Rounds 2-3 Draft Thread

[EDGECRUSHER]

Positions of Need:

Center
Right Tackle
Running Back
Linebacker

We pick 4th in the 2nd round and then 18th. So, odds are we will be able to get the best player available at one of these positions but not with our second pick unless we trade up. I am a huge fan of that idea.

If we do not trade up, I just hope we get the best center or RT available although that Notre Dame kid is still out there at Linebacker and think he can make our defense insane. So, my preference is either him or Jenkins at RT. Either of them will make us better and are "sure things" as much as 2nd round draft picks can be.

[stinkfish]

Why is that ND Linebacker still there? What's wrong with him?

[Dolphster]

Why is that ND Linebacker still there? What's wrong with him?

I don't know if there is a consensus among the experts, but my personal concern on him is that he is underweight to the point where he couldn't be a 3 down player (although a lot of teams including the Dolphins play a lot of sub packages these days).   He is more the size of a large Safety than an LB.  I think his potential is that on passing downs, he has good coverage skills for an LB and can be a good situational blitzer.  I just don't think that a lot of teams were going to be willing to spend a First Round pick on a situational player.  I'm sure he will go in the 2nd round though.  Well, reasonably sure.  LOL

[EDGECRUSHER]

Why is that ND Linebacker still there? What's wrong with him?

I don't know but I don't think I saw even one mock draft where he didn't go between 15-25. The medicals came in late for a lot of players so maybe there is something. I know he is a bit small for the position but if every mock draft from "the pros" out there had him taken, something must've happened.

[Tenshot13]

Because he's a tweener LB / Safety.  That's why he would be perfect for Miami, that's what we need.

[ArtieChokePhin]

Because he's a tweener LB / Safety.  That's why he would be perfect for Miami, that's what we need.

I would wait till round 4 and grab the kid from FSU, Nasirildeen if you need a tweener.  That kid is going to be a day three steal.  He came on really strong in 2019, only to see most of 2020 wiped out because of injury.  That's why he's a day 3 pick.

[masterfins]

I hope they take the ND LB first, I liked him the best of all the LB's.  Then I'd like to see them take a RB, unless there is still a top center available.

[EDGECRUSHER]

I hope they take the ND LB first, I liked him the best of all the LB's.  Then I'd like to see them take a RB, unless there is still a top center available.

I am leaning toward the LB as well as Grier loves versatility and hope we move up for a Center or RT. You never know how the draft falls, especially a year from now. Might be our best chance to get a C or RT right now.

[EDGECRUSHER]

We're on the clock and Williams is gone so there goes RB if you had any hope left.

We basically have our pick of RT, Center or LB. Hope they don't get cute and draft a kicker.

[EDGECRUSHER]

Jevon Holland, Safety.


Ehhh..........I will wait and see. Safety is a more important position these days and apparently Jevon was the best one in this draft. Not the pick I wanted but I guess we had more needs than I thought. Sure wish we addressed some of them in free agency.

[Downunder Dolphan]

We're on the clock and Williams is gone so there goes RB if you had any hope left.

Epic fail by Grier.

That's two years in a row we have missed out on our guy for this position by being cute and hoping he would slip - last year I can put up with, we traded for Jordan Howard and he turned out to be a big, fat bust, fair enough... Breida too, and he has also been a disappointment.

This year there was no excuse - we needed a top flight RB. Harris or Williams would have fixed the position for at least the next five years by which time we should already be a serious Superbowl contender. Gaskin as our #1 RB doesn't scare anyone - every team we play will be in a pass protection scheme every down because we can't run the ball.

[Downunder Dolphan]

Jevon Holland, Safety.

Ehhh..........I will wait and see. Safety is a more important position these days and apparently Jevon was the best one in this draft. Not the pick I wanted but I guess we had more needs than I thought. Sure wish we addressed some of them in free agency.

We passed over Moehrig for Holland - apparently there's something there that makes Grier think he's better. Will he be the TE covering player we're missing?

Then we trade up for Eichenberg, another Tackle/Guard option. Maybe it's to cover for Flowers?

Notre Dame LB Owusu-Koramoah is still on the board! - this guy must be red flagged for some reason?

[EDGECRUSHER]

We passed over Moehrig for Holland - apparently there's something there that makes Grier think he's better. Will he be the TE covering player we're missing?

Then we trade up for Eichenberg, another Tackle/Guard option. Maybe it's to cover for Flowers?

Notre Dame LB Owusu-Koramoah is still on the board! - this guy must be red flagged for some reason?

I think we are sticking with Hunt at RT, he did play pretty well the last half of the season. Eichenberg is a solid player but there were other solid players we passed on or ones that would've been there at 50. Not thrilled with this pick but it's another wait and see. Grier certainly isn't following my game plan.

[Tenshot13]

I'm in an NFL discord chat, we live to bust each others balls and even they're saying Holland was a good pick.  Eichenberg is a solid player like you said, I think he'll be a good guard but we'll see.

[Dolphster]

God damn Broncos.  No guarantee that the Dolphins would have taken Williams but the Broncos took him right before the Fins pick.  I like Jevon Holland a lot.  If not for the fact that he is a little smaller than advertised, I think he would have been considered the best Safety in the draft.  He doesn't have the size to cover a TE, but he is fast and can play some cornerback.  So I think he would be excellent in obvious passing situations as he can run with Wide Receivers.  He isn't afraid to come up and put a hit on someone to support the run defense but I don't know that his size will allow him to solo tackle an RB of any heft.     Eichenberg was fairly high on my radar.  Not a bad pick.  I think there are other positions that were of greater need.  But not a bad pick.