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By The Dude on September 30, 2007 4:58 PM
Mark it down. September 30, 2007. The worst day in Miami Dolphins history. For on this day: - Dan Marino's hallowed TD record falls to Brett Favre. - The Dolphins' former quarterback Daunte Culpepper throws 2 touchdowns and rushes for 3 touchdowns against Miami in an utterly embarrassing 35-17 loss at home. - The Dolphins new quarterback Trent Green throws for a meager 158 yards, 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions. - The once vaunted Dolphins defense gives up a total of 299 rushing yards to the Raiders, including 179 to backup running back Justin Fargas.- The Dolphins start the 2007 season 0-4, marking the worst start by a Dolphins coach in his first-year as head coach. - The Dolphins are two consecutive losses away from tying the worst start...
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By The Dude on September 30, 2007 7:22 AM
Today's the day Brett Favre likely sets the new record for all time touchdowns by a quarterback. When Dan Marino set the record back in the day, ESPN mentioned it as a sort of side note. When Favre breaks it today, ESPN and all the other mainstream media outlets are going to ejaculate all over themselves and inundate the highlight shows and the internet with the image of Favre throwing the record-setting TD and running and picking up one of his receivers and they'll say oh look how wonderful he is and oh doesn't he just still have that little kid inside him and oh I wish I could make out with him in the restroom for 15 minutes, etc. etc. etc... (I'm looking right at you Sean Salisbury,...
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By The Dude on September 28, 2007 3:27 PM
Dear God, my toe hurts. Please heal it in time for me to play football on Sunday. Just like you did with my buddy Jon Kitna the other day. You healed his brain. That was awesome. This a toe, so that’s nothing for you. If my toe ain’t healed then that fella that likes strippers will play. Which means I could lose my job. To a stripper lover. Oh and, P.S., God bless Mr. Al Davis. Amen. - Dear God. Please let my knee hold up against the Dolphins this Sunday. I got a hankerin for some revenge. It's pay back time for them bitches! Retro-mutha fuckin-bution! And please let my tiny hands not fumble the football too much. You do this for me and I’ll stop with the...
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By The Dude on September 28, 2007 3:11 PM
My weekly scouting column over at The Phish Tank is up. Stop on by and holla at a brotha in the comments there. True. Scouting Week 4: Raiders at Dolphins...
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By The Dude on September 27, 2007 5:18 PM
This is completely meaningless and arbitrary. As is everything that ESPN does. But let's do it anyway. Nation, get out there and vote. As of now, Dan Marino ranks No. 3 just behind Brett Favreh and Joe Montana as the Greatest of All Time. Surely we can change that! Vote Marino! 13 ...
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By The Dude on September 27, 2007 2:54 PM
As most of you regulars here at FN have probably already figured out, I am a huge Dan Marino fan. I love Dan Marino in a way that can only be described by some in the medical field as "obsessive," or as my girl would put it, "creepy." When old men talk about their childhood heroes like a Micky Mantle or a Joe DiMaggio or a Jim Brown with awe and reverence, that's me years from now rambling to my grandkids about Marino as they pretend to listen and care, while they take all the loose change from my pants and false teeth from my night table because they think it's so hilarious. Damn little punks! Marino is my hero. He defined my childhood. I grew up playing...
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By The Dude on September 27, 2007 10:34 AM
My first ever Dolphins experience in Dolphin Stadium (then referred to as Joe Robbie, or The Joe, or The House of Pain) was against the Oakland Raiders. I had caught the Fins in action as a child in the Orange Bowl (referred to as The Place Where You're Standing Way The Hell Too Close To The Other Dude In The Urinals) but this was the first time I'd stepped into the new place. It was going to be a magical time. This was going to be a real NFL experience with a big ass stadium filled with thousands of fans. It was going to be like the Orange Bowl but bigger and without the $5 parking in some old Cuban lady's house and the constant fly overs of commercial...
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By The Dude on September 26, 2007 12:38 PM
Time to face up to a tough question. Should Zach Thomas hang up his over-sized helmet and call it a career? Former Herald beat-writer Alex Marvez thinks so. Thomas missed last Sunday's 31-28 loss to the New York Jets after suffering what is classified as a minor concussion from the previous game against Dallas. Dolphins coach Cam Cameron sounds optimistic that Thomas will receive clearance to play in Sunday's matchup against Oakland. Still, maybe Thomas shouldn't return — ever — even if he passes a litany of tests. Commendably, Thomas was always candid and insightful during my eight seasons as a Dolphins beat reporter. But his eyes were sometimes glazed and speech slower in the aftermath of a major head blow. It's a tough question, no doubt. Zach is...
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By The Dude on September 25, 2007 12:03 PM
Well, here it is. Roro Kid hit Giants Stadium this past Sunday for the Jets-Dolphins debacle and filed this special on-location FN report (with pics and jokes!). Enjoy: Wow. I sometimes drunkenly boast to my friends that I’m likely the only person they’ve ever met that has thrown a football to a real life dolphin. Not Mandich or Marino, but some distant relative of Snowflake (or at least I like to pretend) during a trip to the Miami Seaquarium when I was just about 9 years old. That dolphin caught nearly every goddamn pass I threw at that crazy fucker. It was uncanny and probably one of the more impressive things I’d seen up until that point in time. That kinda sealed the whole ‘which-NFL-team-should-I-root-for’ question. This season I’m kinda...
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By The Dude on September 24, 2007 9:14 PM
WARNING: ANGRY RANT AHEAD... A few years ago, my nephew Jonathan and I were playing catch with his football out in the backyard of his East Hartford, Connecticut home. My big brother and his family live up there. My brother has always had a fascination with inflating things to their maximum capacity. As kids, any time we'd get a beach ball or a soccer ball from our grandfather, it would last about 23 minutes before exploding after nipping the corner of the coffee table in our living room. So my nephew's football felt like it had been dipped in iron thanks to my brother, the Mad Inflater. It was Thanksgiving, so there was a chill in the air and foliage on the ground. My nephew was at that awkward...
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By The Dude on September 23, 2007 11:57 PM
Six words. Chad Pennington scored a rushing touchdown. ()()...
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By The Dude on September 23, 2007 12:36 AM
"Hey. Yoda here. What? You expectin me to taulk like all backwards and shit to yous? Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah ... that's just for da movies. Dis is my real ways of taulkin. I'm an acter. That whole "Mine, or I will help you not" shit is just me actin. I ain't from no planet in outta space like Neptune or some shits. I'm straight up from da Bronx, New Yawk. Greatest fuckin city in da world. Yea, I live in Miami now. Cuz of work and everyting ... but I am and always will be a New Yawker. Believe me, if I didn't have this job stampin peoples hands over at Solid Gold, I'd be livin back in my city. Cuz Miami sucks so much cock it...
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By The Dude on September 21, 2007 3:47 PM
I'M MY OWN PIMP: I'll be posting my FN Dolphins-Jets preview here tomorrow. But for now, go check out my weekly scouting series over at The Phish Tank. It's a weekly break-down of specific players of note for both the Dolphins and their opponents and what we can expect to be some key matchups for each game. I also point out a particular player for each team to keep an eye on, who may be the key to a win or a loss. It's full on Dolphins football scouting and analysis without the inane crazy ramblings and douche bag jokes you find here. Scouting Week 3: Dolphins at JetsOh, and injury update: Zach Thomas will not play this weekend. Fuck, shit and piss to that....
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By The Dude on September 21, 2007 3:34 PM
The U took care of bidness yesterday, taking 20th ranked Texas A&M by the arm, marching them to the back of the house and proceeding to administer the woodshed treatment. A 34-17 beat down is what was witnessed at the OB last night. And what a fine beat down it was. Why does this matter here? Well, first off, because I love the college football. And secondly, I love the U. But, more importantly, as I mentioned here a few posts ago, I really, really, really love Canes safety Kenny Phillips. Look at him. The guy is a man-beast and is going to make one hell of a safety in the NFL someday. Hey, the Dolphins need help in the secondary. Why don't we make an arrangement to get...
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By The Dude on September 21, 2007 10:39 AM
Jason Taylor tells USA Today that he has been taking a piss for the NFL with a lot more frequency ever since he spoke out publicly about Shawne Merriman's facination with roids and roids related products & goods. "Since I made those comments, I've been tested more than ever," says Taylor, the reigning defensive player of the year. "It's supposed to be random, but I guess that computer has a star on it, next to my name. I guess they want to make sure I practice what I preach."But, says JT, he don't mind."There's a need to keep the game clean and also to protect people's health," Taylor said. "And at the end of the day, it's against the law." The NFL says players are subject to up to...
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By The Dude on September 20, 2007 7:01 PM
Just when you thought things couldn't possibly get any worse for the Dolphins, we get this bit of news. Fuck. I think the word 'fuck' is the best word to apply to this situation. Fuck....
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By The Dude on September 20, 2007 1:06 PM
You see this hammered, incredulous bastard doing some kind of Mick-Jagger-on-acid-jig while still somehow managing to not spill his beverage? That’s our very own FinsNation All Star commenter, Dat Roro Kid. Embrace him, Nation. And be very proud. For as of this moment, he is our official FN New York City correspondent. And this very weekend, he will be infiltrating enemy territory as he heads into the Meadowlands for this Sunday’s Dolphins-Jets match up. That’s right. Roro Kid's got hisself Fins-Jets tickets and is going to be representing you, Nation. Look at that picture. Look at it. Look at it! Doesn’t it just make you swell with pride? Ahh … drunken Dolphins fans. Is there any other kind, really? Roro, or Roger if you prefer, will be handing in...
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By The Dude on September 20, 2007 12:34 PM
Got a ton of e-mails (aside from all the comments) about my MVN John Beck article from Tuesday. Got a few that disagreed and, honestly to my surprise, a good amount of readers that agreed with me. But I would like to address one thing. The column I wrote is based on collective studies I've done on my own as well as a lot of info taken from Mr. David Lewin of FootballOutsiders fame. And while football analytics isn't as static as, say, baseball sabrmetrics ... the numbers usually are dead on and pretty accurate. However, that said, I am not saying that if Beck doesn't start soon or any time this season that he'll NEVER make it as an NFL QB. What I am saying is that the...
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By The Dude on September 20, 2007 8:45 AM
A Jets fan says the Dolphins have been spying on the Jets' practices for a few seasons now. This was reported in the NY Daily News. So it's gotta be true.A longtime Jets fan, who regularly attends training-camp practices, is absolutely convinced the Dolphins have been sending a scout/spy to Jets practices for years. That, of course, is against league rules. It’s the same guy every year, according to the fan. The suspected spy dresses in a Jets golf shirt and Jets cap, blending into the crowd at the open practice. He sits atop the bleachers with a legal pad, taking detailed notes. One day, our fan friend sat near the spy and noticed he was wearing a Dolphins watch. Hmm. Afterward, the fan followed him out to the...
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By The Dude on September 19, 2007 8:33 AM
Okay. So. We suck balls. Big hairy rhinoceros balls. Oh-and-two and staring down the barrel of another season blown into oblivion. We're clinging our hopes on a 37 year old concussed has-been QB and a group of receivers that go through some bizarre pre-game rituals, among them, rolling in a vat of butter and Vaseline just before kickoff. Our once stout defense looks like a fat camp marathon after one quarter of play. Joey Porter has been abducted and replaced by some sort of android football player (obviously made in Korea because Koreans don't know dick about American football). Jason Taylor looks like he's about to lose his shit and start punching some random Sun-Sentinel reporter's nut sack if this team doesn't start winning soon. Our head coach loves...
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By The Dude on September 18, 2007 9:32 AM
Well, here it is. My argument/case for staring the John Beck era right now. Hope I can convince you as much as I'm convinced that getting Beck into it as soon as possible is what's best for him and the future of the Dolphins. And one more thing: as bad as this offensive line can be at times, it's NOT as bad as David Carr's Texans' O-line. Besides, a lot more went into Carr's confidence being shattered than just bad blocking. John Beck will not be the next Carr or Couch or Weinke, etc. even if he starts right away. Anyway ... stop on over The Phish Tank and read my shit. And Go Fins! Bang it here: The Case For Starting the John Beck Era Right Now u...
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By The Dude on September 17, 2007 8:42 AM
Why we got massacred yesterday: So many articles out there breaking down the reasons why the Fins lost so badly to the Cowboys. But it's not that difficult to figure. Here's why we lost: - Time of possession. The Fins' offense couldn't get it going in the first half as it served up its usual go-round of three and outs. The defense was forced to stay on the field way too long. It eventually killed them. - No pressure on Tony Romo. At all. None. I wrote about it here and over at The Phish Tank -- this game was going to be won or lost by how our defense pressured Romo. Romo had time to do his nails, do some early X-mas shopping online, sketch a few portraits...
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By The Dude on September 16, 2007 8:06 PM
Last week the Dallas secondary gave up 312 yards and 4 TDs to Eli Manning and the Giants (an Eli Manning playing with a painful throwing shoulder injury). Today, Trent Green faced the same secondary and threw 4 INTs. Four. One, two, three, four. Here's what I said about him in my 2007 predictions: -He's a 37 year old quarterback on the decline-He's an interception machine-He's yet another cast-off QB taking the helm of this team Today against Dallas, his passes were way off course, his throws had no torque whatsoever and his reads were atrocious. Only a spectacular catch in the endzone by Derek Hagan keeps Green's stat line from being a complete abortion. I never liked the whole Green to Miami thing from the beginning, let alone...
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By The Dude on September 16, 2007 12:02 AM
Celebrating the 31st anniversary of the NFL-United Way community service partnership, NFL All Stars were selected to serve their communities. Today, a special message about gamesmanship and being a good sport to the children of America, from Dolphins linebacker Joey Porter: "Wuz up, mutha f&$#ers. Joey Porter here. Some mutha f&$#ers call me J-Peezey. That's cool. You can call me that if you want. What I don't like is when some fool calls me Jesus. Like when I bust a mutha f&$#er up on the football field and he screams, "Jesus make the pain stop!" I'd like to make the pain stop. But I can't. It's my job to not make the pain stop. And stop calling me Jesus, mutha f&$#er! "Today we face the Dallas Cowboys. And I'm...
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By The Dude on September 14, 2007 5:21 PM
I'M MY OWN PIMP: I'll be posting my FN Dolphins-Cowboys preview here later. But for now, go check out my weekly scouting series over at The Phish Tank. It's a weekly break-down of specific players of note for both the Dolphins and their opponents and what we can expect to be some key matchups for each game. I also point out a particular player for each team to keep an eye on, who may be the key to a win or a loss. It's full on Dolphins football scouting and analysis without the inane crazy ramblings and douche bag jokes you find here. Scouting Week 2: Cowboys at Dolphins...
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By The Dude on September 14, 2007 1:24 PM
(Thanks to Ant for the link)...
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By The Dude on September 14, 2007 8:31 AM
-Trent Green's been playing a lot of grab-ass in the huddle with his receivers, telling guys to keep their chins up and giving a lot of hang-in-there-buddy pep talks. This is what Green has to resort to in order to get David Martin and Chris Chambers to catch a football. It's like a New Age deal. Gone are the days when Marino would spit fire and grab receiver's face masks and threaten to throw them into a nest of killer hornets for dropping a pass of his. But if it works, it works. I guess we'll see come Sunday. Besides, what choice does Green have? It's David Martin or bust. And that's cool. I'm all about the suspense over whether or not a receiver will catch a pass that...
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By The Dude on September 13, 2007 9:47 AM
-The Dolphins are getting ready to play the Cowboys this week. And, as most of us know, the Cowboys know how to score points. And, as most of us know, our secondary is highly flammable. Dallas quarterback Tony Romo threw 5 TDs last week against the G-Men. And then there is T.O. So right off the bat, our new safeties are going to earn their paychecks. Both Lamont Thompson and Donovan Darius practiced yesterday. Darius, who is familiar with defensive coordinator Dom Capers' schemes from their two seasons together at Jacksonville, yet never ceases to be creeped out by the squirrel on Capers' head, worked with the base defense Wednesday, playing behind Travares Tillman. Most likely, Tillman will start on Sunday. You read that correctly. And stomach acid just...
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By The Dude on September 13, 2007 1:35 AM
Some final thoughts on the Patriots' cheating thing before we move on: Got a lot of responses in the comments and via e-mail over my rants against the New England Douchebags and their cheatin' ways yesterday. Mostly positive stuff. But I also got crap from anonymous Patriots fans as well as friends and family that live in Hartford (part of my family lives there). Mostly stuff like "everybody cheats," and "you're just jealous of the Patriots" and "if this were the Buccaneers you wouldn't care," and the topper, "the Dolphins did the same thing to the Pats last year." All true to a degree. But let me address each one at a time. Then I'd like to move on to Dolphins stuff seeing that this is a Dolphins blog....
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By The Dude on September 12, 2007 1:40 PM
It seems like everyone living outside of the New England area, or not a part of the Patriots bandwagon or anyone not named Bill Simmons all agree on one thing about the New England Patriots: the New England Patriots are run by and are full of douchebags of the highest order. From top to bottom. Douchebags. Douchebags galore. For example, when the Dolphins dismantled the Pats last year and Tom Brady was given yet another new asshole to take home with him by Jason Taylor and the boys, and he was asked a post-game question somewhere in the avenue if whether or not the Fins had "figured them out," Dreamboat's reaction was something along the lines of, "Look at our record and look at their record and tell me...
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By The Dude on September 11, 2007 7:05 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Armando Salguero is reporting that the Fins have signed Donovan Darius and former Tennessee Titan Lamont Thompson. Both are expected to fill the void left by Yeremiah Bell. Update [8:00 PM]: To make room for the newcomers, the Fins placed Bell on IR and released Akbar Gbaja-Biamila. Thompson had been a starter for the Titans the past three seasons. He recorded 77 tackles and 3 INTs last season. Thompson also had a solid pre-season, recording 2 INTs and was reported to have looked good during training camp. He was released by the Titans in the off-season to make room for second year safety Calvin Lowry. Thompson had struggled a bit during his time in Tennessee but he's a guy you want coming off the bench rather than being...
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By The Dude on September 11, 2007 1:47 PM
Someone commented in yesterday's post about former Jags safety Donovan Darius possibly being an option to replace the injured Yeremiah Bell. The Dolphins brought him in for a workout today. Darius. Not the commenter. So there you go. Kudos to you, commenter. (I think it was Gersom. I'd check but my boss ... Is. Right. Next. To. My. Desk....) Darius was once considered one of the fiercest safeties in the NFL. But now he's 32 and coming off two major leg injuries: a torn ACL and a broken leg suffered late last season. But I say if he still has some fuel left in that hard hitting tank, let's sign him. Because otherwise, we'll be at the mercy of Travares Tillman and/or Jason Allen. And I'm not sure my ulcer...
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By The Dude on September 11, 2007 6:38 AM
Here you go. Nothing like a couple of beers and a couple of hot female Dolfans to wash away the bitter taste from such a bad start to the season. Hell, if Cam Cameron can move on from Sunday's painful loss, so can we -- right? I say, hells yea we can. So c'mon ... drink up! We lost Yeremiah Bell, our offensive line stinks worse than a whore house at low tide and our defense either were tired at the end of the game, or they just plain got their asses handed to them. But no biggie. If they weren't tired, I believe them. Let's just play better. And at least someone is taking blame for the crappy running game. At least guys are upset over all...
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By The Dude on September 10, 2007 6:08 PM
This from the Ah Shit! Files, the Dolphins are reporting that safety Yeremiah Bell has a torn Achilles tendon and is done for the season. The injury occurred during yesterday's 16-13 loss to the Washington Redskins. The team had initially reported that Bell had only suffered a calf injury. But it turns out it's much more severe. So our secondary, which has been suspect anyway, now loses its best play-maker for the year. Expect Travares Tillman to replace Bell in the lineup. Which is exactly like replacing a blown tire with a Spatula....
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By The Dude on September 9, 2007 8:36 PM
Stunned. But should I be? For a minute there I was about to jump off my couch and shout, "Woo-hoo!!" Because for a minute there, it seemed like the Dolphins, who hadn't won an opening day same since the Reagan administration, were about to start the season 1-0, on the road no less. But, yet again, they found a way to fuck it up. It's what we do best, really. If there were rings for that, we'd be the New England Patriots of fucking up winnable games. The Dolphins dropped their first game of the season, losing 16-13 in overtime to the Washington Redskins. And while losing this game wasn't such a shocker, the truth is ... this was a game the Fins should've won. Dropped passes, failed opportunities...
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By The Dude on September 9, 2007 12:00 AM
Can you feel it? Can you smell it? Can you taste it? It's finally here. Opening day. Shake off the cobwebs of a long off-season, leave Nick Saban's lying ass in the rearview mirror, forget the Daunte Culpepper thing ever happened, and get ready for a whole new season of ass-kicking, bone crushing, smashmouth, f*%# somebody up real good Miami Dolphins football. Enter a whole new era. Enter the Cam Cameron era. Enter the Joey Porter era. Enter Jason Taylor, Zach Thomas, Matt Roth, Channing Crowder and Yeremiah Bell. Somebody's gonna get broken in half today. Courtesy of the best defense in the NFL. The Miami Vice-grip defense. Let's get it on! The Redskins are gonna curse the NFL schedule makers for drawing up the Fins today. Because our boys...
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By The Dude on September 7, 2007 4:56 PM
Time to put my balls out there and make some predictions for the 2007 season. Because that’s what bloggers are supposed to do. Put their balls out there. But not literally because that would just be weird. FN’s 2007 Miami Dolphins season predictions. 2007 Dolphins Predictions: 2007 Season Okay, let’s re-cap. Dave Wandstedt and his insipid mustache have shipped off to Pittsburgh where they continue their wild-n-crazy adventures in the world mediocrity. The Nick Saban era was filled with bad drafts, horrible trades, deceit and general All World dickishness. So now we start the Cam Cameron era. No mustache on him. And he’s not a dick. So far, so good. And while his first draft remains a source of controversy, the guy is all about family. He drafted Ted...
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By The Dude on September 7, 2007 12:06 PM
Back when we first launched the FinsNation blog on the World Wide Interwebs, Matt from the excellent Phinsider blog approached us for an interview for his 5 Good Questions With... series. Seeing that Matt has featured other top bloggers and Greg Cote in this series, we jumped at the chance. Who wouldn't want to be in the same blog series as THE Greg Cote?! Well... we thought we'd return the favor and ask Matt 5 questions of our own. If you haven't already, bookmark the Phinsider in your favorites right next to FinsNation and The Phish Tank. Really, these should be the only three Dolphins blogs you ever read. 5 Marginally Decent Questions with the Phinsider: 1. Who do you think will make the most impact on the Dolphins offense...
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By The Dude on September 6, 2007 4:50 PM
- Chris Chambers and Marty Booker are switching places on the field. Ideally, this move is suppsoed to give Chambers more opportunities to get down field and make plays, which is what we saw when he played under Scott Linehan when he was the O-coordinator down here. I still stand by my Chambers predictions, however. - A Q&A with my man-crush, Jason Taylor. Judging by some of the questions, I'm surprised no one was killed during this news conference. - Armando Salguero lists the reasons why the Dolphins should get off to a fast start this season. I happen to agree with him. My concern is the second half schedule. - Gene Wojciechowski lists 100 things we'll see this season. Among them: What he says about the Dolphins:...
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By The Dude on September 6, 2007 2:30 PM
Time to put my balls out there and make some predictions for the 2007 season. Because that’s what bloggers are supposed to do. Put their balls out there. But not literally because that would just be weird. FN’s 2007 Miami Dolphins season predictions: Trent Green What an amazing trade we made! Trent Green. Wow. Call the cops. Randy Mueller just robbed Carl Peterson like a German tourist lost in downtown Miami. Super Bowl here we come! This is going to be a … uh, what’s that? Huh? Oh. This isn’t the year 2000. Right. Forgot. My bad. Ok. Then let’s look at what the 2007 Trent Green model has to offer. 2004 was a very good year for Trent: 4,591 yards, 27 touchdowns and 10 INTs. A 66.4 completion...
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By The Dude on September 5, 2007 8:32 PM
A few weeks ago I told you about a column I wrote for the excellent Pittsburgh sports blog Mondesishouse on why I think the Dolphins will be better than the Steelers this season. They posted it today. So bang on the link, check it out and tell me what you think. Meanwhile, I'll be checking my inbox for the wave of angry e-mails I'll be receiving from the Pittsburgh area. Why the Dolphins Will Be Better Than the Steelers in 2007 . ....
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By The Dude on September 5, 2007 5:59 PM
Time to put my balls out there and make some predictions for the 2007 season. Because that’s what bloggers are supposed to do. Put their balls out there. But not literally because that would just be weird. FN’s 2007 Miami Dolphins season predictions: Ronnie Brown I love me some Ronnie Brown. I think he’s the tits. Sure, he’s yet to show us he’s deserving of that number two overall pick in the 2005 draft. But I’m convinced there’s a star workhorse running back somewhere inside him. Cam Cameron wants us to think he’s not so convinced. But how can he not be? Ronnie has ideal size and pass-catching abilities you want from a 230-plus pound running back. He is capable of 4.48 speed (ideally fast for his size) and...
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By The Dude on September 5, 2007 12:34 PM
Time to put my balls out there and make some predictions for the 2007 season. Because that’s what bloggers are supposed to do. Put their balls out there. But not literally because that would just be weird. FN’s 2007 Miami Dolphins season predictions: Chris Chambers We’re a long ways away from 2005, sunshine. Remember 2005? Back when Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston were going to be together forever, gas prices were at a mere $4.42 per gallon and that chick from No Doubt started acting like she’s black. Dolphins receiver Chris Chambers had himself a Pro Bowl season then, catching 11 touchdowns and 1,118 yards. Then 2006 rolled around, and he went the way of the shitter. 677 yards and only 4 touchdowns for the season. And let’s not...
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By The Dude on September 5, 2007 6:45 AM
We're just a day away from the start of the NFL season. I'll be posting my season predictions today and tomorrow, including how I think the Dolphins will fare and how certain individual Fins players will do this season. Until then, here's what's happening with the Dolphins around this crazy thing we call the Interwebs: - Looks like LJ Shelton has slimmed down and earned back his starting right tackle job. It's always good when your offensive linemen have some sort of experience at the position they've been assigned to. Shelton started 11 games at right tackle last year. Right now, I have no confidence in this Dolphins offensive line whatsoever. But having Shelton back and starting at RT over the useless Anthony Alabi makes sense in what is...
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By The Dude on September 4, 2007 6:39 AM
The Dolphins released their latest depth chart heading into Sunday's season-opener against the Redskins. No surprises, really. Except for the fact that Ronnie Brown is still listed as the primary kick returner. Although Armando Salguero says that Brown was not returning kicks during practice. I think we're going to see Ted Ginn and Lorenzo Booker doing the majority of KRs. So enough with all your macho head-games, Cam Cameron! Oh and in other news ... J-Peezey expects to play against the Redskins. J-Peezey's prediction for the Redskins on Sunday? Pain. ;...
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By The Dude on September 1, 2007 4:41 PM
The Dolphins have until 6PM today to make made their final cuts: - The most suprising cut: FB Cory Schlesinger. Which means rookie Regan Mauia will be the starting fullback. Schlesinger's legacy as a Dolphin? Some shitty little space-filler I wrote about him a couple of days ago. Still I thought he looked very good in games and in training camp. Tough to see him go. List of released players: -FB Cory Schlesinger -WR Az-Zahir Hakim -OG Tala Esera -DE Mkristo Bruce -WR PK Sam -TE Courtney Anderson -DE Jorge Cordova -FB Kyle Eckel -TE Aaron Halterman -QB Gibran Hamdan -S Tuff Harris -CB Derrick Johnson -G Marquay Love -WR Michael Malone -TE Tim Massaquoi -G Stephen Parker- -CB Geoff Pope -DT Brian Soi -T Julius Wilson -LB Jim Maxwell-...
Tags: Dolphins, Miami Dolphins, NFL
