Miami's Most Overrated Athletes

So the Miami Dolphins have either made or are in the process are making big moves so far in this still young NFL trade and free-agency period. 

Unfortunately, that means various uses of "Taking My Talent's To South Beach" and new and convoluted and f-d out ways to bash LeBron and the Heat thanks to the worldwide leader, ESPN.

Today on First and 10: Who's more overrated? LeBron James or Reggie Bush.

Of course Skip Bayless chose LeBron. Skip would probably pick me to beat LeBron in a game of one on one.

It's stupid, vapid, silly and well, quite insulting to the intelligence of any sports fan with a brain.

It's always stupid to compare athletes competing in two different sports unless you're comparing the biggest sports drunk of all time (Babe Ruth going away), biggest sports man-whore (Wilt, followed by Shawn Kemp and Antonio Cromartie), athlete you'd want to leave your girlfriend around the least (Jeter) and of course biggest d-bag (still Jose Canseco).

But hey, let's do it here.

Does ESPN have something against Miami as a whole? I do understand the Heat, but don't drag the Dolphins into us.

We gave up a safety who mainly played on special teams last year. Hence, for what we gave up for Bush, he's properly rated.

And as for LeBron, while yes, he choked in the Finals, but he put on masterful performances against Boston and Chicago (which I guess ESPN forgot, but that's probably because it was on TNT).

But who's really the most overrated Miami athlete? If ESPN is going to pick on us, they might as well go full bore, and at the end, you'll see that they're way off base, no pun intended.

PS: Based off of what I mentioned, neither Reggie nor LeBron are on this list. So if you clicked on it because of their names—I'm looking at you LeBron haters—sorry to disappoint you. 

5. Chad Henne

Chad Henne is on this list because some Dolphins fans actually think this guy will be a better quarterback this season than the last two seasons. Because, you know, two seasons isn't enough of a sample size.

See, the Dolphins don't have him overrated. If they did than Kyle Orton wouldn't be on their radar.

But some Dolphins fans and even those covering the Dolphins in the media? They still look at him as the savior.

Thankfully Henne's biggest fan last year, owner Stephen Ross, has kept quiet about Henne this season. That's a far cry from last year when he, oh, COMPARED HIM TO DAN FRIGGIN MARINO!

4. Ronnie Brown

Ronnie Brown is overrated because some Dolphins fans want him back.

Nevermind that he wasn't the same after suffering a Lisfranc fracture in 2009, the same injury that Udonis Haslem suffered during the 2010-2011 NBA season, yet he still managed to come back in the Eastern Conference Finals and actually be productive for the Heat.

And yes, I know basketball and football are two completely different sports, however both sports require great lateral quickness.

Haslem didn't seem to lose a step, while Brown looked almost toast.

There's a reason the Dolphins drafted Daniel Thomas and traded for Reggie Bush. We don't need Ronnie, and if we do re-sign one of our running backs, then Ricky, who has suffered fewer injuries throughout his career would be the better choice.

3. Chris Bosh

I almost hate myself for doing this (and will hate myself more in another slide or two), but yes, Chris Bosh is overrated.

He's making $15 million when he's a $10 million guy. His production is good but not great, and while at times he's risen to the occasion, he didn't do it at the consistency the Heat wanted out of him.

Outside of LeBron he's probably the most maligned of the Heat. But unlike LeBron, who will see the jokes end when he wins one, Bosh will still get a ton of abuse from outside Miami.

Inside Miami we love him, hell I love him, and again it's painful for me to say this, but he's overrated.

2. Udonis Haslem

I gently weep at my keyboard as I write this.

Haslem is one of my favorite players with the Heat. To me, he's up there with Zo, Wade, Tim Hardaway and Glen Rice as favorite Heat-ians of all time.

He's the heart and soul of this team and was considered so important that Bosh, LeBron and Wade took less money to keep him in Miami.

They shouldn't have had to though. 

Tell me, is a backup power forward really worth half the money you could spend on a halfway decent Tyler Chandler-esque center, you know the type of center that if he started here would be the final piece to the Heat puzzle?

Special mention to Mike Miller. I know he had injury problems (as did Haslem), however, didn't James Jones do a lot of the same things Miller did and cost a whole lot less?

By the way, if I make this list next year, don't be surprised if James Jones makes the list after the lockout ends, and the Heat decided to take care of him by overpaying him.

Again, I hate putting these guys (especially Haslem) on this list, but what's right is right, and he gets too much press and gets paid too much for what he actually contributes on the court and yes, even before the injury.

1. Hanley Ramirez

Note: I'm not a Marlins fan. When it comes to Miami, strictly Dolphins, Heat, Panthers and Canes. However, I feel I can comment on Hanley Ramirez.

First off, Skip missed the boat. Hanley is everything he hates about LeBron and more.

Actually, let me take that back. Hanley is everything I hate about sports. I literally hate the guy.

I hate that goofy effing look on his face while taking a called third strike to end the inning.

I hate the different goofy effing look on his face when a ball hit into his range trickles by him for a hit. By the way, the baserunner produced by this hit is almost 100 percent guaranteed to turn into a run for the team playing the Marlins.

I hate his cocky attitude. So he won a batting title in 2009? Big whoop. Did you leave all of your hitting skills in 2009 because if you can, go back, get your hitting skills back and leave the arrogant attitude back in '09.

I hate the fact that he's a 40/40 caliber guy yet will never approach that.

I hate the fact that outside of Miami, people talk about him like he's one of the best in the game. He's not even the best on the team (I could name four, yes four position players on the Marlins better than him: Mike Stanton, Logan Morrison, Gaby Sanchez and at this point Emilio Bonifacio)!

Conversley, I hate the fact that no one seems to see how overrated he is.

I hate the fact that the Marlins won't trade him because they know when he gets dealt he's going to go on a tear.

I hate the fact that the one team he won't do that with would be if the Marlins traded him to my team, the Chicago Cubs. I'd know if he was traded there, the Marlins would receive Starlin Castro and the NL East from 2013-2017 with at least two World Series wins.

And sadly, if there was one general manager dumb enough to make that trade, it's Cubs GM Jim Hendry.

I hate the fact that he would've probably become the most loathed athlete in Boston. Come on, I would've loved to have seen that!

I hate the fact that he's made baseball 10 percent less fun for me to follow. Hell, I hate the fact that he's not even fun to hate like many people think the Heat are.

I hate the fact that Bill Simmons somewhat praised him in his last Red Sox article, but I'll admit its funny to think of all the ways Hanley would've frustrated Simmons had the trade not been made along with all of the nasty looks Pedroia would've shot Hanley's way after botching a double play against the Yankees.

I hate the fact that he makes me hate him. I'm not a hater, I don't hate anyone. But boy, do I hate him. If I'm Skip Bayless, Hanley is my LeBron James.

Except Hanley gives me a real reason to hate him, day after day after day.

Since I don't get to see too many Cubs games, I'm stuck watching the Marlins. And it's fun to watch the maturation of Morrison and Stanton. It's fun when Josh Johnson is healthy, when he's the best pitcher in a division filled with quality aces, and he's toying with hitters. 

It's fun to see Bonifacio run the bases full speed. Nothing in baseball is more exciting than seeing Bonifacio rip one into the gap. Every time it gets past an outfielder, especially in Sun Life Stadium's spacious outfield, you're at the edge of your seat hoping to see an inside the park home run.

Despite their pedestrian record, a lot of things about the Marlins are fun, from LoMo's tweets to McKeon's post game pressers. 

And Hanley ruins all that. Because he's so overrated, and because he has such a high sense of self (LeBron gets criticized for it, but in Hanley's, case it hurts the team) and because he hasn't backed it up since 2009.

Hanley Ramirez is the most overrated athlete not just in South Florida but in sports. 

Well OK, he's probably No. 2 most overrated in all of sports.

The top spot goes to Skip Bayless and ESPN. They're so overrated they forgot about the most overrated athlete in South Florida while talking about the most overrated athlete in South Florida.