Well every team in the NFL would like to have Scarnechia (sp?), but we have to work with what we've got. In the past the Dolphins have been burned by sticking with projects for too long and not seeking out people who could produce right now. Personally, in this age of free agency, I'm much happier looking for OL who may have a bit lower ceiling but can produce reliably and quickly, so we can get use from their relatively inexpensive rookie contracts for 4 years, and resign them for reasonable sums and keep them another 5-6 years and build a long term solution along the OL. The Patriots way of drafting OL seems to be tailor-made for getting a solid OL in place and keeping it for a decade.
The problem with projects is that it takes 3+ years to develop them, and during that time, they're not very productive. Then when they are productive in year 4, they're FA's and now command too high of a salary, like Ju'Wuan James. Of course, if they don't work out, we just forget them and get no years of productive play.
Drafting Michael Deiter was perfect, IMHO. He represents that Patriot way fantastically. He is a very good run blocker, and a solid pass protector, but has a reasonable ceiling. So, he'll produce immediately and give us 4 years of good LG play. Then, when his contract nears its end and he becomes a FA after year 4, his ceiling isn't as high as some on the market, and he probably will not command such a high price that we cannot re-sign him. Also, he's a true ironman, having played 54 consecutive games in college at Wisconsin. Every year our OL's biggest problem is durability. It's not talent, it's keeping the talent on the field that is the biggest challenge. Deiter looks like the perfect choice for this Patriots OL philosophy. I'm hoping for 2 or 3 more just like him in the 2020 draft, so we can finally fix the OL long term.