Here is what i don't understand about Miami's QB drafting strategy over the years...

[Fin Thirteen]

I fully agree with the OP.

We're sitting at 19 in this years draft. All the "elite potential" guys are gone, bar two. Cooks is basically our DeSean Jackson in the Lazor offense, but we're deep at WR, so I can see us passing him up. Bridgewater is there at 19. He should have gone in the top 5, but he screwed up his draft with a pro day where he decided to throw without the gloves he always wears. A total football virgin could see that Teddy's draft fay fall was irrational and exaggerated. We had the chance to take an elite talent at 19, at the most important position and we choked.

I am a James fan. Go back and check my posts. I'm delighted we have him, but we could have had him in the second. Seantrel Henderson was a seventh rounder and he neutralised Wake (whuch frankly I still cant believe because hebwas poor in Week 1).

Teddy at 19 is too good of an offer to pass up, esp when your QB is showing you definite signs of stagnation. Ryan has the body but not the brain for the top level. Teddy has the brain of an elite QB, the body is good enough to work with and develop. Minny got a complete steal and it should have been us.

 

[KillerB]

I fully agree with the OP.

We're sitting at 19 in this years draft. All the "elite potential" guys are gone, bar two. Cooks is basically our DeSean Jackson in the Lazor offense, but we're deep at WR, so I can see us passing him up. Bridgewater is there at 19. He should have gone in the top 5, but he screwed up his draft with a pro day where he decided to throw without the gloves he always wears. A total football virgin could see that Teddy's draft fay fall was irrational and exaggerated. We had the chance to take an elite talent at 19, at the most important position and we choked.

I am a James fan. Go back and check my posts. I'm delighted we have him, but we could have had him in the second. Seantrel Henderson was a seventh rounder and he neutralised Wake (whuch frankly I still cant believe because hebwas poor in Week 1).

Teddy at 19 is too good of an offer to pass up, esp when your QB is showing you definite signs of stagnation. Ryan has the body but not the brain for the top level. Teddy has the brain of an elite QB, the body is good enough to work with and develop. Minny got a complete steal and it should have been us.

Bridgewater at 19 might have caused some dissaticfaction because of the dire situation that Ireland put the team in, and especially with our O-line in shambles. As another poster stated, we just had too many holes to fill on the team to use a premium pick on a QB in that draft. I was thinking along the lines of a Logan Thomas, Tom Savage, Zac Mettenberger, etc. Maybe AJ McCarron. One of those mid-round QBs that wouldn't cost a premium draft pick or a large salary.

 

[Good_Dylan]

Agree with the OP 100% and will add I do not see why the backup (no matter who) is not more readily used when the offense gets flat. The only reason I can think of is that they will have to pay him more based on playing time so they leave the starter out there regardless these days.

 

[Fin Thirteen]

Bridgewater at 19 might have caused some dissaticfaction because of the dire situation that Ireland put the team in, and especially with our O-line in shambles. As another poster stated, we just had too many holes to fill on the team to use a premium pick on a QB in that draft. I was thinking along the lines of a Logan Thomas, Tom Savage, Zac Mettenberger, etc. Maybe AJ McCarron. One of those mid-round QBs that wouldn't cost a premium draft pick or a large salary.

We would have gotten James in the 2nd. We might have had to trade up,for him, but we could have fixed the oline even with taking Teddy. Bridgwater is too good to pass up at 19, IMO.

 

[KillerB]

We would have gotten James in the 2nd. We might have had to trade up,for him, but we could have fixed the oline even with taking Teddy. Bridgwater is too good to pass up at 19, IMO.

Yeah, no argument from me. At the time, there may have been outrage, but looking back at it today after seeing Tannehill's performance so far this year, that may have been a shrewd move if it was made. Bridgewater looked phenomenal in the preseason.

 

[BG12DM13CP10]

Why do we only draft ONE quarterback and then evaluate him for 3 years, and then rinse and repeat? Would it kill us to draft multiple QBs?

I haven't totally given up on Tannehill yet, but I am getting pretty damn close. It sure would've been nice to have some young QB on the bench that we were developing while evaluating tannehill, just in case Tannehill doesn't work out.

That's why we had Devlin, now we're back to the drawing board. These guys banked on Tannehill, now all we got is SETH LOBATO.

 

[roy_miami]

Did you forget about Brock?

 

[royalshank]

We were too busy drafting kickers in round 5 to find a guy like Cousins.

 

[Good_Dylan]

I'm currently watching the COlts/Eagles game and man, we really should have sucked for Luck. Luck is just unreal and so clutch. oh well

We never could have sucked enough...He was going to Indy and they made sure of it by starting Curtis Painter (who?) and dumping Manning because his neck could no longer hold up his head (false)
Still burns that a team with so much QB success pulled that one off and that the NFL allowed (supported?) it.

 

[finfan54]

To the OP:

If drafting QB's were so easy then everyone would have one. lol

seriously, you people have to stop taking yourself so seriously.

 

[finfan54]

That's why we had Devlin, now we're back to the drawing board. These guys banked on Tannehill, now all we got is SETH LOBATO.

Devlin is injured. that's why he is no longer here. just sayin.

And most teams don't draft a QB high when they have a guy they believe in. There are also plenty of reasons to point to teams who have good/great QB's who don't have a good team.

But hey, lets not let reasoning get in the way of our critical thinking. speaking to everyone here.

 

[KillerB]

To the OP:

If drafting QB's were so easy then everyone would have one. lol

seriously, you people have to stop taking yourself so seriously.

It isn't easy. Nobody is saying that. I even said in another post in this thread that evaluating college QBs is a tricky business. All I'm saying is that we need to draft QBs at a higher frequency to increase our chances of finding the right guy. And I'm not talking about undrafted free agent QBs. I mean we need to bring in a mid round prospect every few years and try to develop him while we are evaluating whoever our current starter is at the time. We should always have someone waiting in the wings.

 

[WeVie]

To the OP:

If drafting QB's were so easy then everyone would have one. lol

seriously, you people have to stop taking yourself so seriously.

No one said it was easy. What the OP is saying makes perfect sense and even aligns with your statement that it is not easy. It makes much more sense to draft a QB each and every year till one finally pans out. Even after that QB is found, it still makes sense to draft more from time to time. The Pats do it, and have gotten a few nice trades in the process.

 

[roy_miami]

Draft one at least every other year and make them earn their playing time, like every other position. You should always have at least one backup QB on the roster that you believe has the potential to be great. If you have any doubt about that move on to the next one.

In 2008 we had Pennington and drafted Henne. That wasn't a bad situation.
In 2009 we had Pennington, Henne and Pat White.
In 2010 we had Henne and Thigpen. I thought Thigpen had some potential at the time
In 2011 is where we ended up with 2 QBs on the roster with little hope of upside. Horrible to not take a QB here. Especially when we passed on Ryan Mallett for Daniel Thomas.
In 2012 we would have realized Henne was a bust and would have to draft a QB once again. Having Mallett might have kept us from reaching, or if the staff thought that much of Tannehill go ahead and take him. Whatevs.
In 2013 Mallett and Tannehill, or whoever we took would be good enough
2014 Maybe time to start thinking about an upgrade again. And if you still like the QBs on the roster pull a Bengals by drafting one and putting him on IR.

And I would add for Hickey to not take a QB is just as bad as what Ireland did in 2011. I've liked a lot of what Hickey has done but that still makes me very angry. It has set us up for the exact same disaster that forced us to reach for Tannehill.

 

[bradmcnutt13]

If we're drafting another qb, is he going to be the backup or is that still Matt Moore? If the former, are we really spending a 1st or 2nd rounder for a 3rd string qb?