Despite Dolphins Good Moves, Patriots Widening Gap
Pats decided to try and widen the gap in the AFC East
Miami has improved, but the Pats are serious about creating a wider gap in the division
The first week of free agency came with a flurry. So far, it appears that Miami had a strategic plan in place to narrow the gap in the division by keeping their own players that were productive, while they added quality players at positions of need. On paper, it appears that the Miami Dolphins have improved their roster. But, they still have holes. So, it’s good that they still have more cap space and the draft to continue to add more pieces.
The Bills and the Jets have done very little, up to this point.
The Jets lost Brandon Marshall, which is great for Miami, because we continuously had issues defending him. The Bills also lost some key pieces on defense.
However, the perennial AFC East and Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots, who are often quiet in free agency, decided to actually use their abundant cap space to make their team even better.
Patriots made loads of trades to build a better roster
On offense, the Patriots lost TE Martellus Bennett to Green Bay. However, they quickly replaced him by trading for Tight End Dwayne Allen from the Indianapolis Colts. Allen will fit nicely with Gronk next year. He will provide the Patriots with another lethal 1-2 punch at the tight end position. The Patriots made another trade, which is going to make their offense even more dangerous than last year. Speedster WR Brandin Cooks is young and a home run hitter that caught 78 passes for 1178 yards and 8 touchdowns with the Saints last season. He is going to add even more dangerous vertical element to the Patriots offense, which could make them nearly unstoppable on offense.
Then on Defense, where the Patriots already had one of the best defenses in the league, they went and signed the best cornerback on the free agent market in Stephon Gilmore from the Buffalo Bills. Gilmore had 5 interceptions last season and is going to probably even excel more in the Patriots very stingy secondary. Then the Patriots made another trade with the Carolina Panthers to acquire DE Kony Ealy, who had 14 sacks in the last 3 seasons and resigned their own defensive tackle Alan Branch. These are just more quality signings that will boost their defense. The Patriots still have not resigned LB Dontá Hightower, so if he goes somewhere it will take a little bit of talent away from the Patriots Defense, but you know they will be able to play around the loss.
Miami needs to do a lot more to get to the Patriots level
The Patriots clearly are not just satisfied with winning the last Super Bowl and are looking to make a repeat performance this year. It would be a good bet that Brady and Bill Belichick are still bothered by not completing their undefeated season in 2007. Winning the Super Bowl undefeated is likely still their goal. Free bookie software have Patriots as the number one favorite to win the Super Bowl before the season started last year, at +700. That proved to be a winning bet. The Super Bowl odds for next season have the Patriots an even a bigger favorite to win it all at +500… and then after this week of maneuvers the odds makers have lowered it to +400.
The bottom line is, unless Brady gets injured this 2017-2018, the Patriots looking to be even better than last year’s team that only lost 2 games last season–and only one with Brady. The Dolphins may have gotten better, but as always they are still look at gap between them and the Patriots. Nothing is a forgone conclusion, but the Fins may have to settle for another wild card finish to make the playoffs next year. This isn’t to knock all the good Miami is doing, or to say Miami can’t take the division, but to keep fans sober about the reality of 2017.
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Hello Admin
We have three picks in the 5th and these are projected 5th rounder’s.
154 Sean Harlow OG 11 Oregon State Sr 6-4 303 4-5
155 Conor McDermott OT 14 UCLA rSr 6-8 307 4-5
156 *Brian Hill RB 13 Wyoming Jr 6-1 219 4-5
157 *Eddie Vanderdoes DT 16 UCLA rJr 6-3 305 4-5
158 Dawuane Smoot DE 14 Illinois Sr 6-3 264 4-5
159 Stacy Coley WR 20 Miami (Fla.) Sr 6-1 195 4-5
160 *James Conner RB 14 Pittsburgh rJr 6-1 233 4-5
161 Deatrich Wise Jr. DE 15 Arkansas rSr 6-5 274 4-5
162 Donnel Pumphrey RB 15 San Diego State Sr 5-8 176 4-5
163 Josh Reynolds WR 21 Texas A&M Sr 6-3 194 5
164 Jarron Jones DT 17 Notre Dame rSr 6-6 316 5
165 Matt Milano OLB 13 Boston College Sr 6-0 223 5
166 *Artavis Scott WR 22 Clemson Jr 5-10 193 5
167 Ben Braden OG 12 Michigan rSr 6-6 329 5
168 John Johnson FS 7 Boston College Sr 6-1 205 5
169 DeAngelo Brown DT 18 Louisville rSr 6-0 312 5
170 Sam Rogers FB 1 Virginia Tech Sr 5-10 231 5
171 Damontae Kazee CB 21 San Diego State rSr 5-10 184 5
172 *Travis Rudolph WR 23 Florida State Jr 6-0 189 5
173 George Kittle TE 10 Iowa rSr 6-4 247 5
174 Matthew Dayes RB 16 NC State Sr 5-9 205 5
175 Jeremy Cutrer CB 22 Middle Tennessee Sr 6-1 170 5
176 Josh Carraway DE 16 TCU rSr 6-3 242 5
177 *Josh Malone WR 24 Tennessee Jr 6-3 208 5
178 Jermaine Eluemunor OG 13 Texas A&M rSr 6-4 332 5
179 Jonnu Smith TE 11 Florida International Sr 6-3 248 5
180 Jamaal Williams RB 17 Brigham Young rSr 6-0 212 5
181 Sam Tevi OT 15 Utah Sr 6-5 311 5
182 *Elijah Lee OLB 14 Kansas State Jr 6-3 220 5
183 Ben Gedeon ILB 7 Michigan Sr 6-2 244 5
184 Shaquill Griffin CB 23 UCF Sr 6-0 194 5
Hello Admin or Job Jimmy
I have a question about our defense. Other than Suh who else requires a double team?
My point is how can the PAT,s double team two defensive linemen, a defensive End And pick up the Line backer? Brady is good but not that good?
It was Jimmy’s… Wake and rarely Phillips.With Brady, in my eyes, it’s about slowing the timing routes and getting him into his second and third progression while getting pressure inside. Mix and match press and off i what I see as getting Brady off rhythm … just my take. But, yeah pressure is key… IF you can break the timing of routes.
Admin
You are stated right!
Slowing the timing routes
Getting him into his second and third progression
Getting pressure inside
Mix and match press coverages
Getting Brady off Rhythm
Fixed: Corners who can play man to man press.
ILB who can create havoc
DT who require Double teaming etc.
DE who requires Double teaming.
Defensive Coaching can make it happen!
I have a feeling Poe will sign a one year contract tomorrow.
…the Patriots have the strongest, longest lasting, and experienced Coach/GM/Owner team in the NFL …compare that to the Dolphins who have the most turbulent coach/GM/Owner history in the NFL since we lost the Shula/Robbie combo …that alone is the single biggest reason for the Pats success and our own failures …its not who’s on the field that makes the real difference in the long term
…I have little faith in the current trio at the top, however Gase does offer some small hope for the future …but he does not have the control that Belicheat has …nor the experience …nor the GM/Owner support …we have yet to see if he has the ability …there is no doubt he is better than what we’ve had at HC, its how much better that is in question
…there are still FAs available that could dramatically improve our outlook for the season …but they are there because they are demanding cap killing contracts …and we still have in-house needs to resolve that will likely significantly affect our remaining cap
…the top Guard on most guru boards is from Western Kentucky …that’s how weak this years draft is …last year he’d have been ranked in the 3rd, this year he’s touted as a 1st round prospect and is on every fins prognosticators list as our potential savior …I’m not buying it …not to mention that at least 8 other teams ahead of us in the draft also have critical OL needs …neither do I believe that Tannenbaum has the cojones to take a Guard #1
…otoh, there are a fair number of strong LB prospects all the way into the 3rd and its a dead sure bet that one of them will be a fin come April …here’s praying that our scouts did their homework on that pick
…given what I see as of this morning, we will be stronger on defense and weaker on offense this year …the OL remains a pit with only LT a sure thing, RT and C are far from such, and both Gs are warm bodies as it stands …the ironman has a brace on his knee and can’t get rid of the ball fast enough to protect it …as of right now, it looks like a sack fest
…despite the hype, TE is a wash …Cameron came here with the same hype as Jones, and Fasano isn’t that much better than Sims to make a significant difference behind this OL …Ajayi will still have to make his own holes and I expect to see Moore at QB sooner than later …ignore the platitudes, the opposing DEs are going to target that knee
…on defense we’re up one LB and down one S so far …and hopefully a DT improvement …I think the run defence will improve but if Thomas is our S, the pass defense will suffer …and we have a rookie DC who’s strongest qualification for the job appears to be “consistency”
…given the schedule, its going to be a long road back to the playoffs
If you look a Belichick last year he had 2 G’s who made less than 2 mill combined. Now, that the best we are talking about, but still. I will give Gase this year to show how smart he is by what he does with the G and C’s. This is his call. He is going for the gold ring of coaching. He has earned his chance. He pulls it off we bow. He screws it up and it will be time to criticize. In the zone stretch, you can take a quality T in college and have him play LG. From write ups Feeney looks like he could make it happen at LG. I will give Gase and Co full confidence until proven otherwise. Not that I disagree, but this one is on faith… faith earned from last year. I don’t agree with the plan, but we will see if he is smarter than the average bear.
Admin, I agree with your assessment of Gase. He exceeded expectations in his first year, now let us trust his judgement.
In regards to our friend Lemmus, I understand his concerns about the guard position. We don’t need a pro bowl guard, just a competent one. Andrew Gardner does better in a zone blocking scheme. He is still out there.
As far as the signing of Larsen. He is flexible by most reports. Let’s hope he can win the starting job.
I don’t disagree with Lemmus, I’m just am gonna’ go on faith at this portion. It will be the one blank check I write for Gase. I don’t fault anyone for saying they think there are issues, but I’ll see what they do on draft day before I chime back in on it.
Here’s an updated list of what picks they currently hold for the 2017 NFL Draft:
1st round: 22nd overall
2nd round: 54th overall
3rd round: 97th overall*
4th round: None
5th round: 166th overall, 178th*, 184th*
6th round: None
7th round: 223rd overall
* – compensatory pick
How did the Dolphins end up with this collection?
–They traded their 2017 third- and fourth-round picks as part of a deal with Minnesota so they could draft receiver Leonte Carroo last year.
–They traded their original 2017 seventh-round pick to Jacksonville as part of what was essentially a swap of left tackle Branden Albert for tight end Julius Thomas.
–They were awarded a third- and two fifth-round picks as compensatory selections for free agency losses.
–They traded their sixth-round pick to the Rams today for DE William Hayes and Los Angeles’ seventh-round pick.
I just hope they dont wait till the 5th round to get the Guards… I really hope… really do.
I say Miami trades up to get ILB Zach Cunningham.
I could see them doing anything at this point, Richard. I’m really looking forward to the Draft. I hope I feel that way after the draft is done.
The Patriots are who they are but I’m convinced that if the Dolphins can have the best D-line and they have the opportunity to get the Best ILB,DT,OLB within their pick and not reach. strengthen the O/L we can hold our on.
I’m convince We should go after the best Value players regardless of Need. That could mean drafting a Safety or CB if they have the BEST VALUE in the 1st round Best Value.
Impact players
Possible 22nd Picked
Best Value
Jarrad Davis
LB, Florida
Considering We don’t Get Poe
Caleb Brantley
DT, Florida
Second Round A serious need Guard
Possible 54th Pick
Taylor Moton
G/T, Western Michigan
Or
Dion Dawkins
G/T, Temple