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MTZehvor on 07 August 2017
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RolStoppable said:
MTZehvor said:
Welp, as a result of Ryan Tannehill's knee injury, Jay Cutler has signed a one year deal with the Dolphins. This seems to indicate a couple of things.

#1: Tannehill is likely out for a significant period of time. We still don't have any official word on what the injury is (other than it's to his knee), but $10 million isn't an amount teams typically throw around for someone they aren't even sure will play.

#2: Someone influential on the Dolphins, be it Adam Gase, Chris Grier, or perhaps even Stephen Ross, thinks Miami is capable of competing for a Super Bowl now. Matt Moore's stats aren't significantly worse than Cutler's, but Cutler does have a lot more experience as a starting QB, especially in the postseason. This doesn't seem like a move you would make unless you have a roster that you think is capable of making a deep playoff run, and just need an experienced QB to not screw things up in the playoffs. Looking at the Dolphins currently...I don't see anything to generate that level of optimism.

They must be banking on Ajayi tearing through defenses and making it easy for his QB. They must also believe in their defense.

Something else, you've been hating that Packers offense and today I read this:

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000825664/article/packers-o-could-be-unstoppable-dalvin-cook-set-for-big-season

Yes, Bucky is biased towards the Packers, but still... you are a hater. You probably think that the Patriots have the Super Bowl in the bag already (and that's probably true), but still... you are a hater.

I don't think I've ever said anything negative about the Packers' offense on here except for a jab about a running back that's no longer with the team. Green Bay's offense is fantastic, and, on paper, it's only gotten better with the addition of Martellus Bennett and another year of experience for Davante Adams. The Packers' defense is what I've gone after, and that's because it was their achilles heel last year and they didn't do much to improve it. A defense that ranked 22nd in yards allowed and 31st in passing yards allowed last year drafted a cornerback in the second round that many considered a questionable pick, did nothing to pursue Stephon Gilmore, and instead went after Davon House (already made my assessment of him clear). It's frustrating to watch even as an outsider because the Packers' have a fantastic offense with an all time great QB in the middle of his prime, but they've put seemingly no effort in to giving them a defense to play with. It's like Ted Thompson only wants to win if his offense has to put up 40 points or more.

I definitely don't think the Patriots have the Super Bowl in the bag. On paper, it looks like they've gotten better, but there's any number of things that could go wrong. Gronk could get injured again, Brady might finally start to regress, an AFC team like Pittsburgh or Oakland could avoid injuries/suspensions and pose a much more serious threat than they did last year, Bill Belichick might decide that just regularly kicking off with a 14 point lead is lame again and decide to go for a triple bounce onside kick off the back goalpost or some other bullshit that motivates the other team into playing well and the Patriots blow a crucial playoff game as a result. The NFL is an unpredictable league, and in a one game playoff system, anything can happen.