Draft Day 2020, and Day 1 is in the books! Definitely some surprise picks, and one pick a big surprise due to the position it was at. I have felt for some time that if our FO and coaches were satisfied with the medicals on QB Tua Tagovailoa that we would be hearing his name for our team. The great part is, we didn’t have to trade up, we just sat quietly at #5 and made the pick.
With our 2nd pick, I honestly did not have Austin Jackson as my top choice at that point. I was well aware of his story and I think he’s a great kid, he’s only 20 years old. I had Andrew Thomas, Jedrick Wills, Tristan Wirfs, Mekhi Becton and Josh Jones all ranked ahead of Austin Jackson. That doesn’t mean anything at all though, less than nothing actually. Jackson is a high quality character man, of this there is no question. He’s also very talented, and he can likely play either side, LT or RT. He has very good feet and moves well and is an excellent athletic prospect. He just needs help with technique. I think the biggest reason I wasn’t looking at him is because I’m not sure how much of an immediate impact he can make. I felt the other players could step in ASAP and play well enough from day 1.
Our 3rd and final pick of the day I did not see coming. Never had him on the radar. Noah Igbinoghene is a fine DB prospect, although he has only 2 years of experience on defense because he converted to a DB from WR. His bloodlines are strong with 2 Olympic athletes as parents. He can play outside at corner, he can play inside in the slot and has played a little safety too. With the players we currently have on the roster in the secondary, he gives us a lot of matchup versatility. Now I have to practice saying his name! IG-bin-OG-A-nee Like Mahogany but with an Igbin instead of the Maho.
So now comes Day 2, and we still haven’t addressed a few positions that I feel we need to. I was crushed when Cesar Ruiz went to the Saints at #24, two picks before our pick. It’s totally possible that Igbinoghene would still have been the pick, so maybe I should take solace in that. In any case, center is a position of need, and the next best player is Lloyd Cushenberry. At RB, Clyde Edwards-Helaire is off the board to the SB Champion Chiefs, leaving less than a handful of top RB prospects. D’Andre Swift is the best, followed by Jonathan Taylor, J.K. Dobbins and Cam Akers. After that, I think you’re looking more at complimentary players, not guys that can be your primary back. Jordan Howard is already coming off an injury, we need to find someone who can be a feature back if need be.
I’m hoping that taking DB Noah Igbinoghene stifles our need for secondary help. I don’t want another pick on a safety, let’s get some pass rushers and defensive tackle help. As D pointed in our draft article, there quite a few guys who should be available to us in RD 2-5, DE Jonathan Greenard (RD 2), DE Jabari Zuniga (RD 4), DT Marlon Davidson (RD 4) DT Nick Coe (RD 4). We need to get some interior DL filler and some pass rushers.
Here’s hoping we can ALL be happy with Day 2 of the 2020 NFL Draft!
Finsmob Unleashed 
OK, there goes the RB
I don’t see another pick … is it for a pick next year??
What’s taking so long. They trying to trade this one also?
stanger,
I dropped off some pizza to the house my daughter shares with 5 other college age kids yesterday after work. 2 dogs came running at me, trying to jump on me and barking a lot…along with several other kids. My daughter gets this look on her face, and I know she’s pissed about something. After I left I txted her and asked what she was mad about. She said she can’t stand barking dogs. I knew it because when we had dogs when she was a little girl, our dogs were not allowed to act that way. No chance. The thing she doesn’t like to hear is that one of the dogs is hers, and she needs to suck it up and train it. Lol
lol….. she wouldn’t like to come over to my place. The pups get excited when people come over, but one away around that is to get smaller ones. People don’t mind so much when they are 20 pounds. Certain advantage to when acting out you can just pick them up too. 🙂
There is our RB
Okay I LIKE THAT
Man, I know they are Highlights, but for his rookie season there are a LOT of them. NICE!!! I am getting excited.
Jason Stonebridge to Miami
Rockbridge? It’s Strowbridge. lol
wonder what ever happened to that Stoneflipper guy
I don’t know anything about Strowbridge
But that’s our edge guy
I bet he’s better than Harris
So is my couch
He had a really good Senior Bowl week, I remember that
Overview
Strowbridge will give opponents a physical challenge with good length, toughness and hand usage at the point of attack, but he lacks the suddenness and short-area directional change to be a consistent disruptor. While he’s not a plus pass rusher, he definitely flashed at the Senior Bowl and has upside as a reduced rusher in an even front on passing downs. He will need to drop the pad level to improve as an edge-setter, but he appears to offer the necessary physical tools and demeanor to become a rotational 3-4 five-technique or 4-3 base end with eventual-starter potential.
I like Breida.
Breida is probably better for us that some one like Eno Benjamin at this point
Plus he has proven himself at NFL level. 5.0 per carry and 8.4 per rec for his 3 yr career.
Breidaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
(Blowing in a conch)
Breidaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Stop that
49ers taking OT as insurance behind Trent Williams, now that Staley is retiring.
FAST!
Strowbridge is 6’4, 275
I had Breida on my FF team a good part of the season. I like him. Finally a player I know a little about! 🙂
Same here.
Breida is a good little scat back. He’s the type of back the Pats would acquire.
Howard with Breida as the change of pace. I like it
We are building inside out. NICE
What I read
Pre-Draft Analysis
Position fit is a concern. Strowbridge has short arms for a defensive tackle let alone a defensive end, plus he’s lean for a tackle and has below-average speed for an end. That said, he flashed explosive upper-body strength and the ability to clear his hips as a pass-rusher the week of the Senior Bowl. He has upside as an interior pass-rusher. He tracks the ball well and can slip blocks as a run defender. — Steve Muench
Role player in the DL rotation.
Seems that way
really curious if Pats take Fromm at 159
watch them do it and just keep rolling with Brady 2.0
Iggy at #30 is starting to make sense in context … rest of defensive picks have strengths as run stoppers.
Did we pick up a future pick?
WE traded a 5th for Matt Breida, RB from the 49ers
I think it was our 5th straight up for Breida
Breidas stats last year Low as he was splitting with Freeman? Most err and one other guy, niners also have Mckiisic ? Former Viking coming back from injury
Mostert
Sorry Coleman , Mostert, Wilson , and McKinnon is coming back
Jets take Hall
Breida got lost in the 49ers crowded backfield.
Pat’s take the firs Kicker off the board!!!!!!!!!!!
Pats are not drafting a QB
Pats take Kicker. lmfao. Fromm’s self esteem is now obliterated.
Evil genius says kickers worth a 5th. He’s evil but not stupid.
Hey Bill, What do think of Fromm?
What’s his FG%
Breida is 25 and averaged 5.1 per rush last year and got 600+ yards. That works.
The-oh-so-well-trained Bellichick pup.
lmao. Bill comes back into the room holding a sandwich … “WTH did you do???”
picked a kicker in the 5th apparent;y.
Well there we go. Traded the 153 for a RB
Pretty solid draft.
We need a TE now, anybody out there we can trade for?
Chicago has 10 supposedly
I think maybe it’s time to find a slot WR with one of these next few picks
Hill or Lipscomb 🙂
I’m definitely cool with Breida. He’ll be a good change of pace guy for us as well as a 3rd down guy. He just needs to stay healthy
outstanding use of a 5th round pick … get a guy who is NFL proven.
I would not mind if we draft Fromm to develop as a long term backup
We traded up
Edge Curtis Weaver
Oh Shit we got Weaver!
outstanding value pick. Make these DEs compete!
Well we got Pat’s seal of approval!
Weaver was a guy who was supposed to go much higher
Woop woop
mid 3rd round grade
Gave up 227 and the other 5th for Weaver
OUTSTANDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Broncos pulled Weaver out of the Long Beach area and have been happy with his play since he arrived on campus. After redshirting his first season, Weaver was named a 2017 Freshman All-American after ranking sixth in the FBS with 11 sacks (33 total tackles, 13 for loss, one interception). He earned his second straight first-team All-Mountain West honor in 2018 after leading Boise State with 15 tackles for loss and 9.5 sacks among his 43 total tackles in 13 starts. Word spread about his talent during 2019, and the accolades piled up: second-team Associated Press All-American, first-team All-Mountain West, MWC Defensive Player of the Year, Ted Hendricks Award finalist. Weaver led Boise State and finished among the national leaders with 18.5 tackles for loss and 13.5 sacks (52 total tackles, one interception, three pass breakups).
Analysis
By Lance Zierlein
NFL Analyst
Overview
Stand-up end whose production as a pass rusher must be balanced out by his below-average ability and athleticism in stopping the run. Weaver is a naturally instinctive counter-rusher who uses synchronized hands/feet to attack both inside and outside edges as a rusher, but his lack of explosiveness and athletic traits could dull his rush production against NFL offensive tackles. He plays with football intelligence, but his level of NFL success could be determined by whether his skill can overcome below-average explosiveness.
Good clean out some of those trash picks lol
Guess when people were saying “we don’t need all those picks” they are learning well yes we did.
I like that trade. We know what we are getting.
giving up 227 was a no brainer to move up to 164.
Here is now a pats fan.
nah, stuck with me. lol
Herd
“””ALRIGHT MIAMI”””
Been screaming bout not taking a SPEEDY RB
YES YES YES ON TGE TRADE TO SF FOR 25 YR OLD SUB 4.4 BREIDA for a 5th
AWESOME!!!
GOFINS🐬
Sorta something like a team now ain’t it?
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🐬
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🐬
There at least it wasn’t the fucking Pats
Fromm I mean
Bills take Fromm
If Fromm is playing things are not so good in Buffalo.
Fromm to da Bills
I’ll be honest I was nervous about Fomm being with Belichick. Seemed like a too perfect marriage
Fromm to the Bills means his career will be that of a backup, not a 5th rounder that Belichick turned into a HoFer
But that is what I think Fromm is best suited for. I can see him having a long career as a backup. Kind of like a Frank Reich type
Cam Newton to the pats? Or Jameis?
I don’t think either of those match up with Belichick or that offense. I heard them talking about possibly Brissett goes back to NE now that the colts have Eason and that does kinda make sense
I think the Pats will sign Cam
Actually Brisset is squeezed out of Indy, sooo
Owe ya a beer by a minute lol
I still think Flacco ends up there this year
5th RD seems to be Grier’s best RD for some reason
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/49ers/2019/10/07/matt-breida-niners-fastest-speed-ball-carrier/3904943002/
Pat’s should have franchise tagged Brady, traded him to SF, and got Garapolo back with some draft change
Great draft by Grier. He maximized those late picks and we got some really good players. I love the Brieda trade. I’m out until later but excited for this upcoming year. We have an OL!!!
Agreed
He’ll be effective as a rotational edge rusher in our defensive scheme. Just do your job. 🙂
is the eulogy for Fromm over yet? It’s 5th round, move on to another topic (broadcast)
Loved All that we did,
But was pissed that we didnt get a speedy top 5 RB in the draft..
So I researched and wrote this last night
DAMNNN
B/T our #30 pick of CB
& our #39 pick of OL
ONE CB WAS TAKEN
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B/T our #39 pick of OL
& our #56 pick of DT
ZERO OL WERE TAKEN
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B/T our #56 pick of DT
& our #70 pick of an S
ZERO DT WERE TAKEN
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B/T our #70 pick of an S
& the end of the 3rd round
(40 selections)
JUST TWO S’s were taken…
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POINT BEING!
(All things the same with all other teams picks)?
WE COULDA TOOK
AN ABSOLUTE STUD
RB @ #30
AND STILL LANDED
THE SAME EXACT GUYS WE LANDED
ONE PICK LATER
THAN WHEN
WE PICKED THEM!!!
Coulda landed the same exact guys we landed one pick later than we landed them
IFFFFFFFFF
WE
WOULD
HAVE
TAKEN
A
STUB
RB
@
#
30
DARNNNNNNNNNNNNN
GOFINS🐬
SOOOOOOOO HAPPPPYYY NOWWWW
CUZ A BREIDA
TY MIAMI DOLPHINS
WAY TO GO
YEEE HAAAA GIGGGITTTY 🐬
Or could be in each case we grabbed the last stud at a position grouping so no one wanted after, but would have taken the one we did. Think about Burrow, Tua and Herbert.
Stanger
Yea the one CB that was taken after our choice of CB NOAH @30
Was taken @31
Vikings
Maybe we had to get NOAH @30 cuz we highjacked Vikings PC connection and knew they wanted our CB NOAH
FoGedAboud spelling out that last name
Hes NOAH THE CB TO ME 🙃
You are funny dude. But bottom line is not a perfect science. Have you played fantasy football? Rarely works out as you intended going in.
So going into the 6th round….. what have we not gotten?
And not talking want an ALL-PRO ….. what position on the team still has a hole?
Serious backup C
Or
Towel Boy
I want to see an upgrade to the 2nd TE position.
TE
ONE MORE STUD D-LINEMAN or EDGE PLAYER WOULD NOT HURT.
You don’t get to complain OD….. they went O-Line like you were making the picks from your living room. 🙂
An all-around TE would be great (but that unicorn is in the first two rounds) and I was looking for something at center as well, but sorta thinking that might be Deiter now.
With a guy like Breida, there shouldn’t be an issue that he’s in the last year of his contract, he shouldn’t command too much on his next contract.
Perfect change of pace back, we don’t have to wonder, if he’s another Gaskin.
Still think we take another RB. Was surprised we didn’t have to give up our 6th with the last trade up.
I think the 5th rounder is worth a 1 year rental anyway
Freakin stoked about the trade for Breida!! The only reason his numbers weren’t off the charts last year is because he was in a loaded backfield.
The FO really addressed so much in this offseason. If this draft pans out, we’re sitting really pretty going into next year’s offseason.
We don’t need Breida to have great stats, just play his role. The same numbers as last year will work, especially 5.1 ypc.
Agreed, he’s got the skill set we need at the position to pair with Howard, and the two of them will be a nice backfield if they stay healthy.
Have 2 first & 2 seconds to begin with in o21 draft too
YEEEE HAAAAAA GRIER & COMPANY!!!!
GOFINS!!!
WOOHOO!!! Great effing offseason!
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👏👏👏👏
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Hey CavKong 😁
We took some developmental pass rush (probably better than Harris too)
GOING INTO THE DRAFT, my top two priorities were, #1, getting the BEST QB available at pick #5. and, #2, addressing our decade long search for a respectable O-Line. I feel comfortable that those two priorities have, at LONG LAST, BEEN MET.
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Priority #3, for me, was HOPING that New England WOULD NOT find another potential Tom Brady in a late round. My biggest fear was that, somehow, JALEN HURTS, would end up a Patriot. Thankfully, that did not happen. I see REALLY TOUGH DAYS ahead for the CHEATRIOTS as Belicheat retreats to his pre-Patriots days when he was just another coach with a losing record.
I now believe that the Miami Dolphins and the Buffalo Bills are the two best teams in the AFC East.
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TIME TO RE-STOCK my Colorado Kool-Aid. –ARE U READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL???
only draft capital “spent” was #227. Fins had all those picks and they USED them for players!
We traded our two 4ths to move up in the 4th.
lmao. yes you are right. So we burned the comp pick and the #227
Both of our 4th round picks were more like 5th round picks. So we traded up and drafted an actual 4th round pick. 😉
We didn’t burn any picks we came into the draft with, except the 7th.
It’s very possible that we’re moving Deiter to Center.
It sure looks that way
Camp will again no doubt have guys all over the place, but we seem to have some good options this year.
I’d play all 3 OL rookies from day 1, looking at the big picture and not selling out to make the playoffs this year.
Looks like we’re going to end up with 12 rookies and 1 vet. Works for me.
I’m really just using the 6th and 7th to take players that slid down
I don’t care so much about the position
But if anything I would look for a TE and a slot WR
Deiter actually started 6 games at center for Wisconsin before Biadasz came to Wisconsin
He played all over the OL.
When OD comes to the board not complaining about the OL! 😉
LOL – – but don’t worry…. Ross still lives. 🙂
I’m voting for KJ Hill with our 6th round pick. 🙂
He’d be a good one!
6th rd here we go, almost up.
C Jake Hanson is still out there and the C from TX I think.
TE’s Pinkney, Bryant, Breeland still there.
Hunter Bryant if your looking TE
Or Breeland is still there???
isaiah hodgins
eno benjamin
javaris davis
with next pick
You have a new LS 👍👍
WR Donovan Peoples-Jones is still out there. 6’2″ 212 pounds. Ran a 4.48.
WYOMING: ONCE you’ve witnessed “ABSOLUTE PERFECTION” it’s hard to tolerate 10 years of failure and 20 years without winning a single playoff game.
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May all of you on this board live long enough to have that “problem!”
BTW–Some things in life NEVER change. This afternoon I got my annual invitation to the Dolphins’ draft party THURSDAY NIGHT!! But, hey, it was only TWO DAYS LATE, which is an improvement on last year!!
You are a tough man OD. BTW — didn’t go to the games but I lived the ’72 and ’73 seasons as a fan.
Davis the WR from UCF went to the stupid Bills
I forgot about Calvin Throckmorton
Want a versatile OL for depth – thockmorton is your guy
ON THE CLOCK
Dolphins pick is in. Show me some chocolate miilk
After 15 commercials
A long snapper….lol
Pick is in real quick!
Trying to be like Bill with a LS! 😉
Blake Ferguson LONG SNAPPER LSU
You should be real happy about that….. should mean no more Denney.
Denney wasn’t on the team last year.
No he wasn’t….. and now for sure he is not coming back.
wah wah waaaaaaa. At least he’s the top ranked player at that position. 🙂
Yes! We are number 1 – we are number 1!!!
Well, they have never been the same since they stupidly let John Denney go……
LOL
HA!!!
ESPN is the worst
You have another option today?
Should’ve never released the Man.
Can’t believe I’ve been ‘refreshing’ screens for an hour … then LS. LOL But actually, it at least gives competition at that spot. after Breida trade, I’m not gonna question a single damn thing Grier does.
^^
Who? lol