A few weeks ago Free Safety OJ Atogwe became an unrestricted free agent, and Miami were supposedly serious players to land his services. Clearly the asking price was too high, and Atogwe ended up resigning with the Rams. That was Miami's last opportunity to acquire a proven starter at the FS position. Clearly Miami is high on Clemons and he needs to prove them right by having a big coming out party in just his second season in the NFL.
Earlier in the Off Season, Miami tried, and failed, to acquire two big time players in Ryan Clark and Antrel Rolle. While they never made a very big push for Rolle, they did make a strong push for Clark. Ultimately Rolle went to NY and Clark resigned with Pittsburgh, (a sucker punch right to the gonads for Jeff Ireland and the rest of the front office). Then Miami had some organized team activities; practices in after which everyone raved about Chris Clemons. The Dolphins then did draft a safety in April, but it was just a 5th round pick in Reshad Jones who, while I like a lot and I think has a bright future in the NFL, is better suited for Strong Safety. Miami passed on several very good prospects in rounds 2 and 3 leaving everybody scratching their heads.
Passing on Atogwe was the icing on the cake for me. Clearly the Dolphins think Clemons is ready to step up to the plate, and I'm excited about having his speed, range, ball skills and no-regard-for-human-life type attitude out in center field.
That's the only tidbit I have for today. It's a ridiculously slow off season. On a side note, what a great day for US soccer yesterday. When it comes to the World Cup, I have to stay true to Portugal, but I was pumped with the US win over Algeria, which pushed them into the Sweet 16. Great win and great finish.
I'll leave you with a short video I put together over the past week. Hopefully it gets you pumped for next year. Enjoy!
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