We have players with starting experience at those spots is my point
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We have players with starting experience at those spots is my point
Branch wake and hayes all are going to get a good number of snaps.. Gase found out we are better when wake is on the field.. i know we need young talent but i want the rd 1 pick to play A LOT
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Except it wouldn't even be a guard. Lamp is a college tackle who's being touted as a guard convert. We've really enjoyed those tackle converts here in Miami lately....
Dallas Thomas has starting experience, unlike Lamp. Want him at LG?
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Wake - 35
Hayes - 31 (1 year deal)
Branch - Not very good
Certainly not but I think you know my point. We upgraded all the spots you mentioned. I know Nate Allen is very debatable
Hayes is on a one year contract and over 30, Branch is mediocre at best and Wake is 135 years old
Wake only has a couple years left and Hayes will be gone next year. You can't just look to draft for this year. You have to draft for the future. DE, LB, OG, FS, & CB are all big needs. Even DT & TE could be needs going into 2018.
I agree, but I fully expect any of the DE possibilities at 22 to be better by Andre Branch at least midway through the season. I'd rather Branch as a rotational guy, like Hayes.
Regardless.... This may be Wake's last season as a starter, and Hayes is gone after the season. A rookie can come in and compete with Branch right away and would be the projected starter by next year the latest.
... and by all accounts this is a very strong DE draft so will wait till next year when its a dire dire need?... nah that would not be smart. Draft the premium position early in the draft or pay up later in FA- way up - for a difference maker.
Exactly.
If we're a playoff team again next season.... You're not getting a Taco Charlton, Charles Harris, Takkarist McKinley, or Derek Barnett in the 20s in 2018. Take him now and be done with it.
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I see Daeshon Hall as being criminally underrated and I hope we profit from the chance.
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We need youth at DE. As far as immediate impact 1st round pick DE might not be the position you look for. That would probably go to guard or FS. I wouldn't have any issue grabbing one of those two needs if a guy is graded similarly and looking for a DE in round 2 or 3. It's easy to say that well we have these 3 guys and some are old and some are average, but that's not generally the point people are making. The point I think most are making is that we have a 3 deep rotation at DE, and for this upcoming season that is true. We have pretty well 1 elite pass rusher and 1 elite run defender, and one guy who's kind of average. In the NFL that's a pretty good group and not a top level need. Not like we can't find a contributor at DE outside of the 1st round.
I'm not opposed to DE in round 1 at all, but there could be more immediate impact position groups worth looking at. If a DE is graded significantly higher, and this is obviously supposed to be a good draft for it, then you pull the trigger since it's a premium position and we don't exactly have a ton of long term security there.
I'm not opposed to DE in round 1 at all, but there could be more immediate impact position groups worth looking at. If a DE is graded significantly higher, and this is obviously supposed to be a good draft for it, then you pull the trigger since it's a premium position and we don't exactly have a ton of long term security there.