Starting to See the Wisdom of a WR Pick

[AJ Duhe]

Yes, WR is probably the deepest position in this draft, but I'm starting to see how a pick like Odell Beckham or Brandin Cooks in the first round could really change our offense. Mike Wallace has deep speed for sure, but he's not the strongest runner in the open field on short routes. We don't currently have a player that creates a matchup problem with the ability to take a shallow route and turn it into a big play.

I really think the talk of Hickey being in love with this tackle or that tackle is just a smokescreen. When he looks at value on the board, there's no way he takes a RT at #19.

 

[fisi]

I think this draft should be a very easy one for the Dolphins, it is all about what team they want to be. If you want to run on dangerous offensive team, the whole receiving corp has to be reevaluated. To be a defensive powerhouse, a true MLB and another DE. With this years' WRs depth, why not go for offense. A top WR pick would go a long way to define the team. But finish the job on OLine. Thank you!

 

[Loui F Baby]

I believe that drafting a WR is second to drafting a QB as for the level of risk that is involved. There are endless amounts of WRs that have been drafted in the 1st round and never did anything. We need either OL or LB. I wish that we would go LB to just finish this off and seal the deal on our LB core. I wouyld not mind going LB then selecting OL with rest of our picks.

 

[HoneyB]

Our priority is the O line so there's no question in my mind that's what he's targeting in round one. But if his guy doesn't fall, and he can get better value in round two, then he will.

I think a lot of O linemen will be off the board, teams simply need them. I just hope there isn't too much of a run, and we can get who we prefer, and still get a playmaker as well.

 

[Fin Fan in Cali]

I understand looking at WR due to we can get better at the position along with coming off of injuries as well. Could use someone to push this unit to be better as a group.

 

[NRA]

in todays nfl you have to be able to pass and score lots of points.

and, you have to have a BIG TIME SECONDARY to stop all the other teams who have these big, dominant wr's on other teams in and out of our division.

mike wallace [the best wr we have and vastly demonized for tanny's shortcomings] is dominant, he was open so much last year for big plays it was sick. even tanny himself said last week HE is the one who has to pick up the downfield big plays. and not to many teams have a wr that ABSOLUTELY has to be accounted for on every play. we have one!! and, we can use another. you cant have to many PLAY MAKERS, on either side of the ball.

i want secondary in the first round and another in the 2nd or 3rd. but, i can absolutely see hickey taking one of the big time wr's who WILL be there at #19. COOKS, marshall and hartline with mathews or a healthy, end zome finding gibson in the slot wouldnt suck.

the ONLY o-lineguys worth taking at #19 are the BIG TIME 3 LT's, mathews, lewan and my fav greg robinson. and we are NOT drafting and paying another LT after the contract we gave albert. albert is going to be on that left side for another 4-5 years. after those guys, you have a dozen guys who can come right in and play RT. martin is everyones fav but, if the run on OT's happens like most think, he will be gone also.

and there are going to be several db's and lb's and play making wr's available for the finz to go RT at #19. several of those guys in those positions are better at what they do than martin is [and i like him] as a tackle.

you can put the wall of china in front of tanny but if he cant learn to hit the big plays down field and our secondary can not deal with the big time wr's and passing games in todays nfl, it wont mean a thing. fine, tanny thows for 27 yards but our opponent scores 36!! a stout secondary is much more important right now than rt. and i think fox, who has commited to the weight room and physical fitness is going to be the guy. and better than what we had last year. there isnt a guard worth #19. DRAFT TO THE STRENGTH ad in the first round, ALWAYS go BPA and if that happens to be a big need, fine, but the finz GM's have done just the opposite for years and that is why we have been one of the most talent bare teams in the nfl for a long time.

so all and all, a play making wr will not surprise me at #19 at all. neither will secondary or lb. at this point, an o-lineman in the first would surprise me no matter how convinced fans and the media hype machine are and that it's a forgone conclusion.

there is NO smoke screen game being played by hickey. he isnt tellin g ANYONE anything. all the things you hear and see on the net about our draft and who the finz are liking and who they want to draft ARE NOT COMING FROM HICKEY, weather we like the player or feel we need them. ONLY hickey knows for sure and am betting his plan is FAR, FAR different than what the fans and the media want and expect.

 

[BIG_FISH_RI]

I think it is as simple as it can get for Hickey. You target your O-lineman but if he does not make it to you at 19 you take the impact WR. Once the top 3 oline are off the board there is about 5-6 guys that all fit together and could be had in the 2nd. Don't know about most of you but Wallace COOKS Hartline sounds REAL damn good. Don't think for a second that an Impact WR does not make the running game better. In turn making the O-line better. In turn making tanny better.

There is just more than 1 way to skin a cat.

 

[FinHopeful]

I hope that Hickey sticks to BPA without taking one second to consider need. Get the best player!

 

[roy_miami]

All I know is I love our draft position more than I have in a long time. I think its almost a lock that at least one future all-pro will find his way to 19, its just up to Hickey to pick him. And I have absolutely no idea which direction we're going, I think outside of d-line and QB everything is on the table.

 

[BlueFin]

I think it is as simple as it can get for Hickey. You target your O-lineman but if he does not make it to you at 19 you take the impact WR. Once the top 3 oline are off the board there is about 5-6 guys that all fit together and could be had in the 2nd. Don't know about most of you but Wallace COOKS Hartline sounds REAL damn good. Don't think for a second that an Impact WR does not make the running game better. In turn making the O-line better. In turn making tanny better.

There is just more than 1 way to skin a cat.

This.....the probable scenario in our draft is the top tier of tackles are gone. We lack playmaking YAC in our receiving corp......Wallace is our real threat and primarily a deep threat.

I envision an offense with a Brandin Cooks where you move him around and tear up the middle of the field...fast, quick and strong...and yeah his 4.3 speed gives you another scary deep threat.

We can get RT's and Guards in rounds 2 & 3.

 

[Stefins]

I say get Brandon Coleman in the 3rd round.
Obviously if he is healthy.

At the end of last year he was projected to be a top 25 pick. He had a off year but he is a match-up nightmare. He is 6' 6" and if healthy would solve and create a ton of problems.

 

[spiketex]

I hope that Hickey sticks to BPA without taking one second to consider need. Get the best player!

If there is a big run on O-linemen, watch many teams ditch the BPA script as they scramble for the best OT and OG available. In simple terms, we need at least 2 good O-linemen. We can get some terrific players from BPA, but without sufficient talent on the O-line, we will be in trouble. It was our single biggest problem last year and it could be again if we don't draft well.

 

[Zounds]

All you have to do to convince yourself that a WR is worthy of a high pick is this: imagine if our offense lost Hartline or Wallace to injury, and we also have no viable running game. In this scenario, we would be lucky to score 20 points in a game, much like our offense was in 2012. We should definitley consider WR in this draft.

 

[royalshank]

Getting a Brandon Marshall type would be killer for our offense. Any guys like that in the draft?

 

[justdev7]

Getting a Brandon Marshall type would be killer for our offense. Any guys like that in the draft?

Devante Adams actually reminds me if a shorter version of Marshall. He's got good size, wins jump balls, and has great agility and after the catch ability for a wr his size.