yeah otm - fiedler was a pretty decent qb tbh. a few teams in the nfl would killl for a competent qb like him who could, uh, "guide" his team to the playoffs a few times.
― autogoon delight (J0rdan S.), Friday, 2 October 2009 20:56 (fifteen years ago) link
also a jew
― autogoon delight (J0rdan S.), Friday, 2 October 2009 20:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Okay, okay. Fiedler was a decent-to-good quarterback. And a Jew. He made my people proud.
But we've spent a loooooooong time wandering in the desert since then.
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 2 October 2009 21:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Fiedler is one of those guys like Garcia and Warner who didn't even really get a chance to play until he was close to 30.
You have to think this might be the end for Pennington. The guy has had a bad shoulder for a long time. He hung around alot longer in the NFL than some thought.
Dan Marino was so good he completely changed how Shula coached. That dude was a total run the ball down their throat and play solid D guy and they turned into like a super high scoring passing attack. Marino lost quite a few games where he would throw for 5 TDs. It was crazy. The Dolphins had near absolute zero running game the whole time he was QB.
― earlnash, Friday, 2 October 2009 22:54 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm kinda of a MAC stan and was always rooting for Pennington- its' too bad he was always getting banged up
Yeah the Marino era Dolphis were something else but it was bizarre how Shula could never get a consistent ground game going. In the 70's with Griese the 'phins would throw the ball like 12 times a game.
― brownie, Friday, 2 October 2009 23:12 (fifteen years ago) link
http://img2.ifilmpro.com/resize/image/stills/films/resize/istd/2805716.jpg
― omar little, Friday, 2 October 2009 23:14 (fifteen years ago) link
just checked the box score for the 72 super bowl and griese was 8 for 11. and Earl Morral started 9 games that year at QB for the Dolphins which I can never get my head around
― brownie, Friday, 2 October 2009 23:15 (fifteen years ago) link
wait hang on
― omar little, Friday, 2 October 2009 23:15 (fifteen years ago) link
http://dork457.ggot.org/DanMarino.gif
it was bizarre how Shula could never get a consistent ground game going
maybe b/c when you a once-in-a-lifetime QB/squeaky wheel like marino falls in your lap you end up developing an O-line that can maintain a perfect horseshoe pocket for weeks but can't run-block for shit?
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Friday, 2 October 2009 23:26 (fifteen years ago) link
oh no doubt, but it was strange to see a run first type of coach go completely aerial in his philosophy as he got older. He was going with his main strength obv.
― brownie, Friday, 2 October 2009 23:55 (fifteen years ago) link
Like Levy running the single wing with the Chiefs and then going to a no huddle with the Bills. I dunno, Noll and Landry really never changed all that much.
― brownie, Friday, 2 October 2009 23:58 (fifteen years ago) link
Tom Landry was pretty much a genius on both sides of the ball. The guy developed the modern 4-3 defense with the Giants and his offense with the Cowboys pretty much put together the modern style offense especially in the passing game by using the shotgun, shifting the setup and putting people in motion.
Marino was a witch. If Miami got the ball back with any time down a score, you pretty much knew your team was screwed, especially if you were a Jets fan. That ropeadope he pulled against the Jets faking the timeout was really cool. I saw him bring the Dolphins back 2 TDs in like 5 minutes against the Colts in person.
― earlnash, Saturday, 3 October 2009 00:15 (fifteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aHq1P7gccY
― brownie, Saturday, 3 October 2009 02:13 (fifteen years ago) link
Yes, I agree about Landry, but earl can you see Landry going to an entirely pass offense or getting rid of his flex defense? Shula coached Super Bowl teams in the 60's the 70's and changed dramatically when Dan M. started.
Maybe it was the talent available to him at the time.
― brownie, Saturday, 3 October 2009 02:27 (fifteen years ago) link
I think Shula is greatest football coach of all time imo btw
― brownie, Saturday, 3 October 2009 02:32 (fifteen years ago) link
"the" greatest
god
I'm into my 2nd bottle of wine so, um, I'm hedging my bets etc.
― brownie, Saturday, 3 October 2009 02:41 (fifteen years ago) link
in vino at least arguable veritas and shit
― iro with the brown bag (Hunt3r), Saturday, 3 October 2009 04:09 (fifteen years ago) link
http://anzam.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/captureda.jpg
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Saturday, 3 October 2009 05:18 (fifteen years ago) link
Cobbs out for the remainder of the season ;_;
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 14 October 2009 02:08 (fourteen years ago) link
I didn't realize Chad Henne compared favorably to other good young NFL quarterbacks at this stage of his career. Not amazing numbers, by any stretch, but pretty good.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 26 November 2009 16:05 (fourteen years ago) link
brandon marshall predicts his best year yet!
hm. miami will be lucky to be 8 -- 8. i think it's more likely we'll be 6 -- 10, and we could start off 1 -- 8.(n.1)
_________________________________________(n.1) first 9 games: buffalo (probably a win), then vikings, jets, patriots, packers, steelers, bengals, ravens, titans (all of which could be losses).
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 26 June 2010 18:46 (fourteen years ago) link
Don't mope. Assuming Ricky and Ronnie didn't get run into an early grave last season, and that Chad Henne keeps improving, there'll be plenty of opportunity for Marshall to catch bombs in the endzone. That's a tough schedule to open the year, but my position as a rubbernecking Dolphins observer has come very close at this point to being an honest fan....so I'm, uh, optimistic?
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 26 June 2010 23:21 (fourteen years ago) link
oh, i'm not moping! i'm still recovering psychologically from the 1 -- 15 season. to me, 8 -- 8 is fantastic.
but i'm not excited about henne as a quarterback. something so . . . bland about him, and this team, to me.
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 26 June 2010 23:31 (fourteen years ago) link
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/26/new-dolphins-logo-is-leaked/
THE DOLPHIN ISN'T WEARING A HELMET ANYMORE! NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 05:54 (eleven years ago) link
If anything, they should've made it perfect like this:
http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/dolpgif16.gif
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 17:52 (eleven years ago) link
this is absolutely terrible
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 19:11 (eleven years ago) link
yeah horrible news
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 19:13 (eleven years ago) link
okay destroy this team now
― the pheromones of hot clothing (DJP), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 19:19 (eleven years ago) link
http://nbcprofootballtalk.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/ku-medium.jpg
FAIL
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 20:22 (eleven years ago) link
wtf it looks like a passenger plane now fffffuuuuuuuuuu
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 20:28 (eleven years ago) link
GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT
GIVE THE DOLPHIN A HELMET
YES ^^THIS!
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 20:29 (eleven years ago) link
there is so much in football that is NOT awesome
a dolphin in a helmet is awesome. ;_;
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 27 March 2013 20:30 (eleven years ago) link
Pretty much the fall of the Dolphins comes at the same time the Patriots rose to prominence.
You kind of remember them not being that great with Jimmy Johnson and Dave Wannstedt, but really they were average or a playoff team most of the years through them (at least until Wannstedt's last year).
― earlnash, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 21:45 (eleven years ago) link
my memory of the Dolphins in the 90s is mostly Brian Cox spitting at the crowd
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 22:02 (eleven years ago) link
and now he's a successful assistant coach lol
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 22:03 (eleven years ago) link
RIP dolphin wearing another team's helmet.
― brownie, Thursday, 28 March 2013 12:22 (eleven years ago) link
cannot believe Miami's insensitivity to dolphin head injury risk
― Brad C., Thursday, 28 March 2013 12:56 (eleven years ago) link
rip best recursive logo
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 28 March 2013 15:25 (eleven years ago) link
ugh new logo ugh
― I offer about as much diversity as a saltine cracker. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 3 April 2013 22:36 (eleven years ago) link
Jeff Darlington @JeffDarlington -- —> RT @MiamiDolphins: NEWS: The Miami Dolphins and General Manager Jeff Ireland have mutually agreed to part ways
breaking news.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Tuesday, 7 January 2014 23:07 (ten years ago) link
awww i thought this thread was going to be about actual dolphins. Drat.
― mean-spirited schadenfreude-loving spewer of sleaze (sunny successor), Tuesday, 7 January 2014 23:19 (ten years ago) link
actual dolphins form a more dynamic football team than the miami dolphins, so . . .
― Daniel, Esq 2, Tuesday, 7 January 2014 23:21 (ten years ago) link
good call fins
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 7 January 2014 23:21 (ten years ago) link
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ otmfm
― Daniel, Esq 2, Tuesday, 7 January 2014 23:23 (ten years ago) link
I heard his mom is a whore
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 7 January 2014 23:27 (ten years ago) link
Per Salguero, Ross wanted to hire someone who would have operated at a level above Ireland, holding most if not all of the authority Ireland currently possesses. Though Salguero names no names, many will speculate that Ross wanted to install former Chiefs G.M. Carl Peterson in that role.
Why not just fire the guy, dummy
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 7 January 2014 23:44 (ten years ago) link
here's my thought. weeks ago, ross assured ireland he was safe. ross values loyalty and keeping a promise. so here, at this crossroads, he says "i'll honor my promise to keep ireland," but then imposes conditions that prompt ireland to leave. actually savvy, if intentional.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Tuesday, 7 January 2014 23:46 (ten years ago) link