I have a question about what seats to get for the Monday Night Game vs. The Panzys...

I am going to sit in the upper prime row #1... Sections 411-417 or 439-445 depending on what Stubhub has..

My question is about sitting on the visiting side (411-417), and if a section is mostly used by the opposing fans... I went to a Jest game a couple years ago and noticed there was one section with was mostly Jest people (like section 419)... 

Just wanted to make sure before I bought the tickets that me and wifey arent gonna be swarmed... 

Thanks in Advance

Willis

Hey guys this is the first time I have posted in a while, although this is my homepage so I read everyday. I also go over to PFT and see what Florio has to offer and anything interesting. Just moments ago I came across a link to Jeff Darlingtons blog (one of them) with a mention of our 2nd Round QB Patty White (of WhiteCat/WildPat) fame. The blog is about a very interesting email JD recieved from a Pats fan after the game on Sunday. Take a look, the link is right to the blog mentioned. Keep up the good work guys!!

Jeff Darlingtons Blog

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/08/06/source-parker-tells-niners-that-crabtree-will-re-enter-draft/

This article from pft is about M.Crabtree. I just wanted to say how happy I am that this is my team with these players. I mean we (some) got mad when PW and the 5th rd guy signed the night before camp started. Crabtrees agent is saying that he is a top 5 talent and should get paid like that. He has even said that if they dont meet his demands (dont know what they are, im guessing top 5 money) then his client will re-enter the draft... really? Obv this is a ploy by the agent and no player in their right mind would miss out on a year of money and re-enter. Also not to mention what if a CBA gets done and a rookie scale set in place.

Final question.. Do you think the Raiders made the right move taking DHB and not Crabtree... Looked moronic at the time, but now who knows.

Saw this article on the Sun Sent. Looks like we have signed a reciever off the 49ers practice squad to replace J. Smiley. Dont know anything about this guy but he will be on the 53 man roster on Sunday most likely for S.T purposes. Heres the link:

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/football/pro/dolphins/sfl-1204dolphins-hannon,0,3146182.story

11 more words ya ya da da I hate the Toronto Jills ya ya da da

I was doing nothing at work today (as usual) and came across this story and figured Id share it with you guys...

After the final undefeated team loses, Dick Anderson and fellow 1972 Dolphin Nick Buoniconti have had a champagne toast ''pretty much every year since 1992,'' Anderson said. But Anderson said they will not in the wake of Tennessee's loss to the Jets on Sunday: ``It's bittersweet -- I'm not going to celebrate a Jets victory.''

Miami Herald

via finsnation.com

I'd also like to give a special shot-out to Jarsquall for teaching everyone how to post pics... I'm sure it will make this site alot more interesting (if thats possible)

no not that cam....

CAMARILLO CATCHES SOME CASH

Receiver Greg Camarillo, unlikely hero of the Dolphins’ only win in 2007 and even more unlikely member of the starting lineup, has been rewarded for his performance with a new contract.

Per Edgar Thompson of the Palm Beach Post, Camarillo has agreed to terms on a three-year, $6 million deal.

The arrangement will keep Camarillo in Miami through 2011.  He would have been a restricted free agent after the season.

I was just over on the Pats Puplit and found this little tidbit. The Pats worked out Jayson Foster recently. Yea its that same J.Foster that we picked up after the draft. Does anyone remember is he still on our practice squad? Not that it really matters just the Pats being the Pats, Im sure he'll be awesome there considering he was with us. Damn I hate the F&^@King C*&K S&$!%@Rs

Hey guys I found this article on ESPN (I should be working) but found it cool b/c it shows us how many times the Cat was used each game and the results.

November 10, 2008 3:30 PM

Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Graham

The Miami Dolphins roused their slumbering Wildcat on Sunday, scoring two touchdowns out of the exotic and entertaining formation in a 21-19 victory over the Seattle Seahawks.

ESPN's Stats & Information department has been tracking the Wildcat since it was unveiled in Week 3.

The Dolphins ran seven Wildcat plays for 82 yards, much of it coming on a 51-yard Ricky Williams touchdown dash. Ronnie Brown took one 16 yards for a score.

The Wildcat is a modified single-wing formation in which the line is unbalanced with two tackles on one side. Brown usually takes a direct shotgun snap, with Williams lining up at wingback and quarterback Chad Pennington split out as a receiver.

Before Sunday, the Dolphins had failed to score a Wildcat touchdown three straight weeks.

They ran it five times for 4 yards against the Baltimore Ravens in Week 7, seven times for 34 yards against the Buffalo Bills in Week 8 and four times for minus-5 yards against the Denver Broncos in Week 8.

OK guys as you know the trade deadline is at 4pm. As of right now 2:45 est nothing exciting has happened. But read the article expecially what Schefter says the Lions are actually looking for in return.

This is per PFT:

http://www.profootballtalk.com/2008/10/14/lions-still-shopping-roy-williams/

I know Matty doesnt want full articles posted so I will just put the link. I dont see us making any moves even though we need help in 2 major areas (as everyone already knows) we will stay pat with what we got until the offseason.

ok guys here is the proposed trade

me giving

1. chad penny, joe addai, lee evans

me getting

1. eli manning, fred taylor, chris henry

im not real sure what i should do. im leaning towards not taking it because i think that hopefully j.addai will finally have a good week. and the other part is that im giving up lee evans for c.henry. henry is a good reciever if he can stay on the field.  eli will put up better numbers than chad (even though i love chad:)) im just worried that as soon as i trade addai he will break out.

what are your thoughts???? Thanks in Advance

Willis

Found a good article in the Herald this morning from B.Jackson if you dont want to read here are the highlights.

Camirillo is working with the first team in practice.

Ronnie may be starter against Jets, Coach S. said "you'll have to buy a ticket"

Crocker is the starting safety not Allen.

http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/football/miami-dolphins/story/670848.html

Also it says that the team but Armstrong and Ninovich on the Practice Squad, both of whom were waived earlier.

http://www.postchronicle.com/news/or...12166564.shtml

maybe we wont have a work stoppage now. if you dont want to read he died of complications from pancreotic cancer.

i hate this whole 75 word shit. i just wanted to tell you guys that the man died and now i have to write this crap so that i can actually publish the link. i think this last sentence will make it the 50 something words that i had left to write. also we are not going to the Anquan Boldin here in miami

hey i just picked up the new madden (dolphins won i am excited) and just want to let everyone i am owning with um. beat the pats 34-14 awesome. i got it for the WII and the game is awesome so much better than 08.  i know there has been alot of people saying the game sux (if you read the game sites i.e gamestop) it has a more arcade feel, but not to much. i cant atest for the x360 or ps3 versions but the wii is fun. just fig id let you guys know. if you got it and want to play bd2willis is my screen name. i call the phins :)

for those of you who arent reading ben volin's update of TC (your lucky to have a life) anyway in the opening he states that the phins have cut julius wilson possibly making room for T.Glenn

One last thing — the team just waived offensive tackle Julius Wilson. That leaves us at 79. Terry Glenn, anyone?

This whole 75 word thing sucks when you have to just put of a little tid bit of news. but anywho i guess i will have to power through it and make things work

PFT is reporting that henne has signed a 4 yr deal. also they report that Lamont jordan has signed with the pats. dfa asdf a dsf asdf sadf asdf asdf asdf asd fa sdf asdf as df asd fa sdf as gsd h dfg hj fsb sdf g adfg r g daf g adfv a h sh s fdb ad dv a et aer gf adg a dsg adf ha dh ad fv a df agt arye r u  fgjd fj d fgj

hey guys i was just over at Miamidolphins.com and they have a 6 minute video up of this mornings training camp. there isnt alot to it but hey we'll take what we can get right now. its mostly just running back work, i guess the video guys know that is going to be out team this year. if you got the time i suggest checking it out.sorry about this but i needed 6 words

hey guys just want to get your take on this situation. i am watching ESPN News and admist all the Favre talk they threw in that the 'Boys are gonna waive TG cause they cant get him to sign the injury clause. Do you think BP brings him in here? Just something to think about, I personally want to give the young guys some playing time instead of another vet, but he would bolster our Recieving corps.

This is a kinda lengthy one but it is well worth the time to read it. Even though its from ESPN it paints him in a very good light and has lots from his past and what not over all worth the time

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=mosley_matt&id=3476398

damnit i need 21 more words so i can post this thing, what am i at now like 15 so something like 10 more or so and i can hit the publish button

per RotoWorld.com who got in per NFL.com or something like that..

Dolphins RB Ricky Williams plans on playing four more years of football.

Williams' temporary retirement due to violations of the NFL drug policy saved him a few years of wear and tear on his body, so he figures he can contribute into his mid-thirties. As he's a free agent after this season, Ricky could be taking his revival tour to a new city next year.

Per PFT...

FINS ADMIT TO TAYLOR TRADE TALKS

Miami Dolphins G.M. Jeff Ireland, speaking at a post-draft press conference on Sunday, admitted that there were trade discussions last week regarding veteran defensive end Jason Taylor.

But Ireland denied that any such discussions were started by the Dolphins, contradicting published reports that the Dolphins were calling other teams to talk about a Taylor trade.

“No,” Ireland said regarding whether the Dolphins initiated any talks.  “We took some calls earlier in the week, but really nothing has changed on that.  You can put an end to it.  Nothing’s changed.  Our stance is nothing’s changed.”

Ireland specifically named the Jaguars as a team with whom the Fins discussed a Taylor trade.  Putting two and two together, Ireland is basically saying that the Jags called the Fins about a Taylor trade.

According to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio acknowledged the discussions.  “We talked, they had a certain price in mind and nobody in the league was interested in that price,” Del Rio said.

Despite a Saturday report in the St. Petersburg Times that a trade of Taylor to Tampa was in the works, Bucs G.M. Bruce Allen said on Sunday that “[t]here were no conversations about that.”

But even though the Dolphins weren’t able to get what they wanted on draft day for Taylor (which, as many believe, was as much as a first-round draft pick), it doesn’t mean that he won’t be traded, either for a veteran player or for one or more picks in the 2009 draft.  The co-owner of the team, Wayne Huizenga, said on Saturday that Taylor “deserves” a chance to play for a team that will provide him with a chance to go to the Super Bowl.

(So much for the possibility in the modern NFL of a bad team having a stunning turnaround.  We wonder whether the Tuna appreciates the confidence that his boss is demonstrating in the program.)

Meanwhile, we can’t help but also wonder why the Jaguars didn’t send their first-round pick to Jacksonville for Taylor, given that they used their first-round pick and two third-round picks and a fourth-round pick to get in position to land Florida defensive end Derrick Harvey.  If the goal is to win a Super Bowl in the short term, Taylor gives them much better odds than an unproven rookie.

Then again, the other factor in all of this would be Taylor’s contractual expectations.  Though he is signed through 2009 (at salaries of $7.5 million this year and $8 million next year), Taylor likely would want an extension, along with a guaranteed payment in excess of $20 million.  And it would be very prudent to have that deal in place before any trade goes through.  Otherwise, Taylor and his agent, Gary Wichard, would have the ultimate leverage after a team gives up a first-day draft pick or a veteran player; they could take the position that if the new team doesn’t make Jason happy, he’ll just retire.

So if the process of working out a trade began in earnest just last week, there simply wasn’t enough time to take care of both fronts that the Jags or any other team would have to address in order to make the trade happen.

Well.. sort of. This mock comes to us from FoxSports.com but its not for this year, rather it's for 2009. And I bet you cant guess before looking at it who has the #1 pick.

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/7999670/2009-NFL-Mock-Draft

Just figured I would give you guys and gals a nice little laugh on this wednesday afternoon.

No matter which team he's been with, Bill Parcells has coveted players blessed with size and speed.
Heinz Kluetmeier/SI

By Mike Lombardi, SI.com

Mike Lombardi is a 19-year veteran of NFL personnel departments, spending eight years with the Raiders and nine years with the Browns, in addition to brief stints with the Broncos, Eagles and 49ers. This is his debut column for SI.com.

Bill Parcells just passed Day 100 in his new life as the architect of the Miami Dolphins. As with most new administrations, the first 100 days sets the tempo and direction for the future of the organization. We have already seen him act quickly in free agency, signing former 49ers offensive guard Justin Smiley just as the clock struck midnight on the first night. Now, with his first draft in Miami two weeks away, everyone is asking: WWBD?

To understand what Parcells will do with the No.1 pick, you have to first understand the man and his background in player procurement. Working in personnel with five NFL teams over the past 23 years, I've gotten to know Parcells pretty well. He has been a mentor of sorts to me. While I was with the Eagles and Parcells with the Jets in 1998, we made a trade with New York for defensive end Hugh Douglas, who did not fit the new style of defense Parcells and his staff were going to install. To get the deal done, the Eagles wanted Douglas to agree to a new contract before the trade was to be finalized and sent to the league office for approval.

Parcells is a man that does not have much patience and has his own timetable for events to occur, so after a day of the Eagles not being able to get an extension with Douglas, he told me in a stern voice that I knew was no bluff: "When I get back from dinner tonight, we either have a deal or I will never trade Hugh to Philadelphia.'' So, before he could put his napkin on his lap for his meal, we called him back and finalized the deal for Douglas ... without the extension we needed.

So how does that story relate to today? Parcells won't let the crazy money at the top of the draft dictate what he's going to do with the first pick. He is not going to wish and hope to sign the guy he picks on draft day. I think Parcells knows exactly who he wants to pick and he knows exactly what he wants to pay for that pick. (He also knows he can't trade the pick, but more about that later.)

Parcells' potential player pool is small and it's not that difficult to know what direction he may be headed. No matter what team logo he wears on his shirt, his personnel philosophy are all Giants-based from his time working and building those championship teams in the eighties. The term we use in the scouting industry is the Giants were a size/speed team. The Giants were very big on defense, football smart and tough at every position.

Miami will exclusively look for players that have the size and speed requirements that Parcells has set for each position, setting a blueprint of what they will become. Also, his players in Miami had better love football and be willing to work at getting better during the season and especially in the offseason. (How's Dancing With The Stars going, Jason Taylor?) All of those qualities will go into the selection of the first pick for the Fins and every pick under the Parcells administration.

I believe Bill's course of action during draft week will be for him to call the agents for his top four or five players. He will swear those agents to secrecy; Parcells hates loose lips in his organization. Miami will call agent Tom Condon about clients Matt Ryan, the Boston College quarterback, and Michigan tackle Jake Long. Marvin Demoff will be phoned on behalf of defensive end Chris Long of Virginia. So, too, will the agents for defensive end Vernon Gholston and perhaps for LSU defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey. Parcells almost certainly knows which one of those players he wants, but he'll create competition, hopefully to lower the price Miami will pay for the pick.

What the fans don't know about the backroom dynamics of the draft is that most agents are more interested in bragging about big deals to next year's recruiting class than they are in getting a deal done today. I say most agents because one of them, Demoff, is a sort of lion in winter, a veteran agent who doesn't sully himself in the recruiting wars and likely won't care very much about what other agents say about him. That could give Chris Long an edge in taking a deal below what some would think the top pick in this draft should earn.

Miami will present offers to all the potential picks -- probably one after another, with deadlines for each agent -- based on a percentage of increase (anywhere from 3 to 10 percent) of the 2007 Joe Thomas contract from Cleveland. (Thomas signed a five-year deal valued at $42.5 million, with over $23 million in guaranteed money.) Why not use the JaMarcus Russell deal from last year since he was the first pick in the draft? Parcells will not discuss that deal because in draft pick-signing protocol everyone operates under the premise that the QB deals are premiums and have no basis for other positions in the round. Therefore there is no reason to begin your percent of increase off a non-factoring contract.

Parcells will use every means necessary to make sure his message is getting accurately delivered to each player. For Jake Long, it would not surprise me if fellow Michigan alum Jumbo Elliott, who played for Parcells with the Giants, was in Long's ear telling him all the reasons to be the first pick.

So why don't the Dolphins just trade the pick? That's a very fair question, especially considering the last time the Big Tuna had the first pick in the draft with the Jets, he was able to make a few trades and acquire an extra first-round pick. An extra first-rounder for the talent poor Dolphins would be a welcome addition. But the draft today and the draft of 1997 are worlds apart. Back then you could move around in the top 10 of the draft, you could trade picks and shuffle your hand. In 1986, when I was with Bill Walsh and the 49ers moved so many times in the first round, we did not pick until 39th in the second round after being slated to pick at 18. Walsh made four trades and had teams wondering if we'd ever pick.

But today's drafts are a far more complicated enterprise then the ones in '86 and '97. Having held two top-five picks in the last five years with the Oakland Raiders, our phone never rang with calls of interest, only calls asking, "What are you going to do?" The pick is like a hot potato, no one wants to be left holding it. As Colts president Bill Polian said, "Trades are a unique thing in the first round because of the cost of the top 10 picks financially. To take on that cost ... is almost counterintuitive."

My educated guess and research tells me that Jake Long will be the first pick. He gives the Dolphins size, speed and toughness, the key traits Parcells has used to build teams from East Rutherford to Dallas. Jake Long fills a huge need for Miami at right tackle, assuming he's willing to play ball with Miami on the contract, which I think he will do.

Without a quality offensive line, it's hard for any team to evaluate the skill positions correctly and all of Parcells' teams have been well-stocked and highly talented in the offensive line. This pick begins the rebuilding process in Miami and firmly establishes the direction of the new administration.

If Parcells thinks the offensive Long wants too much money or Condon won't talk before the draft, then I expect Chris Long to be next in line. He fits the Parcells profile -- a never-say-die kid with position versatility, a great football pedigree and a player who won't be ruled by money. Both Longs are Parcells guys who would be good cornerstones for the new Dolphins.

just a little tidbit to pass some time for those of us who have a job we can goof off at most the day..

Bill Parcells emerged from his beloved bunker the other day to return a phone call and provide an amusing answer to the biggest question in the NFL these days.

"Okay Bill, what are you doing with the first pick?"

He laughed over the phone from South Florida and said, "I am unable to divulge anything at this point."

This is the third time Parcells has walked into a job and inherited the first pick in the draft and the second time there's not enough value to use the pick. He took Drew Bledsoe for the Patriots in 1993, then traded down twice when he was with the Jets in 1997 after Peyton Manning elected to stay for his senior year at Tennessee.

Parcells might be in the position of power in his first draft for the Dolphins, but he's not going to be able to make a great deal to trade out. There is no can't-miss quarterback - Boston College's Matt Ryan is an upgraded version of Matt Schaub. And the best player in the draft is having his character questioned - Arkansas running back Darren McFadden. The trade interest in the pick has been mild.

The NFL winter meetings begin next Sunday in Palm Beach, Fla., right up the road on I-95 from the Dolphins' offices in Davie. But Parcells is not even bothering to attend when he perhaps could set the foundation in face-to-face meetings for a trade leading up to the draft. He sees no need to be there.

If Parcells stays put at No. 1, Virginia DE Chris Long, the son of Hall of Famer Howie Long, is likely to be his pick unless Parcells determines before the April 26 draft that quarterback John Beck, the second-round pick of the previous regime, has no chance to be a player. Then he would take Ryan. Veteran Josh McCown, recently signed as a free agent, is a classic Parcells hold-the-fort guy.

Parcells left the impression he would love to trade down a few times and turn that one pick into five of the 25 to 30 new players he anticipates being on the 1-15 team he is trying to resurrect. And that would prevent Dolphins owner Wayne Huizenga and his new partner Stephen Ross from signing off on the $30 million guaranteed that will go to the No. 1 pick. That makes it much harder to deal out of the spot than 10 years ago.

"I'm not sure anybody is interested in the pick," Parcells said. "The economics of the pick are a little more devastating if it doesn't work out. You have to have some willing partners of the trade-down thing. We're in position where we are assuming we are going to make the pick."

The Dolphins scored only 37 points in Beck's four starts - all losses - before he lost the job back to Cleo Lemon.

"If you're asking me directly if we are going to draft a quarterback, that has some possibilities," he said. "I'm always in the market for somebody if I think he can be a franchise quarterback. It's a little bit hard to tell (about Beck), not really seeing him under fire. We haven't decided anything yet, but we will. We're working on it. There's not much going on. I can just tell you that."

Who could make a deal with Parcells?

Chiefs coach Herm Edwards was the only head coach at Ryan's scripted workout last week at BC. Kansas City is picking No. 5 and may have to jump ahead of the Falcons at No. 3 to get Ryan. The Jets would have drafted No. 3 if they had lost the final game of the season to the Chiefs. Now at No. 6, they may have to get ahead of the Raiders at No. 4 if they want McFadden, who would bring instant and desperately needed firepower to the Jets. But blockbuster trades within the division are rare.

Parcells has the pick and is waiting for the phone to ring.

Great read from Hyde at the Sun-Sentinel

Day after Groundhog Day, brick after anonymous brick, you can watch the foundation being laid to whatever the Dolphins become next season, if you have the patience.

Or you can just watch any YouTube video of Devin Hester's touchdown return against Detroit last September.

There's Hester, the Chicago Bear, waiting under the kickoff. There's Hester catching the football. There's Hester running upfield through a seam, making a Lion miss ... then another! He's down the sideline! Another two misses! Then that burst of speed and ...

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"Hold your breath!" as one YouTube videographer keeps yelling.

What's this have to do with the Dolphins? Go back to the 15-yard line. There's one of the next possible bricks. There's Rashied Davis, one of two more special-teams specialists the Dolphins are considering, sealing off the left side with a clean block.

He's in the video just long enough for Hester to run by. About the same amount of time you see Nathan Jones, the latest ex-Cowboy being considered, in any of his plays. It's the same for seven bricks already signed to upgrade special teams.

These aren't headline names. They're not even noticeable, unless you're looking for them, or unless you working off a bigger picture, which the new Dolphins regime obviously is. Bill Parcells & New Co. decided they can't build up the offense and defense into first-rate units off free agency.

Too risky. Too expensive. Look at the New York Jets' $140 million gamble this off-season to offer the flip side to free agency.

Instead, the Dolphins are spending on second-tier names to build up the special teams. Keith Davis had 18 special-team tackles, more than any Dolphin. Tab Perry had 16, equal to the only Dolphin in double figures, Edmond Miles.

Reggie Torbor, "Boomer" Grigsby, Charlie Anderson, David Kircus -- they all have made careers on special teams. The phone calls to Jones and Rashied Davis show the Dolphins might not be done, too.

Early 2008 marketing slogan: "We've put the kick-a-- in kickoffs!

Earliest 2008 prediction: Ted Ginn Jr. will have five touchdown returns.

That might be as many touchdowns as the Dolphins' offense scores all year, considering all the questions involving this offense right now. But let's deal with the remodeling that's done. Let's consider how it changes the horizon.

Last summer in training camp, even with Ginn as the top pick, then-special teams coach Keith Armstrong was privately warning team insiders the special teams were in trouble. All his specialists were let go, he said. David Bowens. Sammie Morris. Travis Minor. Go down the list.

This isn't a slap at the previous regime. They had too much heavy lifting in a depleted roster. Even when they did find an answer, like Jesse Chatman chaperoning Ginn on kickoffs, injuries forced changes to the point new coach Tony Sparano said last month that in watching special-teams film, "At times there is a different [player] running down there every game."

No wonder the Dolphins finished last in kickoff coverage. No wonder, even with Ginn, they finished 15th on kickoff returns.

No wonder, too, the Dolphins are mining this route. That Ginn had a return touchdown on those special teams (plus two more called back by penalty) shows the kind of impact he can have with a supporting cast. Now he has one, too.

The price tags tell what the investment is. The Dolphins wanted linebacker Calvin Pace, but not at the $22 million guaranteed the Jets are paying him. They obviously need help on the offensive line, but not at the $21 million the Jets guaranteed guard Alan Faneca.

Instead, a relatively expensive buy is Torbor, the former Giants linebacker who started the last nine games including the Super Bowl but made his name on special teams. Tobor got a $4 million signing bonus and $1 million this season.

The Parcells Era will rise or fall on the quarterback. Everyone knows that. But the glimpse of this era's opening weeks is a throwback to Jimmy Johnson's thinking: Stars will be found in the draft or not at all.

Free agency is being used to add bricks and mortar. Every day, another special-teams guy is on the radar. Every day, a Rashied Davis or Nathan Jones is being discussed.

Individually, they don't draw notice. Collectively, they signal the new regime's blueprint: Watch the YouTube video and substitute Ginn for Hester.

Dave Hyde can be reached at dhyde@sun-sentinel.com

Just cut our favorite son Joey "underachieve" Harrington. Why is this news you may ask yourself? Well this leaves only Chris Redman on the roster at the QB position, and saved them 2.5mil against the cap. However this might just point to them actually taking a shot to get Matty Ice with the first pick. I know it has been mentioned on here about trading with Atl. our #1 for their #3 and Hall(or more picks) and I personally think this makes that a little more of a reality giving they only have Redman on the roster now. I realize that Harrington isnt much to lose but just a thought I guess.

per PFT here is this little nugget...

VETERAN JET GRUMBLING ABOUT SPENDING SPREE

In 2007, Jets G.M. Mike Tannenbaum acknowledged that "[t]here are consequences" to spending big money in free agency.

And he didn't know how right he was.

An anonymous Jets veteran (cough . . . Laveranues Coles . . . cough) has sounded off regarding the recent splurging.

"You pay guys you don't even know, and the guys in the locker room -- the guys that have your back -- you don't give a damn about them," the unnamed player told Rich Cimini of the New York Daily News.  "It shows where the loyalty is."

Meanwhile, Tannenbaum says that building through the draft is "still our core belief and philosophy."

Let's face it, Tannenbaum and the Jets are caught between a team in their own division and a team in their own town -- the Pats and the Giants.

Observed one media insider:  "Signing a declining Damien Woody from a bad Detroit [offensive line] and then changing his position might be the single dumbest move this year. Trading [linebacker Jonathan] Vilma for very little  may be the second, although I'm not sure about his knee.  And he has no clue what to do with [defensive tackle Dewayne] Robertson.

"He ignores the fact that the Giants signed one low-level [free agent] last year and let him go this year. They won because six draft choices contributed a lot.  Tannebaum, who was a money man until he convinced [owner] Woody Johnson that he knew football, can't draft as well as [Giants G.M.] Jerry Reese."

The Giants are the toast of New York, the Patriots are the kings of the conference, and in our view the Jets are merely just another mediocre team that is trying too hard escape from quicksand.

There is nothing better than a veteran / best reciever gets mad at the mang. for overspending on FA. Like someone else said (nice to see good things happen to good people :)  sorry cant remember who said it but I think it fits nicely here.

i decided to put these together instead of making 2 different diaries. they are both from PFT

POSTED 1:13 p.m. EST, March 3, 2008

BELL STAYS PUT

A league source tells us that Dolphins safety Yeremiah Bell has opted to stick around.

Per the source, Bell has agreed to a one-year, $1.4 million contract.  The move also is being reported by Adam Schefter of NFL Network.

Bell started the 2007 regular-season opener, but suffered a ruptured Achilles' tendon and missed the rest of the year.

He'll get a chance now to prove that he is healthy, and he'll re-enter the free-agent market in 2008.  (Unless, of course, he plays so well that the team opts to restrict him with the franchise tag.)

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POSTED 1:05 p.m. EST, March 3, 2008

TUNA IN TROUBLE?

We've got no real strong feelings one way or the other about Dolphins V.P. of football operations Bill Parcells.  But we've noticed over the past few months that his apparent zeal to turn around a franchise that has figured out how to be consistently mediocre in the free-agency era (Dan Marino's presence masked it for much of the '90s) has caused the Tuna to create the appearance that he isn't respecting one or more of the rules that apply (in theory) to all 32 teams.

It's ironic, really, that while the team coached by the guy whom Parcells mentored and managed by the guy whom Parcells' daughter married is being relentlessly vilified for getting caught with a video camera in the cookie jar, the Tuna's tactics have been largely ignored.

First, there was the whole "I want Jeff Ireland to be my G.M. and if it means giving him 'final say' even if he doesn't really have it then let's do that" thing, which allowed Parcells to pilfer Ireland from the Cowboys even though no one believes that Ireland will so much as buy a new pair of bowling shoes without first consulting the boss.  (To his credit, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones opted not to take a stand on this one, even though he could have.)

Second, there was the whole "I want Tony Sparano to be my coach and if it means giving him the job and telling him to shut up until the Cowboys lose in the playoffs then let's do that" thing, which allowed Parcells to begin rounding up Sparano's staff a couple of weeks before Sparano officially had the job.

More recently, the Fins obviously tampered with former 49ers guard Justin Smiley, and made no bones about it by finalizing his contract minutes after the official launch of free agency.

This time around, however, Parcells might have provided the league with enough ammunition to act.  A league source recently pointed out to us this nugget from Peter King's "Ten Things I Think" in his MMQB:  "I think you shouldn't make too much of this, but Bill Parcells, czar of the Dolphins, holder of the first pick in the draft, called Boston College coach Jeff Jagodzinski the other day and requested video of every one of quarterback Matt Ryan's 654 passes last fall.  I still say Ryan at No. 3, to Atlanta, makes the most sense. "

But there's a problem with that.  The source said that this practice is "very much against league rules, which forbid teams from contacting college teams for college video."

The source also pointed out that the teams get a strongly-worded memo each year regarding this practice.

If it's indeed a violation, the league clearly needs to step in.  Stay tuned as to whether it does.

this if from PFT regarding the Bucs cap position which is 44mil, as i recall about the same as us!

 BUCS MUST SPEND $28 MILLION

One of the realities of having $44 million under the salary cap is the mandate to reach the little-known salary floor.

As explained by some Internet hack on SportingNews.com, the Buccaneers must spend $28 million of that 2008 cap room in order to comply with the $100.22 million per-team minimum.

The number comes from the CBA.  For 2008, the salary floor is 86.4 percent of the salary cap.

Some teams use devices such as "likely to be earned incentives" that won't as a practical matter be earned in an effort to carry cap money over from one year to the next.  The union often balks at this approach, since it creates in essence a no-interest loan against the payroll obligation.  If the Bucs would use a device like that to satisfy the spending minimum, the NFL Players Association surely would take action.

I think the interesting thing is putting in the incentives that arent practical as a ploy to carry money over til the next year. with so few FA this year what are we gonna do with the near 30mil we are gonna have to spend?

This is gonna get interesting for sure. Lots of changes coming for out phins.