*****The Official Miami Dolphins 2021 Draft Thread*****

I’d move up to 32 or 33, Williams should still be available then.

Running back is a dead position. Stop already. Yes you can find one behind the dumpster

"TheHighExhaulted wrote:

Running back is a dead position. Stop already. Yes you can find one behind the dumpster

This brass has never shown they value the RB position.

They appear to be following modern analytics on the position. I agree with this approach.

Definitely don’t expect them to move up for one.

"TheHighExhaulted wrote:

Running back is a dead position. Stop already. Yes you can find one behind the dumpster

true they’re no longer valued by the nfl teams (especially ours lately) as us fans value them. But we’ve been getting our rb’s behind the dumpsters lately and we haven’t had much of a running game to show for it.

young qb’s will thrive more with a good running game and running back. That’s why I’d have liked to have Harris or etienne.

still some good options out there though.

"brandon27 wrote:

I don’t understand why you’d think that. I think they were fully aware pitts would likely be gone if they traded down and as much as Cincy needed Sewell it was a safe bet to think Cincy would reunite burrow and chase.

I’m I don’t see this as Miami overthinking it and making a mistake.

A lot of analysts were saying 4 QB’s might go in a row. For the most part, if you’re drafting in the top 5, you should be taking QB, Edge or OT. Cincy might break Burrow before he’s able to do anything with Chase.

It seemed likely just 2 weeks ago that one of them would have been there.

"mlb1399 wrote:

A lot of analysts were saying 4 QB’s might go in a row. For the most part, if you’re drafting in the top 5, you should be taking QB, Edge or OT. Cincy might break Burrow before he’s able to do anything with Chase.

It seemed likely just 2 weeks ago that one of them would have been there.

I guess I can get that, yeah. I just don’t think that if they really wanted pitts or chase that badly that they would risk it like that. It doesn’t make sense to gamble like that. Only they really know I guess.

I like that pickup for the Ravens.

This draft seems a little more by the numbers this year than usual, I guess a result of covid and all the impact it had on both the college season and the testing season.

EDIT: Just as I say that Payton Turner goes to the Saints.

hope it turns out well obviously but this draft was so freaking unexciting given the potential. Feel like we missed on everything in the 1st round.

"brandon27 wrote:

true they’re no longer valued by the nfl teams (especially ours lately) as us fans value them. But we’ve been getting our rb’s behind the dumpsters lately and we haven’t had much of a running game to show for it.

young qb’s will thrive more with a good running game and running back. That’s why I’d have liked to have Harris or etienne.

still some good options out there though.

UDFA rookie James Robinson out produced every single RB that got drafted last year and took a former top 10 pick RBs job.

That would be the analytics argument

"Pennington's Limp Arm wrote:

UDFA rookie James Robinson out produced every single RB that got drafted last year and took a former top 10 pick RBs job.

That would be the analytics argument

They then turned around and grabbed a first round RB the year after. I have no idea what the logic is in that but it's what we've got.

And there's an interesting reach. Payton Turner to the Saints.

Wonder who they wanted to trade up for earlier. This feels like a settle.

"Berezo wrote:

hope it turns out well obviously but this draft was so freaking unexciting given the potential. Feel like we missed on everything in the 1st round.

Agreed. It isn't that either of the guys we drafted will be busts, most likely, it's the fact we COULD have had a special player, a difference-maker, and we screwed that up yet again.

"Pennington's Limp Arm wrote:

UDFA rookie James Robinson out produced every single RB that got drafted last year and took a former top 10 pick RBs job.

That would be the analytics argument

good point. For me I just wanted to see us get one of the too two or three though and get Tua all the help we could. You can find them anywhere if you know what you’re looking for. I get the pick at 18 not going RB. We needed pass rush help too. I just hope we do something to address the rb position more in the rest of this draft

"texanphinatic wrote:

And there's an interesting reach. Payton Turner to the Saints.

Wonder who they wanted to trade up for earlier. This feels like a settle.

Surely it had to be Surtain or Horn.

Another "interesting" pick here in Stokes the CB. It's like Green Bay made the pick to counter that one pass to Scotty Miller lol.

"brandon27 wrote:

I guess I can get that, yeah. I just don’t think that if they really wanted pitts or chase that badly that they would risk it like that. It doesn’t make sense to gamble like that. Only they really know I guess.

We’re talking about a GM who selected a short QB coming off of a hip injury who’s struggled to consistently stay healthy over the NFL offensive rookie of the year. Our other 1st round picks either couldn’t see the field or ranked in the bottom 5 of all OT’s. I trust him with 2nd round picks or lower, not 1st rounders.

I don’t give him the benefit of the doubt anymore.

"mlb1399 wrote:

We’re talking about a GM who selected a short QB coming off of a hip injury who’s struggled to consistently stay healthy over the NFL offensive rookie of the year. Our other 1st round picks either couldn’t see the field or ranked in the bottom 5 of all OT’s. I trust him with 2nd round picks or lower, not 1st rounders.

I don’t give him the benefit of the doubt anymore.

You can't judge based on a single year, let alone the weird ass covid year it was. C'mon now. You can absolutely be critical, and the pressure will be on this season, but let's be real.

Bills go Rousseau.

Like how this late first is going for us at 36.

"texanphinatic wrote:

You can't judge based on a single year, let alone the weird *** covid year it was. C'mon now. You can absolutely be critical, and the pressure will be on this season, but let's be real.

I mean there is some validity here right. This is year 3. What superstar do you see on the team yet? You need a few of those to be able to get the trophy, and i'm not sure we have even one.

"Berezo wrote:

I mean there is some validity here right. This is year 3. What superstar do you see on the team yet? You need a few of those to be able to get the trophy, and i'm not sure we have even one.

10 interceptions isn't good enough for you?

"mlb1399 wrote:

We’re talking about a GM who selected a short QB coming off of a hip injury who’s struggled to consistently stay healthy over the NFL offensive rookie of the year. Our other 1st round picks either couldn’t see the field or ranked in the bottom 5 of all OT’s. I trust him with 2nd round picks or lower, not 1st rounders.

I don’t give him the benefit of the doubt anymore.

I’m also looking at the 2016-2018 drafts which have yielded us 3 quality to high level starters.

"Dol-Fan Dupree wrote:

10 interceptions isn't good enough for you?

X wasn't drafted by Grier? Leaving this here for my own ignorance, didn't realize he went this far back i apologize.

Yeah some dumpster running backs ...

off the top of my head...

Derrick henry
Alvin kamara
Dalvin cook
Josh jacobs
Cam akers
Nick chubb
Kareem hunt
Ronald jones
Leonard fournette
Joe mixon
Jk dobbins
Jonathan taylor

All of them are studs... you do a redraft on each of their draft classes and theyre first rounders, all of them.

Take best player available in the first round period, fill needs in the later round.

"Berezo wrote:

X wasn't drafted by Grier?

Davis looked great