Miami Dolphins Pick Four Off Waivers; Will Allen Placed on IR

This is pretty upsetting but not all that unexpected. We now really have to rely on Benny Sapp, Jason Allen, and Nolan Caroll to step up to fill the shoes of a very solid player.

Little surprised they got rid of Douglas and Grant, they were pretty solid. Especially when you consider they replaced them with two untested guys, its may be the push for youth. Seems like O-Line depth is still a concern.

Well too late to have concerns. At least we have a good season opener with the Bills to test before a tough game against the Vikes. Go Fins!

Martin to Bills concerns me as does cutting Grant who looked good. I trust the FO but don’t get loosing good vet back ups for other teams rejects. TE is a real concern too.
Allen is an odd one too, I dont feel as confident as I did at the start of training camp.

really really hate the moves on Grant and Douglas! both played well in pre-season, and we replace them with 2 players who cant make the Browns, one of the worst teams in the NFL? and they have a guy in Holmgren who knows a thing or two about spotting talent.

Are we trying to win now or in a few years? This aint a nursery for youth players!

On another note, Bills picked up Martin and Jets picked up Turner

I though both were going to be important players this year.

These guys we are picking up go on the 53 man roster. IMO they are playing to much with this roster. Will Allen I guess wasn’t recovering well? I’m alright with Sapp playing the Nickle position. I guess these new guys will play right off the bat? I don’t see these guys playing special teams. Maybe we will pick Grant and Douglas up after the first week. When we pick up Martin. Wait Martin just got signed by the Bills.

He had very good potential. He played two positions. I thought he had a great chance to make the 53. Here you cut Baker and get nothing in return? And Grant. I thought Grant had a better chance than Douglas if they didn’t want to keep both. Oh, man, we’re going to lose them all.

Especially the Rose pickup. Hasn’t the FO learned anything from the Justin Smiley and Jake Grove experiments? Do not acquire guys with histories of injuries. Not if they cost you anything at all. I see no way Rose plays better than Grant or Douglas this year, and no upside to his youth, given his medical record.

I also think they’re getting too cute with the O-line moves.

the Sapp trade certainly makes sense, but Nate Ness is also an interesting prospect, and I hope we get him on our PS and can hold him there.

Douglas and Grant?? for cast offs??

Can anybody do something about this f—-ing Tom Brady Comcast ad?

Grant and Douglas had 2 yr deals. When making a roster, loong term roster, you have 26/27 starters(count speciality players nichael, rotators ect) and then 25 or so bench guys. If you have 6 to 10 veteran backups at say 1.5 to 2.5 mil apeace you tie up 12 to 18 mil for guys that are “just incases”. I prefer that the back 20 to 25 guys are young inexpensive guys so that you are able to add a Marshall/Dansby every year. So tell me you want 5 to 10 Grants(2.5 mil salary) or 1 or 2 Dansbys? You build your team with youth that are under team control those that start and become FAs you decide to up their pay from 1.(whatever) mil to 4 or 5 or replace them with a young guy that has been on bench for a year or 2 OR ADD a DANSBY. You cannot add dansbys year in year out or every other ywear and keep multible “just incase” veterans that eat your cap space and YES next season whenever that is will have a hard=ish cap and you have to continue to operate your team under that premise

smith has been horrible since the middle of last season…yes he’s ok vs some receivers, but he is VERY WEAK on run support and Allen honestly has had a darn good preseason… he’s come off his man well and picked up the perimeter well (not as well as Davis – who has been in beast mode this preseason) but certainly better then smith… hopefully this is a good sign on a couple fronts… 1) Allen has settled into a position (perimeter corner) and is getting comfortable out there to the point where he will pay off. 2) this will give smith some time to work on his game without the pressure of getting burned deep once a week.

no doubt this is a contract issue and the front office didn’t want to guarantee their deals for the season… they released them late so others will have less of a chance to work something out with them… and the guys they signed are mostly practice squad guys who they’ll carry for a week and see if they want them around after week 1….

well hope you are right about picking up Grant after game 1 still think we are in huge trouble if fasano goes down.

And don’t get me started on David Martin or Sean Smith. Really confused and starting to view the season with as much trepidation as excitement at this point.

Just need to keep repeating “BrandonMarshallKarlosDansybMikeNolan” as a mantra to keep my spirits up.

i wish the Dolphins pickup LeGarrette Blount (running back)
released by the Titians. i think this guy is damn GOOD!!

Don’t be shocked if young players #Dolphins picked up today go on practice squad and some of the vets cut today are re-signed

Like W NY Fins Fan said, Douglas and Grant were contract cuts and might even be back on the team tomorrow.

Contracts arent fully guaranteed if player signed after today. Its fairly common loophole used by #NFL teams. #Jets could do same tmrw

- another Volin tweet.

then again I’m not a coach or GM in the NFL….so I guess we’ll wait and see…

that Will Allen’s injury wasn’t healing very well when it was supposed to be nearly ready to go by this coming week? You have to wonder if the guy’s career is done at this point.

Like everyone else, I dont get why they are jettisoning solid depth for the “opportunity” to scoop up other team’s flushings. I dont see anything in these signings that makes sense given the price?

MAYBE they’ll resign those guys tomorrow…or maybe those guys will also go to the Jests or Bills like Martin did (and a lot of people were certain he’d be back) or somewhere else.

…Smith was having problems, but JA has proven he can’t get the job done. At least Smith has upside. I worry now that the team is going to ruin his growth and confidence with a move like this.

Ugh….i’m not even going to think about this….keeping the head up…going to have a little faith.

Gooze frabba……

was picked up by Seattle

Hope Grant and Douglas back tomorrow!

always thought he could be a decent FS. He had 3 INTs in that awful 1-15 season. Then we kept shifting his position and he never settled. I dont know, just think if we kept at it at FS by now he would have been ok. He has good speed and can tackle. Doubt he would do worse then Gibril!

a very wierd start to the season! No true starting QB,“Henne” Good RBs, a O Line that seems to be kinda make shift right now, 1 Awesome WR, 3 Good ones. On D we have young unsettled line and a man out of his spot, 1 great Lb"Dansby 1 good one"Misi" Dont what is going on with the CBs, and a FS deal that i dont want to start on!!! CLS, CLS ,CLS, CLS……. Just kidding we should be fine, I HOPE!!! GO PHINS?

Maybe were going with a speed attack this year, I’m all for that, Speed Kills QBs

but ill be honest, concerned is definetly the feeling i’m going with as of now.

not at that worried stage though.