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CK's Draft Reviews: Miami Dolphins Wrap Up

Great job ck I really look forward to your evaluations. Any time we can get a top 3 wr, A top prospect DL, and a quality LB in the first three rounds is a win for me. I too am excited about Starks being our NT, we are going to have a tenacious front line. Our front seven is STACKED this year. This much needed youth coupled with creativity from our coordinator is going to help out our secondary so much. Pressure was the problem last year that just made everything else look so terrible. Except for Wilson, he did that on his own.
 
CK, If Matthews was just coming out this year and not last year, What makes Matthews a 1st round pick and Misi a 2nd? In otherwords what was the difference between them out of college?
 
CK, as usual, an outstanding analysis.

I think the FO continued the trend of drafting more than one prospect for positions of need, as they did with G two years ago, and CB last year. If one pans out (D. Thomas), good. If both do (Smith & Davis), great.

Regarding FS, I believe they'll address it next off-season trying to get by with what's available this year.
 
Very nice in-depth analysis. I enjoyed that. I noticed you had Vince Oghobaase on your all smiles list. Do you feel that he has a chance to make the team?:thanks:
 
First off, this review, along with thoughts from Simon Clancy (Boomer) and Richard Lines (Conuficus) can now be found on the Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel under Dave Hyde's blog section. Here is the link:
http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/spo...g/2010/04/analyzing_the_dolphins_draft_t.html

Now let me see if I can't get to some of your questions.

PhinsTD, I don't think that FS is the most important position in a defense and neither does the NFL for the most part. If it were then free safeties wouldn't be so underpaid relative to other positions. I think actually that strong safety can be more important. Closer to the line of scrimmage, more opportunities to make plays. On the other hand the Dolphins view both safety positions very fluidly and so it doesn't really matter to them whether Reshad will play FS or SS, as much as it matters to us.

TedSlimmJr I agree with everything you wrote.

vafin72, I have three possible reasons why Clay Matthews goes #24 or #26 wherever he went, where Misi went #40. One is, as Awsi Dooger recently pointed out, the conference where Misi played had a different level of overall talent than Matthews played against. If he looks great on tape versus inferior players, that's not going to help him much in the NFL. Two is, at USC the NFL coaches know that those players were getting high quality defensive coaching, and I don't think they *know* that as much with the Utah coaching, which isn't exactly a knock on Utah's coaches. Three is, personnel evaluators have been regarding this draft as particularly thick in that #12 to #40 area, where last year might not have been so much, and so if Misi was in last year's draft rather than this year's, he might have gotten pushed up a little further by a lack of talent.
 
Dolfndude said:
Very nice in-depth analysis. I enjoyed that. I noticed you had Vince Oghobaase on your all smiles list. Do you feel that he has a chance to make the team?:thanks:
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He could. I think he'd have to beat out Ryan Baker or Lionel Dotson to do it but that isn't as daunting a task.
 
vafin72 said:
If Matthews was just coming out this year and not last year, What makes Matthews a 1st round pick and Misi a 2nd? In otherwords what was the difference between them out of college?
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The decal on the helmet.
 
Outstanding analysis and write up....as usual.

I like how you include your initial thoughts on each selection....as though we were sitting there with you when the pick was made.

Have you ever considered changing careers and getting into either 1) scouting or 2) writing for a magazine/website/etc as a NFL analyst?
 
great job ck

i was "please don't let it be Taylor Mays! please don't let it be Taylor Mays! please don't let it be Taylor Mays!! Koa Misi? phew!!!"
 
Great work CK. I really enjoyed reading your draft analysis.

Go Fins!!!
 
Richard, Simon and CK - thank you for all your hard work before the draft. You do deserve a pat on the back for giving us the best insight into the Dolphin draft.

And of course, thank you for the excellent follow up as well.
 
I'm late to the party... good stuff CK, appreciate the hard work this offseason! Your work made me make my co-workers/friends look stupid in our draft debates.
 
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