Hey man I get it - we are back into the WHY. I understand why… but it hasn’t been working for the end purpose of Super Bowl… well, not yet, anyways.I think the team has a rational approach. They go cheap but high ceiling at OL by taking guys who often don't stay healthy or are low floor risky in some other way. High floor guys are what cost the big resources in OL land. In return they get to invest in top flight WRs, RBs, pass rush, DBs and presumably soon will be paying Tua a lot more. High ceiling guys at other positions can't be had for cheap outside of the occasional late round draft/UDFA magic.. You would have the team up it's odds of a decent OL (no guarantees) but have not clarified what you would give up to do so. Don't trade for Tyreek? Let Waddle and/or Phillips leave? Don't draft Chop? Something has to give so what would you give?
P.S. I think it would be cool to have a top 5 OL with high confidence but the sacrifices elsewhere seem to carry just as much downside.
And I don’t think we need a top 5 OL but certainly middle of the pack would make a world of difference.
To address your question… I am mostly happy with the moves and I don’t pretend to know **** about the draft but from my understanding Chop is another boom/bust candidate which we take a lot of swings at.. maybe OL there? Maybe use the Shaq Barrett money differently if they saw someone they liked? One or the other, if we want to get into the details.
I don’t hate Chris Grier and certainly don’t hate our offseason moves - a lot of intelligent choices and decisions (so happy they let Wilkins walk for example), I’m just pointing out the fact that we have collectively said “our OL was a big issue and part of our demise this season” every single year and coming into the following season we have collectively said “our OL is a big question mark going into this season”.
Do you disagree with that?
Hey this is actually a good response.None are so blind as those who cannot see.
There has been a constant rebuilding and development of the OL since I've started following the Dolphins in 2016. Just because someone isn't satisfied with the progress doesn't mean there is no progress.
It is one of the reasons we have made it to the playoffs for the last several years.
That's life - ESAD - LOL
I’m not actually pessimistic about the team ever because I haven’t had expectations for them since 2001 or 2002.
But yeah, things are trending up.
Let’s see how things play out. Hopefully we aren’t done in by OL again.