The NFL draft is just 15 days away, and our beat writers here, you know them well, Omar Kelly, Armando Salguero, Adam Beasley etc. have been silent. Usually at this time there are names floating around that we are especially interested in, but not this year. I like it. Keeps us all guessing, as it should be. Perhaps Grier and Co. are also running a tight ship, which should also be commended.
I’m still completely unsure where we’re going at #13, or if we even stay at #13, or move up, or move back. I do think all of the above are possible depending on what happens in front of us, if we have enough interest in a certain player to make a move up, or if we’re just staying true to our board ready to select whomever we think is the best fit for our team. Will the Cards really take Kyler Murray at #1? If they don’t, does he fall? Is Dwayne Haskins really set for a fall as some prognosticators are saying? If he does, do we gladly stop his fall, or do we continue his slide and take a DE, DT or OL?
Is there a QB in this draft that we have a strong interest in? It could be Will Grier, who’s a projected 2nd or 3rd pick. It could be Tyree Jackson, who could go anywhere from the 3rd RD or later. Heck, maybe it’s Gardner Minshew or Easton Stick. No one in MIA really seems to have an idea, which is pretty surprising.
We know we need DL help, especially at DE. Sack production from our current crop of defensive ends in the NFL is abysmal. Yes, Jayrone Elliott led the AAF with 7 sacks, but in the NFL in 3 seasons with the Green Bay Packers he had only 4 sacks total. In other words, temper your enthusiasm. There could be a few very nice prospects who may make it to #13, such as DE’s Montez Sweat, Clelin Ferrell and Rashan Gary. We might have a choice of DT’s such as Ed Oliver and Christian Wilkins. On the OL side we may have a chance at Jawaan Taylor of Jonah Williams. Any one of these players would help our team going forward.
So let’s all hope for the best for our draft this year, but also understand that no draft will sate the majority of Dolphins fans, because we all have different ideas of how it should be done. Looking forward to April 25 to see who our 1st pick is!
#staythecourse
Finsmob Unleashed 
“this team and it’s coaches will not tank as they have to protect their brand however i would think the GM and owner are tanking in that respect.”
Think ORob nailed it as far as “tanking” there. The coaches and players will try to win every single game on the field. But then there is who is on the field. If less than who we could have put out…. guess you can call that tanking. But the front office will call it rebuilding.
I dont see it that way, like at QB they didnt have to get Ryan Fitzpatrick, they have a much better chance of being non-competitive if they just rolled out there with Falk. They let high priced vets go, a sign of a rebuild but not tanking, Wake didnt fit the multiple philosophy, neither did Quinn or Branch. They also set up next year to have a lot of cap space so they can get their guys then. I dont see this anywhere near a “tank” they cleaned the closet, and started re-organizing, if they wanted to tank they would have just said fuck it, and sold off everything and then put nothing but scrubs out there. Tanking is deliberate, and anything not deliberate to lose games wouldnt be tanking. I dont even agree with the “well they are putting themselves in position to lose”, the only thing i see is they are accepting this isnt a year to make a push for post season and superbowl, but tanking, i cant see it.
Very fine lines here. For sure they are not trying to tank in a “Major League” kind of way, but maybe the flip side of not maxing out your roster for a given season as you rebuild is that you don’t put out the best team you could. And maybe you think more about 2021 than 2019 when it comes to roster moves.
Completely agree, D.
This idea that the FO might look at a DT or an OL in the draft this year and say “well we need both, but if we pick the OL guy this year we might win more games, so we’ll pick the DT instead” is way off base IMO.
The way I see it? 2 of the last 3 so-called ‘rebuilds’ we’ve had (Sparano, Philbin, and Gase), we landed a Wildcard berth in year one… Philbin being the obvious one who didn’t accomplish as much.
Quite honestly, if we address the O-Line sufficiently this year, Ryan Fitzpatrick is no joke and he has the weapons around him to win shootouts… unlike Tannehill before him.
Additionally (and with a real DC now, unlike Matt Burke), we’ve got playmakers on our Defense. Get an explosive pass-rusher on Defense, and we could be scary on that side of the ball.
Whatever Vegas is predicting for us, take the OVER.
D,
They had to TD some veteran QB to put in that room. I’m not saying that’s why they got Fitz. But, I think, with his intelligence and experience, they may have been looking at his impact in the QB room more than his impact on wins and losses.
Agreed.
wyoming85 says:
April 11, 2019 at 2:35 pm
It’s a misspelled name!
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its a stripper name
It’s not about tanking. It’s about making decisions for long term success not immediate wins. There are plenty of ways you do that. Of course coaches and players are still working and planning to win games each week. But, that doesn’t mean decisions can’t still be made that are focused on long term success and building a team that is capable of sustained excellence…not immediate gratification.
Well put. I wrote a long exposition I was going to post, but yours says pretty much the same thing and is much more succinct.
As fans, we’ve complained for years about doing half-assed resets and rebuilds, and now that the team appears to want to do it the right way, we and the media are calling it tanking.
Personally I would have been just fine going with Falk or the new QB!
Shore up the trenches, then see who stands up to meet the challenge, or lays down on you!
Replace accordingly each year!
That’s what I think this year is also about. The new staff will see who fits and who doesn’t moving forward as they add players they feel are good fits.
I said that from the start, I was fine with Falk, Rudock and whatever QB we draft competing this year. They went out and signed Fitz, which they definitely didn’t have to do.
Kong,
I usually post during my lunch hour. I got no choice but to keep it short. Lol
Lol. I usually do the same thing, which is why more often than not I just post some inane joke and run.
Tanking is at least a word that gets people going. For me at least, will only really come up if the Q is how hard are we trying to win games towards the end of the season if a high draft choice for say Tua is involved. Not like some on this board weren’t on the Suck for Luck train some years ago.
Like a few have already mentioned, when the Colts tanked they threw out Curtis Painter as the QB. We went out and got Fitz, so you have to at least give them that much.
My issue with the Colts tanking, was once they were secure in the spot to draft 1st overall they started playing lights out.
You know my best hope is that Fitz is there to mentor our new young arm. But if it ever comes to it….. am sure something will be there where we can put him on IR and trot out Davon Godchaux or Quentin Poling as the best QB available. 🙂
The players and coaches will do everything in their power to win, for them there’s no such thing as tanking.
His knee is beautiful. So, so pretty. I’d love to get him in RD 2
Too bad we don’t need a safety!
Wingardium leviosa
Been watching Harmony again?
Wyo – Harmony? What’s that?
Yes, it’s from Harry Potter. Not sure what Harmony is though
It’s a misspelled name!
and the great John DENNEY at LS.
CURSE YOU!!!!!
Mike E. says:
April 11, 2019 at 8:29 am
Lou – I totally agree with you
this just proves you need a time out.
Damn Wyo – I should have got that. Too literal sometimes.
bailbondmike says:
April 11, 2019 at 11:11 am
BBM Trady Pants. No relation to Rockphin Trady Pants. LOL
NICE draft BBM! I like that you resisted the urge to take a bust QB just because you are jonesing. (looking at you MikeE) LOL
DJFF – Never forget!
Even Ja’Wuan James to a point, and I called that pick. Can’t draft guys in RD 1 and miss or let them walk, and we’ve been doing a lot of both
Fuck tank for Tua. (Shrimp)
Suck for the Duck!
Herbert is the QB I want
D,
Again, we’re not accumulating 2020 picks on purpose. We’re accumulating 2020 picks because that’s what’s being offered. I’m pretty sure that if we were being offered 2019 picks they wouldn’t be turning them down and telling teams they want 2020 picks instead.
That’s probably true but it’s not so bad to build up draft capital for next year. The coaching staff will know the team better in 2020 after having a season together and they’ll have a better idea of which positions they want to target next year.
Maybe, i guess it could be that way, but i bet if they wanted to, they could have taken a lower round pick this year instead. I guess we will just have to go with our own opinions on this because neither of us can know for sure.
lol. they weren’t OFFERED 2019 picks!!
D says:
April 11, 2019 at 3:40 pm
wyoming85 says:
April 11, 2019 at 2:35 pm
It’s a misspelled name!
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its a stripper name
Lou – I think if they had the choice of a 5th RD pick this year or a 4th next year, they took the 4th. I would. We’re in no rush, and next year, that 4th will be worth more than the 5th we would have gotten this year.
I don’t see the logic in that statement; especially the part about being in no rush. Yes, we are rebuilding the team. We got rid of some bad contracts and some players who had no future with the team and also didn’t have much of an impact on the team’s ability to win games.
Nobody knows what these guys have in mind as far as what this rebuild is going to look like and how fast it’s going to get done. I’ll bet that, by the time the season rolls around, a lot of people are going to be extremely surprised with what this team’s roster looks like and by the end of the season a lot of people are going to be surprised by how competitive this team was.
Not much is expected of this team this year but there’s a lot of time between now and the beginning of the season. The roster is nowhere near what it’s going to look like for game 1. Between the draft, free agency, undrafted free agents and cuts after the draft and during camp this team is going to have a whole new look and that doesn’t mean it’s going to look like shit.
I took a look at the free agents who were signed so far. Go look at them on Sportrac. Most of them are the same old, same old. A lot of them have done little but they’re being scoffed up by teams because they have experience even though that experience hasn’t amounted to much.
So, I’m not buying that we’re taking our time. I’m looking at a group of guys in a front office making some calculated moves to put together a roster that’s going to surprise just about everyone.
What he is saying Lou is we are in no rush to try to do it all in one off season so they are deliberately taking the better offer a year later since we have no plans to push for the playoffs this year.
NO. They’re not. They’re not turning down 2019 picks for 2020 picks. It’s not happening.
weirdest thing I’ve ever seen.
So i think he believes flames will be coming out the butthole… i mean he only mentioned it briefly but thats about the jest of what i got from it.
LOL.. That’s kind of the impression I got.
WTF!!! LOL
I’m sorry but the people in the Phins front office are working their asses off right now looking at all the prospects; free agents, draft prospects, etc and it’s just something to see people trying to undersell what they’re doing and say things like “they’re in no hurry”.
It just conjures up an image of a bunch of guys sitting around shooting the shit instead of being hard at work trying to assemble a team with the best players they can and, even if they don’t look like it, it’s guys they believe can contribute and players they feel they can make something out of.
No disrespect Mike. It’s just that a lot of fans I’ve talked to have this idea that the brass doesn’t give a shit about this season. How do you evaluate your talent at the end of the season? How do you evaluate the coaching staff? How do evaluate yourselves and the job you did bringing in talent from different areas; how effective your process was?
You just can’t do it if you’re not all in all the time? Nobody has the luxury of just saying, “well, we’re not really worried about trying to accomplish too much this season”. That just boggles the mind. This year will go a long way to giving them a base to work with. It’s a starting point. You can’t just blow this year off and then think you can just flick a switch in 2020 and come out like hellfire.
This stuff about next year’s draft is just ridiculous. They don’t know who they are going to have a shot at in any of those rounds. I would love to see someone who thinks this team is “all in on 2020” sit in a room with these guys and talk like they’ve been about this season being a tank season and going for it in 2020 and have them look at that person like they have 3 heads.
Lou, Overall i agree with you, but i also think you are reading too much into what Mike said, he isnt saying they arent trying to win, he was saying they arent setting the bar of success at any sort of win total. Winning will not be the primary objective, getting a solid foundation and solid start to the roster will take precedence. I completely agree with that, they arent game planning to lose, they are game planning to win, ut they arent going to be arguing over wins and losses as much as they are on execution and failing to execute so they can fix those issues.
I bet there will be some surprises…let’s see… we may be better at the QB position then last year…we should definitely be better at the coaching level and we will have a lot of hungry guys trying to make a name for themselves. we may be a better team than we were last year.
I’m with M
Take the over
vegas has us at 5 wins. yes, take the over
^^^!
I think there are enough teams on our schedule id put us at 50/50 with that i could see us winning 5-6, i wouldnt be surprised if there are more, but ill be conservative and put my guess there.
I actually wouldnt have minded signing him, but its not a big loss.
so the Jets are signing running backs for a coach who doesn’t like to run the ball.
That’s ok, I’d rather have Alex Collins or Spender Ware if we are going for a FA.
Alex Collins was a RB i liked coming out of college, both he and his counterpart in that Arkansas backfield Johnathan Williams. Collins was the better of the two imo.
Collins has legal issues, drugs and gun charges.
I thought Ware signed with someone already.
Oh i didnt know that. That sucks.
Lou – It’s all about compensation. Nowhere did I say we’re not trying this year, just that if they had the option to get a better RD in next year’s draft they took it. Let’s be honest, neither of us know or ever will know what was offered, so it’s all just speculation. This is not a one year project, it’s probably 2-3 at a minimum, and that has no bearing on what we’re trying to accomplish this season.
don’t get me wrong Mike. Like I said, no disrespect to you. I’m just getting sick of the hot takes about how this thing is going to go down. However, my opinion is that when you look at what we’ve got now at the top of the organization in terms of talent and you look at the coaching staff we’ve assembled I just don’t believe these guys are going to settle for anything less than being the best team they can be this year; whether people believe it or not.
People are looking at what was let go and what they’ve brought in to this point and just have a ridiculous view of things in thinking these guys aren’t bringing in talent; that they’re just filling the roster with shit so they can lose games on purpose in order to be stacked with high picks in 2020.
I apply the same logic to us trading back and taking DT Jeffery Simmons. He won’t help us a lick this season, but he could be great for us next year and 4 or more after that. I would do that if we traded back, it would be a smart pick. Not because we’re tanking but because he would help our team in the future.
I’d be fine with that. I love Simmons.
OK, so I wouldn’t be taking Simmons because he won’t be playing this year, I’d take him because he’ll help us next year and beyond. I’d hope that getting a better pick in RD 4 next year would be better than what we’d get in RD 5 this year. That’s all I’m saying Lou. We don’t have to agree on it, just my thinking.
So we for sure are looking for another quality RB, i think that makes drafting one in a late day 2 early day 3 a possibility, if we dont get a vet before then.
ORob,
I don’t know if we’ll have better QB play, but I’m pretty sure we’ll see fewer sacks this season than we’ve seen in a long time….maybe other than 2017 when Cutler was here.
Id be happy just to have fewer strip sacks.
Here’s my guy. Probably goes undrafted but he just LOOKS like a Miami Dolphins running back:
D, that’s why the Ravens waived Alex Collins.
Fitz has only played 16 games 3 times in his 15 year career.
Did anyone else notice we only have 3 qb’s on the roster?
Yes why?
because they need 4 for camp
Oh okay I thought you were going to point out something else about why.
well, since you brought it up. lol
I want to know if anyone seriously think this conversation has taken place. All the people in the front office talked about the quarterback situation and came to the conclusion that they are going to go into the season with Ryan Fitzpatrick as the starter and as far as the qb situation is concerned they’re putting it on the backburner until next year and they’re going to concentrate their efforts on other positions.
lou,
What does a Miami Dolphins RB look like? Lol
tough, built like a brick shithouse. lol. I remember the good old days when we had running backs. not guys like Daniel Thomas. I like Drake but even he isn’t a guy who is a full-time running back.
I like the guy who can punish defenders and wear down a defense late in the game.
Didn’t catch which one it was, but on QAM when was going to Publix they were talking about some pre-draft power ranking that had the Phins at #32. Seems at that point worst you can do is meet expectations. Am guessing we end up better than that though.
Would actually prefer say 6-7 wins as a sign that Flores and crew have it going on.
Interesting!
I really do t care how many wins we get next year. If actually prefer fewer wins to get a better draft pick. I won’t root for losses, but they won’t bug me this year. As long as we can see progress being made I want high draft picks. Don’t kid yourself, they matter. Cleveland wouldn’t be where they are right now with a decade of mid round picks.
High draft picks don’t guarantee anything. CLE had high draft picks and multiple high draft picks for about a decade. It’s coaching and talent evaluation. You bring in the guys who can help your team and the coaches have to be the best at their jobs.
lou,
Nah, that’s just something people say. The stats show that the higher the draft pick, the better players you get. It’s not an absolute, but it is the way it works. Of course coaching and talent evaluation matter but so does drafting better players, which usually happens with higher picks.
it doesn’t. take a look at the draft history and you’ll see that there’s a lot of players taken early that don’t pan out.
here’s a perfect example right here. I remember watching Perry at USC and thought he was going to be a killer in the NFL. I think a lot of people thought the same way. Drafted in the 1st rd, pick #28:
http://www.nfl.com/player/nickperry/2533048/profile
lou,
For instance, no amount of coaching in the world would make Tannehill a better QB then Peyton Manning. Manning is just more talented, and he was drafted first overall because he was more talented than anybody else.
what’s your point? take a look at the number of first rd quarterbacks who weren’t as talented at Manning. the first rd is littered with guys at the qb position that just absolutely SUCKED. yet, they were taken in the first rd because GM’s had a hard on for them.
Where a guy is picked doesn’t matter. We have a tendency of keeping about 20 to 25 udfa’s on our 53 man roster. That’s right. Undrafted free agents. There’s guys who were picked in the draft that didn’t make the rosters of other teams but there’s undrafted free agents who did.
lou,
Yes, of course there are players who don’t pan out….and that goes for every round. But, there are plenty who do, and most NFL rosters are about 60-70% 1-3 round picks. So, if it doesn’t matter, why aren’t there just as many 4-7th rounders? It matters, but it isn’t the only thing that matters. I’ll still take a number one pick over a 20th any day.
It matters because, like Miami with Tannehill, if you take a guy in the first you’re going to put more time and effort into the guy and try and make something out of him than you will with a guy you took in the 5th rd. That’s why it matters. Round means little.
how many 1st rd picks do we have on our team right now?
lou,
You said it was more about coaching. I simply pointed out that the better players are simply better and no amount of coaching is gonna make an average player as good as a really talented player. And those players are usually higher draft picks. You’re talking about exceptions…not the rule.
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And I’m okay with us having a difference of opinion. I want the most talented players I can get. You have a different take. That’s cool.
here’s some top performers from the Pats D in 2018:
Kyle Van Noy – Rd 2 and he didn’t pan out w/the team that drafted him
Duron Harmon- Rd 3
Lawrence Guy – Rd 7
J C Jackson – Undrafted
Deatrich Wise – Rd 4
Malcolm Brown – Rd 1
Keion Crossen – Rd 7
Elandon Roberts – Rd 6
Jason McCourty – Rd 6
Jonathan Jones – Undrafted
Trey Flowers – Rd 4
Devin McCourty, Chung, Hightower and Gilmore were all 1st rd picks. But, the majority of the players on the Pats D that shut down the high powered Rams O in the SB weren’t taken anywhere near the 1st rd.
Which is actually great for us, if you think about it.
from GMFB: http://www.nfl.com/videos/good-morning-football/0ap3000001025737/Brandt-s-hot-take-Brian-Flores-will-be-Coach-of-the-Year
Randy — obviously Peyton Manning is about as good as it gets. So maybe the talent egg heads got that right, but think about who was drafted in the spot right after him. The big Q before that draft was who would go first.
stanger,
My point was about coaching. lou said coaching is more important. Coaching wasn’t gonna make Tannehill or Fitzpatrick or Henne….better than Manning. Manning was just better. That post was more about coaching than draft position. It just so happened that Peyton was the first pick too…but it was more about coaching impact.
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The older I get, the quicker these sorts of conversations make me wanna go take a nap. Lol
Guess was folding into your comment about about how Cleveland wouldn’t be where it was without the high picks. But for sure, some players are just better than others. ‘Tis a draft coming up though…… and see that as a crap shoot.
stanger,
I do think Cleveland is where it is right now, in part, because of all the high draft picks they’ve had to build a roster with. I don’t think it’s the only reason, of course, but it did help them get a lot of good players they wouldn’t have if they’d been picking in the 20s that whole time. Could they be in the exact same spot with mid round picks? Sure, it’s possible…but I doubt it. That’s us! Lol
yeah, and CLE had those picks for about a decade and they FINALLY are starting to look good. why, because a lot of those high draft picks didn’t pan out and it took them a while to get better talent in and they finally look like they might have a head coach.
coaching doesn’t matter but look at what CLE did w/Jackson and what they did after he left. they were 2-5-1 with Jackson and you’re going to tell me coaching doesn’t matter.
lou,
If I gave you the choice of having the first pick or the 20th pick in a draft, which would you take? And why? For me, I’d take the first pick every single time. Because it gives me a better chance of getting a better player AND the guy I actually want. Might I blow it and take a guy who sucks? Sure. But, I’ll take my chances with that not happening the higher I pick.
I’d take that first pick and parlay it into multiple picks and go with the numbers rather than just one guy because it takes 11 guys on offense and 11 guys on defense all doing their jobs to win games.
Bill Walsh traded down a lot.
lou,
Lol. Touché! I actually could see the logic in a trade back in the first year of a rebuild.
And I am with the professor on this one, especially this year. But then I’d trade back every year and get as many top three round picks as I could….. and trade for future ones as well. Coaches on the hot seat out there every year.
lou,
I never said coaching doesn’t matter. In fact, i said it all matters. I don’t like to talk in absolutes. They’re rarely true in sports. But, do you think drafting Mayfield with the #1 pick may also have something to do with it? Is that even possible? Was it simply and solely because of the coaching he received or possibly because he was a better player?
they were 2-5-1 with Jackson. if Jackson were still there they never would have done as well.
it’s the bad teams with bad coaches who need to have the star players on their team. the better coaches get it done without all the star players. again, look at what Brian Flores did with his defense with the guys he had to work with that were mid, late rd picks or even undrafted. and all those guys contributed a lot to the defense.
all I know is we’ve got a good one.
Your Picks:
Round 1 Pick 19 (TENN): Kaleb McGary, OT, Washington (B)
Round 2 Pick 16: Zach Allen, DE, Boston College (B+)
Round 2 Pick 19 (TENN): Elgton Jenkins, OG/C, Miss. State (A-)
Round 3 Pick 14: Beau Benzschawel, OG, Wisconsin (A-)
Round 4 Pick 14: Renell Wren, DT, Arizona St. (A+)
Round 5 Pick 13: Tyree Jackson, QB, Buffalo (A+)
Round 7 Pick 19: Hunter Renfrow, WR, Clemson (A+)
Round 7 Pick 20: Andrew Van Ginkel, OLB, Wisconsin (A+)
A lot of the players that CLE has that has everyone excited they did not draft. I feel bad for Joe Thomas though, the franchise he was loyal to for many years were a few years late in getting things on the right track.
lou,
Name me a team in the last couple decades who wins a championship without star players?
The Pats. LOL
yeah, and not all those star players are from the first rd
There are times I think Belichick wants to show everyone how good of a coach he is that he wins with players nobody knows much about and finds them from everywhere.
Randy, of course the odds are higher for success with earlier draft picks. I think the biggest issue with a lot of teams who never win anything is they can pick players, even very good ones, but they don’t build good “teams”.
I’m calling it now. Sione Takitaki to the Phins unless someone else takes him before us. Don’t know what rd, whether it’s 2nd, 3rd, 4th but we’re taking him. Guarantee it.
The Pats have Brady….possibly the biggest star in the league. And, that wasn’t about draft position but coaching. Even one of the greatest coaches of all time hasn’t won championships without a star player. Nobody….even bellicheat….wins championships without star players. In 2008, without Brady, they won 11 games but didn’t even make the playoffs.
yes, a star player taken in the 6th rd.
Lou, the thing I like about Flores and some of the defensive staff he brought in is they’ve all coached the same defense together – Graham and Boyer. So right off the bat there is no disconnect. Even his OC came over with him from NE. That could be the difference this time around as opposed to first time coaches having to find guys they know or know of, but they haven’t worked much together.
Maybe we’re not a top defense this year but what I want to see is less communication breakdowns. That was a major issue under Joseph and Burke. We had some good talent but they were always confused and still didn’t have call in when the ball was snapped. The result were guys running in the open field untouched for big gains.
agreed. but I also will go one further and say these guys are also a lot smarter. but I think we’re also going to see a lot more coaching going on during the game on the sidelines. position coaches going over things with their guys, offensive coordinator going over plays with the qb. stuff we’re just not used to seeing.
Jim Caldwell was a great outside hire for Flores. He’s a long time QB coach with HC experience and successful offenses. He’s going to be good for O’Shea as well.
definitely, and most people are discounting all that. it’s like they’re stuck in the past and just can’t get over it. those days are gone. this is a completely different franchise.
if this were Tannenbaum with Grier and Gase and his staff reworking this team right now under the same circumstances I’d say what difference does it make but we’re not looking at anywhere near the same thing.
We’ve got the guys who can get it done.
Yeah but Lou …
According to your listing above,
The Pats had almost HALF their starting Defense as First Round draft picks.
Devin McCourty, Chung, Hightower, Gilmore, and Malcolm Brown.
That’s 3 DBs and the 4th is a twin of one of the first rounders. !!!
a LB and that Big DT (I won’t use the term NT which seems to offend so many on this blog.)
That is a lot of talent. Throw in a Round 2 guy Van Noy. Any team would love to have such a base of high draft picks. They’ll make those mid and late round diamonds in the rough look better.
We had 2? plus 2 round 2s? i forget where Kiko was taken. And throw in Harris the bust.
So if we had had a DC that knew what to do we might’ve had a chance.
and where did the remaining guys come from? and look at the top contributors on defense. you’re grasping at straws. this conversation is getting old fast
BTW
Sorry about not knowing that the former Ravens RB got popped for intent to distribute.
I doubt he was. He just probably had a newly bought stash big enought to get him through tthe off season without needing to score again, since buying weed is dangerous. LOL not funny though
The idiot fell asleep in his car. Sheesh. The “friend” walked home and left him there. Some friend.
Randy, where does Brady fall in your equation? Was he great at Michigan?
nevermind, you replied before I posted. I just hadn’t read that far
Wouldn’t it be something if the Brazilian guy Durval Queiroz Neto becomes a physical beast at NT/DT for us. Not a pro bowl or all-pro but a quality cog in the defense. That would be cool! LOL
Mike E, Ken, Pig, and other Star Wars fans…
I have it on very good authority that both the ‘title drop’ and the first teaser trailer for ‘Episode IX’ will be revealed tomorrow!
Let’s hope that JJ Abrams can rectify the mess that Rian Johnson left him.
CAN’T WAIT!!!
We have 15 DBs on this team, is that really where we go early in this draft? Man… I hope not. Let that group compete for 10/11 on the 53.
I agree.
BPA must be tempered with common sense.
We don’t need a TE, K, P, or LS in the first round either.
And I would add we don’t need a WR or LB either, but that’s JMHO.
We need a DE or DT or edge rusher or OT in the first round
and the others in the second and third.
Then add OG and RB in the 4th and 5th, because you can still get good ones that late.
Teams are perenniall contenders and pick late in the draft. The only difference is they have their QB. Get your QB and you suddenly dont have to pick top 10.
Amen!
ER – Get the right QB, and the right HC, and you’re on your way
M – Looking forward to it!
TAKI TAKI !!!!
Tim – It would neat-o if Neto was a good player for us
The Dolphins brought Hawaii linebacker Jahlani Tavai to team headquarters this week, as first reported by ESPN’s Jordan Schultz.
Here’s at least the fourth college linebacker summoned to Dolphins headquarters in the past three days, joining BYU’s Sione Takitaki, Maryland’s Tre Watson and Idaho’s Kaden Elliss. All four count among the team’s “30” visits, which are never announced by the team.
That’s pretty impressive?
He sucked pretty hard while he was here . . .
I usually add him as a later round OL prospect when i do mocks. He seems to be a pretty decent player with potential.
That’s pretty impressive?
Kristin Cavallari says Jay Cutler unclogged her milk ducts by “sucking harder than he’s ever sucked” https://t.co/OhwleOXjTA pic.twitter.com/xZ5Hh9yhnV
— Jezebel (@Jezebel) April 12, 2019
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Surprised he didnt take the nipple clean off the tit.
mf13ss says:
April 11, 2019 at 8:55 pm
Mike E, Ken, Pig, and other Star Wars fans…
I have it on very good authority that both the ‘title drop’ and the first teaser trailer for ‘Episode IX’ will be revealed tomorrow!
Let’s hope that JJ Abrams can rectify the mess that Rian Johnson left him.
CAN’T WAIT!!!
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Ya mean the political agenda they masquraded as the previous installment of the series?
masqueraded
Among many other issues… YES!
7-11 to Son’s Newtons!
D,
To be clear, I was upset with the political agenda, the gender agenda, story lines that were totally irrelevant, lack of character development, who was/is Snoke, who are Rey’s parents, Luke needlessly dying at the end, Luke drinking green milk straight from the alien’s breast, goofy sideshow BS, out of place comedy, a lack of continuity from “The Force Awakens’, where is this all headed with only one more movie to tie everything together, why did Kylo destroy his awesome mask, a lack of creativity, and I’m just getting started!!! LOL
I started getting down on the franchise when Jar Jar Binks ruined the past 3 movies. Then I didn’t like the casting of the other movies and the writing between General Leah and Han Solo (ancient as they were) was horrible. The whole series has been on a downward slide since Disney took it.
I don’t disagree! I hope JJ Abrams can fix this mess!
Star Wars Celebration starts live in 7 minutes. We’re supposed to get the title drop and the first teaser trailer at some point during this event.
You can watch it live here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnhiLZOprZE
https://twitter.com/MDCheer/status/1116740609560068096
It would seem that Darth Sidious is returning!!!
I saw the trailer!!! As soon as it gets posted to Youtube, I’ll post it here!!!
One Dead, 3 Injured in Shooting During Nipsey Hussle Funeral Procession.
I suspect this is gang related. I mean even at a funeral they do a drive by. SMH
I don’t want to talk ill about Nipsey, but he was a known gang member. This is not surprising to me.
So he was a known gang member and Obama did a reading at the procession. SMH
Exactly, Tim. Trust you me, I’m a Bay Area rap historian of sorts. Nipsey wasn’t the great guy that the media has been talking about.
Is that 3 not including Nipsey Hussle?
Yes, it was during his funeral.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/shooting-nipsey-hussle-procession-leaves-104800293.html
M13, yep it’s all about guns right, Obama?
^^^
GOT IT!!! Here’s the official “Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker” teaser trailer!!!
That laugh at the end of the trailer? None other than Darth Sidious/Emperor Palpatine. As a matter of fact, after the trailer dropped at Star Wars Celebration, the lights came back on and there was Ian McDiarmid on the stage, to EVERYBODY’s surprise! Yes, I watched it live!
McDiarmid then said (in his Sidious voice): “Roll it, again!”
Sidious is coming back, y’all!
Tim – That was an old George Carlin joke. It went like “There was a crash between 2 funeral processions today in California, 8 people were killed, not including the 2 that were already dead
Oh okay. LOL
Man, I really do miss George Carlin. He’s certainly my favorite comedian of all-time.
He was one funny dude. Richard Pryor too.
Anthony Jeselink, Mike Birbiglia, Steven Wright, Jim Gaffigan, Mitch Hedberg, those are sme of my favorites.
This is my dude, Star Wars Theory, in the house at Star Wars Celebration. You’ll see his reaction to the Episode IX trailer being shown, including Ian McDiarmid coming on stage by surprise to say: “Roll it, again!”. WOOOOOOOOO!!!
Nathen Stewart
2 days ago (edited)
That murder was a set up by the Illuminati… the guy that they arrested and the guy that’s in this video is not the same people…. people need to pay attention
Lovely Tashay TV
2 days ago
Exactly! It’s obvious the elites ordered to take him out of here
The best covers Music Channel
2 days ago (edited)
When you know all about Mkultra, cloning and freemasonry, you know its easy for the elite to put all of this together when they want to do a sacrifice or shut someone up.
HOT KNIVES IN ALL UR 3RD EYES
2 days ago
The elites figure Christopher Darden is a good puppet lawyer for this large staged trial their fin to do just like the stage OJ trial.. this is all ritual for divide and conquer specifically tailored for us
FACE
2 days ago (edited)
I KNEW HE WAS NOT IN JAIL,,,,,,,,,THIS IS WARNER BROTHERS,the only reason they are giveing this alot of attention is to satify the masses ,THEY SEE WE KNOW NOW!
Mindlink1
2 days ago
This was a ritual sacrafice confirmed by ruthless reliable sources.
Obito Uchiha
2 days ago
Like i said it was setup THANK YOU RC.
J S Dwayne
2 days ago
100% SETUP, Sebi documentary is the reason. Didn’t want the truth out smh!!!
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Just a glimpse of the brain power thats is the future generation. Jesus what a fucking lost generation.
Yeah, and the GOP blew up the WTC
And flames are going to be shooting out of their buttholes !!
What is this all about?
Nipsy Hussle murder.
Oh geez, so it wasn’t a gang related murder and the drive by at his funeral procession wasn’t that either eh? SMH
I know who Nipsey RUSSLE is. Who the F is Nipsey Hussle?
His nephew that really tries hard
A rapper who was recently murdered.
No Tim, it’s not about the guns. It is about the abhorrent portion of society that glorifies drug use, violence against women, gang banging, etc. (Rappers)
Right, and there was Obama doing a reading at Nipsey Hussle’s funeral and a drive by happened during the procession killing one and injuring a few others. Why would a former president be at a known gang member’s funeral?
Disney is opening Star Wars land August 29th, pretty close timing to the release of the movie. Ive seen some aerial photos of the expansion and they have a ride called Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run and its in the Falcon. Literally, they built a life-sized Falcon that they have the ride in. Disney is going to be PACKED probably Septermber (a normally slow month because kids just went back to school) though New Years at least. Again, other than Thanksgiving week and the week before Christmas through New Years, its not normally a busy time, but i bet it will this year, Specifically Hollywood Studios.
When it comes to rap, it use to be about telling stories of their life, and not so much a glorification of it. Most early rap was like this is how i fight to live every day in the hood, and the streets are my school, and i want out but im going to die here in this life kinda messages. A lot of it today is almost like advertising and the people doing the advertising most of the time play us how hard they are and they portray being hard as a positive trait to where before it was a condition of their life. Its a good bit different from the NWA days.
That’s true.
That’s not gonna age well!
George Carlin was a very funny comedian earlier in his career. I saw him about 10 years ago and I didn’t even gafaw once. He was just a bitter angry old many ranting about everything at that point. There was no humor left in his show.
He had some sets that were extremely funny and some that were kinda liek you said. I liked him a a comedian but he isn’t one of my favs.
Yeah I remember that too. I was turned off.
First time I’ve seen this in my Twitter life (roughly 10 years)…
Every single top-10 trending topic is about Star Wars! WOW!
Na
7-11 is trending on mine too! 😉
Interesting that since Nipsey Hussle’s death Omar’s Twitter was all about him but nothing about the shooting at his funeral today. Hmmm…
Omar is a clown. PERIOD.
You know what I’m suggesting here. If it was a different kind of shooting his feed would be all about that.
Comedians definitely have a shelf life. At some point, their shtick gets old and too familiar, and then they just fade away.
Tim – Are you saying the funeral shooting wasn’t “black love”?
Yes! LOL
I am out of the loop on this stuff, but wasn’t Nipsey Hussle an ex-gang member that was big in the community, including working with cops, to find solutions to gang violence and to keep kids out of trouble and improve the community?
If that’s the case I retract some of my comments. I was going by what M13 said that he was a known gang member. He was probably murdered by gang members because he turned on them, and the shooting today was likely more of that.
^ BOOM
And I do NOT retract my statement that Nipsey was a known gang member.
Then you just may have suggested a motive for his murder… seriously. NOT trying to be cute at all, but rather, you might have hit the nail on the head, CavKong.
I’m more than out of the loop, I’m out of the film completely.
I honestly don’t know. I’m only going by a few headlines I’ve seen and some of the scuttlebutt around Sac.
I thought you might know more about it than I do, MF13.
I do, but I’m not going to say too much other than Nipsey was gang-affiliated. RIP to Nipsey.
I’m open to any number of scenarios with this team including:
1. Trade for Rosen and go into the draft w/your qb, then trade down in the first accumulating more picks in order to get your OL & DL players.
2. Draft Haskins if he falls to #13 and then just use the remainder of picks as you would.
3. Trade down into 20s and draft Simmons, getting a couple more picks to work w/this yr.
4. Trade down & then trade down again, completely out of the first rd, draft Will Grier as the qb and have picks to start building the OL & DL.
Honestly, I’m fine with any number of scenarios
D says:
April 12, 2019 at 3:09 pm
Disney is opening Star Wars land August 29th, pretty close timing to the release of the movie. Ive seen some aerial photos of the expansion and they have a ride called Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run and its in the Falcon. Literally, they built a life-sized Falcon that they have the ride in. Disney is going to be PACKED probably Septermber (a normally slow month because kids just went back to school) though New Years at least. Again, other than Thanksgiving week and the week before Christmas through New Years, its not normally a busy time, but i bet it will this year, Specifically Hollywood Studios.
Guys, once ya join a gang like the Bloods or Crips, there’s no way out… try as you may.
It’s like the mob. You know too much.
EXACTLY, TIM!!! You understand!
They operate all over our nation, notably in big cities. You can’t run from them, you can’t stray from them, and they won’t let you out.
Not trying be argumentative, but that is a gross overgeneralization. I know and have worked with a lot of ex-gang members, both red and blue.
I will meet you half way though and say it’s hard to leave and stay in the same community overrun with gang organizations, and certain factions of gang organizations are definitely much harder to leave than others.
Damn! I was hoping my last post would push my message to Toba to the top of the next page, lol.
I’ll also say I have no idea how the dynamic works in the music industry. That is more your purview.
Alright, Toba!
Basically a MUST win for your Jets tonight. Ya’ll don’t want to head to St Louis down 0-2!
(I hope you have noticed I refrain from applying the pejorative moniker ‘Jest’ to your Winnipeg team even though they share a nasty name with that putrescent team from NJ.) 🙂