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And you should use 1st round picks on that rotational player?
Well ok.
Ones who can stuff the double team or get to the QB? Absolutely.
And you should use 1st round picks on that rotational player?
Well ok.
Or defense may go fast high up and drop OL to the second.
It is what it is if they end up going tackle at 1. I'm standing behind any choice these guys make.
A QB that can get rid of the ball quickly can go a long way to disguising OL. Play calling can do the same. How do you disguise a bad defensive line?
Sounds like Gase's philosophy on offensive guards.
I disagree about the offensive line approach. Don't need to go the Dallas route on building the line, but there needs to be a real effort this rebuild on getting quality guys there instead of going cheap and expecting the scheme or QB to work around it.
Way to many defensive players I'd draft before OT at 13, heck we dont even know if one of the 3 QB's will be there.
QB plan a
Trade down plan b
Edge plan c
OL plan d
Most people would agree that the most important units on the team are Oline and Dline, yes? Therefore, I would argue that drafting one of those is precisely the definition of a "difference maker". You're supposed to build your team from the inside out so I completely disagree with the notion that you should skimp on lineman because you "could find good right tackles on day 2 regularly". You're essentially saying an offensive lineman is less important than a linebacker or a #2 corner.
You'd rather have a DE than RT? I'm fine with that, but let's not pretend like RTs are somewhere in the bottom half of important positions here.
Also for the people who aren't really thinking about a possible tanking effort, you might also want to factor in that if the eventual goal is Tua, who is left handed, that RT should be just as important as finding a franchise LT.
Based on the importance of the front lines that you make in your argument, does this mean that we should draft 8 or 9 linemen for every QB we draft?
This is not meant to be sarcastic, but to raise the following critical question:
What should be the ratio of drafting QB's compared to Offensive & Defensive linemen?
The truth is this team is ****ing up by not signing some mid level guys to both the offensive and defensive line.
Good question @Ray R ! It's probably a lot tougher to answer than it looks on the surface though. Don't forget to factor in usage. QB's have much longer careers than OL or DL, and rarely is a QB rotated, but DL are regularly rotated. OL's makes up 5 starting spots vs. 1 for QB's and a variable number for DL's using multiple fronts like ours. Then there is the replacement rate, as good QB's are rarely let go, but good OL are let go all the time in FA. Done correctly this analysis would have a lot of variables.Based on the importance of the front lines that you make in your argument, does this mean that we should draft 8 or 9 linemen for every QB we draft?
This is not meant to be sarcastic, but to raise the following critical question:
What should be the ratio of drafting QB's compared to Offensive & Defensive linemen?
I think we all know what the real reason is …. the person making the mock draft isn't really a Dolphins fan (is anyone in the media?), barely knows anything about us, read we lost our RT, and wanted to mock Jonah Williams in the top half of the first round, so he just stuck the unsexy draft pick (OL) with the team with the low fanbase (Miami) because of decades of mediocrity has made us irrelevant to the media types.It's a mock draft...perhaps who we want is off the board prior to 13...I did a mock before with this same pick b/c the people I would target (without trades) were already gone...
you might be on to something here bro. We do get too hyper about who's mock to us and who's not. The fact is we don't know who the FO is targeting other than I've heard many times they want to build from the inside out and starting up front.I think we all know what the real reason is …. the person making the mock draft isn't really a Dolphins fan (is anyone in the media?), barely knows anything about us, read we lost our RT, and wanted to mock Jonah Williams in the top half of the first round, so he just stuck the unsexy draft pick (OL) with the team with the low fanbase (Miami) because of decades of mediocrity has made us irrelevant to the media types.
We're all overthinking it because we want to act like it was a genuine informed choice, but in reality, the writer probably didn't give a shiz about us and just plugged it in to keep the sexier picks for larger fanbases to generate maximum clicks. Blech.
Defense in today's ruleset has changed fundamentally. It's not really about dominating and 3-and-outs. Today it's about generating a good set of 3 downs to stop the opposing offense before they score a TD, or generating a turnover.Ones who can stuff the double team or get to the QB? Absolutely.