they shouldn't have won one game,much less five...
The Bengals have more talent...amazing coaching job...(I would have preferred the 1st overall pick) but,great job.
Look at how many undrafted players we have playing for us...
 
Namor said:
5 wins with this bunch is amazing...I mean really!!!...Look at this bunch on paper..they shouldn't have won one game,much less five...
The Bengals have more talent...amazing coaching job...(I would have preferred the 1st overall pick) but,great job.
Look at how many undrafted players we have playing for us...
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And if not for a dropped 2-pt conversion pass (with a little luck to get in the endzone if caught) and a penalty from on high in New York, it would've been 7 wins. That's just crazy given the deck of cards we're dealing with.
 
Howard and Jones really look expendable but with the success we had with cheap hungry young guys who would want them
 
Heinegrabber said:
Howard and Jones really look expendable but with the success we had with cheap hungry young guys who would want them
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I'm not sure what we could do with Howard at this point, even if we wanted to move on.

Big contract for the next couple yrs.
Almost at the point of being labled injury prone, and now a domestic charge.
 
Namor said:
5 wins with this bunch is amazing...I mean really!!!...Look at this bunch on paper..they shouldn't have won one game,much less five...
The Bengals have more talent...amazing coaching job...(I would have preferred the 1st overall pick) but,great job.
Look at how many undrafted players we have playing for us...
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I mean even looking at it through Aqua and Orange glasses, Miami easily has the worst talent in the NFL. I gained a lot of respect/admiration for Ryan Fitzpatrick along the way. It really was a great season for him considering he was running for his life half the time and had no running game to lean on. I think he was a big reason for the 5 wins. Obviously, a long way to go but encouraged at the effort of this group and the coaching staff.
 
They made chicken soup out of chicken little. The coaching staff is where it's at in Miami. You aren't suppose to take a bunch of UDFA, Street F/A and 3rd string NFL players and go out and win 5 games. Not to mention almost winning 2 more. Unparalleled and unheard of. Yes this is only the beginning. This Franchise has been a dumpster for the NFL since Shula retired. Parcells, Ireland, Tannenbaum and some other douches ran this franchise into the ground. FINALLY Mr. Ross had enough and torched the place. He finally grew a pair of brass ballz and kicked the Fakers outta here. For a guy with no previous coaching experience, Brian Flores sure as hell acts like a seasoned NFL coach. I've never seen players play has hard as they did for Flores. This man refuses to concede anything, his grit, his fire and his leadership is just what we all needed. Miami has had players, but couldn't find the right leadership to get the ship righted. So Yes this is just the beginning.
 
SF Dolphin Fan said:
I mean even looking at it through Aqua and Orange glasses, Miami easily has the worst talent in the NFL. I gained a lot of respect/admiration for Ryan Fitzpatrick along the way. It really was a great season for him considering he was running for his life half the time and had no running game to lean on. I think he was a big reason for the 5 wins. Obviously, a long way to go but encouraged at the effort of this group and the coaching staff.
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Agree and don't want to under-emphasize the lack of run game. Outside of the predictable runs on 1D, Ds knew there was a great chance for a pass. Had the OL been able to run block and have the same (poor) pass pro talent, RF would have had more time. But poor pass pro AND an abysmal run game makes RF look more impressive
 
xSxPxHx said:
And then we hired Chan Gailey ......:bobdole:
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Seems like a very odd hire. If memory serves, Gailey was here with those Jay Fiedler Dolphins. I remember him being very conservative. Then again, that offense didn't have a ton of talent. I think Flores clearly wants to run the ball, be conservative, but effective. People forget how conservative NE is. The Patriots are all about a safe, short passing game and running the ball. When Brady does take chances down the field its most often to tight ends with those type of mismatches.

Can't say I'm excited about this hire. I thought O'Shea was growing into the offense. We just don't know the behind-the-scenes stuff that may have led to this.
 
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