Terry Glenn a Dolphin?

[YoFuggedaboutit]

I think Bess will be the one to make this team, with Camarillo or Foster a possibility if they keep six.  It all depends on how they perform on special teams. 

Glenn would make a good mentor to the younger receivers. 

[Sunstroke]

Terry would be a great mentor to the younger guys. You need someone there to take the lead.

Yes, we need our young players to properly learn how to be whiny injury-prone mediocre players like Terry.

[Brian Fein]

how many more cowboys are we going to sign?  I hear Drew Bledsoe might be available

[Sunstroke]

I'm holding out for Too Tall Jones...

[dolfan13]

whoever becomes the qb, is going to need all the help he can get. the running game and ol can become pretty damn good this season if they have at least some receivers to open up the offense a little. glenn, if he's healthy, would be a great addition for this team.

[DolFan619]

http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/sports_seasonticket/2008/07/fins-glenns-arr.html

Fins: Glenn's arrival

If he passes a physical -- and that's no given -- it appears that Terry Glenn will join the receiving unit.

Derek Hagan is off to a good start in training camp, but Ted Ginn Jr. hasn't distinguished himself. Ernest Wilford is a big target who will be useful in the red zone, but he hasn't shown that he can be an explosive starter.

So it makes sense to take a shot on Glenn, who can add knowledge in two ways: he knows how to play the position, and how to handle Bill Parcells.

Do you like the move?

> Posted by Ethan J. Skolnick at 7:59:39 AM

[Sunstroke]

I hate to say this, but I am pulling hard for Terry Glenn to fail his physical.

Not sure why some of you would want Glenn here, and I've tried going through the only two possible reasons I can come up with:

Reason 1) "We need more receivers "
Rebuttal: We need more "young" receivers...not an old dog who can't stay healthy long enough to get on the field.

Reason 2) "We need a veteran presence"
Rebuttal: No, we need our younger players to grow into veteran players, and they need to do that on the field. The only time you bring in a veteran for a squad like Miami's is if they are good character players who can provide leadership. Terry Glenn provides neither.

This signing, if it ends up happening, would make no sense at all to me...

[Brian Fein]

it makes perfect sense to me.  the Dolphins have become Bill Parcells' personal friends' party.  Next thing you know he's going to change the logo to a Tuna jumping thru the sun and we'll have to become The Tunas Make Me Cry

[fyo]

the Dolphins have become Bill Parcells' personal friends' party.

Coaches always bring in players (and other coaches) they know. That's the nature of the beast.

And, frankly, when they're being brought in from a winning team to the 1-15 Dolphins... no, I don't have a problem with it at all.

[Sunstroke]

Coaches always bring in players (and other coaches) they know. That's the nature of the beast.

And, frankly, when they're being brought in from a winning team to the 1-15 Dolphins... no, I don't have a problem with it at all.

So bringing in a guy who spends 50% of his time on the trainer's table and the other 50% complaining about his teammates/management/life in general is the best course of action for this stage of Miami's rebuilding plan?

To paraphrase the wisdom of Hans & Franz...you guys should hear me now and believe me later. Terry Glenn is the wrong answer for the Miami Dolphins.

 

[dolfan13]

i don't see this as developing the receiving core, more so i see it as investing in the development of whomever emerges as the qb (and also the ol). glenn, if healthy, gives some more options to the offense. i want to see the oline and the qb have a year that they can grow up together and become a good unit.

if the fins can put out some grouping of a receiving core that can be taken a little bit seriously, then you won't have 11 guys pinning their ears back, and bum rushing the qb. just rewind the tapes to last year to get a preview of what this will look like.

[Doc-phin]

it makes perfect sense to me.  the Dolphins have become Bill Parcells' personal friends' party.  Next thing you know he's going to change the logo to a Tuna jumping thru the sun and we'll have to become The Tunas Make Me Cry

First off, this is hilarious!

I must admit, I cringe at the move to bring Glenn to Miami.  I am hoping for the best but I just don't see this doing the team much good.

[Thundergod]

it makes perfect sense to me.  the Dolphins have become Bill Parcells' personal friends' party.  Next thing you know he's going to change the logo to a Tuna jumping thru the sun and we'll have to become The Tunas Make Me Cry

Man, seriously.

Psshhh, what the hell ever BP, enough with the friends and family plan. A 34 yr. old limping WR...   

[TonyB0D]

when are they signing him?  should be any day now...

[DolFan619]

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/dolphins/content/sports/epaper/2008/07/30/0730dolphins.html

Dolphin drops make Glenn an appealing option

By EDGAR THOMPSON
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

DAVIE — Veteran wide receiver Terry Glenn wouldn't seem to fit in with the Dolphins' ongoing youth movement under the Bill Parcells-led regime.

But Glenn, 34, might be a good match for a passing game that continues to struggle early in training camp.

If the team signed Glenn, he'd be the oldest player on the roster and one of only five position players older than 30.

But if he's healthy after undergoing two knee surgeries last season in Dallas, Glenn also could give the Dolphins' unproven wide receiving corps an established pass catcher and veteran presence in the locker room who's also familiar with the team's offensive system.

Glenn had back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons in 2005 and 2006 with the Dallas Cowboys under Parcells, who also coached Glenn in New England and has a history of bringing in former players when he's rebuilding teams.

"I'm sure it makes sense because we know the guy," said Sparano, a Cowboys'assistant during Glenn's five seasons (2003-07) "We've coached him. Bill's coached him for years. I've had him, so I know the guy.

"But I don't know about him right now. I left there in January. I don't know what went on one way or the other."

Sparano said he doesn't know what, if any, the Dolphins' plans are for Glenn, who the Cowboys released last Friday before the first day of training camp.

The Fort Worth Star Telegram, citing two unnamed sources, said Glenn could sign in the next few days.

"I have two people who do their due diligence on any player out there," Sparano said of Parcells and general manager Jeff Ireland, who also worked with the Cowboys during Glenn's five seasons in Dallas. "Terry Glenn or anybody else would be treated that way.

"They'll turn over every stone to try to make this football team better."

Based on five days of training camp, the Dolphins' passing game could use some help.

The team's quarterbacks and receivers have been inconsistent and out of sync, leading to a number of interceptions, batted-down passes and sacks.

There have been many dropped passes during the past couple of practices, including this morning's sessions at the team's training facility. The Dolphins, who will practice later today, had as many as 10 drops in the past two practices.

Glenn has 593 receptions in 12 NFL seasons.

Glenn also has four 1,000-yard receiving seasons - including three on Parcells-coached teams. Glenn caught 90 passes for 1,132 yards and six touchdowns as a rookie in 1996 under Parcells in New England, helping get the Patriots to the Super Bowl.

The highest single-season yardage total by a current Miami receiver is 681 by Wilford in 2005 for Jacksonville.

But Sparano isn't looking beyond the current group of Dolphins receivers.

"I like the way the group is working," Sparano said. "They're making plays and they're competing against a pretty good group on the other side of the ball."