vinivedivichi
So you're telling me there's a chance...
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Draft for need or draft BPA? Do we need to draft a quarterback or put all of our faith in Culpepper? Those are just a couple of the questions that will need to be answered before the upcoming draft. This is a VERY important draft for us; we are an aging team that needs to find young exciting players to help our new coach succeed.
That said, what is our strategy? People often want to know if we are going defense or offense, BPA or need, etc. The problem with an approach like that is it ignores the dynamic nature of the draft. The key to having a good draft is having some general ideas, but having the flexibility to adapt to situations that develop on draft day.
So what are our general ideas? I think we need to go BPA in every round...regardless of any perceived "needs." Why? For one, drafting the BPA is generally a good strategy because you never know how your team will look 2 or three years down the road. It doesn't make sense to sacrifice talent to fill a current need, when in a year or two you could have used the more talented guy anyway. Furthermore, this Dolphin team is built to sustain "BPA drafts;" look up and down our roster and tell me where there is a glaring weakness. Granted, we need to improve in a lot of areas, but more than anything we need good players. We have average receivers, offensive lineman, defensive backs, young defensive linemen, and linebackers (outside of ZT), Although we cold use say an outside linebacker or a LT, more than anything we need guys we can depend on over the long term.
So, in general terms, we need to try to target the most talented player on the board with every pick we make. Based the general feeling of the current draft class, this is the way I would like to see our draft work out:
1). Gaines Adams/Jamal Anderson - these guys look to be two of the surest things in this draft, and at least one of them hopefully will be available when we pick.
2). Lamarr Woodley/Brandon Siler - See above.
3). Drew Stanton/Trent Edwards - this seems like a deviation from BPA, but it's really not. If you feel (obviously I do) that these two guys have starting QB potential, now is the time to take that flyer on them. Both of these guys have talent that is above general 3rd round quality, and they are quarterbacks. If it works out, great. If not, a third rounder squandered can be overcome from a general strong draft.
I'm not going to go any further, in fact it's too early to even speculate the top 5 picks, much less 3 rounds. However, I think we need to stockpile talent regardless of the position. If both our first two picks are DE"s, oh well. We need to get guys that have potential to long term starters - not guys that will fill short term needs.
That said, what is our strategy? People often want to know if we are going defense or offense, BPA or need, etc. The problem with an approach like that is it ignores the dynamic nature of the draft. The key to having a good draft is having some general ideas, but having the flexibility to adapt to situations that develop on draft day.
So what are our general ideas? I think we need to go BPA in every round...regardless of any perceived "needs." Why? For one, drafting the BPA is generally a good strategy because you never know how your team will look 2 or three years down the road. It doesn't make sense to sacrifice talent to fill a current need, when in a year or two you could have used the more talented guy anyway. Furthermore, this Dolphin team is built to sustain "BPA drafts;" look up and down our roster and tell me where there is a glaring weakness. Granted, we need to improve in a lot of areas, but more than anything we need good players. We have average receivers, offensive lineman, defensive backs, young defensive linemen, and linebackers (outside of ZT), Although we cold use say an outside linebacker or a LT, more than anything we need guys we can depend on over the long term.
So, in general terms, we need to try to target the most talented player on the board with every pick we make. Based the general feeling of the current draft class, this is the way I would like to see our draft work out:
1). Gaines Adams/Jamal Anderson - these guys look to be two of the surest things in this draft, and at least one of them hopefully will be available when we pick.
2). Lamarr Woodley/Brandon Siler - See above.
3). Drew Stanton/Trent Edwards - this seems like a deviation from BPA, but it's really not. If you feel (obviously I do) that these two guys have starting QB potential, now is the time to take that flyer on them. Both of these guys have talent that is above general 3rd round quality, and they are quarterbacks. If it works out, great. If not, a third rounder squandered can be overcome from a general strong draft.
I'm not going to go any further, in fact it's too early to even speculate the top 5 picks, much less 3 rounds. However, I think we need to stockpile talent regardless of the position. If both our first two picks are DE"s, oh well. We need to get guys that have potential to long term starters - not guys that will fill short term needs.
