Just out of curiosity, what has lead you to believe that our DL is in better shape than our CBs? We drafted two guys last year for that.
I think they may do a full court press for atogwe now, well as soon as he becomes free to sign any offer without right of refusal. Maybe they have all there eggs in his basket? After this pick, I would be ok with spending the money on atogwe and developing a second or third rounder or even a youngster we already have....
You don't know that any more than I do. I think there was indeed panic in the sense that the Fins did not have a Plan B for this scenario. There is no way in hell I believe that they were targetting Odrick from day one.
And I seriously doubt that Odrick was the best player for our scheme that was available. It smells of lack of prior planning.
Jerad is an interesting pick because they could either beef up his frame and make him a NT or a DE or even use him as an ILB with some extra training. He had great penetration and ball vision.
I can't see being disappointed in this player.... he will deff upgrade the play of our DL. If you want something to be upset about, be upset about the FO blowing a pick on Merling 2 years ago. This actually was a "need" pick.... thanks to Merling's lazy ***.
i think its harder to believe they panicked not only into accepting a trade but also taking the first player available. If our needs call more for an olb I think if they panicked they would have panicked into taking an olb or reaching for a fs. Them targeting odrick tells me they have a plan.
no one goes into the draft with a single target. they go into the draft with at least 10. And when you're considering moving down, which we have been for months, you make sure you have a pretty good idea who you'd want around the 24-28 range. With all the rumors with us talking to the cowboys, the eagles, and then apparently the chargers, theres no way in hell we didn't have a pretty good idea who we wanted at this pick.
Wilson has the potential to compete at both FS and CB. Because he has talent that is still raw he would have given us better depth at both CB and FS when developed. Sparano likes multi-use guys and I think he has the potential to aid us at both spots. You can never have to many guys that can do multiple jobs. I think he was a diamond in the rough that could have helped us down the road. But that didn't happen, so now you have to rally around they guy we picked.
Then why did they trade down? Obviously they considered trading down before the draft. That's not something you do on a whim. So they had to have had an idea of who would there when they did. Odrick was there, they took him. You don't like the pick, so you're trying to say Parcells and Ireland "panicked". My guess is if you did like the pick your tune would be different.
Hughes is going to be a problem in the NFL...but the colts took him, Muhf*ckers, Odrick ain't a bad pick but really wasn't what i was expectin.
I was shocked too, I really wanted a some help in the DB, but the guy we picked has some impressive skills. I never saw this coming though.
There's no logic in that statement. The fact they traded down doesn't indicate that they had a plan. It could just as easily indicate the player they wanted at 12 wasn't there so they took the first offer to trade down that came along. I don't dislike Odrick as a player...he will probably wind up contributing. But he wasn't what our defense needed the most and it was a waste of a first round pick to get a guy to fill a non-primary need.
I think its obvious that Parcells is grooming Ireland's skills, but I think they agree on everything anyway which is why Tuna brought him from Dallas.
Well he has size, strength and speed. I'm not suprised or dissapointed at all. We got much better on the front 7 on our defense. The better our front 7 plays, the more opportunities Smith, Davis and Bell will have to create turnovers and utilize their talents. Great pick not even mentioning the added high second we are about to select another talented player. And the additional 4th to boot. This draft was awesome so far. Hell this whole offseason is awesome so far. We have got younger and much more talented.
patience parcells always has unappealing drafts to the fan-base that work out in the end there is a blueprint for rebuilding & they will follow it all is well as we enter round two
Need based drafting is what led our team into misery under the Wanny years. Had he drafted the BPA instead of what we "needed" we probably would be a lot better now.
I wasn't expecting a DT/DE, but I like this for several reasons. 1. Apparently the guy is good. 2. We got our 2nd rounder back and it's high. 3. We got a ILB as well.
Well hell, if we're just gonna make stuff up.... I think we traded down with the Chargers and not pick whoever you wanted, in an attempt to save the Earth from an alien invasion. Point is, there's never been any reason to consider this FO is the type to panic and be unprepared. Quite the opposite actually. You can claim they suck at evaluation if you want, but to accuse them of something that is completely made up, says more about you than them. It is also the type of thing that makes me wish Al Gore never invented the internet.
A need was a player that can rush the passer. Jared Odrick provides that from his position. They'll probably still look at OLB, but as CK has told me, when you think you've got a Richard Seymour type, you go for it. That's what Odrick could very well be.
Where would we be if Al Gore didn't make access to porn so easy for millions of people. That's really what his nobel prize was for, that whole environment thing was just to make it politically correct.
Don't get all high and mighty on me as if you aren't just making stuff up as well. Unless you were in the daft room and didn't tell anyone.
NOW EARL THOMAS FURIOUS WITH DOLPHINS Former Texas safety and new Seattle Seahawk Earl Thomas should be as happy as a clam. He’s been selected in the first round of the NFL draft. All of his dreams are about to come true, and he will most likely be set for life. Then why is he lying on his bed, sobbing into a pillow? “You can’t just end things like that,” Thomas says, grabbing a Kleenex from the bedside table and wiping a river of snot away from his quivering upper lip. “They took me to the nicest places. They held the door for me. They made me feel special,” he laments, ripping the guts out of a fuzzy, stuffed dolphin General Manager Jeff Ireland gave him during his visit. The Dolphins courted Earl Thomas in a big way before the 2010 NFL Draft, visiting with him at least three times, and flying him to Miami twice. During their time together Thomas developed feelings for the Dolphins, intensely romantic feelings. “They said I could do things for them that no one else could,” he whimpers, ripping the mix CD Dolphin VP Bill Parcells made him from the stereo, then snapping it in half. “Turns out it was all a lie.” “I liked Earl. I really did. But something just didn’t feel right,” explains Dolphin VP Bill Parcells, leafing through his little black book. “It wasn’t him. It was us.” Head Coach Tony Sparano agrees, also adding, “Earl wanted to hang out like all the time. I mean, it was fun here and there. But seriously, all the time?” GM Jeff Ireland is less careful with his words. “I keep it rolling from ex-guy to next-guy. No shame in my game, y’all. I’m just a squirrel tryin’ to get a nut,” he states, dabbing cologne on his neck and “sexting” with possible 2011 selection, Alabama running back Mark Ingram. Despite hours of counseling, Thomas doesn’t seem ready to let Miami go and move on with his life. Instead of studying the Seattle playbook, Thomas spends his days leaving message after message at Dolphin team headquarters in Davie. He texts as well, hundreds of times a day, though his rational self realizes he’s doing so to a land line. “I hope they’re happy with that skank Reshad Jones,” he says, dipping a serving spoon into a three-gallon drum of Ben and Jerry’s. “They can have his slow-*** 40 and questionable ball skills.” ESPN draft guru Mel Kiper, reached for comment while getting his hair welded into place at a Baltimore shipyard, explained that Earl had never known heartbreak like this. “He was naive. The Dolphins knew what they wanted from day one. Once they added that second rounder they dropped Thomas like a bad habit. Poor kld.” Earl Thomas will pick up the pieces someday. He’s got a playbook to memorize, and mini-camp looming in the Great Northwest. But for now, the scars are just too deep. “I was a fool,” Thomas says, fighting through a sea of seemingly endless tears. “I gave them everything.” He pulls his robe closed, staring into a nearby mirror. “Everything.” –