GREAT SEASON DOLPHINS!

by tenaciouslee on Jan 4, 2009 4:44 PM EST

Thank you Bill Parcells

Thank you Coach Sparano

Thank you Jeff Ireland

Thank you Dan Henning

Thank you Brett Farve for enabling us to land Chad Pennington

I hope there are no substantive changes to this front office and coaching staff, as I trust them completely to make smart off season decisions and improve this team even more.

So let the speculation begin - who stays, who goes, who do we pick up, who do we draft, what positions get addressed?

They need to re-sign Crowder, that's a no-brainer in my opinion. Not sure what specific free agents they should go after beyond that, but I'd like to see us land a top-notch WR.

As for the draft, I say keep stocking up the lines - get some big men on both sides of the ball.

What do you think?

This fanpost was written by one of The Phinsider's registered users.

Tweet Comment 11 comments | 1 recs |

Do you like this story?

Comments

Great post, great comments and Right on target with your KUDOS!!!!!

GO PHINS!!!! We’ll get them NEXT YEAR!!!!!!!

by gr8sac on Jan 4, 2009 5:13 PM EST reply actions

2nd that, about acquiring size for our line

Would also like to see some improvements with our receiving corps!!!! Would like to see or lb’ers get aboost too!!!

Still all in all I am very impressed with what this group did as a WHOLE!!!!

by gr8sac on Jan 4, 2009 5:16 PM EST reply actions

awsome season

B more brought the D………… and Cp got rattled/ last yr 1 win this yr 11 and some great draft picks this yr were going deeper next yr………….

ride and die dolphin fan

by phinfan on Jan 4, 2009 5:32 PM EST reply actions

Phinsguy99's Draft "Wish List"

Some Corners

A nice WR

Not much really.

The Phins are awesome. Period.

by Phinsguy99 on Jan 4, 2009 7:22 PM EST reply actions

Yeah, a solid shutdown corner would be awesome

Our defensive backfield will need addressing – they overacheived this year, and we’ve got some UFA’s that we need to either re-sign or replace.

by tenaciouslee on Jan 4, 2009 7:46 PM EST reply actions

I think we need to take a good hard look at quarterback. I was really hoping for Henne in the 4th. Don’t get me wrong… I’ve been in love with Pennington all year (not like some of you guys tho, that’s not how I roll lol), but man… he stunk it up today. He does not handle the pressure well. At all. And that’s what you get when you make it to the playoffs. Tough defenses. Let’s face it, the AFC East had a pretty weak schedule and we didn’t see too many people get after the quarterback like the Ravens did today. That’s a huge compliment to the offensive line, which is solid. But when the pressure comes, we need somebody to make plays and not freak out. CP10 looked to me like he was playing scared when he was throwing the INT’s. It was not a pretty sight. Sad too when the defense was out there holding their own. It was a frustrating day… aaaaghhhh!!!!

That being said… I’ll be ordering my AFC East Championship gear tomorrow (I was holding off, just in case). And I can’t wait for next year… It’s an exciting time to be a Dolphin fan.

by EvilBunny on Jan 4, 2009 8:24 PM EST reply actions

CP10

On the whole, CP only had 2 bad games this year, and they were both against the Ravens. They have an elite defense. The Phins were playing under pressure the last 3-4 games of the season, when it became clear that they had control over their own destiny, and Chad played great in those games… granted none of them were against a defense the caliber of Baltimore, but my point is you can’t just chalk it up to high pressure situations. The 11 players on the other side of the ball had a lot to do with Chad’s performance yesterday. Like many others have said, if we didn’t have Chad, we don’t win the AFC East and host a playoff game. I’ll take that.

Now, all that being said – we do need to plan for the future and figure out if Henne is the one to succeed Penny, because that decision will come sooner rather than later. Penny is injury-prone and getting older, and, while I expect him to enter next season as the starter, there’s no guarantee he’ll finish the season as such.

by tenaciouslee on Jan 5, 2009 6:49 AM EST up reply actions

OLINE

we had injuries…with smiley and thomas in there we score that td on the 1st drive and the game changes. i want a right guard 1st round. this is ridiculous….we need to be able to run the ball without the wildcat…and we CANT right noe…it was painfully obvious today.

Will Allen folds in big games versus real WR’s…..time to replace him

"CP10 doesnt sleep....he waits"

by Rzayo24 on Jan 4, 2009 10:03 PM EST reply actions

the secondary is still a work in progress

YBell may be the only keeper as far as starter caliber. Goodman is a decent corner, probably best used in nickel situations moving forward, and is +30 as well. We won’t be taking a RG first round, not with Smiley and Thomas both coming back from injury.

I could honestly see us letting Carey walk and grabbing a RT early. He just didn’t have it this whole season, and he really looked slow out there today… I don’t know what it was, but I hope our coaches and FO do and make the right decision regarding that position.

"Are we doing this? Is this happening?"

by Little Nicky 21 on Jan 4, 2009 10:14 PM EST up reply actions

a couple good picks and better play calling

ride and die dolphin fan

by phinfan on Jan 4, 2009 10:28 PM EST reply actions

thanks

to all that u mentioned. it was a great season and we should be happy with what happened. it sucks we lost but whatever. we werent even supposed to be close to being AFC EAST CHAMPS!!!!!!!!!! noone can take that from us

smoking rally bowls for the phins since 2002! oh and screw the jets

by badjah on Jan 4, 2009 11:43 PM EST reply actions