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Former Tennessee Titans head coach Jeff Fisher's interview with the Miami Dolphins dominated the news yesterday.
Here are the
Miami Dolphins news stories from around the web you may have missed over the last 24 hours:
Dolphins 2011 Season:
There are numerous ways to describe the 2011 season but overall the Miami Dolphins fell significantly short of everyone’s expectations. After struggling through the first half of the season (starting 0-7) the Dolphins finally notched their first victory of the year at Kansas City 31-3! The team continued to play with more consistency winning five of there next eight football games, and looked like a team that could compete with anyone in the NFL at the end of the season!
Miami Dolphins Report Card: Unbalanced season yields C-minus
Dolphins Coaching Search:
DAVIE, Fla. (AP) -- Jeff Fisher landed at the Miami Dolphins' complex Tuesday. Now the question is whether the Dolphins will land Fisher.
On Monday, General Manager Jeff Ireland announces, "Steve Ross and I have a plan in place," regarding a new coach. On Tuesday, The Untitled Carl Peterson pops out of the helicopter at Dolphins headquarters with Steve Ross and prospective coach Jeff Fisher.
The Miami Dolphins showed that Jeff Fisher was at or near the top of their wish list Tuesday by interviewing him just 48 hours after the end....
Maybe the Dolphins should conduct their coaching search using the Iowa caucuses as a guide. More than 100,000 Republicans were expected to convene Tuesday night in schools, churches, town halls, libraries and living rooms across the Hawkeye State - though surely not in my Aunt Irma's house on Hale Street in Dubuque - to make choices among the party's glut of real and supposed candidates for president.
Dolphins Owner:
Dolphins owner Stephen Ross predictably and with enthusiasm was booed in his own stadium when introduced Sunday to pay pregame homage to retiring
Jason Taylor. Recluse general manager Jeff Ireland surely would have been booed, too, had he risen from his rabbit hole for a rare public appearance.
The hiring of a new head coach will be the first major football decision made by Dolphins owner Steve Ross
Dolphins Quarterback Prospects:
Miami Dolphins Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Marino joined me on Tuesday and said that if the Dolphins hierarchy believes that Andrew Luck or Robert Griffin III is a truly special player, it behooves the organization to weigh giving up a treasure trove of draft picks to get a franchise quarterback: "If you think that there’s a guy out there … that’s going to be there for 10-12 years, that’s going to be a special player in the league, yeah, you think about doing it."
Dolphins Cornerbacks:
The Dolphins cornerback sits down with Jesse Agler to look back on his 2011 season, in which he led the team with 4 interceptions, all of which coming in the 2nd half of the season. Make sure to listen as Vontae explains how he plans to improve himself as a player over the off-season before he enters his 4th year in the NFL.
Dolphins Defensive Ends:
The Dolphins defensive lineman talks with Jesse Agler about his huge game against the
Jets, in which he racked up two interceptions and a sack helping lead the Dolphins to a 19-17 victory. Listen in for Starks’ insight on the strong play of the defensive line throughout the year and his comments on how the defense was able to improve greatly as the 2011 season progressed.
Former Dolphins:
How do you take an NFL record 347 wins and narrow them down to just the top five. That's what Coach Shula did for his exclusive list for Dolphins.com.
Former West Virginia quarterback to serve as an honorary Orange Bowl captain
Vikings assure Ponder they won't draft a QB. At least that's one possible trading partner.. Rather get up to #2 though so no one jumps over us
http://www.theredzone.org/BlogDescription/tabid/61/EntryId/22944/Ponder-says-Vikings-assured-him-they-wouldn-t-draft-QB/Default.aspx
phinsphan85 - January 4, 2012
I wasn't expecting Minnesota to draft one...
I think they’ll target Kalil (I expect him to go to STL barring any trades) or potentially with Blackmon. Blackmon will be available there and if Kalil is gone and Minnesota doesn’t target a #1 WR in FA, they could easily go with Blackmon to give Ponder more weapons. Claiborne and Coples would be longshots.
Finhead83 - January 4, 2012
I don't expect them too either but it's good to see it from the horses themselves
I still think we should try a deal with STL, assuming we don’t jump the gun and sign Flynn.. Personally I’d LOVE to sign Manning and draft RG III.. We’ll see, long offseason to go yet
phinsphan85 - January 4, 2012
I think it mostly depends on what STL thinks of Kalil, Blackmon, and the other OT prospects.
Number 8 or 9 in the draft will be ripe with OT prospects. If the Vikings are thinking OT and don’t grade Kalil much higher like Martin or Reiff, they could definitely look to trade down. If the Redskins feel the need to move up though, they are in much better position to make the deal. The Rams would likely be able to choose between both Martin and Reiff at #6 and if Miami is slated to pick 9th, there are a bunch of teams around that area that may look to pluck the 3rd OT off the board. They could also target Blackmon 6th, where he’d be a much better value, and look for an OT like Sanders in the 2nd. Blackmon likely wouldn’t be available to Miami at 8 or 9. It’s just much safer for the Rams to drop to 6.
Finhead83 - January 4, 2012
I saw what you did there, Mosul.
The Phish trying to land the Fisher. Clever.
SlotMachinePlayer - January 4, 2012
At least they're trying to be clever with that.
Unlike the Jets hiring the largest human anchor who would have to be thrown in the luggage compartment to fit in an aircraft…
Finhead83 - January 4, 2012
Slaaaap!
Alpha6 - January 4, 2012
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