Saturdays to Sundays--A Look at College Prospects Who Could Soon Be Miami Dolphins

Unless we can get a solid RT, FS, TE, OLB all through FA I have to disagree here. We still have a lot of young, developing talent at WR and we need game changing talent on defense. I think if we get a receiver early it will be a talented TE to help us in the running and passing game. It will depend on if Ireland is still picking for us or not.

I really feel like whoever is our QB next year has more than adequate receiving targets at a variety of positions.

WR: Brandon Marshall is a huge target with an impressive vertical leap. Davone Bess is an excellent receiver in the slot. Hartline has shown flashes of ability (I think he has become utilized less because he thrives on deep throws that better suit Henne’s arm than Matt Moore’s). We’ve supposedly been developing Roberto Wallace and Marlon Moore for a couple of years, plus we just drafted Clyde Gates. We started the year with plenty of Wide Receivers, several of whom have decent to great to speed.

TE: Anthony Fasano has zero dropped passes and has had a couple of huge games for us. He’s made several one handed catches. Likewise, Charles Clay’s blocking has improved (he makes a key block on that outside run play that has let to a Reggie Bush TD two weeks in a row), and he has excellent speed for a TE, and he’s had several 20+ yard receptions. We have a good TE corps. They’re underutilized in the passing game due to poor offensive line play.

RB: Reggie Bush is the best pass catching RB in the game. Daniel Thomas has good receiving ability as well.

So really, any QB who comes here has plenty of good to great targets to throw at. The issue is that deep throws are made possible by time in the pocket and tight ends running routes that draw coverage away from the WR. A team gets both by developing an adequate offensive line so that the TE’s can run routes, thus putting stress on the defense.

The second round pick should be spent on a Right Tackle. It’s really difficult to find offensive linemen ready to start on day 1 past the second round. Lydon Murtha, John Jerry, and Nate Garner make for good backups at the tackle and guard positions. I’m hoping Murtha recovers from his injury, in which case the new regime could cut Colombo, still draft a RT for depth, and give the rookie time to develop before becoming a full-time starter. After that, we should be done drafting Offensive linemen in the early rounds for awhile. I know Murtha looked ready to start at tackle during pre-season, but that was pre-season, and he suffered a foot injury. We have no idea how durable he is for 16 games or if he was truly ready for gametime (or just looked a lot better than Colombo), so I still advocate drafting a tackle.

Offense
QB (first round pick, period)
Right tackle (I’d prefer second round, rather than placing all our hope in a recent injured Lydon Murtha)
Guard (Nate Garner, who played great in the Giants game, and John Jerry have potential, so this should be a late round pick, say 5th)
We’ve spent a lot of draft picks the past 3 years on RB, WR, and TE positions, and while they’re not all filled with All-Pros, we have good to excellent players at all 3 positions.

Defense
LB – Burnett, Dansby, and Wake are great at what they do, and Misi is solid opposite Wake against the run, so what we need is a pass rushing OLB. I have a Jason Taylor jersey from way back, but Taylor needs to hang it up, and we need a young pass rusher who will complement Cameron Wake, so this would be a 3rd round pick for me. I feel like our secondary suffers in part from the lack of pass rush if the other team double teams Wake and manages to single block the other OLB on the field, so a good pass rusher would probably help our secondary’s performance.
CB/Safety – We need depth at these positions, not necessarily new starters. Yeremiah Bell still has some left in the tank, and I think that Reshad Jones would do well to take Bell’s place. At free safety, Chris Clemons and Tyrone Culver have starting experience and have played adequately. At CB, Davis, Smith, Allen, and Wilson are a solid group. I wouldn’t mind getting a CB in the fourth round, maybe a safety in the 7th round.
DL – We’re set at defensive end – if anything, Jared Odrick is being underutilized due to too much depth. As for nose tackle. Paul Soliai is having a good year, but not a great year, so I’m hoping we can sign him to a reasonable contract. Even before this year started, he was not worth a more lucrative contract than what Vince Wilfork got. When Soliai gets two interceptions, he can start asking for more money than Wilfork. I still think we make the best offer to Soliai, because his play hasn’t been as impressive this year so I don’t think other teams will be willing to shell out more cash than us, especially given the concerns about his work ethic in the past. We could draft a nose tackle prospect in the 6th round.

Special Teams
None – special teams play has improved, Brandon Fields, John Denney, and Dan Carpenter are good at what they do

Wish list by draft round
1 QB
2 RT
3 OLB
4 CB
5 G
6 NT
7 S

Forget the fine tuning, lets get another weapon on O

Since WR is so deep I would like to see Miami get a db in the 2nd round and a WR in the 3rd. A good WR who should be available in the 3rd is Marvin McNutt Jr. from Iowa. This kid has great hands, runs good routs, and has pretty good speed. In college he has been a freak for the Hawks setting school records in TDs and Rec. Yards The guy came into the Iowa City as a QB before making the switch to WR

His game is identical to Nicks, another alum of UNC now playing with the Giants. Jones and Nicks both have the big hands only Jones is bigger and faster. Put Jones beside Marshall and you have 1 of the best tandem in the NFL. There will be no developing issues with Jones as his routes are crisp and he stretches the field as good as any rcvr coming out this season. A steal in the 2nd round.

What is the feeling of possibly getting Desean Jackson from the Eagles. His contract runs out this year and he seems to be unhappy with the Eagles handing out contracts to everyone but him and he was benched this past week for missing a special teams meeting, which means maybe the Eagles are fed up with him as well. I don’t know what it would cost to sign him in free agency, but what does anyone think of that possibility. He definitely is a speed wr that would be perfect as a complimentary piece to Marshall. I know we have other receivers, but at least Jackson has proven he can play in the NFL at an elite level. Just curious.