Linehan usually does use a lot of 3-wide sets and while Booker is good, he doesn't have the speed Edwards has. ALSO, you could use the fact that Booker will be in his 30's this upcoming season and Edwards is a good injection of youth.
Phinzone said:now, i'm actually a booker fan, but is he a TRUE #1? He's not really a receiving threat, he's more of a posessino receiver IMO. GREAT #2 man, but lackluster as the #1 man. I think chambers is #1 potential, but he hasn't lived up to it...though he hasn't ever had a real QB throwing to him. Anyway, i wouldn't argue with Edwards coming to Miami, though we have other needs. If we draft at #2 we're going to be paying #2 money. Might as well be for the best player in the draft IMO.
Not to detract from your argument, but Emmitt Smith was a first rounder, albeit not in the top 15.Emitt Smith (5th rd)
fishypete said:Maybe at one time....but he isn't playing like a number 1 now. To compare Edwards to Booker is a joke....Booker will never be what Edwards can be...with him and Chambers...Booker would be the 3rd receiver on the field.
Jimmy James said:By all means, let's just replace every player who didn't play like a number 1 on the offense last year. Booker should be the last of those replaced because unlike the others, he was thrust into a whole different team with mighty struggles stemming from the OC not even knowing the offense being run. If ANY player has a valid excuse for struggling last year, it is Marty Booker.
You're right that comparing Edwards to Booker is a joke. Unlike any receiver on the Dolphins roster other than him, Booker has caught 100 passes. Unlike any receiver on the Dolphins roster other than him, Booker has TWO 1000 yard seasons. Unlike any receiver on the Dolphins roster other than him, Booker has a Pro Bowl appearance. When you add that to the *staggering* statistics about how risky it is to take top 5 picks at WR (only 4 of the 10 since 1980 have even had a single 1000 yard season), this path gives me great reason for pause. I'm going to support what Saban does, but this is the one likely path that really worries me.
LostInPatsLand said:It looks like we're stuck at two. This completely sucks, but it's reality.
There's talk we're going with Edwards. But Booker is a guy who showed he was a #1 receiver for a couple years in Chicago. Since then, he's been hurt and has played on crappy offenses. And last year, he was traded to the Fins about a week before the season began!
Chambers is a good #1 but a great #2. He can concentrate on being a deep threat. Starting with his rookie year, this was his strength.
I have researched Edwards the last day, and while he looks awfully good, why would we pick him? How often will we have three receivers on the field even in a Linehan system? And will it matter if we have three great receivers if we have crappy RB's and QB's?
Jimmy James said:By all means, let's just replace every player who didn't play like a number 1 on the offense last year. Booker should be the last of those replaced because unlike the others, he was thrust into a whole different team with mighty struggles stemming from the OC not even knowing the offense being run. If ANY player has a valid excuse for struggling last year, it is Marty Booker.
You're right that comparing Edwards to Booker is a joke. Unlike any receiver on the Dolphins roster other than him, Booker has caught 100 passes. Unlike any receiver on the Dolphins roster other than him, Booker has TWO 1000 yard seasons. Unlike any receiver on the Dolphins roster other than him, Booker has a Pro Bowl appearance. When you add that to the *staggering* statistics about how risky it is to take top 5 picks at WR (only 4 of the 10 since 1980 have even had a single 1000 yard season), this path gives me great reason for pause. I'm going to support what Saban does, but this is the one likely path that really worries me.
FiN.in.RI said:Good post. I would have added 1 more thing:
The success rate of Michigan WRs in the NFL.
Jimmy James said:By all means, let's just replace every player who didn't play like a number 1 on the offense last year. Booker should be the last of those replaced because unlike the others, he was thrust into a whole different team with mighty struggles stemming from the OC not even knowing the offense being run. If ANY player has a valid excuse for struggling last year, it is Marty Booker.
You're right that comparing Edwards to Booker is a joke. Unlike any receiver on the Dolphins roster other than him, Booker has caught 100 passes (in a season). Unlike any receiver on the Dolphins roster other than him, Booker has TWO 1000 yard seasons. Unlike any receiver on the Dolphins roster other than him, Booker has a Pro Bowl appearance. When you add that to the *staggering* statistics about how risky it is to take top 5 picks at WR (only 4 of the 10 since 1980 have even had a single 1000 yard season), this path gives me great reason for pause. I'm going to support what Saban does, but this is the one likely path that really worries me.