When Dolphins owner Stephen Ross released a statement telling the world what kind of person he wants as the team's next general manager he included this sentence: "This individual also must be a person with integrity who is open-minded and creative."

"Integrity" is a word that should not be ignored here. Ross, I'm told, wanted that in there because right now the Dolphins don't have a very good reputation within the NFL personnel community for, among other things, the manner they traded Davone Bess. ...

That is not how most NFL teams conduct business.

Most would have simply cut Bess rather than run the risk of seemingly serving up a potential lemon without some sort of disclosure to another team. ...

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The Miami Herald reports Davone Bess was Baker Acted back in March of 2013.
The term Baker Acted means to be hospitalized against one's own will, typically in a mental health institute. The Baker Act in Florida allows police to do this to an individual. Back in March, authorities were called to Bess' Florida home where they found the receiver incoherent and screaming about random things such as guns, drugs, and football while trying to be detained by a half-dozen men. On Friday, Bess was arrested at the Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Airport on assault charges. He reportedly broke a coffee mug on a police officer and got into a "fighting stance." The officer said it appeared Bess was under the influence of drugs and seemed to be "staring through" him in the altercation. Bess clearly needs help, and we hope he finds it. He's missed some time the past two seasons due to "personal reasons." Bess' stay in Cleveland is likely over.
SOURCE: MIAMI HERALD

Dave, remember I believe it was 1995 when the Dolphins had 19 former first round draft picks on the roster, we started out 4-0 that season and sports writers had us going to the Superbowl.

I went to opening day that year and we trounced the Jets 52-14. Won the first four then lost our next three. I'll never forget Miami going to the playoffs that year at Buffalo and going down 27-0, only to lose 37-22. Miami could not stop the run, which was a problem back at the end of the Shula days.

You could see some of Bess play fall off in his last season with Miami and now with Cleveland.

Hopefully, the guy gets his life together.

So do you guys think the Dolphins should have disclosed their knowledge about Bess' mental stability before the trade?

In 2012 Davone Bess ranked #46 in receiving yards and #44 in receptions for all of the NFL. This translates to Bess being a middle of the pack receiver with dwindling potential.

Bottom line for Davone Bess is that he caught 59% of the passes thrown to him in 2012, but could not get the big break he needed to extend a play for some serious yards. He could not get enough room and attention in the end zone to make him a scoring threat and stayed on par as reliable but not threatening.

IMO, either way, whether Bess was having a decent season or not in 2012, it was wise Miami moved on from him. Different circumstances in Cleveland, but he did squat this year along with all these potential personal issues.

It is a shame as I once viewed him as being able to catch 100 NFL catches in a season and actually thought he would get there. Now he may be out of the NFL altogether.

So do you guys think the Dolphins should have disclosed their knowledge about Bess' mental stability before the trade?