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Dolphins summon two intriguing safety prospects to team headquarters

Josh jones...a ton of upside...can carry coverage and runs like a freaking gazelle

Hole in his game is inside run d instincts...the athlete helps offset it at the college level and 4.41 will too in the pros but it needs significant development


It's gonna cost you a top 2 round pick...no way it gets to comp 3 way too much upside

This kids got serious range
 
I wish Miami would just draft a damn high pick safety instead of wasting money on career underachievers like Nate Allen or a miss 8 games one strike and we are done Tj McDonald but they also pretty much guaranteed the next 2 years for a trending down player in a rare lb draft which projects quality with long term every down lb adds

If they did it due to lb instincts I guess I can get with some of that but if they did it cause the draft didn't have miamis primary lb need in this scheme nickel athlete and range

ehhhhhhhhhhhhh
 
I'd be very happy with Harris or Willis round 1 and then Josh Jones or Marcus Williams round 2.
 
hoops said:
I wish Miami would just draft a damn high pick safety instead of wasting money on career underachievers like Nate Allen or a miss 8 games one strike and we are done Tj McDonald but they also pretty much guaranteed the next 2 years for a trending down player in a rare lb draft which projects quality with long term every down lb adds

If they did it due to lb instincts I guess I can get with some of that but if they did it cause the draft didn't have miamis primary lb need in this scheme nickel athlete and range

ehhhhhhhhhhhhh
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T.J. McDonald is on a one year non-guaranteed NFL minimum deal. If he messes up at all he'll be cut. If he stays out of trouble we get a capable player for the last half of the season on a very inexpensive contract. Check it....

T.J. McDonald signed a 1 year, $775,000 contract with the Miami Dolphins, including an average annual salary of $775,000. In 2017, McDonald will earn a base salary of $775,000, while carrying a cap hit of $615,000.
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http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/miami-dolphins/t.j.-mcdonald-12352/

Nate Allen? One year deal for 3.4 million guaranteed. My thoughts are both guys are stop gap types unless they show us something that warrants keeping them around. I think we will still add at least one quality safety prospect in the draft.
 
Will a portion of McDonald's contract be prorated due to the suspension? I know the guaranteed portion won't be effected, but say for example if you have $1 million of a contract non-guaranteed and you're suspended for 8 games does the team have to pay the full $1 million or just $500.000?
 
gregorygrant83 said:
Will a portion of McDonald's contract be prorated due to the suspension? I know the guaranteed portion won't be effected, but say for example if you have $1 million of a contract non-guaranteed and you're suspended for 8 games does the team have to pay the full $1 million or just $500.000?
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On the site I posted above, it looks like he'll get about $410,294 in cash this season (2017).....
 
i'll take jones in the second, lamp late in the first, trade down for an extra third and a pepsi plz.
 
Josh Jones is a 6'2" 220 pound safety who runs in the low 4.4's in the 40. had a 41" vertical jump and did 20 reps on the bench.
 
hoops said:
Josh jones...a ton of upside...can carry coverage and runs like a freaking gazelle

Hole in his game is inside run d instincts...the athlete helps offset it at the college level and 4.41 will too in the pros but it needs significant development


It's gonna cost you a top 2 round pick...no way it gets to comp 3 way too much upside

This kids got serious range
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I agree. Have him 39th overall and the top non-1st RD Safety. Not perfect, but he brings a lot to the table, and his upside is immense. Not many 220lb Safeties have his speed and burst. If he didn't come out the same year as Obi, he'd be getting more hype as a freak athlete.
 
I like both of those prospects. Fortunately, there are a lot of decent S prospects. But, I'm probably not spending a 2nd rounder on Josh Jones, so I'm more intrigued by Justin Evans. While both are SS players, Evans may be more of the FS fit we need and both he and Jones have similar traits and flaws. Evans can probably be had in round 3, and there will be other decent S prospects available in the 5th and possibly even 7th round. This year's class is stacked.

One thing I'd point out though is that while we have had decent success integrating new S's into our team, we have had horrible luck keeping them healthy. One absolute pre-requisite for any drafted S should probably be durability.
 
Kai Nacua would be close to an ideal compliment to Jones - range, instincts, ball skills. He has at least two game-ending INT's at BYU (Boise St and Wyoming). I'd take him over Evans. He makes more plays and misses fewer plays.
 
hoops said:
Josh jones...a ton of upside...can carry coverage and runs like a freaking gazelle

Hole in his game is inside run d instincts...the athlete helps offset it at the college level and 4.41 will too in the pros but it needs significant development


It's gonna cost you a top 2 round pick...no way it gets to comp 3 way too much upside

This kids got serious range
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I'd be happy with either one in round two. Like them both. Willis in the first and Jones/Evans in round two would really be a nice start to the draft. At that point, I might trade back up and get one of the top guards (Johnson from Pitt?).
 
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