Jennings Could be more than what the Phins hoped for

Jimmy Bourbon

9 years ago

The Dolphins have had an extremely busy off-season, with lots of great player acquisitions, and even though we have spoken about all of them, there is one move in particular that I would like to revisit.

After the recent practices, it appears that he is going to have a much bigger role than most of the boys at the pay per head bookie service sites like AcePerHead.com previously thought. That player is veteran Wide Receiver, Greg Jennings.

The Phins gutted their wide receiving unit this off-season and filled it with young hungry receivers, however, one thing it was lacking was an old vet who could teach the young pups some tricks of the trade. Luckily for Miami, they were able to find that player, and the main reason he became available was ironic because Miami traded Mike Wallace to Minnesota, which then made Greg Jennings expendable for the Vikings. Jennings was a fan of Philbin when they were both in Green Bay, and GM Mike Tannenbaum was the final piece that made Jennings comfortable enough to sign with the phins.

Going into OTA’s a lot of fans were thinking that Jennings was going to be more of a mentor and have a limited role in the offense. However, with rookie Parker having ankle surgery and Stills missing time due to an undisclosed injury, Jennings received a lot of reps.

Jennings has been an absolute superstar so far in practice, catching everything thrown his way, he is able to run every route, play every wide receiver position, and he even has the ability to get deep. He is by far the most polished receiver on the team, and as good as Landry has looked this off-season, Jennings has looked even better.

Jennings has not had a 1,000-yard season since 2010 when he played for the Packers, and that was one of the best seasons of his career where he caught 76 passes for 1,265 yards and 12 touchdowns. His stats have gone down in each year since then, but he still ended last year with 59 catches for 742 yards and 6 touchdowns. There is no reason to think that he can not at least repeat those numbers from last year.

He knows his role in the team, but he also has the ability to still play at a top-level at the age of 31. He is the perfect guy to mentor these youngsters and if he continues to shine throughout the off-season, he will be one of Tannehill’s go-to guys and show these young pups that the old dog still has some tricks. How big a role does the rest of the Miami Dolphins fans think Jennings will have in the offense this season?

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