How do you know that the OL you want is a "slightly lower ranked prospect" than a player at another position who might be there. I don't know that there is a fair amount of grey area between prospects. Don't have access to the Dolphins draft board or player rankings. They could like WR x or DE z over any OL prospect left on the board at #21. That's my whole point is that you can't lock into one position with your first (or in some fans' cases) or worse yet, first two picks. It would be crazy and probably not give your roster the best value it could with two valuable picks in a span where they haven't had many high picks to exercise lately.
Didn't you and others say this was a deep OL draft as well? So why shouldn't Miami take a better DL prospect over an O-line one?
Wilkins was a much bigger loss than Robert Hunt, imo, and I'd rather have Murphy or Newton over Latham, Barton, Guyton, Morgan or any of the prospects not named Fautanu. I think taking a guard who can't be expected to step in for Armstead at LT isn't the best use of the 21st pick. Nor is taking a college RT and saying "hey, we can just slot him in at guard or maybe he can play LT in a pinch" is a risky strategy. We can get a guard later in the draft and honestly I just don't see anybody within our reach that is good enough to play left tackle in his rookie year.
A 40.2% conversion rate on third down doesn't appear good, it IS good. I think blaming the OL for the playoff loss in KC is just a little too convenient. I'd blame Tua's performance in the cold and injuries to the secondary and pass rushers (we were counting on 38 year old guys just off the street to rush Mahomes) more than the OL for that loss.
I think the OL needs to get better and I hope they get the chance to draft the unicorn player who can step in and be effective at RG, LG and LT. If that guy isn't there in round 1 you take the better prospect at DT, EDGE, or WR. I have much more confidence they can get a guy who can play one of the guard spots in Round 2 or later.