Hello Phinzmaniacs….it’s finally football time!  After the way that we played last year it could not have made it here soon enough, and even with the summer-long lockout and a completely revamped offense there is still quite a lot to look forward to this season.  Now, we know…all of those regional experts say that we need a quarterback and our offense still has quite a few holes to fill, but if you believed all of those idiots then you wouldn’t be a Phinzmaniac to begin with. 

The truth of the matter is that inside our training camp at Nova University, a few of the players are already feeling bold enough to start whispering a few predictions about this season.  The words “Super Bowl” have already been mentioned more than once, and while that may seem a little bit optimistic at this point I can assure you that it is not.  Sure, our offense is still unproven and the barbarian horde from New England looks almost untouchable this year, but we’re packing a few secret weapons that could send shockwaves through the AFC East this season.  Here’s a few things to look forward to-

The New and Improved Chad Henne

Okay, so maybe you weren’t too thrilled about the old Chad Henne, and maybe you were even one of the people chanting for Orton just a few weeks ago.  Before stringing the guy to a tree though, there are a few things that you should probably know about our starting QB this season that has mysteriously somehow remained outside of the media for far too long-

The lockout was the best thing that could have happened for Henne.  Not only did it force him to step up and be a leader since there were no coaches around, but it was also one of the first times where he was actually allowed to think for himself on a football field since his college days.  Marshall, Bush, and the rest of the offense truly view him as a leader and they’re ready to follow him into battle.

Ah, the CBA has been settled.  It was hard for me to think or talk about football there for the longest time.  Now that's settled let's get down to business.

Last night was the first Dolphins game I have seen all year.  There's something about the glitter in the coral helmet with the Dolphins logo on the side that makes me forget about all the moaning about millions and billions of dollars.  Yes, it affected training camps and OTA's and such, and as one writer somewhere put it, the only comforting aspect of that is that it happened to every team.

I, like the rest of us, have sat back and watch this message board flop back and forth between draft strategy being right, wrong, stupid or any combination thereof or anywhere in between.  I've seen members enjoy one pick, yet not the other.  I'd like to post what I think so far.

New interview this time with Kenny(lostlobo). Very fun interview to conduct and enjoy. More interviews are on the way.

What rival do you think the Dolphins have the most classic games against and why?

Hi Larry, how have you been lately? Anything new?

Larry: As far as sports go, since the Lakers are out of it and the Angels are tripping all over themseves and football is a big question mark everything is pretty much on hold. Karen has cancer and its pretty hard to focus on anything else anyway. Not gonna go in to the details, it's depressing.

If there is a season,how do you anticipate the Dolphins will perform?                                     

I think of an interesting question:  Why remain loyal to a franchise?

I think remaining loyal to a franchise is much like that of remaining loyal to your country.  Even during bad times you should stand by them because they gave you plenty to hope for during the good times.

But as a 26 year old male, I have not really seen the Dolphins go through many good times.  I remember picking up Tecmo Super Bowl at a friends house.  I was being babysat and my friend was (is) a huge Bengals fan.  He asked his dad if we could play, and since they were orange and already taken I started looking for other teams with orange.