Bill Polian with encouraging news for Dolphins line hopes

[DKphin]

This morning's Hyde5:

1. As general manager for Indianapolis, Bill Polian conducted a study of the draft and free agency, position by position, to determine the “hit and miss” rate by position. Overall, he found both to be a 50-50 proposition for “hit” rates, which tempers the idea of a known commodity in free agency.


The highest success rate in free agency? Offensive linemen. Polian didn’t hit the free-agent market hard as a GM, viewing it as a tough of overspending on castaways. But he did believe offensive linemen could be found.
“If you have a lot of spots to fill, and Miami is the one example, it’s virtually impossible to fill them with rookies and make those rookies play cohesively enough to play as a functioning offensive line,’’ Polian said. “So free agency is a good place to go an get specific veteran players who fit your parameters and are resaona ble cost. Reasonable is in the eye of the beholder.”

He added: “You’re almost forced, if you have a lot of holes on the offensive line, to do it through free agency. So your choices are: Do they fit (your system)? Are they good people? Do they have longevity? Those are the decisions you have to make. And they’re not easy ones.

“Offensive linemen tend to have longevity. You can find pretty good buys on the offensive line.”

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/...line-hopes-20140306,0,5308528.story?track=rss

 

[warren4prez]

Is this your way of saying they will trade for JMART? At best a 7th round pick if we lucky!!

 

[dlockz]

well he didn't see the free agent olinemen we have brought in lol.
Columbo epic fail
Clabo epic fail
traded for Mckinnie fail
signed Smiley promising but in end fail
Ritchie Incognito- for what we traded it was ok but always felt was overrated

 

[Hayden Fox]

3 FA's, 1 draft pick in top three rounds, Pouncey at C and Garner is the backup at C and OT.

 

[hoops]

why does anyone care anymore what bill polians dinosaur *** has to say...what a joke

 

[Ruckus45]

My $.02 - our OL will play much better without Sherman calling plays like its Techmo Bowl. Better play calling, hiding weaknesses, and some new OL blood will do wonders.

 

[Zounds]

Polian probably read this on the bathroom walls in the ESPN studio. He never had to find linemen when he was GM with Manning at QB.

 

[datruth55]

well he didn't see the free agent olinemen we have brought in lol.
Columbo epic fail
Clabo epic fail
traded for Mckinnie fail
signed Smiley promising but in end fail
Ritchie Incognito- for what we traded it was ok but always felt was overrated

Who said Jeff Ireland doesn't know how to scout O-lineman? And all were great scheme fits too. [/Sarcasm]

 

[mithga13]

I wouldn't call McKinnie an epic fail. He's a midling LT at this point in his career, he wasn't overpaid and we traded a lower pick for him. The fact that we needed to do that because our LT blew and quit the team, and our LG was a nutjob, and the RT was a turnstile for half the season. That was the epic fail. Jeff Ireland should never get another upper management job based on that situation alone.

 

[MRojas4]

Monroe, Beadles in FA

Z. Martin (1st Rounder), B. Thomas (3rd Round)

LT - Monroe
LG - B. Thomas
C - Pouncey
RG - Beadles
RT - Z. Martin

 

[bassjk13]

well he didn't see the free agent olinemen we have brought in lol.
Columbo epic fail
Clabo epic fail
traded for Mckinnie fail
signed Smiley promising but in end fail
Ritchie Incognito- for what we traded it was ok but always felt was overrated

I agree with most of this but McKinnie was definitely not a fail. Can you imagine what the line would have been like if we didn't do that? Was he Walter Jones? No. But he was damn sure better than what we had.

 

[Digital]

It needs to be a mix of FA and rookies. We don't want our entire OL to get old in 4 years. We need some continuity, so they can't all be the same age. Too many rookies is a disaster in the short term. Too many FA's is grossly expensive.

The only way to do it is to mix in veterans and rookies, probably 3 veterans and 2 rookies. Assuming Pouncey is one of those veterans, we will need 1 or 2 FA's, and if e don't get that 2nd FA, that spot will need to be filled by someone like Garner, Brenner or a rookie, none of which would be ideal. That leaves 2 or possibly 3 rookies to start. If we get a LT like Monroe (ideally) and an OG like Beadles (again, lots of money but good fits) we can draft whomever we want. Beadles can play RG alongside a rookie RT like Lewan (pipe dream), Moses, or Mewhort. Then we can pick up a LG and fit him in between Monroe and Pouncey to cover for him. Tackles are much pricier than guards, so I think we will grab one in the 1st round to get 5 years of cap relief. That's why, to me, Lewan is ideal.

I think we can get some guards in just about any round of this draft, but I'm more impressed with the OT crop this year than the OG crop. Most of the top OG prospects aren't much better than the low round guys in what is a talent-rich draft ... so find it hard to draft an OG in rounds 2-3. The only one that knocks my socks off is Zack Martin, and people are still talking about playing him at LT.

 

[J Tes]

why does anyone care anymore what bill polians dinosaur *** has to say...what a joke

What does his age have to do with him sharing a study he did when he was a GM concluding that the highest success rate in free agency was on the OL? I'll answer for you- Nothing!

I'm sure you'll respond with some sort of nonsense about how old he is, how he hasn't done anything in x amount of years. How his philosophies are way past out dated etc. None of which has anything to do with a study he did however

 

[J Tes]

Polian probably read this on the bathroom walls in the ESPN studio. He never had to find linemen when he was GM with Manning at QB.

He built a pretty solid line in Buffalo as well

 

[J. David Wannyheimer]

Polian probably read this on the bathroom walls in the ESPN studio. He never had to find linemen when he was GM with Manning at QB.

Err, what?

Manning has struggled at times in his career due to poor pass protection.