Wow, that was painful to wade through. I would like to think that we could all share our opinions, irrespective of the number of prior posts. In retrospect, I think a more appropriate title for this thread would have been "Drafting Mallett OR Ingram At #15 Would Be A Huge Mistake". A lot of experts including Todd McShay and Tony Pauline (on Joe Rose this morning) agree that Mallett is not a top 15 prospect. In fact, Tony Pauline said that if the Dolphins can't trade out of 15 then we shouldn't be surprised if they take the top defensive player on their board (e.g. Aldon Smith, CB from Colorado or Nebraska). If the Dolphins can trade back into the late 20's and recoup their 2nd rounder, then they can work another trade with teams such as the Bengals, Cardinals, Titans, etc. that passed on a QB with their 1st rounder and desperately want to move up to land a QB. The Dolphins could then stockpile a lot of picks and fill a lot of needs. If the worst case scenario is that the Dolphins go with Henne and bring in a veteran, it's not the end of the world. My issue with Henne is that he regressed from two years ago to last year. I still remember the great comebacks he had at home against the Jets & Patriots in 2009. Some, if not much, of that is attributable to poor coaching and play calling and might be correctable. Besides, this year's class of QB's, while deep, does not promise the sure success of the class of Rivers, Manning & Roethlisberger. To draft Mallett at #15 is to claim he is on the level of Roethlisberger who went #11. Not a chance.
