Omar and the twitter world are talking contracts extensionsfor Jake Long and Cameron Wake. Long is expecting a contract in the range of $12 mil a year for 5+ years and Wake is expecting $10 mil a year for 5 years. Between those 2 players that's about 20% of the salary cap and structure the deal any way you want but you got to pay the salary cap sooner or later. If we push it out into the future we'll have no cap space when Tannehill is hitting his prime

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I was thinking about the possibilities on offense with our personnel. The addition of players like Bush, Clay and Egnew really give the dolphins flexibility on offense. For example we could line up in a short yardage formation 1WR 2TE 1RB 1FB and run the ball or shift out of that same short yardage formation and line up Bess, Clay, Fasano, Egnew, Bush.

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That was the cry we heard and I was leading it in many ways. To me Ireland has been a huge disappointmentand and he still is. I can count on my hands the great players he's drafted and the great free agent moves he's made since he's been here. People keep saying he's a great evaluator of talent but too many busts and not enough boom.

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The NFL is a passing league and the key to that is having a franchise QB. As we all know only a few teams make it into the playoffs or beyond the first round unless they have a franchise QB. And if they do it's usually because their QB played at higher then usual level. For example Sanchez... at best he's as good as Henne but in big moments he made things happen and got REAL lucky. That's why they made it to the AFC Championship game twice with him.

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I've really been trying to figure out what Miami is planning to do about it's quarterback situation. And they common thought is they will draft Tannehill with the 8th pick. I'm here to tell you they won't. Sorry we're in for another year with Moore as QB... but that might not be a bad thing.

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I tried to keep an open mind... I tried to give them the benefit of the doubt... I tried to tell myself that they have experts... I tried to tell myself Philbin must know something that I don't.

So from now on I am strictly judgeging Ireland by one thing!!!

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Peyton Manning has taught me one thing. No matter what they say MONEY TALKS. As we entered this whole process the talk was team friendly contract that would pay 10-15 mil a year. Even though I don't see that as friendly for an old possibly broken down QB I was still foaming at the mouth. To have a Hall of fame QB again even if just for a few years. Apparently that was a crock of brown stuff because now 3 years $65 million won't get it done.

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All this talk about Manning and Flynn going to teams is getting everyone down but the truth is that we played very well with Moore once he got acclimated to the offense.

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Saw an article today that the dolphins want to cover up parts of the stadium so they can have more sellouts. While it sounds like a good idea "more sellouts" means the game will be on TV. As a business strategy it's too short sighted.

When I was a boy some of my greatest times were going to the Dolphin games with my dad. Those memories were what made me a life long super fan instead of the casual fan. The kind of fan that gets NFL Sunday ticket because he lives in Michigan, the kind that has all sorts of dolphins stuff and the kind of fan that tries to go to home game every year even though I live in Michigan now.

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We went to the bar and the only girl there was stale old, and ugly. But we figured we’d take a shot… We went for it and got turned down. We’ve lost confidence in ourselves because we can’t even pick up the ugly girl and now stooped over the bar drowning ourselves in self pity.

Let’s face it Fisher was the ugly girl with 6 winning seasons in 16 years coaching in the same place. It’s time to get up and walk over to another bar. One with lots of young girls that don’t have experience but can excite the team. When you go over there you’ll find that life is not so bad after all. There’s Chudzinski, Philbin, Bilick. Toub, Zimmer… Well ok Bilick is not young but has a good record and a super bowl win.

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Brian Billick

Record 80-64 regular season

5-3 in playoffs with 1 Super Bowl victory

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Apparently the dolphins are showing their top candidates the royal treatment with AirFin One. But I really don't like any of the passengers.

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I love Matt Moore, I think he did a great job here but I also feel we can't go into 2012 with him as our primary QB.

If above average QB was our goal I would say lets keep Moore and draft a QB in the later rounds. But I really feel that we need a true franchise QB to take this team to the next level. The problem is that this team has many needs not just QB so if we sell the farm to pick up luck or RG3 we still will be missing several key positions of need in the draft.

Why does this make Flynn the perfect choice for us? Well if we pick up Flynn as a FA then really the only person we need to give up is Paul Solia. He was eating up $12 Million in salary cap. I have no doubt we can sign Flynn for less than that. Then we can do what the dolphins do best on draft day sign a lineman in the first round. Ok I would hope not but if we picked up a Wide Receiver and Right Tackle in the first and second round we could use the rest of the picks to fill out the team with corners, safeties and tight ends.

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We all know Chad Henne was having a pretty good start before he got injured. Lets just stretch our imagination and say he did not get hurt and continued having a good year.

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It’s plain and simple if the QB is under pressure he will not have a good day. Saturday, Tom Brady... as elite a QB as you’re going to find was flustered all first half and lead his team to ZERO points. This was the most explosive offense in the AFC (at least in my mind). With elite receiving weapons at TE and WR he failed to score any points. So why do I mention that?

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Those who defend Ireland always point out that before this year he was just the front man for the Smelly Tuna. Everything that was bad was the doing of Parcels. If that's true then everything that was good was also Parcels because Ireland was just the front man.

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Lets put a grade on the trifecta... now only Jeff Ireland

I’m trying to be as objective as I can and review all of the personnel moves we made since the trifecta has arrived. I personally think these fall under the prevue of Ireland’s job but I’ll leave that for the discussion. In reviewing the moves there are tons so I’m only going to include the ones I think are notable. Also, I’m weighing moves based on guaranteed money or draft pick round. Call me out if I miss any. I used Wikipedia for my facts

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With the way Moore has been playing lately the talk is “Win more for Moore”.  If he keeps it up we will be in the same predicament as Buffalo.  Out of nowhere your backup QB is playing like a franchise QB.  What do you do?  Of course in my opinion you can never have too many good QB so of course you draft a QB.  But the reality is right now if the season ended Miami would pick 7th.  If we keep winning that just keeps going down and so does the quality of the QB available to us with the first pick. 

We got 1 win so we don't have to worry about going down in history as a winless team.  We also can agree that ALL of us are rooting for the Dolphins to win on Sunday regardless of "Suck for Luck".  "Suck for Luck" is just a consolation prize for being really bad.

Lets find out what the Phinsider conmmunity thinks. 

PS: Please lets not make this personal or say one group is not really a fan or things like that. 

This years season lies squarly on the coaches and players.  Even with the team we have right now we should be playoff bound.

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I would like to start off by saying I liked Sparano but there comes a point where you can’t keep making excuses for someone and it’s put up or shut up.  His time here is done and right now he’s the walking dead.  But is he to blame for the Dolphins being 0-7.  

My feeling is that this blame lies with Ireland.  Because at the end of the day Sparano can only coach the players he has on the roster and we all know Ireland is the man in charge of that.  Think about all the crappy moves we’ve made over the last 4 years and tell me the team is better because of them.

·         Matt Ryan passed over

·         Signed Wilford to a four-year, $13 million contract with $6 million guaranteed.

·         Traded defensive end Jason Taylor

·         Drafted Merling in 2nd

·         Drafted Chad Henne (3rd pick for dolphins as if QB was not that important)

·         Pat White 2nd round pick

·         Pat Turner 3rd round pick

·         Matt Roth Who knows what happened there

·         Signed safety Gibril Wilson (Raiders).

·         Signed cornerback Eric Green (Cardinals).

·         Traded center Samson Satele

·         Traded wide receiver Ted Ginn Jr. (got almost nothing for a good role player)

·         Drafted Jared Odrick with 1st round pick… once again passing over areas of need.

·         Drafted John Jerry 3rd round

·         Drafted Mike Pouncey instead of addressing QB position

·         Signed linebacker Kevin Burnett as a replacement for Crowder.  (how did that work out)

·         Signed quarterback Matt Moore (the only guy out there that’s not better than Henne)

·         Signed offensive tackle Marc Colombo (What were they thinking)

·         Cut Will Allen

·         Terminated the contract of corner back Benny Sapp  (with full pay for season)

·         Resigned Will Allen after Sapp mistake

·         Signed Bush as an every down back and almost never see him catch the ball.

New left tackle for Miami Banana Peel was highly recruited to bolster Miami’s struggling offensive line.  In a huge press conference Sparano said “With Peel at least the defender has a chance of slipping!”.  Colombo who was highly thought of by Jeff Ireland was quoted as saying “Now with the millions Ireland paid me I can buy my own McDonalds instead of working at one like last year”.  Starting quarterback Matt Moore was quoted “Peel is a huge improvement from Colombo because now the defense only has 11 players instead of 12.” 

One fan on the street was asked what he thought of the Dolphins new signing.  “They’re still playing football?”

If you were anything like me Henne went down and I though... Well I guess we'll see what Moore can do. That's not really saying much for our starting QB.

Don't get me wrong I have been happy with Henne's progress this year. He showed he could play pretty well even with a offensive line that's pretty much swiss cheese. Even Long is looking like a mere mortal now days.

I guess we know what we have with Henne because when Moore came in we got about the same results.

Since all the posts here including mine are about chopping heads this one will be a change of pace.

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In an age of quarterbacks throwing for 300 yard on a regular basis we only carry 5 corner backs. 

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I know it's way to early to speculate but what else are we going to do.  If Dansby's injury were serious it would make sense to go out and get Crowder.  Logically he was a starting LB for us and is familiar with the team, scheme and the players.

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2008 was a magical season, we were returning from the worst season ever and had very little expectations for the team.  Really all we wanted was to win a few games.  We had very little talent and even less hope.  So how did it happen and why can't we seem to do it again?

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Ok now for my real write up. Here is my take on what we learned today.

Henne: That’s 3 games in a row that Henne looks like a franchise QB. And coming from me that says a lot. I was all upset that Ireland didn’t upgrade the QB. What I didn’t realize is that he did upgrade it by taking the shackles off of Henne.

Bush: Bush was great in the first quarter but he wore down quick. The idea of making him an every down back is a mistake. Maybe it was dictated by injuries but after 10 plays he looked like just another running back. We need to keep him fresh so that in the 4th quarter he can make the big plays.

Marshall: For all his stats he had just a good game. Too many mistakes to be a great game. Now imagine if he can clean that up. Catch that TD and hold on to a couple drops.

Fasano: Great game… if he can bring this week in week out. We are playoff bound.

Bess and Hartline: These guys played well enough to win.

O-Line: Played better than I expected but still way too many mistakes and 4 sacks is ridiculous.

Now for the defense

Nolan: If it’s broke change something. I felt the first two drives were a gift because there were no adjustments, no pressure and no changes. Crap if you blitz and they score a touchdown on you at least you tried.

Cornerbacks: We need to bring in Allen because after Smith and Davis there is nobody!!!!

Safety: Jones gave up that 99 ½ yard TD because he took himself right out of the play.

Linebackers: Tall order to cover those tight ends but we have to do a better job

The real failure in this game was on Sparano. The new softer Sparano let his team get beat by lack of conditioning. Our defense was sucking wind after the first drive and never recovered. How do we let a north east team beat us in our own HEAT. Thank god the game was not at 1PM our guys would have melted.

Last but not least we kept it close with one of the 3 best teams in the NFL. We lost but conditioning is something we can fix. If the offense plays like this all year we will be in the playoffs and anything can happen.