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Originally Posted by Snake Doctor
What the hell are you talking about "coughed up enough for a decent quarterback?"
Who was the quarterback who was available that the dolphins didn't get? Or were supposedly too cheap to pay for? Don't confuse the dolphins with the marlins ok?
1 year is way too early to judge the results of a trade, especially when it was a player for draft picks trade.
It's laughable that you call Welker a "marquee player" too. Randy Moss is the marquee player, Wes Welker's stats this year are what happens when the "marquee player" gets double coverage and the other team has to cover Welker with a linebacker. Line Welker up against another team's #1 cornerback and he never gets open.
The dolphins knew all along they wanted Ted Ginn in the draft, so why would they pay big money to the guy who was currently their return specialist and #3 wideout when they were planning on drafting someone in the 1st round who would take that job away from him anyways?
They took the draft picks, and picked Samson Satele, who has started the whole year at center and is going to anchor our O-line for years to come. That was a much bigger need for the dolphins than WR.
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Okay, I may have overstated it a bit with the "marquee player" thing. He's certainly playing like he's close to being one though.
I don't know who was available as a QB at the time this all went down, but there had to be somebody.... no? I have trouble believing that in all of football and college ball there wasn't one standout worth a few extra mill.
Want me to really mess with your head? .... they should have made a huge offer to Garcia.
lol
Hey, the guy has reawakened the Bucs hasn't he?
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Originally Posted by Snake Doctor
If Welker was still with the dolphins I seriously doubt it would have made any difference in this year's record.  |
Of course not, they don't have Brady (or anyone close to his calbre).
Most receivers are only as good as the guy tossing the meatball to them.
I still say if the Dolphins had of kept him and found themselves a better QB they'd have had a better season. Seems like several announcers agree with me on that, as several this past week alone pointed out that Miami all but handed him over to the Pats, and mentioned it in order to illustrate why they are having such a bad season.
So I don't think my earlier comments were all that far off base. (except for the "marquee player" thing)
In other news the Giants got booed off the field at half time against the Chiefs, ha ha.