Here we go again. In yet another dumb move by the Miami Dolphins organization, the Dolphins have elected to pass up on Kyle Orton, a QB who is a proven starter capable of putting up big time numbers, and instead sign Matt Moore, a 2nd-string QB at best with passer rating last season of 55.6.
I'm not going to say that this was as big of a mistake as passing up on Ryan Mallett in the draft because I still believe not taking Mallett will be one of the biggest mistakes in the entire history of the Miami Dolphins organization, but I will say that it is a terrible decision that just makes you wonder whether Jeff Ireland and Tony Sparano are trying to make us fans mad and not want to come to games.
Sure, Orton came with a much bigger price tag (2nd or 3rd round pick to the Broncos and give him a big contract) than Moore (2 year contract worth $5-7.5 million depending on his ability to meet incentives), but Orton would have actually been successful in Miami. Moore will, more than likely, not help at all. If anything he will probably hurt the Dolphins.
Miami should have taken the risk and traded for Orton, but they decided to go the safe route and end up looking like idiots in the process. A 2nd round draft pick and $7 million a year is not that much to pay for a player of Orton's caliber who could fix the Dolphins problems, but instead they elected to sign Moore and are essentially throwing away $2.5 million a year.
So congratulations Jeff Ireland, you have made your fan base angry yet again. I get the feeling that making Miami Dolphins fans angry is your main goal, because it certainly isn't making us happy.
Thank you everyone for stopping by. I had hoped to be a little more pleased with the results of free agency when I returned from my vacation, but too bad for me.
I do want to say that I have not given up on Chad Henne. I still think he will be able to turn it around this year, I just don't think he would have been able to do as well as Orton. Jeff Ireland and Tony Sparano are definitely putting all of their eggs in one basket on this one. They better hope that Henne really is as good as they are counting on him to be. They will live and die by Sir Chad Henne's Sword.
One last thing, I saw this hilarious tweet today that I had to share with you guys. Please know that is does have some language in it. Click here for the tweet.
Thanks again for stopping by, and let me hear your reactions.
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Dave · 717 weeks ago
DAN · 717 weeks ago
thorny · 717 weeks ago
Orton coming to this team would be a huge mistake. The good thing here is we did get Delvin though he is not Mallet but I did not like him either. In my estimation Locker was the best qb in the draft My Opinion only. I think highly of Delvin and I was pleased that we got him
Delvin is not NFL ready however he will be within the end of the season, hopefully. I believe Delvin is a legitimate replacement of Henne. The only thing I can find wrong wit Delvin is he can't throw deep but he does have a Montana, Pennington style. He is accurate which one thing is clear Henne struggles with. Let's hope this was a good move.
Matt Moore is definitely not better than Henne. In fact he is nothing more than a second stringer possibly more of a third stringer. Mistake here but cheap insurance I hope i am wrong
Jamesti · 717 weeks ago
Riverdog · 717 weeks ago
I don't even know where to start for what has happened the past few days. When last year ended, I felt the offence was a dysfunctional group of players and coaches with no identity. At the end of the year we had a QB that was shell shocked with no confidence. If there was ever a time our QB needed to take a step back and regain some confidence it was this year.
I have nothing to say about Matt Moore, but he isn't better than Chad Henne, and Henne isn't good enough. How does anyone feel good about what is happening in Miami. Certainly Orton wasn't going to solve all the problems Miami has, but he would give the team some time. If we can, even for a short time get a half fix at QB for a few years other areas of the team can be improved. Every part of the offence is effected by ineffective QB play, until that is fixed we will continue to see what we have been watching.
Steve Shupe · 717 weeks ago