11 Reasons for Hope In 2015
2015 is a year with a lot of hope for Dolphins fans. I can’t remember feeling this good in a looooong time. Yes, there are warts – all teams, even the very best, have them – and there are things I hope to get fixed before the season starts.
When you look over the roster and focus on the positives there is a lot to be excited about. On top of that, there are some external things going Miami’s way: Brady will be forced to sit for a couple of games this year, Jets and Bills’ QB’s are influx. The pay per head services sites like AcePerHead.com. This is the best outlook for the Fins (at least on paper) in a decade-plus.
Here is a list (and by no means a complete one) of why I’m feeling such positive mojo and on the edge of my seat awaiting this coming season.
- Trends speak volumes and coldly ignore the wishes of fans and vitriol of haters.
- Tanny has improved every season. EXPECT him to rise to another level with his second year in the same system. 30 Tds plus 11 ints, along with his contribution on the ground, will go along to bringing the Fins back to prominence.
- Jay Ajayi by ALL accounts is a gem – bottom line. IF Miami’s medical staff nailed this one we might have the steal of the draft by acquiring a back that fluidly alters pacing, uses multiple “soccer moves” to evade tacklers, for a tall guy drops his hips surprisingly well, and rips into the second level with the third gear with a 5th round pick! See Seattle about what a running game does for a team.
- Lamar Miller is still here with his 5.1 ypc. The only knock on him is his productivity drops after the 11th carry (1-10 5.4 ypc, 11+ 2.5). Ajayi and Williams will remove this issue. A robust backfield roams Miami’s sideline in 2015.
- (See Above #2 & #3) Tanny’s game will get an added and massive boost beyond his own improvements if the inside running game becomes effective. Sucking in MLB’s and SS’s will give huge benefits to crossing routes, drags, read-options, digs, and posts. It will also mask Tanny’s long game weakness.
- Injury bug begone! If Jordan Cameron can beat his inability to stay healthy, Gronk won’t be the only TE doing work in the AFCE. Stressing the inside game both through runs and pass will allow Cameron the work the boundaries with outs and corners against one-on-one coverage and weak points in zone-coverage.
- How many times do you remember Wake getting double and triple-teamed, fighting through a tackle, tight-end, and back? Not this this season! Suh will DEMAND his own double and triple teams and draw the Rb inside for Wake to attack at a flatter angle. Can you say ALOT more pressure and sacks!
- (See Above) Vernon will now live on one-on-one competition unless teams are going to get to play with thirteen players. Say it again with me and say it loud and proud, “ALOT more pressure and sacks”!
- Yes, we need help at guard, but Mike Pouncy is coming home to the center where he made the Pro-Bowl. He’s a HUGE upgrade over Satele at run blocking which means that the crucial aspect we missed last season – inside running – is looking ALOT better in 2015!
- Ja’Wuan James is sliding back to RT with another year in the NFL strength program and the experience to match. To his credit, he played LT remarkably well, and given Philbin’s philosophy of ‘Tackles must block without help’, this is an incredible accomplishment. Ladies and gents, we have LT talent at RT – bonus round, baby!
- (See above) We have another star residing at tackle – when he gets back healthy, of course. How good was Albert last season?! All the talk of him being overpaid was proved to be hog-wash and plenty of teams are regretting not “over-paying”. Thanks to sports medicine that’s pretty much ‘sci-fi’ these days, Albert will be back to form sooner rather than later. Can you say “stone-wall” bookends?! And for good measure, a fun bonus.
Mike Hull was actually a prayer answered. When he was still around in the 5th round and Miami was out of picks the defensive staff threw out a prayer that they’d get a miracle and Hull would somehow go undrafted. He did. We needed MLB help. We got him. Hull is carrying a mountain-sized chip on his shoulder. Could he end up being the cherry on the top and be our second gem of this year’s draft?!
Sep 7, 2014; Miami Gardens, FL, USA; Miami Dolphins fans cheers on during the second half against the New England Patriots at Sun Life Stadium. The Dolphins won 33-20. Mandatory Credit: Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports.
So, I’m not monkeying around!! Get your cheer on cause the arrow for 2015 is pointing up!!!
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The miracle we need is Brandon Albert to start the regular season healthy. Tannehill has been sacked too much. 60% of the O-line could be probowlers if they stay healthy. There are at least 2 surgically repaired knees on the offense that really need good blocking.
Yeah, repaired knees is a major on going theme for the Phins this season…
All great. Let’s not forget the miracle of Parker sliding to #14 and allowing Miami to run to the podium with his card. I know that first round picks can’t be steals of the draft, but I have a feeling that Parker is special. Maybe the miracle started in the beginning of the 2014 college football season when Parker got hurt and missed the first half of the season and still put up top numbers, if he played the entire 2014 season he would have put up stupid gaudy numbers and would have been taken as the first or second WR in the 2015 draft well before # 14. Seems as though the stars have been aligning this entire off season.
Is opening day this Sunday already, wishful thinking.
Parker is definitely one player that I am most excited about seeing play this season. Like you mentioned before Dunner in response to Freak, our previous WR had all hit their ceiling, and this new group has a much higher ceiling and each of these players has a chip on their shoulder and everyone is a team first guy. This group can be special and they are young, which means they can be tearing it up with Tannehill for the next 3-5 years
Yeah, I was going to put him up there, but had a couple of more as well…It started to be a big list. Good for us, but too much for my energy level at the time. 🙁 If his knee is not an issue he have a star paired with a star in Landry and all is wonderful with the world of Dolphins.
Excellent points
We are soooooo close now
This receiving group will produce Its much better than the quiter we had before
We should average 7 more points per game and win more games
Could care less if Brady plays or not- I feel the Patriots will have a very hard time beating us.
I think with the WR Depth and talents to go 3+ wides will stress PAts secondary…maybe to the point of breaking it. That’s the current theory I’m working on. 🙂