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http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/04/14/1580021/big-trade-puts-dolphins-on-equal.html

Big trade puts Miami Dolphins on equal footing with Jets

By ARMANDO SALGUERO

asalguero@MiamiHerald.com

This changes everything.

We went to bed Tuesday night praying the Dolphins could somehow find a playmaker in the coming draft and awoke Wednesday morning with Brandon Marshall on the roster, proving that Christmas morning also can come in April.

We went to bed wondering if the Dolphins would ever make a bold move that could keep them from fading further in the New York Jets' rearview mirror and awoke racing wheel to wheel with Firemen Fred or Ed or whatever his name is.

The Jets were adding big name after big name the past few weeks while the Dolphins sat frustratingly quiet. But this move changes our outlook.

New York, who's your daddy now?

Instead of going into next season's games against Rex Ryan's

defense wondering if anyone can get open against Darrelle Revis and Antonio Cromartie, the question shifts.

Can either of those guys cover Marshall?

In 2007, when Cromartie was the best cornerback in the NFL, Marshall caught 13 passes in two games against him and the San Diego Chargers. Marshall caught 18 passes for 166 yards against Cromartie and the Chargers in one 2008 game.

The Jets now must worry about more than just Miami's Wildcat offense that they discredit so readily but actually copied during their playoff run. The Jets and everyone else now have to worry about the Dolphins throwing the football.

And completing the passes.

``Brandon Marshall to the Dolphins, huh,'' Revis wrote on his Twitter account. ``That's a good look for them.''

It's a good look because, praise be, the Dolphins finally have a No. 1 wide receiver and they can join the rest of the NFL in the 21st century!

This move updates the Dolphins and promises excitement.

CHANGE OF HEART

Bill Parcells has seemingly abandoned the old Giants template for winning a championship. He obviously recognizes you cannot win with just a good running game and good defense unless you have Lawrence Taylor, too, and the Dolphins have been lacking an LT and shown little alacrity for re-signing JT.

So being able to score points is the next best thing and the Dolphins should do more of that with a wide receiver corps that everyone must respect. For the first time since he has been Miami's coach, Tony Sparano now can say he likes Miami's receivers and we can actually believe him.

This trade, expensive in dollars and draft picks, also changes how we view the Dolphins off the field.

When Parcells arrived, he promised no ``problem children.''

The arrests of three Miami players -- Tony McDaniel, Will Allen and Ronnie Brown -- since January, and the signing of enigmatic guard Richie Incognito tested the limits of that promise.

It gets totally dismissed as lip service now that Marshall is on board.

Forget that Marshall was unhappy in Denver because of his contract. He has a new $50 million deal, and that should make him quite the good soldier in the locker room and on the practice field.

But one cannot dismiss the eight domestic violence incidents he has been involved in dating to 2006 and occurring as recently as May 2009. Those are troubling issues one hopes Marshall will not repeat in South Florida.

Regardless of how it plays out, the Dolphins, known for making relatively safe, logical moves, have climbed out on a limb. The risks are greater out there, but the rewards also are grander.

OTHER NEEDS

This move suggests the Dolphins now can go into next week's draft with an eye on defense. Defense is where I thought they were headed in the first round anyway, because at this moment, Miami lacks a starting free safety and starting outside linebacker.

But what if the Dolphins want to become truly radical? What if they pick Dez Bryant if he's available, or select electric running back C.J. Spiller?

Neither fits Miami's prototype. It would be the unexpected, unconventional thing for the Dolphins to do. But so was trading for and signing Brandon Marshall.

That move changed everything.

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Wow, what a complete piece of garbage. This can't possibly be a real article, right? It has to be some bleacher report-esque fan ramblings. Everything from the second grade mentality of making a joke about Fireman Ed to the blatant lies of the Jets copying the Dolphins wildcat, when they had been running those plays with Brad Smith for two years before the Dolphins even thought about it. Oh, and we're seriously "worried" about if Revis of all people, the best corner in the NFL, can cover Marshall?

Its one thing to credit the Dolphins for the moves they're making (even if I don't agree to the extent in which Marshall will somehow radically change the entire team), but rambling on with such clearly uneducated nonsense can't possibly be considered journalism can it? How do people like this seriously have a job?

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Wow, what a complete piece of garbage. This can't possibly be a real article, right? It has to be some bleacher report-esque fan ramblings. Everything from the second grade mentality of making a joke about Fireman Ed to the blatant lies of the Jets copying the Dolphins wildcat, when they had been running those plays with Brad Smith for two years before the Dolphins even thought about it. Oh, and we're seriously "worried" about if Revis of all people, the best corner in the NFL, can cover Marshall?

Its one thing to credit the Dolphins for the moves they're making (even if I don't agree to the extent in which Marshall will somehow radically change the entire team), but rambling on with such clearly uneducated nonsense can't possibly be considered journalism can it? How do people like this seriously have a job?

LOL...no, it's an ass hole writer from the Miami Herald...has a spot on a local sports radio show as well...they just love to hammer the Jets.

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Because the OP linked to it wrong. Notice the URL you clicked on contains "...", that's a surefire screwed-up link job. Here's your link:

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/04/14/1580021/big-trade-puts-dolphins-on-equal.html

Are you aware that this is a ****IN' BLOG?!!!

Now it all makes more Sense than anything - It's a long time fan of the Dolfags who used to work for ESPN way back in 2002 on "OUTSIDE THE LINES" (where he was a good friend of JETS HATER Trey Wingo) and has nothing better to do but pull the trigger at the JETS.

By the way, the stupid Miami Herald is paying him to play "Fireman ED" with the fans!

This article is nothing better than one man's opinion column, just as if someone posted it here & awaited a response.

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Are you aware that this is a ****IN' BLOG?!!!

Now it all makes more Sense than anything - It's a long time fan of the Dolfags who used to work for ESPN way back in 2002 on "OUTSIDE THE LINES" (where he was a good friend of JETS HATER Trey Wingo) and has nothing better to do but pull the trigger at the JETS.

By the way, the stupid Miami Herald is paying him to play "Fireman ED" with the fans!

This article is nothing better than one man's opinion column, just as if someone posted it here & awaited a response.

It shows the level of journalism in Miami and the Herald's willingness to seek popularity via channel public opinion--in this case that Brandon Marshall elevates them to the top of the AFCE. It is a bit higher than if someone posted it here, because here your posts are not validated beforehand.

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Instead of going into next season's games against Rex Ryan's defense wondering if anyone can get open against Darrelle Revis and Antonio Cromartie, the question shifts.

Can either of those guys cover Marshall?

In 2007, when Cromartie was the best cornerback in the NFL, Marshall caught 13 passes in two games against him and the San Diego Chargers. Marshall caught 18 passes for 166 yards against Cromartie and the Chargers in one 2008 game.

Don't know why people would get bent out of shape over this. Salguero is Bizarro Cimini. Same satchel-eyed pedo grin, same penchant for technically-correct-but-practically-improper usage of words like "alacrity." He just replaces Cimini's obsession with nitpicking the Jets with an irresistible compulsion for uncritically pimping the Fins. Then again I doubt even Cimini possesses the depth and breadth of hackery required to ask a rhetorical question with one obvious correct answer and still get it wrong.

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Jason had the perfect rebuttal to this article on the other site, so I don't want to steal his thunder.

But I have to highlight one of the points he made:

Fins record in games other that the Jets?

5-9

Jets record in games other than Fins (and Colts regular season game)?

10-6

How is Brandon Marshall going to make up those 5 games???

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notice when talking about covering marshall he completely ignores darrelle revis and just focuses on a couple of chargers games where marshall did well. what he fails to mention is that in 2007 againt the chargers the broncos scored a grand total of 6 points and marshall had no td's (obviously)...although he got about 75 yds each game. he als fails to mention that in the other '08 game marshall went 6/55 and no td's. the 18 catch game is impressive even though he only managed 9 yds/reception. but last year against the chargers he was 5/49 and 3/26 with no scores in the 2 games. one of which, again, the broncos scored all of 3 points. hardly impressive. talk about cherry picking a game or 2 to prove the homerisitc stance that marshall is unstoppable.

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Once again, I have absolutely no concerns about Revis shutting down Marshall. He's the best cover CB in the NFL, and probably one of its best tacklers, too. Marshall helps Miami against the rest of the league. Against the Jets - not so much.

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Wow, what a complete piece of garbage. This can't possibly be a real article, right? It has to be some bleacher report-esque fan ramblings. Everything from the second grade mentality of making a joke about Fireman Ed to the blatant lies of the Jets copying the Dolphins wildcat, when they had been running those plays with Brad Smith for two years before the Dolphins even thought about it. Oh, and we're seriously "worried" about if Revis of all people, the best corner in the NFL, can cover Marshall?

Its one thing to credit the Dolphins for the moves they're making (even if I don't agree to the extent in which Marshall will somehow radically change the entire team), but rambling on with such clearly uneducated nonsense can't possibly be considered journalism can it? How do people like this seriously have a job?

Agreed 100% percent. I don't understand how, already being a better team than Miami, we got Cromartie, Poole, Holmes, LT, possibly JT, got Washington and Jenkins back, and the Dolphins make one move, and they are better than us? :rl:

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This is too funny, when the Jets picked LT, Cromartie, and Holmes, Jets fans were talking playoffs/superbowl hopes. When the Phins picked up Marshall, every Dolphan around here was saying "take that Jets" :bag:

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This is too funny, when the Jets picked LT, Cromartie, and Holmes, Jets fans were talking playoffs/superbowl hopes. When the Phins picked up Marshall, every Dolphan around here was saying "take that Jets" :bag:

I know. Miami's still got the same crap everwhere else. Just wait till the Miami lifestyle takes it's toll on all their "problem " children. :rl:

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Dumbest article ever. How does signing 1 WR and an overrated LB put them on equal footing with a team that had the #1 D in the league and just injected HGH in their offense with weapons?

Stupid article. The title alone threw me off.

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Dumbest article ever. How does signing 1 WR and an overrated LB put them on equal footing with a team that had the #1 D in the league and just injected HGH in their offense with weapons?

Stupid article. The title alone threw me off.

You guys that don't live in the South Florida area aren't use to jounalism like this...us Jets fans down here get to read this **** 365 days a year...you have to remember, these hackers are actually fish fans posing as journalists.

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You guys that don't live in the South Florida area aren't use to jounalism like this...us Jets fans down here get to read this **** 365 days a year...you have to remember, these hackers are actually fish fans posing as journalists.

Just baffling.

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Dumbest article ever. How does signing 1 WR and an overrated LB put them on equal footing with a team that had the #1 D in the league and just injected HGH in their offense with weapons?

Stupid article. The title alone threw me off.

What overrated LB did they sign? They let two overrated geriatric LBs walk. If they aren't replaced, the Dolphins are ****ed.

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