Now that A-aron is coming to the Jets, there’s no reason to pick up players that won’t make an immediate impact for this team. We have a window to win, and we need to make sure whatever players we add in this draft can help our team right now. This could be a TE, and you all know which TE I want, but in case you don’t, it’s Georgia TE Darnell Washington. I think this kid is ready to play right now, he can block, and he’s an underrated receiver. A RB like Jahmyr Gibbs from Alabama could be an electric player who could see some immediate playing time and spark this offense. We could also look to solidify the O-line, because each and every one of us know that we need a healthy Tua to win. We can’t have a leaky O-line, and there are a couple of question marks on our line at the moment. To be fair, most NFL teams have the same situation, but we have one excellent LT with a a very real injury history, Terron Armstead. Armstead somehow played 13 games last season, but he was questionable every single week with injuries. Our LG might have the confidence of the FO and the coaches, but Liam Eichenberg does not have the full confidence of the Dolphins fanbase. The same goes for RT Austin Jackson, 2020 1st RD pick, who will be protecting Tua’s blind side.There’s a couple of OT’s that may be around our first pick, North Dakota State’s Cody Mauch and Ohio State’s Dawand Jones. If we’re looking to upgrade the interior line, there’s Minnesota’s John Michael Schmidt and TCU’s Steve Avila.
It seems obvious to me that we are playing within a 2 year window. Our QB is relatively inexpensive this year and next, our most dynamic player, WR Tyreek Hill has declared he will stop playing in 2025, and our roster is as set as it’s going to be, many players on short deals. Our time is now, and with Aaron Rodgers playing QB for the NY Jets, most likely for 2 years, their window matches our window. I think our defensive roster at the moment is the best, most talented defensive roster we’ve had in decades. Our defense is ready. Add in the fact that we have DC Vic Fangio calling the shots for our defense now, I feel like we could be special. We brought back the entire RB room from last year, not because they were great, they were effective, but not great. It wouldn’t surprise me in the least if we looked to a young RB to spark this group. We know who we have at TE, and Tim can continue to stroke Durham Smythe, Eric Saubert and Tanner Conner, but realistically, this is a weak TE group. Smythe is a decent blocker, meh as a receiver. Saubert seems like he’s a blocking TE who is a blocking TE. Who knows what Conner can be, we haven’t taken off the wrapping paper yet. We may have to move up to get the RB, TE, or OL we want, but that shouldn’t stop us. Just get better, our roster is set as it’s going to be, whomever we add needs to be worthy!
Next year we can add some more depth players, but with limited picks in this draft, we need quality, not quantity. Our time is NOW! What I’m saying is I don’t want to see us trading back and picking up 2 more picks so we can draft guys who will struggle to make the roster, let alone see the field. That’s not where we’re at. I’m sure Chris Grier is well aware of this, so I wouldn’t bet on that happening. Usually I’m pumped up about the draft, but this one is not the same, armed with only a 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 7th RD picks. We’ve been trading away picks to get the players we wanted, so now we have to use the picks to do the same. I know we all have different ideas of what the right picks should be, Hulk may get angry if our first pick is a RB and not an OL. He may be right, but it sure does seem as if the coaching staff feels that Eich and Jackson are the guys going forward. We’ll see in a couple of days. Doubt we’ll be picking in RD 1, Stephen Ross made sure of that. I wouldn’t mind if we picked early in RD 2, earlier than #51, our current first pick.
GO DOLPHINS!!!!
Finsmob Unleashed 
The sac state guy had to go to the pets!? 🫤
The Packers have doubled-down on TEs…
That’s annoying
^
4 picks to go.
Did you guys see that Dalvin Cook is live right now on IG with the new CB Cam Smith?????
aw mannnn …. we missed on Tucker Kraft.
Nobody’s left for us to draft.
Pack double down on TE
Beer, please!
except Taijae Spears, Abanikanda, and Achane, but I didn’t say their names.
And boom
I’d be ok with Ika or Diaby or that DL from Bowling Green.
Shut up and pick
ok sorry
Not you – the asshole from gmf
Mitchell and Ibrahim
jinxed it
Ya ya
jinxed him too
hey is DeWayne McBride gone? I like his highlights.
Is Denver jumping us or a team just behind us?
Wasn’t us
We’re on the clock!!!!
put on your “freak out” hats lol
Darnell Washington
Dawand Jones
are still there?
Achane. We finally take a RB wow. surreal
That’s a good RB
Hey Naples ya got one
I guess if I put out 50 names,
one of them is bound to be it though, right?
😊
I guess no more cook dream
well now, at least that was one of my main men!!
Extreme speed.
One of my ‘man-crushes’, my man!
WOAH!!!!!!!!!!!
That’s one of our guys, right MF13?
FUCKIN’ YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Was that Obama in our draft room
Achane ran a 4.32 at the Combine.
That is the 4th fastest RB time ever.
and he averaged 6.4 ypc in the SEC.
pronounce A-chain
Thanks I was saying Acne
😂
He’s a dog at his size. Looks bigger and plays bigger than his listed size.
Lol, they showed a run where he fumbled. Highlight?
That’s a really solid pick at 84
I think Achane is a better pick than the guy we took the previous round.
But we still need at least TWO NEW STARTERS in the O-Line.
^^^
IT’s ALL OVER IN SUNRISE!! The Florida Panthers came from behind to defeat the heavily favored Boston Bruins 7-5 in front of a delirious home crowd in south Florida!!
The Panthers will fly to Boston for game 7 on Sunday. They have a chance to be the first team in NHL history to be down 3 games to 1 and defeat a team that won 60 or more games in the same season. Boston won an NHL record 65 games this season. But it won’t mean much if they lose on Sunday!
Go panthers !!
I’m definitely watching that game. It would be so amazing and fun if this Boston team goes out in the first rd.
Speed committee RB. Run and catch explosiveness. I like the pick. He’s the lesser Gibbs but 3rd round.
well he’s got some wiggle and slip in addition to that blazing speed,
and he’s stronger than most little guys,
but he is still tiny.
Drafttek had Achane at pick #50.
CBS had him as the 4th best RB.
Waiting to see how far Darnell Washington drops
He’s a water buffalo, so he’s falling.
But I’d love to get him.
He sees the cut back lane so fast, see it and go.
yep which is perfect for the McDaniel scheme.
Achane looks like smaller version of Fournette but faster. He runs similar and both can catch the ball. 5-8.5 188 is not a frail guy. Short, quick and fast guys out of the backfield are dangerous. We’re definitely a speed team on offense.
Yes, and Achane was the very first prospect I featured on this site. Love his game!
So you got one of your guys!!! 🙂
He’s like a ripped Dri Archer.
I see what you’re saying they both read the lines really well and get through immediately Achane won’t drop the shoulder as effectively but he might zoom right past somebody instead
Yep!
I wonder if we try to trade into day 3 to land somebody we really like.
We have 2 picks on day 3.
I’m talking about the 4th round… so as to either move somebody (ahem… Ced Wilson), or even trade a future pick to get back into the 4th round.
We shall see…
Oh you said trade into. You meant trade up? That would take picks next year if not a player like Wilson. He’s not an easy trade.
Kings with an impressive road win to force game 7.
Dubs must have thought ONE road win was enough. They looked mentally out of it … no spark.
You’re like, I’ll just throw this out there lol
Hooray for the home team, it’s fun when the local team is making noise
Big hug to ya sonny
👍
PFF says
#4 RB. Devon Achane, Texas A&M
BIG BOARD RANK: 63
Achane has burners, quicks and contact balance — a rare combination. He broke 53 tackles on 196 attempts for an 89.8 rushing grade last fall.
I can’t NOT see an R in his name for some arcane reason
He will likely jump Ahmed and Gaskin in the committee. Eventually a 12-15 touch guy.
And Steelers take Washington
at least he’s not in the AFCE.
I’d take or give a 7th for Cedrick, almost anything to get rid of his awful contract
I get the feeling he’ll be in the mix hoping for a much better year 2.
^^^
They had no idea they could get Tyreek when they signed Ced.
Not his fault. There’s only one Tyreek.
But he’s so redundant, we can’t use him.
Wilson will likely compete with Ezukanma and Sanders for 4th WR. I think Berrios with Welker as his coach is our 3rd much of the time. He’s going to be the 1st down guy with Hill and Waddle opening up the field.
A-Chain is the 4th fastest RB 40 time in history.
Do you think it would send the wrong message if I bought my wife a Moody jersey ?
That’s funny, Stanger already made ST guys jerseys cool
This is true 🤔😊
I have a feeling a couple of the players they wanted were gone and Cam Smith was their BPA at #51. These first 2 picks seem to be for the future with Achane having an impact sooner than Smith.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Smith plays STs and in nickel and dime early on. He’s got 4 seasons of snaps against good competition. He’s going to push some guys already on our roster. You may not have liked the pick but the value was there. I highly doubt Fangio didn’t want him and we took him anyway. LOL
https://www.nfl.com/prospects/devon-achane/32004143-4810-3822-6a71-b10965e0a57a
Another thing to remember is Mostert isn’t going to last much longer, 2 years maybe. Also, Tyreek said he was going to retire 2025.
If y’all don’t remember, Tyreek like Achane was a RB in college (Oklahooma State then West Alabama). Then just played WR when he got to KC.
I think we’ll use him the way KC uses their new number 10, begins with a P.
Achane will be our him
Pacheco
Good call!
People keep saying 2025 he retires. That’s his last season. 3 more years.
Tim, I liked both CB’s coming out of South Carolina. I don’t dislike the pick at all. I feel they know what they are doing more than me. LOL
Another example of me replying in general but comes off as personal. A lot of peeps here didn’t like the pick. When you research the prospect he makes sense.
I agree
I hope McDanial’s lust for speed doesn’t go the way of Al Davis
The problem with Al Davis is he would choose speed over football ability.
Subtle difference
Davis criteria: Speed
Grief criteria: can play, speed
I will take a couple of SBs
Good thing Rock quit watching. I saw his kicker Moody get drafted end of the 3rd by the 49er’s.
Either that or he broke his phone or computer.
Toba’s wife god love her is a niners fan now he gets to get her a jersey that says Moody lol. She’ll wear it too 😁
Achane is also a return guy. Him and Berrios.
TE wasn’t featured at all last year, they forced the ball to Gesicki and it was painful to watch, maybe we really don’t want to use a TE much in the passing game
Tim you’re forgetting the “Chosen” one at WR
You are correct. That changes things a bit. Another example of speed.
Some draft picks are made with the salary cap in mind, and we have a huge cap number next year, looking at Xs cap numbers he isn’t going anywhere soon
Just trying to get in their heads to figure out why you take a CB at 51
I’m speechless, unless they just love Cam
Fangio likes to play a lot of shell coverage and then mix into man to confuse the offense. Cam Smith is also not afraid of contact. I think we’re going to use Ramsey as a rover – CB, S and LB depending on the play. Just like you can never have enough pass rushers, you can never have enough corners. It’s not that surprising to me.
No OL? 😡
I think the vision is the ball is out quick to speed everywhere. We’re not going to maul anyone in the run game, it’s about quickly getting to the 2nd level.
I am thinking we will see some Vet OL signed once the Byron Jones money clears.
Maybe day 3 and then some as UDFAs. I agree we’ll look at the vets in June as well.
Crazy how deep this TE class was. There were 9 TE’s drafted in the first 3 rounds and there are still some good names left.
Josh Whyle CINCINNATI
Payne Durham PERDUE (poor man’s Brenton Strange, IMO)
Davis Allen CLEMSON
Zack Kuntz OLD DOMINION
Will Mallory MIAMI
Blake Whiteheart WAKE FOREST
Camren McDonald FLORIDA STATE
Ben Sims BAYLOR
I will also throw in 2 TE/HB/FB
Princeton Fant TENNESSEE
Hunter Luepke NORTH DAKOTA STATE
Princton Fant is cousin of NFL TE Noah Fant.
I expect both of our picks to make an impact as role players.
The official site has press conferences with our two draft picks.
BPA perfecly executed last. I don’t get it…lol. And, why I think it’s a faulty way to build your team.
Thank god we didn’t trade up for BPA….lol
…last night.
And, read all the “justifications” is hilarious….
I guess they automatically make the team and we wait to see if they ever bite…lol
…especially in the range of 50-100…oh my
So much for my philosophy….lol
I’m sure glad there wasn’t a QB left as BPA…..and we drafted him…..but pretty sure that would justified, too. Lmao…
…a 5’8″ RB? I guess no one will see him andhe’ll squirt out like a watermelon pit…lol.
I love when the pundits give us an A- for the Cam Smith pick at 51 and qualify it with, may be an eventual future CB….”
I think they’re really grading themselves on their mocks/rankings….lol.
I agree with the Grier meme….”Who needs fucking draft picks?” Lol…
“[Cam] Smith was teammates with Grier’s son.” Glad they weren’t family….lol
Of course…lol
“General manager Chris Grier and head coach Mike McDaniel both insist the Dolphins will take the best players available rather than draft for need.”
According to whom? at 199 or whatever…lol…the perfect science.
Yep, I see us picking a QB in the draft today….lol
I think the reason they took Cam Smith is because despite not having blazing speed, he’s always around the ball, and has great instincts. He knows what he sees and reacts to it. Achane will be a part time weapon, add that to our offense which already has an army of home run hitters. He’ll also be a return guy, which is important, especially if he’s better than average.
Since we’ll be playing mostly zone coverage, he (Cam Smith) won’t have to worry about staying with his guy exclusively (one of his weaknesses), but will be able to react and play the ball.
Again, I don’t get the justification of BPA.
The Steelers are having a very nice draft . . .
Agreed
As usual
They always do, I believe.
Cheers Brian…🍺
🍻
Sorry, not sorry ranting….lol.
Let’s make sure we have quality depth, pick someone we need maybe in a year or two, and ignore holes and weaknesses we have now. Perfect draft philosophy…oh my.
Isn’t that how we ended up with Iggy? Prime example of failure of this philosophy imo. And, literally there are thousands of examples like this…lol.
Cam Smith ran a 4.43.
That’s fast.
Read the scouting reports. They say he struggles to maintain coverage, he’s slow out of breaks.
At a minimum we needed a starting OL, imo. Biggest fucking hole on the team…lol
I’m sure protecting the QB is not high on management’s list…that’s why we’re drafting a QB as BPA today…lol.
Smith is described a having the dawg.
He’s tenacious and feisty and a slashing tackler with room to add muscle at almost 6 ft 1.
His strength is watching the QB while keeping the play in front of him then jumping the route. He led the country in PBU in 2021, so teams quit throwing toward him.
He also had 6 picks in college.
Fuck the 49ers. Taking my kicker in the third round you fuckers. !!
This draft wasn’t likely to tip the scales for us no matter what, but not sure what kind of impact our CB makes. I can understand he will be needed next year, but at this point we’re all in this season, so you might as well get someone in RD 2 that will make an impact this season.
I’m at work, so I’m a little grumpy right now. lol
I’m gumpy and not at work. I agree on making an impact, i.e. a starter.
Lol…grumpy
Not happy AT ALL
No more Kool-Aid!!
No more fucking KoolAid!!!!!
51. Miami Dolphins: Cam Smith, CB, South Carolina
Grade: A
The Dolphins have Jalen Ramsey joining Xavien Howard at corner, so from that perspective, it’s an interesting depth move for their initial pick. But in terms of the player, Smith is a great value here because he’s another big, physical, aggressive corner in this class who should have gone much earlier.
84. Miami Dolphins: Devon Achane, RB, Texas A&M
Grade: A
The Dolphins can’t rely on Raheem Mostert and Jeff Wilson Jr. staying healthy. Achane has great upside as a dynamic change-of-pace back who can excel as a compact runner in their zone-blocking scheme.
So rather than repost everything I’m reading,
here is the short version of how we plan to use cam Smith.
He has position flexibility,
which we knew both the FO and McDaniel and especially Fangio love.
So does Ramsey, but not Howard.
So now Ramsey can become a safety or even ILB and let Smith move outside after lining up as if he’s the slot corner.
or vice versa, Smith can switch from boundary to slot pre-snap after showing the other.
Fangio loves to do this.
and both Ramsey and Smith are slashing tacklers in the open field.
I doubt Achane will be on the field in pass protect….change of pace? I don’t get it. When Mostert and/or Wilson are injured, he’s our guy?
Kohou and Needham did do this, but they are UDFAs,
(over achievers)
and Smith was slated to go in Round 1 but fell due to a non lingering injury
and ppl sleeping on him after teams kept away from him in 2022.
He was the highest rated CB in college in 2021
against SEC competition.
This is not a guy having to move up a level.
He’s been covering the best his whole career.
You can never have too many DBs….got it….lol.
A Chain
His comp is one of my favorite players ever.
Darren Sproles !!!
the heartbreaker of defenses who have his team in 3rd and long or
trapped close to their own goal
“Dolphins beat writer Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald thinks Miami might have a different target in mind, though, as he reported the Dolphins have spent “considerable time” with Achane over the past several weeks.”
Lol…I am not happy about either of these picks…oh my. Can you tell?
“My comp for Achane? Darren Sproles,” Kiper said. “That’s because Achane has a ton of value as a returner and in the passing game. He needs to hit his ceiling to be as productive as Sproles, of course, but he is my third-ranked back in this class.”
A least SEC caliber players….that’s a plus…lol
Devon Achane stats (Pro Football Focus(: 18 rushes of 15-plus yards, 93.0 Elusive Rating
Devon Achane stats Rush Yards YPR Receptions Scrimmage Yards Total TDs
2021 910 7.0 24 1,171 10
2022 1,102 5.6 36 1,298 11
While the Aggies proved to be a disappointment, Achane was one of the lone bright spots. The Texas native caught the attention of NFL teams throughout his junior season, securing an NFL Combine invite and he is viewed as one of the best running back prospects in the 2023 draft.
Thy Knight (@ThyKnight3) says:
April 29, 2023 at 12:15 am
Fangio likes to play a lot of shell coverage and then mix into man to confuse the offense. Cam Smith is also not afraid of contact. I think we’re going to use Ramsey as a rover – CB, S and LB depending on the play. Just like you can never have enough pass rushers, you can never have enough corners. It’s not that surprising to me.
I think you nailed it Tim
Achane profiles as a complementary piece to a backfield committee. In his first NFL season, Achane could play a slightly similar role to the one Tony Pollard served during the 2021 season (169 touches, 1,065 scrimmage yards).
While he’ll likely receive closer to 100 touches, Achane’s abilities would still allow for him to be very successful and 1,000 scrimmage yards is at least possible depending on where he lands.
We’re not going to make any stylistic or NFL player comparisons to Achane, he’s unique enough of a prospect where there is no perfect comp. However, it’s easy to see him blossoming into a role where he receives 150-200 touches per season and he can be an explosive returner. The NFL team that drafts Achane will have a very specific role for him and he should thrive in that spot.
With the ball in his hands, he moves very well. Achane is capable of making split-second cuts to move out of a linebacker’s vision, slipping through arm tackles and then unleashing that track speed for an explosive play. Even at the next level, Achane is going to win most sprints down the sideline and there is enough juice in his game to sidestep a defender who is in pursuit.
Achane’s speed is evident on this 75-yard touchdown run against the North Carolina Tar Heels, but this scamper also shows some of the other things he does well. Even at 5-foot-8, Achane shows tremendous balance through contact. Reminiscent of Alvin Kamara in some ways, Achane is like a cat with his ability to remain on his feet
Unlike most running backs of his size, NFL coaches should feel more comfortable with Achane running between the tackles. He is a patient runner, willing to wait behind his blocks before turning on that initial burst and making it through a crease.
We’ve got Jones and Needham coming off injuries and Howard wasn’t very good last year. Most of us project they’ll all be healthy and good this year, but maybe the FO isn’t as sure as we are. Maybe they still saw CB as a need. Byron Jones was supposed to come back healthy last year and that didn’t turn out very well for us.
As for RB, our 1 and 1a are incredibly injury prone and Achane should be able to fit into that rotation immediately with less dropoff than Gaskin is.
Most people were excited about trading our picks away, the last two drafts are the down side of that schwartz, lol.
I don’t really get into evals predraft, so I’m not up in arms because we didn’t select any of my guys or one of the positions I determined we had to pick, lol, and by all account we got good value with both our picks, so I’ll take it.
All that being said, our FO is very hit or miss. With the exception of Skylar, not one of our picks last year had an impact. Hopefully we don’t see that again this year, and it would be nice if one or two guys from last year show on the field and prove to us that BPA is a viable philosophy, because if no one from your draft class is on the field in year 2, then what the heck are you doing?
Initially, I had no problem with Achane, that’s a pick that should help us right now, both in the return game and maybe for some potentially explosive plays on offense here and there. I get what you’re saying about depth and injuries, but you could probably say the same thing about the O-line and TE.
Like someone said last night, I’m not sure they are valuing a receiving TE in this offense the way it is currently constructed.
As for oline, I think (hope) they are still going to target some FA guy(s). We haven’t been very successful in picking olinemen in the draft even though we’ve gone there year after year. Hopefully we can still adresss it.
Very diplomatic…kudos…lol
Trying to reason my way through it like we all are. The collective ‘WTF!?’ by Dolphins fans around the world when they announced a CB at 51 was palpable, lol.
I agree we’ve talked about BPA, but then when Grier does it, we’re like WTF
I think both these guys get on the field this year and contribute
I really think they both do too.
Congrats on your Lakers smashing Memphis and moving on. I hope we get to face you in the next rd. I was rooting for the Lakers just because the Memphis shyte talking rubbed me the wrong way. I was glad to see that one guy in particular get it thrown back at him and watch him crumble like a punk.
A Chain to the house
Cam Can
Dude is a ball player, watching his game tape he plays a lot of press man, but just has this awareness about himself, that screams Jalen Ramsey like
He’s not Ramsey, he is a very good corner
The 2 games I just watched, can’t remember him giving up any catches, and had an int vs Clemson
His run support is very good for a 6′ 188lb CB, he’s not afraid to put his nose in there
What I look for in a defender is can you do your immediate job, check, then how is your awareness and pursuit, discount double check
another big hole,
but his speed ruins tackling angles,
so the holes don’t have time to close.
Slow down Naples you’re speeding😜
Going back to what I just cut and pasted from Tim, if you want Ramsey to play all over the place you need someone you can trust in Ramsey’s outside spot, I think Cam can do that, once he gets adjusted to the NFL, think kohou can do it too
Seems redundant if Kohou did it last year and should be better this year…