The Miami Dolphins Offseason is filled with IFs and two of them are Dion Jordan and Kiko Alonso.
Miami Dolphins Offseason is filled with IFs and Dion Jordan is one of them.
The Miami Dolphins Offseason has been carried by a word that is full of both hope and sorrow: IF! IF Alonso bounces back, IF Maxwell can step up his game, IF Wake recovers, IF Bushrod can transition to guard, IF Albert can play a full season, IF Mario will return to play maker, IF Gase is good coach, IF Tannenbaum can draft, IF Dion Jordan will return and make good, THEN Miami will have one heck of a year!
I just played lotto and I am expecting the check in a couple of weeks. Anyone need a loan?
Seriously, even the best franchise don’t hit 100%. Their is no way that Miami Dolphins and Tannenbaum will either, so they shouldn’t be expected to. But, they need to nail more than not and one of the IF’s that isn’t a total long shot – although it seems that way – is Dion Jordan.
Stop laughing, please.
We all know the story, the Dolphins made a surprising trade up to draft Jordan at #3 in the 2013 Draft. They then wanted him to bulk up on a bum shoulder to a DE at around 270lbs. Jordan seemingly felt he couldn’t do it naturally and then used performance enhancers to get there.
This is the curious part of it. As a former personal trainer, I find it extremely difficult to believe that an NFL staff had zero inclination that 20lbs of muscle added on a bad wing in a few months was “normal”. Then he got busted, and then again. Why did’t they have a plan? It’s rhetorical, I know the answer – because they were inept. In the real world, naturally adding 20lbs of lean muscle to a person who is at their near max, especially in a few months, is all but impossible. At what point do you say, he can’t put the weight on and stay in the league, “Let’s find a new position for this massive asset”!
Jordan has played sparsely, he was suspended twice for a substance abuse violation, once for 4 games in 2014, and once for the entire 2015 season. Jordan will be eligible to return to the team within a month’s time, and the Dolphins have openly said they are willing to welcome him back on the team. They even acquired Alosno, Jordan’s friend and former teammate, to be a liaison.
Dion Jordan was a ‘backer in college, so why didn’t the Miami Dolphins move him there quicker?
First of all Jordan is signed through 2016, and this year he has a cap hit of around $6.2 million, with just about $3 million as dead cap money, so even if Miami did want to get rid of him, most sports gambling fans would say it would not be worth it because they will have to eat $3 million. Jordan has shown some momentary flashes, so with some proper coaching – ahem position change – determination, passion for the game, and hard work on his part, he could at least be a contributor to the Dolphins defense at a period where they need all the help they can get.
Clearly Jordan has a tall task ahead of him, not only has he been away from football for a year, but he will also need to stay clean and take around 10 drug tests a month – which includes alcohol. But, let’s remember he was taking drugs to add weight, not to get high. If he doesn’t need the weight, he won’t need the drugs. This isn’t a case where he is addicted. This is a case where a staff asked someone to do the impossible and he went outside the rules to do it. This time it seems Miami has a whole other plan for him. It’s a plan that should have been set for him in the beginning – the position he played in college: LINEBACKER! Talent has never been a problem. Now, it’s on him and his will to decide what’s next. Go Fins!!!