Back to the Future: Why the Dolphins do not need a QB in Round 1 this year.

But I have to disagree. I think you and I have different expectations of what we want from our Miami Dolphins.

I agree that we have a decent squad, and drafting a RT, OLB and TE in the draft would make us a better team. No doubt. But, my goal is to become a powerhouse and contender not just a playoff cusp team. With Moore, even with an entire draft of supporting players, I don’t see us in the division race next year and on pace with the NE Patriots. This is where I want to us to be.

With RGIII, yes we may lose potentially most of this year’s draft but we have Moore/RGIII compete to start Week 1. RGIII, I believe can transform this franchise and although i have like what Moore has done, he has not beaten a team with a winning record; I don’t see him beating solid playoff teams from what I’ve seen.

Right now I’m using your argument against you, we have alot of solid pieces locked up for about 3 years so unless we break that 8-8 average team, alot of these guys will probably depart South Beach when their time is up. If we have a young franchise QB our squad will be good wnough to compete for the AFC East for years to come, especially with Brady getting older and Bills and Jets being, well the Bills and Jets.

Good article though, appreciate your view, i just respectfully disagree :)

Marshall still has years left on his contract and who cares if Dansby’s contract is up? We can resign him or replace him. That is the job of the FO. It’s not like if we pick Griffin we won’t be able to draft a player, resign a player, or target one in FA. This team won’t be the same in 3-4 years regardless of who we draft. That’s the life in the NFL. The FO’s job is to make it so we don’t get weaker in a few years. If our opportunity “to win now” is only this year and next, we’re terribly screwed.

As for the rookie wage scales, Griffin at #2 overall would average around $5 mil per year. That is perfectly reasonable for a QB and would be cheap if he becomes a stud.

And yes, we beat the Jets. So did 7 other teams. Moore got better with turnovers, but he still isn’t one of the better QBs in the NFL, no matter how much some may try to convince themselves he is.

It’s a good thing Miami didn’t pass on Marino in 1983 because they thought it’d take too long for him to grow.

We need a QB. We’re close to RG3, Rams and Vikings should be open for trades.

And even if not them, if Peyton Manning gets healthy we need to go after him if he hits FA, and it wouldn’t take any draft picks.

Standing pat won’t work, we’ll just be mediocre again.

he only had 9 interceptions, what they fail to look at is his 14 fumbles. As a comparison everyone thinks of Mark Sanchez as fumbling a lot, he had 10. The only difference is Sanchez lost a few more than Moore did.

Moore did well but we need an upgrade, not next year not the year after, now. We have tried the retreads, we have tried “second-tier” QB’s, none have worked. We are not looking for the next “Dan Marino” (although that would be great), what we need is a franchise QB, a top 10 QB. Someone that with only a few minutes left can put the team on his back and score to win the game. With the exception of the Jets game every game we won this year were close to blowouts (average win of 15-16 PPG). I didn’t see anything from Moore that he could put the team on his back and lead the team to a win.

You make examples of QB’s well I have some even more recent examples: Cam Newton breaks rookie records, Joe Flacco leads his team to the AFC Championship game as a rookie, Ben Roethlisberger goes to the AFC Championship game as a rookie and wins the Super Bowl in his second season.

Will RG3 be like any of those QB’s? Maybe, maybe not but the bottom line is he is the 2nd best QB in this draft and if he wasn’t going against the best QB prospect since Elway he would be the #1 pick easily. We have an opportunity to pick a top QB, will it cost, yes it will but at least it is a possibility. People want to wait till next year for Barkely, well Barkely will cost A LOT more and there is a good chance the team with the top pick will be more QB needy than St. Louis and Minnesota are ATM.

So I must say I respectfully disagree with you. One other point: new regimes equal new QB’s more often than not (even with Ireland still retained…. and RG3 is from Irelands alma mater).

But why cant we do that in free agency, and still draft a qb for the future??
We will see what happens once free agency hits- if we address all our needs except qb, ill bet were going after RG3.. its another waiting game is all it is.. I love what MM has done, and am really excited for next year, ill be more excited if we get that QB for the future.. Ross wants a “young shula” and a franchise qb to go with him

Dolphins should go after Nicks big time, boost the Offensive Line, then trade up to get RG3. Big improvement to two positions of need right there.

which will be our 3rd since 2008. Do other teams do that? No, because you can find quality o-lineman throughout the draft. The Eagles started a 7th round pick rookie this past year.

We NEED a QB. You say that there is a learning curve. That’s true, but rookie QBs can still be very effective if they are good and with quality coaching. Look at Andy Dalton. Took them from 4-12 to 10-6 (or 9-7 IDK) with a rookie WR. The Steelers got to the AFC championship game in 2004 with a rookie of the name of Ben Rothelisberger. Flacco got to the playoffs every year since he came into the league.

if we use those excuses we will never draft a qb.

This team is not good enough to win in the playoffs, and a couple players at non impact positions aren’t going to change that.

If the opportunity presents itself for us to move up and get a top qb prospect, we MUST do it NOW.
Why? Because of your points about the learning curve, chemistry, etc.

Matt Moore is your guy.