Marshall traded to the Bears!

[Doc-phin]

Do any of you who are bashing the ineptitude of the organization for trading Marshall feeling the need to eat a little bit of crow after the new report that Marshall slugged a woman?

I will absolutely eat crow on this one if the report is truly valid and Marshall is to blame for the situation.  It sucks, but I would still have no choice but to man up and eat it.

[Spider-Dan]

If Marshall gets suspended, I will happily retract all my statements about the stupidity of this trade.

[Dave Gray]

One thing about Marshall --

Even if it's not true, there's still "smoke".

I don't believe that you are guilty by default, but I believe that if you're the kind of person who continues to find yourself in precarious situations, that you are likely at least partially responsible.

[EKnight]

My bigger problem is that Miami hasn't been relevant in a decade, save for one Wildcat-driven season, and yet they still only have $15 million in cap space after unloading Marshall. Where is all their money going? A team that consistently finishes 7-9 or 6-10 or even worse, should have tons of cap space or it's a clear indication that someone in charge (ie, Ireland) is spending far too much on players who are not- in any way- returning on the investment. Denver won 8 games and a playoff game last year with a QB that didn't throw the ball, and a bunch of no-names on offense, and they STILL have $38 million to play with under the cap! How is Miami's leadership so inept??? -EK

[Pappy13]

Denver won 8 games and a playoff game last year with a QB that didn't throw the ball, and a bunch of no-names on offense, and they STILL have $38 million to play with under the cap! How is Miami's leadership so inept??? -EK

It's the age old question of is it the players or is it the coaching? If you look at the Dolphins, they seem to have some talented players on the roster, so the question is why are they not performing on the field?  Are they not really as talented as we believe they are or is the coaching staff not finding ways to really use that talent? Or perhaps the players really are that talented and the coaches are designing good plays, but it's execution that is sorely lacking.  And if it's the execution, who's to blame for that? Is that on the players or is it on the coaching staff?

Those ARE the questions that Tony Sparano struggled with last year and said he didn't have any answers. Now we get to find out if Joe Philbin is any better at finding out the answers to those questions.

[AZ Fins Fan 55]

After sleeping on this and getting passed my initial anger generated by this trade......

I still think this was a stupid move. Regardless of the drops he still posted great numbers and was an offensive threat. With no back-up already in place I scratch my head at this trade and wonder what kind of hole this puts an already offensively challenged team in. If, and this is a big if.......he gets convicted and suspended for the alleged incident then fine I see why you make this move but at this point it is nothing more than speculation. It would be one thing if Ireland had a history of making great deals but right now I am really, really worried about what the offense will look like. Right now they are worse off than they were last year and I am not seeing a while lot of promise on the open market.

Scratching my head........

[MikeO]

Laurent Robinson got a 5 year deal with Jax. Cross him off the list

[tubba marxxx]

Laurent Robinson got a 5 year deal with Jax. Cross him off the list

Looks more and more like Miami will turn to WR in the draft:  Marvin McNutt and Nick Toon could be good options  (and the 2 best names in the history of sports)

[mecadonzilla]

Looks more and more like Miami will turn to WR in the draft:  Marvin McNutt and Nick Toon could be good options  (and the 2 best names in the history of sports)

They're no Coco Crisp, but those are fun names.  I wonder if Nick is related to Al.