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What Dolphin players excited you in college, then ended up being a major fail?

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Here is a recent list of mine...

Tedd Ginn - He was very explosive in college and a guy I thought if used properly, he could stretch the field for us allowing the underneath stuff to open up for others. I have seen him play for 4 teams already and I still think he is used improperly. Im starting to think maybe its me and not the coaching. LOL

Pat White - This guy was a perfect fit for our new offense. We will never know what he could have become had he cared about playing football. Its hard for me to fathom how he performed so well in college if his heart was never in it. If his heart was in it, why didn't it follow him to Miami?

John Beck - I bought an autographed football online that he signed before his first start against the Eagles. I wanted him to be great because of our years of crap at quarterback. I guess I couldn't be objective watching his tape knowing he was a Dolphin. Looking back he never had it and I cant remember what I ever saw in him.

Jamar Fletcher - This pick hurt more because of the players we could have taken at that spot, but I really thought he had starting talent; so much that I thought he would blossom up until the moment we cut him.

Will Poole - I tried to convince myself that his but status had more to do with injury, but maybe he is another guy that I graded completely wrong. Not sure who else saw the same thing in this guy and got excited over nothing.

Matt Roth - This guy was non-stop on the field. He reminds me so much of Cam Wake but Cam developed better hands and could did turning the corner whereas Matt could not. Watching Cam play makes it easier to project a player from college the NFL. Now that I typed that previous sentence, my high hopes of Dion Jordan come from his ability to turn the corner.

Patrick Turner - Watching this guy lay out in the end zone at USC, I was very excited he was bringing a "leave it all on the field" attitude to our receiving corp.

AJ Edds - a middle rounder but he was like 2nd in the country I think in interceptions. And he was a linebacker. Another guy that was always injured. I haven't checked to see if he is in the league still or not.

Daniel Thomas - Another toy for the coaching staff. He was drafted to fill a specific need in a gimmicky offense and then the offense was abandoned making Ireland look like an ass.

That about does it. There are a few players that I didn't like that we picked and they turned out to be pretty good for us. Ill list them below.

Mike Pouncey - I thought he was on the ground too often at Florida.

Jelani Jenkins - I thought he got caught up in blocks way too often and everyone else on the team found the ball the better than he did.

Brian Hartline - He is good because he shares a brain for the most part with RT. I didn't see very much on tape though in college to say he would become special, and he really isn't special, just dependable.
 
Is it too early to count Dion Jordan?
 
You hit mine, Matt Roth. Being an Iowa fan I lost it when we got him the 2nd. He just didn't have the athleticism to consistently win against NFL talent. I still have my #98 Roth jersey.
 
Hartline being a mid 4th round pick has steadily gotten better each year, has good hands and runs good routes plus has chemistry with Tannehill. He is a possession receiver and was never advertised to have world class speed. It seems in 2014 he is in a bit of a funk though as his stats are way down compared to the last two years.
 
I'm not sure I'll ever get over Yatil Green. What could have been.
Chad Henne. I thought he was going to be very good; not elite like a Brees, Rodgers, Brady, but maybe a Matt Ryan, or Carson Palmer when healthy.
Jake Long ended up, in the long haul, to be disappointing.
 
I'm not sure I'll ever get over Yatil Green. What could have been.
Chad Henne. I thought he was going to be very good; not elite like a Brees, Rodgers, Brady, but maybe a Matt Ryan, or Carson Palmer when healthy.
Jake Long ended up, in the long haul, to be disappointing.

With Yatil Green goes Randall Hill. We had not had speed like that since Duper, and he was a major bust. Im with you on Henne. He would play like a pro-bowler 25% of the time and average or worse the rest of the time.
 
Agree 100% with Yatil Green.

Cecil Collins
David Overstreet *pours a little out*
Lorenzo Booker
Randal Hill (although he doesn't really count)
JJ Johnson
 
Pay turner chad henne pat white john beck Jason Allen. Wow this is despressing and I could keep naming players
 
Pay turner chad henne pat white john beck Jason Allen. Wow this is despressing and I could keep naming players

Did you like Jason Allen on film? I would have guessed he was like a 5th or 6th rounder. His highlight reel was even really boring from what I can remember.
 
With Yatil Green goes Randall Hill. We had not had speed like that since Duper, and he was a major bust. Im with you on Henne. He would play like a pro-bowler 25% of the time and average or worse the rest of the time.


Least we got a first round pick for hill which I believe turned into Troy Vincent.
 
Hmm we have had so many bad drafts since the 90's there have not been a lot of players.
I would say I was a big fan of the Gardner pick, he was good for a few years. Might have been the most talented defensive player in that draft, number one pick type of guy but 2 dollar noggin and heart
 
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