Tanking a season to get one player, even if he is supposed to be all that, is a very dangerous game to play. What happens if he gets a bad injury in camp, pre season or the first few games?

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Risk is part of the game, look at the Falcons, they gave up 4 draft picks to move up for Julio Jones. You have to take a calculated risk.

Phins went in with a lame duck coach and needing QB and offensive line… and did nothing about all three…. they spent money on RB’s which they already had and came in well below the cap….
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No team will “suck for Luck”. It is a ridiculous premise.

The Dolphins took an O-lineman with their #1 pick in the draft. They thought Henne was serviceable (he is) and they tried unsuccessfully to get Mallett in the draft (waited too long) and Orton via trade. They got a pretty good rookie RB and brought in Reggie Bush. The Bush signing was not as bad as people like to claim. When used in a way that uses his strengths, Bush is one of the biggest match-up problems and big play threats. The problem is, they are not using him right.

The team is playing badly. That’s quite obvious but they have the ability. A top 5-6 defense from last year got rid of Crowder for a better LB. No other real changes and now that defense is one of the worst in the league. The issue is the team has stopped playing for Sparano. Ross’ open courting of Harbaugh started that and Sparano’s pressers merely finished the assault on the team’s confidence and hope in the future.

The Dolphins are playing bad for many reasons but tanking the season for a potential draft pick is not one of them.

Phins went in with a lame duck coach and needing QB and offensive line… and did nothing about all three…. they spent money on RB’s which they already had and came in well below the cap….

it’s possible Sparano gained this year of employment as severance to go along.. a simple conspiracy of two and guaranteed 1st pick…. he puts his thumb on the scale…. selects the wrong packages… fails to i….nspire why else would Sparano be going to the after game press and saying “I got no idea what to do”?

Peter King believes in the sanctity of the NFL… I gotta flash for him… it doesn’t exist….

Right now we are desperate for both. Hopefully we’ll get both for next years season.

Totally agree. A “weighted” lottory similar to the NHL or NBA might prevent this deliberate tanking that seems to be taking place.

When you scoop up turds in the litter box, you pick em all up.

Isn’t he a Elway fan that he could chose to stay one more year to wait and see if he wants to play for the Broncos.

I kinda agree with Peter King that it would involve too many people to throw a season. Plus, would anyone really trust a loose cannon loud mouth like Marshall to keep such a secret??? Even if he could for now, those in charge would have to know he’d blab about it later, esp. when he was traded, contract not renewed, etc.

Do you seriously think the Cardinals will past on Luck because they happen to have the legendary Kevin Kolb at QB or the Vikings will pass on Luck because they have future Hall of Famers Joe Webb and Christian Ponder at QB?

Maybe the Dolphins can bring back Bill Parcells as GM so he can past on Luck and take another OL.

You are correct. However, there are two QBs (Matt Barkley and Landry Jones) who are also considered pretty good pro-prospects by all the scouts. I remember everyone laughing at the Panthers being “stuck” with the #1 pick this year when Luck didn’t declare for the draft. Everyone assumed there was this massive drop-off in QB talent after Luck. Well, they still ended up with a pretty good QB in Cam Newton.

The same will occur this year if Luck stays in school. If Miami has the top pick they will still choose a QB, either Barkley or Jones.

I will be “cheering” for them to be in position to get Luck this year.

Also, why would moore run out of bounds for a 7 yard loss instead of throwing it away? A 10 year old would know better.

I know it’s impossible to prove, but it doesn’t seem right to me.