Miami Dolphins: If All Else Fails....

There's plenty of buzz these days about the Miami Dolphins' quarterback situation.

For quite awhile now, Super Bowl dreams have pervaded the Dolphin fanbase as visions of a franchise quarterback danced in their collective heads. For some, it was the hope of trading up for RG3—which obviously won't happen. For most, especially now, the idea of Peyton coming to town is the quintessential move. 

All my articles to this point have begged the team's mindset to look at their situation a little differently. To realize that they have a great backup plan if all else fails. At the very least, when they come to sit down and negotiate trades and deals, the powers that be can initiate the look and feel of a winner and not a "desperate" loser—someone willing to give any individual the keys to the franchise car—a blank check to fill in whatever figure they want.

By having the winning mindset before any deals are struck, the powers that be can come across as winners and possibly [hello] win plenty of games this year regardless of the decisions Manning, RG3 or anyone else you want to factor into the equation. 

Regardless of whatever scenario you were or are hoping for when it comes to the Dolphins, it's impossible not to get excited over the potential of a healthy Manning coming to town. I've said it before, I'll say it again, this team is ripe. Forget about the overall record.

The 6-3 stretch over the final nine games is the correct gauge including two very close losses to the Giants and the Cowboys. If Manning comes to town, this team core will evolutionize to the winning fast lane, but what if it doesn't happen? What if, for that matter, Matt Flynn—why is he so overrated—doesn't sign with the team either? Now, those players dancing in the dreams of the Dolphins' fanbase's heads will have to be recast, and does that change the ending?

I tell you the Dolphins have a strong hand. Stronger than people think, and, while I am at it, let me remind you of this: So you think so shall you become. Even if you disagree with my assertion that Matt Moore is a quality starter in this league, you have to understand my winning mentality, because if we don't land Peyton, the critics will chastise the team again.

They will say we lost out and not just on Peyton and RG3, but on the season. It is very important that the Dolphin mindset doesn't have that premise. It is a cancer that the team has suffered through long enough. Other people have been given the "must-have" label from the franchise in the past—Jimmy Johnson, Bill Parcells to name a couple. How did that turn out?

In short, I am asking the Dolphins fans out there, who will listen, to take on this winner's mentality.

In addition, before you knock the whole idea of settling for Matt Moore and whoever else we can get—and by that, I mean being forced into that scenario—don't forget what we save having not traded up for RG3 and having not spent the millions on Peyton Manning. Take those dollars and look at some of the talent out there that we could land and see if you can't construct a winning hand?

I think it's possible, and even though we wouldn't be in the fast lane, we're still headed in the right direction, and we know where we're going.