J-off's Sideways Board For Miami

j-off-her-doll said:

Very good question. I haven't looked into it closely, but I haven't noticed a significant pattern. When someone hits, drafted or not, we can typically look back and say, "Oh yeah, of course." We can look back at Chris Harris Jr and say, "He's not the fastest or most athletic, but he showed amazing instincts and coordination at Kansas, and he was all over the field."

In general, I'd say guys who don't fit prototypes but have some elite trait are probably the most likely to slip through the cracks when they shouldn't, but that comes in many forms. P. Lindsay was very good at Colorado - with excellent vision, receiving ability, and speed. He was just old and short.

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djphinfan said:

I think Jalen Davis fits this, I saw hi level instincts and awareness, and confidence I might add, but the smallish stature seemed to turn teams off..

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j-off-her-doll said:

I was surprised that Davis went undrafted. Had him at 106 overall, and I agree with the positives you highlighted. He plays very quick and has elite ball skills. He's also a very good blitzer fwiw.

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Travis34 said:

Really hope he can develop and replace Bobby McCain for us

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j-off-her-doll said:

McCain is pretty good imo. You don't like or his cap figure?

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Travis34 said:

Mixture of both. I dont hate him, but do think he makes a little too much. He competes hard, has a lot of heart, but just seems to get beat a lot. Was it the scheme? A lot of confusion at times last year, where people just didnt seem to know what was going on. Is he just not fast enough? Other times he can have some pretty solid coverage... maybe seeing him on the outside last year instead of the slot left a bad taste in my mouth, he was pretty good at blitzing from the slot also

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TedSlimmJr said:

Grier has always struck me as a safe drafter. That's just what he is. He wants to minimize risk and have easy press conferences when explaining why he took a player. He just doesn't want to hear difficult questions.

I agree, I don't really see how you could have any strong feelings towards the Wilkins pick. It was a fair pick. Would I probably have taken Bradbury or Simmons or Sweat? Probably. I had them all rated fairly similar in addition to Wilkins. It just boils to down to what your philosophy was in how you wanted to start the rebuild. You had two options - start with defensive line or offensive line. Either was a legitimate start.

I probably would have slightly favored Garrett Bradbury if I was making the pick. That's probably the pick I would've made there.

But, you folks get Wilkins. They chose to start with the defensive line. However, it's what they're able to do in regards to addressing the IOL today that determines how good of a pick the Wilkins pick really was in my opinion.

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