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OC/WR Coach Brian Hartline (Official Thread)

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Which Buckeye had the greatest impact on the Ohio State history of the position he played?

  • Brian Hartline

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I love Hartline's skill set. IF the Phins get a big reciever to go on the outside with him he could very easily turn into a bigger, faster version of Wes Welker if he continues to work at it. That means he could turn into a 100 catch kind of guy in a slot where he isnt facing safety help over the top.

The Dolphins need to add a game changer at TE and the passing game would be very decent with Tannehill behind center. Congrats Brian, keep working!!!
 
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Miami Dolphins? Brian Hartline, Randy Starks put team first
By Adam H. Beasley
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Brian Hartline?s back was in pain and Randy Starks was mourning the death of his mom, but both played Sunday against the Bills.
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Miami Dolphins wide receiver Brian Hartline (82) cannot reach a pass as Buffalo Bills cornerback Aaron Williams (23) defends in the second half of an NFL football game on Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012, in Miami.
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It was last Thursday morning, and Brian Hartline?s back was a mess. He injured it against the Jaguars and was unable to practice.

Randy Starks, meanwhile, wasn?t even in the state. A family tragedy had him up north all week.

For the Dolphins, the news could hardly have been worse.

They were already down three starters ? Davone Bess, Koa Misi and Nolan Carroll ? and could ill afford to lose another one, let alone two.

But considering their circumstances ? one hurting physically, the other emotionally ? few would have blamed either Hartline or Starks for taking the week off.

Neither would stand for it.

Both Hartline, the Dolphins? leading receiver, and Starks ? a critical part of the league?s 10th-ranked run defense ? insisted on playing Sunday, helping the Dolphins handle the Bills 24-10.

Hartline caught two passes for 12 yards; Starks had a tackle for a loss. While neither made a game-changing play, both were on the field for the majority of snaps for their respective units (offense for Hartline, defense for Starks).

Hartline and Starks share something else. Both are free agents at season?s end. And so, if this is the end of their road in a Dolphins uniform, each left a lasting impression.

?It would have been difficult for us in this game if Brian didn?t play for us,? Dolphins offensive coordinator Mike Sherman said Monday. ?It says a lot about his character, his work ethic, what he stands for that he dressed.?

Sherman acknowledged that Hartline was in significant pain Thursday, keeping him from practicing.

Hartline, a fourth-year wideout who has set career highs in catches (69) and receiving yards (1,014), felt a little better Friday, but not great.

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Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/12/26/3156628/miami-dolphins-brian-hartline.html#storylink=cpy
 
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Hartline, Fields, others are Pro Bowl alternates

Talked to Reshad Jones in the lockerroom today. We all know he is not a Pro Bowl pick this year. But he tells me that despite his breakout season he is not an alternate, either.

Wide receiver Brian Hartline, who eclipsed the 1,000-yard mark for the first time in his career, tells me he is an alternate at the position.

Punter Bradon Fields is also an alternate at punter.

Of all these, Hartline has the greatest opportunity to play in the game because players such as New England's Wes Welker or Houston's Andre Johnson might not be able to play because their teams might be in the Super Bowl.
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Amazing, with all of the recent talent in the wide receiver position OSU has had, its Brian Hartline that has had the better pro career. Guys like Ginn, Gonzo, Robiskie, Sanzenbacher are either not in the NFL or have had their struggles to find a home and become successful.

Kudos to Hartline.
 
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Posted on Sunday, 01.06.13
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Armando Salguero: Miami Dolphins? Brian Hartline does his best, waits for the rest
By Armando Salguero
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WIde receiver Brian Hartline catches this pass and runs for a long touchdown in the fourth quarter of the game with the Arizona Cardinals and the Miami Dolphins at University of Phoenix Stadium in Phoenix on September 30, 2012.
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These are good times for Brian Hartline. His best NFL season is over and the timing was perfect because it came in the final year of his contract. So now all that awaits the Dolphins receiver is good news, financial security and the beginning of his career?s most important phase.

Maybe that?s the reason Hartline arrived at lunch one afternoon last week with a big smile on his face and seemingly no worries on his mind.

He rode a slick Yamaha R-1 motorcycle to the Las Olas Boulevard eatery where we met a short distance from his condo. In a few hours, he would be off on a Colorado ski vacation with some buddies.

No, he?s wasn?t going to ski, but he was definitely planning to go snowboarding.

?I?m not worried,? he said. ?I?ve done it my whole life. My parents told me to be smart. Trust me, I?m not going to be aggressive. I don?t ride the bike during the season. I don?t jump out of planes or anything. Everything will be all right.?

Hartline is done with the worrying because he was doing lots of it the past six months when he wasn?t busy catching a career-high 74 passes for 1,083 yards.

He worried about making the team in training camp because he was injured. He worried about performing well during the season to earn a new contract. He worried whether the Dolphins really wanted him because the extension they offered at midseason was practically insulting.

?That sense of uncertainty could drive you crazy,? Hartline said.

And that burden seemingly weighed more when people simply didn?t allow Hartline to forget about what was at stake every time he played.

?It?s very rare when you don?t get asked about it a couple of times a week,? he said. ?Somebody always brings it up ? either somebody new I meet or maybe my mom asking if anything?s been brought up by the team. She?s just curious. She asks, ?Anything new?? And I had to tell her, ?No.?

?I can totally see how guys can ruin their contract years. It?s a weight to carry.?

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Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/01/06/3169325/armando-salguero-miami-dolphins.html#storylink=cpy
 
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Miami Dolphins Free Agents: What to do with Brian Hartline?
By Kevin Nogle on Jan 13
Mike Ehrmann

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The Miami Dolphins have a lot of questions to answer this offseason. Who do they target in free agency? How do they keep growing through the draft? And, which potential free agents do they re-sign? One of those potential free agents is wide receiver Brian Hartline.

On Friday night's Phinsider Google+ Hangout, a discussion came up about what the Miami Dolphins should do with wide receiver Brian Hartline. The team's top receiver from 2012 is scheduled to be a free agent in 2013. Can the Dolphins afford to re-sign him? Can they afford to not re-sign him?

Since that discussion, I've been thinking about it, and trying to figure out exactly what the Dolphins should do with Hartline.

Hartline caught 74 passes for 1,083 yards last season, both career highs. However, he only found the end zone once, a combination of missed opportunities from rookie quarterback Ryan Tannehill, Hartline not being able to work his way open, and teams game planning to take him away. However, his play was enough to get him named as a Pro Bowl alternate this season, and, in a season when the Dolphins were thought to have the worst wide receiving corps in the league, Hartline had the 16th best yardage in the NFL.

Can the Dolphins let Hartline walk, given that he and Davone Bess were the only wide outs to perform throughout the season?

But, will Hartline be looking for a contract that would pay him more than the Dolphins are willing to spend on him?

In 2012, the Dolphins paid Hartline a little over $1.3 million. Coming off his best statistical year, Hartline should be looking for a pay raise. But will he be looking for a contract like the Chicago Bears' Brandon Marshall, who is making about $9.5 million a season, and whom Hartline replaced as the top receiver in Miami?

Would the Dolphins consider placing the franchise tag on Hartline, which would give him a one year salary about ten times as high as his salary from this year?
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Brian Hartline: 2012 Year In Review
Andy Kent Dolphins.com @Andy_Kent

Former Buckeye reaches milestones in fourth season.

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After missing all of training camp with a calf injury and recovering from an emergency appendectomy, the last thing anybody expected out of wide receiver Brian Hartline was a 1,000-yard season.

Hartline, a fourth-round pick out of Ohio State in the 2009 NFL Draft, defied the experts and proved he was capable of doing something special in Miami?s 35-13 rout of the Oakland Raiders in the home opener. He caught nine passes for 111 yards in Week 2, a precursor to his record-setting day at the Arizona Cardinals two weeks later.

By season?s end, Hartline had reeled in a career-high 74 passes for a career-high 1,083 yards to become just the eighth player in franchise history to surpass 1,000 receiving yards in a single season. Before Davone Bess injured his shoulder at the San Francisco 49ers and missed the final three games, the duo was on track to become the first receiving tandem since Mark Clayton and Mark Duper in 1991 to each surpass 1,000 yards.

Hartline burst on the scene as a rookie in 2009 with 31 catches for 506 yards and three touchdowns, which is the only season he has caught more than one touchdown. That?s the one area he hopes to improve on in 2013, but to put up the numbers he did with no OTAs, training camp or preseason games really made a statement.

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Free agent Brian Hartline is expected to seek a contract paying him $5-6 million annually this offseason.
Jordy Nelson, the receiver to whom Hartline was optimistically compared entering the 2012 season, only makes $3.5 million annually. The Dolphins want to re-sign Hartline for 2013, but it doesn't sound like they'll get a hometown discount. Hartline, 26, is coming off career highs in catches (74) and yards (1,083). Jan 25
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When Hartline, who leads the team with 55 catches for 807 yards, got off to a fast start, the Dolphins and agent Drew Rosenhaus began contract talks on an extension.

But after Miami?s initial offer, Rosenhaus had to calm down an irritated Hartline and explain the Dolphins were merely negotiating and not really insulting the player.

The Dolphins want Hartline back. Indeed, they must be in the business of adding wide receiver talent rather than losing it this offseason.

(The club lost significant wide receiver talent by trading away Brandon Marshall last offseason and didn?t replace him.)

But as the season has progressed, the price to keep Hartline has continued to rise as the player?s production similarly climbed. In that regard, the Dolphins and Rosenhaus are now further apart than when the season began.

For whatever reason, Hartline is universally compared with Green Bay receiver Jordy Nelson. And two months ago, Hartline would have been agreeable to an extension that resembled the one Nelson got from Green Bay in October 2011.

That extension paid Nelson $13.98 million over four years with $5 million guaranteed.

But because an extension was not signed, the Dolphins are not likely to get Hartline for $3.5 million per year anymore. Now the more likely model Rosenhaus will use is Laurent Robinson, whose production is similar to Hartline?s. Robinson got $6.5 million per year on a five-year, $32.5 million deal as a free agent last spring.

So Robinson got nearly as much guaranteed money ($13.8 million) as Nelson got total money in his deal. And although Hartline might not get that kind of money from the Dolphins, he could attract significant attention in free agency because the NFL is a passing league.
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Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/12/...the-miami-dolphins-dollars.html#storylink=cpy
 
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