|
Re: Stepping Up in 2009
Without a doubt, Jason Campbell is the player who absolutely NEEDS to step up the most. If he's 2nd-half 2008 Jason Campbell, we're in for a long and disappointing season. However, if he improves from his first half 2008 performance (and the additions we've made to the team thus far live up to expectations), were going to the playoffs.
Who do i KNOW will step up?
1. Kareem Moore - Injuries hurt his progression during the first half of the season, but if he had been healthy, its very likely that when Reed Doughty went down with injury, Moore would have been starting FS and Landry would have moved to SS where he belongs and Horton wouldnt have become everyones favorite rookie. Coaches were very impressed with Moore before he was injured and he was playing solid ball by the time the season ended. By the end of 2009 (at the latest), Moore will be our starting FS and Landry will be making all kinds of plays near the line of scrimmage as our SS.
2. Fred Davis - A month or so ago, Shawn Springs was on ESPN980 and said Fred Davis would be THE best TE in the league within a couple years. His laziness really hurt him early last year, but i fully expect coaches to devise ways to get him and Cooley on the field as much as possible in 2009. Zorn seemed to allude to this month in a recent interview. Davis is going to have a monster year and the person who's going to be hurt most by this is Mike Sellers. 2TE sets are going to be far more common in our offense next year and most of the time, this is going to mean Sellers is on the bench. Who is it going to help most? Jason Campbell. Up until now, Cooleys been the only guy he can rely on. Our rookie WRs are still a work in progress and Moss and ARE are about as unreliable as WRs can get. When we look back on the 2008 draft in two years, i think we're going to find that Fred Davis was the best pick of the draft.
__________________
Dolphins get good press for saving drowning humans.But we only hear about the swimmers theyve pushed ashore.You know who we havent heard from: all the people theyve pushed out to sea.Dolphins dont know what theyre doing-they just like pushing things.
|