What If: Miami Dolphins 1999 draft Moss

[twix2500]

Excuse me I meant 1998!!
One of the biggest blunders in dolphins draft history is Jimmy Johnson trading down before knowing that Moss would have been avialable. Also missing out on drafting Ahmad Green. Just for fun Lets go back and lets predict how good would the phins would have been with not trading down and drafting Randy Moss in the first and Ahmad Green in the second instead of John Avery, Patrick Surtain and Kenny Mixon? Predict the record, how far the team will go and the reason. Here how the depth chart of the team would of been:

Quarterbacks:

13 Dan Marino QB 6-4 228 Pittsburgh
7 Craig Erickson QB 6-2 215 Miami

Running Backs:

30 Ahman Green RB 6-0 218
33 Karim Abdul-Jabbar RB 5-10 205 UCLA
36 Stanley Pritchett FB 6-1 242 South Carolina

Wide Receivers:

18 Randy Moss WR 6-4 210 Marshall
81 O.J. McDuffie WR 5-10 195 Penn State
85 Lamar Thomas WR 6-1 175 Miami
86 Oronde Gadsden WR 6-3 218 Winston-Salem
88 Charles Jordan WR 5-11 185 Long Beach

Tight Ends:

84 Troy Drayton TE 6-3 270 Penn State
89 Ed Perry TE 6-4 255 James Madison
82 Frank Wainwright TE 6-3 255 N. Colorado

Offensive Linemen:

78 Richmond Webb OT 6-6 320 Texas A&M
63 Mark Dixon OL 6-4 300 Virginia
61 Tim Ruddy C 6-3 300 Notre Dame
65 Kevin Donnalley OG 6-5 305 N. Carolina
76 James Brown OT 6-6 330 Virginia St.
74 Brent Smith OG 6-5 315 Miss. St.

Defensive Tackles:

92 Daryl Gardener DT 6-6 315 Baylor
95 Tim Bowens DT 6-4 315 Miss
72 Barron Tanner DT 6-3 312 Oklahoma
75 Shane Burton DT/DE 6-6 305 Tenn.

Defensive Ends:

99 Jason Taylor DE 6-6 250 Akron
93 Trace Armstrong DE 6-4 270 Florida
96 Daniel Stubbs DE 6-4 270 U of Miami
91 Lorenzo Bromell DE 6-6 265 Clemson

Linebackers:

54 Zach Thomas LB 5-11 235 Texas Tech
59 Derrick Rodgers LB 6-1 227 Arizona State
52 Robert Jones LB 6-3 250 E.Carolina
50 Dwight Hollier LB 6-2 242 N. Carolina
53 Larry Izzo LB 5-10 228 Rice
57 O.J. Brigance LB 6-0 236 Rice

Cornerbacks:

29 Sam Madison CB 5-11 185 Louisville
27 Terrell Buckley CB 5-9 180 Florida State
24 Jerry Wilson CB 5-10 187 Southern U.

Safeties:

22 Shawn Wooden S 5-11 205 Notre Dame
31 Brock Marion S 5-11 205 Nev-Reno
38 Calvin Jackson S 5-9 215 Auburn
45 Brian Walker S 6-1 198 Washington St

Special Teams:

8 Klaus Wilmsmeyer P 6-2 205 Louisville
10 Olindo Mare K 5-10 190 Syracuse

 

[Dolfan984]

Marino plays a year or two more that's probably what happens.

 

[Mike13]

Marino gets his ring.

No one would be able to stop that combo.

 

[Semedi]

No Superbowl because that @$$ JJ still would of kept Marino handcuffed on the field.

 

[jguig]

But JJ is a genius. Isn't he?? Isn't he????

 

[WISfinfan13]

i agree that marino probably would have played a few more years if JJ would have drafted moss...Which would have been really sweet...Randy Moss had the best 4 or 5 year span out of any reciever in NFL history which could have been Dan's 18th and 19th years...and who knows about a SuperBowl...

But you have to remember when we brought JJ in we had no running game at all and that was one of his goals, establish the run which is why he reached on John Avery...His other goal was to rebuild the Defense. Drafting future hall of famers Zach and Jason in the process...


In conclusion yes it sucks to think about JJ passing on Moss, but you cant call his tenure a failure because he got our running game headed in the right direction, and established a tenacious defense which we are still feeling the effects of today...

 

[Mike13]

But JJ is a genius. Isn't he?? Isn't he????

NO.

 

[phunwin]

Hard to say. They certainly would have done better, but remember, that 1998 Denver team was an absolute juggernaut.

 

[twix2500]

Hard to say. They certainly would have done better, but remember, that 1998 Denver team was an absolute juggernaut.

Denver vs Miami in the AFC championship game. Now that would of been a great game.

 

[phunwin]

Denver vs Miami in the AFC championship game. Now that would of been a great game.

Well, it certainly would have been much more competitive than the 38-3 whooping they put on us in the divisional round. Adding Moss and Green to the offense would have definitely helped even out the scales somewhat.

 

[andyahs]

But JJ is a genius. Isn't he?? Isn't he????

Just ask him....:wink:

 

[Stefins]

Great Post...

JJ dropped the ball on that trade down.

 

[Finsfan1984]

Drafting Avery was the biggest kneejerk reaction i have ever seen...JJ did that after he realized how ****ed up he was for trading down before the draft.

Avery was like a late 2nd early 3rd at best at the time of the draft. I watched him in college a lot, and i liked his potential for the pros a lot, however, as a third down back and as a returner, thats it!!
He was too much one dimensional for a every down back.

I believe he probably would have been a decent player for a team for several years, but drafting him above his potential put to much pressure on him, as it quite often does on a lot of players.

Yea i have thought many times about this one. Moss would have been awesome for us and Marino...JJ screwed us on that one...:boohoo:

 

[Boomer]

Trading out of getting Alan Faneca was just as bad.

 

[Finsfan1984]

Trading out of getting Alan Faneca was just as bad.

My God, your so right on Boomer!! I had forgot about Faneca. I wanted us to draft him so bad that year, he was the OL that i wanted the fins to draft that year, i felt so strong about his NFL ability. We jacked that up bad!!!
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