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IrishR#1 said 12/30, 08:13 PM
The NFL draft is coming up (okay, 4 months, but still...). Never too early to do some mock draft throwdowns. The Dolphins suck. They have no QB, no offensive line or WRs, no defense, and no decent coaches. I've heard Glenn Dorsey, Jake Long, Matt Ryan (?), and Chris Long, but the Dolphins should take Darren McFadden.

Yes, they have Ronnie Brown, but a two back system can end up being one of the most effective offenses in the league. Last year's conference championship games featured teams with 2 back systems. This year, 4 of the top 5 teams in rushing use 2 backs. Minnesota has Peterson and Taylor. Jacksonville has Jones-Drew and Taylor. The Giants have Bradshaw and Jacobs. Tennessee has Brown and White. For some reason, 2 back systems win. New England has used Faulk and Maroney when they run. Dallas has Jones and Barber. Green Bay has Grant and Jackson. 2 backs win games.

The only other player I could see them taking is Glenn Dorsey, but offense is a bigger need. They held the Patriots to 28 points, but they only scored 7. If they had a back like McFadden it may have been different. 2 backs win. Offenses win.

IrishR#1 said 12/31, 12:23 PM
Sorry about the date thing. Dumb mistake by me.

Cleo Lemon is clearly not the answer. He throws for a lot of yards, but they still can't score.

In today's NFL, offenses win. The Pats have been giving up a lot of points recently, but they still win. Baltimore scored an offensive touchdown on them. Eli Manning and the Giants marched it up and down on them, but they still won. A good offense is better than a good defense. The Texans took Mario Williams, and he's done great, but he hasn't turned around that team. I'm sure the Texans wish they had a better RB than Ron Dayne and Darius Walker. Mario Williams is clearly a better pick than Reggie Bush or Vince Young, but the Texans D still can't stop the Colts.

The Patriots, Colts, Cowboys, and Packers all have top 5 offenses, and they all have 13 or more wins.

McFadden could give the Dolphins a fearsome offense. Like EH said, Brown was great before he got injured, but like Joseph Addai, he could have had his production slowed down by taking a large majority of the carries. With Run DMC, Brown, Lemon, and Ginn, the offense could score in a division where they could get 4 wins easily.

IrishR#1 said 01/01, 06:11 PM
Teams with good offenses will almost always have good defense, statistically speaking. Bad offenses give the defenses good field position. Remember that the Dolphins lost Zach Thomas, which hurt their production on defense. Also, the Phins have some young players in the secondary and have made some transactions during the previous offseason, not to mention they have Jason Taylor. The defense will do better if they aren't on the field all the time.

Let's look at one of the worst defenses last year. The Indianapolis Colts. Their run defense was awful. The way they fixed it-nothing. The changes were losing players. The only new player was Ed Johnson, the defensive tackle. Sometimes doing nothing does work.

The Phins need to build around a star. You can't build a team around a defensive tackle. Look at the defensive stars in this league-Champ Bailey, Jason Taylor, Bob Sanders, Kevin Williams, Pat Williams, Albert Haynesworth. Only Sanders won his division. However, offensive stars like Tom Brady, LT, and Tony Romo won their divisions. You can't build a team around a defensive tackle. You can around a star back like Darren McFadden.