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Not true.

I was thinking the exact same thing. It’s truly a no-brainer.

You’re safe

I don’t think returning punts is very risky, from an injury perspective. Lots of teams over the years have had their best players do it, and do it well.

I think Tre returned punts at LSU and as I recall, he was good at it. Hyde is a punt catcher.

Two games vs Miami, one against the Skins, and one vs the Jests. That’s 8 right there. It would take a major catastrophe not to make it to 7.

Not very funny or original. Your lame joke aside, I would say Marcel is infinitely more qualified than you are to weigh in on the subject at hand.

Here is an article with some actual facts. For example, the Dolphins have 19 undrafted players on their roster and 15 players that were added to their roster after training camp began. In other words, it's not a roster with a lot of quality NFL talent. https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/nfl/miami-dolphins/article235500782.html And here's another, with lots of former Alabama players weighing in. https://www.si.com/nfl/2018/11/23/can-alabama-beat-nfl-team-nick-saban-reggie-ragland-marcell-dareus-mark-ingram

Well, I’ll agree that you’ve got reading comprehension issues.

I don’t believe it.

You refuted nothing that I said. Please don’t act like you did. Not many. But some, yes.

That’s a straw man argument. Most Alabama starters are at least 21 years old. The ones who aren’t are truly exceptional.

Yep. That was an NFL factory that might very well have been capable of competing with actual NFL teams.

Alabama has very few true freshmen or sophomores who start and the ones who do are absolute freaks, like Jalen Waddle.

I believ you're wrong about how many Tide players will make it in the league and/or become stars. GunnerBill has crunched the numbers and I think you would be surprised. This year's team probably has 10 starters who will be first or second round picks. The vast majority will stick in the league for a good while and there are probably multiple future stars there, as well.

Look, I doubt that Alabama would beat even a below average NFL team, but I think there is near zero chance that they would be physically overmatched and blown out like many here suggest. I don't know when you played in the ACC, but teams like Alabama and Clemson didn't really exist 10 or 15 years ago. They are literally stacked with NFL talent. Almost every starter will play in the NFL in the next year or two. They aren't going to be embarrassed by a team like the Dolphins.

He's far from the only one who's said it.

Please. You're one of my favorite posters here, but that is a pathetic argument.

Fine. Then how do you account for the many former Tide players in the NFL (such as Marcel Dareus) who say that Alabama would win a lot of games in the NFL? Are they just wrong? Who would know better than them?

I've never said any such thing and it really doesn't matter anyway. The point is, the talent level at a school like Alabama or Clemson is probably higher than on the Dolphins. The Phins might beat them, but they definitely would not physically overwhelm them, as many here suggest.

No. Not many guys taken in the first thee rounds.

So what? Are they the only NFL players who are injured? How did they get hurt?

Where did you play D1? And when? Unless you played in the SEC recently, I suspect your college football experience is of limited value. Teams like Alabama and Clemson are simply not in the same category as most other D1 teams. How many players on the Dolphins do you think will stick in the NFL for 5 plus years? 15? 20? I'd bet Alabama has more right now and they definitely have more high-end (second round or better) talent than the Phins. I know they are somewhat biased, but ex-Tide players almost to a man say that Alabama could beat plenty of NFL teams. They would know.

Really? When was that decided?

And every guy on the Dolphins is a bona fide NFL star? We're not talking about the Bills.