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Dolphins lose a first-round pick, ostensibly for tampering with Tom Brady and Sean Payton while cleared of the tanking games charge...only if you buy what the league and team says in their statements and not what's actually in the report
I don't really think it was a punishment for tampering although the Brady stuff was pretty out in the open this offseason, never mind the other alleged incident the last time he was a free agent. I think it was a punishment for Ross telling Flores to tank games that they don't want to admit happened the way Flores said (the telling him to tank, not him or the team actually doing it), so they hype up the other stuff as the reason for the punishment.As much as I hate Miami as a Jets fan, it reminds me a lot of NHL's punishment with us/Kovy. A ton of teams still tamper but doing it with Brady/Payton somehow crossed the line.
I don't really think it was a punishment for tampering although the Brady stuff was pretty out in the open this offseason, never mind the other alleged incident the last time he was a free agent. I think it was a punishment for Ross telling Flores to tank games that they don't want to admit happened the way Flores said (the telling him to tank, not him or the team actually doing it), so they hype up the other stuff as the reason for the punishment.
That's possible, just don't like the NFL's reasoning. They also made Flores looked worse by bringing up the suit by not even using his testimony as a reason to hurt Miami. So everyone lost in the process. That being said, it probably means Tua's their QB in 2023 which is better than them possibly trading for Lamar if he has a fallout with Baltimore.
It just never ends as a Dolphins fan. Unbelievable.
the Dolphins still have the 49ers 1st in the '23 draft
Dolphins lose a first-round pick, ostensibly for tampering with Tom Brady and Sean Payton while nominally cleared of the tanking games charge...not so much cleared of the owner wanting Flores to tank though.
The NFL’s team discipline is sketchy. You will never convince me the Saints were penalized for running a bounty program. They were punished because Payton lied to Goodell even though thr league didn’t really address that in the ruling. I don’t think any Saints player actually served a suspension for the bountygate but Payton sat out a whole year. My guess is something else is also going on in the Miami ruling. Thr tanpering is common and widespread. Every team would lose picks for it. It has something to do with Flores and the tanking in my view.
It just never ends as a Dolphins fan. Unbelievable.
the Dolphins still have the 49ers 1st in the '23 draft
And you buy that excuse/rationalization? You'd have to be an actual sociopath or a moron to say that as a joke.Lol, the investigation found that if Ross offered the $100k per loss it was obviously meant in jest. Flores is a sociopath.
Try being a Jags fan
And you buy that excuse/rationalization? You'd have to be an actual sociopath or a moron to say that as a joke.
while fair, the Jags are ALWAYS expected to be bad lol the Dolphins always have hope and then are always just mediocre. They dont have a playoff win in 21 years.
If by sketchy you mean "complete and utterly vindictive drunken dart-throwing bullshit" then I agree.The NFL’s team discipline is sketchy. You will never convince me the Saints were penalized for running a bounty program. They were punished because Payton lied to Goodell even though thr league didn’t really address that in the ruling. I don’t think any Saints player actually served a suspension for the bountygate but Payton sat out a whole year. My guess is something else is also going on in the Miami ruling. Thr tanpering is common and widespread. Every team would lose picks for it. It has something to do with Flores and the tanking in my view.
Flores is definitely a lunatic, but Ross is a top 5 worst owner in sports. Can't win, can't tank properly, can't tamper properly. What good are you, dude?
He pays the bills and doesn’t meddle all too much. I don’t know what else Dolphins fans want from him. If you want to fault him for something it was getting himself mixed up with Flores in the first place.
Look, the Dolphins deserve everything they get for this because they are an incompetent organization
BUT
are the Texans going to get any punishment for aiding a sexual predator in Watson, or....?
bro I promise you, Ross is terrible. Every Dolphins fan HATES him, and for good reason. he is incompetent.
I don't really think it was a punishment for tampering although the Brady stuff was pretty out in the open this offseason, never mind the other alleged incident the last time he was a free agent. I think it was a punishment for Ross telling Flores to tank games that they don't want to admit happened the way Flores said (the telling him to tank, not him or the team actually doing it), so they hype up the other stuff as the reason for the punishment.
That's possible, just don't like the NFL's reasoning. They also made Flores looked worse by bringing up the suit by not even using his testimony as a reason to hurt Miami. So everyone lost in the process. That being said, it probably means Tua's their QB in 2023 which is better than them possibly trading for Lamar if he has a fallout with Baltimore.