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 
Now on to Achane
Vs the U, he was keyed on mostly on pass plays, still managed a 25 yard td on a short pass out in the flank
His height and weight don’t show up on tape, he’s a smaller Breece Hall
He’s a north/south see the hole and hit it runner, with good vision, quicks, speed and jump cut ability
Electric on KO returns, maybe he’ll be KOR and Berrios PR
There’s more than one way to skin a cat, one way is to have a great OL, which gives your QB time to throw and opens lanes for the RBs
It seems that isn’t working out so great for us
Another way is to have a balanced attack, Achane should help bring some of that focus or fear into our running game
Were our picks made for value and BPA or with some type of vision in mind?
I hope it’s both
When we say we trust what our FO is doing, we believe there’s a vision
Interesting. the BPA / Vision balance is what I was writing about in the post below.
Balance too, without contact he’s got weeble balance
Think of a soccer player, how you can’t make it without great balance, he’s got that
I think McDaniels and Fangio submit their grocery lists to Grier and Grier has their board … then takes BPA based on that board. It very well could be that Darnell Washington doesn’t ‘fit’ what they want for that position. However, if Mayer had been available I think we’d have been all over him because of his catch radius and YAC.
4 areas that were glaring issues in games we lost last year: DB injuries and ST consistently outmanned, Running game and OL had terrible and great games.
Cam Smith:
That said, doing all the readings of responses/analysis like others here, Cam Smith was overlooked by fans much like Jevon Holland was. Our DBs were depleted last year, and although it looks like the room is full, there ARE a lot of guys who will be coming off surgeries.
Those injuries cost us a lot of games. It seems the selection of Cam Smith is a commitment to making sure our “WINDOW” isn’t wasted hoping those players are the same post-surgery. Another thing that Smith has in common with Holland is how often the words “ball hawk” are used to describe him. So that’s four guys now in our defensive backfield who carry that label: Ramsey, X, Holland, Smith. = Take Away potential every time the ball is in the air.
Achane:
This is McDaniel’s philosophy of a QB who distributes to speedy playmakers. Again, with 4 RBs under contract this is solidifying another area that was often pointed at to explain losses.
If we still had our rd 1 pick we could have added OL to build depth/insurance at all 3 spots. But, all considered, I wake up this morning feeling like so far this draft has addressed targeted weaknesses, not by position but by broader game components, and has done it in context of losing that valuable first rd pick.
Today, just find a couple guys that can contribute on special teams at best. The probabilities are that we won’t find OL and TE contributors that late in the draft. It’s easier to find a great athlete for depth and ST.
Right there with you up until TE, I think, as some have mentioned here our type of TE can be found in the late rounds
God forbid Tua gets rocked blindside before he hands it off to Achane…
No more distributor….
Pronouncing his name A-Chain makes no sense, in English we pronounce it uh chain, but it’s a name, so…
Rhino, I agree on the OL in the late rounds but there are still some good TE’s out there who can fill the role of what ours do (Smythe/Saubert). Repost from last night:
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
I like how he stands back there next to the qb, as if he’s a car, that turns off, when it’s waiting at the light, giving off no tell the play is for him
Payne Durham has great size and a good blocker. He just lacks in speed.
Saubert had similar game tape from college, that these late round picks have and he’s weathered the test of NFL time
Any TE taken late or as UDFA won’t easily overtake him
Achane is a liability in conventional pass pro…so what they do is flip it right after the rusher runs past him. There’s no way a LB can get back in that play as Achane is gone.
I think we will see OL, TE, DL with our last 2 picks. Would love a Cedric Wilson trade to gain an extra day 3 pick and take one of the 3 above.
If we’re going to trade Wilson this offseason, the chances are greatest it happens today
My guess for late round picks is TE and DT, but not OL as I think that’s mostly a wasted pick
Bottom line on our 2 picks, these are both players, that can push us over the top, not by sheer ability, but by giving us another dimension we previously didn’t have
Cam could allow us to use Ramsey as an overall D weapon, with the element of surprise in place, somewhat like the Amoeba D caused havoc
Achane can bring the oh shit to a D, something like Tyreek does, on a smaller scale, but makes you have to account for him, instead of the disregard our running game has had for years now
Not saying it will happen or happen this year, but I can see a vision with these guys
Looks like the draft is about to continue noon EDT
Worked a trade with the Rams for Cedric Wilson.
182. Sidy Sow OG Eastern Michigan
197. Karl Brooks DT Bowling Green
238. Kemari Averett TE Bethune Cookman
Damn it. I was catching up and for a second I thought this happened, lol.
The trade
Waddle and Hill as electric duo had great success that other teams like San Diego and Minnesota seem to want to emulate, skipping apparent glaring needs elsewhere.
Detroit had so many picks and they freaking nailed them. They are a fun team to hope for a turn around, specifically because they are in the NFC and we will only play them once every four years. lol
Bengals also
Steve, I agree. Thinking DT and TE on last 2 picks.
On the clock! Gues we pick in what, 2 hours? lol
Think we see a run on RB’s here in the 4th round.
Dawn Aponte making the Eaglles pick
Looks like she’s now playing Goodell
Blake Freeland to the Colts.
Pats like their small school players
Thought they would have gone RB there. They do have 3 more freaking picks in the 4th round though.
Camren McDonald is a little smaller but a good all round TE.
Uh oh Rock, another kicker off the board. To the Pats.
We did a walking tour in 2019 starting in the square in Frankfurt, where the Panthers pick was just announced from😁
Dolphins Roster Focus Should Move to Free Agency
I agree, we can find a post June 1st FA DT and OL to round out the roster easier than we can now find them in the draft
Just make it a full BPA draft now works for me
Fucking Pats take Sidy Sow at 117. A bit of a reach especially with Breaden Daniels right there.
When you have a lot of picks you tend to use less focus on each one and take more risks
There goes Daniels
Cheats with all of these picks is great for their future, but if they have to roster them this year their team will be awfully young and inexperienced
People cheering the latest pick in KC remind me of the fakeness you’d see of people in the audience of a Hollywood sitcom
A lot of IOL getting sucked up this round. Kind of expected though.
Developmental players
MM loves him some Achane
https://www.profootballnetwork.com/miami-dolphins-mike-mcdaniel-devon-achane-nfl-draft/
WOW, RB Swift traded to Eagles!
Talk about win now
I like big Ben Sims also
I posted this above, it was meant for here
Saubert had similar game tape from college, that these late round picks have and he’s weathered the test of NFL time
Any TE taken late or as UDFA won’t easily overtake him
Achane’s moves are so good he reminds me of Floyd Mayweather, because you can’t ever get a good hit on him
Kind of surprised on lack of RB’s taken in the 4th.
Stetson Bennett to Rams, guess they needed to replace Baker😁
Ryder’s breakdown on Cam Smith.
Saubert had similar game tape from college, that these late round picks have and he’s weathered the test of NFL time
Any TE taken late or as UDFA won’t easily overtake him
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Oh, I agree. Just looking for that depth guy.
Ryder on A-Chain
Abanikanda is the enemy now, sorry Mike
We don’t need him now that we have A-chain.
Fucking Jets
Just got back from Jail. See another 4 TE’s off the board.
NY team took the NY boy. Makes sense. Can’t root for him now though
Is Mike Hunt off the board yet? Sorry, I mean Zack Kuntz
LOL
Not yet
Any chance he makes it to us at pick #20 (197)
Think it might cut it close. Total of 13 TE’s gone in first 5 rounds. That’s a lot!
Lol I see what ya did there
Can’t believe the negativity on the Cam Smith pick. With all the injuries we had last year with both Jones’, Needham and Williams. Plus X, Crossen and Kohou playing banged up at times.
Not to mention X being close to the end of his career.
I’m not negative on it , was just quite surprised, and another WHO pick , although most picks this year at WHO picks to ME
Are
Damn, DT Karl Brooks gone at top of 6th. Damn Packers!
Is Mel still available😜
Power Ranking
7. Miami Dolphins
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Previously: No. 9 in NFL power rankings
If Tua Tagovailoa stays healthy, the Miami Dolphins can win a Super Bowl. Already armed with one of the highest-scoring offenses, Miami landed defensive coordinator Vic Fangio and then provided him with Jalen Ramsey and David Long Jr. A top-five offense, top-five defense and a phenomenal coaching staff, all Tagovailoa needs to do is stay on the field.
shoot
there went Karl Books. I thought the FO liked him.
They did
MikeE, I responded above
Thanks Mike
Still looking for that Cedric Wilson trade moment.
Nobody wants that contract.
We’d have to take on some of the contract
14 more to be on clock
Still a couple decent OL out there also
BPA again
With Brooks and Sow gone, I think so.
JL Skinner can lay the wood
Just Lookout, lol
Meant to respond earlier with “That’s what she said” lol
Not sure I see any one left worthy of trading Wilson for.
No one we pick now is going to protect Tua…one fuck up by Jackson and season could be gone.
Thank god we got a future CB (maybe), a light one at that, and a specialty/gadget KR/RB. The RB will probably not last through his rookie contract.
There are still good free agent OL available once we get that 13 mil on 1 June. I don’t think a rookie OL was going to help us much this year after most all good ones were gone by pick #51.
Ones with starter potential that is.
There goes OT Duncan. Damn, was keeping an eye on him.
Titans drafting 2 OT’s and a TE. You think they should have been drafting for us. LOL
Sucks when you don’t have the picks.
Kayshon Boutte – That’s a draft steal for the Pats, IMO.
Pats still have 4 more picks. WTF
I hope all 20 of their draft picks make their team
Zach Kuntz to us @ 197? Any takers?
Mike likes him
me too
He’s got 3 fingers cocked and ready to go
As a 6th rounder, I’d take the chance on Kuntz.
I want him just to see the Piggy memes
I’ll take him
Can never have too much Kuntz 🤷♂️
We’re on the clock!
Sorry, premature ejaculation on my part.
We’re after the next Bucs pick
This is another time where we really see how sparse this year is in talent.
Come on folks!
Give me an OT or NT!
I call speed again
Have to look at DT Durden now
^^^
There goes Wyoming’s NT Coburn
Well there goes the NT 😦
So close
Andy Reid looking svelte
It’s a commercial, we must be on the clock
NOW we’re on the clock!
Pats pulled a Rockphin draft taking a kicker and a punter. lol
Get a long snapper for the trifecta, the hat trick
Brenton Cox at EDGE??
Joey Fisher RT?????
Overview
Three-year starter and team captain with NFL size, toughness and athletic qualities
DT DJ Dale??
Here comes our kicker
is Ali Gaye still there?
I guess we have an England game this year
WTF Grief
^
Because we needed a WR???
They are saying he’s a TE
Wow, totally missed on this one. Guess cause he was listed at WR.
Calling him a TE, but screen shows WR
I don’t know what we are doing?
I remember this guy from the game with Notre Dame … still can’t believe Irish lost to shitty Stanford team.
Well there’s a TE
nice
CBS has him at #178, so there’s that.
Big boy
6′ 235 for a WR
Lol…omfg…
No Kuntz for us!!
Kuntzless
sooo they get another of their favorite guys for which McDaniel had a template from 49er days.
6’3″ 235, there’s our makeshift TE
good call
Your receiving TE
yep and I frickin’ love it
between him and Tanner Connor we have our Jennings and Deebo combo.
Rating: 73.94 (Chance to start)
Pro Comparison: Jauan Jennings of the 49ers
Summary:
Elijah Higgins is a physical presence on the field who provides the QB with a big downfield target and a large catch radius. He’s faster than he looks but he’s at his best on short and intermediate routes with YAC potential. His future may be as a WR/TE hybrid, similar to Jauan Jennings for the 49ers.
If we convert Higgins to TE, he’s got the BJ” that the Shanahan Offense likes from the TE position. He’ll have to put on more weight though, obviously.
He’s not a bad selection, but he will be a work in progress for a bit.
BPA wins again…
What it feels like to watch the draft
Lol
Haha! The draft probably hurts a little more.
4.54 40
That’s great for a TE.
My problem with waiting to get vet OL talent is that we have a least two glaring holes on the line….so we take zero OL in the draft… I don’t get it, sorry.
We shall see….
I do not think the FO sees us as having glaring holes on the OL.
They haven’t for years and our QBs can’t get through a full season.
Vet OL will be better for us than a rookie 2nd round pick (See Eich)
I like the pick. Depth at CB, RB, TE.
Offensive line WILL be addressed on 1 June.
I expect Brandon Shell to return to us.
wow this cat looks like Odell Beckham compared to that giraffe Kuntz
Yes, I’m good with the drafting of Higgins!
I almost said (kidding around) this morning that we will probably pick a WR and QB with our last two picks,
Lol…I was just thinking the Higgins pick was going to be a QB
Kuntz was a block tease
The highlights tape for Higgins looks just like the seam busting TE we need.