Fins They added Marshall to give them a legit WR target, but his YPC last year was 11.
Good point... but on the other hand, he's going to have a completely different QB and surrounding cast.
Camarillo? 11. Bess? 10. Fasano? 11. Those are Welkerish numbers.
Welkerish numbers? Without a legitimate number 1 WR on the roster? And this is bad I take it?
When Brian Hartline is your deep threat, you probably still have some work to do.
Possibly so. We'll see. It's also possible the addition of Brandon Marshall can improve the opportunities of everyone else.
Then again they can always roll out the wildcat. Nobody will be expecting that!
I think it's about played out myself... although making other teams prepare for it, is never a bad idea. They did draft John "the green mile" Jerry though, as a presumed replacement for the fragile Justin Smiley - which isn't an indication to me they intend to forget about the power running game.
Apparently the Fins are content with Soliai and his 5 career starts at NT for the first half of the season.
Randy Starks is moving to NT according to Ireland's draft press conference... Solia will still be the backup (still steadily improving)... and their 1st rounder Jared Odrick will work with Merling at Starks former RDE position. Jason Ferguson returns after game 8.
Did get a couple of linemen (Odrick, Oghobaase) that are fairly redundant with the guys they already have (Merling, Langford and Starks).
Only majorly redundant if you missed the fact Starks is moving to NT... but then when did redundancy become a bad thing when your talking about D-Line rotations?
Big time.
Got a couple of LBs (Misi, Edds) that fit better inside...where they just spent wads of cash for Dansby.
Edds will play inside (probably contributing as a nickle LB to start - due to coverage skills), but Misi is definitely an OLB. They picked up a small school sleeper in Chris McCoy out of Middle Tennessee who they will try weak side OLB as well.
Dansby is capable of playing multiple positions... inside and out... but holdovers Anderson, Wake, and Moses haven't shown much - other than Wake in a pass rush only role.
I'm sure Wake is ready to build on his 1 career start.
I'm not. Wake is a liability so far at everything except rushing the passer... which is about all he was used for in 2009. But that isn't unusual for any DE to OLB convert this early in the game. Despite his very limited opportunities, Wake was 2nd on the team (behind Starks) with QB pressures.
I think you did hit the nail on the head though. The LB corp will determine the fate of the 2010 Dolphins. There are 14 LB's on the roster currently (including the RFA Dobbins who was thrown in with the Charger/Dolphin trade last week). Whatever comes out of this youthful competition, should in large measure determine whether the Dolphins defense is improved or not.
Other factors...
Mike Nolan > Paul Pasqualoni?
Theoretically speaking... a team could probably do worse than having Bill Parcells draft some young LB's for a competition such as apparently will take place down south this summer.
But seriously...the Jets and Fins have done some good things but both will be counting on new and unproven players to come up big. If they can do it, why is it so hard to believe the Pats can do it as well.
It isn't. In fact, the Pats should be favored. But I don't think the Jets or Dolphins should be dismissed so lightly as they have been in the recent past, and as some are still wont to do.
