Setting up the smokescreen again I see but I if I had to guess someone he would move up for I would think its either Rey or B.J. but I believe both should be in the top 15 so I doubt he will go that high but to be honest I dont think he’ll go anywhere and nor should he when it gets to number 25 he’ll have plenty of good player sot choose from so why move up??

I’d hate to even speculate at this point. Still way to early.

I’ll say this, I don’t think Parcells has targeted only one guy at that pick, thats BS.

Crowder is way too full of himself. I agree with you Matty he is solid, but nothing spetacular.

I love the way you run this site, Matty, and I almost always agree with you. I read every day during the season, twice a week off-season.

BUT… ever since it became apparent that Crowder would leave I feel there’s been too much said against him on here. I mean, I agree with your assessment of his playing capabilities; solid with little game-changing ability. But to keep ragging him for wanting to get paid? You can tar the entire NFL with that brush.

This guy is a professional athelete. Self-confidence bordering on arrogance is a neccesary state of mind to succeed at his job. Some guys hold this inside them, quietly. Others are more outspoken. But look, we KNOW that Channing is an outspoken guy. We KNEW he’d want to get paid. So what I don’t see is why we don’t just say, ‘Thanks Channing, and if you do come back next year, awesome.’ But since Bill Parcells doesn’t seem to rate him (fair enough) all of a sudden there’s this really subtle shift in stance against the guy on this website, constantly talking him down.

The guy did a job for the team, and as far as I could tell, he always did it to the best of his abilities, and gave us some great quotes to joke about with our friends after the game. No need to make it out like he’s the bad guy now. He said ‘Their loss’. And so what? It is our loss. Even if we get a better player in, you’ve still lost a hard working guy who was great in the locker room. It is a loss, he knows it, and he’s said it. If he wasn’t a loss no one here would give a damn. The fact that he’s not really one of our top players is neither here nor there.

Look Matty, if some other Fins blog was going to offer you way more than you’re probably worth, you know you’d consider it. And if you left, I’d like to think no one here would say… ‘That Matty, eh. Never did that much for us, other than, you know, running the blog and stuff, doing his job really well.’ I’m being inarticulate here; sorry; I just feel that this is like the guy who, when it looks like his girl will leave him, dumps her first and then tells all his friends how she wasn’t that great anyway and will just end up with a total asshole. That guy then goes home and paces his living room all night thinking about her. It’s the way it is.

I, for one, would love to see Channing back. If not, nothing but fond memories.

I’d love to see him back, and I’m not confident we’re going to be BETTER at that position if he leaves… he’s still young and I could see him being a top 5 LB with another year or two development. Plus he’s obviously and emotional leader on the field and provides a great spark for the defense… hard to put a value on that….

I wrote this in another post a few days ago:

he is targeting a playmaker. This means he is not going to be satisfied with just getting Mack at C or one of those guys who is good enough to be a first rounder but not top 15-20 kind of player. This is actually really good news, what I wasnt liking about this draft for us was that with such a low 1st rounder, we were missing on the top of the pack guys, guys like Ray Maualuga or Brian Cushing or BJ Raji or Hakim Nicks, you get my point and that we were just going to have to go with a more low proflie kind of guy like Mack, but now its looking like Parcells wants to take a shot at one of these studs. I´d trully love to see that even if it meant loosing a low draft pick

first than Maualuga.

Watch and see!

In a 3-4 defense the MLB position is key to stopping the run. You need stud LB’s and the best player at that position, IMO, is Maualuga. I would give up a couple of draft picks in this years draft and next years, if necessary, to move up to get this guy. He could be the next Ray Lewis.

(Full Disclosure: I watched a lot of USC football this past year and thought that he was the best player on the field in all those games. I might have a bit of mancrush!!)

Just needs to keep his mouth shut Jeez he thinks he is going to get paid he is in for a rude awakining you are in a contract year and our saftey gets more tackles than you not to mention your lack of big plays no thanks,I would love to move up and get Maualuga but who knows,also Taylor is a bit small for a NT I say Brace with our second.

and say we’re not trading the pick. Up or down. If our supposed “target” isn’t there at 25, we’ll take Guy #2 on the draft board. One thing I’m absolutely sure of is we won’t reach for a pick, and we won’t be throwing half the draft around to move up 10 spots.

I’m pretty much positive our first round pick will be a big guy. Either an OL, or a DL/LB. I just don’t see Parcells and Co. grabbing a WR or a DB when we still have needs down in the trenches.

As for Crowder, I agree with Agumen that he shouldn’t be faulted for trying to get paid, but I don’t like him continually talking about “I’m worth this and that, they dropped the ball, I’m better than their contract offer” etc etc in the media. Yes he’s outspoken and confident, but he’s also not Ray Lewis or Zach Thomas either. What he perceives as a lowball offer may actually be fair market value for him, and I think he’s burning a bridge coming out and yapping about it. The bottom line with the guy is he’s not in the Elite Class of LB’s, we all know that, and we don’t want the team to pay him like an Elite LB when he’s not worth it. I guarantee everyone here wants him back if we can work out a fair deal based on his ability, but the organization and Channing aren’t on the same page regarding his worth, and nobody wants to overpay for a LB that doesn’t make game-changing plays on a regular basis. Let’s see how this all shakes out through FA, because I have a feeling he’ll be worth more to a 4-3 team.

I’m sure he has a pre-combine draft board with people whom he is eyeing and i’m 100% that it won’t stay the same through the combine/pro-days.

Plus we haven’t even started FA period yet and I’m sure there is a few holes that are going to be filled via free agency.

Anyways, I have been the creator of the Draft Brain Cushing bandwong for some time now, try and take it from me, I dare you!

Facing Kris Jenkins, Vince Wilfork, and Marcus Stroud/John McCargo 6 times a year is worth 8 mill a year.
Plus, if you draft/develop a center you can always move him to guard and team with either Carey or Long to create a dominant side of the line.
With the entire NFL moving to more 3-4 defenses and 3-4 nose tackle giants, his value will only increase. Road Grader Centers are rare in the league and the benefit to the Dolphin running game, unleashing Ronnie Brown into the secondary and getting push in the line is worth every penny.
Remember, Super Bowl Champions run the ball and stop the run. The Center is the key to that and has been a weak point all this past year.
Pay the man.
Faneca did wonders for the Jets running game.

though I read that somewhere as well.

that BP has one player in mind.

couple of reasons.

1) that’s the way they work – with a narrow draft board… unlike some teams they only focus on a few players who fit their specs.

2) they do their homework and make their picks early – don’t forget sparano said last year they new at or around the combine that JLo was their guy.

3) BP has always fallen in love with players early – don’t forget the picking the grocery shopping comment was over one of those man crushes.

So having said all of that, yeah i believe they have one player they want to pick, but i don’t believe that they told Omar or anyone outside of the inner circle.

second – omar today or yesterday said something to the effect that he wrote last year at this time that the phins would take Long…. hmmm right… wrong long IIRC and he did mention 8 others too.

because if a player falls to you you take that guy…..so u know who u want at #25 maybe…but ur assuming 24 other guys wont be there. just like when aaron rodgers fell to the packers a few years back……

parcells hasnt told anyone jack….believe that. we ae all just pawns in his game of chess…if we said anything it was to screw with someone somewhere somehow/…just like the ireland “slip” last yr about us taking “a guy that will be a part of our defense for yrs to come”….bet that was a jab at trying to get someone to trade up to get dorsey or c.long.

channing thanks for the memories…..but we can do better.

for anything he is saying. He is an emotional guy- its what make him such an entertaining player to root for and watch, which I have done since he was a Gator. Honestly, what do you expect somebody to say after they have been told they aren’t as good as they think? If you just lay back and agree, then you don’t deserve to be in the NFL. Channing was a solid player for us, and I hope we can resign him. If not, then I’ll wish him good luck wherever he goes.

anybody have an update on his condition?
I hope he is healthy and getting ready to kick some ass!

Terrance Taylor 6’0" 319lbs DT from Michigan (might as well draft the whole team lol)

possibly a late 2nd round early 3rd round prospect but what i love about him is he is super fast for his size and has amazing strength and balance. His senior year he was the state’s powerlifting champ and also the state’s undefeated heavyweight wrestling champ!!!!

I would love to go DE/LB in the first, CB with the first pick in the second, and then DT with the other pick. I trust BP and know he will take the best player available and not just draft to fill needs