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[h=3]Numbers show Miami Dolphins must draft a starting CB[/h]On the final day of the 2015 season (sorry to remind you, but last season did indeed happen), the Miami Dolphins went to the finale with six cornerbacks on their roster. And no one batted an eyelash about that because in today's NFL, teams are defending in sub packages an average of 65 percent of the time so cornerbacks are at a premium.
If you don't have at least three cornerbacks who can play you have a leaky defense.
And that assumes that you have at least one safety that is not a liability in coverage.
We all agreed on that?
Six corners on the roster not unusual. Three and sometimes four on the field way, way more than half the time.
Lacking talent among those numbers and you'll be selecting early in the annual NFL draft.
I establish all this because the Miami Dolphins currently have barely enough cornerbacks on their 90-man roster to go into the season. And you have to understand, they'll be going into the season with a 53-man roster.
The Dolphins have seven cornerbacks on the roster to date. Those are Jamar Taylor, Byron Maxwell, Bobby McCain, Tony Lippett, Tyler Patmon, Ifo Olomu-Ekpre and Chimdi Chekwa. If you want to get crazy, you can say the team has eight cornerbacks but then you'd be counting Damarr Aultman, who is not even listed as a corner on the team's official roster. He's listed as a defensive back.
And even counting Aultman as a defensive back is a faith exercise because he was a wide receiver in college and in training camp with the Dolphins last year.
Am I getting the point across to you that the Dolphins have serious cornerback issues as we sit here, nine days from the start of the NFL draft?
Am I getting the point across to you that the Dolphins definitely need to draft a cornerback and do it early enough that he might be a candidate to start right away? Am I getting the point across to you that the Dolphins might need to draft two cornerbacks?
Am I getting the point across to you that if they don't draft two cornerbacks, they'll probably have to sign another one in the back end of free agency -- someone such as unsigned slot cornerback Leon Hall, who last I heard was recovering from back surgery and was asking such a hefty contract, practically no teams have seemed interested this offseason?
More at LINK: http://miamiherald.typepad.com/dolp...ed-happen-the-miami-dolphins-went-to-the.html
If you don't have at least three cornerbacks who can play you have a leaky defense.
And that assumes that you have at least one safety that is not a liability in coverage.
We all agreed on that?
Six corners on the roster not unusual. Three and sometimes four on the field way, way more than half the time.
Lacking talent among those numbers and you'll be selecting early in the annual NFL draft.
I establish all this because the Miami Dolphins currently have barely enough cornerbacks on their 90-man roster to go into the season. And you have to understand, they'll be going into the season with a 53-man roster.
The Dolphins have seven cornerbacks on the roster to date. Those are Jamar Taylor, Byron Maxwell, Bobby McCain, Tony Lippett, Tyler Patmon, Ifo Olomu-Ekpre and Chimdi Chekwa. If you want to get crazy, you can say the team has eight cornerbacks but then you'd be counting Damarr Aultman, who is not even listed as a corner on the team's official roster. He's listed as a defensive back.
And even counting Aultman as a defensive back is a faith exercise because he was a wide receiver in college and in training camp with the Dolphins last year.
Am I getting the point across to you that the Dolphins have serious cornerback issues as we sit here, nine days from the start of the NFL draft?
Am I getting the point across to you that the Dolphins definitely need to draft a cornerback and do it early enough that he might be a candidate to start right away? Am I getting the point across to you that the Dolphins might need to draft two cornerbacks?
Am I getting the point across to you that if they don't draft two cornerbacks, they'll probably have to sign another one in the back end of free agency -- someone such as unsigned slot cornerback Leon Hall, who last I heard was recovering from back surgery and was asking such a hefty contract, practically no teams have seemed interested this offseason?
More at LINK: http://miamiherald.typepad.com/dolp...ed-happen-the-miami-dolphins-went-to-the.html
