Jackson was the highest rated tackle on the board when he was selected. He has yet to live up to the position he was selected but it’s hard to fault Grier for selecting Jackson when he did. Almost every mock draft had Jackson going in the middle of the first round and that’s where he was taken.I think good coaching can make some of these bums better, but let's face it, McD and Grier did not do enough to solidify the OL line. It is so hard to believe that no Dolphins HC outside of Shula can build an OL. Sadly, it is still the weak link on the team in terms of starters and depth...it's unacceptable!
Hunt was an excellent pick in the second round of that same draft and he has been the best offensive lineman on the Dolphins the past two years.
I still think that Eichenberg has the skill set to be a solid lineman in the NFL and hopefully better coaching and a year experience will help him develop into a better player.
There have obviously been some misses in the draft on some of the players they have drafted for the OL but misses happen with every team.
Signing Armstead and Williams in free agency certainly seems to be an acceptance that they needed to upgrade the offensive line and at least they were willing to spend the money to vastly upgrade the OL going into this season.