SI: Postcard from camp: Dolphins
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Colorado DolfanNew MemberOPSETTING THE SCENE
"Home of Bergeron Rodeo Grounds," the sign reads as you drive into Davie, Fla., but this town of 90,000 also plays host to chaos that is even more controlled -- at the Dolphins' practice facility, on the main campus of Nova Southeastern University. The Dolphins, like half the teams in the NFL these days, choose to eschew moving vans and dorm room beds so as to conduct training camp at their year-round, state-of-the-art home, replete with a four-year-old, looming white practice bubble that covers more than two acres of synthetic turf and shields them from the late summer South Florida rains. All the better for Bill Parcells, now entering his third year as the Dolphins' Executive Vice President, to keep an eye on his charges. On Tuesday, as a torrential downpour beat down on the bubble, Parcells comfortably watched his team's two-hour session from a plastic chair stationed on the 50-yard-line, the Big Tuna departing only as end-of-practice wind sprints began.
Good article on SI.com. Definitely gets me excited to see the team in action this year!
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NJFINSFAN1luxury_boxBut the Dolphins are definitely a team on the long-term make, and it's not difficult to imagine that one year soon, South Beach will host not one, but two, championship parades.
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I thought this was really interesting:
If you're looking for a potential sleeper on the Dolphins -- from a fantasy football perspective, or otherwise -- look no further than wideout Brian Hartline, Miami's fourth-round pick out of Ohio State last year. Had Parcells stayed for those end-of-practice wind sprints, he'd have seen that Hartline won every one, and Hartline should open the season as a complementary deep threat starting opposite Marshall. "The games last year weren't too big for Brian," says Sparano of a rookie season in which Hartline led the team with three touchdown grabs. "He caught the ball and ran with it. This guy has big-play potential."
I knew the boy was fast, but that's pretty impressive to see. Maybe we didn't need Ginn's speed after all?
CitizenSnipsNew Member"NJFINSFAN1 wrote:
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gotta put the other part of that quote tho bro.
5. My takeaway from the Dolphins? That their relative youth, and especially an awfully difficult early schedule that has them facing 2009 playoff teams in six of seven games between Weeks 2 and 9 (in the Vikings, Jets, Patriots, Packers, Bengals and Ravens), should lead them to miss the postseason for the eighth time in nine years.
with the promise of this team, idk if i can wait. We better win some of those games.
NJFINSFAN1luxury_box"CitizenSnips wrote:
gotta put the other part of that quote tho bro.
with the promise of this team, idk if i can wait. We better win some of those games.
It's a good point he makes about us being young, I don't disagree it will be tough this year. But I'm hopeful :up:
Frumundah FinnaticNew MemberIs anything last year proved that we can hang with the elite teams, why would that change now that we're better?
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It wouldn't surprise me if he is retained. Jeff Ireland is the nightmare that won't end. The **** stain you cannot flush. The Herpes for which there is no cure.
The Aqua CrushNew MemberThey know they have to finish games, our personnel and coaching upgrades should allow us to do that.
We had both super bowl teams on the ropes and blew it. Our corners aren't rookies anymore, our QB is in full command. WE have a big play wideout on offense, those close games are going to start going in our favor IMO.
We played the best last year and came up just short. Hell the Saints rallied on us when ginn dropped a pass right in his hands that led to a pick 6 just after halftime.
Teams are not going to have fun facing us this year. I dont' know if we can close out all the close games, but the 7 playoff teams through weeks 2-9 doesn't scare me. I think we can win most of those.
Desidesforum_veteran"CitizenSnips wrote:
with the promise of this team, idk if i can wait. We better win some of those games.
Nearly all of the teams listed in that quote are paper tigers. Worthy of respect, but not fear. They certainly aren't clearly better than us, and three of them have the exact same question marks that we do.
"Not you." — Tywin Lannister
Bpkluxury_boxNot only are we better, we have more young, high-energy, gritty, high effort guys on the field now. Wake-Misi-Odrick added to that front seven is a LOT of high octane, man.
anlgpNew MemberI'm excited.
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HULKFishforum_veteranGotta start fast! By week 5 we could be in the drivers seat in the East! How great would that be?
anlgp - Nice Jimmy Page Avy...
Larryfinfansubscriber"HULKFish wrote:
Gotta start fast! By week 5 we could be in the drivers seat in the East! How great would that be?
anlgp - Nice Jimmy Page Avy...
That'd be great so long as we're in the driver's seat come the first of the year....
SeanP, Hartline is fast, but he's no where near Ginn fast... He seems to possess one thing that Ginn didn't tho, and that is the ability to not choke when the spotlight was on him....we'll have to see, but we'll miss that speed at some point this season...
"Larryfinfan wrote:
That'd be great so long as we're in the driver's seat come the first of the year....
SeanP, Hartline is fast, but he's no where near Ginn fast... He seems to possess one thing that Ginn didn't tho, and that is the ability to not choke when the spotlight was on him....we'll have to see, but we'll miss that speed at some point this season...
I totally agree, I wasn't trying to say he's got Ginn's speed, that guy is crazy fast. What I meant was that Ginn's only game as a receiver was the deep ball. If Hartline can play that at least to a serviceable level, when you add in his other skills and traits, Ginn becomes easily expendable.
PhinsRockluxury_boxLoved the article, got me pumped up even more for the season to start. Especially and pleasantly surprised about Brian Hartline winning every wind sprint, agree maybe we won't miss TG at all. Hartline sure seems like he will be that deep threat to compliment Marshall we all are hoping for.
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ko28New MemberIt all start with week one boys at Buffalo.If we can't win that game it will be a long season for the phins
if he won every sprint and was a kr/pr in college why not now. i think he better than what we have
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