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ESPN's Todd McShay projects Miami drafting Matt Ryan,if not than Jake Long

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If you go to espn.com,and go to the little movie clips on the right side,click "NFL",and look for the clip titled,"Whos Stock Is Rising".At first,Todd said that Miami will try to trade out of the pick,which Im not opposed too.However,if Miami can't,he said Bill Parcells and Sparano will have to decide if John Beck is the Franchise QB.Todd went on to say he thinks Ryan is special,as I do,and that Ryan is a future Franchise QB.But he said if they do think Beck is the right man for the job,than Jake Long is the most likey pick,which Im not opposed too.Jake is a monster,6'7",315,proto-typical size,strength and technique.Todd thinks Jake can be an amazing LT in this league,and every QB need a great LT,and it seems like Jake can be that guy.IMO,every since Vernon was drafted,he hasn't been the answer at LT,and we dont really have a pure LT.I would love to have either Ryan or Jake.A lot of people are saying draft Long or Dorsey.Our defense doesn't need as much help as our offense does,Todd McShay said also....
 
I'm very much warming up to the idea of drafting Jake Long. I was leaning towards an explosive defender, but a left tckle is soarely needed.
 
RUDEbyallMEANS said:
I'm very much warming up to the idea of drafting Jake Long. I was leaning towards an explosive defender, but a left tckle is soarely needed.
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Exactly. JLOng makes perfect sense if he can in fact play LT at the pro level, and even at RT I'm ok with it. He's just a huge, athletic, damn good football player at a need position. He'll make Beck, Ginn, RB, RW better football players, and he'll likely be around 10-15 solid years.
 
I do think Oline is the key to this teams success in the long run and we only have one good lienman at this point with a solid young center with some potential to be real good.
 
I can't believe anyone saying that we should be spending the #1 pick on offense... it just doesn't make sense to me at all. Anyone that says that our defense is better off than our offense last year must not have been watching the same games that I was watching because I saw plenty of games where we went up by a score, they took the ball and drove down the field to score. It happened over and over and over again and it got to the point where I just *knew* we were going to lose if the defense had to take the field.

I could probably live with Jake Long and if they did take Ryan I would certainly support him (as I would any pick), but I really think that this pick needs to go to the defense.
 
Our O-Line played pretty well for the most part last year. To me it seemed to be the most consistent unit the Dolphins had. It would be nice to upgrade there, but not a pressing issue.

Dol-fan 92. If you think the needs on our O-line are more pressing than the needs on our Defense then you either didn't watch any Dolphin games this year, or don't have a clue.
 
I was under the impression that Jake Long won't be a LT in the pros. I pretty sure he projects as a RT in this level. It would be an idiot move to draft a RT at #1. Especially when a game changing DT (Dorsey) or OLB (C. Long) are available.
 
after watching Todd Mcshay over the last couple of years i relized hes terrible as is Mel kiper these guys guss on who anybody going to draft is no better then ours i hate when espn call them experts..........and Matt Ryan is bust waiting to happen he had 1 good years if you can call it that he turns the ball over wayyyyyyyy to much its that simple
 
So basically, we're going to ignore the fact that our defense was dead last in run defense to take Matt Ryan over Glenn Dorsey or Chris Long. I'd much rather take Jake Long than Matt Ryan. Jake Long makes much more sense, and I wouldn't even take him number 1 overall.
 
OL depth is pretty deep if what I have read is correct. Would be better to get DL help with the#1 pick and invest in the OL with maybe one of the second rounders. JMHO.
 
i want dorsey or ellis. but i'd take jake long over chris long
 
All season long....our defense could not get off the field on 3rd down....right down to the last game against the Bengals. I'd rather have a playmaker who fills a need.... Dorsey or Chris Long
 
I would take jake long before I would take mike ryan
 
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So basically, we're going to ignore the fact that our defense was dead last in run defense to take Matt Ryan over Glenn Dorsey or Chris Long. I'd much rather take Jake Long than Matt Ryan. Jake Long makes much more sense, and I wouldn't even take him number 1 overall.
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We're not ignoring anything. What you are ignoring is that our "defense" had zach thomas, channing crowder, yeremiah bell, renaldo hill, travis tillman, cameron worrell, andre goodman, travis daniels, vonnie holiday, and even jason taylor aaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllllllllllllllllll injured!!!! hello, mcfly?
 
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