Scenario 1:
#3 Penei Sewell OT/Oregon
#18 Terrance Marshall WR/LSU
#36 Creed Humphrey C/Oklahoma
#50 JeVonte Williams TB/UNC
Scenario 2:
#3 DeVonta Smith WR/Alabama
#18 Zaven Collins LB/Tulsa
#36 Jaelan Phillip's EDGE/Miami
#50 Amon-Ra St Brown WR/USC
Scenario 3:
#3 JaMarr Chase WR/LSU
#18 Travis Etienne TB/Clemson
#36 Carlos Basham EDGE/Wake Forest
#50 Landon Dickerson C/Alabama
Scenario 4:
#3 Micah Parsons LB/Penn St
#18 Najee Harris TB/Alabama
#36 RonDale Moore WR/Purdue
#50 Alex Leatherwood OT/Alabama
Which scenario do you prefer for our Miami Dolphins?
Of those draft picks you have listed, none really appeal to me. But if I could mix and match, it would be:
#3 Ja'Marr Chase WR/LSU
#18 Travis Etienne TB/Clemson (way too high for me, I wouldn't take a RB in round 1, but he is the best RB and the best of a weak set of choices you listed at #18)
#36 Creed Humphrey C/Oklahoma (good value at #36, but I would rather draft a T who is good at pass protection to play RT as Tua's blind side protector)
#50 Alex Leatherwood OT/Alabama (really dislike this pick and all of the options, but I chose Leatherwood simply because I value the position)
If we were forced into one of those 4 scenarios, I would choose Scenario 3 ... but I would be extremely disappointed with the second round picks and really only happy about the Chase pick.
My evaluation of positions and talent seems to differ from yours. To each his own ... but if we sit at #3 and draft Sewell, Smith or Parsons we will have dramatically overdrafted and wasted a fantastic opportunity to trade back to almost any other spot.
In the second round, Zaven Collins is a solid player, but the LB position is less valued these days and he's more of a solid 2nd rounder. I like both RB's, but not at #18. Drafting Terrace Marshall in round 1 is wasteful as 2nd round WR's of equal or greater value will be available later.
We simply see the draft differently with your #36 picks. While Creed Humphry would be good value there, I will not be surprised if he's not available--but if he is, that's a solid pick. I'm not a believer in the edge rushers in this class. Sure, one or two will develop and I'll be wrong ... but I see all of them as low production athletic gambles or limited ceiling players. We need a pass rusher ... but there are no Chase Young types in this draft.
For the final 2nd rounder at #50, none of these guys would be players I would draft. While I'm high on drafting OL and think there are a lot of good ones available in the first two rounds, I tend to shy away from Alabama OL simply because Saban's team grinds them hard and they usually do not live up to their ability. Some have injury issues, some psychological issues, some are a mirage because they've been surrounded by talent, and yeah, some pan out just fine ... but the miss rate is too high for me. I'm just not as high on the WR prospects as you are, so I rate every one lower than you do with the exception of Ja'Marr Chase. I also do not rate RB's highly because of a low positional value these days, so after Etienne and Harris ... I'm looking at round 6 or UDFA's mostly. Guys like Myles Gaskin, Salvon Ahmed, or even Lynn Bowden Jr., will do just fine until we can find value.
This will be a fun thread to revisit just before the draft (especially if there is a combine this year) to see how evaluations change. I suspect closer to the actual draft our evaluations will be more similar than they are right now.
Cheers, and thanks for posting this
@MiaFins31 , it is always fun to see different perspectives.
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