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The draft is rarely what you think it will be.
Came in thinking we'd go Barron who would add some playmaking and versatility to the secondary and defense but get why they went Grant, whose clean health profile and run stuffing made him a better choice than Nolen. or Harmon.
I think his upside and motor make him a potential version of Vince Wilfork.
Like the Jonah Savaiinaea pick more than Grant and applaud the FO for going up and getting him bc he wasn't going to last until 48. Was a big Ratledge fan but think Jonah S gives you a little more size and nastiness and versatility as Ratledge was pretty much RG only at Georgia. It was supposed to be a deep OL class but there weren't many guards available I thought could start right away at a guard spot but Jonah should be able to do that
The price to move up to the top of the round wasn't too steep when you consider we got a 5th back.
Lotta guys I liked for the Dolphins like Mukuba, Charles Grant, Xavier Watt and Jonas Sanker went in that gap between 48 and 98 so I don't feel bad about losing the top 100 comp pick.
Little worried about the corner spot. Couple guys left but when Grier said on Thursday night that there's plenty of corners still left, I doubted him then and more after tonight's rounds. He's been decent about finding UDFA corners but not so hot in the early and middle rounds. I think one of those top 30 visits from Cbs has to be one of our next two picks.
Agree with K Crabbs that this isn't a gold jacket draft, it's a starter draft and as he said, we have the chance well into round 4 to upgrade our OL, DL and secondary with better talent. So far, 2 for 2 and we're one more OL, imo, from being able to excise two of the worst players in recent Dolphin history from the roster so go get Miles Frazier or Fairchild or that Harvard transfer to Iowa State, Travis.
Starting to think the next good safety we bring in won't be from this draft but in free agency. It was unrealistic to think we'd lock down this G, DT, CB and S holes from this draft and my dream for a complete TE or a drafted short yardage back will have to wait until next year unless we get lucky with UDFAs.
Still have a chance to bring in more OL talent, a decent corner and 2 more DTs like CJ West or Jordan Phillips.
Think the whole division did really well esp the Pats and the days of Belichick wasting picks is over. Jets grabbed at least 2 starters and the Bills, after a bad pick in round 1, rebounded with some good players. We got bigger and better in the trenches which was much needed but I'm thinking the Pats and maybe the Jets will have 2-3 more players from this class making big contributions than we will have.
I think the Jets and Pats are already benefiting from a new set of talent evaluators and as much as I love Grier, if he had not left this roster barren at so many levels, we would have had a different draft that including adding BPAs rather than good players that we had to draft because we didn't have enough decent starters at those spots.
Came in thinking we'd go Barron who would add some playmaking and versatility to the secondary and defense but get why they went Grant, whose clean health profile and run stuffing made him a better choice than Nolen. or Harmon.
I think his upside and motor make him a potential version of Vince Wilfork.
Like the Jonah Savaiinaea pick more than Grant and applaud the FO for going up and getting him bc he wasn't going to last until 48. Was a big Ratledge fan but think Jonah S gives you a little more size and nastiness and versatility as Ratledge was pretty much RG only at Georgia. It was supposed to be a deep OL class but there weren't many guards available I thought could start right away at a guard spot but Jonah should be able to do that
The price to move up to the top of the round wasn't too steep when you consider we got a 5th back.
Lotta guys I liked for the Dolphins like Mukuba, Charles Grant, Xavier Watt and Jonas Sanker went in that gap between 48 and 98 so I don't feel bad about losing the top 100 comp pick.
Little worried about the corner spot. Couple guys left but when Grier said on Thursday night that there's plenty of corners still left, I doubted him then and more after tonight's rounds. He's been decent about finding UDFA corners but not so hot in the early and middle rounds. I think one of those top 30 visits from Cbs has to be one of our next two picks.
Agree with K Crabbs that this isn't a gold jacket draft, it's a starter draft and as he said, we have the chance well into round 4 to upgrade our OL, DL and secondary with better talent. So far, 2 for 2 and we're one more OL, imo, from being able to excise two of the worst players in recent Dolphin history from the roster so go get Miles Frazier or Fairchild or that Harvard transfer to Iowa State, Travis.
Starting to think the next good safety we bring in won't be from this draft but in free agency. It was unrealistic to think we'd lock down this G, DT, CB and S holes from this draft and my dream for a complete TE or a drafted short yardage back will have to wait until next year unless we get lucky with UDFAs.
Still have a chance to bring in more OL talent, a decent corner and 2 more DTs like CJ West or Jordan Phillips.
Think the whole division did really well esp the Pats and the days of Belichick wasting picks is over. Jets grabbed at least 2 starters and the Bills, after a bad pick in round 1, rebounded with some good players. We got bigger and better in the trenches which was much needed but I'm thinking the Pats and maybe the Jets will have 2-3 more players from this class making big contributions than we will have.
I think the Jets and Pats are already benefiting from a new set of talent evaluators and as much as I love Grier, if he had not left this roster barren at so many levels, we would have had a different draft that including adding BPAs rather than good players that we had to draft because we didn't have enough decent starters at those spots.
