I thought I was done with blogging about the Draft for the rest of the year. But then I came across some of the ludicrousity (that’s two new words in a matter of seconds!) that has been posted by Dolphins ‘fans’ over on the fanhouse.
Check out some of these comedy nuggets:
“THE DOLPHINS ARE THE LAUGHING STOCK OF THE NFL.TED GINN JR. OVER BRADY QUINN.ARE YOU KIDDING ME.HAS TO BE THE BIGGEST BLUNDER IN THE NFL DRAFT HISTORY.” (His Caps.)
Er, no. Have you forgotten about last years draft already?
“I officially resign as a Miami Dolphin fan after 35 years. That was one of the worst draft decisions and time will prove it! Idiots! What a dysfunctional organization… “
I’m not entirely sure who hired you, but when I find out I’m sure as going to fire his ass. This next one is one of my particular favorites:
“i didn’t agree with hiring cameron he blew the game in the playoffs for the chargers.”
You see, we were ALL wrong about Marty ball; it was all Camerons fault. Damn it, if only Huizenga had spoken to this dude before hiring a new head coach! He hasn’t even played one game yet and already he’s ruined the damn franchise! what are we going to do Phin fans, what are we going to do?!
But it gets better:
“This franchise is a JOKE. Huizenga hired a coach that shares a similar RELIGIOUS outlook… Wayne Huizenga has taken over control of the Dolphins, he has used his RELIGIOUS philosophy to guide this team to the bottom of the NFL.“
Hmm… so there was only one player in the draft who had the same religious outlook as him then?
I don’t know what all of this says about the average intelligence level of your modern day Dolphin fan, but if you listen to this lot… actually, if you listen to this lot then you’re probably one of them. So I guess the rest of us have nothing to worry about.
As the dust settles and the shouts of ‘WTF?!’ from the fans die down it becomes easier to analyse what really happened. Did Quinn end up being a steal for the Browns? Was Ginn Jr. really the right pick for the Phins?
Only time will tell ofcourse, but weighing in with irrational opinions is what we’re all about down here at ‘Camp Shot to Nothing’, so here goes…
The Browns trade with Dallas to get back into the first round and take Quinn at no.22 was a good one and a bad one. When you look at that draft sheet on paper you see a franchise OT and a franchise QB, which is awesome. But, when you look at the trade sheet you think ‘Damn, Cleveland got hosed’. I think both reasonings are correct, so I guess that means I’m sitting on the fence. And it’s warm and comfy here, so kiss my ass.
The Dolphins picks were as follows:
WR Ted Ginn Jr. (Rd1 Pk9), QB John Beck (Rd2 Pk40), C Satele Samson (Rd2 Pk60) and RB Lorenzo Booker (Rd3 Pk71).
There was a hell of a lot of misguided disappointment from Dolphins fans at the Ginn pick, but as the second round played out, it all started to make a lot more sense. Ginn more than filled the huge hole vacated by Welker and Miami got their Good Young QB in John Beck. The O-line was also treated by the picking of Samson at centre. I’ll bet if you looked at the post-it note in Cam Cameron’s war room after the second round, things were looking pretty good.
I ‘m not so sure about the picking of an RB in the third round though. I guess that means Ricky Williams will not be coming back… but then again… It just seems a bit miss-timed. I can’t don’t want to believe that Booker was high on the Phins’ post-it list at the beginning of the draft, but who knows?
I tend to think that, while the first day leans towards fixing a teams current problems, the second day is all about looking towards the future. We’ll see how it goes.
Complete Draft Tracker for the first three rounds can be found here. [NFL.com]
- With the ninth pick in the 2007 NFL Draft, the Miami Dolphins take Wide Receiver Ted Ginn Jr.
Wow. I didn’t see that one coming. Once Brady drifted down to No. 9 I thought it was almost a done deal that Miami would take him. I even started trying to convince myself that Quinn could be the next Marino… hey, shut-up asshole, I was trying to console myself with the most likely pick.
It was only when I saw Brady’s face when they said that the pick had been made that I knew we hadn’t spoken to him and we weren’t going with him. After the blind panic set in, I tried to rationale who we might have gone for; Thomas and Brown were gone so I thought maybe Leon Hall…
But no, the Dolphins went for a player that I loved to watch, rated higher than most folks but never thought that we would pick in a million years.
First I was shocked and pleased at the same time, then I was a bit disappointed at the Phins going for a WR when we have so many other problems. Finally, with a couple minutes to think about it, I’m starting to think it makes perfect sense. Who was the Dolphins best Offensive player last year? Wes Welker. Who was he? He was a punt returning, kick returning WR who played well despite a lack of big speed.
But Welker has gone to the Patriots and Ted Ginn does all the things he used to do, except he does them better and he does them faster. Am I happy with this pick? Yes, BUT only on the condition that the rest of the draft is more solidly focused on the holes we have and not so much of a reach.
I’m a pretty happy fan right now, if a little pensive.
A joke for starters and just for good measure, a cheerleader too. Why so generous?
It’s simple really, I’m trying to take my mind off of the damned draft. I don’t know about you but I feel like this year is one of the most unpredictable drafts to date.
Just as I got through saying how the Lions had to pass up on Calvin Johnson if the Raiders didn’t take him, Vic Carucci over on NFL.com goes into why they will take him.
But more then the unpredictability, I find my head spinning over and over about who the Dolphins will take and how they may play it out. The possibilities are endless but, to be perfectly honest, there’s not many likely options that I find attractive.
I may be flogging a dead horse here (meh, it makes a change), but I don’t think the Phins should take a QB in the first round. I want to see us make a concerted effort to fix that offensive line. We could have done a lot better last year if it hadn’t been for that particular issue and it’s one that I think we shouldn’t forget about in favour of QB fever.
What would I do? Unfortunately, my play is the one least mentioned and perhaps least likely to happen; I’d go after a big trade that would see Joe Thomas coming my way. Failing that I’d be satisfied with Levi Brown, at-least I’d feel like we were headed in the right direction.
Either way. right now I’m just trying to look forward to the draft instead of constantly trying to over think it. Which is my usual tendency. Ragnamit.
…or ever for that matter. But this weekend in particular, I wouldn’t want to be the guy who passes up on Calvin Johnson.
Last year everybody knew that the texans had made a mistake passing up on Reggie Bush before one game of the season had been played. This year it might not be so obvious, but I think any team who lets C.J. pass them by is going to regret it time after time after time in the seasons to come.
You don’t need me to tell you about the physical phenom that Johnson is nor the amazing talent that he possesses, we all know he is an awesome talent and is easily the best player available in this years draft. So why won’t the Raiders or the Lions pick him? Because their individual situations dictate that they can’t do it. Sucks to be them.
The Raiders need a Quarter Back and they can’t afford to not take either of the two superb talents on offer. The Lions? Well the Lions can’t take another damned WR or they’ll risk a riot. Should either of these teams ignore their problems and draft C.J. with their round one pick?
No. They just can’t afford to. Which is why, despite the obvious, I would hate loathe to be either of those guys come Saturday.
In the build up to the Rugby World Cup this September, I’m going to write a regular feature on why you should make time to watch this brilliant tournament.
Not many people realise just how physical the game of Rugby is. Rugby players make devastating tackles on each other, they play without pads and they have bigger fights then any other sport. It’s not uncommon to see two guys taking lumps out of each other with their fists only for both of them to be warned and then left to carry on playing.
The clip below isn’t the best for pure hits but it does some up the drama of the sport perfectly. Stick with it ’til the end though and you’ll see some nice juicy bone breakers that should satisfy your appetite for hits. And if you want to see more then just slap ‘Rugby Hits’ into You Tube.
How many times do I need to say this; If you like Football then you’ll love Rugby. Are you convinced yet?
Armando Salguero of the Miami Herald, obviously knows something that we Dolphins fans don’t. Check out this quote from his article about the upcoming draft:
Correct me if I’m wrong, but we haven’t actually heard anything definite about Daunte’s future with the Dolphins. Are we now operating on the ‘no smoke without fire’ system to generate our factual reporting? Are rumors and conjecture from an anti Culpepper press all that’s needed to start the ball rolling on his trade/cut?
This kind of shit cuts my biscuit. I haven’t spoken to one Miami fan who wouldn’t like to see Daunte given a chance to return to full fitness. The absolute worse thing the dolphins could do in this situation is to spend a years worth of salary on his recovery only to allow him to go to another team to attempt his comeback.
I was looking forward to the draft this weekend but now I’m starting to feel a bit sick. If we allow reporters to decide who our team drafts and who they decide to cut, then what’s next? News anchors firing coaches? Sideline reporters calling the plays?
I guess this was inevitable. If you’re so inclined, you can now purchase that hat over on Ebay. The bidding is currently up to $5,600.
I’m willing to bet that if you phoned up the company and claimed to run a little league team that was in need of some new caps, ‘Vitamin water’ would probably send you over a whole teams worth.
So what exactly are you paying for here? Urlacher’s Sweat? Is that really worth $5,600 to you?
But we’re talking about snooker here and in particular we’re talking about the World Snooker Championships which kicked off this weekend in Sheffield. Sheffield is apparently ‘Snooker City’. Fair enough, that city had to be known for something and snooker is about as good as it’s going to get quite frankly…
Before we get to the results so far allow me to point out that the far from enticing image your see to your right, is of a streaker at last years World Champs. And yes, that streaker was the highlight of the entire two weeks. That’s how great snooker is man, a fat naked dude makes it more watchable.
Anyways, here are the first round results so far:
John Parrott (Eng) bt Steve Davis (Eng) 10-9
Matthew Stevens (Wal) bt Joe Delaney (Irl) 10-2
Peter Ebdon (Eng) bt Nigel Bond (Eng) 10-7
Anthony Hamilton (Eng) bt Marco Fu (Hkg) 10-3
Ian McCulloch (Eng) bt Graeme Dott (Sco) 10-7
Ronnie O’Sullivan (Eng) 10-2 Ding Junhui (Chn)
Barry Hawkins (Eng) 9-10 Fergal O’Brien (Ire)
Notables so far: There have been no upsets so far, Last years Champ (Dott) is out and Ronnie O’Sullivan is up for it big time.
I thought I was done with blogging about the Draft for the rest of the year. But then I came across some of the ludicrousity (that’s two new words in a matter of seconds!) that has been posted by Dolphins ‘fans’ over on the fanhouse.
As the dust settles and the shouts of ‘WTF?!’ from the fans die down it becomes easier to analyse what really happened. Did Quinn end up being a steal for the Browns? Was Ginn Jr. really the right pick for the Phins?
A joke for starters and just for good measure, a cheerleader too. Why so generous?
…or ever for that matter. But this weekend in particular, I wouldn’t want to be the guy who passes up on Calvin Johnson.
Armando Salguero of the 
I guess this was inevitable. If you’re so inclined, you can now purchase that hat over on 
Yeah, that got you’re attention didn’t it?
There are other teams too, but really, this is all that matters.