• Couple of thoughts from an NFC scout on the Dolphins’ draft: “We all liked [Rutgers receiver] Leonte Carroo. Powerful guy. Can make contested catches. Built like a running back…
"[Alabama running back] Kenyan Drake has explosive speed. Smart kid, though I found him a bit arrogant. He would be able to handle blitz pickup. Has better hands than [Alabama teammate] Derrick Henry, can catch the ball of the backfield. He’s a straight-line speed guy. I worry about his durability. If he couldn’t stay healthy as a part-time player at Alabama, how is he going to do it in the NFL?...
"[Western Kentucky quarterback and seventh-round pick] Brandon Doughty has a chance. We liked his mechanics and production. We had some interest in picking him. [Texas Tech receiver] Jakeem Grant is a great gadget player but he needs to make it [as a returner].”
• In the weeks before the draft, we told you that the Dolphins (with coordinator Vance Joseph at the front of the line) preferred big corners such as Eli Apple, William Jackson and Dolphins second-rounder Xavien Howard to smaller corners such as UF's Vernon Hargreaves.
Reporters finally got a chance to ask Joseph why he feels that way. "The receivers in the league are getting much bigger now," he said this past weekend. "Obviously, you look for good players first and if they have the size you want, its prototype. But you want guys who can cover first [and have] quickness, ball skills, good lateral movement stuff. The size is extra.”
But what about the argument that taller corners sometimes don't have good hips?
Howard "is a second-round pick," Joseph responded. "When you are drafting guys in the first and second round, you’re hoping [they] have size and the movement stuff. And [Howard] does. Most guys, when you draft them later on, they may have one redeeming quality. It could be size but not movement, but [Howard] does have both. He’s a 6-foot guy with a 5-foot-10 corner’s movement skills. That’s special.”
• It's becoming clear that undrafted Iowa rookie Marshall Koehn (16 for 20 on field goals last season; 47 for 53 on extra points) will have a legitimate chance to unseat incumbent Andrew Franks (13 for 16 on field goals as a rookie, 33 for 36 on extra points).
“We want to see him become more consistent,” Rizzi said of Franks, while also praising some aspects of his rookie season. "[Koehn] has a great skill set. He reminds me a lot of Andrew. Only difference is he kicked at a bigger school.”
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"[Alabama running back] Kenyan Drake has explosive speed. Smart kid, though I found him a bit arrogant. He would be able to handle blitz pickup. Has better hands than [Alabama teammate] Derrick Henry, can catch the ball of the backfield. He’s a straight-line speed guy. I worry about his durability. If he couldn’t stay healthy as a part-time player at Alabama, how is he going to do it in the NFL?...
"[Western Kentucky quarterback and seventh-round pick] Brandon Doughty has a chance. We liked his mechanics and production. We had some interest in picking him. [Texas Tech receiver] Jakeem Grant is a great gadget player but he needs to make it [as a returner].”
• In the weeks before the draft, we told you that the Dolphins (with coordinator Vance Joseph at the front of the line) preferred big corners such as Eli Apple, William Jackson and Dolphins second-rounder Xavien Howard to smaller corners such as UF's Vernon Hargreaves.
Reporters finally got a chance to ask Joseph why he feels that way. "The receivers in the league are getting much bigger now," he said this past weekend. "Obviously, you look for good players first and if they have the size you want, its prototype. But you want guys who can cover first [and have] quickness, ball skills, good lateral movement stuff. The size is extra.”
But what about the argument that taller corners sometimes don't have good hips?
Howard "is a second-round pick," Joseph responded. "When you are drafting guys in the first and second round, you’re hoping [they] have size and the movement stuff. And [Howard] does. Most guys, when you draft them later on, they may have one redeeming quality. It could be size but not movement, but [Howard] does have both. He’s a 6-foot guy with a 5-foot-10 corner’s movement skills. That’s special.”
• It's becoming clear that undrafted Iowa rookie Marshall Koehn (16 for 20 on field goals last season; 47 for 53 on extra points) will have a legitimate chance to unseat incumbent Andrew Franks (13 for 16 on field goals as a rookie, 33 for 36 on extra points).
“We want to see him become more consistent,” Rizzi said of Franks, while also praising some aspects of his rookie season. "[Koehn] has a great skill set. He reminds me a lot of Andrew. Only difference is he kicked at a bigger school.”
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/spor...lins-more-heat-nuggets-and-dolphins-note.html
