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Dolphins cant afford Luxury of early-round RBs

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It shows that the Dolphins are Clearly Trailing many better AFC teams that are much better fits to take the good RBs.
Dolphins' holes are Way Too Big at key, expensive positions to even Think of taking a RB before round 6, IMO.
So, the Bills have the Luxury of taking Najee Harris because theyre more talented, already, than the Dolphins at the most important positions.

It's frustrating that the Dolphins are Always poorly-positioned to get the special talents of these drafts year after year.

It also seems that outside of QB last year, Dolphins biggest needs frequently align with the weakest positions of a particular year's draft.

Generalize much? Yes. This is one of my 'Grr' emotional posts.
Feelings are not facts. Im just 'feelin' this one after seeing yet another mock with our key AFC competitors taking the elite RBs.
Taking a RB at 18? Nope. Cant do it. Cant let opposing QB peel a grape while receivers run away from our DBs.
Cant let opposing RBs catch passes wide open cuz our LBs cant cover 'em.
Or
Cant let opposing team's pass-rushers embarrass our weakest OL guy and smash Tua.
We have Zero true free safeties on the roster, too.

It really seems that we currently have the Roster of a 5-win team, even though it's factually impossible. Is it impossible? Weve lost some big names and added some 'depth' guys.

The best way to Guarantee that Fuller and Parker and Williams get hurt again is to not severely bolster the WR room.
Murphy's Law always eats big in Miami.

Grr!

Had to get that out. I wish we could ever reach a point where 'finishing touches' like RBs were a smart choice.
 
taking a running back late, or UDFA, that turns into a star, would be a nice change of pace.
 
ChitownPhins28 said:
The flipside is how seldom the best college RBs, taken early, positively affect their team's success.
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Great point but there is always the exception to the rule. We are not a WR and RB away from the superbowl but in reality those positions seem like they have the most sure fire talent this draft.

Regularly I would be asking us to draft the best edge rusher this early, but by chance this year's edge rushers seem lackluster.
 
ChitownPhins28 said:
It shows that the Dolphins are Clearly Trailing many better AFC teams that are much better fits to take the good RBs.
Dolphins' holes are Way Too Big at key, expensive positions to even Think of taking a RB before round 6, IMO.
So, the Bills have the Luxury of taking Najee Harris because theyre more talented, already, than the Dolphins at the most important positions.

It's frustrating that the Dolphins are Always poorly-positioned to get the special talents of these drafts year after year.

It also seems that outside of QB last year, Dolphins biggest needs frequently align with the weakest positions of a particular year's draft.

Generalize much? Yes. This is one of my 'Grr' emotional posts.
Feelings are not facts. Im just 'feelin' this one after seeing yet another mock with our key AFC competitors taking the elite RBs.
Taking a RB at 18? Nope. Cant do it. Cant let opposing QB peel a grape while receivers run away from our DBs.
Cant let opposing RBs catch passes wide open cuz our LBs cant cover 'em.
Or
Cant let opposing team's pass-rushers embarrass our weakest OL guy and smash Tua.
We have Zero true free safeties on the roster, too.

It really seems that we currently have the Roster of a 5-win team, even though it's factually impossible. Is it impossible? Weve lost some big names and added some 'depth' guys.

The best way to Guarantee that Fuller and Parker and Williams get hurt again is to not severely bolster the WR room.
Murphy's Law always eats big in Miami.

Grr!

Had to get that out. I wish we could ever reach a point where 'finishing touches' like RBs were a smart choice.
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I liked your post before I read it. Your title alone is enough for me to know I was going to like it.

Then I read your post.

Even happier now that I pre-liked it.

This roster isn’t ready for the big RB investment. YouTube fans are.

Don’t doubt yourself regardless of the replies you get.
 
ChitownPhins28 said:
A better running back wouldve won us ZERO more games, period.
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I guarantee you Derrick Henry would have. But I know what you are going to say... No one is this draft is as good as Derrick Henry... Which is what you think but you don't know that.

Having an elite RB would have gotten us to the playoffs. Add an elite WR and we may have one a playoff game.
 
ChitownPhins28 said:
It shows that the Dolphins are Clearly Trailing many better AFC teams that are much better fits to take the good RBs.
Dolphins' holes are Way Too Big at key, expensive positions to even Think of taking a RB before round 6, IMO.
So, the Bills have the Luxury of taking Najee Harris because theyre more talented, already, than the Dolphins at the most important positions.

It's frustrating that the Dolphins are Always poorly-positioned to get the special talents of these drafts year after year.

It also seems that outside of QB last year, Dolphins biggest needs frequently align with the weakest positions of a particular year's draft.

Generalize much? Yes. This is one of my 'Grr' emotional posts.
Feelings are not facts. Im just 'feelin' this one after seeing yet another mock with our key AFC competitors taking the elite RBs.
Taking a RB at 18? Nope. Cant do it. Cant let opposing QB peel a grape while receivers run away from our DBs.
Cant let opposing RBs catch passes wide open cuz our LBs cant cover 'em.
Or
Cant let opposing team's pass-rushers embarrass our weakest OL guy and smash Tua.
We have Zero true free safeties on the roster, too.

It really seems that we currently have the Roster of a 5-win team, even though it's factually impossible. Is it impossible? Weve lost some big names and added some 'depth' guys.

The best way to Guarantee that Fuller and Parker and Williams get hurt again is to not severely bolster the WR room.
Murphy's Law always eats big in Miami.

Grr!

Had to get that out. I wish we could ever reach a point where 'finishing touches' like RBs were a smart choice.
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That happens when you start a complete rebuild just two years ago. It is going to take the Dolphins at least two more good drafts to fill many of the holes still on the roster.

The better teams in the league have been building up their roster for the last 4 to 5 years. The Dolphins will get there eventually but it is going to take time and hopefully good drafts to get to where all Dolphin fans want this team to get to and that is the Super Bowl. .
 
Well drafting a starting RB in the 1st round last year would have been 100 times smarter than drafting a project nickel back CB that stunk and sat the bench most of the year. A Jonathan Taylor or Swift or JK or Akers would have gotten 1st downs on short yardage 3rd downs that Gaskin and Ahmad could never do.
How about drafting good players in the 1st round that can actually start and help your offense score points this year.
 
The Ghost said:
I liked your post before I read it. Your title alone is enough for me to know I was going to like it.

Then I read your post.

Even happier now that I pre-liked it.

This roster isn’t ready for the big RB investment. YouTube fans are.

Don’t doubt yourself regardless of the replies you get.
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Boo!
 
puke! I would rather lose the bet than go Gators.

I actually like Pitts and Kedarious Toney. Just not at 6 and 18. I will try to be a gracious winner.

But I might have to make some bend the knee.
 
It sucks but I agree.

I was bummed we missed out on all the top backs last year and I feel like we may do the same this year.

With that said, I’m not drafting a RB round 1. At 2a there are going to be a lot of good players and at 2b Harris, Etienne and Williams will be gone.
 
Last year we didn't have the luxury of taking a corner in the first round but we did when we had too very high paid corners already. We really don't have anything at RB compared to those corners.....having said that, RB at 18 is not value but we need to upgrade the position.
 
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