What is the plan?

[Foo27]

I get taking it easy this year with free agency and stockpiling draft picks for next year but how does one team consistently leave itself with so many holes?

Is it overestimating their talent at certain spots like corner and OG last year or it is just horrible roster management? How do you go into this draft with almost no talent at CB, very little at DE, no real experience or depth at RB, the same crappy guards you had last year, LB's who consistently miss games every season and who aren't that productive and no real FS. Love R Jones but he's a strong safety, in the box defender. from what i've read about our new S from the Lions he's also a SS

why didn't Tannenbaum or Grier make a play for one of the top guards in free agency? That's the only way this line gets fixed. It's not going to be fixed by a rookie and it needs to happen this year, not in year 3 of some over-drafted converted guard's career. They had the money to pay Brooks or Boone and know how bad the guard play has been. We heard it for weeks running up to the free agent period.

They choose now to be fiscally responsible? after years of over drafting slugs like Dallas Thomas and watching him go "Ole" every time he lines up against a superior opponent

They also could have signed a serviceable guy at corner and not make that a must spot in round 1 but again I guess Tannenbaum missed the idea that you need 22 quality starters to play

I just don't understand why the team couldn't fill ONE obvious hole before April.

 

[Geforce]

I get taking it easy this year with free agency and stockpiling draft picks for next year but how does one team consistently leave itself with so many holes?

Is it overestimating their talent at certain spots like corner and OG last year or it is just horrible roster management? How do you go into this draft with almost no talent at CB, very little at DE, no real experience or depth at RB, the same crappy guards you had last year, LB's who consistently miss games every season and who aren't that productive and no real FS. Love R Jones but he's a strong safety, in the box defender. from what i've read about our new S from the Lions he's also a SS

why didn't Tannenbaum or Grier make a play for one of the top guards in free agency? That's the only way this line gets fixed. It's not going to be fixed by a rookie and it needs to happen this year, not in year 3 of some over-drafted converted guard's career. They had the money to pay Brooks or Boone and know how bad the guard play has been. We heard it for weeks running up to the free agent period.

They choose now to be fiscally responsible? after years of over drafting slugs like Dallas Thomas and watching him go "Ole" every time he lines up against a superior opponent

They also could have signed a serviceable guy at corner and not make that a must spot in round 1 but again I guess Tannenbaum missed the idea that you need 22 quality starters to play

I just don't understand why the team couldn't fill ONE obvious hole before April.

I didn't know the season started in April?

 

[Foo27]

I didn't know the season started in April?

The draft is in April. Do you somehow think there will be an abundance of great players at RB, OG, DE, LB TE and CB?
Maybe you'd like to reply with a more thoughtful response next time

 

[Phinatic8u]

Because every team has holes.

 

[Geforce]

The draft is in April. Do you somehow think there will be an abundance of great players at RB, OG, DE, LB TE and CB?
Maybe you'd like to reply with a more thoughtful response next time

Nope.

 

[Foo27]

Nope.

why even respond if you plan to add nothing to the discussion? [removed by staff]

 

[Highzenga]

I'm with you but when you're paying big money to a couple of guys, there will be units that will suffer. We can't have stars at every position, but if we draft quality players and our coaching staff put them in positions to succeed we would be fine. In theory, we should be able to plug in turner and Thomas/Douglas at guard and get by. Jamar Taylor should be a serviceable CB. However, they haven't shown any promise. Hopefully we can draft well and turn things around. Unfortunately, our front office hasn't shown any promise either.

 

[Foo27]

I'm with you but when you're paying big money to a couple of guys, there will be units that will suffer. We can't have stars at every position, but if we draft quality players and our coaching staff put them in positions to succeed we would be fine. In theory, we should be able to plug in turner and Thomas/Douglas at guard and get by. Jamar Taylor should be a serviceable CB. However, they haven't shown any promise. Hopefully we can draft well and turn things around. Unfortunately, our front office hasn't shown any promise either.

Yup, Interesting to note that Mike Tannnebaum's last draft class as GM with the Jets in 2012 is gone or has washed out with Demarrio Davis leaving the Jets for the Browns. they didn't get much else put of this class

I was hoping Dolphins could go into this draft and replace the DE's, get more LB talent and depth and fortify the secondary. A free agent G and decent RB would have let them do that. FO blew that chance

 

[Adam First]

This offseason just feels like we're going to tank 2016.
After 2016 a ton of the previous regime's players will be coming off the books or be easier to cut - and if need be, this offseason's "big" acquisitions such as Mario Williams and Byron Maxwell can be cut without extreme financial penalty.

There isn't much the team can do now outside of the draft (aside from signing a guard and a running back)

If you want those compensatory picks for next draft, you got to sign cut players, or you can kiss those draft picks goodbye

 

[Csonked Out]

This offseason just feels like we're going to tank 2016.
After 2016 a ton of the previous regime's players will be coming off the books or be easier to cut - and if need be, this offseason's "big" acquisitions such as Mario Williams and Byron Maxwell can be cut without extreme financial penalty.

There isn't much the team can do now outside of the draft (aside from signing a guard and a running back)

If you want those compensatory picks for next draft, you got to sign cut players, or you can kiss those draft picks goodbye

I have no problem going through a rebuild, but it just feels uncomfortable when just a year ago we signed Suh to a $100 million contract. Just doesn't make much sense to me is all.

 

[DuderinoN703]

The draft is in April. Do you somehow think there will be an abundance of great players at RB, OG, DE, LB TE and CB?
Maybe you'd like to reply with a more thoughtful response next time

I wasn't aware teams had great players at all positions.

 

[Highzenga]

Yup, Interesting to note that Mike Tannnebaum's last draft class as GM with the Jets in 2012 is gone or has washed out with Demarrio Davis leaving the Jets for the Browns. they didn't get much else put of this class

I was hoping Dolphins could go into this draft and replace the DE's, get more LB talent and depth and fortify the secondary. A free agent G and decent RB would have let them do that. FO blew that chance

Would have been nice if we had some foresight and traded OV and Miller a year ago. We knew that we couldn't afford OV after we signed Suh.

 

[Highzenga]

I have no problem going through a rebuild, but it just feels uncomfortable when just a year ago we signed Suh to a $100 million contract. Just doesn't make much sense to me is all.

This is why you don't pay non qb free agents that kind of money. He clearly isn't as impactful as we anticipated. While Suh is a better player than OV, I would have preferred to pay OV that money over Suh because he plays a more impactful position.

 

[Adam First]

I'm not a fan of the Suh deal either, but we are still going to be fine in the future

The salary cap is going to balloon, and we'll be able to absorb Suh's deal a lot easier. He's going to be the cornerstone of this defense for the next three to four years. There's no doubt he's an elite player, and if the prodigy Vance Joseph can make a defense worth a damn, then we could see great things from the front four.

 

[Atila]

Would have been nice if we had some foresight and traded OV and Miller a year ago. We knew that we couldn't afford OV after we signed Suh.

Hindsight is 20/20 - should have handled or projected how both those players would have done better, maybe... but coming into 2015, OV had a poor 2014 campaign AND was asking for $10mil/year... it would have been a huge risk at the time that everyone would have hated. He isn't worth the contract he got, not even close.