The_Darkest_Red
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I'm still salty about that pathetic performance on Sunday. So disgraceful.
Yeah, I pretty much agree with you on this. The idea of spending big money on a FA doesn't get me very excited. In fact, I hope the Dolphins let go of Reggie Bush even. Long probably isn't going to be worth what he's asking either.I'd prefer if they built through draft instead of big FA signings. With Ireland calling the shots, that's kind of hard, I know. FAs rarely work out, see Dansby. He might be serviceble, but he's never worth that kinda money. Haven't followed college ball much this season so can't tell who is any good at WR. I should probably ask our Senior Director of GAF NFL Scouting, LJ, to give me his prospect list, but he is a Bills fan so I can understand he wouldn't want to share with a Phins fan.
See, where you see bad playcalling I see playcalling that is restricted as result of personnel problems. If anyone knows how best to use Tannehill it's Sherman and honestly I thought his playcalling was pretty solid all year. There wasn't much flash and you didn't see a lot of big plays but how could you with the guys on that roster? Hartline isn't going to consistently create separation against the best corner a team has (unless it's the Raiders) and Bess is rarely going to be open because of how little the D has to respect the long ball. The lack of a dynamic TE plays into this as well as Fasano seems to have lost a step or three over the past year or two. The Dolphins need size and speed at TE and WR if you ask me, and I don't think any amount of good playcalling is going to make up for how much they lack in those areas.For what it's worth, I don't think a no 1 WR will make that much difference. Our playcalling has been really mediocre. I hope it's Philbin just not asking too much from Tannehill in his first year so maybe we will need a genuine big WR with top speed, but drafting at, what is it, 12, I'm not sure we will get him. Still not sold on him, Tannehill that is. Like no-nonsense Philbin. Came across a bit awkward in Hard Knocks, but turned out better. I say, invest in lesser a couple of known O-linemen with a bit more upside in FA for depth, try to find some more speed at WR but not necessarily first round talent. Add a bruising back a la Tolbert for redzone stuff. Add one or two TEs who are bigger but have less STD-problems. Franchise-tag Long and deal him for a couple of picks, even if they won't be very high. Maybe the Raiders will give us five 1st rounders or the Cards give us Fitzgerald and Dockett plus a 2nd rounder
Also, I don't think any of the teams drafting ahead of the Dolphins will be interested in taking a WR in the first round so the opportunity is definitely there to take the best one available (or at least one of the top three). I don't know a lot about who's available, though.
They definitely need a bruiser for redzone/3rd and short situations as well (man, I miss Polite) so I agree with you there. I agree with your thoughts on the D as well, although I think S/CB is a bigger issue than LB currently. Depth is needed everywhere though, and Dansby's only getting worse from here so I can understand the concerns there. Burnett and Misi aren't exactly stellar in pass coverage, either.
Next year we will find out if Ireland has what it takes. Parcells isn't around to influence any decisions this time so if this draft is a failure it's all on him. As far as opening up the playbook I think that goes hand in hand with the personnel like I said earlier, so hopefully both of those issues will be addressed.
Now, with all of that said, the Dolphins will probably go 7-9 again next year, haha.
