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On Saturday, I asked Twitter and Facebook fans for their thoughts on the Miami Dolphins’ free agent or trade acquisition that excited them them the most, only for the roster move to not work out for Miami. Today, we bring the same question to you.
Our answers seemed to concentrate on a few specific players, including wide receivers Brandon Marshall and Mike Wallace, as well as quarterback Daunte Culpepper. Dannell Ellerbe also showed up a few times.
My personal answer is Culpepper, because there was so much hype about the UCF product coming back to Florida and he would provide a much needed solid player in the quarterback position. Of course, his knee never returned to 100 percent, and he never lived up to the hype.
My honorable mention would absolutely have been Wallace. He was supposed to give Miami the deep threat that the offense needed, but his skill set never transitioned into something with which quarterback Ryan Tannehill could work, and the Dolphins ultimately traded him to the Minnesota Vikings.
Here are the Twitter and Facebook answers I received. Feel free to add to the discussion in the comments - either agreeing with these answers or providing a new name to the conversation.
What free agent/trade that the Dolphins signed were you most excited for only to not have it work?
— Kevin Nogle (@thephinsider) July 22, 2017
Ellerbe
— Tommy Call III (@tommy_III) July 22, 2017
Brandon Marshall.
— Landry for President (@WeNeedPlaymakrs) July 22, 2017
Brandon Marshall
— . (@WeStillSuhck) July 22, 2017
Was pretty excited for Mike Wallace aswell
— . (@WeStillSuhck) July 22, 2017
Culpepper
— Dustin Bongiovanni (@RedHotSports88) July 22, 2017
Brandon Marshall, Didn't realize how many easy catches he dropped. Extremely talented but seemed to drop every easy TD pass.
— Andrew Reinhardt (@PhantomMonkey17) July 22, 2017
Thought Jordan Cameron was gonna be amazing with us
— Raymond Powers (@JurisDolphin) July 22, 2017
Daunte Culpepper
— Detrick Barlow (@TXDolfan) July 22, 2017
David Garrard lol
— Alex Cantine⁶ (@Cantannehill17) July 22, 2017
Arian Foster.
— John Chrimes (@ELTwriter) July 22, 2017
Brandon Marshall
— Ron Canniff (@FinsBroadcaster) July 22, 2017
1) Culpepper 2) Brandon Marshall https://t.co/nhViLOO0SS
— TanneGase (@TheDolphinJoe) July 22, 2017
Culpepper easy
— Gustavo Semidey (@GJSemidey10) July 22, 2017
Cris Carter
— Josh Jennings (@bosoxjennings17) July 22, 2017
David Boston
— dbartemsu (@SpartyBarte) July 22, 2017
AJ Feely, I did go out and get a Culpepper jersey as soon as we signed him though..both fails!
— FinFan318 (@schmidt_robby) July 22, 2017
Mario Williams
— gary carman (@Garywv53Gary) July 22, 2017
Culpepper or Brandon Marshall https://t.co/THcTbHMbvm
— Mike Hogan (@mjhogan29) July 22, 2017
David Boston. Built like Zeus played like Chip Kelly
— 2nd Saturday Sports (@2ndSatSports) July 22, 2017
Jimmy Johnson
— Chris Roberts (@c_roberts82) July 22, 2017
Culpepper has to be #1. The Chuck Muncie trade being voided was devastating. Eric Green was also very disappointing.
— Eric Sloss (@EricSloss1383) July 22, 2017
...Chris carter
— Tony Prudente (@prudente400) July 22, 2017
Moreno.
— DJ (@djackson1609) July 22, 2017
Daunte Culpeper. Damn we miss Drew Brees for that guy. That was shameful.
— Manuel Marquez (@DolphinFan1984) July 22, 2017
AJ Feely
— Joe Gutierrez (@JoeDaShowLegend) July 22, 2017
Brian Griese, I was hoping he would bring back some of his dad's magic.
— M.L. (@lobosman36) July 22, 2017
Wes welker
— Frank Zawrazky (@minotaur267) July 22, 2017
Culpepper! It's not even close, choosing him over Brees was a massive disappointment and turning point for the franchise
— Bobby Noyes (@hackyourbank) July 22, 2017
Daunte Culepepper. I thought he was the QB to take us to the SB
— Kenny Kistner (@kistner10) July 22, 2017
Daunte Culpepper. No doubt about it.
— Matty I (@MattyInfante) July 22, 2017
Mike Wallace. https://t.co/pwpbOLWQNH
— Anthony (@PhinsTweets) July 22, 2017
Matt Turk
— Daniel Eliesen (@DanielEliesen) July 22, 2017
Mike Wallace
— Casey Reppel Jr. (@KingCrep) July 22, 2017
1) David Boston
— Matt Armstrong (@MattArmstrong1) July 22, 2017
2) Culpepper https://t.co/WpS5ydwxYE
Chad Johnson or Chris Carter
— DJ Parker (@sportsfandj18) July 22, 2017
Hugh Green in '86 would've been a great player for us and he was in fact playing well when he hurt knee in 51-45 ot loss to Jets.
— Dolfandave (@dolfandave) July 22, 2017
Delvin Williams in 78 but that has to be tempered by the fact he helped us get to 1st playoff berth in 4 seasons. That in itself was big tbh
— Dolfandave (@dolfandave) July 22, 2017
Ellerbe and Wheeler https://t.co/20NPMwY4HV
— Dan Willi (@DWDolphins) July 22, 2017
Mike Wallace. He was supposed to fill the void left in the wake of Marshall only to play worse https://t.co/alSNQZaToc
— Tyler Patterson (@TrillTil) July 22, 2017
Mike Wallace
— Fire Goodell (@Frank_DeMello) July 22, 2017
Daunte Culpepper
— Mike (@mhowellca) July 22, 2017
Easily Marshall or Culpepper
— Tyler Mike (@MiamiFinsNFish) July 23, 2017
Brandon Marshall. But was it his fault? #noQB
— Timothy Ryan (@timryan113) July 23, 2017
Mike Wallace
— Cholo (@Cholo305) July 23, 2017
David Boston
— Robert Slattery (@RobSlatterySr) July 23, 2017
Brandon Marshall
— ERNEST CAMERON (@167424EJC) July 23, 2017
Ellerbe and wheeler, tied with mike Wallace. All from the same regime lol https://t.co/4bmyBBVmWS
— Wulf (@macrojoeym) July 23, 2017
Dustin Keller
— Engage 8 (@_engage_8) July 23, 2017
Culpepper without a doubt
— R.I.P. Chester (@SportsNuts333) July 23, 2017
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