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If we continue to play the way we did today, should we look for a trade for an olineman before the deadline? Which teams might have a really good one that might take a 2nd or a 3rd for one before the deadline?
 
Lots of football left between now and then. Would I rule it out? No, but there's a lot that needs to be known about current team performance and health and whether or not there's any worthwhile players to be had without an exorbitant cost.
 
Sirspud said:
Lots of football left between now and then. Would I rule it out? No, but there's a lot that needs to be known about current team performance and health and whether or not there's any worthwhile players to be had without an exorbitant cost.
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I agree. I'm not sure it's a lack of talent issue either. I think it's just a matter of getting NFL reps and experience.

Growing pains are difficult for fans to accept, but hopefully this unit keeps improving.
 
SF Dolphin Fan said:
I agree. I'm not sure it's a lack of talent issue either. I think it's just a matter of getting NFL reps and experience.

Growing pains are difficult for fans to accept, but hopefully this unit keeps improving.
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I don't know man, I'm not sure its a given that players just get better with experience. Sometimes mediocre players are just mediocre players, progression isn't always an upward slope. But week one of year two we can't just bail on guys.

I really wish every young player on our line had been able to come in and share the line with one legitimately talented lineman to help be a rock for things to build around. As it is its generally been one young guy starting next to another young guy all trying to figure it out on the fly. I can't say we've seen any of the guys we've drafted demonstrate a significant jump from where they were drafted.
 
Eichenberg played okay in my opinion. Honestly Jackson looked worse in the preseason against much worse rushers....

Yes Eich got 2 penalties, a gave up at least a couple pressures, but he did seem to run block well
 
Just look at all the personel movement these past 3 years it's like our coaches cannot make up their mind. I put the onus on the coaching not the players. I just posted on this.
 
With our luck we make a desperate trade and then the player gets hurt and goes on injured reserve never to factor in.
Weve seen it before
 
Sirspud said:
I don't know man, I'm not sure its a given that players just get better with experience. Sometimes mediocre players are just mediocre players, progression isn't always an upward slope. But week one of year two we can't just bail on guys.

I really wish every young player on our line had been able to come in and share the line with one legitimately talented lineman to help be a rock for things to build around. As it is its generally been one young guy starting next to another young guy all trying to figure it out on the fly. I can't say we've seen any of the guys we've drafted demonstrate a significant jump from where they were drafted.
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Great point on lack of veterans around the young guys. Davis, but that's it. Karras last year. It's harder to develop that way.

Hunt looks like a keeper. The jury is out on the rest. Hopefully, Jackson will prove to be a viable left tackle. Kindley was seemingly in the dog house, so I don't know if he's seen as a long-term starter. Obviously, Miami has to give it time.

Coaching is another potential issue. Those great offensive line coaches are hard to find.
 
SF Dolphin Fan said:
Great point on lack of veterans around the young guys. Davis, but that's it. Karras last year. It's harder to develop that way.

Hunt looks like a keeper. The jury is out on the rest. Hopefully, Jackson will prove to be a viable left tackle. Kindley was seemingly in the dog house, so I don't know if he's seen as a long-term starter. Obviously, Miami has to give it time.

Coaching is another potential issue. Those great offensive line coaches are hard to find.
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Thank you; Hell would it suprise anyone of NE genius OL coach was paid more than anyone?
Getting 5 big guys to dance like they're part of La Bayadère against the most athletic DL guys in the world is no easy task.
 
Danny said:
I'd say no. We have a young Oline and they need time playing together. The oline will never be consistent if you keep changing the players.
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As always, Danny knows his business.

You keep changing up the line (O or D), they never get a chance to gel. And oh, how critical that is…

Throw ‘em in the soup, tell ‘em that they’re it, come hell or high water, and watch ‘em go.

That’s the only way you’ll see what you have. Keep swapping them out, game to game, and they’ll fail. But if you’ve been a Dolphins guy for the past 10 years, you knew that already….
 
BahamaFinFan78 said:
If we continue to play the way we did today, should we look for a trade for an olineman before the deadline? Which teams might have a really good one that might take a 2nd or a 3rd for one before the deadline?
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Said it before and I'll reiterate, the type of lineman you are asking for are being sought by about 30 teams at any given time. Very good starting linemen are getting as hard to find as QBs. Those that are top class get locked up quick.
 
deits and eich making their first nfl starts at center and LT.

do we know why austin didn't start?

i need davis on the bench, eich at RT, and jackson back in.
 
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deits and eich making their first nfl starts at center and LT.

do we know why austin didn't start?

i need davis on the bench, eich at RT, and jackson back in.
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Jackson had covid this week. Not hard to imagine that even though he was eligible to play, and active for an emergency, that maybe he wasn't all the way there from an energy perspective.
 
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