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Perhaps the Dolphin's felt there was no franchise QB available at #9?

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We'll never know whether the Dolphins considered JaMarcus Russel franchise QB material. The Raiders apparently did, and the Dolphins didn't feel the same way about Brady Quinn. How do we know this?

If the Dolphins felt confident Quinn was a franchise QB they would have taken him, even if they felt Beck was just as good, since they couldn't guarantee Beck would be available when they picked next. (Note I'm giving the Dolphin's GM and coach credit for not being total idiots).

The big question, however, is whether they felt Beck was a franchise QB when they took him. I'm not saying that he doesn't have the ability to be one, but it seems to me that they could just as easily be taking a chance with him on the off chance he might turn out to be one.

It might also have been a pick to mollify the fan base. I don't claim to be psychic or want credit for his opinion (as I'm sure a lot of others have it), but when Ginn was taken with the 9th pick my immediate thought was "We'd better take that Mormon QB in the 2nd round or Cameron will never get a fair shot with the fanbase."
 
The draft is over and done with, let it go.

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You're right.

Minicamp should keep us occupied for the months between now and the season. Let's analyze how the shorts the players were wearing effected their performance in that all important event.
 
After Jamarcus, the Phins probably did not feel there was anyone else worth taking in the 1st round at QB, and they did not want to draft Quinn at #9 and have to pay him the big $$$$ when they felt Beck was a better QB.

Yes, Randy and Cam were lucky that Beck was still there, but I think it worked out great for us. :)

I also heard an interview on ESPN radio with Lorenzo Booker and I was really impressed by the young man....he is very happy to be with Miami and feels he has a shot to play now that Ricky is not likely to be here....he did not sound ****y though. He was very enthusiastic, articulate and he just sounds like a guy who wants a real opportunity to play....something he didn't have at FSU.

I think we made some draft choices.
 
Roman529 said:
After Jamarcus, the Phins probably did not feel there was anyone else worth taking in the 1st round at QB, and they did not want to draft Quinn at #9 and have to pay him the big $$$$ when they felt Beck was a better QB.

Yes, Randy and Cam were lucky that Beck was still there, but I think it worked out great for us. :)

I also heard an interview on ESPN radio with Lorenzo Booker and I was really impressed by the young man....he is very happy to be with Miami and feels he has a shot to play now that Ricky is not likely to be here....he did not sound ****y though. He was very enthusiastic, articulate and he just sounds like a guy who wants a real opportunity to play....something he didn't have at FSU.

I think we made some draft choices.
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From all accounts I've read, they didn't have Beck rated higher than Quinn, they had Ginn rated higher than Quinn.

They had Beck rated very close to Quinn and felt like the differences were so small that they were better off with QB/WR combo of Ginn/Beck than with Quinn/WR other than Ginn.

GO PHINS~!
 
Phanatical said:
From all accounts I've read, they didn't have Beck rated higher than Quinn, they had Ginn rated higher than Quinn.

They had Beck rated very close to Quinn and felt like the differences were so small that they were better off with QB/WR combo of Ginn/Beck than with Quinn/WR other than Ginn.

GO PHINS~!
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Yeah but Cam and Randy flew to Provo, Utah to privately work out Beck on the BYU campus. I think this is when they decided Beck was the guy they really wanted. However, they decided it, I am glad he is here. He throws it so much more accurately than Quinn, espcially on the 40-50 yarders.
 
I think its pretty obvious they had a few quarterbacks rated fairly close since there was good odds we might not get Beck.
 
I heard, although I do not know how accurate it is, that they had QBs rated 1. Beck, 2. Kolb, 3. Quinn and 4. Russell. Also, I heard that Ginn was number five overall on our draft board although I do not know who they had rated ahead of him. I can only speculate that those four could have been C. Johnson, J. Thomas, A. Peterson and L. Landry or maybe G. Adams. Oh well, doesn't matter. It's just what I heard. I'm happy with our draft. I can't wait untill the season starts! :D
 
this is the same post, stop trying to collect phin dollars, please delete or merge
 
Phanatical said:
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Strange, I thought this was the DRAFT forum.
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It is the draft forum, but why bring the past draft with the same old topic. Talk about the players for next year, or the ones we drafted in the later rounds this year and how they will do. People need to stop rehashing the outcome of why we took Beck. It's done, he's here, if you don't like it, go be a fan of another team. Otherwise, accept that he's here and support him and the other draft picks, and while i am on the topic, Ted Ginn is our guy not Brady Quinn, we didn't take him, let it go. Let the powers that be that know a lot more than we do do their job and get us to the playoffs. Just my two cents. Thanks for leeting me vent.
 
Roman529 said:
Yeah but Cam and Randy flew to Provo, Utah to privately work out Beck on the BYU campus. I think this is when they decided Beck was the guy they really wanted. However, they decided it, I am glad he is here. He throws it so much more accurately than Quinn, espcially on the 40-50 yarders.
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We'll see, hopefully they made the right choice.
 
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