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This is a startling way to look at what Miami just did.

Time will tell if Byron Maxwell and Kiko Alonso will be players for the Dolphins. But as the dust settles on the first weekend of free agency, let’s take a second to digest the crazy $17-million-a-year deal signed by Olivier Vernon with the Giants. If you’re scratching your head as a Miami fan about what the Dolphins did, look at the equation this way:

Olivier Vernon = Mario Williams + Byron Maxwell + a 2017 third-round pick

Williams, the ex-Bills pass-rusher, and Maxwell, the spurned Eagle cornerback, will cost a combined $17 million in average contract value to the Dolphins this season. And the third-round pick comes from what Miami is likely to get as a Compensatory Pick in return for Vernon taking his huge deal with the Giants. (Williams will not factor into the Compensatory Pick system because he was a released player and signed before the start of free agency.) The Dolphins are taking risks on three players. New defensive coordinator Vance Joseph will have to find a way to rekindle the fire in Williams; some in Buffalo think he played with no love of football last season. The 6-1 Maxwell is just an average corner who was overpaid significantly by the Eagles, but he could fill a need because big receivers like Brandon Marshall (two games versus Miami last year: 16 catches, 259 yards) torched Miami’s smaller corners last year. Alonso was terrific in 2013, missed 2014 with ACL surgery, and was a non-factor in 2015 for the Eagles. For the Miami deals to be good, at least two of those three players must be big contributors.

http://mmqb.si.com/mmqb/2016/03/13/howie-roseman-philadelphia-eagles-nfl-free-agency
 
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I think the issue many are having is if the Fins are expecting Maxwell to be a #1 corner. He is a great #2, but we need another good one.
 
Aqua and Orange said:
And the Dolphins are expecting Byron Maxwell to somehow simultaneously play two open guard positions.
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Dont know how many times people need to be reminded the offseason is far from over, I was hoping to get a big name guard, but chill the **** out, jesus.
 
The problem I have is that those two players are not worth the value t-bomb assigned them.

Players like that are available for 3rd day draft picks, or after the draft.

On a team short of talent

with multiple holes

they could have traded down for MULTIPLE PICKS

AND PICKED EXACTLY THE ROOKIES THAT THEY NEEDED.

Picks for healthy players that would factor into building a team for the future,

not questionable, overpaid injured players that will be free agents in the blink of an eye
 
I'm 99 percent sure we are going CB w the 13th pick. As it stands right now we do not have a #1 CB and I don't think there's anyone left to sign. 2nd rd we'll prob go guard or de.
 
Our goal in this draft should be as clear as day right now. Find a quality CB and OG. With the 13th and 42nd picks that should be easily done, considering we will likely be receiving more than just the third round pick in compensation as keeps getting mentioned. Once Miller, Mathers and Shelby are factored into the equation we should be looking at least an additional 5th and 6th rounder as well.

We need to target a corner and guard and then go and get both of them.
 
Offensive line has just been a complete liability since the Philbin/Tannehill era began.

We had some issues during the Sparano era (Marc Colombo comes to mind) but always seemed solid enough on the interior. I dunno, the outside and center is solid, we have a swing tackle now who can cover our asses if injury comes up . . . .I have a lot of confidence in Adam Gase to get the OG play to a level we have not seen in recent years. Does not mean neglect the position but having patience is perfectly fine . . . .after KO was gone, at a price we were not paying, the guard market fell off a cliff. . . . Still plenty of options out there and a draft with a lot of solid prospects and future June 1st cuts.
 
psfign said:
Dont know how many times people need to be reminded the offseason is far from over, I was hoping to get a big name guard, but chill the **** out, jesus.
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This was me last year. I'm now 36 days sober from this kind of thinking. One day at a time. (Rest of "Dolphins Will Get A Guard Anonymous" members politely clap as I sit back in my seat).
 
I have stopped judging the moves until after the draft. Apple or Hargraves at 13 and a G in the 2nd and I will be pleased. If it works out the other way around G then CB I will be happy too. I want day one starters in the first three rounds. Bring vets in on short term low risk deals and build through the draft.
 
goonies said:
I'm 99 percent sure we are going CB w the 13th pick. As it stands right now we do not have a #1 CB and I don't think there's anyone left to sign. 2nd rd we'll prob go guard or de.
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News Flash.... We didn't have a #1 CB last year either.
 
Kornnut said:
I have stopped judging the moves until after the draft. Apple or Hargraves at 13 and a G in the 2nd and I will be pleased. If it works out the other way around G then CB I will be happy too. I want day one starters in the first three rounds. Bring vets in on short term low risk deals and build through the draft.
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Not many teams find day one starts in the first three rounds. For us to do that here would be a miracle.
 
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