2010 Review

Ok...

So the 2010 season is over for the Bucs and Dolphins. Shall we go and recap their seasons? Let's start with the fucking Dolphins...

Miami Dolphins

Overall record: 7-9
vs AFC East: 2-4
vs AFC:  5-7

Rankings: 2010

Points per game: 17.1 Which is 30th out of 32 teams... The Dolphins were 15th last year.
Yards per game:  21st - Slightly worse then last 2009.
Passing yards: 16th - Slightly better then last year.                 
Rushing yards: 21st - Dramatically lower then last year when the Dolphins were the 4th best rushing team.
Opponents passing yards: 8th - Better
Opponents rushing yards: 7th - Better

The good that came out of this year? The Dolphins improved in pretty much every category on defense. Playmakers like Cameron Wake emerged and veterans like Carlos Dansby helped improve a defense that has been shaky for a long time. The Dolphins also had their first one thousand yard receiver in Brandon Marshall since Chris Chambers did it in 2005.

The bad that came out of this year? Everything else. Last year's pro bowl kicker, Dan Carpenter went missing during some of the more important games of the year. He managed to have a decent season statistically, but he ended up costing the Dolphins an early exit out of the playoff hunt when he missed four Field Goals against a Bills team that should have been an easy win. Like it mattered? the Dolphins offense was horrible this year. Chad Henne is not the answer at the quarterback position. Ronnie Brown managed a first in his career in 2010. He managed to start and play in all 16 games. Too bad it was a forgettable 2010 campaign for the running game in Miami. Both he and Ricky Williams never got going and the running game regressed tremendously from where it was in 2009.

What needs to change in order to improve? We need a new QB. Plain and simple. Until we have a franchise QB, the Dolphins will remain as one of these middle of the pack teams. We will never be a strong team, we will never make a strong push and we will forever be encased in the shadows of the Patriots and now the Jets within our own division. We also need some help in the RB position, but securing our future QB is the most important piece right now.

Who will the Dolphins draft in 2011? Realistically? It seems as though the Dolphins are going to test the free agent waters for a QB. Most of the mock drafts seem to think Mark Ingram is going to be drafted by the Dolphins. That is fine by me. Ingram has shades of Emmit Smith written all over his work ethic and play style. he would be a huge improvement from what we have in our current backfield. It's just that there are a couple of talented QBs coming out this year a well. The one I really want is cam Newton. If he somehow falls to the Dolphins I don't see how Miami passes up the chance to draft him. He is a stud. We can build our offense around him. he hasn't shown to be brittle. He has taken some shots in college and played through every single one. He can make plays with his feet and have a canon for an arm. He probably will get snatched right before Miami gets a chance to draft him, so unless they are lucky or move up in the draft Newton seems like a stretch. Jake Locker is another QB I like. Last year he would have been a 1st round QB had he gone into the draft, but this year he had a bad year. That leaves some questions in the air about his big game play.

Who is the Dolphins MVP? It has to be Cameron Wake. The guy is a beast in a mans clothing. He changed our defense from a soft looking, no attitude group into a fierce, constant pressure threat. He recorded 14 sacks and was always in the opposing QB's face giving him issues. Our defense improved, and it was mainly because of Wake that it did.

Who is the Dolphins LVP? Chad Henne. The guy is a bum and I want him out of a Miami uniform.