Last place rings would look the same as the rings the Dolphins and Jets would get. You know, not Super Bowl rings.
Stop lumping us in w/ you, you are down w/ the Bills, Browns, Raiders and teams like that.
So, what did your FO do to fix the OL problems? Oh, yeah, they traded for Tim Tebow!!! :sidelol:
What have the Jests done exactly to improve
their team?
- They hired a near-virgin OC.
- They traded for a backup QB who will cause locker room issues when their starting QB craps the bed, but will be worse than Sanchez when he actually gets to start.
- They signed one oft-injured safety and then signed an ancient one, and both of them suck in pass coverage.
- They did NOT bother to draft a single OL prospect until the 6th round. Who's your backup C again?
- They drafted a 4-3 DE with a questionable work ethic and a WR who has all of 45 catches in his college career, and expect both to contribute early.
- They did NOT bother to draft a RB until the 6th round even though they want to be a run-first team. Shonn Greene wouldn't even make the Bills. He wouldn't start on the Fins, either, and maybe NOT make the team because the WCO requires RBs who can catch the ball.
The fact is that most of the Jests' holes from last season remain the same going into this season. Replacing an experienced OC with Tony Sparano who seems to have gotten his last two gigs simply because he's a Parcells' pal is NOT going to make Wayne Hunter a better RT nor Shonn Greene a better RB nor Mark Sanchez/Tim Tebow better QBs.
For one we didn't overpay for big names.
The OL is healthier which is a key. Remember, this exact same OL started in the AFC div round and Championship 2 years ago so it can't be that bad, right? Whatt hey did was address the depth of the OL so if Mangold goes down again we don't have a guy off the street starting.
How did we get better?
-opening day last year 3 of Sanchez's top weapons were Plax, Mason and LT. 2 of the 3 are retired and Plax can't find work so drafting Hill, signing Schilens and getting Holmes head right vastly improve the O.
-Acquiring Tebow. he will play a Brad Smith role on O making it more difficult to prepare for our O. he will not cause problems b/c there's no competition at QB, it's Sanchez's team.
-Drafted Coples, now we have 2 young DEs, we get a healthy DeVito back, Bart Scott is slimmed down and hopefulyl back to normal, we upgraded the safeties and most importantly Rex will be calling the defense again.
Stop w/ the questionable work ethic nonsese about Coples. UNC had 20+ guys suspended the last 2 years going from title contender to nothing b/c of it. That will upset any player and he still produced despite all the turmoil and despit being the main focus of oppsoing Os.
Tim Tebow will be our 2nd leading rusher and he will run the ball out of base sets. Greene got over 1,000 yds and averaged 4.2 YPC in a year where our OL stunk.
To say Green wouldn't make the Bills or start in Miami is as asinine as it gets.
Well let's see, over more than half the year, the Fins were superior to the jest, going 6-3 with about a +85 scoring differential while the jest went 4-5 with a +5 differential. Even the teams we lost to, Denver and the Giants, we played tougher than the jest. Our 2 experienced QBs are better than your 2; just like us losing, you getting Sparano, with our line rid of Carey and Columbo while yours still has a declining deBrick and Hunter, not to mention now a healthy Jake Long for the first time in 3 seasons, it's clearly "addition by subtraction." And our clubhouse didn't implode while a fat coach fiddled, flashed birds and told fans to eff off. So bottom-line, your opinion that Fins are to be counted among the league's 3 worst teams has no credibility or traction unless, by comparison, you add your own jest to that threesome. I know, I know, "misery loves company" and all of that but just because some morons on jest forums are wishfully deluding themselves into thinking that, doesn't mean that the real, objective world does. :idk:
Oh, and you do realize that in 08, The Meatball was a HC in training with The Tuna calling all the shots, probably down to field transmissions. And his much ballyhoo'ed Dallas offensive playcalling was really 66% of the yardage derived from Todd Haley's play design and receivers including Glenn, TO and Witten. Do the Jets come close to those..or even RBs like Jones in his prime and a fresh legged Marion Barber? I think not.
Is a seasoon 16 games? is it so bad you are breaking it down to half seasons? and half seasons where your team was dead and had nothing to play for? The excuses continue...
Shonn Green has averaged 4.3 YPC for his career
Marion Barber 4.1
Julius Jones 4.0
Good points. I always wondered what role Parcells played in the Fins 2008 success. When he moved up to be the Jests GM, he wanted Belichick as his puppet HC but ol' Bill wanted to be his own man, so Parcells settled for Al Groh. Sparano really had no qualifications to be a HC in 2008 except that he was buddy-buddy with Parcells. Once Parcells was gone, Sparano's "coaching genius" vanished (as Parcells' "coaching genius" vanished when Belichick left his supporting/puppet role).
You are going to believe mr. excuse maker? This was a guy 2 years ago telling me how much better Sparano was than Rex.
Parcells was still w/ the team in 2009, right? how come they went 7-9? a year later w/ Parcells gone they went 7-9. Don't fall for another vaarky excuse.
