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Ranking NFL Offseason Resources for 2022 | Over the Cap

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5. Dolphins- Avg. Rank 9.0

Miami has to be kicking themselves for last years trade up. Even if they are happy with their receiver they only rank 18th in draft capital when they should have been much stronger. The team has a ton of cap room, the most in the NFL, to go shopping with and the 8th least snaps to replace so they have all kinds of flexibility. Expectations will be high for them next year given Tua entering his third year to go along with a new coach and presumably many new toys on the team.
 
Why would they kick themselves for getting 3 stud rookies in the first three picks? The trade up gave us waddle versus Parsons which does suck. I would have done Parsons and Bateman over Waddle and Phillips.

But who would have known that's how the draft would have played out? Waddle is a huge play maker, and Bateman was injured right away. Seeing he's our only real super talent on offense you can't really get too mad at that draft assessment.
 
Fin Fan in Cali said:

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5. Dolphins- Avg. Rank 9.0

Miami has to be kicking themselves for last years trade up. Even if they are happy with their receiver they only rank 18th in draft capital when they should have been much stronger. The team has a ton of cap room, the most in the NFL, to go shopping with and the 8th least snaps to replace so they have all kinds of flexibility. Expectations will be high for them next year given Tua entering his third year to go along with a new coach and presumably many new toys on the team.
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I don't think we're kicking ourselves in the least.
 
PYRO said:
Why would they kick themselves for getting 3 stud rookies in the first three picks? The trade up gave us waddle versus Parsons which does suck. I would have done Parsons and Bateman over Waddle and Phillips.

But who would have known that's how the draft would have played out? Waddle is a huge play maker, and Bateman was injured right away. Seeing he's our only real super talent on offense you can't really get too mad at that draft assessment.
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You would have been fired by now if you did that.
 
I can tell whoever runs this website would be terrible at actually GMing a team. Draft picks by themselves are ultimately meaningless. We traded some picks and got one of the best WRs this franchise has had in decades. I don't think anyone in Miami is kicking themselves over this decision. Homeruns are hard to come by.
 
kastofsna said:
Draft picks by themselves are ultimately meaningless.
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I think you're saying this because you simply dont see where the actual value of a draft pick lies... Lets use Waddle, Phillips and Holland as examples...

  • Jaylen Waddle's value as a WR after this season is around an 11.5M per, the rookie wage salary of the #6 pick is 6.7M per... Direct savings of ~5M
  • Jaelan Phillips's value is 4.6M per, the rookie wage salary is 3.5M per... Direct savings of ~1M
  • Jevon Holland's value is 5.6M per, rookie wage salary is 2M per... Direct savings of ~3.5M
Thats 3 players saving you around 10M on their first season as pro players... If they get better, those saving will only increase as they go through their rookie contract. The more you pick high value positions in the draft, the more likely you are to save a bunch on your actual cap. Hell the Fins completely whiffed on Jackson and he's still not overpaid for a bad Guard.

Basically, the more savings you get from you draft picks, the more freedom you have to overpay in FA without getting into cap hell...
 
I'm not sure how you kick yourself after drafting Waddle. You have no idea how the draft shakes out if we don't trade up for Waddle at #6. You could have a Butterfly Effect situation with Parsons, and he may have not been at #12. Bottom line, Waddle is a stud and we hit a homerun. The 2022 draft lacks elite talent, so picking #14 or #29 doesn't really matter to me. Just pick the right guy in 2022, and all is well. We got ****in Jaylen Waddle!
 
PYRO said:
Why would they kick themselves for getting 3 stud rookies in the first three picks? The trade up gave us waddle versus Parsons which does suck. I would have done Parsons and Bateman over Waddle and Phillips.

But who would have known that's how the draft would have played out? Waddle is a huge play maker, and Bateman was injured right away. Seeing he's our only real super talent on offense you can't really get too mad at that draft assessment.
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Not sure about that, Waddle already proved he can be a top WR in the league, Bateman wouldn't have been able to do nearly as much, even if healthy. Waddle was basically the only person on the O the D had to pay attention to, not sure if Bateman would be able to be productive if he was in the same spot. And yes, Parsons is super talented...but only had 3 more sacks than Phillips with many more chances to rush the passer.
 
Fin Fan in Cali said:

Ranking NFL Offseason Resources for 2022 | Over the Cap

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5. Dolphins- Avg. Rank 9.0

Miami has to be kicking themselves for last years trade up. Even if they are happy with their receiver they only rank 18th in draft capital when they should have been much stronger. The team has a ton of cap room, the most in the NFL, to go shopping with and the 8th least snaps to replace so they have all kinds of flexibility. Expectations will be high for them next year given Tua entering his third year to go along with a new coach and presumably many new toys on the team.
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Hey brother hope you are doing great. There are a lot of factors in free agency now a days, and one of them revolves around the market in which the agents feel they can gather a great guaranteed contract to their players. Last season we were a bit tighter than usual with our cap space. We had to let go of Van Noy for example, even though he did great for us in defense. The GM generally looks at the investments made in the draft, and also looks at their growth potential. Players like Preston Williams for example could be seen as expandable, and the available free agents to sign would be demanding long term deals. Fuller for example signed a 1 year deal with us, and as much as we may not know what went on in between the agent, and the dolphins, we can definitely see that a 1 year deal ended up providing a great amount of guaranteed money for fuller.

We are not yet in what I would like to call a Competitive market. In other words, we won't get too many veterans in their prime to voluntarily come play for us for a fair deal. That is ultimately the kind of players we want on this team, think of when we signed baker, and ogbah. Those were pricey, and great performing additions to our defense, but we never had anyone in offense to match the skill in offense. We draft a QB, and we simply don't have much weapons to throw at him. As much as anyone wants to critique Tua, I am not sure we will be spending a lot of money on acquiring a lot of talent for him in free agency. Least we could do is fill 2 key positions in the offensive line, and hope last years starters are able to have a great camp. We are likely gonna resign at least two players and provide them with a big contract.
 
NBP81 said:
I think you're saying this because you simply dont see where the actual value of a draft pick lies... Lets use Waddle, Phillips and Holland as examples...

  • Jaylen Waddle's value as a WR after this season is around an 11.5M per, the rookie wage salary of the #6 pick is 6.7M per... Direct savings of ~5M
  • Jaelan Phillips's value is 4.6M per, the rookie wage salary is 3.5M per... Direct savings of ~1M
  • Jevon Holland's value is 5.6M per, rookie wage salary is 2M per... Direct savings of ~3.5M
Thats 3 players saving you around 10M on their first season as pro players... If they get better, those saving will only increase as they go through their rookie contract. The more you pick high value positions in the draft, the more likely you are to save a bunch on your actual cap. Hell the Fins completely whiffed on Jackson and he's still not overpaid for a bad Guard.

Basically, the more savings you get from you draft picks, the more freedom you have to overpay in FA without getting into cap hell...
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May i ask how you derived @ each players value after they completed their season?
 
NBP81, Slater is someone i wanted and finished top 10 at the LT position. How do you value him @ pick 12 after he completed his season?
 
I'm out in left field with this.

I really don't think our new HC is going trophy hunting for the big fish.

I see this off season as a plug and place for a offence and defense in his vision.

I also feel not having a top 10 draft pick takes a lot of pressure off...JMHO
 
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