VanDolPhan
Practice Squad
Yes this is my 2 cents. I traded 4 cents next year to have my 2 cents this year :)
I was one of the ones utterly pissed with the Eddie Moore pick but the more thought I put into this the more comfortable I feel. I keep hearing about how this guy is the best coverage LB in the draft. A guy who could possibly convert to safety (yes I know he won't here....just stating how good his coverage skills could be).
Why this is a good pick? How many times have people mentioned the following things:
-Rodgers sucks, Morlon sucks
-We got beat by pass catching RB's
-Seau is a run stopping LB whose coverage skills are lacking
So yes this is a good fit. Moore will earn his 2nd round status if he can come in here and stop the RB's from chipping away with thier passes out of the backfield. Plus lets face it. Seau is here 2 years tops. This kid will start then if he's cracked up for it. Heck if he is cracked up for it then Seau will be at the strong side next year. Then in the 3rd/4th next year we can look for a strong side LB to groom for Seau's eventual replacement when he retires.
Also after seeing what the phins were trying to spend to get into the round one in that trade with the Saints I am glad we went this way.
Also there was a lot of talk when Eddie was drafted that he went too high. Well many teams picked LB's pretty high that day. If you didn't then all you were getting were projects (like we did with our offensive line in the 3rd) and I doubt any of you wanted LB projects along with offensive line projects. Also I've heard a few times now about interest from Tampa Bay at the end of the 2nd and also from Eddie himself that he expected to go to Dallas/Cleveland in the 3rd.
Only thing that I was disappointed in was that we couldn't find a reasonable trade to get one of the better OT prospects. That was a minus and could come back to haunt us this season as we are counting on a rookie to play at least 2-3 games at LT when counting in Dixon's annual injury.
Grade: B+
Ok that's pick 2 (Heh I don't speak often but when I do look out!
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Wade Smith. Interesting prospect and I said before the draft even if we drafted a LT we should draft a project and we did. This is a key pick though as we spent a 2nd next year. This kid has to start by next year or it was a wasted pick. This is most likely to be the failure pick of the draft.
Grade: D+
Taylor Whitley. DO NOT underestimate this kid. Guards slipped badly in this draft. You only have to look as far as Eric Steinback being the first guard taken in the 2nd round as proof. Whitley was only the 5th Guard taken during a run on guards (3 went in 8 picks with Whitley being the last).
Dixons close to retirement. Nails is coming off a major injury and he could slip back into old habits at McDonalds. Perry is close to being a salary cap casualty and is no spring chicken himself. So this pick is a very important one and we got great value at this pick. I expect this kid to be the 2nd of this draft to be an eventual starter.
Grade: A-
Donald Lee. Boy this kid is interesting. Strong blocker who was misused ala Chambers. With the talk about leaving 4 WR sets behind we are going to use a lot of 2 TE sets. Value pick at 5th round. Gives us the chance to change into a Colts style 2 TE offense which should make us unpredictable.
Grade: B
J.R. Tolver. Can't diss a comp pick even if he fails miserably it was a freebie pick. All that we really have to ask for him is to win a 4th WR spot. If he makes it then this is an A pick. Even if he doesn't .........again it was a free pick. Can't bitch about that.
Grade: A
Corey Jenkins. Interesting guy. Big hitter but then he was only in 2 games. Pretty risky pick to be trading up for as we spent 2 7th's to move up. My guess is they have him on the roster as a LB but this is purely a Tommy Hendricks style special teamer who is going to abuse his body.
Grade: C+ (B+ if we didn't spend 2 7th's to move up and he wasn't so old).
Tim Provost. All he has to do is make the cut. He won't have much competition and just has to prove that there is room to grow. Could be our future Micheal Thompson (hopefully without the injuries).
Grade: B
Yeremiah Bell. My vote as most likely to not make the cut. We are deep at DB and if we sign Knight I don't see this kid beating out McGarrahan. Only way this kid makes it is if we cut McGarrahan to save a few $$$.
Grade: C-
Davern Williams. Throw away pick I guess. Even if one of our DT's went down we would just use Williams inside more and Williams would only see on a few plays to give breathers.
Grade: C
Overall: B
I like this draft. We have 21 starters back and there simply wasn't many holes to fill. However the one hole we had we didn't fill and that was LT. What we do have now is a lot of depth and christ in this day and age I am damn impressed that we have some. We could survive an injury at LB now. We could survive injury at guard and along the offensive line. This draft is far better then last years. I see 2 future definate starters on this team and one possible one along with one contributor ala Travis Minor style which would hold true to the phins recent drafting history:
2002: Starters: McMicheal. Future Starters: McKinney
2001: Starters: Greenwood (shouldn't count it though ;p he sucks) Future Starters: Chambers. Contributer: Minor
2000: Starter: Todd Wade. Future Starters: Freeman. Contributor: Dyer
1999: Starter: Rob Konrad. Contributor: Haley (wow what a horrible draft.......J.J. Johnson, Grey Ruegamer, Cecil Collins, Brent Bartholomew oh my!)
I was one of the ones utterly pissed with the Eddie Moore pick but the more thought I put into this the more comfortable I feel. I keep hearing about how this guy is the best coverage LB in the draft. A guy who could possibly convert to safety (yes I know he won't here....just stating how good his coverage skills could be).
Why this is a good pick? How many times have people mentioned the following things:
-Rodgers sucks, Morlon sucks
-We got beat by pass catching RB's
-Seau is a run stopping LB whose coverage skills are lacking
So yes this is a good fit. Moore will earn his 2nd round status if he can come in here and stop the RB's from chipping away with thier passes out of the backfield. Plus lets face it. Seau is here 2 years tops. This kid will start then if he's cracked up for it. Heck if he is cracked up for it then Seau will be at the strong side next year. Then in the 3rd/4th next year we can look for a strong side LB to groom for Seau's eventual replacement when he retires.
Also after seeing what the phins were trying to spend to get into the round one in that trade with the Saints I am glad we went this way.
Also there was a lot of talk when Eddie was drafted that he went too high. Well many teams picked LB's pretty high that day. If you didn't then all you were getting were projects (like we did with our offensive line in the 3rd) and I doubt any of you wanted LB projects along with offensive line projects. Also I've heard a few times now about interest from Tampa Bay at the end of the 2nd and also from Eddie himself that he expected to go to Dallas/Cleveland in the 3rd.
Only thing that I was disappointed in was that we couldn't find a reasonable trade to get one of the better OT prospects. That was a minus and could come back to haunt us this season as we are counting on a rookie to play at least 2-3 games at LT when counting in Dixon's annual injury.
Grade: B+
Ok that's pick 2 (Heh I don't speak often but when I do look out!
)Wade Smith. Interesting prospect and I said before the draft even if we drafted a LT we should draft a project and we did. This is a key pick though as we spent a 2nd next year. This kid has to start by next year or it was a wasted pick. This is most likely to be the failure pick of the draft.
Grade: D+
Taylor Whitley. DO NOT underestimate this kid. Guards slipped badly in this draft. You only have to look as far as Eric Steinback being the first guard taken in the 2nd round as proof. Whitley was only the 5th Guard taken during a run on guards (3 went in 8 picks with Whitley being the last).
Dixons close to retirement. Nails is coming off a major injury and he could slip back into old habits at McDonalds. Perry is close to being a salary cap casualty and is no spring chicken himself. So this pick is a very important one and we got great value at this pick. I expect this kid to be the 2nd of this draft to be an eventual starter.
Grade: A-
Donald Lee. Boy this kid is interesting. Strong blocker who was misused ala Chambers. With the talk about leaving 4 WR sets behind we are going to use a lot of 2 TE sets. Value pick at 5th round. Gives us the chance to change into a Colts style 2 TE offense which should make us unpredictable.
Grade: B
J.R. Tolver. Can't diss a comp pick even if he fails miserably it was a freebie pick. All that we really have to ask for him is to win a 4th WR spot. If he makes it then this is an A pick. Even if he doesn't .........again it was a free pick. Can't bitch about that.
Grade: A
Corey Jenkins. Interesting guy. Big hitter but then he was only in 2 games. Pretty risky pick to be trading up for as we spent 2 7th's to move up. My guess is they have him on the roster as a LB but this is purely a Tommy Hendricks style special teamer who is going to abuse his body.
Grade: C+ (B+ if we didn't spend 2 7th's to move up and he wasn't so old).
Tim Provost. All he has to do is make the cut. He won't have much competition and just has to prove that there is room to grow. Could be our future Micheal Thompson (hopefully without the injuries).
Grade: B
Yeremiah Bell. My vote as most likely to not make the cut. We are deep at DB and if we sign Knight I don't see this kid beating out McGarrahan. Only way this kid makes it is if we cut McGarrahan to save a few $$$.
Grade: C-
Davern Williams. Throw away pick I guess. Even if one of our DT's went down we would just use Williams inside more and Williams would only see on a few plays to give breathers.
Grade: C
Overall: B
I like this draft. We have 21 starters back and there simply wasn't many holes to fill. However the one hole we had we didn't fill and that was LT. What we do have now is a lot of depth and christ in this day and age I am damn impressed that we have some. We could survive an injury at LB now. We could survive injury at guard and along the offensive line. This draft is far better then last years. I see 2 future definate starters on this team and one possible one along with one contributor ala Travis Minor style which would hold true to the phins recent drafting history:
2002: Starters: McMicheal. Future Starters: McKinney
2001: Starters: Greenwood (shouldn't count it though ;p he sucks) Future Starters: Chambers. Contributer: Minor
2000: Starter: Todd Wade. Future Starters: Freeman. Contributor: Dyer
1999: Starter: Rob Konrad. Contributor: Haley (wow what a horrible draft.......J.J. Johnson, Grey Ruegamer, Cecil Collins, Brent Bartholomew oh my!)
