http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/8624346/Top-10-cases-of-buyer's-remorse

Dolphins only team with two...

4. Miami Dolphins wide receiver Ernest Wilford: Even Dolphins general manager Jeff Ireland has called Wilford a "disappointment" during a recent interview with South Florida reporters. Miami inked Wilford to a four-year, $13 million free-agent deal that included $6 million guaranteed. This came after he notched a team-high 45 catches for Jacksonville in 2007. That's 44 more receptions than what Wilford has made for Miami through three games. He isn't among the top three players on what is arguably the NFL's worst wide receiver corps.

6. Miami quarterback Josh McCown: The free-agent contract McCown received -- two years, $6.25 million with $2.5 million guaranteed -- was in line with what other low-end starters and top-tier backups earn at his position. McCown, though, couldn't cement himself as either in Miami despite facing modest competition from second-year quarterback John Beck and rookie Chad Henne. Shortly after signing Chad Pennington, the Dolphins ate the $2.5 million cap hit and traded McCown to Carolina for a 2009 seventh-round draft pick.

Ok so what was supposed to be our strength and what was supposed to be our weakness coming into this season?

Last Year's Defense:

We were ranked 4th in pass defense, so we didn't change a thing. We basically have the exact same people as last year. Now we are ranked 30th?

We were ranked dead last against the run. So we got rid of our two best defensive players and only pro bowlers (on D) and brought in rookies. Now we rank 12th?

Last Years Offense:

We averaged 98 yd/game without Ricky and most of the year without Ronnie (who was leading the league in yds from scrimmage) with a poor offensive line. Now with both of them back and healthy with an "improved" offensive line we are ranked 29th averaging 50 yds/game combined?

We draft Derek Hagan and Ted Ginn to improve our reciever corpse. Ginn has 3 catches and Hagan 3.

Ginn was supposed to be the special teams ace. Now has 3 punt returns for 9 yds and no KO returns?

Losing is frustrating, but when each year moves are made to iprove our team but result in something enirely different, it makes it just that more difficult to envision forward progress, and that is even more frutrating than losing.

JT's stats: 2 tackles and was run on all night long. No sacks, no pressures, no hurries, no batted balls. I know he is coming off of a knee injury but it didn't look like that was an issue.

The Redskins, with all of the big names looked awful. I wonderful if our Fins will have a better record than them this year? Sparano/Pennington should manage the 4th qtr better than that at least.

Remember whe the 3 top running backs of the 2005 draft? I remember quie a heated debate of which the Dolphins should take and why. Well with Caddy sitting out on IR for the entire 2008 season and Benson jettisoned from the Bears an unemployed and maybe out for the year himself via Goodell for his drinking and behavior problems. 

Let's compare 3 year Stats (Williams and Brown had almost identical # of carries and Benson played more games than Brown)

yds/carry avg Brown 4.4, Williams 3.8, Benson 3.8

Recieving yds Brown 897, Williams 294, Benson 180

TD's Brown 13, Williams 10, Benson 10

Williams and Benson were less productive each consecutive year, while Bown was more productive consecutive each year, on pace his 3rd year to have a monster year (leading the league in YFS).

For once, I think we can now say, we actually picked the right draft pick in the 2005 draft.