The Dolphins brought back long time NFLer Chan Gailey to be the Dolphin Offensive Coordinator. After Patrick Graham, 2019’s Defensive Coordinator left at the end of the season to take the same position as DC for the New York Giants. The Dolphins then promoted Josh Boyer who was cornerbacks coach and defensive passing game coordinator for the Dolphins last season. Special Teams coach Danny Crossman returns, I think he did a great job last season. Wide Receivers coach Karl Dorrell is also back for 2020. Running Backs coach Eric Studesville also returns for 2020, despite the struggles of our run game which ended up with QB Ryan Fitzpatrick as the leading rusher. Ugh! Rob Leonard returns as Linebackers coach and Steve Marshall will be the Offensive Line coach. George Godsey will return as Tight Ends coach and the development of Mike Gesicki was a job well done.
It’s a little disconcerting to me that Patrick Graham left to take the same position with the NY Giants. No promotion, just a lateral move. It hurts a little, because defections bug me, when players or coaches just choose not to be with our team. Jim Caldwell also appears to be completely out of the picture now for whatever that’s worth. It’s not that Graham was so great last year and Caldwell basically stepped away early in the process due to “health reasons” last year so not a big deal.
To the roster. There will be so many additions to the team in the coming months of Free Agency, followed by the Draft and then once again followed by Free Agency. That will be huge. What’s as important are the subtractions, most notably Xavien Howard. What his situation is exactly is unknown, but I like to plan for the worst. Nik Needham and Ken Webster were our starting CB’s to end the season, and it’s not that they were bad, but if Howard is out for most or all of 2020 and maybe even off the roster period, we have a lot of work to do at CB. We all know OL, DL, DE, QB. RB, S were already big needs and now we may need to add CB.
The good news is we have tons of cap space for free agency. According to Spotrac.com we have the highest available cap space in 2020 with $94.3M. I think the last time I brought this up we were just behind the Colts who are now 3rd. Regardless, we are flush with money to spend freely to improve the roster. Then we have 14 picks upcoming in the 2020 draft. 3 first round picks and 2 second round picks is a good way to get that started. We know the roster will be very different and I hope that GM Chris Grier and HC Brian Flores can start building a winner.
GO DOLPHINS!!
#staythecourse
Finsmob Unleashed 
WTF, now I have to repost. LOL
Foist!
Senior Bowl Day 2 North Defense:
https://thedraftnetwork.com/articles/senior-bowl-defense-north-day-2-practice-recap
Senior Bowl Day 2 North Offense:
https://thedraftnetwork.com/articles/2020-senior-bowl-nfl-draft-day-two-practice-recap-north-offense
Senior Bowl Day 2 South Defense:
https://thedraftnetwork.com/articles/senior-bowl-south-defensive-day-2-practice-recap
Senior Bowl Day 2 South Offense:
https://thedraftnetwork.com/articles/senior-bowl-offense-south-practice-day-two-recap
I forget which fan site it was, but one of the guys posted an article the other day that said, basically, if we don’t trade up to #3 to take Tua the front office needs to be fired. That is the one thing that will make me lose my shit and start burning dolphins gear again. it’s just my opinion, but they SHOULD NOT trade up at all this year or next. Picks are too valuable. It takes seven and a half years of normal drafts (on pick per round, or 7 picks) to fill a 53 man roster. That is if EVERY pick works out. when you are able to get extra picks you need to keep them and use them. I will be ok with anything they do basically except for trading up for another bust. (LCIII, DTIII or god forbid Tua5)
Take the BPA or trade back for more picks.
Dont really think that anything doesnt make sense until a few years down the road. If they trade up they felt differently, and losing a pick to get your guy to me makes perfect sense. Its only our opinion on players and the value of picks that makes us feel that way. I dont at all feel like you do about it, but im not also saying you couldnt be right about it. Also, you are looking at wthout consideration for FA or the fact that this isnt a fill the spots in one year process. Ya want things fixed this year but thats not going to happen no matter if they trade up or down, hell you could trade up and hit on one pick or fail with all three, trading up for down doesnt fix the problem, making the right pick does.
ONLY coming away with a POTENTIAL franchise QB does not “save” the franchise. Look at the colts with Luck. How many superbowl rings did they get again? Oh, that’s right he never played in a SB.
Look what it did for other teams though, there are signs of you being right just as there are of you being wrong.
which other teams D? I would argue that these mythical teams had the their shit together in other areas if a “QB turned their franchise around” There is a reason Aaron rogers doesn’t have 5 rings. Their front office failed to put a team around him. Same with Marino.
BTW, I am in no way saying I’m right and you or anyone else is wrong. I am only expressing my opinion and preference.
Rock – I also would prefer us not to trade up for a QB. I have a feeling, as I’ve mentioned here before that I don’t think we spend a high pick on a QB. I could be totally wrong, but I think we may wait till either late 1st or even a RD or 2 later to take a QB.
It may seem counter intuitive, but look at how many great QB’s were taken in the late 1st or later. Marino, Rogers, Brady-but that is unreasonable expectations, Jackson a few years ago, Still top ten, but Mahomes was 10th, wilson in the 3rd
Like D said above it’s not the pick but the player picked. (Paraphrasing)
Rockphin tradey pants was locked up in the closet after setting the draft board and was not allowed near the phone.
NO TRADES DRAFT:
5: R1P5 LB ISAIAH SIMMONS CLEMSON
18: R1P18 QB JUSTIN HERBERT OREGON
26: R1P26 EDGE K’LAVON CHAISSON LSU
39: R2P7 RB D’ANDRE SWIFT GEORGIA
56: R2P24 C CESAR RUIZ MICHIGAN
70: R3P6 G JOHN SIMPSON CLEMSON
142: R4P39 S K’VON WALLACE CLEMSON
162: R5P16 CB HARRISON HAND TEMPLE
173: R5P27 TE JACOB BREELAND OREGON
185: R6P6 B JOSIAH SCOTT MICHIGAN STATE
197: R6P18 OT TREMAYNE ANCHRUM CLEMSON
202: R6P23 P MICHAEL TURK ARIZONA STATE
245: R7P31 C JAKE HANSON OREGON
251: R7P37 EDGE ALEX HIGHSMITH CHARLOTTE
Your Picks:
Round 1 Pick 5: Isaiah Simmons, OLB/ILB, Clemson (A-)
Round 1 Pick 18: Javon Kinlaw, DT, South Carolina (B)
Round 1 Pick 26: Jedrick Wills, OT, Alabama (B+)
Round 2 Pick 5: KLavon Chaisson, DE/OLB, LSU (B-)
Round 2 Pick 24: Jordan Love, QB, Utah State (A)
Round 3 Pick 5: Darryl Williams, C/OG, Mississippi State (A)
Round 5 Pick 17: Damon Arnette, CB, Ohio State (A)
Round 6 Pick 5: Rodney Smith, RB, Minnesota (A+)
Round 6 Pick 17: Anthony McFarland, RB, Maryland (A+)
Round 7 Pick 31: Chase Allen, TE, Iowa State (A)
your site does’t give you the comp picks? you are missing a 4th & 5th, 6th & 7th
You copied my draft from yesterday
Except I took chaisson at 26 and OL in the early 2nd
5 Andrew Thomas, OT Georgia
18 K’Lavon Chaisson, EDGE LSU
26 Neville Gallimore, IDL Oklahoma
39 Prince Tega Wanogho, OT Auburn
56 Lloyd Cushenberry III, IOL LSU
70 Joshua Uche, EDGE Michigan
135 Julian Blackmon, S Utah
144 Denzel Mims, WR Baylor
147 Chase Lucas, CB Arizona State
165 A.J. Dillon, RB Boston College
177 Reggie Floyd, S Virginia Tech
222 Cole McDonald, QB Hawaii
you still holding out hope for Rosen?
You drafted an entire OL
SHIT! I got to dicking around on here and forgot I have an off-site meeting in Ft. Lauder an hour from now. I hope there is no traffic or I will be late and looking like an asshole when I walk in.
NOGTIH ALL
LOL – Slacker!
I think we are going to take a QB at 5
Suggesting that the FO should be fired if they don’t trade up to take a certain player is ludicrous though
I think the odds of taking either Tua or Herbert at 5 are pretty high – that’s speculative by me, but I just think it makes too much sense not to
the fact that fans have much different opinions of those 2 QBs is nowhere near as valuable as the picks we would be giving up to move up
The FO can have a bad offseason that deserves scrutiny
But the failure to trade up and take the player some people may love is a pretty reckless standard if you ask me
I wouldn’t trust a person who says that to pick my socks for me, much less give a fair evaluation of the performance of the FO
If the FO trades up, I will be okay with it, it’s not my preference but I get it if the FO loves a guy.
But 18, 26 and 36 are very valuable picks
I prefer we use those picks to acquire additional talent
I could see them doing it but i could also see them contemplating filling out the roster a bit more and seeing if Rosen might be the guy. I could easily see them bringing in a guy like Love, or Eason later down the draft to compete with Rosen for the QB spot, and then if all fails going QB high in 2021. Like i said below, the permutations are endless and with so many options they could go in and still improve this team, its really hard to get a bead on a “likely” scenario.
I dont think there is any reason to trade up either, BUT those guys know a lot better than me. They know if the guy they want is worth it, they know the risk that not trading up means that the guy they want will be there or wont be, they know all the factors that we dont and yet they still might not know all the factors to make the right call, but they are a shit ton better prepared to know the answer than any of us. They also might think the plan is better to get the team ready and then get the QB in 2021 than it is to try to do it at all the same time. They might also think Rosen is the answer with the right team around him. the permutations are practically endless.
I think its fair and fun for us to hash out what we would do and what players we think are appropriate, etc, but lets not kid ourselves that we know anything. I want to watch that 5th pick roll by having know we did something good for our team. New QB, New OL, new anything that makes us better (and that could be pretty much any position player) i just want to know that we improved.
Thats pretty much the same for me on every pick, and i have been shown that things i thought about players have been spot on, but i have also seen i have been completely wrong. Complementing or condemning a pick before the player has had a chance to show anything is silly, So make your initial judgments, but give them some time and then come back and shit all over it. Come back later and do your i told ya so’s if ya want lol, at least the timing will be more appropriate.
That’s exactly right D – No matter what we know, it’s a minuscule fraction compared to the amount of info they have. On the other hand, we all bitch when we don’t get the players we want but that’s normal behavior for a fan. Having some cred helps and a lot of losing seasons don’t necessarily give this organization such cred. I do believe we’re on the right track and hope that we are.
The Flying Pig says:
January 23, 2020 at 2:18 pm
You drafted an entire OL
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If thy would let me id probably just tell the commish with my picks’s id like the whole UGA OL and RB. and just tell him to call me when he got to the rest of our picks lol.
It wouldn’t be crazy to focus heavily on OL with our picks
I just worry about so many rookies at once, and would like to sprinkle in some vets
Other than that, I wouldn’t mind it
Another fine job Mike E
Thank you.
And no matter what Fins do, over half the fan base is going to lose their shit over it. That’s the truth baybay!
Thanks ER – It’s hard to please any fanbase, especially when there’s so many different ideas on how to get it done. It always seems though in the end we all buy in, and then get let down. I’m thinking we’re on the upswing now.
I’m a firm believer that the Dolphins are loaded with draft picks and have to build a complete TEAM. since we are not only one player away from a championship, we need not trade away valuable picks for only one player. I love Mike Ditka, but were the Saints only Ricky Williams away from greatness?
Giants hire Marc Colombo as OL coach. That’s a classic case of do as I say, not as I do. lol
Also the perfect example of “Those that can, do, and those that can’t,teach.” lol
And those that can’t teach, teach gym.
LOL – Both of those are better than mine
I cannot believe that SOME of you (Mike E., D) have the temerity to suggest that we bloggers are not equal to professional NFL personnel evaluators! The HORROR!
What can i say, i have a big pair of temerities.
I think you mean termites….
Mike was high on NyQuil when he said that
As his doctor, or at least someone who has stayed in a Holiday Inn Express, I recommend he stop taking NyQuil and move on to Night Train.
Its being rumored we are speaking with a few WR’s at senior bowl btw. Might just be homework as a just in case they cant get some guys re-signed or extended and their salary numbers lowered, but i think it shows we dont feel 100% satisfied at WR.
I hope Duvernay is one of them.
I agree 100% on DuVernay.
I personally do not feel the WR’s we have are a group without options for improvement. Wilson in particular, i would feel better with a mid round draft pick in replacement. Also i like Grant but he is electric as a return man, and we might be pushing him a little too hard to be a big part of the offense. Then there is Parker, who has one year to really show he was worth the first round selection, but does all that disappear next year when he stubs a toe throwing down his lunch tray?
Mike E, are you on any prescriptions like blood pressure or blood thinners?
Sounds like your blood pressure may have dropped precipitously interactions between otc meds and scope kill 1000’s of people every year.
Drug interactions are very dangerous. FDA can’t test them all and doesn’t even try mostly.
A good rule of thumb is to never overlap the max impact range of any 2 drugs. Especially if you will be exercising heavily, which incl sex, or enduring extra stress like road rage, raising teens, political discussions at Thanksgiving, and blogging about Tannehill.
This means rec. drugs incl alcohol, reefer, vitamins, Nyquil and other OTCs, scrips, and even herbs, herbal teas, strong coffee, dark chocolate, tobacco, spicy spices, and bottled or dry sauces, gravies, and other condiments unless you have used them before and know how it feels and what body part or system function is affected or altered.
My problem? I love all of the above except tobacco.But I abuse them all carefully and with attention to my psychotic mental state and my 257 blood pressure reading on here.
We are good D. I didn’t take any offense, just being a Derrick Brown homer. Lol.
A lot of the WRs are day 2 picks, so if one should fall far enough Miami should grab him if they like him enough. I’ll worry about who and how many make the final roster in late August/early September.
Grier has said they will look at all positions but pretty much all teams look at all the talent available.
Rock – Yes, I’m on blood pressure medication, lisinopril and I also take an aspirin (325mg) every day. That’s some good detective work there. I was actually thinking it may have raised my blood pressure but if it lowered it a lot what happened makes all the sense in the world.
After reading into this a little further, decongestants will raise blood pressure so it was an increase, not a decrease. In any case, Nyquil is supposed to make you drowsy and waking up an hour into the dose is what probably got me. I think . . .
IF we don’t take Tua @ 5 (and I mostly hope we don’t) then we need the BPA at each pick so we end up with 2 Edge rushers, a LT, a RB, and a safety in the first and second rounds
In the 3rd I’d like either a move TE or another RB, depending on BPA.
I think in FA we should get Scherff. Few others interest me except maybe Ngakoue and Arik Armstead at DE. Doubting Bud Dupree is actually changing teams, but he’s good if we have room for him. Ditto Mike Pennell. Maybe Jeremiah Attaochu is set free. Noah Spence?
It is a litttle misleading to state our huge cap room unless you don’t think we will resign any of our own FAs.
Which I guess is possible in a rebuild like we have gonig.
But we have P Haack and WR Ford as FAs.
Plus a bunch of marginal or IR guys.
We’ll probably sign some of them but some will go elsewhere.
Aqib Talib CB 34 MIA TBD $9,500,000 UFA –
Evan Boehm G 27 MIA TBD $2,025,000 UFA –
Walt Aikens FS 29 MIA TBD $1,350,000 UFA –
J’Marcus Webb RT 32 MIA TBD $930,000 UFA –
Mike Hull ILB 29 MIA TBD $895,000 UFA –
John Jenkins DE 31 MIA TBD $805,000 UFA –
Clive Walford TE 28 MIA TBD $720,000 UFA –
Vince Biegel OLB 27 MIA TBD $645,000 RFA –
Deon Lacey OLB 30 MIA TBD $645,000 RFA –
Ricardo Louis WR 26 MIA TBD $645,000 RFA –
Adrian Colbert FS 26 MIA TBD $645,000 ERFA –
Samaje Perine RB 24 MIA TBD $645,000 RFA –
Trevor Davis WR 27 MIA TBD $641,794 UFA –
Taybor Pepper LS 26 MIA TBD $570,000 ERFA –
Isaiah Ford WR 24 MIA TBD $570,000 ERFA –
Chase Allen OLB 27 MIA TBD $558,333 RFA –
Matt Haack P 26 MIA TBD $556,333 RFA –
Kendrick Norton DT 23 MIA TBD $525,000 ERFA –
Trent Harris DE 24 MIA TBD $495,000 ERFA –
Evan Brown C 23 MIA TBD $495,000 ERFA –
That’s a lot of bodies, incl Walt Aikens and Vince Biegel in addition to Ford and Haaack.
Mike E,
Great article and we think alike. Defections always bug me too.
BBM,
Thanks a ton for those links to the Senior Bowl week. I’ve been uncharacteristically busy for this time of year and you’ve saved me from searching up the info.
Thanks New Age!
Naples – No reason whatsoever to downplay the amount of money we have available. Biegel wants to sign a long term deal here and he won’t be expensive. Aikens is a ST’s stalwart who also won’t cost much. I wouldn’t be surprised if we cut ties with Chase Allen. Unfortunately Kendrick Norton had his arm amputated from a car accident and won’t be playing football again. Talib was signed to get us a comp pick for next season, he’s toast. Pepper is a LS and his salary is irrelevant. At least 2 of those guys on the O-line are depth at best if they even stick. John Jenkins may get re-signed, but no one on that list even if I’m wrong is going to break the bank. What I’ve said all along is I don’t think we’re looking for the most expensive FA’s, just the guys that fit what we do. We may spend a little more on one or two guys, but we’re not throwing big money all over the place.
https://phinphanatic.com/2020/01/24/seven-round-mock-draft-2-0/
I kinda like this mock draft
Yeah, not bad
https://nflmocks.com/2020/01/24/2020-nfl-draft-keshawn-vaughn-scouting/
Write up on one of my favorite RB prospects this draft. Pretty sure OCRob would enjoy watching him run for us.
At this point I think I would rather the dolphins draft Love than Tua. I would prefer it to be with #18 or 26, but if they take him at 5 I will sit with wait and see attitude
This is another “I would really prefer to draft ANYONE other than Tua” draft
5: R1P5 OT ANDREW THOMAS GEORGIA
18: R1P18 QB JORDAN LOVE UTAH STATE
26: R1P26 RB D’ANDRE SWIFT GEORGIA
39: R2P7 C CESAR RUIZ MICHIGAN
56: R2P24 CB TROY PRIDE JR. NOTRE DAME
70: R3P6 EDGE JOSH UCHE MICHIGAN
142: R4P39 S J.R. REED GEORGIA
162: R5P16 G MADISON AKAMNONU TEXAS TECH
173: R5P27 G DAMIEN LEWIS LSU
185: R6P6 LB LOGAN WILSON WYOMING
197: R6P18 K RODRIGO BLANKENSHIP GEORGIA
202: R6P23 S TANNER MUSE CLEMSON
245: R7P31 FB REGGIE GILLIAM TOLEDO
251: R7P37 DL DAVON HAMILTON OHIO STATE
and yes, I ALMOST selected an entire O line in that draft. Shit we need one!
If you got Andrew Thomas, i could give a shit if took a QB at all in the whole draft. I would not select Love in the first though, there is too much work and risk with him developing to do that.
Maybe we shouldn’t pick a QB at all this year, after all we have Fitz who played great with limited protection and we gave up a 2nd rnder for Rosen.
Don’t we still have to see if Rosen is the man?
he has a great arm, he was put into a bad situation, not sure he has the mobility of Fitz however if you protect him he may be better than any QB you could draft and we have invested in him already.
Seen enough to know he isn’t already.
there was bad an good in what i saw from him, i think the bad are things that in a better situation he would have done a lot better. He actually reminds me a lot of Herbert and Herbert’s shortcomings. So if you arent replacing him with Burrow or Tua, i think you are wasting your time. None of the other QB’s available with be of any more worth to us o use the 5th pick, because we wont be actually improving that position. We would be much better, if not taking one of the aforementioned 2, to keep Rosen and take a guy with potential, even if its pretty raw potential, deeper in the draft. Then its a QB battle to see who takes the reigns.
your judgement on Qbs isn’t that great since you liked Tannehill…….Oh shit! wait a minute????
With what we had to work with, Fitz was the better guy. He has been in bad situations before and he is a smrt crafty guy who handled that shortcoming better. They didnt want to wreck Rosen by throwing him to the wolves.
I actually heard that the FO likes Rosen
They simply couldn’t take Fitz out to Ben how well he played
I don’t think Rosen’s story is over
I don’t think we come to the draft needing to draft a QB
But I think we come to the draft with an opportunity to draft one we really like
If the Dolphins really like a player like Tua or Herbert we have the luxury of pulling the trigger at 5 and then using the next few picks to address concerns like OL or pass rush, RB and DBs
And when you factor Free agency into that mix, it just makes sense to me
I don’t think we ever wanted to tank for a long player
But I do think we might take as advantage of the opportunity and take one early, especially given we have other picks
If we do that I think we keep 3 QBs next year
And you might even see Rosen start a lot of games
I feel strongly that they will take Tua as long as his medical turns out clean. I dont think the love for him is smoke and mirrors, but i also dont think they will jeopardize the future of the team giving up too much to get him. I kinda feel like they will stay out at 5 and not be tempted to trade up, unless its a good deal. I think we will only see smart moves with regard to getting a QB not desperate ones.
naplesfan2010 says:
January 23, 2020 at 8:40 pm
IF we don’t take Tua @ 5 (and I mostly hope we don’t) then we need the BPA at each pick so we end up with 2 Edge rushers, a LT, a RB, and a safety in the first and second rounds
In the 3rd I’d like either a move TE or another RB, depending on BPA.
I think in FA we should get Scherff. Few others interest me except maybe Ngakoue and Arik Armstead at DE. Doubting Bud Dupree is actually changing teams, but he’s good if we have room for him. Ditto Mike Pennell. Maybe Jeremiah Attaochu is set free. Noah Spence?
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What i have hear is that Scherff is most likely to be re-signed as a priority target for the Skins. They are already out of continuity on the OL and when i was reading one of their boards once, they seem to think that the new staff are going to wnt to make him a priority re-sign.
wyoming85 says:
January 24, 2020 at 8:54 am
2020 @seniorbowl South Squad Offensive Practice Players of the Week (voted on by the position group they competed against in practice)
QB: Jalen Hurts, Oklahoma
RB: La’Mical Perine, Florida
WR: Van Jefferson, Florida
TE: Jared Pinkney, Vanderbilt
OL: Lloyd Cushenberry, LSU pic.twitter.com/OZlouhUrZg
— Jim Nagy (@JimNagy_SB) January 24, 2020
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I know this is coming from Nagy himself, but i am not heard that Hurts was the impressive one. Herbert was the guy that stood out the most among the South QB’s.
I did hear good things abotu the rest of those guys, except Pinkney, but thats because i didnt ask for any info on him.
None of the guys he listed on his North side PotWwere people i got any reports on, i didnt have anyone checking on them.
I cant believe Kinlaw wasnt on this list, he looked like a man among boys
Nevermind, somehow my eyes read past his name in the list.
These were voted on by the players opposite them on the field.
There are 4 posts. one for each side of the ball on each team.
PS Kinlaw made his list!
(voted on by the position group they competed against in practice)
If we take Love in the first we are making a mistake i think, i mean like i said they know better, and i for sure see the potential, but im not convinced with as much that he has left to improve on that he ever gets there. Id be all on board with us using the first rounders to fill other holes, specifically OL, and grabbing him early in the second, however.
I agree, he has superb arm strength. Accuracy a bit of an issue almost Cam Newton like with his overthrows. I think his biggest issue may be reading the field/processing the D and knowing where the open guy is going to be.
And that one is very tough to fix.
If Mel Kiper thinks it, then it more than likely won’t happen. Yeah!!!
dilly dilly!
D says:
January 24, 2020 at 12:26 pm
https://nflmocks.com/2020/01/24/2020-nfl-draft-keshawn-vaughn-scouting/
Write up on one of my favorite RB prospects this draft. Pretty sure OCRob would enjoy watching him run for us.
Yeah, I like him a lot! Him and Kylin Hill (IMO) were going to be mid round steals. Kylin Hill decided to return for his senior year which was a good move with Mike Leach bringing the “air raid” offense to Miss State. He will be a top 10 back if not top 5 in 2021 draft.
Senior Bowl QB nuggets (we weren’t mentioned cause I think, they think, we take Tua):
https://thedraftnetwork.com/articles/finding-the-perfect-team-fit-for-each-of-the-2020-senior-bowl-qbs
More Senior Bowl info on players we have talked about:
https://thedraftnetwork.com/articles/senior-bowl-prospect-risers-and-fallers-at-each-position
Senior Bowl info on players they feel are “tweeners”:
https://thedraftnetwork.com/articles/-position-less–players-finding-their-home-at-2020-senior-bowl
WR isn’t high on my list so this is good info as none of them are 1st rounders except maybe 1. Here is their take on all the WR’s at the Senior Bowl:
https://thedraftnetwork.com/articles/senior-bowl-receiver-report
I dont think the love for him is smoke and mirrors,
D, I don’t think the love for him has ever been expressed by Grier or Flores. You are conflating what Armando says with what the team feels. I am nearly positive you will fail to find a SINGLE quote from Flores or Grier expressing their “love” for Tua.
Well
They sent 3 scouts to his last game
I love Kipers 3 picks for us
I just don’t like Swift in the first
Take an OT at 26 and save the RB for the 2nd round
With how many good RB’s are available this time around, you could easily do that and still wind up with comparable talent. Swift is certainly a big jump ahead of the rest, but not getting him, and getting one of the other guys, is not going to make or break the offense.
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/dolphins-gm-looking-for-quarterbacks-with-intangibles-talks-tua-tagovailoas-potential/
“According to a report from Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk, Dolphins owner Stephen Ross covets former LSU quarterback Joe Burrow — who is expected to go No. 1 overall to the Cincinnati Bengals.” — not sure if OD wanted to trade up for Burrow before…… but he sure as heck doesn’t want to now. 🙂
Who wouldnt, he is a really great QB prospect, though i still think a healthy Tua is better skill wise. Burrow seems less injury prone, and probably due to his play-style being more pocket passer and he doesnt scramble and put him in harms way much. Id rather have him than Tua and i bet you find very few people that disagree with that.
As far as trading up to get him, two major roadblocks. One is the price of that trade up, even though its just to move up to 1 from 5, thats going to cost multiple in not all of our 1st round picks, or definately a next years first instead. Secondly, you have to have a willing partner, and Cincy, only if we give them a GREAT deal, will not do that, they will stay put and take him themselves.
Was just saying OD wouldn’t want it with Ross wanting it, but much as the thought of Burrow is nice don’t want to do it either. But obviously Ross would call the shots.
“We’re still so early in this process,” Grier said. “We haven’t met him, haven’t sat down with him or talked to him. Our doctors haven’t seen him. We know as much as you do right now. We see the media reports and things of that nature, but at the end of the day we’ve got to get to know the guys, get in front of him, just like another player. We’re very, very early in the stage with the fact that we haven’t met the guy yet.”
Doesn’t that sound a lot like he’s going out of his way to make it seem like he’s not a guy they really want though? That was my first impression
Rockphin says:
January 24, 2020 at 1:27 pm
I dont think the love for him is smoke and mirrors,
D, I don’t think the love for him has ever been expressed by Grier or Flores. You are conflating what Armando says with what the team feels. I am nearly positive you will fail to find a SINGLE quote from Flores or Grier expressing their “love” for Tua.
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Hard for me to do that when i really dont read things that Mando writes other than what get posted here and i only 50% of the time agree with what he says, if that much. Im going off the fact that he we have stayed very close to him through this whole last year of college, as Piggy mentioned, we have sent people to his games, including Ross to meet and speak with him. Grier and Flores have mentioned him and his skill set, and they have put effort very early on in looking at him, they would be dumb to straight up say “Yeah we love the guy” because thats telegraphing to other teams our intentions. I know you dont like the idea of adding him, but the case is that he most certainly is a guy they are interested in and i think the only way we go a different direction is if he does check out medically. If he does we might even trade up for him. Again, not what i want to happen, but i definitely feel more than just smoke and mirrors the chance it happens.
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“We’re still so early in this process,” Grier said. “We haven’t met him, haven’t sat down with him or talked to him. Our doctors haven’t seen him. We know as much as you do right now. We see the media reports and things of that nature, but at the end of the day we’ve got to get to know the guys, get in front of him, just like another player. We’re very, very early in the stage with the fact that we haven’t met the guy yet.”
Who on our O-line is a keeper? Maybe Deiter? Don’t have much more than that other than back-ups like Davis should be.
Yeah I’m saying go all in on it. Two in FA ($8-10 mil per year each) and Two in the draft (top 70 picks). Would least let us figure out if Rosen has it or not.
I wouldn’t spend too much time on what the cost to bring in quality OL would be in FA. Or an FAs for that matter. Good players want the same pay scale as other good players and as we know the price always goes up.
That’s why I did this in my mock yesterday (first 6 picks):
5 Andrew Thomas, OT Georgia
18 K’Lavon Chaisson, EDGE LSU
26 Neville Gallimore, IDL Oklahoma
39 Prince Tega Wanogho, OT Auburn
56 Lloyd Cushenberry III, IOL LSU
70 Joshua Uche, EDGE Michigan
Someone who can come in and start at LT. Someone who can possibly win the center position or move to RG. Someone who has a ton of upside who could win the RT position or be a quality backup for a year or 2. Plus adding a good DT and 2 very good edge/OLB types.
You know I don’t most of the names….. but man am I think old school. You build from the trenches. If we don’t take a QB there’s always next year.
If we miss on DT’s Brown and Kinlaw, the next DT up for me would be Neville Gallimore, DT, Oklahoma. “Gallimore weighed in at 304 pounds on Tuesday and measured 6-foot-2. He’s one of college football’s most freakish athletes, having been clocked by the Sooners at a sub-4.8 40-yard dash, and can squat an amazing 800 pounds.”
Next would probably be Raekwon Davis, Alabama in the second round.
I have Davis higher.
Piggy, so what? They are doing their due diligence on EVERY available QB
From the Herald:
And while I cannot offer the specifics of what games he’s attended, it’s clear before the college season is over, Grier will have seen:
Alabama’s Tua Tagovailoa*, Oregon’s Justin Herbert, Stanford’s K.J. Costello, Utah State’s Jordan Love*, Georgia’s Jake Fromm*, LSU’s Joe Burrow*, Washington’s Jacob Eason*, and possibly Colorado’s Steven Montez, Oklahoma’s Jalen Hurts, Texas A&M’s Kellen Mond*, Texas’s Sam Ehlinger* and Michigan State’s Brian Lewerke.
All teams have scouts looking at all the talent across the country. That’s what GMs and personnel departments do. 😉
They had 3 in that game
They were the only organization with 3
It could have been to look at other players
But don’t tell me interest in him is manufactured by the media
I agree “tank for tua” is a fiction that Mando created
But interest in the player – I do t think so
My mock yesterday:
5 Andrew Thomas, OT Georgia
18 K’Lavon Chaisson, EDGE LSU
26 Neville Gallimore, IDL Oklahoma
39 Prince Tega Wanogho, OT Auburn
56 Lloyd Cushenberry III, IOL LSU
70 Joshua Uche, EDGE Michigan
135 Julian Blackmon, S Utah
144 Denzel Mims, WR Baylor
147 Chase Lucas, CB Arizona State
165 A.J. Dillon, RB Boston College
177 Reggie Floyd, S Virginia Tech
222 Cole McDonald, QB Hawaii
Rockphin says:
January 23, 2020 at 1:52 pm
you still holding out hope for Rosen?
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No, Cole McDonald, LOL!
His quickness and speed show up on tape also (though this is a highlight reel):
Manitoba, you will like him. He’s from Canada and called “The Canadian Bulldozer”!
Neville Gallimore
don’t forget Miami has TANKERSLEY coming back next year too. I seem to remember how highly thought of he was in the organization and among fans alike.
I agree … I think we should go with the 38 CBs we have now and pick the best 6.
Then if we need a star at the position, there will be one for us in 2021.
I still like Tankersly
He just needs to be healthy
Top – I’m pretty sure we released Tank last year. Somewhere near the end of the season. I was very disappointed. It was when he was coming off IR, they had to either put him on the roster or release him, so they cut him.
He’s still listed as part of the team on the reserve/PUP.
they chose not to activate him from the PUP list so we still keep his rights and he is eligible to return this off season.
Right, he wasn’t ready to play last year coming off of ACL knee surgery in 2018. My guess is they decided to not push him in 2019 which the entire organization knew wouldn’t be a winning season so they could get him back to 100% in 2020.
Rock when i say they love the guy im not saying they masturbate thinking about him. Im just saying that there is a interest in him, a significant one. They arent going to tell you its a big interest or a small interest or whatever, that statement they made is a normal one meant to be as non-commital as possible. “we are just following the process” We arent really too far into the process” It doesnt say nah we have no clue what we think of him, it just a really non-specific, non commital answer to a question that they dont want to give any specifics about. You want to believe they have not interest in him, just keep believing it buddy.
Also, there are pictures of the Dolphins at one of their games, so say what ya want about what Grier sid, i saw the flipping picture.
Ive changed my mind, i want us to be locked in on Tua now because i got to see how Rock loses his mind when they take him. That would be so worth losing out on Thomas or Brown or whomever else we might would have taken.
there’s another side to that coin
If we pass on Tua and take Herbert, there will be plenty of other breakdowns to watch
Kareem Hunt got busted for weed after getting pulled over for speeding. I’d still take him in a second, but man is that stupid.
I wouldnt take him, there are plenty of players good enough an who are a lot less headache. Sam can be said of Brown, OBJ, etc. Id rather find our own Hunt than bring in that one.
The way I look at our team is to enjoy the ride in how they go about rebuilding this team and hope that we become a contender year after year. Like we all say from time to time here, nothing we discuss about what we should do is part of their plan. Enjoy a new start and hope for the best. In the big scheme of things we have no idea if their decisions will be right or wrong. But I do have confidence that Grier and Flores are on the same page. When Grier was promoted to czar of football operations, he chose Flores as the HC and Ross approved. Isn’t that the way everyone said it should be, GM and HC on the same page?
Last year was Phase I of tearing it down, seeing what to keep and what to let go. This year will be Phase II of building it back up. Sometimes I see a sense of panic here about what we should or shouldn’t do. I say follow what they do and let the results speak for itself. That’s what they’ll be evaluated on. Not preconceived notions of failure.
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That’s great about Tank. I hope he can come back strong. I did always like him, glad we didn’t cut him.
this ought to get really interesting going into the 2020 draft, Miami finds itself with an amazing choice. picks #1 and #2 are pretty much LOCKS with J.Burrow and C.Young. so picking at #5, Miami is faced with the choice between J.Okudah, D.Brown, or I.Simmons (or any choice of OT). to me that’s a hell of a choice. I would say “can’t lose choice”, but we all know the draft is not an exact science. I will support any choice the TEAM sees fit (always do) but I do like where we sit here.
oh, with all thaI left out Tua of the choices because I don’t believe Miami needs him at the #5 spot.
with all the TEAM needs,
I don’t think we need him
I just think he would be a great pick
Agree, but if they take him, I know we’ll both hope for the best
Stanger said, ” You build from the trenches. If we don’t take a QB there’s always next year.”
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That’s why my mocks especially this last one does not have a QB early. Just a developmental guy late who won’t get poached from the PS. I was looking at the prospects next year and that 2021 QB class could be huge. (*) is underclassman if they were to declare for 2021 draft.
* Trevor Lawrence, Clemson – We know what he can do
* Justin Fields, Ohio State – We know what he can do also
* Kyle Trask, UF – I think he takes a big leap
* Sam Ehlinger, Texas – Will have to improve on this year
* Brady White, Memphis – Talk about smart, already has masters & working on doctorate
Jake Fromm, UGA – He needs a big year to be considered 1st round again
Ian Book, ND – Needs another solid year
* Holton, Ahlers, ECU – Tough dude, plays like a Big Ben
* Tanner Morgan, Minn – Showed me a lot this year.
* Brock Purdy, Iowa State – Needs to up his game a little.
Plus, 2 QB transfers who could explode onto the scene next season.
K.J. Costello – Looks like he is going to be a grad transfer from Stanford to play for Mike Leach and his “Air Raid” offense at Miss State. If so, he could significantly climb draft boards next year.
D’Eriq King – This kid is a dynamic weapon. He is real small for a QB though but reminds me a lot of Kyler Murray. He is such a gifted athlete with a strong arm for a small guy. They had him returning kicks and playing receiver just to get him on the field as a freshman and had 1 return for a TD. He transferred from Houston to UM for his Senior year.
I might have missed a couple.
D, you are right about Raekwon Davis. If he falls to the second round, it’s a steal.
If GM’s, scouts and coaches feel good about Tua, who are we to say different. As a fan I really don’t know if he is or isn’t a big time NFL QB. I do think there is talent and intangibles there though.
We have enough draft capital to take a chance on a QB. That’s what I meant about the panic here. It’s not like we have one chance or it’s over. LOL
There will be 20 new players added outside of another QB. I’m sorry but if there is a time for patience, this is it. It’s where we are. I don’t want to hear about Philbin and Gase or beyond anymore. What is the point? 2020 is now.
D’Eriq King is a dynamic athlete and will be great for UM on a 1 year rental but now their highly recruited QB Jarren Williams is going to transfer. Will be interesting to see where he goes, if he does transfer.
LOL… humans are nuts!!!
Damn! That’s some carnage right there. Like pouring meat into a meat grinder
I feel like this music should be playing during that bicycle video . . .
I think they tried to build up the bottom third or so of the roster this past season. Find guys you hope can be solid ST players and depth….maybe you get lucky and one or two of them actually turn out to be solid starters…bonus. And, guys you think are team first guys. Guys you know will buy into your system and promulgate it throughout the locker room.
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This draft, if they are build from the inside out guys, you draft and sign line guys. That doesn’t mean you don’t draft a skill position if your board takes you there. But, I’d look for an emphasis on building up the trenches first. That, obviously, improves your overall team, but it also gives your lines time to develop and gel before you bring in the pretty pieces. It also makes it easier and quicker to assimilate those new skill players when you have your trenches right.
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The only caveat I’d add is that if you need a QB and you have a very high first round pick….you take a QB if you like him. It costs way too much to trade up into the top 5 these days. Taking advantage of already being there is worth the risk if you like a QB. If you don’t, move on. This draft should be fun to watch play out.
Generally I agree
I think most of our early picks with be up front in both sides of the ball
And if you see the QB you like, you take them
I just suspect that they do like Tua and are ready to pull the figure at 5
Then the next few picks will be OL, DL or edge with a RB sprinkled somewhere in near
We need DBs too, but I’m not sure it’s viable to pick one early. Depends on the board of course. If you get great value for a DB, especially one that can fill the role Minkah was supposed to, they probably have to consider pulling the trigger
I just realized Vic Beasley is a free agent in 2020
You might remember in 2016 Vic Beasley had 15.5 sacks
Then he went on to post two consecutive years of 5 sacks each
Last year he had 8 sacks
Interesting 5 year career
I know a lot of people like Ngakoue if we bring in a free agent pass rusher
But I think I would prefer either Beasley or Bud Dupree
1 Beasley
2 Dupree
3 Ngakoue
Those are 3 pretty good pass rush options in free agency. They are all young players who have performed in the league. Am I missing one? Clowney is a free agent as well – but he didn’t want to play for us and I think he might come at a heavier price
The falcons were actually trying to trade him (Beasley) early last season but no one was biting. Wonder why?
In terms of Free Agent DBs, One interesting name is Logan Tyan, bc he has player with Flores before
But my favorite CB in the market is Trae Waynes
I liked him a lot coming out of Michigan State
He hasn’t garnered too much attention playing on the other side of Rhodes in Minnesota
But he was a very good #2 CB for the Vikings
And that’s what he would be for us in Miami on the other side of Howard
If we needed up signing
Dupree/Beasley/Ngokoeu
And
Ryan/Waynes
Along with maybe one vet OL
That would be a pretty good hall going into the draft
I still think former CFL DPOY Willie Jefferson Is coming down come February. Something like 16 sacks,12 pass knocked down at LOS… Cam Wake version 2.0
Should be a cheapish FA contract at a premium need position
BBM yes would like the Canadian Bulldozer…. Hell I’d take a Swiss Bulldozer if he could wreck it like Ralph
^^^
whats up Dolphin fans, long time no see. i havent been around for awhile, everything in my life is changing, i bought some property south of Lake Wales and want to build a hurricane house with ICF construction. thats insulated concrete and rebar
anyways, I would be happy to see Tua at the 5 pick, he certainly would help the team IFFFF he is healthy, and We dont know that yet
i really like Hebert also, and a healthy Herbert seems more appealing than a banged up Tua
i hope the best for Tua, but i cat get RG3 out of My mind, Herbert is the safer choice, and is a much bigger and stronger armed QB, without any maor injuries on his resume
and Yes i saw Miami win in Foxborough, wouldnt have missed it for the world, lol
the Fins put NE in the wild card round. , and they lost to the TItans, lol
gotta luv it, Pats are done, its time for new blood , and teams like Buffalo and Miami will be fighting for the AFC east title from now on
BTW, the cheats lost to Miami because they were outcoached, Flores stuck it to his old mentor
Dolphins have 3 first round picks, unlike usual years we only have 1.
they dont have to choose picking a QB, playmaker , or trencher, they can have all 3
Welcome back David
TY Mike, How have You and fam doing? staying warm i hope, today is awesome, but a couple nights ago got down to drizzly wet and very windy 35 degrees, WTF that was nasty cold!
i like living out in the middle of nowhere though, lol nobody to bother You, very quiet, and i can see blue skies in the day and stars at night
i bought a big camper to stay in while im building the house, its nice, but i really prefer living in a home, lol
ill sell it when the home is done,
i just bought the property, and the driveway needs to be done first
its gorgeous property. on top of a small hill, perfect drainage, and no neighbors! im about 15 minutes from the nearest small town, and 25 minutes to Lake Wales
i sold most of my BTC, i made a little on it, but it didnt count to my day trade account of 25k minimum, cash and stocks do.
now i have my day trade account i always wanted, and dont have to commute for work
with only $26K in the account, i made $5600 in gains on my first week,
yesterday sucked because of the China corona beer flu spooked the horses, lol but i have some beautiful entries because of the dips , and will be way up next week
Piggy, Logan Ryan already commands a huge contract and he is coming off a monster year for the Titans. I think he will be wanting at least what we are paying X. I do like Trae Waynes who shouldn’t command quite that much. I also like James Bradberry from Carolina and possibly Trea Waynes team mate MacKensie Alexander. They may have trouble signing both. Another probably cheaper option would be Byron Jones from Dallas. I also like Mike Hilton from the Steelers but he is an RFA.
Dolphins can afford whatever player they desire, they have an enormously huge salary cap to fill
its all depending on do We want a cheap team , like this years team, or do we want a team to compete for a super bowl?
the teams that are going to the super bowl this year, are paying much more than Miami does for its players
I do believe Flores is getting better as He goes, he is a quick learner, remember the first few games of the year? lol Im trying to forget
all this team needs is some high quality players, and the sky is the limit
Good to see you David, I miss busting on you. LOL Aren’t you in sinkhole territory? Are you going to have them anchor or whatever they do to bedrock?
lol sucks to be busy, good question though
im on what is called the Lake Wales Ridge, this area isnt well known for sinkholes, but the footer and foundation for the house will not be like one of the average spec homes for sale in a new neighborhood.
i want to go deep down in the ground with concrete and rebar under the footer,
think of it like an underground stilt system for the footer and home.
a concrete poured rebar hurricane home is much heavier than an average block or frame home, so it requires more support
i want a home where i dont have to hit the road with thousands of cars and try to find a place to evac from storms, im tired of coming home and the roof is gone, or the house destroyed, fuck that,
this home will be able to hold up to 260 MPH winds, and ill ride the hurricanes out
i had a condo in Melbourne beach . and Hurricane Francis pounded it for 3 days straight, building collapsed
then Irma took my roof off in CLermont, i thought the middle of the state was safer from storms than the coast, guess it was, this wasnt a total loss, only an expensive roof the insurance covered very little of it, and what happens next summer to that new roof? i sold the house, and always wanted a hurricane house, the time for my dream house is come, it will take about 10 months to complete
this is a video of an ICF home being built
obviously they did not build an entire house in one day, but they did put the walls up,
also this video does not show the concrete being poured in, which is kinda sorta important, lol but it gives one a general idea of how the forms are double insulated with rebar,, all it needs is concrete
Good to have you back David. And sounds like you are building a hurricane-proof fortress. How far from the water? Least where I live makes all the difference. We are like 2 miles, which is a huge difference. Only thing really worried about if a big one comes is how long the power will be out and what is there after.
hows it going Stanger,
the Lake wales ridge is in the center of the state, as far away from both coasts as possible
i will have offgrid solar, and windmill combo
, and unless the storm takes the panels i wont lose power
this is an example of an offgrid hybrid power generator
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Sounds like you will be about as set-up as set-up can be. Will you even need a power connection for normal use? A/C takes a lot.
nope, i got it all covered, i will be 100 percent offgrid, i prefer to own power instead of rent it
BBMike
Not sure what those players will command but we do have a lot of $ to spend
I honestly prefer Trae Waynes
I also like Mackenzie Alexander
I really think the Vikings let Waynes go given they have Rhodes as their 1
there are alot of orange groves around here, thats a good sign of high ground, oranges wont grow in swamps
the orange groves are different than way back, now they all use windmills and solar to run the sprinklers and heaters
no more smudge pots and hand watering when the power goes out
who do You guys pick for the SB? both teams are awesome, but i think the Niners will prevail using the formula from our undefeated season
they stop the run by filling the lanes, good pass pressure, and get turnovers on pass defense
and they run, and run, and run some more, they only throw less than 10 passes a game, similar to the 72 and 73 Dolphins
will this scheme work well against the high powered offense in KC? Mahomes is incredible, but if the niners can contain him somewhat, stuff the run, and control the clock with long drives of three yards and a cloud of dust run plays, will it be enough?
i think so! Niners run the crap out of the ball, and limit Mahomes AMAP
we all know Mahomes is brutally dangerous and can hurt a defense bad, so by limiting his chances, and stopping most of the chances he does get, Niners will win
This draft is designed with the idea that we sign a CB and a pass rusher in free agency
5: R1P5
QB TUA TAGOVAILOA
ALABAMA
18: R1P18
DL JAVON KINLAW
SOUTH CAROLINA
26: R1P26
OT AUSTIN JACKSON
USC
39: R2P7
C TYLER BIADASZ
WISCONSIN
56: R2P24
RB JONATHAN TAYLOR
WISCONSIN
70: R3P6
RB CLYDE EDWARDS-HELAIRE
LSU
142: R4P39
WR DENZEL MIMS
BAYLOR
162: R5P16
CB DARNAY HOLMES
UCLA
173: R5P27
S J.R. REED
GEORGIA
185: R6P6
S MYLES DORN
NORTH CAROLINA
197: R6P18
CB NOAH IGBINOGHENE
AUBURN
202: R6P23
OT TERRANCE STEELE
TEXAS TECH
245: R7P31
TE C.J. O’GRADY
ARKANSAS
251: R7P37
EDGE ALEX HIGHSMITH
I like this draft primarily because you drafted 2 Wisconsin Badgers…lol
All kidding aside. I would love this draft. We should certainly be able to run the ball, which would help the development of the QB
i think we should go with Swift, he is the best RB in the draft
if we had Tua or Herbert, plus Swift at RB, those are two incredible offensive playmakers the FIns surely need
the Fins running game was abysmal last season, and Swift would be a good step in that direction
A.J. Dillon, RB/FB, Boston College
Height: 6-0. Weight: 245.
this is our FB i Like., he can block for the halfback Deandre Swift, run or catch passes, and is projected as a third to fifth rounder
I like the guy, but Albert Wilson is on the books for almost $11 million next year. $9.5 mil paid and only a $1.3 mil dead cap hit. He’s also in the last year of his contract.
Thinking the only way he sticks is with a re-do.
probably true, he isnt worth full time money when he only plays sparingly due to numerous injuries
It probably comes down to the coaches evaluation on him and what the plan for him is in 2020. He started to look healthy at the end of the season and was producing more.
But he’s still in last year of contract. Our window is past that. He’s only 27, but figure either sign him longer or he is gone.
That’s true.
Hey David, hope all is well.
whats shakin buddy, going great, im ready to take a couple weeks off though, weather looks good in the keys next week for fishing
Cool what fish are you targeting?
I’m open to any of the edge rushers in FA but I do think we’ll sign one of them. Then draft one early and maybe even another one later. Probably add one as a UDFA as well. The edge needs more talent and competition.
The thing about edge, is it always seems like such a gamble to draft
Lot of misses drafted at edge in the nfl. We have two ourselves recently in Jordan and Harris
Not against drafting one early but I think we can probably make safer picks on the OL
We have 5 picks in the first two rounds.
All OL …lol
Uche is really growing on me. He was great on the edge and good speed sideline to sideline as an OLB from what I hear.
Who?
I can see us targeting two OL and edge as top priority FAs. We need upgrades of proven talent in both areas.
When does free agency begin?
I think mid March
I think 3/14.
I generally like adding OL in free agency
But when I look at the names
There are good OTs like Bulaga and Castonzo and Conklin
But Bulaga and Castonzo are on the tail end of their career and Conklin has had some injury problems
So I’ve soured a little using free agency to upgrade OL
But the Guards look a little better
It’s also a good year for OL in the draft
I think we will dip into the free agency market a little on OL bc we need so much help on the OL, but it might not be the best place for bang for our buck
Scherff would be amazing but it looks like the redskins will prioritize keeping him
Thuney would be great and hurting them cheats is a +
Andrus Peat is a free agent, he’s had a rocky career, but he has potential