It seems to me that the Dolphins don't really employ the BPA strategy in their drafts. It seems like they target particular players in each round ahead of time and then aggressively go after that player regardless of who else is available. This year having Tunsil fall to them threw them off. I think they were going to target a cb in the first round but the Tunsil value was crazy great so they had to take him, no gripes with the pick by the way but it messed up their plans the rest of the way causing them to reach a bit and trading away valuable picks the rest of the way. I'm not saying their other picks were bad picks but I think they gave up the future picks they wouldn't have given up if the Tunsil hadn't fallen to them. Is Tunsil worth the lost picks? Probably, but I wish that Miami used BPS and just let the players fall to them rather than mortgaging the future and taking the true BPA when their pick comes.
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That is a very insightful thought or perspective.
They put it out there that they would have taken Myles Jack - had Tunsil not fallen.
So they would have had to put resources into offensive line - maybe even needed to have drafted to O-lineman...
So if Tunsil turns out to be the NFL ready O-lineman to start and be good on his way to great - and an immediate replacement for injured LT or RT
then the Dolphins spending draft picks in the way did kinda becomes a push...
If their other draftees turn out to be NFL quality players then they to the extent they do the team had a very successful draft.
If not - we will all continue to suffer as if we the New Orleans Saints of the 1970's, 80's and 90's! Which is quite a painful thought!
They put it out there that they would have taken Myles Jack - had Tunsil not fallen.
So they would have had to put resources into offensive line - maybe even needed to have drafted to O-lineman...
So if Tunsil turns out to be the NFL ready O-lineman to start and be good on his way to great - and an immediate replacement for injured LT or RT
then the Dolphins spending draft picks in the way did kinda becomes a push...
If their other draftees turn out to be NFL quality players then they to the extent they do the team had a very successful draft.
If not - we will all continue to suffer as if we the New Orleans Saints of the 1970's, 80's and 90's! Which is quite a painful thought!
The 3 great lies are as follows:
(a) I'm from the government and I'm here to help you.
(b) I will respect you in the morning.
and (c) An NFL GM saying that he is going to draft the Best Player Available.
All GMs always say that their Draft philosophy is to select the best player available. However, the reality is that only teams with relatively few holes can afford to do this. Invariably selections are made based on need. The example of Tunsil falling into our laps is a rare case where the value was so great that it couldn't be ignored.
(a) I'm from the government and I'm here to help you.
(b) I will respect you in the morning.
and (c) An NFL GM saying that he is going to draft the Best Player Available.
All GMs always say that their Draft philosophy is to select the best player available. However, the reality is that only teams with relatively few holes can afford to do this. Invariably selections are made based on need. The example of Tunsil falling into our laps is a rare case where the value was so great that it couldn't be ignored.
