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Meet The ...
Most unpredictable fantasy team ever. If you want to try and sort through this mess with me, let's give it a whirl. The QB is either going to Josh McCown, Chad Henne, or John Beck. Ronnie Brown has proven himself an elite fantasy back when healthy, but he's coming off ACL surgery. His backup has reportedly been impressive in workouts thus far ... and it's the 31-year-old, CFL-playin', pot-smokin', retirin' to all things zen Ricky Williams. You want a piece of that on your team? Then you've got Cam Cameron's favorite returner and a guy who had only 518 yards receiving for the Jags as the top two wideouts. So let's break out the machete and slice through all this crap to the bare bones ...
... this team is going to suck. Bill Parcells likes to break everything down and plan for the future. Even if the team heads into the season with McCown as the starter -- as reports would suggest currently -- the present will yield to the future sooner than later. If Parcells was sold on Beck, he wouldn't have taken Henne with his second-round pick. Thus, by the halfway point (and probably the quarter-way point), Chad Henne is your QB. I don't care that Parcells isn't the actual head coach.
The Breakout
Henne, though he'll hardly be ownable in fantasy unless you carry three QBs in a 14-16 owner league. I'm just putting him here because he's going to exceed expectations and be the Dolphins QB of the future. Towards the end of the season it's possible that a chemistry develops between him and his two top receivers, Ted Ginn and Ernest Wilford. By that point, he may be a suitable injury replacement. It's far, far too early to speculating, though. For now you must ignore him in nearly all formats.
The Bust
Ricky Williams, only because many people are discussing how great he supposedly looks in camp. Feel free to use him as a handcuff to Ronnie, but I won't be paying even a last-round pick for him. As Michael Scott once said, "Fool me once, strike one ... fool me twice, strike three." You can't get fooled again!
The Depth Chart
QB1 - Josh McCown
QB2 - John Beck/Chad Henne
RB1 - Ronnie Brown
RB2 - Ricky Williams
RB3 - Jalen Parmele
WR1 - Ernest Wilford
WR2 - Ted Ginn
WR3 - Derek Hagan
TE - David Martin
K - Jay Feely
The D/ST
Ugly City. They were dead last in D/ST points last year, and lost Jason Taylor and Zach Thomas. There were tweaks made in the secondary, but nothing large enough to impact the fact that you can't waste a roster spot on this unit in fantasyland.
The Skinny
At least they are trying to start over from virtually scratch. There are better times ahead, but you won't see those in 2008. Ronnie Brown is a quality second RB for your team, and he's had sufficient time to heal.
As I alluded to earlier, the prospects of Henne to Wilford and Ginn via air are promising, starting in 2009 ... especially with big Jake Long anchoring the offensive line.
The bottom line for the present, however, is that Brown is the only player draftable in fantasy football. You just can't really justify anyone else unless you play in a huge league with a bottomless bench.

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