Why the Dolphins should not be interested in Adalius Thomas

Hey Arizona! I got a bridge to sell you!!

Believe it or not, I really do not enjoy criticizing the work of the beat writers and columnists in South Florida.

Love,
’Mando

Just because the dolphins screwed up with the Taylor situation doesn’t mean they should screw up another opportunity… especially partly because the fans would question them. If Thomas is an upgrade, they should bring him in.

Having said that, I don’t want Thomas. He hasn’t been very good, and as you said, thinks he is much better than he actually is. I’m not saying our OLBs will be great but i think the combo of our guys will end up being serviceable (with a little upside because they’re young and can grow), just like they would if Thomas was on the team (minus the young and growing)… hence, no upgrade with Thomas

We just got rid of a cancer.. Don’t need to bring in another..Let the kids play and grow..We will be ok with what we have..GO PHINS!!

give misi time to get ready

but if he’s coming to Miami for the right price, I don’t see how we could pass on him if our OLB’s aren’t up to speed. I don’t think it matters that we let JT go, and then picked up Adalius. JT left us, there were stipulations and JT shat on them (claiming he was old school, whatever.) I have the utmost respect for JT and even though he is in the most hated jersey I can think of, I have to believe that Adalius, if picked up by the Dolphins, would be an upgrade at the position.

Now saying this, it looks like the Dolphins are looking for LB’s who have been players in special teams but still have a prescence on the field. Probably how we found Dobbins, and just got lucky to fit him into a draft pick trade. How Adalius Thomas got into the mix? I’ll leave that to the beat writers.

We just got rid of Porter. Why sign another older version of the same player? Ewe that thought creates some nausea in my downstairs regions.

Our linebacker position is now fairly deep after this draft. I agree that the NFL experience here is very lacking but lets try to remember our earlier dolphin team say around 1971 through 73. Does anyone remember the nickname given to that defense who by the way led the league? It was called the “no name defense”. Because we had no stand out players according to the present day analysts and nobody could mention even one of their names if asked too. That fledgling dolphins francise was only 5 or 6 years old and the only thing we had was a new head coach from the colts Don Shula. To the day there is only 1 player on that defense in the HOF. A bunch of “no names” dominated the NFL for years and helped our team reach the only perfect season. Why? and how? you ask? It was preparation, coaching, and mental toughness. Film studies reflect that the no name defense during the undefeated season made a total of 9 mental mistakes ALL SEASON!! There you have it the secret to success.

We have the coaching. We seem to be doing the proper preparations as showcased last season when we were in a winnable situation every single game with less talent then our opposition almost every time. The mental toughness is all that is left to be proven. Now we drafted all but one of each team captains respectively. The one that was not a team captain came from a team that does not vote season captains only game week captains of which he won several times. That screames mental toughness to me. I think we will be just fine with the roster we have. Time will tell of course but if history tends to repeat itself we seem to have the blueprint to help it out!!!

Mr. or better known now as Dr. Doug Swift #59 outside linebacker for the 1972 team. We live near each other and are going trout fishing in the beautiful Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania where we both live sometime in June. I will post you all some picutures of our quarry once we return from the wild!!

until I read this…..makes sense to me…Lets get Bobby Boucher…the w-w-w-waterboy!!

I think the FO didn’t want to be hamstrung going into the draft by the idea that they would rely on JT at outside linebacker. They wanted to wait and see how the draft fell before making a choice to resign him.

That said, I think they probably would have resigned him had he remained available (No knocks here, they all parties did what they had to do).

The question to me though is if Thomas is a candidate in light of JT being off the table, and as you illustrated very well, he isn’t. He would be filling in the happy void left behind by Porter (Injuries, sporadic production and negative attitude).

Whether Miami goes into camp with the current crop or adds another veteran somehow, I think that there’s enough defensive quality all along the team that will elevate the play of the entire squad that winds up on the field.

Who knows? By season’s end we may just be praising Anderson!

He said all the right things and was all about team. His tune has changed every year since. He was out most of 2008 with a broken arm and that was the last time he played with passion. He was pissed in 2009 when Vrabel was shopped, then Bruschi left and there was no team leader to reign him in. He became a sad sack all about me player that whined about not being used right. He was late after Belichick made a big deal about putting in extra time. Shit even Brady whose wife had just had a kid made it in.

On the Pats you earn snaps. He did nothing to earn the right to be on the field, in fact he was a healthy scratch from games because of lack of effort. The Pats used the uncapped season to unload themselves from his contract.

Thomas was once a beast, but I don’t know if he’ll ever be that again. If he went to the Phins or the Jets, I wouldn’t even blink. Personally, I think he’s a legend in his own mind, and no team will pay him what he thinks he’s worth.

I don’t want to touch him with a 10 foot pole

What our team may lack on paper is a veteran (10 year plus) guy who can be a leader on the defense.

Although Thomas is a veteran, I’m not sure what kind of leader he would be.

As a matter of fact, I’d take Jason Taylor or Joey Porter over him any day.

……yawn……

To take a guy like Thomas and make it work HERE, when it didn’t work THERE,….hahahahaha that would be glorious to show up Belicheat that way!!!!!!!!!!

If he would sign a small one year contract, with low guarenteed $, and he did end up being our best SOLB, then of course it’s worth it, if he is not our best SOLB then cut him, no harm done.

Our FO is not in the business of making players better, they are in the business of making the Dolphins better.

Making players better is just a part of that, and if you throw a rookie out there who struggles, and costs us games, then HE is the progress stopper, because the only progress they are thinking of is that of the Dolphins.

If he can come in here and be the best option at SOLB, then by definition is not a progress stopper, it certaintly won’t hurt ANY rookies game by being back up for a year, and there are many who say that it can even help, and that he can be even better for it.

Just a thought.

picking him up didnt even cross my mind

I don’t think Matty has anything to worry about.
=)

I wouldn’t expect him to be a force where ever he ends up.