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How Can Miami Remain Competitive With Free Agent Losses?

Danny said:
Buffalo at least have 11 picks in the draft while we only have 6(4 of those on day 3)
Buffalo's losing some players that they don’t care about losing......our top free agents are Wilkins/Hunt/AVG/Williams/Elliott

Who we lose and who we keep from those 5 will tell us where we stand going into the draft
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They don't care about losing 7 starters and nearly their whole secondary? While you have included a backup edge rusher and a safety who wasn't that great and should be pretty easy to replace if I'm being honest. Just because the Miami guys are younger doesn't mean they are more talented. Buffalo losing Hyde, Poyer, Jones, Davis and Morse it a big deal to them.
 
SF Dolphin Fan said:
Hard to imagine, as of early March, that Miami will have a net gain in talent for 2024. Of course, a lot can happen and you never know what the draft can bring. Also, if you haven't noticed, Buffalo is in a similar boat.

Looking at the talent in the draft, maybe the strategy should be to get to the point where the Dolphins can dictate the run game. With a plethora of offensive linemen, this could be achievable even if Grier is able to move down and get more draft picks. Lots of physical run blockers and a good group of centers too.

A bigger, physical back would certainly help as well. Maybe Estime or Allen in the draft or Dillon as a relatively cheap free agent option.

Have to think the defense is at least a tick down if Miami loses Wilkins. But if McDaniel can take the run game to another level, it could balance things out.
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Miami improves by staying healthy. They improve pretty dramatically with that.

Wilkins will be a huge blow but if they can find a MLB who actually does the job of a MLB then maybe they won't be relying on a DT making over 90 tackles a season. Also they need a CB2 in case Smith doesn't pan out.

Williams and Hunt are the bigger concern for me, they have to find not only starters on the interior but also better backups than Eichenberg, Cotton and Jones.
 
people on here are overreacting to the players we are letting go (outside of Wilkins). X was done and has not been the same guy the last couple of years - to be expected though, dude will be 31 soon! Jerome Baker was just a guy, far from playmaking LB. Solid but replaceable. Robert Hunt has been good, good but not great, he's replaceable and apparently wanted more money. Ogbah also has disappeared, and his departure should come as no surprise. The only player we are losing that REALLY hurts is Wilkins, we tried to keep him here but he wanted top tier money. We still have another very good DT in Seiler. Everyone else is replaceable and doubt we notice their missing next season.
 
EasyRider said:
Our season hinges on whether McD will make a fundamental change in our offense
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I agree. Since it looks like Ross isn't going to clean house, then the current regime needs to make some BIG changes if they want to have any success. I think McDaniel needs to stop concentrating on Hill and spread the ball around more, including doing more running. I'd also like to see someone else calling the plays.

And, Grier needs to become a magician, and pull a playoff caliber o-line out of his a**.
 
Offseason setting up perfectly. The amount of talent being cut in the event that we do lose Wilkins and Hunt. Setting up for we might lose both and have a ton of talent to choose from that doesn’t count against the comp formula allowing us to get a 3rd and a 4th maybe even 2 3rds in next years draft.
 
MARINO1384 said:
Offseason setting up perfectly. The amount of talent being cut in the event that we do lose Wilkins and Hunt. Setting up for we might lose both and have a ton of talent to choose from that doesn’t count against the comp formula allowing us to get a 3rd and a 4th maybe even 2 3rds in next years draft.
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Yup and we need them. Also keep in mind we have all of our 7 picks in 2025 plus another 5th rounder already before any comp picks so pick up another say 3 and 4 and that's 8 picks in the first 5 rounds come 2025. Can do some serious damage with that cache.
 
Blake the great said:
people on here are overreacting to the players we are letting go (outside of Wilkins). X was done and has not been the same guy the last couple of years - to be expected though, dude will be 31 soon! Jerome Baker was just a guy, far from playmaking LB. Solid but replaceable. Robert Hunt has been good, good but not great, he's replaceable and apparently wanted more money. Ogbah also has disappeared, and his departure should come as no surprise. The only player we are losing that REALLY hurts is Wilkins, we tried to keep him here but he wanted top tier money. We still have another very good DT in Seiler. Everyone else is replaceable and doubt we notice their missing next season.
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X did this to himself and hasn't performed in two to three years, he isn't a top CB anymore and frankly needs to move inside to the slot. David Long and Duke Riley made Baker expendable. Hunt is good but replicable most likely. Wilkins as you stated will be a hard pill to swallow, he is a baller.
 
MARINO1384 said:
Offseason setting up perfectly. The amount of talent being cut in the event that we do lose Wilkins and Hunt. Setting up for we might lose both and have a ton of talent to choose from that doesn’t count against the comp formula allowing us to get a 3rd and a 4th maybe even 2 3rds in next years draft.
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Nailed it!
 
MARINO1384 said:
Offseason setting up perfectly. The amount of talent being cut in the event that we do lose Wilkins and Hunt. Setting up for we might lose both and have a ton of talent to choose from that doesn’t count against the comp formula allowing us to get a 3rd and a 4th maybe even 2 3rds in next years draft.
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There's a positive spin. Looking more like that's the goal.
 
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