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Which years were you so pumped up for the season based on offseason moves prior?

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What seasons can you guys remember being so pumped up for? Any lessons learned from your own personal expectations?

I remember a few

Ricky Willaims 2002-2003 season. I for sure thought we make some noise in the playoffs. I still think that season was the best chance ever with a strong RB and stout defense. That season still hurts me the most

Hiring Adam Gase, I thought we would be heading in the right direction. Clearly my emotions got the best of me.

Brian Flores 3rd year, for sure I thought this team would have been turning the corner. Wrong.


I'm cautiously optimistic this season and setting my expectations fairly.
 
'95. With those moves and Dan in his prime, we should've been holding the Lombardi. That's it. Every other season before this one, we left things out of the equation and talked ourselves into believing this is the year. THIS YEAR, there's none of that. We're as locked and loaded as we've ever been.
 
The last time I was this excited for a season was in 2002 i think it was. When we traded for the best RB in the league and my favorite player at the time. Ricky Williams. Growing up, I used to be excited every season because we had Marino. When he retired, things went downhill along with my excitement.
 
To name a few:

1985 - Coming off of that 1984 14-2 season.
1995 - Free Agency signings.
1996 - Jimmy Johnson. I thought for sure, he would have us in the Super Bowl.
2002 - Ricky comes to Miami.
2004 - Nick Saban is hired. I thought this guy was the real deal.
2019 - Brian Flores is hired. Again, I thought this guy was the real deal.

Side Note:
1993 - Beginning of season, and we just beaten Buffalo in their house, 22-13, then Marino got hurt two weeks later.
 
Gotta agree with a lot of guys here about 1995. It was my senior year in HS and everyone knew me as the Dolphin fan. Boy that first half of the school year was full of lots of shoulder shrugging at school. I wasn't the only one that saw Miami in the SB in 1995.. What a letdown. Also 2002 with Ricky. A lot of the younger Dolphin fans only know us as bottom tier garbage, but it wasn't much easier 20-30 years ago. We were WELL known to come out hot and fade in Nov/Dec. That was 100% our MO back then.
 
1984 pretty much LOL, but this year is beyond anything that I have seen that is making a statement of commitment and making me pumped!
 
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