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Ledbetterman10

Wobbie said:

I like our long suffering dolphins dude....ledvedderman or ledbettrman or something like that....but, good god, the dolphins suck and they massively overpaid their QB.

It's been 14 years of ineptitude (save for that fluke 11-5 season in 2008). It all starts with the owner, who is horrible. The front office can't draft. The franchise is a basin for "big-name" free-agents (Brandon Marshall, Mike Wallace, Ndamukong Suh) to get an easy payday, do nothing, then leave (as Suh will do in a year or two). Homegrown talent that actually have talent are either wasted (Cameron Wake, Jarvis Landry), or traded to teams that actually make the most out them (Sean Smith in KC, Vonte Davis in Indy, hell, even TED GINN has had some success in Carolina!)

And don't even get me started on Tannehill. It's not his fault that some idiots wanted to give him a boatload of money. I'd take it too if I were him. Truth be told, Joe Philbin (despite how dumb he is), wanted to give up on Tannehill a few years back and draft Derek Carr. But no, the front-office and ownership felt that "well we've invested this much time into him" so let's not quit. That's fine in concept. But these days, where guys like Brock Osweiler or Matt Flynn (remember his contract after ONE GOOD GAME with Green Bay?) can get huge contracts for nothing, you CAN'T just sign Tannehill to an extension and hope!

I constantly compare Miami to the Baltimore Ravens because the talent is always comparable. But then why does Baltimore ALWAYS make the playoffs (save for their injury-riddled 2015 campaign) and Miami NEVER does? Ownership, front-office, coaching. Look how they handled Joe Flacco. Flacco led the Ravens to the playoffs in his first four years (and one play away from the Super Bowl in 2011) and they made him play out the last year of his contract in 2012. Why? Cause they weren't sure. And what did he do? He won the Super Bowl and earned his big payday. Tannehill did nothing in his first four years but look competent at times (at best) and shitty most of the time and he got an extension! Why not do the same thing the Ravens did with Flacco? Here's why: cause whereas Baltimore's thinking was "Let's see what he does this year, if he succeeds, we'll happily pay him," Miami's thinking was "Uh-oh...what if Tannehill has a really good year and wants a lot of money? Let's just pay him now and hope he's good." Fucking...idiots.

I appreciate anyone who read all of this because I know nobody gives a shit about this team.

Amongst the Ani

Ledbetterman10 said:

Wobbie said:

I like our long suffering dolphins dude....ledvedderman or ledbettrman or something like that....but, good god, the dolphins suck and they massively overpaid their QB.

It's been 14 years of ineptitude (save for that fluke 11-5 season in 2008). It all starts with the owner, who is horrible. The front office can't draft. The franchise is a basin for "big-name" free-agents (Brandon Marshall, Mike Wallace, Ndamukong Suh) to get an easy payday, do nothing, then leave (as Suh will do in a year or two). Homegrown talent that actually have talent are either wasted (Cameron Wake, Jarvis Landry), or traded to teams that actually make the most out them (Sean Smith in KC, Vonte Davis in Indy, hell, even TED GINN has had some success in Carolina!)

And don't even get me started on Tannehill. It's not his fault that some idiots wanted to give him a boatload of money. I'd take it too if I were him. Truth be told, Joe Philbin (despite how dumb he is), wanted to give up on Tannehill a few years back and draft Derek Carr. But no, the front-office and ownership felt that "well we've invested this much time into him" so let's not quit. That's fine in concept. But these days, where guys like Brock Osweiler or Matt Flynn (remember his contract after ONE GOOD GAME with Green Bay?) can get huge contracts for nothing, you CAN'T just sign Tannehill to an extension and hope!

I constantly compare Miami to the Baltimore Ravens because the talent is always comparable. But then why does Baltimore ALWAYS make the playoffs (save for their injury-riddled 2015 campaign) and Miami NEVER does? Ownership, front-office, coaching. Look how they handled Joe Flacco. Flacco led the Ravens to the playoffs in his first four years (and one play away from the Super Bowl in 2011) and they made him play out the last year of his contract in 2012. Why? Cause they weren't sure. And what did he do? He won the Super Bowl and earned his big payday. Tannehill did nothing in his first four years but look competent at times (at best) and shitty most of the time and he got an extension! Why not do the same thing the Ravens did with Flacco? Here's why: cause whereas Baltimore's thinking was "Let's see what he does this year, if he succeeds, we'll happily pay him," Miami's thinking was "Uh-oh...what if Tannehill has a really good year and wants a lot of money? Let's just pay him now and hope he's good." Fucking...idiots.

I appreciate anyone who read all of this because I know nobody gives a shit about this team.

I read it and enjoyed that you posted it. As a 49ers fan we are in the same boat with management/ownership. We at least though have the glory era of the 80's and 90's before idiot 1 and then idiot 2 (son of idiot 1) became in charge of the team and destroyed them. Who chases off a coach that just took you to a SB because he doesn't kiss the owners ass? Our team, that is who. You have my sympathy though.

Jason P

You forgot to mention that Dan Marino never won a Super Bowl.

Ledbetterman10

Jason P said:

You forgot to mention that Dan Marino never won a Super Bowl.

He didn't??

Degeneratefk

The Juggler said:

Indifference71 said:

The Dolphins are fucking terrible.

So are those stupid jerseys they were wearing last night.

Instead of a color rush thing, why not a throw back Thursday where every team goes old school?

Why not get rid Thursday games all together?

Indifference71

Degeneratefk said:

The Juggler said:

Indifference71 said:

The Dolphins are fucking terrible.

So are those stupid jerseys they were wearing last night.

Instead of a color rush thing, why not a throw back Thursday where every team goes old school?

Why not get rid Thursday games all together?

$$$$$

norm

Jason P said:

You forgot to mention that Dan Marino never won a Super Bowl.

and that Marino destroyed Ray Finkle's career.

Jason P

norm said:

Jason P said:

You forgot to mention that Dan Marino never won a Super Bowl.

and that Marino destroyed Ray Finkle's career.

Dan Marino should die of gonorrhea and rot in hell.

Jason P

I have been a Chuck Pagano apologist, but he and our used car salesman GM need to hit the road. He shit the bed on a world stage

DewieCox

That was freakin horrible. Ive given Pagano a pass b/c of his first couple years as hc but he botches a lot of shit. And don't get me started on Grigson. Just a freakin joke.

Degeneratefk

DewieCox said:

That was freakin horrible. Ive given Pagano a pass b/c of his first couple years as hc but he botches a lot of shit. And don't get me started on Grigson. Just a freakin joke.

Pagano is not very good.

Ledbetterman10

The Chargers are inventing ways to lose.

Wobbie

Ledbetterman10 said:

The Chargers are inventing ways to lose.

they always do!

pjhawks

the NFL is really boring when your team has a bye. those games sucked yesterday.

JK_Livin

That fumble call in the Browns game was awful.

Indifference71

DewieCox said:

That was freakin horrible. Ive given Pagano a pass b/c of his first couple years as hc but he botches a lot of shit. And don't get me started on Grigson. Just a freakin joke.

Couldn't believe they brought back Grigson and Pagano. Poor Andrew Luck....he's going to get killed playing behind that line. Just brutal.

I'm heading to Indy for Bears-Colts this weekend. Should be a real battle of shitty 1-3 teams!

igotid88

I don't remember a football game being stopped because of weather 2 weeks in a row. I thought they played through everything

Jason P

igotid88 said:

I don't remember a football game being stopped because of weather 2 weeks in a row. I thought they played through everything

Lighting will halt play. I'm guessing hail would stop play as well. Anything that could lead to a lawsuit.

g under p

Wobbie said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

The Chargers are inventing ways to lose.

they always do!

They're the only NFL team that has gone into the 4th quarter with 13 point lead and LOST the games twice now.

Peace

Jearlpam0925

Man, if ODB wasn't such a bitch he'd actually be entertaining.