I just don't understand how people cannot see that the addition of Chris Long will not make our defense great.. We have more holes to fill on D no matter how he plays..
But for the offense, just by adding Jake Long to our line we improve at two positions. Carey goes to Right tackle and he is great there.. It would immediately give the dolphins the best line in the league when it comes to the younger lines in the league..
And guess what, we will be a much better offense.. We have young talented players on offense.. Just like Cleveland had their skill position players explode last year, when they added a tackle (and shuffled guys around where they play better in other positions to augment the new tackle) ------ we can have Ginn, L Booker, R Brown, Beck,( Wilford even)- these guys can just be alot better when the line gives the QB time , and big running lanes to run through. Plus we are assured that these young players on offense don't lose their confidence..
Going with reaches in later rounds for the tackle position has a good chance of not working out- and our young players on offense won't play well, leading to them losing confidence, which can then lead to hurting their development greatly. So the whole offense side of the ball is affected greatly.. From being very good, to being below average just by one pick in a very important position.. And not having a very good line supporting these young players just means that we wasted those picks on them since they would have less value (because they won't have the support to produce)
But by adding a great O-line, this helps the Defense as they will be on the field less... Our offense will have better, longer drives.. And they have the potential to be very good with the addition of J Long.. The defense though, does not realistically have the potential to be very good by just adding C Long..