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Title: Over a third of the roster is either a rookie or a FA addition Post by: Pappy13 on September 04, 2012, 01:06:30 pm 11 rookies and 8 new free agents from last year's team, 5 of them could be starting game 1. Last time there was this much turnover the team went from 1-15 to 11-5.
Rookies: Ryan Tannehill Lamar Miller Jovoskie Lane Rishard Matthews Michael Egnew Josh Samadu Jonathan Martin Derrick Shelby Kheeston Randall Olivier Vernon Sammy Brown Free Agents: David Garrard Marcus Thigpen Legedu Naanee Anthony Armstrong Artis Hicks Richard Marshall Troy Nolan Anderson Russell Title: Re: Over a third of the roster is either a rookie or a FA addition Post by: MyGodWearsAHoodie on September 04, 2012, 01:19:54 pm Last time there was this much turnover You had a new head coach. Turnover is always higher when you get a new head coach. Title: Re: Over a third of the roster is either a rookie or a FA addition Post by: Fins4ever on September 04, 2012, 02:35:07 pm If I am not mistaken, Cunningham is the only player drafted from this years class to be cut. It is more than just having a new coaching staff. It is an entirely new direction; basically 180 degrees from the Sparano time frame. Gone are the days of big & slow & divas & under-performers.
There is obviously a plan in place. While the transition will take time and no doubt be painful, it is still exciting. I love how the FO has stocked picks for next years draft. Title: Re: Over a third of the roster is either a rookie or a FA addition Post by: EKnight on September 04, 2012, 02:40:43 pm While I agree with the above, even alluding to "the last time there was this much turnover" and mentioning the 1-15 to 11-5 is just ridiculousness. This is a 5 win team. They have a very bright future down the road, but they're not making some sort of incredible turn around THIS year. Stop giving yourselves false hope, folks. -EK
Title: Re: Over a third of the roster is either a rookie or a FA addition Post by: Fins4ever on September 04, 2012, 02:49:14 pm While I agree with the above, even alluding to "the last time there was this much turnover" and mentioning the 1-15 to 11-5 is just ridiculousness. This is a 5 win team. They have a very bright future down the road, but they're not making some sort of incredible turn around THIS year. Stop giving yourselves false hope, folks. -EK LOL. I am guessing 6-1- or 7-9 considering the schedule. I refer to 2008 as the perfect storm that put the team back years. The easy schedule, the gimmicky wildcat, a career year for Penny, winning the close ones....all added up to be a fluke and unsustainable. The record was better than the team and it quickly showed in the playoffs where Balt. dominated. Title: Re: Over a third of the roster is either a rookie or a FA addition Post by: MyGodWearsAHoodie on September 04, 2012, 02:59:54 pm LOL. I am guessing 6-1- or 7-9 considering the schedule. I refer to 2008 as the perfect storm that put the team back years. The easy schedule, the gimmicky wildcat, a career year for Penny, winning the close ones.... You left out a biggy....division rival loses league MVP 10 mins into the first quarter of game one. You would not have won the division or made the playoffs without that. Title: Re: Over a third of the roster is either a rookie or a FA addition Post by: bsfins on September 04, 2012, 03:12:22 pm Garrard is being released,so scratch him...
I like that most of those are additions are young guy's... Title: Re: Over a third of the roster is either a rookie or a FA addition Post by: Pappy13 on September 04, 2012, 04:14:29 pm While I agree with the above, even alluding to "the last time there was this much turnover" and mentioning the 1-15 to 11-5 is just ridiculousness. This is a 5 win team. They have a very bright future down the road, but they're not making some sort of incredible turn around THIS year. Stop giving yourselves false hope, folks. -EK You'll notice I didn't make any predictions, just thought I would throw that in there. While I agree that this team is most likely headed for a 5 or 6 win season, you just never know. Who would have thought the Dolphins were gonna go 11-5 in 2008?With all the talk of gloom and doom for the Dolphins this year I still think it's possible that Miami wins 5 or 6 games. I would be okay with that as long as Tannehill is the QB the whole year and continues to progress. With another decent draft next year (I think this year's draft could easily be the top draft in the past decade) things would be looking up. Title: Re: Over a third of the roster is either a rookie or a FA addition Post by: Spider-Dan on September 04, 2012, 04:25:32 pm You left out a biggy....division rival loses league MVP 10 mins into the first quarter of game one. MIA went 1-1 against NE in 2008. Do you really think Tom Brady was the difference between losing and winning the Wildcat game?You would not have won the division or made the playoffs without that. Perhaps you mean the other losses for which Cassel was at the helm. Those would be: IND, SD, PIT, NYJ Those are not exactly pushover teams (except NYJ, but you lost to them twice with a vastly superior team in 2010, so...) For purposes of comparison, NE was 11-5 with Cassel in 2008 and 10-6 with Brady in 2009. The conclusion you have reached is not as foregone as you suspect. |