keith075

Landry had like 116 catches in 2017 (the NFL record for the year) basically because everyone else was hurt and the line was down to 3rd stringers. Every other pass that season was a screen or a two yard toss to Landry. So around week 15, Landry walks into Gase's office and says that he needs more opportunities...maybe line him up outside a little more and throw him bombs. Mind you, we had multiple speed burners in Grant and Stills that we couldn't throw to deep because of the line. Landry was our slowest receiver, so it shouldn't have been hard to figure out that was a really bad idea..... Anyway, Gase immediately cut Landry off and said "no thanks", and Landry took it personally. It was leaked to the media the same day that players were angry at Gase, with Landry's one on one conversation with Gase as "proof" he was losing the team. It's not very hard to connect the dots on what else happened behind the scenes.....Landry made the whole thing up and leaked it (thinking it would get him more deep passes from Moore behind a 3rd string line). As I said earlier, Landry started a brawl two weeks later and the rest is history. Any team would be lucky to have his talent & work ethic, but the drama is not worth the $18M price tag. One other tidbit- in the team meeting the following week, Gase said that players need to "get with the team's game-plan or they'll be shipped to Cleveland". Landry was gone two weeks later, so Gase might have decided before the brawl that they weren't giving him the huge contract.

Landry- it's a really tough call but at the end of the day, he's not an 18.5M/year receiver. He was ejected his very last game in Miami for throwing punches/starting a brawl and that was really the final straw for me. Amazing player but his temper drew too many penalties. Ajayi- I was personally thrilled over the move because it showed Gase had balls of steel. Ajayi kept bouncing outside and ignoring the lanes his blockers were opening up- Gase warned him in week 2 to stop that crap. Week 3 he listened, then went back to freelancing a week afterwards. And just like that, Gase put him on a bus to Philly....I applaud shipping a good player with a bad attitude. So I guess I'm happy with both of them being moved...although Landry was tough since he fights for every inch.

That's not entirely accurate. The Fins started 1-5, barely squeaking by Cleveland in overtime for their only win, and Gase flat-out fired two linemen. They went on to win 9 of 10 in a row with a balanced attack by outscoring everyone they faced. Most games were close....and we stole most of them on the final possession.....but 9 of 10 wins is 9 of 10 wins. The other part of that story though is that we won 2 of the final 3 without Tannehill, then we only had him for about 7 games the following two seasons. When Tannehill started the first three games of 2018 we were 3-0....he got hurt and things got ugly fast. Injuries tore us apart last season on offense but we still somehow managed 7 wins. How? Just look at plays like the Miami Miracle....Gase's players didn't give up and we somehow willed explosive plays in the 2nd half. I'm here this season because I feel Ross in Miami made a colossal mistake in cutting Gase- you can only polish a turd so much and hope for a diamond to form (AKA, Ryan Tannehill). Yet he rolled off a 10 game win streak (across 3 seasons) anyway in chunk yards behind a dysfunctional offensive line (again, injuries were terrible across our offense). I'll always be a lifelong Dolphins fan since it's my hometown, but somehow Gase has made me a Jets fan this season as well. Go figure. ?