Um, yes. Actually it does. Give a blind man a whiffle ball bat and toss him pitches, let him swing. Throw him 100 and, sooner or later, he'll hit one. Satele was that "one."
...and Brandon Fields would be what, exactly? The new regime seems pretty comfortable with him, too.
I mean, if you want to bash Cameron, that's fine and all, but I don't think the draft is the place to do it. I'd say his lone draft stands up pretty favorably to almost any other MIA draft in the last decade. Look for yourself:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/football/pro/dolphins/sfl-miami_dolphins_draft_database,0,6521781.htmlstoryGiven that we have no idea what the 2008 class will really look like until they get on the field, it's a little early to start throwing around accusations of blind men swinging wildly, unless you're ready to paint every other MIA coach with the same brush.
Ginn could develop into the next Joe Horn and he STILL won't be worth the draft position wasted on him. Joey Porter was a mistake and a disgusting one at that.
So you don't think a 4-time Pro Bowler would be worth a #9 pick? With that kind of criteria, the last 20 years of drafts have resulted in exactly two worthwhile picks at #9: Richmond Webb (7 Pro Bowls) and Brian Urlacher (6 Pro Bowls). Kind of a harsh standard to hold Ginn to, don't you think?
As far as Porter goes, the current regime seems to think he's worth keeping, so I'm not sure how much there is to say on that.
When you're talking about the 40th and 57th overpick in the NFL draft - the two coaches staffs would have made significantly different choices in those situations.
Parcells never would have wasted the 40th pick on a guy that wouldn't have made Michigan's squad as a walk on (Beck). That pick would have been used on a player that had a chance to contribute.
This is the same Chad Henne that couldn't pull out a win against a I-AA team, while QBing a BCS team that was ranked 5th in the nation. I don't think we want to start throwing around college resumes.
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