Pondering the re-signing of Jason Ferguson

Too much inside info we don’t know. Come mid-season he’ll be worth his weight in “ped’s.”

Not to mention that hell be a good mentor to any guy that we draft

I think. I mean this could be a blessing in disguise. I still think we need to find a NT for the future but he will be able to come in and be fresh for the second half and playoffs.

it can’t hurt to have him as an option over the last half of the season. NT is too important to this defense to not cover our basis.

if we don’t need him much because we’ve developed a young NT, well that is a great ‘problem’ to have.

NT come in fresh mid way through. If we are indeed making a playoff push that could pay dividends.

This is a (very) short-term contract that has Ferguson teaching a youngin’ through OTAs and training camp before possibly finishing out the last eight games of the season and retiring a Dolphin.

I think the moves made thus far are pretty good. Love the Dansby signing, I’m also one of the re-signing CP10 supporters. Cutting Wilson, Porter, and Ayodele I’m a strong supporter of.

On a side note, I don’t feel bad about Ross’ bank account, he’s filled to the tits with dat cheddah, and poppin that checkbook open to get Atogwe in the 305.

We now have a guaranteed fresh NT for games 9-16. That will be a huge benfit. Especially with how this team suffered through injuries last season. By the time he is ready to come back, I am sure we won’t have a diffocult time finding a roster spot.

Plus, this will give Ferguson an extra 2 months to continue rehab and get stronger. That can’t be a bad thing.

Too bad he had to be using PEDs though. Opens him, and the team, to ridicule they don’t need.

This is a tough one. I truly think that Ferg. is still premier at the NT position. His age is the only issue. At his age it is unlikely that he would be able to perform at this position injury free the entire season anyway. Having him fresh for the last half and playoffs may be a very good decision. Plus he can jack himself full of whatever it is he is taking until then and be totally HULKED out!!!

Maybe he will even turn green!! It would look great with the orange!!

it is mostly as a mentor role. I believe Ferg could realy help a young DT that we draft or get through free agency. He would help get them acclimated to the position, and working for Parcells and Sporano.

“The idea that the front office is filled with hypocrites. Bill Parcells has said he doesn’t want any “thugs or hoodlums” on this team. But this roster has a couple of guys who have been arrested and now will have a two-time PED offender. "

I disagree with keeping him for the reason above…PLUS FERGY is past it…. sorry its just plain true. Jason is NOT dominating anymore…. even when healthy he is not a top 10 NT…It does show how MGT loves thier “own” players. Loyalty is a good quality – but with Parcells it’s all about him… WHERE WAS THE TEAM LOYALTY for ZACK THOMAS ? BP cut him loose without even a thought… and he did have 1 more good year with Dallas.
suppose this means we are STUCK with PAT WHITE for a while before MGT admits that mistake also…When you want “buy In” to the total team concept & accountability for your actions- this reeks of SPECIAL TREATMENT. … which is bad for an org.
I will hope for the BEST if he returns to the team – because I CHEER for ALL Dolphins, and FERGY will give 100%…. No problems there. I do understand that having him back for the PLAYOFF PUSH is a very enticing option…. but we should just move on. If they do NOT draft a NT with “starter ability” then FO is making a HUGE mistake this year…. and should look to do this by rounds 2-3 at the latest.

back in the day steroids was a part of football, it was common knowledge that most guys were on steroids, and what were they trying to do,……. play better, can’t say the same for Ricky, he got multiple suspensions because he wanted to feel good, the problem with both is the ramifications to the team should you get caught, not if your cheating.

This is a good move and I don’t think this will have any bearing on what they do at the NT position in the draft.

even if he is just a mentor or a one year fill in we all know the weak spots we need to address on this team and it dosn’t hurt to have too many quality players at those positions, but i also hope we draft his replacement this year to give that guy a year to work with jason

Ferg was going to retire anyway, if he did not come back and play for the Fins this season. I am sure part of the deliberation over this decision was based on wear and tear through out the year. This is just an insurance policy to allow him to go through camp. It’s like a reverse Injured Reserve. The Triad can see how the rest of the offseason develops, maybe pick up a NT in a later round to develop, and give Soliai one more chance in camp. Then (I believe if he is suspended he doesn’t count against the 53) we can try to figure out the starter and if we have an injury at the position we have a built in spare for the 2nd half of the season.

This is Fergi’s last year regardless, and as far as BP goes, I would imagine he is comfortable overlooking this in light of the overall good soulja Ferg has been.

Any time that you evaluate a player, you need to ask this simple question: Does this player get me closer to a Super Bowl? For Fergie the answer is yes but for only the ‘10 season because he isn’t going to last much longer than that. He is old and injury prone. So, I consider this a positive move because the only reason to sign this player at this stage of his career is to make a run at the Super Bowl this year. That works for me.

 I’m sure there will be retesting during the suspension.

He’ll be fresh for our superbowl run, oh yeah I went there.

yeah, great signing

This photo was taken moments after Jason found out Bill Parcells still wanted him despite his injury and his suspension. Time to celebrate, big guy!

Consider me a sleuth, Sherlock