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My Top 5 Positions of Need

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Defense:
a #1 corner
a starting Free Safety
a top-10 nosetackle

Offense:
a top-10 Center
a top-10 big physical speedy receiver

Defense Comments: Our corners never get interceptions... it often seems their instinct is to always swat the ball, regardless of whether it is catchable.

Will Allen is a mediocre #1 corner, Andre Goodman is a mediocre #2 corner. This is clearly not the days of Sam, Pat and Buckley. It would be helpful if we had a young Sam Madison, pushing Allen to #2, and Goodman to #3. So getting a #1 corner has a cascading effect of upgrade 3 positions in the secondary, simultaneously. Nice.

At Free Safety, Renaldo Hill was ok this year. He doesn't get alot of ints. I'd like to see some legitimate competition there.

Ferguson was ok this year, he is old, though, and we don't have a starting caliber backup in Soliai. NT is a critical position.

The linebackers and DE's played pretty well this year, and do not concern me.


Offense Comments:
http://footballoutsiders.com/stats/ol
Satele is a mediocre center(#18). Nothing wrong with that. Looking at running stats in the NFL, the top-10 teams in rushing this year... had 7 centers ranked in the top-10. The bottom-10 rushing teams, had 8 of the worst centers. Since 50% of all rushing plays go through the center, I feel this a critical position, and one where you want a top-10 guy. I feel Satele is better suited at Guard, which improves depth at that position.

Smiley and Thomas are ok. I like Alleman, I don't like Ndukwe. We're set at Tackle (assuming we re-sign Carey). However, we don't have a good backup tackle(which is of concern).

I like the Fullbacks and Tightends and Runningbacks and Qbs.

At WR, our guys all have good hands and decent speed. And London is a tall guy. With Ginn, we have a lot of speed, but he's a small guy(weight, height) for a #1. Where is our TO, Larry Fitzgerald, Rand Moss big-fast super-receiver saying "Just throw me the damn ball"? We don't have him. We have plenty of #2/#3 Wide receivers... it would be nice to have a legit top-10 receiver though.
 
Rich...seriously guy,if you don't include LB's in your top 5,then you might want to rethink that...we need OLB's AND ILB's badly dude...also,we need more than just a Center for our O-Line...we need to address our O-Line from LG to RT,and depth there as well...i wouldn't worry about that big physical receiver until our other more immediate holes are fixed&filled...
 
I'm sorry for it only being satele's second year in the league i beleive he did well for a 2nd round pick. I dont understand why people feel he is better suited for a G i beleive if he was some where along the line in his football career they'd change his position. I thinnk satele in a year or two will be a top 10 center. lets keep in mind he goes up against a couple of the top 8 DT in the league with Wilfork and Jenkins.
 
draft:
1) MonsterCenter
2) Guard
3) L/B
4) N/T
5) DB
FreeAgency:
1) W/R
2) resign: Carey, Crowder & Bell
 
I tend to disagree with those. the greatest need is not necessarily what fixes a problem but what improves what you have. Its called building a platform and I think the line needs are greatest

1. DE/OLB- Whoever is the best on the board. The lack of a pass rush killed Miami against the Ravens. It needs addressing and linemen will be a common thread for a few rounds IMVHO.

2a Centre- We need a big old boy here and Parcells and co love big ol boys. There will be a few centres available here who fit the bill so I reckon they grab the best one here

2b Guard- I doubt any stud tackles will be left but there should be a top end guard. Again a big ol boy who can make holes.

3. Nose Tackle- The big line threme is about to end. They need another big ol boy to stem the blood loss up the middle. The Linebackers are not good enough to handle the O lines they face and a Haynesworth (yeah live in hope) type handfull would be just the ticket.

4. MLB- If not addressed in free agency then this is a must although I am relying on this being a deep year at LB

5. Safety/CB- Must get one who can react to the ball and make plays.

No 6

7. Anyones guess...maybe a few receivers or another RB... maybe even more linemen.

Miami need to draft big men this year to allow for a running game that will allow the average receiving corps some help in single coverage. They need to increase the D line rush and run stop with a Linebacker who can play inside a 3-4

Again just my humble opinion
 
"we need OLB's AND ILB's badly dude"
OLB Porter - superstar
OLB Roth - great against the run, not so great against the pass. Got 5 sacks this year. I wouldn't say he needs to be replaced badly.

ILB Crowder - 113 Tackles, no interceptions. He's no Zach, a better #2 ILB.
ILB Ayodele - 75 tackles, 2 ints. Mediocre ILB.

I wouldn't mind getting a good ILB and pushing Crowder back to #2. My opinion is that the Middle Linebacker is the most important of the Linebacker positions.
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If I were to rank defensive positions by priority:
#1 DT - stop the run (50% of runs are through the middle)
#2 Corner - shut down the Steve Smiths
#3 DE - get the QB on his back
#4 MLB - garbage clean up
#5 Safety - get ints
#6 OLB - run support and sacks

So I'm not real high on the idea of prioritizing our draft on Linebackers. Of course you're no better than your weakest link, but I feel that their are other positions of higher priorities that are weaker than our Linebacker position.
 
Rich said:
#2 Corner - shut down the Steve Smiths
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there are only two the wr steve smith on the giants and the wr steve smith on the panthers and we dont even play them, so cb must not really be a big need. Phew thats a relief because i almost got scared of covering moss, and lee evans and wes welker, but its good to see we dont
 
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I tend to disagree with those. the greatest need is not necessarily what fixes a problem but what improves what you have. Its called building a platform and I think the line needs are greatest

1. DE/OLB- Whoever is the best on the board. The lack of a pass rush killed Miami against the Ravens. It needs addressing and linemen will be a common thread for a few rounds IMVHO.

2a Centre- We need a big old boy here and Parcells and co love big ol boys. There will be a few centres available here who fit the bill so I reckon they grab the best one here

2b Guard- I doubt any stud tackles will be left but there should be a top end guard. Again a big ol boy who can make holes.

3. Nose Tackle- The big line threme is about to end. They need another big ol boy to stem the blood loss up the middle. The Linebackers are not good enough to handle the O lines they face and a Haynesworth (yeah live in hope) type handfull would be just the ticket.

4. MLB- If not addressed in free agency then this is a must although I am relying on this being a deep year at LB

5. Safety/CB- Must get one who can react to the ball and make plays.

No 6

7. Anyones guess...maybe a few receivers or another RB... maybe even more linemen.

Miami need to draft big men this year to allow for a running game that will allow the average receiving corps some help in single coverage. They need to increase the D line rush and run stop with a Linebacker who can play inside a 3-4

Again just my humble opinion
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very good assessment, although I woul put NT higher

everyone who calls for CB's should actually watch the games

our pass rush is non-existant
 
"we need to address our O-Line from LG to RT,and depth there as well"
-- Your offense is no better than your offensive line. The miracle that was the turn around this year largely came from the improvements on the o-line and d-line.

http://www.finheaven.com/forums/f2/oline-and-dline-ranking-237333.html
Our o-line improved from #22 to #12
Our d-line improved from #31 against the run to #12

Certainly you want both lines in the top 10. If Donald Thomas is healthy, and Satele moves to Guard to compete with smiley... we really don't know what we have at Guard. Of course that implies that We've obtained a center that is better than Satele. None of our interior guys are top-10 at their position... so we could certainly use better interior guys. You can't get everything in one year, though...

I would definitely draft an interior guy on day 1(Guard or Center, best available but I prefer center), and probably another on day 2. Maybe bring in a free agent.
 
I would be happy with the offseason if they resigned the secondary (Goodman, Bell and Hill). Signed a LB or two via FA. Then addressed the OL via the draft.

Long and short of it is we need three or four OL and three or four new LBers.
 
Rich said:
"we need OLB's AND ILB's badly dude"
OLB Porter - superstar
OLB Roth - great against the run, not so great against the pass. Got 5 sacks this year. I wouldn't say he needs to be replaced badly.

ILB Crowder - 113 Tackles, no interceptions. He's no Zach, a better #2 ILB.
ILB Ayodele - 75 tackles, 2 ints. Mediocre ILB.

I wouldn't mind getting a good ILB and pushing Crowder back to #2. My opinion is that the Middle Linebacker is the most important of the Linebacker positions.
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If I were to rank defensive positions by priority:
#1 DT - stop the run (50% of runs are through the middle)
#2 Corner - shut down the Steve Smiths
#3 DE - get the QB on his back
#4 MLB - garbage clean up
#5 Safety - get ints
#6 OLB - run support and sacks

So I'm not real high on the idea of prioritizing our draft on Linebackers. Of course you're no better than your weakest link, but I feel that their are other positions of higher priorities that are weaker than our Linebacker position.
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When Porter was getting all the attention from keeping in TE's and RB's you'd think Roth could and would have done more being one on one all the time. Another excellent OLB opposite Porter would cause a major problem for offenses to block them. This also gives Langford and Merling more one on one's and we will get even more push up the middle.

Crowder is a real good 2nd inside backer and that makes getting someone else important but only if a top LB falls to our #1 pick. Or it makes it a priority to sign Dansby or even R.Lewis if they (Balt) decide to sign the young guys only. Back to the draft, we still should draft a mid round ILB like J.Brinkley for future developement.

DT is important for the future not really now, again if BJ Raji falls then you can't pass that up, otherwise a 3rd round or later (preferably) is the earliest a run stuffer should get selected.

Oline is #1 tied with the pass rush, Center at minimum but a Guard to fight it out with Thomas would be nice. Therefore the BPA at #1 will be taken (I really want Mack) OLB/C with the only change will be if a top player falls to us or a trade that we can't pass up.
 
You can't draft a center #1. Look at the Titans and Ravens - they aren't there because of their QB's or the offense. You win with your D and I believe we will draft D and D and more D. We need to get bigger up front which means NT would be #1 IF someone falls to us. Next is ILB. You win up the gut and we stink at ILB.

Also, someone said resign Hill - are you kidding? He was terrible. Another safety or 2 is definitely needed this offseason even after keeping YBell.
 
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