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Dave Hyde

Fort Lauderdale

Sports Columnist at South Florida Sun Sentinel

South Florida Sun-Sentinel columnist. Author of "Swagger," "Still Perfect" and "1968." Elementary school kids and lawyers over 45 want my job.

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Dave Hyde
Dave Hyde @davehydesports
9 Apr 25

Tony Sparano made his bones as an OL coach. Parcells basically invented the blind side tackle idea. Long came to a good program for him and started well. He just suffered a bad injury

Brad Ochstein
Brad Ochstein @BradOchstein

@davehydesports Jake Long peaked on Day 1 and declined steadily. We did nothing to develop his skills, and apparently didn’t help him condition and protect his physical health. Had he gone elsewhere, he may have had a much better career….(he may have been just as injury prone elsewhere)…

Dave Hyde
Dave Hyde @davehydesports
9 Apr 25

And the mistake was made before that in trading for Fitzpatrick. And before that in hiring Flores with no agreement to tank. And before that in thinking tanking would solve your front office issue (also see 76ers). And before that …

Chris at Phins.com
Chris at Phins.com @PhinsChris

@davehydesports The mistake isn’t Tua vs Herbert. As you stated, both have ???s. The mistake happened BEFORE the draft in not ordering Flores to play Josh Rosen. It would have been justified given the 2nd rounder they paid for him. Instead, Ross & Grier deferred to Flores, costing them Burrow.

Dave Hyde
Dave Hyde @davehydesports
9 Apr 25

Uh, no. Not at all.

Omar Kelly
Omar Kelly @OmarKelly

Xavien Howard was waaaaaaay better than Patrick Surtain.