Last Chance at a Pat Devlin Game in 10 Minutes (7pm EST, Jan. 7th)

There are four guys in this draft with:

1. Exception Size (avg 6050, 236 lbs)
2. Exceptional Arm Strength
3. Pro Accuracy (avg 65.3% completion)
4. Pro Aggressiveness (avg 13.0 yards per completion)
5. Exceptional Passing Production (combined 1074 of 1643, 13921 yds, 110 TD, 40 INT)
6. Winning Records (combined 44-8, none are worse than 10-3)

Take a mile high view for a second. When was the last time you can remember there being four guys that fit that description? Is there any single one between Blaine Gabbert, Brandon Weeden, Cam Newton and Ryan Mallett, that you do not think fit the above descriptions? They're all very aggressive with their throws, they all own pro accuracy, they all have exceptional arms, they all have exceptional size, they all have exceptional production and they all have great records this year. Like I said the worst records among them are the 10-3 finishes of Gabbert and Mallett, then you have Weeden's 11-2 and of course Newton is working on 13-0 and potentially 14-0.

So you going to tell me there's only one among those four that's going to make it? And you're going to tell me that the one that will make it will be so obvious that the Dolphins can't trade up for him?

The Dolphins need to get OUT of this conservative "too expensive" mentality, when it comes to trading. It's not possible to "mortgage the future" when you don't have a future, and without a franchise quarterback you don't have a future.

I personally believe Miami actually has a unique advantage right now. Stephen Ross has bungled things pretty damn good and he's got to be desperate for a quarterback especially since he didn't get Harbaugh who has a reputation for having a magic touch with quarterbacks. He's not going to object to the money you have to pay a top 5 pick at the position. Other owners might.

Next year's draft will almost CERTAINLY feature a rookie wage scale. This year's draft will almost certainly not. That means that we are now in the unique position of every team in the NFL having bullets in the clip that are much more valuable than the bullet in the chamber. The current proposal from the NFL would pay the #1 overall pick like a #20 overall pick. Can you imagine how incredibly valuable that #1 overall pick becomes, then? Think about it. You get Ndamukong Suh, or Sam Bradford...and you're paying them $3-4 million a year for 5 years. ABSURD! Next year trying to trade from #15 to #2 would be like trying to punch through a brick wall. You won't have access to enough ammunition to do that. The value chart is going to get completely re-drawn.

But what that means is that it should be EASIER to move up in 2011, if you allow yourself to tap into next year's picks. You get a team on the phone and you say hey, we'll give you our 2012 first round pick...and you know damn well with the rookie cap that pick is a HELL of a lot more valuable than a 2011 first rounder.

Now, I don't know if teams will recognize this...sometimes you just can't account for stupidity. But if they're smart, they will. I know that if we weren't so effing desperate at the QB position, and a team came calling looking to pull the same old "if you give us your 2nd rounder this year we'll give you our 1st next year"...I would accept the offer before he even finished the sentence and go streaking down the road in the buff and laughing maniacally.

Does it suck that we have to dip into valuable resources in order to get a franchise quarterback? Yeah. It sucks. But, we're already fvcked. We're at the abortion clinic trying to get unfvcked. It's not a time for cowardice.