As with many Dolphans..after last season it seems that every position is an issue.

We all have our opinions on which positions we feel are key and which positions you have some personal attachment to.........As I agree with alot of posts...it is usually the same people posting...........IN YOUR OWN OPINION.....share your likes and dislikes with where we are as a team NOW...... as the season opener gets comfortably or uncomfortably closer.......

#1 Our Quarterback situation.......Not being a Chad P. fan was really because I never had to be..starting to feel more comfortable with him being a Dolphin...not really a Henne fan...like Brohm better..BUT I must admit he looked pretty impressive Saturday..I am starting to think BP may have more coaching experience than myself..LOL...

#2 Our receiver situation......Like what I saw in Ginn (I reallly want to justify such a high draft pick)..Bess fan...the man has majic hands...rooting for Hagan but he has never blown me away....the rest of the story is to be played out....not really feeling confident in our hands......TE leaves alot of gray area but also alot of upside.

#3 Our Running Back situation....Feel the best here....I REALLY like the way Ricky has come on strong..my reply to the Ronnie Brown post explains my reasons...I am a Ronnie Brown fan but I feel shaky about this season for him....You never really know how a player will mentally get over such an injury until they have at least a full season in the bag..sometimes two... Cobbs...I think he may be the sleeper we need and may just impress us more than we know this year...Parmele..will see..did well against a conference with spotty talent....we'll see if that translates to an NFL level..more often than not it doesn't....with BP drafting him you can be sure he will get more than his fair chance to make the team..my own feelings are that if BP & Co. brought them in than they have to prove they are not worthy rather than worthy...It is kinda like China scoring their own athletes...sure its fair..LOL...

#4 Our Offensive Line......still think that was a good #1 draft but I am overly eager to see him get GREAT..not just good....Liked what I saw saturday although penaltys were again a justifiing indication of how new together we are.....Depth concerns me...

#5 Our kicking game.....I must say...as much as I saw him last year Feely made me feel cofident and cutting him was a concern to me...but his mouth kinda put an exclamation mark on the deal...bad mouth the team and it gets personal...kickers do get little respect....we probably under rate them all the time...long time Phin Phans can remember ( Johnson debakle I think) when we cut a veteran for a no name  and SUCKED, SUCKED, SUCKED in the kicking game....Saturdays game made me feel alot better about Carpenter...College success does not guarantee NFL success..the pressure can wreek havoc on a "Freshmans" confidence..

#6 Special Teams..... I have real concerns here....we MUST improve all around....sadly enough...though they only account for a few plays..repeated missed tackles and poor runbacks can be the deciding factor in alot of evenly matched games....

#7 Defensive Line....I think we are on the right track....I am anxious to see the fresh faces gelling together better.....need more pressure on QB's...gonna miss JT but somehow the "Gay" dancing with the stars thing makes me feel better about him being gone for some reason...(no offense to pole smokers...I mean "Gay" as in ..happy..joyous..yeah..thats what I mean...I like nuts too..just not on my forehead)

#8 LineBackers.....I played linebacker for years...this is personal......I am concerned that Crowder is not smart enough to be the answer to the Thomas era.....Zach was really "Smart" at reading offenses...that being said he usually had 2 steps in that direction and always found himself around the ball......Linebackers are like air bags in cars..it is a comfortable feeling knowing they are there and that they work.... I am not sold at all on our LB situation....

#9 Corner Backs...We have depth...just seems like it's all at the same level....I feel fairly confident here.....although we have no "Proven" talent we match well with speed..as the league goes to taller recievers the day of the 5'9" corner back is numbered....Playing well 90% of the game may be acceptable for lineman..but NEVER for a CB....I see much room for improvment here..especially for 3rd and long when we fail to make plays and hand them a fresh set of downs..THAT PISSES ME OFF!

#10 Safety situation......Confidence level is slightly better than the Cornerback level...at least we have backups...never knew you could need so many......We will just have to see how it plays out when we play someone like NE or now maybe even the Jets (typing that hurts my fingers)Mr Broadway #4 is a gunslinger...maybe we can capitalize on that instead of getting smoked...

#11 Overall..... On a scale from 1 to 10...my own personal feelings are that we are now at a 5.5.....with a few more games in the "W" column..I say we could easily raise that a point or two just for confidence value alone......Gonna be an Interesting Season Guys.....Lets Hang on Tight and enjoy the Ride....130 without a Helmet...almost anything could be an Improvement over last years Wreck!

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