Worst move by Parcells?

[Defense54]

Wilford of course.........but they can't all be Gems.

The one area were I think he made a Huge Mistake was cutting Zack Thomas. Our defense would have been much better for it. 

[Brian Fein]

Wilford, in hindsight, looks like the worst move.

But, preseason, he was supposed to be our veteran presence and #1 WR on a VERY young WR corps.  Ginn, Camarillo, Bess, London, all these guys are young and inexperienced.  Wilford was supposed to be the rock.

Too bad he sucks balls.

The playoff game against the Ravens, the team only dressed 3 WR's for the game: Ginn, Bess, and London.  What does that say when you'd rather go out there with Patrick Cobbs as your #4 WR and leave Wilford inactive?

There's no way, pre-season, that Parcells could have predicted that Wilford would be such a bum.

[Spider-Dan]

Wilford, by a mile.

[DZA]

  Ernest Wilford is probably the worst.  However, their first free agent class as a whole is pretty much a stinker.

Agreed.

[BingeBag]

Sending off Lorenzo Booker for a 4th.

[YoFuggedaboutit]

Sending off Lorenzo Booker for a 4th.

Not even close..... they then turned around and traded that 4th to Dallas for Anthony Fasano and Akin Ayodele.  We got a starting ILB and starting TE, basically for a backup RB.

[Rick]

Sending off Lorenzo Booker for a 4th.

LOL...I sure hope you were joking around about the Booker trade!

[Dphins4me]

Not even close..... they then turned around and traded that 4th to Dallas for Anthony Fasano and Akin Ayodele.  We got a starting ILB and starting TE, basically for a backup RB.

  For clarity.  They traded Miami's 4th ( No. 100 ) to Dallas for those two.   They recieved ( No. 115 ) from Philly for Booker.  Then they traded it with a 7th ( No. 208 ) up to ( No. 110 ) in order to draft Shawn Murphy.

So, as of right now with considering the fact Murphy never saw the field last year.  It was a bad trade.  Now, people thought highly of Murphy so maybe a years adjustment will develop him & he can be a solid player.

[Philly Fin Fan]

I don't think that Lorenzo Booker trade was that big of a deal, but to play devil's advocate- you can factor in that after trading Lorenzo Booker, they then used two draft picks on RB's (neither of which made the active roster), and eventually signed Patrick Cobbs to a longer deal (and he proved pretty valuable during the season).

In hindsight, they could've kept Booker and used the two picks on other positions instead of RB.

[Rick]

So, as of right now with considering the fact Murphy never saw the field last year.  It was a bad trade.  Now, people thought highly of Murphy so maybe a years adjustment will develop him & he can be a solid player.

Booker would not have made the Dolphins roster with Parcells/Sparano calling the shots.

Lorenzo Bookers 2008 stats with the Eagles
10 games played
20 rush 53 yards 2.7 avg
6 rec 1.8 yards per catch
0 total TDS

Booker really didn't do much more on the field than Shawn Murphy did in 2008!

[bsfins]

I don't think that Lorenzo Booker trade was that big of a deal, but to play devil's advocate- you can factor in that after trading Lorenzo Booker, they then used two draft picks on RB's (neither of which made the active roster), and eventually signed Patrick Cobbs to a longer deal (and he proved pretty valuable during the season).

In hindsight, they could've kept Booker and used the two picks on other positions instead of RB.

The problem (as you mentioned in hindsight) Ricky (shoulder) Ronnie (knee) were both coming off of season ending injuries Lex hilliard was amore a FB type Rb,and Parmele were both alot bigger filling the Size quota that the trifecta wants...Booker was no where near a Fulltime Back size wise...not the way trifecta wants...

[Doc-phin]

This may sound a little off at first, but my pick for biggest mistake...

Not requesting that John Beck get more play time in pre-season.  It would have helped offset some of the film from the previous years crap season and raised his trade stock a little and it would have given a better chance to evaluate his improvement from his rookie year.  Essentially, we are looking at dumping this second round expenditure based on a crap-injury-plagued team and practice field tape.

I understand what they are doing with Henne, but Beck should have gotten at least a quarter per game.

[JVides]

Getting into a pissing contest with Jason Taylor ranks as # 1.  Don't alienate the franchise, man!  It forced fans to pick a side, and now one of our team's best ever players is seen by many as a jackass despite his many years of excellent service.  That's his biggest mistake.

[Thundergod]

^^^

WORD

[Dave Gray]

^^

Good point about Taylor.