The one thing I like about Earth is the ability of your canines to solve mysteries that your human police cannot solve. Especially Haunted Mysteries!
SPOOKY!
Scooby Wright is Great Dane from Arizona who’s best friend is a stoner who eats dog food with him. He is also hangs out with a hot redhead named Daphne and two other people I barely notice. Scooby is known for his tenacity on the field and in haunted mansions.
I may be blending my Scoobies together…
The point is: Scooby Wright can play football…um and solve mysteries…
The legend of Scooby Wright really picked up in 2014. Zoinks!!! Get a load of these numbers. In 2014 Scooby had 14 sacks, 163 tackles, 29 tackles for a loss and 6 forced fumbles.
Opposing offenses in 2014 were heard saying “Like…Heeelpppp” every time Scooby was near. That’s because Scooby in one of the most aggressive linebackers in college football. He flies around the field showing incredible lateral quickness and a nonstop motor!
What a ham…why is Scooby so aggressive? Because he can be! Scooby seems to have the unique knack of reading a play before its gets going and destroying it. He makes more big plays than most defensive players in college do and he makes a ton of big hits bringing the ball carrier down.
This guy is flat out Scrappy (Doo)!
Creepers!!! Some people are really not enthusiastic about his size. Ironically Scooby has drawn a few comparisons to a Dolphins great – Zach Thomas. But he is much bigger than Zach. I’ve also seen him compared to Clay Matthews. I’m not sure if Scooby plays inside or outside at the next level – but those are impressive comparisons.
But the one thing that scares people about Scooby is a lack of lower body strength. He also missed a majority of the 2015 season with nagging injuries. Like Wow…His 2015 season was nowhere near as productive as his 2014 season.
That said, its hard not to notice the groovy impact Scooby has when he is on the field. He reads the play and attacks – disrupting the play like a blue chip playmaker. Gangway!!!
And Scooby has a real mean streak too!
Arizona actually plays a 3-3-5 defense. The wildcats did not do a very good job eating up blocks up front by playing 3 down linemen and 5 defensive backs as a base defense. Scooby did a great job of getting around blockers and making plays despite little support up front.
If it wasn’t for those meddling offensive lineman up front, he would be an unstoppable force – but he did struggle shedding blocks from time to time. But if Scooby was playing behind Suh and Phillips, I think his strengths are highlighted and his tenacity would make Dolfans smile every week.
By the way his real name is Phillip. If Phillip was an alien weapon of destruction, he would be a Galactic Buzzsaw.
BZZZZZZZ
BZZZZZZZZZZ
I’m gonna cut through your spaceship and destroy you!
Check out his highlights here.
Finsmob Unleashed 
I just think parting ways with Grimes opens up another hole we don’t need
Its hard to build a good team when you are always letting guys that have produced in the past go
Yeah, like I’ve said before as much as I can’t stand Miko, I don’t think Grimes is done as a player like many here suggest.
He had an off year, who didn’t in Miami, snas Jones.
But we are cap tight, so Grimes needs to restructure. He got paid well the past 3 years with the Phins.
The hole is already there. Grimes was horrible.
It’s not that he was bad last year, it’s the fact that his play started to spiral downhill in the second half of 2014. He was getting abused the last quarter of the season.
He was horrible for stretch this year
but over the 3 years he has been one of our best players
I think its a little “what have you done for me lately” to describe the CB position with Grimes as a hole
If we bring in some one that beats him in camp, so be it
but I don’t think this team can afford to cast off everyone who goes through ups and downs, and frankly, I think doing that is the underlying problem why we are stuck in 1st gear and can’t get going
Understand what you’re saying, but I look at Grimes as a declining talents where I could cut his salary and use the savings on a younger ascending talent like Trumaine Johnson. This also multitasks by shipping that cest pool, skank ass, mental midget wife of his somewhere else👍 Just a different view.
Yeah, I was saying a few weeks ago I’d cut Grimes & replace him with Jenoris Jenkins & get a young talent cheaper than what Gimey is getting now.
Totally agreed
Piggy:
I don’t think it is an up and down. I think he lost a step and it’s just down right now.
That’s because you are focusing on the most recent play
But I think you have to really look at the entire body of work instead of just what occurred this season
If you are going to look at just the time when Grimes was “down”
tell me who in that period looked good?
we need to get in the habit of hanging on to talent
and hanging on that guys that produce
if nothing more, I bet there a little juice left to squeeze out of Grimes
We also lacked pressure after we lost Wake.
Watching Scooby highlights he looks like a small Clay Mathews, watching every D play in the first half against UCLA he looks like a Jag.
He has been compared to Clay Mathews before by scouts
I tend to think they’ve seen a little more than his highlights
He’s smaller than Matthews and he could have a rough time at the next level. I think he’s STs first and go from there. I would rank Hewitt over him at this time.
I don’t think Grimes is a declining talent though
I think he sort of fell off a cliff mid season this year and stayed down for almost the entire season
but early in the year he was splaying very well
IMO the biggest challenge with Grimes is whether the defensive scheme fits him his year – since I think he is primarily a heavy zone guy
but its not so much his talents
We do this cycle year after year with players and we don’t really get any better
plenty of teams keep high priced aging vets, even if they have to pay them a contract they regret and it pays off
its hard to become a good team when there is so much turnover
I also think his wife is a nonfactor in terms of football
and I think fans are really hard on Grimes bc his wife is such a genital wart
Lots of times when a CB loses they fall off a cliff. I think that is what happened to Grimes. Defensive scheme was same as it was when he was thriving
Like Darrell Revis who played horribly for Tampa
then put in a great year with New England
there I probably about 1000 other examples of aging vets who have a down year and then have a good year
I think its worth mentioning Karlos Dansby who played mediocre to bad for us in his final year in Miami
and then put in a good year for Arizona the next year
I don’t know how Grimes will play this year
I think predicting a player’s decline is hard to do
But I think cycling through players every offseason is a guaranty to fail
that has never been a winning formula
He was fighting thru injury & also trying to do too much to make up for the rest of the shoddy defense / secondary…IMO.
He’s not gonna get a big contract @ 33 somewhere else, and also due to the down year.
I’d make him restructure, or then say buh bye if he doesn’t.
We need some stability on the corners, unless we have a real good FA CB targeted like Jenoris Jenkins.
In all honesty, just my opinion, I don’t think we lose anything by cutting Grimes. By the final game of the year Tony Lippett looked like our best corner….which makes me extremely happy. We have the McCains manning the slot & inside coverage along with Lippett as 1 boundary corner. I think you get a Trumaine Johnson for the other boundary and you’re golden 1-4, but you still need to add depth in the draft like Harland Miller.
I like Lippett and Bobby McCain
they are good young players that might develop
you lose the security of having a vet who’s has put in all pro years if you cut Grimes
more than anything else – keeping aging vets on your team that have performed offers your team security if the young players aren’t ready to step up
Its hard to build a system by parting ways with players like we have
Look at the steelers
they have spent 3 first round picks over the last 3 years on LBs
and there 4th LB is Lawrence Timmons as former 1rnd pick
but they kept James Harrison (after previously parting ways with him) and hos presence has been an asset to the steelers IMO
Understand this line of thinking, but w/ Harrison the young guys walk a professional line w/ Grimes you see the massive immaturity of the guys in the room he’s supposed to lead. You and I have different values placed on Brent, but if you look at some of Reshad Jones veiled messages leading up to the season finale they seem to point to a particular person not working hard and flapping their gums.
Bolt, I just don’t see Turner ever as a starting LT. Maybe Rt or LG. But I’d say leave him where he’s at and let him get good at the position.
Could be….as I said I don’t have an issue with that neither.
dbolt48 says:
January 26, 2016 at 9:46 pm (Edit)
Understand what you’re saying, but I look at Grimes as a declining talents where I could cut his salary and use the savings on a younger ascending talent like Trumaine Johnson. This also multitasks by shipping that cest pool, skank ass, mental midget wife of his somewhere else👍 Just a different view.
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I second this!
Gotta turn in. Peace to you all
Good night Ken
GDP
I m almost sure Grimes will restructure
and I think you are right
he won’t get the contract somewhere else
He’s probably going to have to come to the realization that he will have to take money
and players that do that – are more likely to not want to move
I think the opportunity to get both Grimes and wake to take less money and keep both of them is there
Yep, their age plus Wake coming off an achilles will make teams shy away from more than a 1yr prove it deal.
So, their best bets are to stay, give a hometown discount, and help this team get into the playoffs!
Something Wake has never done and been awhile for Grimes.
The bottomless Twat has said they’d refuse to restructure on multiple occasions. Now with him going to the Sham Bowl it will make it less likely than before I’d think.
Tim
Hewitt is a nice surprise
a good find
I wasn;t really impressed with him as a long term project
Idon’t think he’s close to Wright
if we had them both on the team in training
if that was the battle in training camp – I think the only threat to wright would be injury
We’ll see. Hewitt probably had the best LB performance of the year against the Pats last game. But I agree we need to see more. You do find gems as UDFAs sometimes. 🙂
In regards to Wright I see him as a MLB. As you mentioned in your article the DL couldn’t keep OL off from him in that scheme. This did end up making him better getting off blocks in the long run. You don’t get nearly 170 tackles in a single season by not being able to shed blocks. Good player who would be ideal playing off from Suh as he shoots open lanes better than almost anyone in this draft. Also there’s no let up in his play.
I think Grimes can still play. He got schooled by some really big WRs in simple mismatch situations. Is he worth what he’s being paid? We’ll see what the org thinks. He still has playmaking tendencies. I say get the pass rush going first. Ignore that and I don’t care what you do in the back end. We’ll get beat. Our pass rush went from non-existent the first quarter, to tops in the league for the next 4-5 games then finished up inconsistent week to week. No Wake the 2nd half of the season killed us. He was on fire when he went down. I think it was on his 3rd sack of the game.
You don’t just replace Wake with a name.
I say keep Wake on a restructure.
Tim
When I look at LB prospects
the first thing I look at is instincts
More than anything else – that is what jumps out with Wright
That paired with aggressiveness and athleticism appears to be a good combination
I do think he might be a guy that finds himself in the wrong place some time
I think he might get plowed over by an OG
but those instincts, aggression and athleticism seem like a very strong combination
and I think with Suh and Phillips in front of him Wright can probably help our defense make big plays
There may be other LBs that have that ability – but Wright jumps out right now as a player that can really help us now
Agreed! He can shoot those lanes that Suh opens up and our current LBs don’t hit. He will make the play opposed to letting it go past him.
I hear what you’re saying but he’s a system LB. He’d be good in a Tampa 2 defense but that’s becoming extinct. In a spread passing league I think he gets exposed. He’s an effort guy not a matchup guy.
To match up today you better be really physical, fast or both. The base guys are becoming extinct. You need guys who can take over games.
In this draft I pick prospects I feel have an upside, not fillers at any point. We have a bunch of those. Try to find impact.
Maybe we’ll get lucky & Grimes will divorce that Tranny! 😀
Alright time to turn in….TTYL!
Pig, I like Scooby, but think he could be less than ideal in coverage. I also like Blake Martinez, he’s got a real good all around skill set. The SFla crowd would love him too. 😉
Who knows what FF loves . . .
The Phins have to make moves as if he’s dead. If he somehow has a total change & turnaround in his life back to football, shows he’s now a professional. Then hey, that would be an icing on the cake bonus.
But no one in the FO sounds as if they’re counting on it.
If he reports out of shape once he’s reinstated then they’ll have 90% of their answer.
dbolt48 says:
January 26, 2016 at 9:11 pm
@AbramsonPBP: #Dolphins have also met with Stanford G Josh Garnett and Florida-turned-Louisiana Tech QB Jeff Driskell at Senior Bowl
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I mentioned Driskell the other day as a late round guy for us. He has all the tools he just took until his Senior year to show any of them. He did have like 3 different OC’s during his first 3 years at UF, so theres that as well. Again, its hard for me not to hold how horrible he was at UF against him but i also know how damn excited i was to see him come to the team, i know the player i saw from his HS footage, and i know what he did at LaTech and think late round pick or UDFA would make him a solid pivkup with a lot of potential.
Boulder, grats on your new one man. One of the best experiences in a man’s like is the birth of a child so i know your a proud and happy dad right now. Treasure this time with them.
Welcome back DBolt and thanks for those meeting updates.
Andrew Abramson ✔ @AbramsonPBP
Chris Grier says Dolphins would love to have Vernon and Miller back but they’ll see what happens when negotiations begin.
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Hope Gase & other teammates can sell them two on staying. Even if it likely means a little less than they could get elsewhere.
Im hearing they actually value getting Vernon back over Miller if they had to chose between the two i mean.
GD, im certain they can ascertain his devotion in a interview with him. Had to overlook passion, hard to fake it too.
Piggy, Scooby isnt as instinctual as Matakevich, he seems a little more physical but i agree with Tim i think he is going to be a liability in coverage. I also think he is a lot like Wheeler on a lot of plays, he is SO agressive he blows by guys on plays instead of being more controlled with it like Matakevich. I still prefer the two LSU LB’s over both of them, but if i were to compare two prospects, those two remind me the most of one another and the most to a guy like Thomas, both will need to get some size to them, both will need to improve some in coverage, though i think Matakevich is better in that respect as well.
GB Blake Martinez i think is a more rounded guy, doesnt show the same level of instincts as Scooby and Matakevich but plays really solid at the position. More and more i look into things the more im liking Dieon Jones and Reuben Foster from Alabama, 2-3rd round guys, both always around the ball, fly to the ball carrier, high motor, and pretty good coverage guys.
GD lol not GB
Kyle Crabbs @NDTScouting 14h14 hours ago
http://draftbreakdown.com/kyle-crabbs-senior-bowl-recap-day-1/ …
My recap of Day 1 of the @seniorbowl. 1 winner/loser from weigh ins (and why it matters) and 5 who caught my eye.
Good stuff to consider for sure.
D, Jeff Driskel is an interesting enigma.
Driskel went to the same church my sister does. He’s from Oviedo, FL like Blake Bortles was. I saw Driskel play against Bortles in HS.
Bortles was on Oviedo High & Driskel was on Hagerty High, a newer HS down the road.
I remember at the time saying both looked good, both big kids for HS QB’s.
Bortles got the best of him that Friday nite. Driskel was a year behind Bortles I believe.
Driskel is 22yo 6’4 234
After his freshman year (11-2) @ UF, he then began to really suck. But as noted, UF was going thru a lot of coaching turmoil at the time.
The best thing he did was transfer to LaTech where Skip Holtz got his confidence back.
I kinda wrote him off too when I shouldn’t have. Just like many here with Tannehill.
So, yes I’d be all for getting Driskel with a very late pick, he might even be an UDFA. But I’d wrap him up with one of our 7th round picks if we don’t get Brandon Doughty, the Davie, FL kid I like that played for W. Kentucky, whom also played against LaTech this past season in Bowling Green.
Doughty & Driskel were in a shootout, but W.Kentucky won 41-38.
Driskel has a good arm, senses pressure well, secures the ball, and is mobile for his size.
Maybe he can groomed to backup Tannehill. I’d take either of these kids and see.
D, I’d hate to think that the FO rather have Vernon back than Miller. I think that’s just a rumor….IMO.
Miller has reached the stud level. Vernon is just a solid DE/OLB.
Where is that rumor from? I haven’t seen anything where they said that.
Don’t know. D said he heard it. Probably some Omar or Mando BS.
FOX’s Mike Garofolo reports the NFL has requested an interview with Peyton Manning over Al Jazeera’s allegations that he had HGH shipped to his wife.
However, the interview won’t occur until after the Super Bowl, “if at all.” Major League Baseball has launched a joint investigation with the United States Anti-Doping Agency into the Al Jazeera allegations, but the NFL has chosen to go it alone.
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How did….my head….get this….big?
Just getting to reading this.
“Scooby Wright is Great Dane from Arizona who’s best friend is a stoner who eats dog food with him.”
LMAO Pig — lot guys on this board make for good friends (and one other criterion)…….which one eats dog food?
His friend Raggy does.
Hello from sunny St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands where it is 83 degs and breezy. I am sitting at Hooters St. Thomas availing myself of the free Wi-fi while drinking $2.00 Heineys and looking lovely orange clad hinies. Thought I would check in to see if there was anything worth knowing and to rub it in a little for you guys who had to scrape ice off your windshield this morning.
The cruise has been nice although I think I am the youngest person on the boat other than the crew. The “singles” part is a bust. A bunch of 50 – 60+desperate courgers
I may be old but I’m not that old!
Well, I guess I will go back up and read what is going on lately and leave you with a man it’s warm neener neener neener. ROCKPHIN OUT
NOGTIH ALL
GD, this is the article D was probably referring too.
http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/nfl/miami-dolphins/article56748773.html
Again, just a rumor. The only priority of Vernon over Miller is that the DE unit is so unsettled at this time with CamWake being an unknown. Also Shelby being a FA at the sametime.
Yes Ajayi showed a ton of potential, but Miller is a proven stud. Find a creative way to resign him Miss Aponte!
Agreed!
D,
If your going to be at the SR Bowl at all 2 names that I’m interested are Kentrell Brothers and Carl Nassib. Let me know what you hear.
Brothers seems like a 2 down guy to me & Nassib doesn’t thrill me as much with so many other solid looking pass rushers in this draft.
Dave Hyde from SS.
When Mike Tannenbaum said on Tuesday they might restructure Suh’s contract off his $28.6 million salary-cap number for next season, there’s a very good reason for that: They’ve always planned to re-structure it. There’s a clause in the deal to knock that number down to something easily digestable. I wrote about this in October, but let’s re-visit it now that the salary cap and Suh’s contract is making news again.
The clause allows the Dolphins to spread a year’s base salary over five years. Suh’s base slary is $23.5 million next season. If that’s spread over five years, it’s $4.7 million a year. Add that to the $5.1 million from the signing bonus and Suh’s salary-cap number is a much more manageable $9.8 million.
Sure, it means succeeding years get bumped up in cost. But let’s remember the salary cap is increasing, too. It is expected to rise from $143.3 million to between $150 million and $154 million. It’s risen by $10 million each of the past two years, and so by 2017 it will be over $160 million. Suh’s contract will be daunting – but not as daunting as discussed when it was first signed. And its been structured that way by the Dolphins from that signing.
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That’s really good stuff and shows how creative Aponte & Tbomb are.
You go big to land a premier FA like Suh over all other suitors, then you leave some wiggle in the fine print of the contract so you can get relief after all the hoopla dies down…lol. Kudos!!!
Alright Rockphin Rockin the Hineys of 60yo cougars on the Love Boat. WTG Bro 😛
Congratulations Boulder!
Rock — bitch about the hunting chances all you want……but nothing the US VI is cool as anything.
But Hooter’s? Whether there or the next island (if they have one……they do in St Thomas), get yourself to Senor Frog’s.
Only problem is you’ll be sailing away — find the ones on your ship.
LOL @ GD. If I had an old lady fedish I would be rocking it. I’ve had to start lieing and saying “no I’m not with your group. Sorry, good luck, have a nice night ” otherwise I would have had to blow through a gallon of KY jelly
Rock is rocking senior poon. LOL
Do the Kentrell Brothers count as one pick or two? lol
Nothing wrong with a 50-60 yr old. I can’t speak for hoe desperate they are or if they’re Cougars. 😜🐆
Lmao. That should be how. Not Hoe. Then again……
Rock just had a drink with Hoe Desperate. LOL
LOL Herd — Rock’s a relative puppy though (least on this board). And for sure nothing wrong with women that age, my better half ain’t far off……..but then I’ve ventured into that 50+ range myself.
““He’s a very authentic person,” Tannenbaum said of Gase. “And to go back to the previous question, nine coaches staying, it would be easy to come in and say, ‘Hey, this team was 6-10, they’re all gone.’ I thought he was very methodical. I thought he was very fair, very critical, and I think we got a great result.”
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Why am I thinking Tannenbaum also had a lot of say into who stayed and who went?
Doubtful.
Why do you think that?
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Stanger, because coaches pick their staff and it was stated that Gase has full control over his staff and who makes the 53. That was part of his criteria in taking the job. Gase has to feel good about his coaches. Not saying coaches haven’t been forced on a HC before, it happened with the Giants with McAdoo being forced on Coughlin. I don’t think that was the case here.
It’s also not uncommon for coaches to be retained under a new regime. Campbell and Kacey Rodgers were retained by Philbin.
Not that many.
Cool enough……even I think Tannenbaum might have had a hand in it, even if it was “we ain’t doing rebuild here.” Or maybe his coaching tree at his age just wasn’t big enough.
Will still stand with Tannenbaum is a huge force now though.
8: R1P8 OLB MYLES JACK, UCLA
38: R2P7 CB ELI APPLE, OHIO STATE
69: R3P6 DE BRONSON KAUFUSI, BRIGHAM YOUNG
100: R4P5 ILB SCOOBY WRIGHT III, ARIZONA
135: R5P8 C MAX TUERK, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
164: R6P7 FS SEAN DAVIS, MARYLAND
195: R7P6 OT AVERY YOUNG, AUBURN
197: R7P8 TE TANNER MCEVOY, WISCONSIN
Stanger, did you see what positions some of these coaches are in who were retained?
Charlie Bullen (assistant linebackers), Ben Johnson (assistant wide receivers), Terrell Williams (defensive line), Marwan Maalouf (assistant special teams), Dave Puloka (strength and conditioning), Ken O’Keefe (senior football research analyst) and Blue Adams (football research analyst)
Rizzi (asst. HC/STs), Anarumo (DBs) and Williams (DL) are the main coaches retained at somewhat higher positions.
You know how often we all discuss the football research analysts. LOL
Marwan Maalouf is Rizzi’s right hand man, eyes in the sky.
But how does Gase know anything about them?
And why didn’t he meet guys at that level he wanted to bring in?
Might be he i just a good guy who doesn’t want good people to lose their jobs.
Also might be cause Tannenbaum stepped in on that.
Don’t think either of us know.
Ain’t the Tuna transition though.
He likely asked around about them and interviewed them. I think keeping Rizzi was a really smart move on Gase’s part. He knows every player on the team being the STs coach and he knows the entire building. He’ll help Gase acclimate and provide leadership in one area that Gase doesn’t have to focus on as much knowing Rizzi is good at his job.
Tim Knight says:
January 27, 2016 at 10:36 am
Where is that rumor from? I haven’t seen anything where they said that.
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Was from Miami Herald or Orlando Sentinel i think. ILL go back and see if i can find it.
I posted it already.
Piggy,
Gimes is becoming an ever widening hole in our defense already. As DBolt said, and i said previously, this isnt a few games this year. Its been a trend starting at the end of 2014. He’s had bounce back games against some lesser receivers, but against the younger, ones he is becoming an ever increasing liability. Sometimes you have to move on from players, and it is addition by subtraction because your getting less productive out of the way so that more productive can step in. You dont replace Grimes with just anyone so IMO we go that route we are going to invest a high draft pick or solid FA signing to replace him.
Tim Knight says:
January 27, 2016 at 11:26 am
GD, this is the article D was probably referring too.
http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/nfl/miami-dolphins/article56748773.html
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yeah that was it Tim.
🙂
GD i think Brothers is a 3 down guy. He’s pretty solid in pass defense as well. He has 2 ints and 4 PD’s from a traditional 4-3 MLB spot. Thats pretty solid. He sniffs out plays pretty well to, great instincts.
Sorry 2 ints and 4 PD’s this year, not overall.
Deion Jones and Reuben Foster have shown the most to me in terms of coverage ability just from watching film, and id say Brothers is pretty close to their level. Foster had like 11 or 12 PD’s this year.
Here you go Wyo:
VIEW EACH TEAM’S DRAFT
8: R1P8
OLB MYLES JACK
UCLA
38: R2P7
OLB JAYLON SMITH
NOTRE DAME
69: R3P6
DT JARRAN REED
ALABAMA
100: R4P5
G JOSHUA GARNETT
STANFORD
135: R5P8
DE BRONSON KAUFUSI
BRIGHAM YOUNG
164: R6P7
TE TYLER HIGBEE
WESTERN KENTUCKY
195: R7P6
CB HARLAN MILLER
SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA
197: R7P8
CB DEIONDRE’ HALL
Good to see you on the board D-bolt.
Liked the pic you sent too. 🙂
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I could see Vernon being a priority over Miller, not to us as fans but to the team. If for example they had already made their mind up they plan on moving on from Wake, Vernon becomes a priority. Also unless Gase has added his two cents as far as wanting to keep Miller they might not be as concerned with keeping him, having Ajayi showing well and potential to replace Miller with a draft pick or short term contract with Matt Forte who is going to be cheaper. You have to consider big picture, not just fan perspective, because i think for sure they could be seeing Vernon as their primary, even though i personally feel is should be Miller.
Reuben Foster was very impressive in the championship game. What did he measure in at?
Foster isnt a Senior.
He is lised at 6’1 240
Oh and I see you listed his size below.
Im used first pick but chose to a different team to draft for to see who first pick selects for us. This is what i got:
Round 1 Pick 8 (8) Dolphins: Mackensie Alexander, CB, Clemson
Round 2 Pick 11 (42) Dolphins: Cody Whitehair, OG, Kansas State
Round 3 Pick 29 (92) (N.E.) Dolphins: Dominique Alexander, ILB, Oklahoma
Round 4 Pick 14 (109) (N.O.) Dolphins: Le’Raven Clark, OT, Texas Tech
Round 4 Pick 19 (114) (BUF) Dolphins: Jason Fanaika, DE, Utah
Round 4 Pick 29 (124) (N.E.) Dolphins: James Cowser, DE/OLB, Southern Utah
Round 4 Pick 30 (125) (ARI) Dolphins: T.J. Green, FS, Clemson
Round 4 Pick 31 (126) (BALT) Dolphins: Paul Perkins, RB, UCLA
Round 5 Pick 5 (132) (DEN) Dolphins: Roberto Aguayo, K, Florida State
Round 5 Pick 29 (156) (DET) Dolphins: Roger Lewis, WR, Bowling Green
Round 7 Pick 22 (211) (N.E.) Dolphins: Joey Hunt, C, TCU
Round 7 Pick 29 (218) (N.E.) Dolphins: Matt Ioannidis, DT, Temple
Round 7 Pick 31 (220) (DEN) Dolphins: Kyle Carter, TE, Penn State
Where did all those unrealistic picks come from? Why not just focus on the 8 picks we have?
As i said, First Pick was picking for us, i was picking for Minnesota.
No way would i have done that lol.
Oh and i just checked and Foster apparently did not declare. He had said he was likely to but Satan,,,,err Saban must have gotten in his head.
Sucks because he was someone i really would have been interested in.
D, so the site made trades for all those picks?
Yeah. Lots of trade backs.
When im doing these mocks on first pick the only time im really undecided on my first round pick is if Tunsil drops and either Hargreaves or Ramsey is also still there. Makes for a really hard decision.
If Tunsil falls to us, that would make our pick a tough one. I can see us still going defense, but Tunsil would be a great pick for us as well.
Tunsil going #1 to the Titans makes a lot of sense. You protect your young QB you took last year at #2 and they need better protection, Tunsil is worthy of the pick and it’s a safe pick.
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Dbolt, I’m pretty sure if you wore that milk carton on your head you’d be found. LOL
Dead along the side of a sewer plant😆
LOL
Tim
The Titans did spend a 1st RD pick on Taylor Lewan. How come they could spend two 1st RDers on OT’s and we can’t? Huh? Huh??? Huh????
And Chance Warmack in the 1st RD too? Huh??? Huh??????? lol
I forgot they drafted him. How has he played do you know?
Not that great actually. They would probably move Lewan to RT if they drafted Tunsil, but that would be three 1st RD picks in 4 years on the O-line
Yeah that’s a lot and I know they’re OL has struggled. I mean we were all over them and injured Mariota.
^ their
“How come they could spend two 1st RDers on OT’s and we can’t?”
Even if one of them was a FA and the other in the middle — Albert and James plus Pouncey makes three first rounders.
The best teams get their third and fourth round guys in the Pro Bowl.
It’s not the same as using a #10 in 2013, a #11 in 2014 and a #2 in 2016.
But I agree we need to start finding OL in mid and late rounds.
James was a high price Pro Bowl FA and Pouncey has made that too. We got James in the 2014 draft. Not sure how it is that much different. But base pint is we’ve put a lot in the O-line.
Sorry……”Albert was a high price Pro Bowl FA”
Tim
It was actually a late hit that took Mariota out. One of many from Vernon this year.
That’s right but we had a good pass rush that day.
Yeah, we were pretty dominant that game. 6 sacks, 4 from Wake
And whaddaya know, we had 28 carries not including the 2 rushes from Tannehill.
Stanger, we didn’t draft Albert and he was drafted in 08. But we took Long #1 that year. So 08, 11 and 14 is a bit different than 3 in 4 years.
Stanger
Albert is older (31) and just came off major knee surgery. It’s a little different. No shame in investing in his replacement. Maybe Tunsil plays inside or RT for a year, and then Albert is a potential cap casualty in ’17 if you need the cap space.
Where you playing James then? I don’t think Tunsil will be there for us anyway.
Or maybe Ju’Wuan James moves inside. It would be nice to have 4 quality players to figure out where they go.
Not sure James is a guard. I’d rather add a guard in FA who is proven and hope Albert, Pouncey and James can stay healthy and have good seasons.
Tim
Probably not. I think Tunsil will be gone, unless all the QB’s and defense go early.
I see us going defense.
I’d say it’s 95% defense, unless somehow Tunsil fell, or possibly a QB that we were in love with, which I suppose is a possibility.
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January 27, 2016 at 1:23 pm (Edit)
8: R1P8 OLB MYLES JACK, UCLA
38: R2P7 CB ELI APPLE, OHIO STATE
69: R3P6 DE BRONSON KAUFUSI, BRIGHAM YOUNG
100: R4P5 ILB SCOOBY WRIGHT III, ARIZONA
135: R5P8 C MAX TUERK, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
164: R6P7 FS SEAN DAVIS, MARYLAND
195: R7P6 OT AVERY YOUNG, AUBURN
197: R7P8 TE TANNER MCEVOY, WISCONSIN
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this would make a pig very happy
Yeah because you get an apple and we all know how much pigs like apples. LOL
I don’t see us taking a QB at #8 the way the team is set up right now.
If they don’t really believe in Tannehill they could.
They just extended him and it really would send a bad message that the front office doesn’t believe in him. The entire team would know that now. That would be a bad start for the new coaching staff.
I don’t see it that way at all. If they don’t believe in Tannehill, or think he’s the future, and there’s a QB they like and is available in the draft when they pick, I think they should 100$% draft him. It’s too important a position to let one go you like when you don’t like what you have.
Tim & Mike E — Albert is going to the Pro Bowl. But we do need G help. So if we draft his replacement who can play inside fine. Just think that would happen in the 2nd of 3rd or 4th. D is what we need in a bunch of slots.
Stanger – C’mon man, don’t throw the pro-bowl at me. Brent Grimes is going too. It means nothing.
Stop fk’in with my Tanny Mr. Hand!!!
LOL! I’m just saying if that’s how the front office and HC feel, they need to do what they need to do. I’m not saying that’s the case.
Mike E, you’re skipping what we just did in the offseason by extending him. You’re now saying you don’t believe in him when everyone has been saying the opposite. It would make the front office look fucking stupid and the players would be like okay so why is he still here then etc.
Taking the QB at #8 is a lot different than another round for competition and backup.
That said I’m 99.9% sure we’re not taking a QB at #8 and I’m not sure any QB in this class is as good as RT anyway.
Tim – It was last offseason, and we have an out in 2017 with Tannehill anyway. It’s not like they gave him a 5 year contract we can’t get out of. I’m just talking hypothetical here anyway, not saying this is the case.
If we draft a QB at #8 you’ll hear a loud sigh from northern Jersey followed by WTF?!!!!! LOL
Mike, I doubt Gase would have signed in Miami if he thought the QB situation was bad & needed to be replaced, nor do I think the FO would have pushed a big contract in front of Gase.
Most all HC candidates that are sought by multiple teams are looking for a QB that they think they can work with, one that suits their vision.
Gase wasn’t desperate to sign in Miami. So he had to weigh what the other teams wanting his services had to offer @ QB as well as team wide.
He knows Tannehill has a pretty full skill set, is very athletic, young, & a total iron man who hasn’t really hit his ceiling yet.
I’ll have to disagree with that as well. When you’re picking #8, if you want a QB, you’re probably gonna get one, and let’s be honest, these guys will take just about any job as HC, it’s been proven.
Not so when a HC candidate is at the top of several teams list. He was the hot coach & could choose where ‘HE’ wanted to go.
He wasn’t the last candidate standing and desperate by a long shot.
Besides, all teams looking of a new HC are picking early in the 1st round. That’s why they’re looking for a new HC….lol
Agreed. I said before we hired Gase I think Tannehill and Suh were drawing cards not negatives because of their cap figures.
Gotta run – Cacth ya later!
Wear your Tannehill jersey and squirt ketchup on it will ya. LOL
Is Mr. Hand off his meds? He was a Tannehill supporter last I saw.
No way any of these QB’s in the draft come in here and unseat Tannehill this season or next.
“I’d rather add a guard in FA who is proven and hope Albert, Pouncey and James can stay healthy and have good seasons.”
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I’m tired of hoping for something that never happens personally. It’s one of the reasons I don’t subscribe to what appears to be the general consensus around here that we shouldn’t go OL early in this draft.
Whether Tannehill’s the guy or it’s anybody else, getting your QB hit, sacked and pressured more than any other team in the NFL for a 4 year run is inexcusable. And the only sin graver than that is ignoring it and hoping it’ll all be ok for a change.
JMO, and I get the difficulties involved in figuring out what to do, but we simply can NOT rely on all those guys staying healthy. I don’t care if a 1st rounder has to ride the pine at first, it’s virtually certain he’ll be needed to start by week 9 his rookie year.
Jahn, you know me I don’t go bonkers about what we do at the end of the day anyway. It’s fun to talk about stuff before it happens because there is so much more hope. LOL
Totally, and I’m the same way. I gave up thinking I actually know what’s the best course of action for this team. At the end of the day I’m an observer. Except with the Warriors, who definitely read when I blog about them. It was me who told them not to trade Klay Thompson for Kevin Love and they listened. (Jahn spits beer onto the keyboard as he’s typing…) 🙂
Tim, the ‘Hope’ as stated by Gase himself, is that he can get this offense righted with & for Tannehill.
Then he’s ‘hoping’ for the same on defense where he picked Vance Joseph to head up, and by staying with Rizi to run the ST’s and help him as asst. HC.
We as fans ‘hope’ Gase is the one with the right vision, the right plan, the right demeanor, that can pull it all off, and make America, err, this Franchise great again.
That’s what hope is all about. Until they shit on you again. Then you hope again. LOL
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Interesting ensemble of coaches in Minny!
Vikings coach Mike Zimmer said new TEs coach Pat Shurmur and new OL coach Tony Sparano will bring “different ideas” to the offense.
Zimmer was quick to say Shurmur and Sparano, who are both former head coaches and offensive coordinators, will have the same responsibilities as any other position coach, but he also implied the pair will challenge current OC Norv Turner. “The No. 1 thing is, they’re all good coaches,” Zimmer said. “No. 2 is, when you’re a head coach, you’re never afraid to speak your mind. The possibility of all of them sitting in there, and the personalities of guys like Tony and Pat, they’re not afraid to speak their minds on ideas. I just think the more good coaches you can get, the better it is.” The Vikings have finished 27th and 29th in total offense under Turner and had the second-fewest passing yards in the league last year. Much of that is down to Zimmer’s conservative style, but the team still needs to create more explosive plays on offense moving forward.
What Mike Wallace didn’t help that offense become tops in the league? 😉
Man, Tony Sparano is doing a U.S. Tour as a coach. LOL
I think their draft strategy all hinges on whether or not they trust Albert’s health.
Well Albert wasn’t the problem this past season, James was.
If they are worried about Alberts knee long term it might be prudent to draft Staley and kick Albert to LG and develop a Denver Kirkland type player for future KG.
If they are worried about Alberts knee long term it might be prudent to draft Stanley and kick Albert to LG and develop a Denver Kirkland type player for future KG.
Jahn,
I’m of the same mindset- I’ll go OL at #8 in a heartbeat if that means FINALLY solidifying this atrocious OL. I don’t even care if the guy plays LG for a few years and then slides over to LT.
What if he’s not ready to play anywhere? What if he can’t play guard?
Mike,
I listened to an interview with John Kitna the day after Gase was hired & he said Gase told him he was taking the Miami job because they had the QB position & skill position locked up and thinks he can get high level play from this positions for a long time.
He knows as long as he runs an offense that isn’t absurd we’ll be in good shape. 🙂
Tim,
I just meant I don’t think you draft a LT at #8 if you think you have one on roster already. Especially if you have a lot of other needs on your team. If not, then you definitely consider taking a LT.
I hear ya man, and you know I’ve never been one to shy away from talking OL high in the draft. I would rather not have to do that this year but as we all know we do not call the shots.
Interesting on Gase:
He played TE in HS, just not in college or of course the pros either.
He’s been around learning from a nice list of good coaches.
Nick Satan
Steve Mariucci
Mike Martz
John Fox
Mike McCoy
When in Denver, offensive coordinator Mike McCoy would allow Gase, then the quarterbacks coach, to call a few plays on occasion to keep the defense off balance and reward Gase. That seems to be a rarity. So Gase must have been really respected & totally involved.
Look how fast he’s risen up the coaching community. They don’t get these opportunities being just okay at what they do.
Okay catch you folks later.
Agreed above. Have a good one….peace!
Dbolt,
Yeah they could slide Albert into guard, but if they really aren’t comfortable with his health…it’s still an issue….and playing guard is a more physical position. Plus, then you’re devoting a lot of money to a position teams don’t typically pay big money. Albert does have the tools to play guard though. I hope he can play healthy because he’s a good LT. It’s best for us if he can be our LT for another 5 years.
5 years till 2020? That would be a miracle and require giving him another big contract extension.
Sorry, but I don’t see it at all.
A smart franchise will be grooming someone well before that, my hope is even beginning this year. So they’ll have a future LT ready to start by 2017-18.
No doubt….it’s why I’d still try to get another talented OL guy in the draft like Kirkland or even his teammate.
Dinner time. Later fellas.
New-Dolphins DC Vance Joseph will run a 4-3 defense.
This is not a surprise. Joseph comes from a Bengals team which has a 4-3 base, and the even front suits star DT Ndamukong Suh and the rest of Miami’s talent. More important than the scheme they will play, Joseph and the front office will need to find more talent in both the front seven and secondary.
Where did you hear this and did you know… Joseph coached in more 3-4 defenses than 4-3? He was with Mike Nolan in SF for 6 years and then Wade Phillips in HOU for 3 years. He was only with the Bengals for 2 years.
Never mind I found it. Not surprising though.
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Albert is only 31, if he can stay healthy he could be our LT for 3 more seasons and I hope he is. That would be the remainder of his contract.
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Albert could play another 5 years. He’d only be 36. I’m not saying that’ll happen, but guys play OL well into their 30s all the time. Again, it’s all in how much trust you put in his health….a big If, of course. But, I don’t think playing well until the age of 36 is outrageous.
So Trump says he won’t be part of the next GOP debate on thurs cause he doesn’t like Megyn Kelly?
First off – sorry Donald, a candidate doesn’t get a veto on who the moderator is.
Still betting he’ll be there though. Man never met a camera he didn’t love. Plus it makes zero sense with the Iowa caucuses s few days away. Sorry erase that last……we are talking The Donald here.
Almost can’t blame him. Even Rand is now boycotting the mainstream hacks. It’s a total farce shoved into the gullible public’s face. Has been for sometime, nothing new.
Rand will be there at the debate though.
“Rand Pau; says that he welcomes Trump’s absence from the debate stage because it means “we don’t have to put up with a lot of empty blather and boastfulness and calling people names”.
Tim, I knew Joseph was formerly a 3-4 guy, but those were the defenses he was an asst coach in. Same recently as a an asst coach in Cincy’s 4-3.
We are currently set up as a 4-3, no need to have an upheaval so to speak and make things even worse.
But I think as personnel changes are made, you’ll see him use a hybrid depending on matchups.
Yeah I have no problem with it. VJ has always been an asst. coach though. I just wasn’t sure what kind of defense he preferred.
Whats your thoughts on drafting Jaylon Smith in the second knowing he will sit at least half the year before getting cleared to play?
I don’t think he’s LT so I’d pass. We need players who can help us now and there is no guarantee Smith won’t have setbacks and not really get back to form for 2 years.
Even the the overly hyped due to “The Blindside” and much maligned Micheal Oher has rebounded with a good season for Carolina. Sometimes players struggle and then improve.
Same with Okung when he’s healthy….lol
Tim,
With a new regime (sort of) we may be willing to take a chance on a guy like Jaylon Smith. Gase, Grier, etc. don’t have that clock ticking as fast in their first year.
I’d pass. He’s not the end all to all our problems. There are other good prospects that can help us get better now. But that’s me.
Yeah Buddy
He just won at Parcheesi. LOL
WY
is Smith guaranteed not to be cleared to play well into the 2016 season
If that is true I’m not sure he even is drafted in the 2nd round
He just got injured a month ago. His injury normally takes 9-12 months minimum. We just saw it with Albert albeit a bigger man and older guy at a different position but a seasoned pro. He got hurt week 7 last year and he barely made it back to start this season. He had little football conditioning. Then he had a setback for two games and then played well most of the rest of the season.
Smith is not an NFL player and he got hurt in his bowl game a month ago. He’s going to miss the entire offseason thru TC, PS and RS. What he’s going to step in week 10 and light it up?
I wish the guy the best, he’s not on my board first 2 rounds.
yeah – but if he misses half the season
and other teams think like you do (not first 2 rounds)
he is definately worth the 3rd or 4th round pick
If he drops bc of his injury
and that drop is far enough – I think you make the pick for the future
I think drafting an elite OL is probably the kind of thing that can have an impact right away
Seeing some one like Zach Martin 2 years ago is a good example of that
I would not squeal if we went OL
But I don’t want that
I want Defense
I tend to think talent on the OL is a small factor in the poor performance of the OL
The offense was a finesse offense since Joe Philbin became coach
no FB, 2 TEs in some years
the OL wasn;t exactly getting much help from other personnel
I watched the Patriots line up with 6 OL in the championship a couple of teams
plenty of other teams do it
we didn’t ever do anything like that
and the overuse of the shotgun
well don’t even get me started on that
teams were teeing off against out OL and to make matters worse
defenses always new what was coming because we never ran the ball
the lack of balance on offense is probably a bigger factor than the talent on the OL in terms of sacks given up
I also am one of those pigs who is of the opinion that from time to time, Tanny took sacks he should not have. But I’m realistic about it, its probably a minor facts – but it does inflate the sack numbers
I think the OL’s poor play is made up of various factors
but when I look at the LBs we played
or the DBs for that matter
lack of talent really stands out as a huge factor to the team’s shortcomings
At the end of the day I think BPA prevails
but I think, if we are talking draft, adding young talent is particularly necessary on defense
I agree, we did them and RT no favors. We put the OL on their heels constantly and RT in a shotgun pocket way too often due to no commitment in the running game. Look at what Denver did in the championship game. They know Peyton can’t carry them so they stuck with the running game even if it was low YPA. It kept the dogs off.
I really feel Gase will build our passing game around RT’s strengths, not some egotistical scheme which Lazor’s was. He’s still trying to get the egg off his face. LOL
Look for a more moving pocket and more commitment to the run. Some more balance. We were a 64% pass/36% rush team last year. I expect more like 55/45 this year with more sensible play calling and utilizing RT’s wheels. That alone will make it better. RT can throw on the move and we treated him like Kerry Collins much of the time. Dumb!
I agree with both of you guys. Especially the part about RT taking sacks he shouldn’t, I’ve been saying that since he was a rookie. That stupid pistol 95% of the time, the lack of running the ball, the no FB, the bad scheme that didn’t allow the receivers to get open… All of these things contributed as much as the talent on the OL to the sacks.
Yep! The offense was broken from the start. It’s not about one guy or the QB. The entire approach was fucked up. I hated it and knew it would fail before it started. That sucks!!! LOL
The 2 biggest things against in 2015 were all the new players and the paper thin roster. There’s too many injuries in today’s NFL to win with a thin roster. We were too top heavy in terms of talent and cap hit. I’d like to trade out of our 1st pick a couple of times and get some depth. It seems our draftees don’t do much anyways in their rookie yrs.
It’s a new start. Mr. T is firmly in his position of authority now after a year on the job. Grier is our new GM and Gase is the new HC. Nothing that happened in the past matters now. What these three guys do moving forward is all that matters.
The one thing we absolutely must have is a tacking machine at ILB, without that our D will struggle at times. I agree with an earlier post above about instincts being the top quality in an LB.
That way my post
so your instincts are right
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Agreed. Depending on cap moves I start with Misi back inside, add competition from FA and draft an ILB. We’re only trying to replace Sheppard. He was sub par most of the season with the exception of 3-4 games. Not good enough.
I like Jenkins sans the high ankle sprain and a bigger and stronger Hewitt at OLB to start with.
Vigil also needs to get bigger and stronger to push for a top 6 LB spot which is what we’ll keep on the 53 at the minimum in a 4-3.