Sign him!!!

Really?
C'mon man, as much as we all love Zach, you have to admit he was a liability in coverage.

 

yeah and that was last year. cant even imagine how much worse he would be this year

 

As opposed to the two chumps we have playing MLB right now? Make that 3 cause Torber is not any better.
ZT could sit at home for 3 years, completely removed from football and still be a HUGE improvement over anybody we have.

Derrick Brooks is still out there as well, but I think its only a matter of time till he signs with the Cheatriots

 

Lord knows......

Where are the videos of Tony Gonzalez torching Zach Thomas when you need them. The Dolphins were crucified by Priest Holmes and Tony Gonzalez when Zach Thomas was in the middle.

When will the "sign Dan Marino" post appear?

 

At this point Zach is a run stuffer. Stopping the run isn't our problem.

Zach hasn't played in our scheme. He's not just going to come in and know the entire defense, be able to make all the calls, etc. Plus he's coming off a preseason injury that kept him out the entire time.

And I don't know how well 5-9 Zach would help us against those 6-5 tight ends right now anyway.

The only signing I want to see is Zach signing his 1-day contract to retire as a Dolphin.

 

put away the madden, this is the nfl. Sign an over the hill player because he "used" to be good? and I would remind you that Zach was an intregal part of the defenses that fourth quarter folded year after year just like last sunday. I love the guy, but he isn't ANY kind of answer.. I would one star this if I could.

 

How about all those times he was caught covering Curtis Martin, or Wayne Chrebet in the slot, or Chris Baker...

I love me some Zach, but to think he'd be an improvement is just crazy

 

No need to make this testy. I think we can respectfully disagree and have a conversation.

Zach was a part of those teams that fell apart. But that starts at the top IMO. Zach made plenty of clutch plays in his career.

There's no personal grudge between the two IMO. Parcells told him man-to-man that he had to release him because he was 35. Zach talked about it then. His salary and being 225 pounds probably played a part as well.

 

I still say he couldn't possibly be worse than what we already have.
At least he can play the run, something neither Chowder or A-dell do with any regularity.

 

I agree with Hulk's original premise of signing Zach to the team, just not in the capacity he presented. ZT should most definitely be part of this organization, but as a coach, not a player.

I'd sign him to a contract and then name him assistant LB coach. And then I would stick all of our LBs in a room with him and study film of how to stop Darren Sproles in the flats, like Ray Lewis did last week.

His days of usefulness as a player are long gone. But he's a smart, intelligent guy and surely has something to offer in the coaching ranks.

 

We need younger, faster linebackers that can cover RBs and TEs not over the hill, slower as molases players.

 

we discussed ad nauseum in the offseason the need to upgrade ILB ... as Crowder was average to slightly above ... and we had nothing to go along with him.

we don't have an answer, and our pass rush is not good enough to offset the liability.

unfortunately, it is not likely to be fixed in the next 2 weeks.

 

Well, Odell Thurman is playing in the UFL, if he is healthy he was a good ILB in Cincy, of course that may have been the booze and coke doing the playing.

The UFL's season ends in November, if we are looking for a player or two it would not be a terrible place to start.

 

after how the defense played you can be sure of adjustments
Wake will get a shot & G. Wilson is on very thin ice, soon to be replace

 

I know it's just a dream Muck and I agree with you.
But I love Zach as much as I do JT and to see him back in our uni would be a dream come true.
But, after saying that, I know it's unrealistic for him to come home and play. I never want him injured again.
The thought of him waiting on a call from a team is just something I find hard to imagine. I don't imagine Zach thinks he's done, he's too much of a ball player, so it's got to be hard on him.

 

Crowder and Ayodele are better suited for a zone coverage where they can hold down an area of the field and keep their eyes on the QB. They simply cant turn their back to the Qb and cover anyone. Unfortunately we're playing mostly man coverage. If we had a better FS, we could run more cover 3 and free up a member of the secondary to help with underneath coverage.

 

Hate to say it, but ZT was done 2 or 3 years ago for all intents and purposes. Love him, but he wouldn't help us.

 

We should totally sign Brooks. We only have three inside linebackers currently on the roster.

Here's the problem. Brooks can't play special teams. So we would have to cut a guy who can and is currently playing special teams. That's not likely to happen under this regime. Sparano is always talking about how he likes players that can take on different roles and he is constantly trying to get as much out of the active 45 as he can. Brooks would need a few weeks to get up to speed, he is a little small for the triumvirate, and they must not believe that he would start over Crowder or Ayodele.

 

I wouldn't say he's done. The problem with Zach nowadays is getting a full season out of him. He'll be great for the first half of the season but his age and size just wear him down by the end of the year. He would be a great midseason pickup for a team looking to make a playoff push. I hope it happens because I would love to see Zach playing in the Super Bowl.

 

Rey Maualuga and James Laurinaitis were both sitting there at #25.

Just sayin'...

 

Exactly. If you can't play a full season, you're basically done. What good would it do for us to sign him? He isn't his old self, and he would very unlikely last the season anyway. So it's pretty pointless. Because, well, he's done.

 

I'll answer your post with my prior post.

 

lol And the shark has been jumped.

 

The bigger problem is that Derrick Brooks has never played inside, much less in a 3-4. It'll take him longer than a few weeks to get into football shape, and even longer to learn a form of defense he's never played before, is not suited to play in, and do it well enough to start.

Even worse, Brooks is 36 and goes 6-0, 235. That is not ideal for a LB here, much less an inside LB whose job description includes a heavy dose of taking on offensive lineman.

There is zero chance this will happen.

 

Put down the kool-aid bro.......

JL looks real good for the Rams.

Honestly at this point I think going ILB would have been better than going with Vontae.

 

Please stop. Its bad enough we passed on Patrick Willis. I don't know if I can handle another missed opportunity from the 1st round.

 

hahah agreed I still can't believe we passed on Willis



FML

 

Sorry Red.

 

I agree that there is very little chance of this happening. However the move from 43 outside linebacker to 34 inside linebacker is not a big deal. What you almost never see is an outside linebacker in a 43 defense remaining outside in a 34. To prove my point check out this link.

http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Patriots-interested-in-Derrick-Brooks.html

The Patriots are interested in Brooks replacing their inside linebacker Jerod Mayo.

 

LOL

 

You had to bring this up again

On the other hand, Ted Ginn has been SOOOOOOO good

 

Was it the great Marcus Pollard???

He was the Gonzo and Dallas Clark of his time...

 

I can. edit: hey, what happened to the thread ratings? Can I at least nominate this for the dumbest thread of the month?

 

Its a shame we didn't take superstar Brady Quinn.

 

the function was being abused by cowards unwilling to say it was them so it was removed. George said if they could find a hack that would allow admins to see who was doing the rating it would come back.

 

Are you serious Wow i hope your kidding