The Dolphins managed to get perhaps the top DB in the 2018 NFL Draft and stayed put at #11 to do it as well. As usual, admittedly, Minkah wasn’t my pick, but also as usual, I can see why we got him. I think it’s clear the FO, Gase, and defensive coaches alike, all felt like we don’t really have that deep safety. Minkah is not only going to be a deep safety, he can cover in the slot, on the outside like a CB, and may possibly be the guy to cover TE’s. We’ll see, not going to get too far ahead of myself here.
There are many positives to glean from this selection, he thoroughly solidifies our secondary, and our CB’s will look even better knowing they have a guy they can rely on to pick up deep receivers in our zone defense. There’s also a negative. We just signed safety T.J. McDonald to a 4YR/$24M contract through 2021. Why? We have all-pro safety Reshad Jones, and if they wanted to draft a safety with our first pick, which is fine, why sign McDonald to a 4 YR contract. The only thing that makes sense is that T.J. McDonald will be our hybrid S/LB and most likely nickel LB. Can he handle that role? We’ll find out this season, for better or for worse. I’m not trying to knock the Fitzpatrick pick in the least, but I would love to see what the plan is, and ya know, hope there actually IS a plan.
In the meantime – Welcome to Miami Minkah Fitzpatrick, may you be blessed with a long and healthy career All-Pro career here in Miami! Go #29!
Finsmob Unleashed 
Me in my living room. Same underwear.
Just imagine the pineapple house is a coffee table.
What the Fest would be like if both Rock and ORob show up. 🙂
LOL
who is the poor guy in the middle. That doesn’t look like Jet’s green
That was me when I had more hair. But you all cool with all three dates? Figure the ones who get on planes have the votes that count most…..and three of them have already said Lions.
The Flying Pig says:
April 27, 2018 at 2:36 pm
My squiggly would pop off if that happened
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What if you screwed Guice? Well keep your Gesicki fantasies to your self.
By the way….that I Boulder in the pic above. Rock’s are smaller.
is Boulder.
Go watch gogurts tape and find me 5 minutes worth of NFL level blocking.
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I get what people seeing him because in a few years he might be pretty good player. Right now he’s a project he needs to fill out big-time. He’s long and athletic for sure
he is 260 lbs. how heavy do you want your TE?
You can say that about most of the TEs in the draft. Goedert is huge though at 6-5 and almost 260.
All the draft talk all offseason and where is Lou?
He got stuck
I wish I could post a screen shot of my screen on here right now. I googled Homer Simpson running around in circles and in the middle of 20 homer Simpson videos is one video “Gesicki highlights 2016-2017”
What does youtube know?
But you all cool with all three dates?
Absolutely, even though that damn poll keeps telling me I have already voted…..
But yet you did vote….lol. Sounds like Rock at the Fest though, which is really cool. Get a bunch of others to join in. Lot of names that have never made the best weekend there is.
I voted for the Jets game. but I will be there regardless of which game you guys pick.
Honestly, this team could use talent in so many places, this second round pick could be nearly any position and I would understand as long as the guy is good.
Your are right. John Denney is getting old…..
That’s true.
I had to turn in early last night due to early work this morning. 2 thoughts…
1) I can’t BELIEVE that Hayden Hurst didn’t trigger an immediate avalanche of TEs going off the board! They should be going like hotcakes this evening and I hope we get a good one (Gesicki, PLEASE!).
2) I’m VERY proud of Rashaad Penny! Sucks we didn’t get him, but I’m happy he’s over in the NFC. Why is it that the Seahawks draft so many of my faves?!! Weird.
NO!!!
GOD ERT!
Yeah Penny kept hanging until round 3 in all the mocks I did. I was upset this morning.
Minkah is only the 3rd guy in history to win both the Bednarik and the Thorpe in one year.
The other 2?
Patrick Peterson and Charles Woodson.
OMG I’ll take that!!
Yeah we got a good one. Best pick we’ve made since Landry and JT before that.
Will Darnold be the first QB to “come out”?
LOL
of the closet?
PSSSSSST!! you got something on your face.
Moly moly moly moly moly moly mole.
MOLE
M13 the Seahawks take your guys and it seems like it’s the Vikings who take mine.
Harrison Smith
Rudolph
Griffen
And there have been others
Goedert was 256 at the combine and the word was he purposely bulked up over the past year to get there. some felt, at the cost of some quickness. I’d be surprised if he didn’t end an nfl season around 240-45.
…
I am not saying you can’t draft the kid, and I do like his receiving skills a lot, but there are concerns for me. that’s all. I’m rooting for the kid!
Darnold
Am I right that Buffalo has a depleted Oline and like no draft picks left?
No 2nd but they have 3-7 with two 5’s.
Oh ok
They might need to use all of them on OL. LOL
No, they still have #96, 121, 154, 166, 187 and 255 left
https://www.nfl.com/draft/tracker/teams?team=BUF
Steve Smith is a pretty good analyst. I like listening to him.
He’s no nonsense.
he likes Goedert over Gesicki so he can’t be that bad
Check out Baker’s intro presser close your eyes to listen he sounds just like Tannehill
son of a son of a shula says:
April 27, 2018 at 4:01 pm
M13 the Seahawks take your guys and it seems like it’s the Vikings who take mine.
Harrison Smith
Rudolph
Griffen
And there have been others
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Yeah, the Vikings are the other team that seems to take my guys.
Cordarrelle
Ant Barr
Eric Kendricks
Pat Elflein
They’re dicks lol
Yes they are! LOL
btw congrats to Son for calling the Minkah pick. I never thought he would drop to us.
Thanks and with Tampa trading out I figured that sealed it.
^
He’s who I wanted but didn’t think he’d be there either.
Naples, I wish you’d come hang out with us at the Fest this year. I would and I’m sure everyone else would love to meet you. I’ll come pick you up if you want.
Nah, speak for yourself Son….Not me.
LOL! JBB 😉
Rockphin says:
April 27, 2018 at 3:55 pm
Yeah Penny kept hanging until round 3 in all the mocks I did. I was upset this morning.
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Me too: I was upset this morning about Penny going so early, but I’m really happy for him!
And yes… Goedert would be A-OK with me this evening!
I was very surprised to see him go in the first. I think he has the talent but everyone said he was small school and hadn’t faced competition. I guess Seattle disagreed.
I thought there was a VERY outside chance Penny could go in the 1st, but was pretty sure he’d go in the 2nd. My pipe-dream was him falling to us in the 3rd. Oh well.
Dick just called Shaquem the UFC linebacker
is he Dickslexic?
My squiggly would pop off
which squiggly? Pigs have two. One in the front where a normal penis would go and one in the back where a normal tail would go.
That’s not what a squiggly is you pervert!
looks squiggly to me. (and disappointingly skinny too)
son of a son of a shula says:
April 27, 2018 at 4:10 pm
They’re dicks lol
This is why you get yourself in trouble. Do you really think we need a description of where 2 squigglies would be? You’re killing me.
OH NO! Am I gonna get a time out for posting anatomy diagrams?
Son … thnx for the invite … would love to party down with the Mob.
am monitoring the sich on which day is the Fest.
however my wife’s niece is getting married this September
in Denver and then my son is getting married in November in Atlanta
as well as my F-i-L turns 90 in Philly so we have to go up there Thanksgiving
so the old travel budget is stretched kinda thin during football season this year.
Besides, I’m too old to hang with you young guys.
I probably fall asleep while you rackin’ the balls at the pool hall.
YOUNG?? LOL
You really need to meet us. HA! or at lease look at the fest picks.
aight well it’s true watching the Fins makes me feel middle aged again so yeah it’d be fun
Man a busy guy. Well if it works out we’d love to have you.
Congrats on all the weddings just reminded me I also have a niece getting married. November I think.
Naples — just a two hour drive. You could do the one day in and out (no charge for the tailgate)…..and if you come your ticket is on me. And you could do the cheap hotel room and be there at D&B’s too (not like that is an expensive event).
PS: Donald Trump, George Bush Jr, and Bill Clinton were all born in 1946, in June, July, and August in that order.
They will all be 72 this summer.
Melania Trump is 48 this week. Malia Obama will be 20 in July.
Barack Obama was 56 a couple months ago.
Jimmy Carter and George Bush Sr were born in October and June of 1924.
Now THAT’s old.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/nfl-mock-draft-predicting-how-the-second-round-will-go/ar-AAwpQzA?ocid=spartanntp
I hope so Pig.
In this we leave Goedert on the board. We’re gonna have to have someone go check on Rock.
Porcine feces!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Josh Rosen has the facial features of a cardinal, the eyes, the beak……
Fitz for a tackler had only 33 tackles last year, that’s a great number, because a CB that has a lot of tackles can’t cover.
That defense did a lot of gang tackling. He did his job, he didn’t have to clean up for others.
ALL GOOD if that pushes a nice TE to us!
Jets and Bills both got their possible QBs of the future, but at the same time a whole lot of #2 picks won’t be heading to the AFC East. By my count…..five of them.
The 1st rd is always exciting and I don’t know about you guys, but I like day 2 more.
Nap time done. Ready for rounds 2 and 3
I wonder if we would have taken Rosen had he been there at 11??
All reports I’ve read say no.
the Make OD and Randy happy and piss off Rock and Piggy Draft
11: R1P11 S MINKAH FITZPATRICK, ALABAMA
42: R2P10 C JAMES DANIELS, IOWA
73: R3P9 TE MARK ANDREWS, OKLAHOMA
That’s pretty good. I don’t mind Andrews
SMH at NFLN. They rated Fitz as the #1 DB to be taken in the top 10. We take him at 11 and we get an A-. Cleveland takes the #3 or 4th DB at #4 and still get a B. GB takes the #4 or 5th rated DB on their list seven picks after us and they get an A+. I don’t get it. Shouldn’t the team drafting the #1 DB later than where he was projected get an A+ or at least an A?
That’s why these grades are ghey. LOL
LOL
I hope no one trades up above us to nab a TE. Especially the Pats.
They pick right after us in the 2nd.
I saw that. It wouldn’t take much to move past us. Has me worried.
Should we trade McDonald for another #2 pick or 3rd?
Someone who wanted Fitz might bite
I’d recommend it. Why? I don’t see how Reshad, TJ, and Fitz are going to ALL get their reps in.
I do. I could see dime packages like this:
CB Howard
CB Tank/Lippett
NB McCain
SS Jones
DS Fitz
NLB McDonald
LB Alonso
We could move guys around in matchups, blitzes etc.
The plan might not be add and subtract. Having all three safeties provides flexibility and depth. There’s a chance all three are on the field at the same time in sub packages.
There’s a “chance”… and only in sub-packages?
Which is most of the time. Base defense is not what it once was.
Giving draft grades at this point is just downright silly. I will most analysts I listened to on NFL Radio were all very positive about Fitzpatrick and have unanimously said we made a great pick
If we’re not seeing Reshad, TJ, and Minkah ALL as STARTERS, we’re doing it ALL wrong.
Either move TJ to LB full-time, or trade either Reshad or TJ.
It’s not about starting it’s about snaps. You can keep guys in the secondary fresh too if you have that kind of depth.
Tim Knight says:
April 27, 2018 at 6:08 pm
I do. I could see dime packages like this:
CB Howard
CB Tank/Lippett
NB McCain
SS Jones
DS Fitz
NLB McDonald
LB Alonso
We could move guys around in matchups, blitzes etc.
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In strict DIME sits??? Who’s riding the pines when our base D is on the field?
I don’t know and don’t care, it’s only about 25-30% of the time.
Fitzpatrick is probably eventually going to see more reps than anyone
I don’t see what the conflict is
We don’t have to call a player a particular position to be more effective
In a dime we play 3 safeties
I’m a nickel we can play McDonald at a LB spot
In base D, there’s no mccain and maybe you call McDonald a LB or you have a LB in his place
It’s a hybrid position
Telvin Smith does that for the jaguars – but we call him a LB
It doesn’t matter what you call the player
Tim Knight says:
April 27, 2018 at 6:09 pm
Which is most of the time. Base defense is not what it once was.
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But WHAT about our lack of run-D??? I get that this is a passing league, but we struggled against the run last year. How is playing out of our base going to benefit us against the run???
M13, really? It’s about what the offense puts on the field. When a team goes 3 WRs and a pass catching TE it’s nickel/dime. Everyone wants a LB who can cover a TE yet most of them can’t do it. We can use big safeties in those situations.
Matt Patricia said recently his defense in NE were in sub packages 90% of the time.
A lot of this has to do with the offense doing it’s job by scoring points and having leads.
FACT: our Defense will see more 1st down sits than 2nd, 3rd, or 4th down sits (it’s mathematical). Thus, our BASE D must feature Reshad, TJ, and Minkah.
M – With ya 100% I don’t see a lot of snaps for TJ unless he’s playing nickel LB, or even just LB period
THANK YOU!!!
Which is why I said I don’t get why they signed TJ to a 4 year deal and then took Minkah. If I’m the Dolphins, I have Minkah at FS all the time.
EXACTLY!!!
I don’t think you need to trade TJ. With him and Fitzpatrick we have great flexibility on our D. TJ can be at LB or safety and Fitzpatrick can be at CB or safety. I think you will see both of them on the field in multiple roles. They make our D harder to create mismatches against
Bingo! I’m surprised this debate is still going on.
We still have a gaping hole what with who our 3rd starting LB may be. Unless Stephone Anthony has been eating his Wheaties, I see a HOLE.
Well that is kind of what we do around here. LOL
Tim – It’s not a crazy discussion, and it’s not so cut and dry. Does a safety that only plays in nickel and dime sets earn a 4 YR/$24M contract? It’s all about cap allocation, and I’m not sure that’s using the cap money wisely. It’s not about whether anyone cares how much or how little guys are on the field
I agree with this also, was just wondering about a trade that’s all. The team has a plan, we just don’t know what it is as usual.
M13:
No doubt we need help at LB but draft ain’t over yet
I’m a bit miffed we didn’t draft Tremaine Edmunds.
Fitzpatrick was BPA. I like Edmunds too but I think they went BPA and it is hard to argue against that
Why is Shaquem wearing his momma’s wig?
Furthermore – If we do find a LB that can cover, then there basically is no reason to have TJ.
Right!!! And we passed on Tremaine Edmunds???
Guise falling because of off the field character issues? I heard it was something to do with sex with a pig.
What difference does it make if it’s consensual
Do I have to post the diagrams again?
If we gave up nothing for McDonald and get value for him – I’m all for it
But who’s trading for him anyway?
Dallas would be a possibility
The Dolphins are not taking Guise you silly pig. Watch him drop, watch him drop.
Whomever posted that article is dumb.
GOEDERT!
Okay, I understand wanting superior depth in the secondary because a lot of them play. Guys get hurt too and then you wish you had more. If the idea is to now move on from McDonald then so be it. I hope not.
Ken says:
April 27, 2018 at 6:28 pm
Fitzpatrick was BPA. I like Edmunds too but I think they went BPA and it is hard to argue against that
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And THAT, my friend, is why I’m AGAINST strict BPA. Gotta couple BPA with NEED. Now we have a log-jam at Safety, with 5 to 6 other positions that REALLY need to be addressed.
The DBs will be on the field more than the LBs. Not sure why you keep ignoring that.
Bingo
It is a passing league it is hard to have too many DBs. I thought DB was an area of need
Gase has said he wants as many as possible. Some of the guys are over thinking it.
Really worried about someone trading up with the Colts to #36 or #37 to take a TE. Colts have 3 picks in the 2nd all ready with the latest at #49. They could easily afford to trade down with someone. Though they do need LB, RB & WR and may stay put before there is a run on those positions.
Fitz, Jones and Howard will be playing full time at DB……the rest of them were hitting the gym harder today.
Dilly Dilly
But with Gase, he’s shown it doesn’t matter what your name is, you had better have been at the gym today.
The thing with Minkah is he is cheep (relatively) for a first round pick. His contract is going to be 16mil or so over 4 years.
Okay, I’m moving onto tonight. If we stay pat with our 2nd and 3rd, I’m hoping for a TE and whatever other position they feel was the best value.
what maid me different was that I wear my momma’s wig.
That was a touching piece.
he still wearing his momma’s wig
I’m not trying to muddy the waters here, but if my name is Matt Burke, who/what/where/why do I start with the drafting of Minkah? We MUST to be able to stop the run, and we just lost Suh.
Just some food for thought, nothing more, cats.
I mean… HELL YEAH(!!!) our sub-packages could ROCK!!! But what about our Base… and what about our run-D?
Thus, I wouldn’t be too surprised to see us address the D again here, on day 2 of the Draft!
But GIVE US our TE FIRST!!!
McMillan is one new guy we didn’t have last year. We do have a need for another DT who can play tough inside. But I don’t think drafting Fitz has anything to do with not wanting to play the run better.
Teams don’t play pro-sets like they once did. I wish they did because I preferred that style of football. But they don’t. It’s 3 WR, 4 WR and empty back sets often.
M13 — if I was Matt Burke would be thinking just got the best DB in the draft. Have a nice quartet of DEs as well. And last year’s second rounder at LB is coming back. I’d want some back-up at DT and maybe a LB, but would be thinking could make it work.
Yep
SHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! MF13, dang. You know you just blew up Jone’s Achilles, McDonald’s Knee and Fitz’s hamstring with that log jamb comment.
Just GET US that TE that we ALL WANT!!!
HELL YEAH!!!
M13, I also we think we ignore that Chase Allen who gives us good size at LB played well in base. But he’s going to be a part-time player and would play more against teams who go big more often. But you need a quality deep secondary to compete in this league. You need flexibility to play all opponents. You don’t need 1st rd picks everywhere to accomplish that.
If I’m Burke and you just handed me the best DB in the draft to add to my young ascending backfield then I’m trying the be the coach who came up with the famous 4-1-6 “back in the day”
(Four defensive ends, one LB and 6 DB’s)
LET’S GO!!!
DAY 2 OF THE NFL DRAFT!!!
GO PHINS!!!
2nd round and 3rd round are likely more critical than 1st round cuz we had Minkah, James, and Edmunds to choose from (hard to screw that one up LOL).
MF
I hear you but base is no longer always in on first down. Lotta teams throw on first especially in strategic times to mess the d up or generate some Big Mo or a 2-minute drill or after a TO etc.
But after getting Minkah, I think we need a DT for real. After TE, that should be our focus so teams can’t take advantage of our “light” pkg. God and Taylor are already a bit lite in the seat of the pants, so if they are both in, we are sittin ducks for smashmouth.
Heck Phillips plays on skates half the time himself, so he’s no solid wall.
YES on a DT, Naples!
I’m hoping for TE & DT tonight. I wouldn’t mind sneaking in another 3rd rounder on a trade up to grab a LB too.
^^^
I hope Mayock is right. I didn’t hear him say TE
GET ME MY TE
The Miami 4-1-6
I like it Rock.
That is a great scheme you drew up there. That might work.
Cleveland MUST replace Joe Thomas
I agree. Cleveland needs to take one with one of these early picks on day 2.
Rockphin says:
April 27, 2018 at 7:08 pm
I hope Mayock is right. I didn’t hear him say TE
GET ME MY TE
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AGREED!
And happy to hear that you’re watching NFL Network instead of ESPN!!!
Is ESPN still on the air? Huh……oh well. Hopefully not for much longer…..
🙂
😀
I hate that the brownies get the 1st and 3rd picks tonight. So not fair.
Hey enough is enough. It’s like they didn’t win a game last yr or something.
Like they’re an expansion team gettin stocked up.
having 1st & 4th last night and 1st & 3rd tonight sucks. It must be because they have only won one game in the last 35…..Suck for luck…nah we’re gonna suck for a dynasty…. LOL
gotta be DE from BC
Corbett???
good for us
WTF with the Browns. lmfao … they deserve their misery
But the poor fans don’t deserve it! Have you been to Cleveland? Man, they should be given a break. But if this was a Karma league Buffalo would be SB champions every year.
Austin Corbett. Never heard of him.
It’s the Browns
I just want Gesicki to be a Dolphin . . . That’s it . . . lol
YES!!!!
Either Gesicki or Goedert!!!
NO!
GOEDERT!
Hernandez!!!
When an offense is in 3 or 4 WR with no FB but maybe a TE and one back, you have McDonald up in the box on one side and say look run first, if it’s a pass you cover the back in the flat on your side, if he goes the opposite way you blitz. He’s 6-3 220, he can handle box stuff just like Jones. It’s not like we’re fielding six 5-10 190 DBs. LOL
Stop talking about it Tim. You’ve moved on. There’s no going back! lol
They pull me back in. LOL
Nice pick for the Giants
they need him bad and he helps Saquon go for 2K yds.
that’s the plan… so Eli doesn’t have to throw. lol
Late riser.
Great pick for the Jints. Just what they needed
The Giants should be an offensive juggernaut this year
Except they didn’t draft a QB
Chubb!!!
ok Chubb is gone, that’s ok not my fave, but geez Georgia was stacked with talent last year.
VERY much so!
ORob just shed a tear. BTW – Guice left Dallas, got out of dodge. He’s apparently going to drop some. Heard this on NFL radio on my drive home
There are apparently some maturity issues with him
So weird Colts pick is in and Colts on the clock at the same time
Terrifying
I liked Chubb In the 3rd. Indy makes me very nervous about Gesicki.
Great pick Giants. Hernandez and his family looked so happy. Good stuff!
colts could go Def back to back or build the right side of the line now
Run on OGs now
Which helps for TE chances
Leonard … he’s risky … I know SC State … pretty low competition
Darius Leonard and Braden Smith to IND.
Breaden Smith … another good player but we’ll survive without those 3 OGs that just went.
with first round Center last year, this year Nelson and Smith, Colts are SERIOUS about protecting Luck. They could sign one of US as an RB lol
Put me in, Coach! I’m ready to play! 🙂
We’ll be on the clock real soon. It’s flying.
TE’s are still there!
So is Guice