Video Time: Miami Dolphins 2011 NFL Draft Class

Edmond Gates Part 1 is awesome… But part 2 is another 9 minutes of highlights including quite a few kickoff returns. It might be useful to post that too.

the videos won’t show up…what do i need to run them?

It is Hilarious!

He is so fast! He makes the other team look like they are standing still.

Can’t wait to see him with the ball in his hands and in a Dolphins Jersey.

…only more playmakers to make it work. And we have Gates, who I like. Ted Ginn with hands and balls.

I like the first four picks but werent there other options other than taking a guard at 15? Maybe shop the pick more aggressively? I dunno. But anyway it’s over and once again hope reigns supreme in Dolphin nation.

But when is Maurkice’s contract up? Maybe we could reunite the brothers…. They did both grow up in FL too … right?

Who’s faster Ginn or Gates?

 The OL should be much improved from last year….With Thomas whe can run down hill or the Wildcat,,,has a great burst of speed…..Gates will open everything up…deep ball, reverses, and so on….and dont forget ST if the Phins decide to let him return kicks ….and then Clay. I think he is going to be a big part of the Offense…he can line up just about any where….RB,TE,WR…..Clay is going to be a nightmare for other teams….So with all this the Phins got help for the OL and added 3 players that can open a hole other playbook for us…..think about it…..Whoever the Phins are playing will try to slow these 3 guys down and then they have to try to figure out how to stop BM and Bess…..all most impossible……..I am very excited about them…..also this will take alot of pressure of Henne and he should play well….add all this with the Phins D and THE FUTURE SO BRIGHT I GOT TO WEAR SHADES….

I know we didn’t see the full game but the long throws were always on target and Gates caught them in stride. It was a thing of beauty to watch – what stride. I’m sold.

think we traded the draft for Thomas
we traded a 5th and a 7th round pick.
You usually can’t even find quality depth players with those picks.
We traded up for a prospect we really liked. With a bunch of sort of special no name running backs, we found one we really liked and we got him.

eh, who am I kiddin’. go Fins…

Offense could be dynamic, if we maybe had a QB…

I will never be ok with taking a G/C with the 15th pick though.
I do like the Idea of two hard hitting safeties in Rashad Jones and James Wilson. Wilson has the talent to have been picked way earlier in the draft except for that whole conviction for murder thing. Maturity and life experience counts for something in my books.
I’d rather have a guy who has overcome adversity than a guy who has never encountered it and therefore is a question mark as to his reaction to it.
They need to play a few snaps first but my first thought is that receivers are gonna be hearing footsteps all day long. Gates looks as slippery as an oiled up waterbug.
It also looks like Polite might have played his last down as a Dolphin with the Clay pick.

all 4 should contribute. My issue with the FO? I don’t agree at all with their philosophy. We drafted for a BTT power run team. Nobody wins that way. You HAVE to be able to throw the ball successfully to win games in the NFL. And we cannot.

My favorite pick was Gates. I think he (finally) brings a dangerous element to our offense. If he can put talent alongside his speed (i.e. not be Ted Ginn), he’ll be a solid role player.

I hated the Pouncey pick. Still do. Not because I thought we should’ve picked any QB, but because we picked a low-impact position. He should (emphasis on should) be a very good guard, but that really gets us nowhere. Is he going to be leaps and bounds better than Incognito at guard? Probably not. I don’t have any confidence in him playing center effectively. Any realistic Gator fan will tell you that he was horrendous snapping the ball. He’s not better than his brother, and his brother was vastly overrated following last season. So forgive me for not falling all over myself for another lineman in another offseason.

I like the Clay pick. He reminds me of Chris Cooley, and he’ll save a roster spot because we won’t need to carry a FB (although we probably will because we like slow guys)

I’m not hating the draft, but I’m hating the FO philosophy. Even Pittsburgh, the league’s most notorious smashmouth football team, has built a dynamic, pass-first offense around a franchise QB and numerous weapons. They have always been the epitome of power-running, and they had a mediocre offensive line and a forced run game. They ran for 120 a game and 15 TD’s, both good numbers, but their average was 4.1 per carry, worse than Miami’s. They were in the Super Bowl because they had an aggressive defense and an aggressive passing game built around a star Quarterback. We have that aggressive defense. I love our defense, although we could improve our safeties and add more dynamic OLB’s, but I can’t complain about the D, they were great. Our offense is unable to score points, and that’s a direct result of playing too conservatively and building a conservative offense around a questionable QB.

Someone said (don’t remember who, REALLY) – that it’s amazing that Pittsburgh, NE, Indianapolis, NO, Chicago, – teams like that, – they REGULARLY pick in the lower third of the round and yet they ALWAYS seem to come up with QUALITY players year after year. Teams that draft in the top third or just below don’t and stay there on top year after year.

I find it puzzling that we haven’t been able to establish a solid team, especially within the last 10 drafts. Oh, don’t point out Long or Davis. Rather tell me why the bottom third drafts better than us.

You (Phinsider) said it up there – it’s the philosophy of the FO. Why can’t they follow the other teams for a change and do what they do? I know it’s more complicated that that but the SAME teams are going to be in the playoffs again this year and we WON’T BE.

Pouncey:

If Pouncey plays center for us, we’re screwed. Bama’s defense is probably the closest thing he saw to an NFL caliber defense and he only looked OK. He didn’t own anyone and seemed average in both pass protection and run blocking. I don’t think he’ll handle the tough NTs he’ll face in the AFC. Wilfork, Pouha, Hampton, and others will abuse him at center. However, I think he will excel at guard. He has the athleticism to pull and get to the second level. I think Incognito will be better at center. He’s bigger, stronger, and mean enough to handle the tough NTs. With Long, Pouncey, and Incognito, our left side of the line should be set.

Thomas:

I like his patience. He seems to wait on blocks to develop downfield. He’s not going to be able to get around the edge like that in the NFL because he doesn’t have the speed for that. We’ve watched enough of Brown try that. Thomas will be more effective up the middle and off-guard. If we get DeAngelo Williams to be our speed back who can hit the edge, then we might have a solid backfield.

Gates:

Best pick of the draft IMO. He’s got the speed we lacked last season. However, he will have to deal with the HUGE jump in the level of competition. Going from D-2 to the NFL will be tough. We will work him into certain WR packages and get him on the field as a return guy to utilize his speed. He should contend for a starting spot in a year or two.

Clay:

Not the TE I wanted us to pick, but an interesting pick nonetheless. Obviously, our coaches are content with Fasano being the main TE and they wanted to get a 2nd TE as a receiving option. It’ll be interesting to see how he is used in our offense. Although I hope it doesn’t mean more Wildcat plays this season.

Gates looks good nice hands 2 things though 1 i dont see him doing any real cuts most runs are straight angles( pros are faster and more aware aggressive defenders) 2 minor college issue he lets the ball go as soon as he hits the ground just sayin lol.

Daniels need to lower shoulders otherwise looks good .
clay all in all at TE he will be another shockey or Gonzales he looks good.
Pouncy w Jake long and other OL friggin can openers for RB should be interesting…

all in all seems like everything a QB could ask for he got sooo no more excuses its all on QB now…… (if we get a decent veteran QB its on)
next yr our 1st draft pick better be QB….

He stands up Marcell Dareus—the best defensive tackle in this draft class—multiple times during this game, and I feel like I shouldn’t even have to point out the part of this video (1:22) when Pouncey snaps the ball on what becomes a reverse play. Look closely at the replay and you’ll see him sprint into the second level of defense and absolutely destroys a defensive back pursuing the ball carrier.