What to draft for?

at 0-6 and let's be honest, 0-7 after this weekend, there's nothing wrong with talking draft.

About the picks, I'd say the O-line has been one of the few areas on the team that's played well (along with Ronnie Brown obviously). So a pick there for a top tackle would be ok, but I suspect the dolphins are feeling alright about Vernon Carey at LT. If they did want an OT, then Jake Long out of Michigan is probably the guy.

So with that in mind, you look at the defense and there are few spots that don't need upgrading. An interior lineman would be my pick, perhaps Glenn Dorsey out of LSU. We are going to keep getting run over by teams until we get someone to anchor that middle.

I don't think any of the players eligible for the draft, in the secondary (DB, S) are anywhere near good enough to be top five picks. The dolphins could trade down to get kenny phillips out of miami though, later in the first round.
All the secondary

Phillips if you can get him.  Dorsey would be my second choice.

I think we need to go defense all around.  DB, DL, and possibly LB depending on how Crowder develops and what happens with ZT and JT.  DB has got to be our top priority though.  

The Phins can find a couple of role players on offense through free agency, and they'll be fine.  We're already putting up enough points to win most games, if our defense could get off the field and stop teams on 3rd down, and that all falls on the defensive backfield.

and really all the top players - we all know that a) the college season is still underway, b) the combines/workouts are months away, and c) the breakdown of the players by scouts....those 3 things will change rankings considerably from here to then.

Looking at Miami's record and prospects, you have to think a top 5, possibly top 3, pick is a certainty. We'll see who they take but it is hard to argue against defense, defense, defense :)

on what Beck does. At the end of 8 games or so how is he taking to the NFL game? Is he looking like a guy who is catching on or does he look like a 'fish out of water" sorta speak? If he looks like he is doing well I say we go DB,DL,OL in that order. If not and we have a top 3 pick, we have to stop messing around with the most important position on the field and draft a Franchise QB if he is there.

I think that if there is a big, huge, can't miss prospect on the O-line, you draft him - otherwise for the first round, I think given the current season, defense is the key. Either a DE to complement Taylor if he remains in Miami, or to succeed him and help the D-Line would be my first choice. Then a whole lot of secondary and D-Line depth after that. TE would be a good addition as well.

I'm with Neo.  I just don't buy John Beck as a future franchise QB.  Maybe he'll show me something before the end of the season, but as of now, if I were Mueller, I'd have to be open to taking a QB with the top pick.

I also agree with everybody saying we need to trade our vets for draft picks.  I've loved Zach and Jason for years, too, but nobody's sacred now.  Besides, I'd like to see them get a chance to play for a really good team before they retire. The Dolphins aren't going to be that good that soon.

All in all, I think I wouldn't focus on a position.  I'd take the best person to build a team around.  A leader, hard worker, high-character guy.  We ought to be able to get all that plus talent with a pick as high as we're likely to have.

After that, I'd go for D-line picks -- tackles, then ends.  A stud O-lineman or 2.  Then DBs.

If Beck turns out not to be the real deal, as I suspect, we can draft a QB in a year or two.  We should still be bad enough then to get a high pick.

My picks reflect the fact that I don't think the Dolphins are looking at a 1-draft fix.  It's going to take at least 2, probably 3, and maybe 4 good drafts to get the talent level back where it needs to be.