TRIFECTULATION

Last night on NFL Network (or Pigskinemax as I prefer to call it), the had a show called Path to the Draft in which they discussed the Senior Bowl practices that day in a summary form. During this episode, there was a typical doofus blonde chick reporter who interviewed Miami Dolphins GM Jeff Ireland. Now we all know he's more or less running the show now and that Parcells is basically just Ireland's consultant at this point. Well Ireland said two interesting things.

First he said that they don't have a particular position or player that they're targeting with the 25th pick.

Then he said, and I quote, “I’m not going to get into who I’m interested in bringing back. The players that we’re negotiating with, they know where we stand on things. Their agents know where things stand."

Let's move well beyond speculation and implications. This means they are NOT interested in bringing all of their big name free agents back - safeties Yeremiah Bell and Renaldo Hill, linebacker Channing Crowder, right tackle Vernon Carey and cornerback Andre Goodman. There is the off chance that they might still start negotiations with all of them, depending on what's available in free agency, etc. But you'd have to consider that there is at least one player in that group that has already been told they're not interesting in re-signing them.

The rumours abound that Crowder's on the way out. And what about the lesser known guys, like Tyrone Culver, William Kershaw, etc. The practice squad were all signed to contracts. What about the supporting cast who were actually on the 53?

I would suspect that this time next week, once the Trifecta are back from Mobile, that the news will flood the levees that are holding back all this information.

Maybe some of the local reporters, instead of traveling to Mobile, should be nosing around Dolphins HQ trying to get the scoop.