NFL Week One Recap

I hate grabbing a paper out of the gas station or the store and reading about the predictions of the Dolphins for the year and they are always negative. So I have decided to give my personal opinions (and that's all they are is opinions) about the Dolphins and other NFL news.

2008-2009 Miami Dolphins

Lets face it the Dolphins have been trying to put something together ever since Marino left and this year is no different. They bring in a new VP of football operations, a new VP, and a new coach, and even slap on a new slogan for the year. The slogan is "A New Beginning" and lets just hope that starts soon. The Dolphins finally did something right by bringing in Bill Parcels considering the success he had with the Giants, Patriots, Jets, and Cowboys. He brought with him new head coach of the Dolphins Tony Sparano. Sparano brings an intense energy and high level of expectation this very young and still building Dolphins squad. Sparano is a perfect fit for the Dolphins in that he is incredibly challenging and works them like crazy. Along with bringing in new guys to the offices and coaching positions of the Dolphins they also grabbed nine picks in the 08 Draft to begin filling some holes. With those picks the goal of Bill Parcels was to build this team from the inside out. They did this quickly by drafting OT Jake Long and having 5 of their picks be either defensive or offensive lineman. Now lets get real the Dolphins had a ton of holes to fill before the draft that it wasn't even funny. They still needed a stud receiver, lineman (on both sides of the ball), a secondary, and not to mention a QB. Well Parcels and Sparano got right to work getting some quality picks in the draft and in the free agency acquiring NT Jason Ferguson (Cowboys), Justin Smiley (49ers), and QB Chad Pennington NYJ just to name a few. Upon bringing in Pennington the Fins already had 3 QB's fighting for the starting job. That was quickly resolved when Pennington was named the starter for the 2008 season opener vs. his old team the Jets and McCown was released. So all that being said whats my final overall thoughts for this years Dolphins. It is a new beginning and they have began to fill the right holes and are beginning to take shape towards what could eventually be a pretty darn good team. But let's not jump the gun. They are still very young with a lot of new faces on both sides of the ball. Let's take it one step at a time, I am going to predict a 7-9 season for the Fins but who know maybe they could prove me wrong.