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It was part of the problem. But that was the past few years. Not when Kyle Wilson was drafted. Which is a similar player to Dee Milliner.

Slow period in the off season. Why not another thread? My lone reservation with Ronald Darby being our top pick this year, granted it was 50th overall and only a 2nd round choice is Rex's history with the Jets in regard to corner backs. 2009: The Jets had the 29th pick in round 1. This selection was used on Kyle Wilson. Over the first 5 years with the Jets he started 28 out of 80 games. With only 1 start in the last two years. His stats are pedestrian and he is also now with the Saints. 2012: They selected Josh Bush in the sixth round which I can't fault him for a 6th round pick not producing but he is now with Denver. 2013: Dee Milliner was selected at #9 ahead of Sheldon Richardson the eventual Defensive Rookie of the Year. He has started 14 games the past two season and has been plagued by injury for a lot of his short career. His stats are here. Maybe Milliner can bounce back and play well but now he is behind Revis and Cromartie and won't be looked upon as he was when he was selected 9th overall. 2014: Brandon Dixon was selected in the 6th round and did not make the roster. Is now with Tampa Bay. My concern is how much influence Rex had on the picks? Is what he wants to see in a cornerback just that hit or miss? Will we see Darby buck this trend or continue it? I want Darby to contribute and succeed but while watching the Jets while Rex was in tenure I never got the feeling he developed cornerbacks well. It is worth noting that over his years with the Jets, six I believe, they only selected 4 cornerbacks. It is also worth noting the Donnie Henderson is superior to any positional coach rex has had previously for the defensive backs. Thoughts?

Took longer than anticipated for EJ to be mentioned.

Not at all. But post count does not determine content.

Aaannnddd there goes your credibility. If you had any to start with anyway.

Isn't it there typical course of action that teams that play in London get a Bye the following week?

The last two games EJ played he was required to throw the ball over 35 times and we barely ran for anything significant. If we keep EJ under 25 attempts a game he has proven to be an effective game manager with the ability to win a game on the final drive here and there. The EJ critics repeat ad nauseam the Houston game. Hackett had him throw 44 times while we ran it less than 25 times. That will not happen this year. EJ has the best chance to win the starting job currently.

Regardless of the player Clay is I think this is a pretty interesting power struggle between two rival clubs. I would like to see an in depth journalistic column that delves deep into the inner workings of something like this as it is likely unprecedented for the length it has been drawn out. After it is concluded of course. Both teams have a vendetta to make this more difficult on the other. It's only a question of who is more patient and is hurt less by the process being drawn out. I would guess that the Bills are hurt less at this point.

Yeah. Because the Dolphins have been making magical moves regarding cap space and contracts lately.

I'm not kidding but I'd think you were. Tannehill has had some good games. So has EJ. But Tannehill is going into his forth year. He has not been consistently good. The majority of dolphin fans I know wan't him gone. He is at best an average quarterback. He does not have a great deep ball. One of the reasons Wallace was unhappy. EJ has had 14 games of mismanagement of resources under his belt. Tannehill has three seasons of under achievement under his belt. I'm not at all saying EJ is better. I just don't want Tannehill as my opinion is he is what we have already seen of him. EJ has the chance to do more than almost reach playoffs. Also I am not saying Tannehill won't make that progress. I'm just saying I don't think he will and we've seen what he has to offer. I think EJ has more of a chance to than him. And that's because EJ has more unknown than Tannehill. Not because he's better. Don't like my opinion? I'm sorry.

Except it's a nine year old after five cups of coffee and a pound of sugar.

That's why some of the June 1st designations can be gambles as well. You do that designation to push dollars into next years cap in the hopes you sign enough players that realistically you could not absorb that cap hit this year. When you don't sign enough players to do that it's pushing cap dollars out meaninglessly.

I doubt they restructure Mario this year. That pushes dollars out into the next few years. We have too many people to extend offers to for us to push dollars out any further than is needed. Spend close to the cap this year to keep the next few years cap hits slightly lower for those players they can do this for. I like they are only restructuring as needed. He can sign it and continue to negotiate but then he loses the only leverage he has.

He was not. A model citizen for 8 weeks with atrocious QB play. If he survived that I think he'll be fine in Buffalo. NP. Still think this should be closed. Plenty of this debate in the various other Percy Harvin threads.

Not sure if this has been stated but Spiller seems to me is a younger Reggie Bush. Early on Bush was criticized for not running inside. Bouncing too many runs outside. Great college running backs that don't quite translate to NFL style offenses. Bush never performed to expectations with the Saints. I'm not sure Peyton will do any better with Spiller.

This is debated IN the Percy Harvin thread. Do we need another thread?

Just an interesting side note. They extended a reserve DE named Hughes.

I think Tannenbaum is a terrible person for the front office for the Dolphins. I revel in the fact he went there. He put the Jets in cap hell too trying to get past the AFC Championship game with aging veterans that were on the down slope of there careers with larger than necessary contracts. That was the reason the Jets were forced to move on from Revis. At the time the cap wasn't increasing much at all and they were projected, if I recall correctly, to have less than 10 million in cap space. Izdik came in and fixed the Jets cap situation. He was absolutely terrible at drafting as a GM but he fixed a huge mess Tannenbaum created and without successful drafts to replenish talent, that he was forced to let walk, it gave Rex a roster void of quality players. Tannenbaum, in my opinion, is the major reason the Jets went downhill. He swung for the fences after each year after Rex and Sanchez made the AFC title game and each time he missed not just poorly but horribly. And the Jets window closed as Sanchez lost talent around him and the defense regressed (Even slightly). Because of that I can't be happier the Dolphins were the ones to hire him.

I think you have an inflated sense of what Tannehill is. He was a middling quarterback last year that was almost benched. I think EJ has just as good a chance at succeeding as Tannehill.

I blame the first not being locked.

This.

Yes it is. And they have young players on there roster that are in need of extensions. It is by far a good thing for us. The cap going up by 10 mill a year is not going to fix what they did. Also remember the flat line in cap increase we had a few years ago. There is never a guarantee this cap increase will continue at this pace. Is Miami improving there team? Yes. Are they mortgaging the future similar to how New Orleans did last year? No doubt they are.

The point is at what expense in the future though. That is why people are focusing on the cap. No one is saying they aren't getting better. All I see are people saying they are actively pinching themselves in the future.