that a one year contract turns into more

I think there are three important factors why JT won’t look 35 this coming season:
1- During his time in DC, he only had 50% tackles and 30% sacks compared to his last two seasons in Miami, plus half the snaps at best. This means that he is coming in with fresh legs compared to guys his age, say Jay Ferguson, that played almost all season at a high level.
2- There are two roles Jason could probably have, the first being for him to be a situational pass rusher, say 3rd&long passing situations, and second, like Matty points out, he could share snaps with Joe Porter. But one thing is for sure, he wont be an every down player. That should keep him fresh and ready to go.
3- Jason will take part on the off season workout program and the coaching staff’s military like workout regime. Last season we all saw how our players seemed to have and edge physically wise against their rivals. Jason should be no different.

About Ronnie, I think that he is just approaching his prime just in the time that we are beginning to have a solid O-Line and QB. It would be a shame to see him go break records with other teams. Moreover, I really believe that the RB position is kind of underpaid, like somebody else was saying on another post, you can sign a top notch running back in him prime for 5 years and 6 mill a year with some of the money at the end of the contract in case you want to cut him or remake the deal when the production starts to go downhill. If you asked me, this doesn’t seem that bad at all. 6mil a year will get you a good enough WR, LB or OT, but not an MVP caliber player. Thats what we’ve got in Ronnie.

I still beleive we are in for great year in Sacks, maybe not as good as the 84 Bears with 72 sacks, but i think we get close with 69(yes that number does have a ring to it). The breakdown

Porter (fresher legs with some help from taylor/wake) 18.5 sacks
Taylor (not always double team’d with Porter/Wake on the other side) 16 sacks → CPOY
Roth (2nd year in this position thus more sacks) 10.5 sacks
Other Defensive lineman (Ferguson, Kendall, etc..) 8 sacks
Interior Linebackers ( yes you guys) 7 sacks
CBs, Safeties ( yessum, I like me some speed on the edges) 9 sacks

As for new contracts – Its a game of cat and mouse isnt it. Have the players in their last year work their butts off
and really perform and pay them the big bucks(Ronnie/Bess/Fasano) all deserve or sign them prior to their last year and risk them getting injured. We are in for a great year….

JT! He will be use properlly!
About MF(Faulk) saying anything about football contracts and listening to him is as listening to a kid about doing your taxes! He is an idiot!
And Salguero is another idiot!!, saying that Bess is not making the roster? quote"he also is not guaranteed a roster spot." That the dumbest thing ever!!
Good thread tho! but a lot of idiots talking about stuff they dont know sh***

If the future of RB is with us, that is only known by the trifecta, that is if Sparano knows about it!!

the R&R boys are gonna have big years, and this in particular I think is a truism ……

I don’t think a team needs a true #1 receiver. This Dolphins team, in particular, doesn’t need one because they seem to use different receiver packages for different situations. And that can get the job done – assuming you have a receiving core with a wide range of abilities. The Dolphins have just that.

You could always count on Trace to produce when you really needed it.

But about Brown, this really is faulty logic:

Like Faulk said, though. If the Dolphins wanted to trade him, they could have traded him. There would have been takers for Brown. And that makes me think that Faulk’s theory has more fact to it than fiction.

That’s like saying that “if the Dolphins wanted to trade out of the overall #2 spot in the draft, they could have”. Anyone remember the LOOONG debate prior to that draft? In order to trade you need – A) a trading partner, B) who is willing to give fair value.
Anyone who says the Fins didn’t want to trade out of that spot was not paying attention. And sure, if they had wanted to take 7th rounder, I’m SURE they could have found a trading partner, right? But no team with any smarts is going to just give away their assets.

So to make the statement about Ronnie, “If the Dolphins wanted to trade him, they could have traded him.” is misleading.

If the Dolphins had wanted to take a 7th rounder, sure they could have traded him. But to get fair value for a running back is difficult. They usually hit their stride early, in thier 1st or 2nd year, and then depreciate rapidly. Years 3, 4, and 5, tend to be a good RBs most productive seasons. Their effective lifespan tends to be around 8 years. Not that they can’t be productive after that, but they are usually on the decline and no longer considered “elite”.
Faulk’s 8th season was his last 1000 yd season. LT, who is better than Faulk ever was, just completed his 8th season (over 1100 yds and 11 TDs), and (in spite of the fact that he has been one of the most durable backs to play the game) had to settle for a 3 yr, 17 million extension – because of expectations that he “no longer has it”.

And Ronnie Brown? In his first 4 seasons, he has broken 1000 yds only once. You say he was injured; I say lack of durability (LT has missed 1 game in 8 years). Ronnie has scored more than 5 TDs only once; Faulk went 10 seasons before he had a year in which he scored less than 7 (LT has never scored less than 10 TDs).
If you, or Ronnie, want to consider Ronnie an “elite” back, he should show us some “elite” numbers. Until then, he is all about potential, and if history holds true he only has 4, maybe 5 “elite” level years left.

So, how do you value that? Do you really think another team is going to come along and offer 1st round picks for “potential”? As much as the Fins might have wanted to trade him, I seriously doubt they would get any offer worth his potential.