Farewell Zach Thomas: Paying tribute to a Dolphins Legend

Jay Glazer of Foxsports.com is reporting that the Miami Dolphins will cut ties today with LB Zach Thomas.

As a lifelong Dolphins fan, I am sad to see him go. In my era of fandom (from about 1984 to present), Thomas is in my opinion the second biggest Dolphins legend. In fact, the first jersey I ever purchased (with money from a summer job), was Dan Marino's. The second: a blue #54 that still hangs in my closet.

Thomas embodies everything the Dolphins were in his time with the team: a tough, underrated competitor that gave it his all every play. Unfortunately, the Dolphins never could field a potent enough offense to take advantage of the great defenses we had led by Thomas and Jason Taylor.

Thomas has said that he isn't ready to retire. While I wouldn't mind seeing him go out a winner on another team, the fan in me hopes that team isn't the New England Patriots.

Whatever team Thomas signs with, if in fact he doesn't retire, I wish him the best. Thank you Zach Thomas for all you've done for my team.