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The Phinsider Is this a joke? I have no faith in Ireland!!!

This off-season I have been left speechless and thus I will try and write my thoughts. I really do not understand this front office so if someone can please help explain it to me. I like the defense, except can we please make a decision on 3-4 or 4-3 or should we just waste 18 million over 2 years on a nt that ranked as 38th, yes 38th best dt. SO now let's take a look at our offense. What are were our needs going into this off-season. Add a QB (At the very least competition or hopefully someone who can start), RT, strong receiver opposite marshall, play making tight end. I think we can all basically agree with that. Let's see where we are. We went after Peyton, which probably won't work out and options like Jason Campbell, Kyle Orton, etc. are gone. We are left Matt Flynn... If we get him? If we can't, then we have to draft or keep Moore. RT. Congratulations we added an old backup as Levi Brown (eh), Giacomini, Gaither, are all gone. We have a visit with Eric WInston, but my hopes aren;t too high. So draft or let it go. Maybe Murtha. Now WR. Yes he was involved in an altercation, but now we have no pro bowl wr, new receiver opposite him, and really no plan. If you are gonna do this and trade Marshall have a plan. Stevie Johnson, Laurent RObinson, Royal, Wayne, Garcon, Meacheum, Colston, V Jackson, D Jackson, Josh Morgon all gone. Yes I've got it, lets bring back Ginn. This is a disaster. So with no one left (o braylon edwards yayay), draft or leave it. We can't leave it. This is a disaster again. Tight End. Hmm, Martelius Bennet, Scott Chandler, Finley, Kevin Boss, and Carlson. So when we could have grabbed someone especially Bennet or Carlson we slept. No draft or leave it. Wow this is great. So as you can see, it adds up. We have way to many needs, especially wr and te. I still have hopes for Flynn, but who will he throw to. This is really a joke and I no confidence in Ireland. THOUGHTS? Please help me see how we win games next year.


Poll
Faith in Ireland?
NO FAITH WHATSOEVER, SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIRED WITH SPARANO
118 votes
PUT ME AT 50% BUT I WOULDNT SAY ANYTHING IF HE LEFT
46 votes
HES DOING FINE GIVE HIM SOME TIME
39 votes
LOVING HIS JOB, THIS POSTER IS A NUT HEAD
26 votes

229 votes | Poll has closed

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The Phinsider The Worst Moments in the past 25 years


I don’t know how many of you guys read ProFootballTalk.com. Regardless they have been doing a special on the worst moments in each franchise. Last June, they held the special on the dolphins. Most of the segments are around 4 minutes; however, the dolphins lasted 9 minutes. Anyway I thought I would do a more extensive two segment piece on the worst and best moments in the last quarter century.

Let’s start with the bad stuff.

25. Cecil J.P. “The Diesel” Collins incarceration: Our 5th round pick in 1999 out of LSU had huge potential and was a fan favorite. From December of 1999 until now, he has been and will be incarcerated for burglary from his former girlfriend.

24. Jason Taylor playing for the Jets. A terrible way for the dolphins sack leader to leave.

23. Changing of the Miami Dolphins Song: Stephen Ross comes in and remixes our song with T-Pain and brings in some crappy Jimmy Buffet Song as well

22. Olindo Mare misses two field goals against the Patriots due to the “infield dirt.”: This firmly cemented Huizenga’s hatred for the Marlins and would be a crucial game leading to a 2003 without a playoff game.

21. Tuck Rule and 3 Patriots Super bowls later: I couldn’t put this hire because it isn’t a dolphin’s issue, but rather a fans’. Simply terrible though.

20. “Trading” Wes Welker: Tendered at only the 2nd round level, the Dolphins way undervalued the reception machine as he has been a crucial cog for the Pats explosive offense.

19. Ross and Harbaugh Fiasco: Just awful management. Stephen Ross has not exactly developed into a good owner, at least yet.

18. Nick Saban hiring: Disastrous. I will not take the Alabama job. Runs off to the SEC where he can actually coach failing to admit he simply can’t cut it in the NFL. Forced the Cam Cameron hiring and more rebuilding for different coaches’ systems.

17. Ricky Williams leaving: A decimated running game the next season kills our chances and forces more rebuilding. This one could have been hire if he had not come back to help us win some games.

16. Dolphins at Patriots week 17 of 2002. As Ricky Williams dominates the game, Wannstadt and Turner decide to pass three times with two minutes left, punt the ball, and lose the game to the patriots but the division to the jets. I went to this game and it was brutal leaving.

15. Cam Cameron hiring: As Mike Tomlin and Ken Whisenhunt are hired to the Steelers and Cardinals respectively, the dolphins go after Cam Cameron who drafts Ginn, Beck, Lorenzo Booker and gives the dolphins a 1-15 season before getting fired.


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The Phinsider The case for ONE PLAYER Nnamdi


I know this seems crazy as we have two pretty to very solid young corners on our team already. However, Nnamdi Asomugha is just hands down so freaking good every time should be paying for his services. If we Calvin Johnson came onto the market right now, should we say well we have marshall and bess maybe we shouldn't go after a 6'5'' receiver who runs a 4.3. No we would absolutely consider signing him. Take a look at these stats.

108 attempted throws. 40 completions. What corner had that incredible stat line... Darrell Revis in 2009 when everyone was calling him possibly the greatest corner ever.

98 attempted throws, 47 completions. What corner had that incredible stat line...  Champ Bailey in 2009.

98 attempted throws, 48 completions. What corner had that incredible statline... Nnamdi asomugha except his is from 2008 to 2010.

Three seasons, just 98 attempts and 48 completions. absolutely rediculous. In 2006 (the last time he was thrown at more than 40, yes 40 times in a season) he had 8 picks. If anyone ever calls him out for not having the ints its because no one ever ever throws to him. You can;t catch balls that are on the other side of the field. When you are a corner who across three seasons get about 2 throws a game, i think you are insanely dominant.

I am huge Vontae fan and still solid on Sean, but cmon. I know he will cost a lot, but it is 100 percent worth it. Imagine a secondary with Vontae across from Nnamdi. We would be so rediculous on defense. Im sorry, I would rather grab him and then have to sign a few less notable guys. We have the cap space (post lockout of course). This is a move we may and probably won't make, but can i get a little support for in my opinion the best corner and possibly defensive player in football today.

Stats dont lie and Nnamdi is great person and leader as well. Make him a dolphin please.

Poll
Should we invest in Nnamdi?
Yes
60 votes
No, im good with vontae and sean
54 votes

114 votes | Poll has closed

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The Phinsider Why I watch the pro bowl and you should too



My enthusiasm for the pro bowl gets criticized and ridiculed by co-workers and friends alike. While I must admit it gets harder and harder to pronounce to the world I will be watching the entire pro bowl, I would like to draw ona  few positives regarding the "all-star game" if you can even call it that anymore.

Regardless of whether every star is playing, there still are premiers players out there giving it one alst go before they hang up their cleats. They usually pick them up about four months later when training camp begins, but that may not be the case this year. Pt. #1: WATCH THE PRO BOWL BECAUSE IT IS THE 2ND LAST WEEK OF PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL UNTIL POSSIBLY AUGUST OF 2012. With the cba still hanging around unnegotiated, why not watch one more week of football.

We have each, or most of us, watched 23 weeks of football including pre and post season, honestly what big sunday plans do you disregard for half the year and just happen to start up right now. For those of you with significant others, maybe the other doesn't even realize the game is meaningless and you get another afternoon of chilled out football in your life.

Watch it to see Long, Denney, Starks, and Wake. Wake will be in coverage the whole game, itll be interesting to see that. LBs cannot blitz in the pro bowl= more scoring. Watch the game for th trick plays. watch the game to see bellichick and brady cringe as they arent in the superbowl.

we dont get to see much of our dolphins until next august, or potentially longer, dont squander this last chance.

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The Phinsider reggie bush

back when this guy was drafted, I was one of the people who "knew" this guy was not worthy of the number 2 much less the supposed number 1 pick. however, now his contract of 10 million dollars next year probably wont get picked up and he will be released. while i think we will probably draft a rb in the first 3 rounds. reggie bush i believe would a fantastic fit. first off, say good bye to 4.7 40 speed davone bess (love him but hes not fast enough to return punts) and get an elusive explosive return man who also happens to be great catching passes out the back field. even without drafting a rb. we get a speed back to complement ronnie. ronnie will be back and ricky wont and shouldn't. i like it, but do you?

 

update: for the record i want to keep bess. he is a faantastic route runner and possibly best 3rd down receiver in the game. i was speaking strictly on punt returns

Poll
bring in reggie bush?
hells to the yes
97 votes
eh, we can do better
44 votes
nope, nope, nope not on my team
16 votes

157 votes | Poll has closed

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The Phinsider voice of an optomist

 

I would like address a few points this week.

First of all, for all those not just drinking but chugging the hatorade, let us not forget that we just beat the Jets in New Jersey. Our defense handled them and we are still in the playoff hunt. This is meaningful December football. Cherish it. We all yearn for it. Ask any lions fan. Remember those years when we were out by week 12 or before, we are playing games that matter and its week 15 people. YAY for us.

The future of our running game is not as bad as people think. Do we need a need O-line and new rbs? NO!! I’m sorry for those who can’t see this, but Ronnie Brown and Ricky Williams are two quality running backs. Ronnie is just 29 and due to injuries, so rest sort of, a very young 29. We should be drafting a late round guy, who hopefully has some speed. I place the blame of our running troubles on the interior of our o line. Berger should be on our team next year, but as a back up. Last year he filled in nicely when either our center or guards went down. However, he simply cannot start. John Jerry is a big guy and I think he will get better. Remember he was a third round pick not Iupati in the first. Incognito has not been the beast I saw him as, but he’s not so bad. I think we could again resign him as depth. Im all for the boring pick of center in the first round.

Chad Henne. I am a full supporter. Shoot me down. Kick me off the site. I don’t care. The guy can play and has shown that. Does he perform every week? Absolutely not. Draft a qb with the first pick of the second round. Sit him the first year. Have him start his second and third year. Yes this is the chad henne story, but roll back the clock and see that oddly enough Drew Brees, first pick of the 2nd round, sat first year started 2nd and 3rd. What did the chargers do, they draft manning/trade for rivers. I would love to wait on henne for one more year. Henning will retire at the end of the season and we can get a new oc and hopefully put something together. Give the kid a break and see that it does take time for qbs to develop. Also, when people talk about his mobility. Are you guys forgetting that he was almost put on the IR for a knee injury. Remember these facts. Give the kid more chances. He is now 13-11 as a starter. That really isn’t too bad. Also, consider that we traded camarillo (could be a mistake now) and hartline is injured.

Third, look at our defense. I was a bit skeptical about Starks moving to NT, but with the odrick injury Soliai has played fantastic inside. Now with Starks, Langford, Odrick (next year), merling, and mcdaniels, our front 3 are looking great. Crowder and Dansby make a hell of a team and wake is absolutely incredible. Koa will develop and where is Quentin Moses getting his new motor from. In our young, very very young secondary we have vontae a lock down corner, sean smith who needs some stick em, and clemons is getting better every game. Reshad jones has the ability to take over for bell in the coming years. With a young exciting defense and a few problems on offense how are we not excited about this team. And gotta love Fields and DC Money.

Lastly and firstly,

WE ARE STILL IN THE PLAYOFF HUNT

LET’S BEAT THE BILLS, LIONS AND PATRIOTS AND FINISH OFF A GOOD SEASON

Tonight: LET’S GO TEXANS



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The Phinsider Why I hate that team from New York


Farorefox got me going to indeed list the reasons why.

Because they are actually from New Jersey

Because their name is only four letters because thats the longest word their fans can spell

Because Rex Ryan is too fat for words

Because Rex Ryan can't run the 40 yard dash... period

Because Jason Taylor left for them

Because Taylor did his little sack dance in Miami

Because Rex Ryan makes me want me to hurt someone

Because Revis thinks he's the best when Nnamdi is

Because I can't stand their f***ing chear

Because I almost lost it when they beat the chargers last year to go to the AFC championship

Because Rex Ryan thought his team was out of the playoff race in week 12

Because Rex Ryan gave some dolphins fans the fingur

Because so many New Yorkers live in South Florida

Because Aaron Gelnn had a pick 6 in 1996 when the game was blacked out

Because of the Nightmare I missed after my parents forced me to sleep since the dolphins were up by so many

Because Rex Ryan and jests called the wildcat a gimmick after calling fake punts

Because the jests used the wildcat with brad smith later that season

because rex ryan fails to acknoledge that he is a jack a**

because even with a miami win, i can't stand it when the jests win too

because the jests ruined the playoffs for me last year

because jests fans suck

because i had to watch the jests fans think they are unbeatable with a rookie quarterback

because people talk about how amazing the jests defense his qb rating is 101.7 against them

because chromartie lets up the big play all day and people think he is a good corner

because the jests got lucky against cleveland

because the jests got lucky against the texans

because the jests got lucky against the lions

because the jests got lucky against the broncos

because jests think they are so good and that's why they got lucky... then the patriots hit them hard

because jests fans still think they are good even though tom brady looked like phillip rivers out there (i hate manning)

because they don't have a mascot

because ray lucas sucked on the dolphins

because pennington played for them before that 2008 season

because they had the nerve to sign jason taylor

because ladanian thought he would win a superbowl with them

because favre connected with stuckey on that rediculous pass 60 feet in the air in week two of 2008

because they beat us in our orange jerseys

because revis can suck my left one

because namath pukes everytime he watches these guys

Because Mark Sanchez was on the cover of GQ before he threw a pass in the NFL

Because people thought Mark Sanchez was a g-d send until he threw five picks against the bills last year

Because Braylon Edwards thinks he's a HOF wide receiver but really only had one good season

Because my roomate blamed the 45-3 loss on Jim Leonard's injury

But my number 1 reason

because no one likes rex ryan

BECAUSE I JUST DO, BECAUSE THAT"S WHAT YOU DO AS A DOLPHINS FAN AND I AM AS DIE HARD AS THEY COME

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The Phinsider our slim playoff hopes

So we begin with the premise the Dolphins win the rest of their games and consider the following:

  • If the Jets don't win another game, then the Dolphins project as the sixth seed.
  • If the Patriots win one or fewer games, then the Dolphins project as the sixth seed.
  • If the Jets lose to the Patriots but win just one other game, then the Dolphins still project out of the playoffs.
  • If the Baltimore Ravens win one or fewer games, then the Dolphins project as the sixth seed.
  • If the Pittsburgh Steelers win one or fewer games, then the Dolphins project as the sixth seed.
  • If the Indianapolis Colts lose the rest of their games, then the Dolphins still project out of the playoffs.

Using the NFL Draft Machine's automated filters on the entire remaining NFL schedule but changing all of the Dolphins' games to victories to finish 10-6:
  • If win percentages hold up aside from the Dolphins winning out, then they would not make the playoffs.
  • If ESPN.com's latest Power Rankings hold up aside from the Dolphins winning out, then they would not make the playoffs.
  • If home-field advantage holds up aside from the Dolphins winning out, then the Dolphins would not make the playoffs.
http://espn.go.com/blog/afceast

Poll
should i give up my hopes
yes
43 votes
no
9 votes

52 votes | Poll has closed

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The Phinsider Who to root for? The full edition...

 

Ok, so this is a rather intense look at every match up. Some of you, most of you will say this is stupid and we should only worry about the games that actually matter. Every game in football has significance for us with a possibility of the tie break coming down to strength of victory

   Team                                   Strength of Victory To Date

New England Patriots

0.4444444

New York Jets

0.3737374

Baltimore Ravens

0.4545455

Pittsburgh Steelers

0.4545455

Kansas City Chiefs

0.3896104

Indianapolis Colts

0.4393939

Jacksonville Jaguars

0.3484848

Miami Dolphins

0.3787879

San Diego Chargers

0.4242424

. Remeber with these numbers that ours should go up the rest of the year (pending winning out)

Houston @ Philadelphia – Go vick and the eagles. The Texans have lost games to the colts, chargers, jaguars and jets. A loss would drop their strength of victory and put them out of any chance of a playoff spot. The eagles haven’t lost to any contenders.

Washington @ NY Giants – Both have lost to Indy, game doesn’t matter for us. I’ll be rooting against the giants, screw any team from ny.

Denver @ Kansas City – with loses to the colts, jags, ravens, jets, and chargers, I’m inclined to root for the chiefs. They won’t run the table and with their strength of victory still quite low at .389, I’ll feel confident rooting for Jamaal Charles and the chiefs.

J’ville @ Tennessee A win for Tennessee boosts our strength of victory and puts the jaguars pretty much out of the hunt. By saying this I am admitting that we must run the table to make the playoffs.

SF @ Greenbay – GB and our SOV goes up. Also, I was born (only lived 3 years til moving to So Fla) in St. Louis so screw the 49ers.

Cleveland @ Miami – If I actually have to write this out you shouldn’t be on this blog.

Buffalo @ Minnesota – I guess rooting for Buffalo helps SOV considering we play them twice though we did beat the Vikings, but man do I wish Steve Johnson could have caught that ball.

Chicago @ Detroit – we play Detroit soon, gotta root for the lions. Also, itll give the I-4 superbowl a better chance of happening if the bucs can make the playoffs

New Orleans @ Cincinatti – With the Bengals out of contention, root for the bungals. We beat em so we need a few more victories out of them. Also, see above for Chicago.

Oakland @ San Diego – Honestly I don’t really know about this one. I actually think we could go for SD. We are probably going to need a 3rd team to tie with us Pitt/Balt so that the tie breaker goes past head to head. Why not Kansas City if SD wins the division. Obviously SOV goes down with an Oakland loss though.

Carolina @ Seattle - panthers lost to ravens. So go seahawks. Not too much going on there tho.

Atlanta @ Tampa Bay Both have lost to Pitt, and Tampa also lost to Baltimore, going against my florida state love I guess we’d go for the falcons, but its basically a push.

St. Louis @ Arizona – Arizona has lost to SD and Kansas City. It’s fun to watch Bradford play so go rams.

Dallas @ Indy – Dallas hasn’t really lost to any one in contention and indy is in the AFC having lost to both the pats and chargers. This one isn’t so simple though. As stated before we need another team to go 11-5 with us, aside from steelers/ravens so why not the colts. They have manning, they are getting healthy, but their SOV is a bit high at .439. I think at the end of the day, we want fewer in the race, so lets hope garrett can get to 3-1

Pittsburgh @ Baltimore – The #2 game of the week. They are more or less even. We really just need to hope it doesn’t end in a tie. Baltimore play in Houston, NO, in Cleveland, and CInci. Pittsburgh play Cinci, the Jets, Carolina, and in Cleveland. Whose better Houston (at home) and NO or Carolina and that team from NY that plays in NJ. Whatever you decide, pick the other team and lets watch that team drop some games. I think Houston and NO are better personally, but hopefully Cleveland can work some magic, except when they play us. I’ll be rooting on the steelers because I think they are better and the ravens have a better shot at falling apart.

NYJ @ NE Patriots – trying to be unbiased. I really hate both teams with a passion. Jets play us, in Pittsburgh, in Chicago, and buffalo. NE plays in Chicago, against gb, @ buffalo and us. Both teams have tough schedules and could drop some of these games. It’s going to take a major melt down to get to our level, but its definitely feasible. Honestly, I can’t decide. The answer comes down to the fact that the jets are 3-0 in the division and without a loss to the bills- IN THE MEADOWLANDS we can’t catch them. I guess I’ll have to root just slightly for the jets.

FYI in the wild card race. If 3 or more teams are tied, but 2 are in the same division, the division tie breaker applies to remove one of those teams from the tie

 

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Dawgs By Nature Know your enemy - Ask the Phinsider

Browns fans, I'm saw that you guys get these every week and it shouldn't be any different now.

If you have any questions about the Miami Dolphins, free free to post them. I will try to answer them as quickly as possible, or I'm sure someone else from the phinsider blog will come over and help out. It's been a pretty up and down year for both teams, so let's see how this one goes.

 

A couple of basic thoughts:

1. Brandon Marshall is "day to day," though wednesday and friday should give some good reports on his status. However, for the record Henne and the dolphins offense had their best game last week in Oakland without Marshall

2. The wildcat has come back a bit with Henne's mobility severly limited by a knee injury, that was thought to possibly end his season. Thigpen even took a few snaps on plays that required a more mobile qb under center.

Please rec this to keep it at them top and keep the questions rolling.

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The Phinsider Catch all for those drinking the haterade



In the comments section I listed a number of people who should be blamed. Please only place your comments for those people under their respective categories. this is a very emotional time for everyone. is our season over? not exactly, but its going to take a lot for us to make up that loss to a beatable team. remember try and keep all comments under their respective person so this will be easier to follow. or whatever, i guess who really cares.


Poll
who is to blame for this last game/season
henning
47 votes
sparano
7 votes
ireland
1 votes
parcells
4 votes
thigpen
2 votes
marshall
1 votes
henne
0 votes
o-line
6 votes
everyone, clean house including players minues dansby, wake, and long
10 votes

78 votes | Poll has closed

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The Phinsider He said, she said bull s^$#


The blame game. It's Henne's fault, no now it's thigpen. It's henning, no it's sparano. Ireland didn't get us there. Bill Parcells messed this one up. Can we all just blame Dave Wannstadt and Nick Saban again.

So whose fault is it. Didn't Parcells and Ireland promise us a stable offensive line and DEPTH. Cmon can we really complain here. Even those with the deepest offensive line cannot withstand 2 centers out of the game, a backup left guard playing right... cue Matty's article.

I am not going to sit here and say I TOLD YOU SO, for all the people who don't like Henne. However, as far as I'm concerned he has all the ability in the world and should one day develop into a perenial pro bowler.

It doesn't matter who we try and blame and where we try and pawn this one off to. The fact remains, that was the most painful dolphins game I ever watched. I haven't seen that kind of inept offense for the dolphins since i can't even remember when. Blame the short week.

Give me a break. The short week. I'm sorry, that is complete bs. The short week is not an excuse. For anyone who is the working world, can you work on two projects at once. Can you prepare for another, while finishing something else up. Its not like the short week came out of no where, we knew about this. Now cue the injury complaints. They couldn't have known. Well you know what prepare for the unexpected. And I;m sorry, i watch thigpen out there for two minutes and understand exactly what went wrong.

IT WASNT THE OFFENSIVE LINE. This is the only blame i actually have. Dan Henning, Sparano, David Lee, someone did not understand how this kid plays. He doesn't make plays off broken ones, he creates broken plays in order to throw the ball. He rolls out on every play. he drops back ten yards (too short) on every play. do you know why he got sacked 6 times ( not the bull rush time, btw where was the hot route receiver) because our blocking scheme was designed for a pocket passer. Henne, Pennington are out unless Ramsey is in the game, our QB is not a pocket passer, so please coaches deal with this.

I am not an NFL coach, nor am I prepared to be. However, it just seems that perhaps putting up a university of oregon type spread line and a te (or even murtha) in on every play could help thigpen roll out. these plays werent even close

 

anwyay im bored by now as some of you must be too, thats my thoughts

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The Phinsider Any Dolphins fans in the DC Area please read

I forgot to send this out a while back. Anyway, I recently moved to DC and watched week 1 against the bears lonely in a bar without any fins fans. Randomly, before the second game started I saw a dolphins fan and asked where he was heading. A bar Blackfinn at 1620 I Northwest street holds the dolphins dc fan club every game. there is also a facebook for us. Miami Dolphins D.C. Fan Club and Game Meetups!

If you are a fan living anywhere in the dc area, please come out and you will not be disappointed. there are usually 60+ people cheering on the fins.

go fins, lets kick some bear a$%

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dolphins qb chad penniongton will miss resto of season with sholder incjury soruces told espn.com

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The Phinsider my worst moment as a dolphins fan


Since I moved to south florida when i was three years old, i have been a die hard fins fan. i have seen us a kick away (stoyanovich) and perhaps a qb (fiedler) or coach (wannstadt) away from greatness. thus, i understand why so many dolphins fans are so pesimistic about their team. Even this year we see opportunity after opprtunity squandered in the red zone. While i am one of the more optimistic fans you will ever see, i see how my dad always believes we are bound to make a big mistake at the end of the game.

Recently, I moved to Washington DC starting my own working life and was amazed by the incredible dolphins community and fan club present in the dc area. getting together every week for each game of 60 or so fans was something i never had when i lived in philly for 4 years.

however, when henne went down i heard about a quarter of the fans chearing. while many fins fans are excited by the prospect of thigpen and think henne may not be the quarterback of the future, this was atrocious. i have never seen such terrible behavior toward players on a team you spposedly love. even cheering when other players get injured (minus brady, sanchez, and perhaps rex ryan) isn't appropraite, but to do it to your own.

I was wondering if anyoen else expoerienced similiar events and their thoughts.

btw, i am actually a huge fan of henne and think we will all be surprised by him in the future. and i love the wildcat, bringing it back baby

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The Phinsider making moves- the dolphins sign al harris



Adam Schefter reports Dolphins sign Al Harris. (ESPN text)

When I saw the 2 time pro bowler was released by the packers, I was hesitant to get excited about potentially adding someone to our roster because who knows if we would put in the request or if we could actually get him. I think this is a great move. Al Harris has been great in the past. Is his best behind him? Absolutely, but it absolutely cant hurt this defense. With Merling coming back and another cb to stop the afermentioned (by left coast fin fan) 3rd and 10 conversions on defense, maybe we can get just a little spark to turn our season from mediocre to at least above average. who knows, maybe harris can figure some things out in miami.

Poll
what do you think about the signing
an answer for the 3rd down conversion
32 votes
an answer to start opposite vontae
21 votes
who cares he is over the hill
16 votes

69 votes | Poll has closed

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Baltimore Beat Down Tickets/questions for this weeks game

I just moved to DC from Florida and am looking for tickets to this weekends game if anybody has some to sell. I really don't care about location and just want to go to the game. Also, if you have any questions or are looking for any insights into the dolphins feel free to ask. I'm all ears and will try to be as unbiased on the fins as possible. good luck this week.

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The Phinsider aaron rodgers could miss week 6

with the new found nervousness regarding concussions, aarond rodgers could be out for week six according to mike McCarthy. This is good news for us and could bring matt flynn to the main stage. Without ryan grant, jermichael finley and aaron rodgers, our defense could be in for a nice away game in lambeau. anywho i need twenty more words so this will have to do. how has your day been and possibly the weekend. at least the chargers lost. go vikings

 

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/39617479/ns/sports-player_news/

will post fanshot next time

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without rodgers and finley our defense
will keep the pack under 10 points
65 votes
still can't stop anyone
22 votes
who cares until the st prevents a blocked kick the offense can just kneel the ball
73 votes

160 votes | Poll has closed

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The Phinsider Patrick Cobbs or why Sparano needs to stop loving and forget the man

Patrick Cobbs is the guy this organization, specifically Sparano is absolutely in love with. He's a hard worker, tough guy, can help in the wildcat, rushing attack, kick returns and other facets of the dolphins. However, does he truly do any of these well. I think he is adequate on the wildcat and love his attitude, but I can't figure out why no one in the front office or coaching staff can figure out one small problem with the guy - he is not fast. If you have ever watched the combine or even played Madden you can see that the fastest guys on the team are usually (chris johnson, taylor mays, or retirees Michael Bennett and trung Candidate) wide receivers and cornerbacks. These are the guys you want returning kicks and doing end arounds, not slower running backs. I dont see why they can't see this. On kickoff returns, Im not saying we need to return five for tds per year and have a joshua cribbs type man on our team. though it would be really nice. however, as a return man you have be fast and quick enough to score, plain and simple. Patrick Cobbs will never ever ever ever be able to score a touchdown returning a kick off. I am never happy about injuries, much less to my own team, but when cobbs went down with an acl tear last year i knew at least some good might come because someone faster might return kicks. The long gone Ted Ginn returned 2 kicks for tds after him.

 

This year the answer is simple and we dont need an injury to prove it. Put Nolan Carroll in returning kicks or even I'd like to see Marlon Moore much more (pun intended) than cobbs.

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Who should return kicks?
Patrick cobbs
6 votes
nolan carroll
51 votes
marlon moore
23 votes
davone bess
2 votes
someone else on the team
3 votes
no one here, gotta snatch someone off the another's practice squad
14 votes

99 votes | Poll has closed

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The Phinsider Finally someone else says Henne > Sanchez

http://espn.go.com/blog/afceast

ESPN's afc east blog posted a solid article saying why Henne is far far superior to sanchez so i thought id send it out. im pretty certain everyone on this blog knows that anyway, but a more impartial writer did so as well. this discussion will clearly go on for years as to who is better out of the two young qbs, but for the now, at the very least, i think we have the guy

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The Phinsider antrel rolle wants to come to miami

per profootball talk article

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/01/30/antrel-rolle-has-his-eye-on-the-dolphins/

antrel rolle is very interested in coming back to miami. while he still has a year left with the cardinals, his bloated contract and unwillingness to renegotiate shows he is probably on his way out. how sweet would that be. he'd be a great addition after we cut (hopefuuly) gibril as he actually is a free safety. no more converting guys who shouldn't be there. no more talk of putting sean smith at free safety til will allen leave. this would be a great addition to our team and im all for it.

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Would you want antrel rolle on our team?
yes, absolutely get him down here asap
101 votes
yes, but im not willing to shell out the kind of cash we gave gibril
49 votes
no, keep looking (eric berry, sean smith, etc.)
6 votes
i like gibril
5 votes

161 votes | Poll has closed

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The Phinsider Don't hate on the Pat White Pick


As this season has progressed a lot of people have started talking about the coming off-season and what our needs will be. While the obvious need for a number one wide receiver has been apparent all year, something that has recently started to gain interest is the need for a playmaking middle linebacker or an outside lb to replace the aging taylor and porter. While these concerns are valid and should be addressed in the coming draft, some posts have said that the pat white pick was a waste and he is already a bust. Its only his rookie season, you gotta give the guy a little break and let him work into the offense. While, Im still not a huge fan of wildpat, it gets me excited every time he is in the game. Sparano and co. wanted to keep the wildcat constantly updating and progressing to keep coaches on their toes. Also, if you look at the draft board, there is no one available at that spot. I guess you could say we trade down and get more draft picks but honestly at the positions we were looking for drafted in the second round after white : Clint Sintim (LB- NYG), Mohamed Massaquoi (WR-CLE), and Cody Brown (LB-ARZ, Injured Reserve). While we dont know anything about brown because of the injury, I dont think you can say there was a lot of value out there. Sintim has barely done anything, and Massaquoi its hard to tell cuz the browns are so terrible. Thus, just 12 weeks into the pat white experiment, I say give it some time as what were the other options.

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Are you happy about the Pat White pick? (or would you prefer Massaquoi, Clintim, or Brown)
Yes
43 votes
No
43 votes

86 votes | Poll has closed

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