Long story short, there are competing priorities. Every team wants to draft the Best Player Available (BPA), and at #3 overall, that player can be a franchise changer. Still, the ultimate goal is to build a football team, that means players who fit schemes the coaching staff can make succeed, and sometimes fit positions of need. Then there is the salary cap, which says they can't all be stars because we can't afford to keep the team together! One aspect that I like about Grier is that he tries to move up and down the board to find places where the BPA also fits a position of need, with positional value, AND our scheme. That is impossible to do always, but Grier does a good job of finding those.
But at #3, there are only 2 or 3 guys that the Dolphins even have in their internal discussions as being worthy of that pick. Sure, the fans have a dozen or so, but the scouts have an entirely different point of view, and the real list is very short. In this draft, the only defensive player even remotely worth the #3 pick would be a CB, and I think none of those CB's are even in that discussion, and the gap between that prospect and what you could get at #36 isn't huge. Remember, we traded up a bit in round 2 to get Xavien Howard, and I think that type of situation might happen again this year as the end of that tier 1 CB class starts to get hoovered up. But at #3 ... it's going to be offense. Specifically, I think it's either a QB, Pennei Sewell or Ja'Marr Chase. Given that, I'd try to trade back for more picks from a QB-needy team, or I'd pick Ja'Marr Chase. YMMV, but that's my $0.02 on it.
But at #3, there are only 2 or 3 guys that the Dolphins even have in their internal discussions as being worthy of that pick. Sure, the fans have a dozen or so, but the scouts have an entirely different point of view, and the real list is very short. In this draft, the only defensive player even remotely worth the #3 pick would be a CB, and I think none of those CB's are even in that discussion, and the gap between that prospect and what you could get at #36 isn't huge. Remember, we traded up a bit in round 2 to get Xavien Howard, and I think that type of situation might happen again this year as the end of that tier 1 CB class starts to get hoovered up. But at #3 ... it's going to be offense. Specifically, I think it's either a QB, Pennei Sewell or Ja'Marr Chase. Given that, I'd try to trade back for more picks from a QB-needy team, or I'd pick Ja'Marr Chase. YMMV, but that's my $0.02 on it.