Ryan Clark spends day visiting with Dolphins, re-signs with Steelers
In what is a bit of a surprise, safety Ryan Clark has re-signed with the Steelers, according to various media outlets. This comes after Clark landed in Miami yesterday and told some Miami writers that he hoped to sign with the Dolphins during his visit on Monday.
The Dolphins are now left to wonder how they plan to fill their void at free safety following the release of Gibril Wilson last week.
While on the surface it seems as though Clark simply used the Dolphins as leverage for a better deal with the Steelers, Clark's agent insists it wasn't about the money. In fact, agent Joel Turner says that Clark actually left money on the table to return to Pittsburgh on a four year deal.
"This is no indictment in any way of the Dolphins organization," Turner said. "He just didn’t want to be there. Those guys were great. They treated him great, showed him a good time. They’re going to be successful with him or without him. He just felt he needed to be somewhere else."
"[Clark's family] is happy. I would hope anybody with a family could understand that. Anybody who doesn’t have a family and can’t understand that, I hope someday they will."
So where do the Dolphins turn now?
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They should definitely get him in the building...Fast..
Maybe we pickup Sharper? I heard we’ve been in contact with his group….
by Phin-Phan-Phorever on Mar 8, 2010 8:55 PM EST up reply actions
I called it!!! lol jk
No, I didn’t call this….I really would have liked to have a punishing FS back there but maybe it’ll be a blessing in disguise.
by Phin-Phan-Phorever on Mar 8, 2010 8:56 PM EST reply actions
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“[Clark’s family] is happy. I would hope anybody with a family could understand that. Anybody who doesn’t have a family and can’t understand that, I hope someday they will.”
So is he saying the wife wears the pants in the family, and he wanted to come to Miami but the Mrs said no.
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I don't take it that way
This is a business and ultimately you have no one to answer to other than yourself and your family. If Clark was happier staying in cold ass “Steelerville” as opposed to South Beach, hey more power to him. He didn’t owe the Steelers anything and he damn sure didn’t owe us anything. I would have personally liked to have had him if the price was cheap…….but it didn’t work out.
Now we move ahead and possilbly try to sign Atowge or Sharper for a good price. If that doesn’t work, then draft an impact FS from the draft. It’s not the end of the world. We have enough holes to fill on defense that we can basically close our eyes, point our fingers, and come up with a position that needs upgrading!
by Vanman_FishFan13 on Mar 9, 2010 9:30 AM EST up reply actions
Wow, I was really hoping we'd sign him....
Insane how this all went down.
If this post contains no substance, just assume that my answer is Brandon Marshall. Pay the 1st and 3rd, get the proven guy, and don't worry about that position for the next decade.
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Dolphins should never have released Wilson
Yes an unpopular statement, but at least they should have waited to see if they could have landed Rolle or Clark! Wilson was a better option then what the Fins have right now, and I believe he would have been better than last year.
Now this creates a void that the Dolphins need. Good thing they got Dansby, because their top needs are OLB, FS, NT and WR (in no order) Clearly the Fins could not plan for Fergusons suspension but they are not going to 3-4 starters in round 1-4.
If I would GM I draft FS with the 1st, OLB with the 2nd and DT with 3rd. I’d also pick up J. Williams from the Chargers in FA to help because a rookie DT in the 3rd is not going to step in right away. I’d also give a serious look at A. Bryant… even Terrel Owens at this stage.
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by DPL3 Rollin on Mar 8, 2010 9:21 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
or we could re-sign GW for 2 mill per year ; )
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re-signing Gerbil is the most likely option right now!
believe it or not, we could restructure his deal to a short term deal worth somewhere around $4-6 million over 2 years. This could work out well, and we could go into the draft with some flexibility in the first two rounds on which needs we address. Wilson would surely improve. This would be his 2nd season playing as a FS in the Fins system. If he does not improve, then just cut your ties for good.
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If we have to have him .
and we can’t find a better solution via free agency or the draft then yes, hire him back at a substantially cheaper salary! But don’t waste alot of money on garbage
by Vanman_FishFan13 on Mar 9, 2010 9:38 AM EST up reply actions
you must have missed most of the dolphins games last year!!
There is no way that Clemens or Culver can do worse than Wilson did last year! They can only match his garbage tackling and coverage! Wilson is gone and I hope he stays gone!
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I don't want to keep Wilson at the price we were paying him just because
I am all in favor of releasing him, trying to find or draft someone better, and if not, then resign him for a much lower price tag. Believe me, our defense will have a hard time being worse than the one we fielded last year! Read again….we were 30th ranked in scoring defense! What does that mean? Only the LIONS and RAMS were worse!
I don’t want to hear about YPG and that crap. Yards are the measurement by which defenses are legitimately graded….it’s points and we sucked. So why should we keep weaknesses from that sorry squad when the price tag was way above what they warranted??
I mean really…..if you had your own company and an employee wasn’t very good at all in regards to what he was doing, would you keep over paying for that bad quality or would you go else where? Companies do it all the time, they fire someone and will go short staffed or use temp fill ins at a substantially reduced salary vice overpay simply to have someone.
by Vanman_FishFan13 on Mar 9, 2010 9:35 AM EST up reply actions
I still think they thought Rolle was coming to Miami
I don’t think they expected NYG to top them, no matter how far out of the ballpark they were.
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Saving money
This isn’t the first time the Trifecta has released a high-priced veteran so that the young players can take over. These guys have made it clear that there must be a significant difference between a highly-paid vet and a developing young guy to justify keeping the vet, and there simply wasn’t enough of a difference here. Remember them releasing Eric Green last year? That automatically put a rookie (!) into the starting role! There just wasn’t enough of a performance difference to justify stunting a young player’s development.
My guess is, they felt the same way about Clark, or they would have offered more.
my way
draft D.Williams with the first pick, Jerry Hughes with the second, Jimmy Graham with the Third and Robert Johnson with the 4th. I feel either Patrick Turner or Julius Pruitt will step it up this offseason.
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by DPL3 Rollin on Mar 8, 2010 9:26 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Hartline will be a BEAST!!
If Marshall can be taken with a 1st round, then ok, but if not, lets wait for Hartline to develop.
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hartlines good but i dont know about this beast you speak of hes not a no. 1
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He didn't say #1, he said BEAST!!! You must bow down and agree lol jk
Which everyone has to agree with, HARTLINE makes plays. It’d be cool if he could develop into a #1.5 lol
by Phin-Phan-Phorever on Mar 8, 2010 10:27 PM EST up reply actions
I dont know about if he is NOT a #1
I might agree with u for know. But most WR r not #1 in there 1st year. He has impreses me in his 1st year, maybe not u.
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Hartline impressed like crazy....for being a rookie....
He beat out everyone for the right to be on the field almost every play. I did notice a big difference thought when GINN wasn’t on the field because it left Hartline exposed a little bit. The guy needs to be on our team for years to come.
by Phin-Phan-Phorever on Mar 9, 2010 2:03 AM EST up reply actions
This
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turner...
turner didnt suit up one game last year..why do all these ppl think hes gonna get good overnite??? just cuz you’re tall doesnt mean you can play in the nfl
because rookies don't usually make an instant impact
especially mid-round WR’s. He was drafted to develop, and he’s developing. Why is that so hard to understand?
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by Little Nicky 21 on Mar 9, 2010 5:31 PM EST up reply actions
Neither did Vincent Jackson
He “sucked” his 1st year. But the Chargers developed and allowed him time to grow as a player. Now look at him.
by Vanman_FishFan13 on Mar 10, 2010 7:43 AM EST up reply actions
And Miles Austin
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Agree! Plus our defense NEEDS the upgrade! Our offense doesn’t NEED upgrading, they were decent with essentially a rookie QB and a very young WR corps. They will only get better this year with more time to gel. In the mean time, our already old and bad defense would only be even worse if we don’t address the glaring holes!
Now does that mean I wouldn’t like a serious stud WR? No, absolutely not….I would LOVE one. But not more than I would love a solid defense! This is the draft to fill many of those holes for the next 5-7 years.
by Vanman_FishFan13 on Mar 9, 2010 9:42 AM EST up reply actions
Maybe if T Mays gets some coaching
He can be who everyone thought he was last year,
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I don’t think this guy was the answer, and honestly I think we can do a lot better
Can you blame him?
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I hope that isn’t the case. If it isn’t, then he needs to really take a look at his judgement that puts himself in those situations. So he strikes me as either a bad creep or a dumb ass.
by Vanman_FishFan13 on Mar 9, 2010 2:47 PM EST up reply actions
I dont especially think he's doing anything
but he’s just a really easy target now. Any women that has any social interaction will clambering to get his moneys.
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He kinda scared me anyway to be honest ....
I don’t want to see our guys get themselves knocked out… He hits hard, but he turns his head and closes his eyes according to the interview someone posted the other day? Now maybe this is just a little bit of Pop Warner football talking, but doesn’t that sound a little bit wrong from a fundamentals standpoint??
I saw him get hit as hard as he hit the other guy. He was getting picked up off the ground, too. He lost his spleen and his gall bladder, and can’t play in Denver because of the altitude? Wow, talk about damaged goods. Players with 1st round grades have dropped beyond the 7th round for sillier reasons than that. We seriously want to pick up a 30 yr old guy who has throughout his career knocked himself out cold and has had a spleen and a gall bladder removed due to playing?
Are we trying to build a Super Bowl team or are we stuck in some weird football flick? Should we go after a NT that eats live chickens before the game, or maybe a WR that is extremely fast but can’t catch?(wait… we actually already have him)
You can't teach speed though.....
or catching apparently either….talk about a conundrum.
by Phin-Phan-Phorever on Mar 9, 2010 2:04 AM EST up reply actions
Draft FS round 1
You could sign Darren Sharper to a short term deal and draft Earl Thomas. Let him learn from one of the best. Go Cam Thomas in the second.
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I like the thought of Sharper
I just don’t know what his asking price is….anyone have a clue? I also like the idea of Earl Thomas as well…..assuming Berry is gone (which is virtually a sure thing)
by Vanman_FishFan13 on Mar 9, 2010 9:49 AM EST up reply actions
Well that was intresting
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by John Stephens on Mar 9, 2010 11:31 AM EST up reply actions
lol, Idk, I heard the Dolphins didn't really put a decent deal on the table...
… or they knew they were being gamed. Either way, Clark came down…. spanked some South Beach booty….. and went back to sign the real deal… lol
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Sounds like I need to visit Miami, haha
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by John Stephens on Mar 9, 2010 11:45 AM EST up reply actions

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