Yes! U heard it right! I am upset, but feel that the signs have pointed to the fact that MIA "is" going to take JAKE LONG at #1. @#!#?!
http://dolphinsindepth.blogspot.com/2008/03/things-i-know-before-todays-start-of.html
Things I know before today's start of the NFL meetings
Clearing out the notebook before I refill at the NFL's Annual Meeting starting today in Palm Beach:
1. The Dolphins definitely have plans for John Beck. When coach Tony Sparano talks with his coaches and confidants about Miami's need to get leadership from younger players, he mentions the second-year quarterback. Sparano thinks great teams are ones with leaders that are in their third, fourth and fifth seasons -- guys in their prime. Sparano has been mentioning Ronnie Brown, Ted Ginn Jr. and Beck as guys that will be the nucleus of the team in the next couple of years. So don't write the QB off.
2. The Dolphins draft board is set. It was set last week. That means the Dolphins already know who they are going to draft if they cannot trade out of that No. 1 overall pick. They desperately want to trade out of that pick. By the way, don't ask me who they would pick because I've asked and the person I asked laughed at me.
3. New GM Jeff Ireland is a big believer in production. Like everyone else, he appreciates when an athlete runs a great time at the combine or at his pro day, but he appreciates more when a player performs and produces on the field. Given the choice of one or the other, Ireland will lean toward the player.
4. Ireland also isn't inclined to draft for need early in the selection process. He's more likely going to want the player with the best grade on the board. He does believe, however, that you can begin addressing specific needs later in the draft to fill out the roster.
5. The rumored trade that would send the Cowboys' two first-round picks to Miami for the right to pick Darren McFadden is dead, according to Dallas owner Jerry Jones (pictured with wife Gene and daughter Charlotte). Speaking to the Fort Worth Star Telegram, Jones said "I have no intent at all of moving into the top five. A team can get crippled, and I mean seriously crippled, from a financial standpoint by being up there in the top five or six. It's a real negative."
6. Read the last quote and understand two things: Jerry Jones can be saying this as a way to lower the price of getting into the top of the first round. So take it with a proverbial grain of salt. But also understand the rising cost of drafting a player so high -- at least $30 million guaranteed for the first pick -- is becoming something of a negative considering that player has never played in an NFL game. It is the reason there have been no trades involving the top five selections in years.
Anyway, I'm off to the Owners' meetings now. I'll keep you updated if stuff happens so check back here throughout the day.
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I took a look outside the box once more and realized something else....
First, the Calvin Pace pursuit showed me that BP was targeting someone else than "Chris Long" or "Vernon Ghoulston".
Secondly, when they began to scout out "extensively", "Henne" and "Brohm"...they showed signs that they were trying to find ways to "weed out": Chris Long, Vernon Ghoulston, and "Matt Ryan".
They were zeroing down on Ryan and both Longs. So with the Pace thing and the Henne/Brohm/Flacco thing...signs began to point out that they had JAKE LONG as the guy.
I realized that the article states that they finally picked their guy "last week"...which was when they brought in JAKE LONG.
This, plus the fact that they were trying to trade down. Meaning that they were willing to lose out on Ryan and both Longs by doing so. Well, the fact that OT is the deepest position in the draft and that MIA completely ignored that "both" LT and LG via FA....showed me that they had their sights set on OT with their 1st round pick.
Seems to me that a mock draft of the following is the likely scenario come draft Saturday:
#1: Jake Long(should they stay put)...or Brandon Albert should they trade down.
#32: Sam Baker/Gosder Cherilus(which could move Carey to RT if they start at LG, or move Carey to LG if they start at RT/LT)....or Chad Henne/Brian Brohm/Joe Flacco should they feel that LG/RT can still be filled at #57.
#57: Anthony Collins/Carl Nicks( to play LG/RT should they pick Henne, Brohm, or Flacco at #32) or the QB that drops out of Henne, Brohm, Flacco, or Woodson should they select Sam Baker/Gosder Cherilus at #32.
Well, there u have it. Mr Ed has made his final conclusion. I hope I'm wrong and that MIA selects Matt Ryan...but it just doesn't seem likely.
It looks like it may be too high a risk to "hope" that our starting LT and LG will still be available at #32 and #57. @!#?$!:shakeno:
http://dolphinsindepth.blogspot.com/2008/03/things-i-know-before-todays-start-of.html
Things I know before today's start of the NFL meetings
Clearing out the notebook before I refill at the NFL's Annual Meeting starting today in Palm Beach:
1. The Dolphins definitely have plans for John Beck. When coach Tony Sparano talks with his coaches and confidants about Miami's need to get leadership from younger players, he mentions the second-year quarterback. Sparano thinks great teams are ones with leaders that are in their third, fourth and fifth seasons -- guys in their prime. Sparano has been mentioning Ronnie Brown, Ted Ginn Jr. and Beck as guys that will be the nucleus of the team in the next couple of years. So don't write the QB off.
2. The Dolphins draft board is set. It was set last week. That means the Dolphins already know who they are going to draft if they cannot trade out of that No. 1 overall pick. They desperately want to trade out of that pick. By the way, don't ask me who they would pick because I've asked and the person I asked laughed at me.
3. New GM Jeff Ireland is a big believer in production. Like everyone else, he appreciates when an athlete runs a great time at the combine or at his pro day, but he appreciates more when a player performs and produces on the field. Given the choice of one or the other, Ireland will lean toward the player.
4. Ireland also isn't inclined to draft for need early in the selection process. He's more likely going to want the player with the best grade on the board. He does believe, however, that you can begin addressing specific needs later in the draft to fill out the roster.
5. The rumored trade that would send the Cowboys' two first-round picks to Miami for the right to pick Darren McFadden is dead, according to Dallas owner Jerry Jones (pictured with wife Gene and daughter Charlotte). Speaking to the Fort Worth Star Telegram, Jones said "I have no intent at all of moving into the top five. A team can get crippled, and I mean seriously crippled, from a financial standpoint by being up there in the top five or six. It's a real negative."
6. Read the last quote and understand two things: Jerry Jones can be saying this as a way to lower the price of getting into the top of the first round. So take it with a proverbial grain of salt. But also understand the rising cost of drafting a player so high -- at least $30 million guaranteed for the first pick -- is becoming something of a negative considering that player has never played in an NFL game. It is the reason there have been no trades involving the top five selections in years.
Anyway, I'm off to the Owners' meetings now. I'll keep you updated if stuff happens so check back here throughout the day.
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I took a look outside the box once more and realized something else....
First, the Calvin Pace pursuit showed me that BP was targeting someone else than "Chris Long" or "Vernon Ghoulston".
Secondly, when they began to scout out "extensively", "Henne" and "Brohm"...they showed signs that they were trying to find ways to "weed out": Chris Long, Vernon Ghoulston, and "Matt Ryan".
They were zeroing down on Ryan and both Longs. So with the Pace thing and the Henne/Brohm/Flacco thing...signs began to point out that they had JAKE LONG as the guy.
I realized that the article states that they finally picked their guy "last week"...which was when they brought in JAKE LONG.
This, plus the fact that they were trying to trade down. Meaning that they were willing to lose out on Ryan and both Longs by doing so. Well, the fact that OT is the deepest position in the draft and that MIA completely ignored that "both" LT and LG via FA....showed me that they had their sights set on OT with their 1st round pick.
Seems to me that a mock draft of the following is the likely scenario come draft Saturday:
#1: Jake Long(should they stay put)...or Brandon Albert should they trade down.
#32: Sam Baker/Gosder Cherilus(which could move Carey to RT if they start at LG, or move Carey to LG if they start at RT/LT)....or Chad Henne/Brian Brohm/Joe Flacco should they feel that LG/RT can still be filled at #57.
#57: Anthony Collins/Carl Nicks( to play LG/RT should they pick Henne, Brohm, or Flacco at #32) or the QB that drops out of Henne, Brohm, Flacco, or Woodson should they select Sam Baker/Gosder Cherilus at #32.
Well, there u have it. Mr Ed has made his final conclusion. I hope I'm wrong and that MIA selects Matt Ryan...but it just doesn't seem likely.
It looks like it may be too high a risk to "hope" that our starting LT and LG will still be available at #32 and #57. @!#?$!:shakeno:
