Fins welcome Long. So does the Gasman.

Posted By: gasman  Published in NFL

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Apr

So Jake Long walked into Dolphins Stadium Tuesday, his mother on his right arm, smiling a first-pick grin and loving every moment. His smile was wider than the Florida coast and yes, Long, Michigan’s monstrous offensive lineman will be the first pick in the NFL Draft Saturday. A reported five-year, $57.75 million contract has Long switching from the biting cold of Ann Arbor to the balmy sun, and rain, of Miami.

Welcome aboard Jake. The Gasman welcomes you personally (since he is an avid Fins fan). And Long is the perfect fit for Miami and Bill Parcells’ masterful scheme. Parcells loves to select big lineman and Long will certainly be a Pro Bowler in years to come.

The news isn’t a surprise to the Gasman. Matt Ryan (subpar NFL player at best) and Darren McFadden (too many distractions) don’t fit the Parcells’ bill. The Tuna doesn’t want McFadden’s tag of arrests outside of nightclubs. He never wasted picks on running backs either. Then, there’s Glenn Dorsey and Chris Long. Both are equally talented, but neither, again, fit Parcells 3-4 defensive scheme. So Long can now learn to block for second-year quarterback John Beck.

The Tuna is apparently sold on Beck, who threw for 559 yards, a touchdown and three interceptions in four starts in 2007. Not exceptional statistics, but it definitely sounds like Parcells-efficiency passing.

Jake Long can only bring promise to the sunny skies of Miami and some breathing room for Beck. There hasn’t been hope since Ricky Williams decided to join Spicoli’s crew. The Fins have floundered since, only to watch great players like Zach Thomas, Sam Madison, Chris Chambers and Adewale Ogunleye depart to greener pastures. There was simply nothing left, except for Ronnie Brown and he’s recovering from an ACL tear.

So, hopefully, Long is the answer in a quadratic equation for Miami. It will take time. But Long’s presence on the line can only help and is the right choice in a draft that has no other first-pick fits.

 

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cletus Says, in 4-23-2008 at 21:12:59 from 69.114.42.21    

I expect too much from you Gasman! What, again, is wrong with McFadden? Distractions? You might want to look into doing your own research instead of relying on the lazy reporters you seem to gleen your info (and opinions) from. The only thing that is distracting people is the truth!

McFadden was involved in two (maybe 3) incidents. Correct. He was arrested once, correct, but not twice! Lazy reporters out there don’t do their own homework sir. And it is an even greater sin for a reporter to rely on another lazy reporter’s reports. The only arrest he was involved in was when his brother was being carjacked outside of a bar and Darren stepped in to stop it - and was very successful since he was arrested for assault because he caught the guy before he got out of the lot… The second incident was Darren protecting his brother once in a bar fight - where he was not arrested again - because he never threrw a punch. He was caught in a bar underage. Yes. So let’s ban this guy and tar him with the ‘incorrigible troublemaker’ brush because he tried to get into a bar.

You are kidding I hope Gasman. What person would not defend his own brother - anytime, anywhere? What person would allow his brother’s car to be stolen in front of his own eyes and do nothing (the carjacker was the idiot because he did not know the guy who would be chasing him can run a 4.3 and catch the car! What college kid does not try to get into a bar while underage? Why does the NCAA strip eligibility to a kid who gets paid nothing, works 12 hours a day at school and football practice so the school can get TV revenue and ALL of the proceeds, but DMac can not even accept a free ride home (oh wait, he could pay for a cab if he took a job delivering pizzas at night after school and practice - my bad!) from a stranger because it is deemed a ‘gift’? Whose character is wrong here? I would take DMac in a second. Leave the kid alone. You need to be getting on people who are really troublemakers… What ever happened to Randy Moss after he RAN OVER a meter maid high on pot? If my memory servesme correctly - he was 2 minutes from a perfect 19-0 season? 18-0 is really distracting - and since he was not much of a huge factor in that 18-0, he was probably the reason they lost game 19! My bad!

Signed,
Cletus - Disappointed as usual…

P.S. Yeah - the Tuna is a huge man made of ‘extreme moral fortitude’… I could go on and on about the Tuna. I am a hillbilly disgruntled Jet fan you know… Stop being a naive moral cop and try to understand what it costs to win and lose each year. This is business Gasman! Even the Tuna would agree.

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bobbyjoe Says, in 4-23-2008 at 23:32:55 from 69.114.42.21    

Find 1 1st overall pick that took a 1-15 team to the playoffs. You’re not kidding it could take some time. But then again, a football roster is 53. Maybe Long is so good he can play at least 13 of those spots and the Fins will win 5 games next year! Thanks for going out on a limb with your prediction! What is Parcell’s masterful scheme? Do you have inside knowledge you should share?

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gasman Says, in 4-24-2008 at 08:11:13 from 24.191.235.78    

Bobbyjoe,
Damn right the Fins are a project and a half. They won’t make the playoffs this year, perhaps not next year or the year after. Winning one game always means there’s only hope left. Well, hope is a four-letter word, and so are the Dolphins. As a fan, I am excited that Parcells picked Long. The O-line is where they need the most help and if you look at Parcells past ventures, he’s a mastermind at righting ships. So, no, I don’t have inside sources to the Fins executive offices. But judging by the man’s resume, I’m confident he will have Miami competing again in a few years.

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