Your favorite 1st round Pick besides Marino?

[meatpardle]

In retrospect, OJ McDuffie, probably my favourite Dolphin ever.

At the time, I remember being excited about the Ronnie Brown pick, and of course the Tunsil draft was fun.

 

[DrMultimedia]

Bob Griese.

 

[royalshank]

Bob Griese - led us to 2 SB wins. Great QB, HOF and all.

Zonk as well.

and Jamar Fletcher hahahahahjaa

 

[Mr. Day]

Sammie Smith. I remember drooling over Smith watching him play at Florida State. I thought he'd be the answer to Miami's problem at RB. But Noooooooo, he turned out to be a colossal bust. He had some good moments, but he never lived up to what I hoped he'd be. I went absolutely bonkers when Miami drafted him. Boy, was I disappointed.

You and me both Brother. A running game was all the Dolphins needed at that point, and wow did he look like a running game at Florida State. I almost lost my voice yelling with excitement. Then I spent years yelling at the television after a fumble, or tackle for loss.

 

[Dolphins3]

Not a first-round pick, but cecil Collins in 1999. I thought he was going to be a stud. Obviously, I was wrong (I still think he would have been god if he wasn't such a clown off the field and spending significant time in jail).

 

[Danny]

Griese from the old guard.
John Offerdalh was a 2nd round pick but he was our first pick that year since we didn't have a pick in the first round(Hugh Green deal) and he was a great player for us till he got hurt. I believe he made the pro bowl his first 5 years.

 

[Aqua Marino (UK)]

Still fairly new to college football and the draft but I remember going crazy when Tunsil fell and we had the balls to pick him. Great pick, shame he was traded but I understand that amount of picks was hard to turn down.

 

[dolphindan]

OJ McDuffie

 

[superphin]

Bob Grise the 1st HOF player drafted by the Dolphins and I think he coulda put up pretty big numbers in a different era. Fun fact Dan Marino's has a career TD% of 5% while Griese has a career TD% of 5.6%. Not bad for a guy on a predominately played on a running team.

 

[FinFan17]

What an easy question, Larry Csonka was the second best first round pick by the Dolphins and Larry and Dan Marino were my idols growing up, such incredible athletes.

 

[fishbanger]

That one is easy. See my logo.

The Czonk 1968.

 

[MattJS06]

Not quite a draft pick out of the first round, but we did trade 2 1st round picks for Ricky Williams. And I was absolutely thrilled about the acquisition

 

[jimthefin]

Richmond Webb

I really liked Gardener and he turned out pretty well but not what I had hoped for.


Going back through the list it is amazing how poorly they have done in Round 1.

About a 3rd of them still make me mad just seeing their names.

 

[Blake the great]

I really wanted us to draft Devante Parker, glad he finally broke out. All the others were just meh. Well Tunsil was a good pick, I didn't expect that. So Parker and Tunsil. And Vontae Davis gets honorable mention.

 

[dolp1972]

Another forgotten, non sexy excellent number one pick was Roy foster,from southern cal in the 80,s