DeVante Parker Epitomizes A Franchise Chasing Its Tail
DeVante Parker’s AC Joint injury will likely keep him out for a while
DeVante Parker missed far more time in 2018 than he’s played… what else is new[/caption]
There’s no way Gase and Co. could have predicted DeVante Parker would injure his AC Joint. However, they should have known Parker would get injured in some way, shape, or form.
Parker has always been hurt. Why would it change now?
That’s why Parker needed to be traded by hook or by crook…
… But he wasn’t, and now Parker is on the bench again.
Miami’s staff and front office’s inability to assess players and situations is a ugly theme that stretches back decades.
Gase and Co. missed a slam dunk of an opportunity to maximize the positive from a bad situation. Instead, they decided to make a bet with the dice loaded against them.
Name a fan who didn’t predict this outcome? If we knew it, why didn’t Gase and Co.?
The Dolphins just signed 6’3” WR Bryce Butler to mimic Parker. They could have done the very same thing a few weeks ago and had an extra pick.
Hindsight is 20/20… that’s why they should have known Parker would get hurt.
Miami would have received as high as a mid-round pick for DeVante Parker. Whatever the pick, it would have helped offset the 4th Rounder used for Quinn or one of the picks wasted on Carroo.
No, it wouldn’t have been equal value to what Miami paid to draft Parker. But then again, zero isn’t equal either and that’s what they’ll get now. Unless Miami’s unhinged enough to keep the $8 million dollar tender on Parker and try to repeat their Landry trick this off season, Parker will play a couple more games (maybe) and leave with nada in return.
Sadly, this is just the tip of the iceberg to a more fundamental problem.
It doesn’t take great pay per head software like www.AcePerHead.com to know Parker isn’t an isolated case. It’s not a great mystery that Miami receives under value from far too many high priced draft picks.
Over the last 3 seasons:
2nd Round Pick Jordan Phillips was released for nothing.
2nd Round Pick Jarvis Landry was traded for a 4th and 7th. A trade a year earlier would have garnered a better deal. At least the very least, the drama would have been reduced.
3rd Round Pick Oliver Vernon lost Via Free Agency.
4th Round Pick Lamar Miller lot Via Free Agency.
Then add in to this equation top picks who are currently under performing:
2nd Round Pick Raekwon McMillan
1st Round Pick Charles Harris
3rd Round Pick Cordrea Tankersley
3rd Round Pick Leonte Carroo
2nd Round Pick Mike Gesicki
1st Round Pick Ja’Wuan James
1st Round Pick Ryan Tannehill
Then add a third layer of the total busts:
2nd Round Pick Johnathan Martin
3rd Round Pick Michael Agnew
1st Round Pick Dion Jordan
2nd Round Jamar Taylor
3rd Round Pick Dallas Thomas
3rd Round Pick Will Davis
4th Round Pick Jamil Douglas
This is far too many opportunities missed, received poor value in compensation, or aren’t firing the way their pedigree indicates they should.
No, you can’t hit on every pick. And yes, the Dolphins have managed to find some gems late and off the scrap heap that has saved them from being a complete disaster. Also, the last two drafts have been a slight improvement over previous drafts. Okay, I agree that some of these under performing picks may step up with more time. But the reality is right now they are needed desperately and they aren’t producing.
Despite all these caveats, Miami’s utilization of blue chips and the players produced from them is sub par.
This poor use of premium picks would make any staff struggle to win. Add in some of the worst injury luck over the last three season and you have a perfect recipe for disaster.
It’s surprising really that Miami is 5-5 at this point. It’s more amazing that a few plays going for Miami could of had them in a good position.
This isn’t to say Gase and his staff don’t have responsibility in their failure. Of course they are responsible because on too many occasions this staff has kept the wrong player playing for far too long. Without a doubt, Julius Thomas, Jay Cutler, DeVante Parker, Raekwon McMillan, and Jermon Bushrod are prime examples of the lack of vision on the player side. These failures are 100% on the staff.
The NFL is about talent and after that it’s about what you do with that talent.
This is why Parker should have been traded. Past mistakes need all the help they can get… even if it’s just a little. More importantly, Miami must start to show vision and the ability make wise decisions ahead of schedule at some point.
Nothing will change until the Dolphins stop believing every issue is a matter of ‘if we tweak this or that, make our run fits better, pick up what we left on the table’… ect.
Above all, building an NFL team is about vision. If the Front Office misses in acquisition then the Staff must act quickly in identifying the failure and move on from the mistake. If the staff keeps jamming a round peg in a square hole it’s on them… that is, until they get canned. But don’t worry, after that the Front Office will be next on the chopping block.
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Here’s and interesting Quarterback Taylor Cornelius in his 5th year, may not be NFL drafted played behind Baker Mayfield they have a record of 5 wins and 5 losses. They have a big game tonight against West Virginia and Quarterback Will Grier. Taylor Cornelius if you look at their losses 3 games loss the Oklahoma State offense score over 30 points. Which means to me their defense was slacking.
Texas and Oklahoma State
https://youtu.be/PPl5HyQFHfo
Boise State and Oklahoma State
https://youtu.be/p7ecw-1qVck
Thu, Aug 30
vs Missouri State
W58-17
1-0 (0-0)
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Sat, Sep 8
vs South Alabama
W55-13
2-0 (0-0)
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Sat, Sep 15
vs 17 Boise State
W44-21
3-0 (0-0)
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Sat, Sep 22
vs Texas Tech
L41-17
3-1 (0-1)
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Sat, Sep 29
@Kansas
W48-28
4-1 (1-1)
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Sat, Oct 6
vs Iowa State
L48-42
4-2 (1-2)
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Sat, Oct 13
@ Kansas State
L31-12
4-3 (1-3)
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Sat, Oct 27
vs 6 Texas
W38-35
5-3 (2-3)
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Sat, Nov 3
@ Baylor
L35-31
5-4 (2-4)
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Sat, Nov 10
@6 Oklahoma
L48-47
5-5 (2-5)
Date
Opponent
Time
TV
Sat, Nov 17
vs9 West Virginia
12:30 PM
Taylor Cornelius, Oklahoma State
Sure, Oklahoma State has lost four of its last five games, but Cornelius has been balling’. Last week in the Bedlam game against Oklahoma, he threw for 501 yards and three touchdowns in the 48-47 loss. He’s thrown for 3,133 yards and 23 touchdowns this year and should be in another shootout when West Virginia rolls into town. It may be another loss, but that doesn’t mean Cornelius won’t be a blast to watch.
We have not seen this in Miami Yet! When you think you have seen it all!
Tony Dongy posted:
The Saints has 509 yards and scored 51 points. The Bucs had 501 yards and scored 3 points. How does that happen??? Seems impossible to me that you could go up and down the field that many times and end up with one FG.
Sounds like to me the Bucs are allergic the End Zone?
1:31 PM – Nov 12, 2018
The Bucs’ red-zone tally Sunday:
• two turnovers
• two missed field goals
• one dropped touchdown pass
• two sacks
• one penalty
• one bad snap
That’s on the players, not the coach. If they execute, they win.
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Looks like a Dolphins stat line, Steve! Top notch regime don’t have this… when’s the last time the PAts had a stat line like that? Sad.
As a Fan:
We saw the linebacker, defensive tackle and the quarterback for the Dolphins posing a serious issue this season, and what was done about it? on a serious note! This warrant looking for new management, Coaching and QB. The Ram’s,Eagle’s,Texan, Chief’s Rookie Quarterbacks have produced with Supper Bowl, playoffs etc. And we are still kicking the can down the road 6 or 7 years later talking about next season we’ll see what happens.
I’m not given these guys a passed anymore, Coaches like Nick Saban, Bill Billicheck and others constantly fine the right players for their system and coach them to perfection. Stephen Ross wonder why he is failing in the NFL?, Just looked at the Mediocre staffing and Coaching he surrounds himself with. Each season their are more excuses.
If you were borne in the year 2000. You would have witnessed the Dolphins make the playoffs four times 2000, 2001, 2008, 2016.
If you borne in 1970 you would have witnessed the Dolphins make 23 playoff!
NFL: 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2008, 2016
Stephen Ross has been the owner of the Dolphins since 2008 when he bought half of the franchise from Wayne Huizenga. That season Ross witnessed one of Miami’s best seasons this century after the team finished the year with an 11-5 record, and a division title. Plus a playoff appearance in 2016.Time to hit the Reset Button Stephen Ross.
It’s so pathetic… I never would have believed it would be like this. These last 2 and half decades have been horrible… it’s almost unbelievable. We just can’t seem to find the right GM or coaches. Philbin was wishy washy and Gase is too stubborn. We always bring in coaches with major flaws. Sporano was the best but he was limited more guts than brains and no QB. That’s another issue .. no QB. We threw the coach and QB under the bus and haven’t seen even 50% of their like since. The Stache was the worst… ohh then there was the liar and quitter Saban. It’ been garbage in and out for far too long, Steve. It will take a miracle…
BUY WHAT YOU WANT AND BEGGED FOR WHAT YOU NEED!
The Miami Dolphins organization Draft who they want and begged/trade for productive players in the middle of the season.
So, how come Don Shula could take low round picks and get players who mattered? More so, How did Shula take 5th rounders and beat other teams laden with first rounders? Has anyone ever heard of coaching? We could have drafted Aaron Rodgers and he would be out of football today! How many plyers have left the Dolphins and then been productive on other teams? We have a buffoon owner who loves to hire the failed Jets executives he met at a party somewhere in New York. Ross pays top dollar for damaged goods on a routine basis! He needs to sell the team or AT LEAST MAKE IT A PUBLICLY TRADED CORPORATION.
Fire Tannenbaum, fire Gase then cut the deadwood!
First, we have to remember the draft was 12 rounds or more back then, Van. Also, it’s not about the round a player is picked in. John Randle is my Top 5 fav player and he went undrafted. BUT, higher round picks are supposed to be higher % of success. 1st RD is somewhere around 75%. High picks offer you the largest pool to choose from and the best bet to find players. Actually, on this team the best players are late round players or undrafted: Wake & Jones. Problem is we let players leave a year too late and play a year too long. It also seems that we keep coaches a year too long as well. I do think Gase and Co. should be let go… unless they go 4-2. Then give them one more year. First, if Gase goes 9-7 and you fire him, good luck finding a good coach. Given these circumstances of his firing and the circumstance of the talent at QB no good coach or GM will come. Now, if he flops over the rest of the season, or if retained, next season, then a future coach will feel like he’ll get every chance to succeed. We are in a terrible situation. The best case is Gase and Co. have an epiphany and make good. The second best if Miami flops hard over the next 6 games and the house is cleaned. I do like the public corporation idea a TON, sir!!!!