last 4 first round picks.
Odrick
pouncey
tannehill
jordan
countless of late round picks that are balling more than their counterparts that were drafted in the same around across the entire league. Cap space for years. Franchise qb. 9th youngest team in the league. We have all our drafts picks for the next couple of years. Brandon marshall has never won a playoff game, and vontae davis got rosted all day today, while nolan carroll, grimes, and patterson have led this defense to a #2 in the league ranking. Yeah he sucks..
Facts:
### from the 2012 draft: Rishard matthews, selected 227th, was great value in the seventh round and has become a solid slot receiver since brandon gibson’s injury.
nobody selected that low in 2012 has been as good, and only one other nfl receiver (vincent brown) has as many catches (30) without a drop.
Matthews has caught 68 percent of balls thrown to him, which ranks 22nd among 112 receivers. “i’ve proven i can be trusted,” he said.
Olivier vernon at no. 72 and lamar miller at 97 were also good value, though we’re focusing here on picks in the bottom half of the draft.
### from 2011:
no player chosen in the sixth or seventh round that year has been as productive as charles clay, selected 174th. Clay (53 catches, 581 yards) ranks sixth among tight ends in receptions, has more catches than anthony fasano in any of his five seasons in miami and might break randy mcmichael’s single-season record for receiving yards by a dolphins tight end (791 on 2004).
“he’s making some clutch catches that he didn’t make all the time last year,” offensive coordinator mike sherman said.
Seventh-round cornerback jimmy wilson, picked 235th in 2011, has improved significantly; quarterbacks have a 67.9 rating in his coverage area, which is
19th-best in the league and down from 99.6 in 2012.
### from 2010: Reshad jones (drafted at 163) and to a lesser extent,
nolan carroll (145) rank arguably among the top 5 to 10 players picked in rounds five through seven that year. (pittsburgh’s antonio brown is clearly the best.)
jones’ play has declined somewhat from a year ago, but carroll is much-improved; he’s allowing a
66.1 passer rating in his coverage area. that ranks 15th-best among 112 qualifying cornerbacks.
### from 2009:
none of the 130-plus players picked in the fourth round or lower are clearly better than brian hartline (chosen 108th), and he might be the best. also, chris clemons (165) ranks among the top five to 10 players plucked in the fifth round or lower that year, along with the dolphins’ gibson (drafted 194th by philadelphia).
After miami picked clemons, dallas then chose clemson’s other safety, michael hamlin, who is out of the league. Pro football focus ranks
clemons 13th among 84 safeties; he has allowed only six completions.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/sports-buzz/
so he gets bash for his 2nd and 3rd round misses, but no credit for all his other hits, like charles clay, jimmy wilson, nolan carroll and etc. #****thehaters..
