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Dolphins select T Jake Long first overall
signs 5 year 57.75M$ deal
Phins add DE Merling and QB Henne in 2nd round |
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The Dolphins got their man, agreeing to a 5 year 57.75 million dollar deal with Michigan's left tackle Jake Long. Sources say 30 million is guaranteed. Long became the first tackle taken first overall since Orlando Pace in 1997. Long will probably start at left tackle and Vernon Carey will be able to switch back to his original right tackle position. Carey is also in his last year of his rookie deal. GM Jeff Ireland said Jake Long was always the top player on Miami's board and he fills a huge need for the team. Miami's next pick is the 32nd overall pick. They also pick at number 57 and 64 to go along with the first pick in the fourth round and two picks in the 6th and 7th rounds. The Dolphins selected DE Philip Merling of Clemson with the 32nd overall pick. Merling was rated as a first rounder that fell to the second because of his recent injury and the run on tackles in the first round. The Dolphins also added QB Chad Henne of Michigan with the 57th pick. He is a serious option to start for the Dolphins as he was regarded by many as the second best QB in the draft. The Phins added Hamrton's DE Kendall Langford in the third round (66th pick). The Phins picked guard Shawn Murphy in the 4th round and added two RBs (Parmele and Hillard) and another guard (Thomas of Uconn) in the sixth. The team also drafted a DT (Dotson) in the seventh round.
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DOLPHINS SIGN SPARANO
Tony Sparano becomes 8th coach in franchise history |
Dolphins Head Coach Tony Sparano |
The Miami Dolphins announced the hiring Tony Sparano as the 8th head coach in franchise history and the 5th in the last 5 years. The deal is beleived to be for 4 years at around 11 million dollars. Sparano was with the Cowboys the last 5 years, 4 of them coaching under Bill Parcells. He has also worked with Ireland the past 5 years in Dallas. He was the play caller in Parcells' final year, 2006 and this past year he was named assitant head coach and he was also in charge for the O-line.
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Here we go...
Dolphins Season Summary out |
Well, how can you summarize the 2007 "season". What grade can you give a 1-15 team with the only win coming in overtime of a very lucky game that the team should have lost. The Dolphins were probably the closest team to go 0-16 in NFL history. The head coach was fired after just one year. Only 2 assistant coaches were retained.
The team played the worst season ever. Taylor made the probowl but to be honest I don't really think he should have.
The season was so bad Huizenga had seen enough and he sold half the team for 550M$. The next half will be sold in a couple of years.
The oofense was horrible. The Trent Green experiment failed. He was injured after five games and he wasn't that good in the 5 games he did play. He is obviously a backup QB.
Rookie John Beck
didn't do much better as he could not hold the starting position and lost it to 3rd stringer Cleo Lemon. The only bright spot, the Europe game did not cost anything, the Fins managed to lose in 2 different continents. Ronnie Brown was injured and Ricky managed 6 plays before getting injured as well. The only good thing that happened in 2007 was the fact the Pats lost the superbowl and the 72 Dolphins remained the only unbeaten team in history.
. THE 2007 SEASON SUMMARY IS NOW OUT WITH COMPLETE PLAYER GRADES, SO click here and don't forget to tell us what you think
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MARINO ENSHRINED IN HALL OF FAME
Throws last pass to Clayton |
Above, Dan Marino's bust in Pro Football's Hall of fame.
At the bottom, Marino receives his hall of fame gold jacket |
Dolphins' legendary quarterback and the most prolific passer in NFL history, Dan Marino, is now a hall of fame quarterback. Marino, considered by many the greatest quarterback ever, has been elected to pro football's shrine in his first year of elegibility. Marino is the owner of more than 20 NFL passing records including most TDs (420), most passing yards (61,361), most completions (4,967), most attempts (8,358), most games 300 yards passing (63), most games 400 yards passing (13), most games with 4 or more TDs (21) and most yards in a season (5,084). There are 229 members in the hall of fame, less than a quarter of them were elected in their first year of elegibility.
49ers coach and hall of famer, Bill Walsh, who coached both Steve Young and Joe Montana, said "we will never see anyone like him again".
Marino was (and still is) the only rookie ever elected to the probowl. He was elected the starter... It was the first of his 9 pro bowl selections. His second year was the best season by a quarterback ever and perhaps
the best year by any player ever, throwing for 362 completions on 564 attempts for 5,084 yards and 48 TDs. All of them were NFL records. The yardage mark is still a record. The TDs record was broken in 2004 after the rule changes made passing easier. Before 2004 the only player that ever came close to the TD record was Dan himself when he threw 44 in 1986.
Thousands of Dolphins fans made the pilgrimage to Canton, Ohio. To a long standing ovation Marino was introduced by his son Danno. The presentation speech by Dan's son was one of the most memorables and emotional presenting speeches in years as he talked about his Dad's private life and his relationship with the Florida community. He mentioned Dan Marino's children's hospital founded by Marino and the Dan Marino foundation.
Marino had a memorable and emotional speech. Marino thanked his fellow players and coaches through the years, his high school and college coaches. He called Don Shula the best coach ever. He thanked the Marks Brothers - Mark Clayton and Mark Duper and center Dwight Stephenson. He said the thing he misses the most is going out of the tunnel as the starting QB of the Miami Dolphins. After thanking his family, he wanted to do one thing one last time. Marino completed 538 balls to Mark Clayton and he wanted to do it one more time. Marino licked his fingers as he did for 17 seasons in Miami, his son gave him a football as Mark Clayton went deep one last time Marino finished his speech with a perfect deep spiral caught by Clayton for the last time.
The story of the best quarterback ever is now complete - Dan Marino, Hall of Fame Quarterback.
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dolphinsinfo.com was established in 1999 to help Dolphin fans everywhere in the world get updated with Dolphins' info. The site is still, as always, a work in progress,
and any suggestions will be welcomed...
We at dolphinsinfo.com have tried to make something different and that's why we have put the emphasis on Dolphins' stats and any information on the Dolphins. Especially the kind of info you won't find anywhere else.
dolphinsinfo.com features previews on all the Dolphin games and commentary, recaps and all you will ever need to know about the Dolphins.
You can also find in our site, past and present rosters, Dolphins records, Dolphin facts, news about the the team, photos of team members in the past and present, season summaries, schedules, links to other Dolphin sites, all the info about great games that team members have had in the past and a Mega Marino area with all the stats from every game he has ever played in.
dolphinsinfo.com now features all the stats from every year the Dolphins played along with all the scores from the first game in 1966 till the last one. See the stats page. dolphinsinfo.com also includes all the Marino stats from every game Marino ever played in from the first pass in college to the statement released by President Clinton when Danny retired. See the Marino section.
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| Dan Marino Retirement speech and the Marino section |
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"After 17 years I would like to announce my retirement from the Miami Dolphins. After playing the game of football most of my life, this was an extremely
difficult decision. But I know that I had made the right decision for me and my family. I am very proud of the success that we have had as a team for 17 years, as well
as all my individual accomplishments. Not many people have an opportunity to spend 17 years of their life doing what they truly love to do. And as I stand here before you today, I can say that I had
been blessed with a career greater than I could have ever imagined..."
For the full speech go to our Dan Marino section with every stat from every game Marino ever played in.
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