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Funny if we rewind to exactly one year ago.

At that time WR was our strongest position going into the draft.

The light year change is really a testament to the great work done at GM level. Give the man his jacket, he deserves it.

The broken windows in the house have been fixed. Time for the coat of shiny new paint
 
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I really didn't feel that way. I was one of the few people on here who was an advocate of taking advantage of a strong wide receiver class and selecting a wide receiver in last year's draft. I didn't like how Miami's wide receivers lacked the ability to get separation and get RAC yards. After Miami drafted Tua with their first pick, I knew Miami's receivers were not a great fit with Tua's skillset.
 
rickd13 said:
I really didn't feel that way. I was one of the few people on here who was an advocate of taking advantage of a strong wide receiver class and selecting a wide receiver in last year's draft. I didn't like how Miami's wide receivers lacked the ability to get separation and get RAC yards. After Miami drafted Tua with their first pick, I knew Miami's receivers were not a great fit with Tua's skillset.
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I was banging the table for a WR and a RB as well. I never thought we were so good at WR and it was a great WR class that we passed on. I just hope we don't make the same mistake again on passing on another great WR class. There's no excuse to make the same dumb mistake again.
 
Danny said:
I was banging the table for a WR and a RB as well. I never thought we were so good at WR and it was a great WR class that we passed on. I just hope we don't make the same mistake again on passing on another great WR class. There's no excuse to make the same dumb mistake again.
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Yeah. They better come away with at least two pass catchers (I say that because I consider Pitts in that group). One in the first round and another in one of the top four rounds at least. I would like to add a running back, but It's not something I would panic about if Miami had to be a little patient at that position if the draft falls that way.
 
rickd13 said:
Yeah. They better come away with at least two pass catchers (I say that because I consider Pitts in that group). One in the first round and another in one of the top four rounds at least. I would like to add a running back, but It's not something I would panic about if Miami had to be a little patient at that position if the draft falls that way.
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I'd like to draft two WR's but I don't think they'll do it. hope I'm wrong but I think they'll get only one. I just hope the one is with our top pick.
 
rickd13 said:
I really didn't feel that way. I was one of the few people on here who was an advocate of taking advantage of a strong wide receiver class and selecting a wide receiver in last year's draft. I didn't like how Miami's wide receivers lacked the ability to get separation and get RAC yards. After Miami drafted Tua with their first pick, I knew Miami's receivers were not a great fit with Tua's skillset.
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I hear you, but remember, we have essentially the SAME group of receivers that we did this time last year.

The point is that the rest of the team has progressed and built to the point where they are MUCH better. Kudos
 
Whatever position we didn't address in the draft was going to end up being a weakness. We were in better position heading into the draft in that position than most places on the team. We just ended up losing two key players before the season started, lost our starting receiver 1/2 through the season, had the guy who replaced him miss some time (Grant), and had our #1 develop a nagging injury that he had to right through all year. That's tough.

Receiver is the last position you need to address on a team. You can win to some extent with a weak WR corps, you can't win consistently with no talent in the trenches.
 
We built the team correctly... we brought in linemen and fixed the worst Offensive line in the NFL. We spent a lot of the money on the defense and made it #2 or so...

These are the first things that you do. This, with getting a QB.

Weapons are last.

Those who wanted them last year, would have sabotaged our long-term development for short term excitement.
 
Feverdream said:
We built the team correctly... we brought in linemen and fixed the worst Offensive line in the NFL. We spent a lot of the money on the defense and made it #2 or so...

These are the first things that you do. This, with getting a QB.

Weapons are last.

Those who wanted them last year, would have sabotaged our long-term development for short term excitement.
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Bingo
 
Who thought we were solid a year ago at WR and RB? Ludicrous.
 
It was also a really good and deep T class. We went with OL as the first priority last year and it paid off. Now we can go get some skill positions this year.
 
Feverdream said:
We built the team correctly... we brought in linemen and fixed the worst Offensive line in the NFL. We spent a lot of the money on the defense and made it #2 or so...

These are the first things that you do. This, with getting a QB.

Weapons are last.

Those who wanted them last year, would have sabotaged our long-term development for short term excitement.
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Just Ask Joe Burrow
 
TrinidadDolfan said:
Funny if we rewind to exactly one year ago.

At that time WR was our strongest position going into the draft.

The light year change is really a testament to the great work done at GM level. Give the man his jacket, he deserves it.

The broken windows in the house have been fixed. Time for the coat of shiny new paint
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Hate to say it but I think your in the minority here. I was hoping for another WR. Never happened and we ended up with Girls Scouts, Stone hands and the Injury twins.
 
Third Eye said:
Who thought we were solid a year ago at WR and RB? Ludicrous.
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Being deep at WR was the common take back there, I never agreed with that and wanted us to bring someone from that talented draft class but most folks thought with the emergence of Williams, Parker having a career year, Wilson coming back, with Grant contributing and Gesicki supplementing them with his breakout year too, that WR were the least of our worries. If you put yourself back in that mindset you could understand it, there were much more pressing concerns.

I don't remember the RB group being thought of as complete though, think there was hope that Howard and Brieda were smart pick ups, instead of the worst pairing we could have put together.
 
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