Hey We Signed 3 Free Agents... Lets Hear Your Early Grades

Suh..nothing but an A+

Jordan..A...young stud tight end, athletic mismatch at 250 lbs..beautifully coordinated..elite at his position...

mccain..Relative to contract size..b+...very fast corner, can move in the slot with great lateral quickness and explosion...hands are suspect.

Ross and Hickeybaum are changing the culture.

 

Suh - A+

Cameron - A

McCain - A

 

Free agency has definitely been an A so far...I wish we could have signed Orlando Franklin, he got around $7.5 mil/year, I'd rather give him that than Charles Clay. We still have gaping holes at guard and safety but so far all 3 signings have been excellent moves.

 

So far Miami has killed it.

Suh A+
Cam A
McCain B+

 

Franklin, Searcy, Culliver, Boling, Carpenter, etc. A number of guys could have been used for that money. Culliver and some other guys are still on the market. I'm hoping Clay goes to free up that $7 million for a position of need. Love the signings so far though.

 

We cut or have yet to re-sign Hartline, Clay, Gibson, Colledge, Smith. Cameron is the only replacement so far. On D Wheeler, Trusnik, Finnegan, Wilson, Delmas, Freeney, Starks, Odrick are gone, replaced by McCain and Suh. Pretty much speaks for itself.

 

And dont forget Tannebaum who is also a new addition to the team .A preliminary A.

 

excellent signings... the draft for Miami suddenly appears very differently to me. no problems with a first round ILB to play behind Suh. maybe, a guard & a power back for short-yardage. still think we need a defensive coordinator. like Hickeys as GM, but Philbin has a lot to prove my book. could they be grooming Lazar for a shot at head-coach? anyway you look at it, the season seems to be shaping up nicely...

 

It's gonna be hard to hate on what we have done. Well, unless your Heath Evans. Really hard to say the team is not better after these pickups.

 

d+ Worst off season since Cam Cameron.

 

With all due respect, what makes you think this roster has less talent than a team that finished 1-15?

 

I think all around you have to give it an A. We addressed two major areas of need: run defense and red zone scoring as well as add a pay for play contract at a strong position of need. While I don't love the big contract deals in FA I understand why they did it. We may have just made our front 7 one of the best in the NFL. If true, then it was worth every penny.


now we can focus on OG, S, WR, RB and CB in the draft. If either Davis or Taylor develop and step up, we could be set there.

 

I agree. It's looking pretty great so far.

 

All 'A' grades, because all three players are worth the contracts they were given, and all three will be contributors at important positions.

 

I agree.. IF you're not a fan of the Dolphins.

Overall A for me as well.

 

I have loved every name I've heard. I'm thrilled that this team has added the league's premier DT, an experience receiving TE and a fiesty CB with 4.33 speed.

All that looks fantastic to me on paper. The only downsides are that Suh cost a fortune and Cameron wasn't cheap either, particularly given his injury concerns. When you add in that the CB we signed is really a Nickel guy, we're not there yet. It's not like we've somehow worked magic in free agency. The team basically did what any team would do given $135M.

But, Suh could help turn this defense around, Cameron could be perfect for us and McCain, while being just a nickel guy, is a very good nickel guy and a huge improvement over what we had.

So far, I'd give our offseason free agent signings a B+. I just can't give the A when the team spent $135M. You'd better have gotten something special for that price!

 

thats a very strange reason, is it your money ?

 

Overall grade is an A- IMO.

 

Regarding McCain , how has he or will he contribute on special teams?

 

Best defensive tackle in the game?... and an elite level receiving TE?

 

Exactly. Suh is a 4 time first team all-pro.

To put that in perspective the only player in Dolphin history with 4 or more first team all-pros is Zach Thomas.

That is it.

We just signed a player who is in a category that is in a great category. In fact, he is still young and if he keeps it up he will get multiple all-pros as a Miami Dolphins.

If he keeps up his current pace, Miami just signed a hall of fame player.

EDIT: Who is only available because the Lions have both Stafford AND Calvin Johnson on huge contracts.

 

Not only have the players we've added been good pickups, but the players jettisoned were good salary cap moves as well.

 

Holy ****.

 

Don't worry, I'm sure Tannebaum, Hickey, Philbin, Ross, Aponte, Tannehill, and the team overall still suck.

 

He must have lost a bet ???????????

 

Or someone's taken over his account?

 

No. Just Philbin.

 

I like what I've seen so far. If you put enough talent on the team, not even Philbin can screw it up.

 

Wanna bet....?

 

All hail Hickenbaum!!!

 

Over paid for a player that will be declining in two years. Over paid for a TE that can't stay healthy. Lost odrick and will probably lose clay. I'd rather have odrick for the much cheaper contract and resign clay any day of the week.

 

I think I have a man crush on Dennis Hickey tbh. He is kicking Ireland's *** in managing this team thus far. I can't wait to see his draft. I'm actually getting really excited for the 15/16 Dolphins even with the lame duck coach we retained.

 

This looks more Tannenbaum than Hickey to me. We didn't do this last year.

 

A picture is worth a thousand words.

 

You may be right. Whoever is responsible for the aggressive FA of quality pickups... I like them!

I'll like even them better if they have an amazing draft.

Amazing draft+Amazing FA is the Dolphins almost guaranteed to be in the playoffs *knock on wood if you ask me (on paper.)

 

Lol that is not what I meant!!!