http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/miam ... 3987.story

Exhale, Dolphins fans. The passing game combination of quarterback Ryan Tannehill to wide receivers Mike Wallace, Brian Hartline and Brandon Gibson seems on its way to a productive season.

Could be worse...Marlon Moore could be starting for us!

What? .....You mean he is starting for the super bowl runner up SF 49ers

Just shows that the previous regimes had no idea what kind of talent they had. Moore is another name to add to the list of players who played better after they left this team. That list includes Donald Thomas, Wade Smith, Samson Satele, Erik Walden, Rob Ninkovich, and Kevin Vickerson.

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Jumping the gun a tad on him, he has yet to play a regular season game. Simply a guy that the 9ers are working out at this point.


I think this regime and GM needs to be held accountable tho, they are "building through the draft" so we need to see some serious production from draft picks.

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Nothing very special there.....There is a guy playing for the Jets though, A ffield stretcher that could come in handy on 3rd down

Ninkovich is a beast for the Patriots. He played well here in preseason and they never gave the guy a shot.

he is a jag...put in position to succeed...they were close to benching him last preseason

Huh?

Pats LB Rob Ninkovich has blossomed into a leader

http://bostonherald.com/sports/patriots ... o_a_leader

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I actually liked Marlon Moore

Never heard this news. Just like I never heard Eli Manning was gonna be traded.

Ironically enough, our WRs are developing and so is RT. Hmmmmm....Ironically Moore is "starting" with Collin Kapernick throwing him the ball. QBs make the WRs better than they are? Or do the WRs make the QB? I'll take the former.

11 sacks in 3 years ..JAG

Jared Odrick has 11 sacks in 3 years. Is he "just a guy"?

EDIT: Btw your numbers are off. Ninkovich has 18.5 sacks the past 3 years. Not to mention 7 forced fumbles and 4 interceptions.

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/p ... nkRo20.htm

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marlon moore is "starting" for the 49ers in the preseason right now because crabtree and manningham are both hurt, not because they want him starting lol.

i said before last preseason..that would be 11...nobody said anything about 2013
and yes odrick who plays tackle some has been very average.......if wake had 11 sacks the next 3 years he would be gone

You made two separate comments. The first was "Patriots were close to benching him last preseason" and the other was "11 sacks in 3 years, JAG" ...... nowhere did you say you were meaning in all the seasons prior to last year.

Regardless, you get to randomly select which years we choose to focus on statistically and omit his best season? LOL

He clearly isn't a JAG on that squad. His teammates consider him a defensive leader and he's put up better numbers than Ellerbe, Wheeler, and Misi.

Also, anyone watching Odrick knows he's not "just another guy". In the 3-4 defense he did exactly as he was asked to do, which was eat up blockers and stuff the run. In the 4-3 defense he's playing out of position at the DE spot. When he moves inside he's pretty darn effective and is the very reason we haven't forked over a long term deal to Randy Starks.

A player's caliber is determined by more than his sack total.

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That's correct last preseason. That was before last season..11 sacks in three years..Not very good for a full time starter. Thats not random selection" before last preseason.. there was alot of talk of an upgrade around here.

And Odrick has done nothing special yet...I think he is ready to have a good year but he has been overpaid so far ..Every team has one.

FYI Odrick has started 19 games out of the last 32...jag

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1659 ... se-in-2013

Oh yes, that's random selection to support an argument alright .... let's examine his stats over the last 4 years to show the stark improvement he's made every year since he's been starting:

2009 - 15 games, 1 sack, no INT's, no FF
2010 - 16 games, 4 sacks, 2 INT's , 1 FF
2011 - 16 games, 6.5 sacks, 2 INT's 1 FF
2012 - 16 games, 8 sacks, 0 INT's, 5 FF

The guy has done nothing but improve and become an IMPACT player since 2009. As I stated before, NONE of our LB's can sport stats like that .... and we talk about sacks/turnovers a lot on this site when it comes to what our defense has been missing.

As for you Odrick comment, you continue to split hairs with words. First it was he's a JAG and then you add he's done nothing special yet ..... I never once mentioned anything about him doing "special" things, few players in this league are special anyways. So either you're special or just a JAG??

Your entire definition of a non-JAG player clearly revolves around sacks. Players have certain roles with their teams. That would be like saying Paul Soliai is a JAG because he gets no sacks. Btw, Odrick missed his entire rookie year with an injury. So why are you bringing up his games started?

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http://fifthdown.blogs.nytimes.com/2012 ... view/?_r=0

He sucked in 09 sucked in 10 and was average in 11 and 12 big deal

Rock i didn't say anything about last year...Before last preseason..He is a Jag put in position to succeed..The Patriots play with big leads and pin there ears back alot...There pass rush has been weak in part because the don't have an elite pass rusher..

Ninko is not elite...sorry to break that to ya

Hate to break it to you, but the argument was NEVER and has NEVER been about Ninko being elite. Tommy brought up a list of players we jettisoned who have gone on to play well for their new teams. Saying he's "not elite" does not refute Tommy's point.

Every team does the cliche thing of trying to put their players in position to succeed. That's what "systems" are about. Few players are "elite" to the point where their talent alone shines regardless of the system. Playing under that Patriots defense, Ninko has done nothing, but improve ..... this is an undeniable fact. Da'Hell do I care what he did in 2009 in his first season with the Patriots. It's about the whole body of work and how he's playing currently.

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No he's not elite but he's one of those guys that always has a knack for the big play. Miami needs a few guys like that.

The guy had freakin' 5 forced fumbles by himself last year. That's definitely something JAG's do right?

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No, special a jag or you suck....But you can make up your own if you like but thats mine.

Odrick hasn't even been a starter consistanly..That is just another guy in my book..Atleast until he proves otherwise




I didn't include his below average rookie year....

And Ninko is not above average in tackles or sacks

His team lacks pass rush in large part because of him..When he is all pro give me a yell

Ya he improved to average....Great!..He is in position to succeed because he plays so much..JAG

No he's not elite but he's one of those guys that always has a knack for the big play. Miami needs a few guys like that.

Then why don't all our starters succeed if they play a lot?

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LOL .... you didn't even know he missed his entire rookie year with injury and tried to skew his games started stat.



He's a good complimentary player who produces sacks and forces turnovers. Nobody is talking about "elite" or now your "all-pro" moniker.

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See before last preseason the Patsies were trying to upgrade...I believe thats what i said..

And Ninko is a jag...which he is

Gee, when i looked at his ESPN stats i didn't see any point in including his horrid 1st YEAR to make you even more embarrassed....

Nice JAP .... just average post.

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Ya a jag...Every team has them..They don't always start they play good when they get the matchup advantage but not so much against other matchups...
Jag

Call it what you want....

Succeed to average? Some do

Like Matt Moore....Everyone knew he wasn't good enough to start,well everyone that knew what a jag is anyway

And with that bed time!

8 sacks and 5 forced fumbles average? LOL

Enjoy your milk and cookies honey!

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and you watch, we'll probably cut Bumphis and he'll go on to be a star for the Patriots.

Wow... so about the topic... our Wide Receivers.

I actually think they've done wonders for Tannehill. Seeing him play against Tampa was great!

It seemed like he was more comfortable back there knowing he had 3 solid guys that could catch the ball.

I actually wondered during that game if Philbin asked him to try and get Clay the ball more... he seemed to keep trying and trying no matter how much Clay sucked, which he did... he sucked hard. Our Tight Ends will be invisible this year, no doubt. The WR's need to carry the passing game.

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Could be worse...Marlon Moore could be starting for us!

What? .....You mean he is starting for the super bowl runner up SF 49ers


Just shows that the previous regimes had no idea what kind of talent they had. Moore is another name to add to the list of players who played better after they left this team. That list includes Donald Thomas, Wade Smith, Samson Satele, Erik Walden, Rob Ninkovich, and Kevin Vickerson.

and you watch, we'll probably cut Bumphis and he'll go on to be a star for the Patriots.





Heck yeah guys, Moore tore it up today with not 1, not 2, but, wait for it, wait for ZERO catches. Sounds about right. BTW, I can't believe the 9ers traded a 5th or was it a 6th rd pick for that slow old WR named Boldin.