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I had to go into work Saturday morning so I missed the first 2 hours of the draft. I had ESPN radio on and was in my co-workers ear the entire time about that chances of Brady Quinn sliding to us. Pick after pick, it looked like it was about to become a reality. Once the Joe Thomas pick at #3, I don't think there was ever anything I've ever been more sure of.
........with the No. 9 pick, the Miami Dolphins select Ted Ginn Jr, Ohio St.
Hold the farken phone!!!!!!! I literally was on the phone with a prospective client when I saw the Phinfever chatroom break into complete chaos. I couldn't believe it. We've been franchised QB starved since Dan Marino's exodus, having to watch regime after regime toy around with scrap parts from other teams.......and now we just passed on a gift from above. Much the way Leinart slipped to the Cards last year, I thought lady luck had finally decided to slap a big smooch on our franchise's proverbial cheeks.
Suffice to say I was quite furious and in denial for the majority of the afternoon. As Quinn kept sliding, I kept holding out hope that the PFT rumor we were trying to trade back into the 1st round was to get Quinn. ESPN was reporting 3 teams were trying to get at Quinn. Please Cam. Please Randy. Nope. The Cleveland Browns. Good for them. They lucked out big time in this draft. They got a franchise LT and QB all in the 1st round.
Here's the thing with me. Ginn is a terrible value at the #9 selection - there's practically no arguing that. We valued draft picks, I don't know how we weren't able to trade back. The guy can only run a handleful of routes. He weighs 180lbs with his socks soaken wet and cement blocks for shoes. Sure he's got blazing speed, but how can you display that speed if you're getting your skinny azz jammed all day long by physical DB's. How are you going to return kicks or punts when teams can just kick or punt the ball away from you? Picking a wideout at #9 means that the guy is a true No.1 reciever on a foobtall team and Ginn is most certainly not.
And what's with Cameron getting in front of the Dolphin faithful at the draft day bubble and telling them to calm down and appreciate the amazing job Ginn's going to do as a punt returner????? A punt returner? At the #9 slot? At that point I really wanted to puke.
Rand-Cam made up for their blunder by getting John Beck, which was pure luck. I wanted Beck if the dominos didn't fall our way for Quinn. I'm very happy with the Satele pick, he's a warrior and Lorenzo Booker is a playmaker, it's just too bad nobody got to see it as he had to play behind one of the worst o-lines in the NCAA. Anything that guy did, he created all on his own and boy does the kid have moves. Offensively, I feel like we did indeed reload a little bit.
..........but it's going to bug the heck out of me and fans of this franchise for a long time if Brady Quinn proves to be a spectacular player in the NFL. It will hurt as bad as watching us pass on Drew Brees - the last time we had a solid chance at rectifying our QB mess. I'm praying John Beck lives up to his sleeper billing because as much as Brady Quinn would've had to live up to the hype and play in the shadow of Dan Marino - John Beck is going to have to go toe-to-toe with whatever Brady Quinn does in the NFL to justify the Ginn pick.
With all that being said, why did we even bluff about having interest in Quinn? It just didn't make any sense to me given that our interest was invetsted in Beck.
........with the No. 9 pick, the Miami Dolphins select Ted Ginn Jr, Ohio St.
Hold the farken phone!!!!!!! I literally was on the phone with a prospective client when I saw the Phinfever chatroom break into complete chaos. I couldn't believe it. We've been franchised QB starved since Dan Marino's exodus, having to watch regime after regime toy around with scrap parts from other teams.......and now we just passed on a gift from above. Much the way Leinart slipped to the Cards last year, I thought lady luck had finally decided to slap a big smooch on our franchise's proverbial cheeks.
Suffice to say I was quite furious and in denial for the majority of the afternoon. As Quinn kept sliding, I kept holding out hope that the PFT rumor we were trying to trade back into the 1st round was to get Quinn. ESPN was reporting 3 teams were trying to get at Quinn. Please Cam. Please Randy. Nope. The Cleveland Browns. Good for them. They lucked out big time in this draft. They got a franchise LT and QB all in the 1st round.
Here's the thing with me. Ginn is a terrible value at the #9 selection - there's practically no arguing that. We valued draft picks, I don't know how we weren't able to trade back. The guy can only run a handleful of routes. He weighs 180lbs with his socks soaken wet and cement blocks for shoes. Sure he's got blazing speed, but how can you display that speed if you're getting your skinny azz jammed all day long by physical DB's. How are you going to return kicks or punts when teams can just kick or punt the ball away from you? Picking a wideout at #9 means that the guy is a true No.1 reciever on a foobtall team and Ginn is most certainly not.
And what's with Cameron getting in front of the Dolphin faithful at the draft day bubble and telling them to calm down and appreciate the amazing job Ginn's going to do as a punt returner????? A punt returner? At the #9 slot? At that point I really wanted to puke.
Rand-Cam made up for their blunder by getting John Beck, which was pure luck. I wanted Beck if the dominos didn't fall our way for Quinn. I'm very happy with the Satele pick, he's a warrior and Lorenzo Booker is a playmaker, it's just too bad nobody got to see it as he had to play behind one of the worst o-lines in the NCAA. Anything that guy did, he created all on his own and boy does the kid have moves. Offensively, I feel like we did indeed reload a little bit.
..........but it's going to bug the heck out of me and fans of this franchise for a long time if Brady Quinn proves to be a spectacular player in the NFL. It will hurt as bad as watching us pass on Drew Brees - the last time we had a solid chance at rectifying our QB mess. I'm praying John Beck lives up to his sleeper billing because as much as Brady Quinn would've had to live up to the hype and play in the shadow of Dan Marino - John Beck is going to have to go toe-to-toe with whatever Brady Quinn does in the NFL to justify the Ginn pick.
With all that being said, why did we even bluff about having interest in Quinn? It just didn't make any sense to me given that our interest was invetsted in Beck.
