Vontae Davis Comes to Miami .. in time for the Hurricane Season - Possible Cat 5?

Okay, so there are no storms out there in the Atlantic Basin to watch just now but I am watching a storm that starts with a V... Vontae Davis who has the ability to become a Category Five Storm for the Miami Dolphins if he lives up to his own expectations!

Some weather news and mostly NFL Draft talk as I have Football Fever today on this beautiful, bright, breezy day in Miami.

Went to sleep last night as storms were rolling through Enid, Oklahoma. Storms kept morphing, blowing up and dying down and blowing up again. Shooting center down...really, possibly more damage reports will come as the sun

Interesting, sad story. A reminder of no good deed goes unpunished some would say.

http://www.cjonline.com/news/local/2009-04-25/biker_killed_by_lightning

I'd say... just can't be out during lightning or you take your chances...

As for me.. I'm watching the Draft and evaluating what and how to pack things up. Also, evaluating the best way to watch Dolphin football in North Carolina. Do they have Dolphin reunions for all the South Florida people living up there I am wondering?

Anyway... good draft day depending on how it works out. If Vontae lives up to his own press releases we will have a great competitor at a position we need. Good to have someone take some balls away from New England and the Jets.

Yes, he has some bad press on being a player who didn't like to take direction. Well... that complaint was made against him by Ron Zook who often had problems giving good direction in my opinion. Ron Zook's career has suffered from being inconsistent.

There was a movement so strong in Gainesville to fire him that they hung signs from Frat Houses. There was and STILL IS a blog dedicated to firing him (and still bitching) about him.

So... take it from where it comes from.. if you were a Zook fan, you might worry. If you are a Joey Porter fan and are happy Urban Meyer is at the helm in Gator Land than you don't care a flying fig about any character issues that Vontae may have.

http://fireronzook.blogspot.com/

I mean..how bad could someone be that four years later... the blog is still around?

Read more on this blog which is a legend to itself!
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=1909339

Comments on why Zook didn't fit at Gainesville "In the final analysis, it was apparent to me that something's not working here," Foley said. "I know that's kind of nebulous, but it's the truth. It's hard to put a finger on it exactly, but it certainly just didn't appear to be working as we all envisioned." I guess you could say that there were some personality issues Zook had at UF...

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=1908871

Spurrier did not get the call but everyone was still happy Zook was gone.

So, take it from where it comes from regarding criticism of Vontae. Suspending someone from a roster to motivate him knowing it will go onto his permanent record on draft day is a poor way of motivating someone, this is not kindergarten, you don't tell a 200 pound, talented, athletic player to "go sit in the corner" because you can't squeeze some juice out of him! Joey Porter sat in the corner during most of the season while Cam played at coaching (a man stranger than "The Zooker") and when Tony Sparano told him he needed him and to make something happened.. he did and we love him for it.

So... here's hoping the team that brought us last season's ride back to the top knows what it is doing with Vontae Davis.

As for the other pics... diversity and depth is good and Pat White has that! As a matter of fact, am thrilled with White's arm.. watch his films. He can play qb if we need and has been tested for use as a WR which could and should fit nicely into our Wild Cat offense. White played in the Gator Bowl where he was the MVP with an injured hand and various other complaints. He is perhaps better than he looks and was worth the higher pick that surprised some but not Parcells. I'll trust Parcells to see talent and trust Sparano to get his money's worth out of him.

Watch White Run...which he can do, a diverse player indeed!



Again... the later part of the Draft has always produced great talent, many of the NFL's greatest players have come from the bottom rounds. You can google all you want but will leave you with the name Jim Jensen, taken in the 11th round in 1981.. played very good Dolphin football in a similar position when we weren't playing the Wild Cat. Thank you brother Jay for reminding me about Jim.
http://www.databasefootball.com/draft/draftteam.htm?tm=MIA&lg=NFL

In 1980 we took David Woodley in the 8th round.
In 1968 in the same year we took Csonka in the first round we took Jim Kiick in the 8th round of the draft.
In 1967 we took Larry Seiple in the 7th round from Kentucky.

It's all talk until they show up and play and make the team and roster. Til then... we talk, we watch and we wait for the games to begin ;)

Looks ready for Miami to me ;)



Love and kisses... from Miami.. watching the weather and sports. Haven't a clue who Carolina drafted, I guess I should give a look. I did see the Jet's big first round draft pick of Matt Sanchez. I like him! Gutsy to go out in as a Jr and gutsy for the Jets to trade up to grab him. I'd grab him too ;)



Besos Bobbi
Ps.. you can read about the controversy of keeping Csonka and whether he could play after all those concussions and how and what Shula did with him when we had a Coach that could coach! Coaches, got to love em!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Csonka