Miami Dolphins should be thinking wide receiver

[jim1]

By GREG COTE

gcote@MiamiHerald.com

An NFL team might count itself lucky when its most obvious weakness and an upcoming draft's bounteous strength are the same. That is, the intersection of Opportunity & Need, and a team is wise to obey the signs and stop there. It means stars have aligned to assure that team of mortaring a major roster hole with major talent -- even if that team is selecting only (using a totally random number), say, 25th.

Into the Dolphins' lap such a situation falls in this NFL Draft, and it means the biggest hazard facing them in Saturday's first round is overthinking their selection. Squinting so hard you don't see what's right in front of you. This is the team to pick a wide receiver. This is the time to pick a wide receiver.

The name of the pass-catcher to be chosen certainly is open to debate because Miami figures to have its choice of as many as four guys who are judged first-round in talent. But there shouldn't be much debate that wideout needs to be the position the Bill Parcells brain trust is homing in on come early Saturday evening.

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[209Mason]

Unless a clearly better talent at another position of need should fall... for example, LB or CB... if V. Davis or one of the USC boys is still there at 25... I don't see how you can pass them up.

I agree that we should go WR somewhat early... but Cote kinda contradicts himself by saying that WR's are plentiful... then going on to say we need to take one right away. If the top 3-5 LB's and CB's are gone by #25, then we can look WR imho... unless Crabtree is still on the board... lol

 

[jim1]

Unless a clearly better talent at another position of need should fall... for example, LB or CB... if V. Davis or one of the USC boys is still there at 25... I don't see how you can pass them up.

I agree that we should go WR somewhat early... but Cote kinda contradicts himself by saying that WR's are plentiful... then going on to say we need to take one right away. If the top 3-5 LB's and CB's are gone by #25, then we can look WR imho... unless Crabtree is still on the board... lol

I don't think that he's contradicting himself. WR's will probably be snapped up left and right between #25 and #44. A plentiful group of maybe 6 or 7 tier 1/tier 2 guys, but what will be there at #44? My guess is that there will be better WR value at #25 than CB value. What if a stud OL slips to #25? We can get WR and DB help in rds 2 and 3- DB's a bit later imo, and I keep going back to Guice at WR- the clip that I saw hit a chord with me- not saying much but I liked it. I still like Harvin but Nicks fits, same old story. If Harvin isn't the jerk that he's been portrayed as recently, he could add quite a bit to the offense. He's a special talent, bottom line.

 

[3rdandinches]

That sounds all well and good for some teams but this FO that makes the decisions certainly do not feel the same way if past draft history teaches us anything. If the draft is real deep at WR then you can put 2+2 together and figure out that we will be waiting until later to pick one up.
If our pass rush was alot better then I think we actually could go WR but since it needs help and it directly effects the CB's performance we will go OLB. I wouldn't be surprised if we even drafted two OLB's and then BPA the rest of the way.

 

[jim1]

That sounds all well and good for some teams but this FO that makes the decisions certainly do not feel the same way if past draft history teaches us anything. If the draft is real deep at WR then you can put 2+2 together and figure out that we will be waiting until later to pick one up.
If our pass rush was alot better then I think we actually could go WR but since it needs help and it directly effects the CB's performance we will go OLB. I wouldn't be surprised if we even drafted two OLB's and then BPA the rest of the way.

Well, if it's a simple matter of adding 2+2, then a whole bunch of draft experts and amateurs have gotten it wrong so far. We'll see what happens come draft day, maybe you're right.

 

[3rdandinches]

Well, if it's a simple matter of adding 2+2, then a whole bunch of draft experts and amateurs have gotten it wrong so far. We'll see what happens come draft day, maybe you're right.

I only mean 2+2 because BP has prefered to draft WR's later so in a draft that looks to be deep I would think it makes it simple to see that his tendency to do so will continue.

Now if Harvin drops to our 56th pick he would probably become BPA and would be to hard to pass up.