Draft Room Dolphins

[ROADRUNNER]

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-netwo...p2000000340186/Inside-the-Dolphins-draft-room



1) Right tackle


Albert's arrival secured Tannehill's blind spot, but I think the Dolphins still need an upgrade at right tackle. I expect them to address the position early in the draft, even though they signed Jason Fox in free agency. The top three tackles -- Auburn's Greg Robinson, Texas A&M's Jake Matthews and Michigan's Taylor Lewan -- will be gone by the 19th overall pick, but Notre Dame's Zack Martin should be available, and he'd be a great fit. One of the more consistent players in this year's group -- he started 52 games for Notre Dame -- Martin also has the versatility to play guard if needed.

If Martin isn't available when the Dolphins pick, Cyrus Kouandjio or Morgan Moses could be suitable alternatives. However, neither are worthy of the No. 19 pick, so I could see Miami sliding back in the draft to grab one of them later.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap100...ryan-tannehill

 

[Hayden Fox]

I think it was a good segment.

Here are my random thoughts when I watched the show last night:
* Gabe Jackson is not a fit for Miami's scheme and should not even be mentioned.
* I found it interesting that Jeremiah thought Moses at 19 was "too rich", but to be fair, he will not be there at 50.
* Ju'wan James is not getting nearly enough love on NFLN.
* The "penciling" in of Martin of 19 is funny to me because I think Pitt or Baltimore could desperately use him.
* Curtis Conway was dead on that Miami could have multiple candidates opposite of Grimes at CB or none. Great way of putting it. They need to draft CB's this year.
* Jason Verrett is a nice player and fit, but I hate that he is on the mend. Injured players from last year's draft created a difficult situation.
* The segment did not discuss improvements needed at LB.
* At the end of the day, attacking the offensive line should be the #1 focus despite improvements needed at other positions.

 

[hoops]

conway on there is a joke...not sure what that's about...they basically did no homework even had yeatman as the backup left tackle on the board...oline obvious needs i have no problem with top 2 picks being allocated to it
nothing about lb which was redicululous as bad as that lot is
corner yeah of the options verrett is the best fit in a trade down scenario as the nickle...good in off coverages like casserly said plays a little bigger than his size...good football player...stanley jean baptiste would be a horrible fit in our scheme charles davis dropped a straight turd when he threw out that name...he would get roasted in off coverages and when wrs cross his face...needs to be in a press man scheme...stiff hips for what we want to do...really doubt that with the guaranteed money to finnegan a corner is being plucked in the first 2 days...would really surprise me
not impressed with the effort from nfl network...

 

[BlueFin]

I would think Jamar Taylor would be competing for that spot opposite Grimes as well and he wasn't even on the board on that side or mentioned.

 

[Awsi Dooger]

I think Jamar Taylor was listed beneath Grimes on his side. Casserly confused the two corners we picked early last year.

Overall I think that's the weakest segment of that program. It's like they are proud of all the time it took to make a plaque for every player so they waste 5 or 6 minutes every episode to show them off. When I watch them dissect other teams that I'm partially familiar with it always looks like vague guesswork without great familiarity with the roster issues. Once it's the Dolphins, they leave no doubt. As hoops emphasized, to ignore linebacker completely was ridiculous, and a tipoff toward their caliber.

That time would be far better served looking at second or third tier players. Heck, pick a position or a round and spotlight guys who are seldom mentioned on that show. They finally did a little bit of that last night but it was far too brief and I suspect they just wanted to get it out of the way, as opposed to the nightly monotony of talking about the same handful of guys. Heck, they should peg early second round and look at 5 or 10 guys who are proposed to fall in that area. Then do the same for late second round. It doesn't matter if you get the area wrong in terms of where they are drafted. The audience would become more familiar with the players.

NFL Network is never as effective as it should be and that applies to this program. The good news is they botched the draft day coverage so badly last year that it has to improve this time. Their 2013 draft coverage was similar to how Reshad Jones fared during the fall. Of course, that won't be remembered here. We're always treated to the familiar thread asking which network are you going to watch, NFL Network or ESPN? Virtually everyone picks NFL Network because they think they are supposed to. I did appreciate all the negative comments during the draft coverage last year, when some posters finally woke up to how poor NFL Network can be, like when they didn't cover our Jamar Taylor selection at all. They were in commercial and then rambled about something else when they came back. Larry Little announced that pick from the podium. That was the feature last year, for Hall of Famers or former greats from each team announcing the second round picks. Many posters on Dolphin sites were furious that the Dolphins were slighted. We weren't slighted. ESPN showed all of it. The ones complaining were tuned to NFL Network.

 

[DKphin]

Apparently, these idiots did not watch our LB play last year.:hsmash:

 

[HoneyB]

The synopsis is much appreciated, because I have no audio.

I don't think Hickey will reach. I think he'll pick another position, or he'll trade down. He won't reach. I could be wrong, but that's what I think.

 

[123phins]

I like all of the O-line talk. Would be stoked if we got Martin and Bitonio. Not too impressed with the corner talk though. I think they are underestimating the 2 higher round picks from last year, even if 1 of the two turns out as a decent player we are set a CB (probably Taylor but Davis could be a Grimes clone with some experience and hard work)

 

[Whitedolphin54]

Oh man give me a good LB please