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Harris didn't seem like the most exciting pick at 16 with many wanting lamp and a few others.

Hearing not only rave reviews for black ice Harris and his performance but just read lamp is likely out for the season w a knee injury.

This new front office seems to avoid all the catastrophic things we have been cursed with for decades and can't wait to see Harris and McMillan add to our defense
 
That sucks for the Chargers, well to bad for them maybe good luck is finally shining the Dolphins way, god knows we finally need some.
 
NJPHINFAN79 said:
Harris didn't seem like the most exciting pick at 16 with many wanting lamp and a few others.

Hearing not only rave reviews for black ice Harris and his performance but just read lamp is likely out for the season w a knee injury.

This new front office seems to avoid all the catastrophic things we have been cursed with for decades and can't wait to see Harris and McMillan add to our defense
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We drafted Harris at 22, not 16
 
Chargers getting hit hard already with injuries. First Michael Williams, now Lamp.
 
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Lamp seemed like a propped up great white hope prospect at Eastern Kentucky.

That's just how bad this offensive tackle position was in the draft. He never even played guard and people were anointing him the next Zach Martin.

I thought Cam Robinson was the best guard prospect, but he was pretty adamant that he considered himself a tackle.
 
Chargers are going to rot and be a pathetic franchise in Los Angeles in that 20k soccer stadium. Should have stayed in San Diego.

Glad Miami didn't take Lamp...think he was over hyped.
 
Dolph N.Fan said:
Chargers are going to rot and be a pathetic franchise in Los Angeles in that 20k soccer stadium. Should have stayed in San Diego.

Glad Miami didn't take Lamp...think he was over hyped.
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Lamp was/is definitely not overhyped. His injury suggests no such thoughts.

There's a few ballcubs that have stipulations for certain positions and they have them for good reason. For example, I know that Dallas and NE require all offensive lineman to wear a knee brace as a part of their equipment. Belichick won't allow an offensive lineman on the field without one.

Some football teams are proactive when it comes to injuries. Others, like San Diego, are not and it's obvious when it comes to injury reports.
 
Dolph N.Fan said:
Chargers are going to rot and be a pathetic franchise in Los Angeles in that 20k soccer stadium. Should have stayed in San Diego.

Glad Miami didn't take Lamp...think he was over hyped.
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Lamp wasn't necessarily overhyped. Kid was a very clean prospect, but taking a pure OG before round 4 is simply bad GM-ing. Failed OTs play OG.
 
Sons Of Shula said:
Lamp was/is definitely not overhyped. His injury suggests no such thoughts.

There's a few ballcubs that have stipulations for certain positions and they have them for good reason. For example, I know that Dallas and NE require all offensive lineman to wear a knee brace as a part of their equipment. Belichick won't allow an offensive lineman on the field without one.

Some football teams are proactive when it comes to injuries. Others, like San Diego, are not and it's obvious when it comes to injury reports.
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yeah, I'm guilty for playing the overhyped card. I really don't believe he wasn't physically fit enough for the NFL. Just wanted to voice my opinion that he seemed overhyped, glorified really, and I'm glad we passed.

Nice fun fact on the braces. Can't believe Tannehill never used one to begin with, what with his long legs and his Banjo and Kazooie-esque running style...

I can't believe they haven't really improved on the knee brace design. I would have expected a sleek exoskeleton made of Titanium and Mithril by now.
 
SCLSU Mud Dogs said:
That's a pretty ridiculous and hyperbolic statement
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I think it applies, actually. No better example for me than when I suggested on a forum that Vernon Carey be moved to guard near the twilight of his career. Same response, until it happened. Bushrod same.

I call it the Bob Golic Theory of Linemen Devolution. Golic, while playing NT at a Pro Bowl level in Cleveland, was asked about his transition from LB to DE to eventually nose tackle. He jokingly asserted that it was a natural degenerative cycle wherein the player gets dumber and dumber and fatter and fatter (oh, the 80's).

Girthy, successful Offensive Tackles usually make solid guards later in their career.
 
How would Lamp have bee exciting? A good pick? sure. Exciting? he is a guard...
 
It will be interesting as we see how Harris compares to Tak McK & Taco (passed in the 1st) as well as Zach Cunningham, who we passed on in the 2nd for Raekwon.
 
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