On a daily basis, I'm reminded that we should've taken:

1. Drew Brees over Jamar Fletcher/Culpepper
2. Anquan Boldin over Eddie Moore
3. Santonio Holmes (or Cromartie) over Jason Allen

Had we made all three correct choices here (and the choice most fans wanted to make) I think yes, we're probably talking Super Bowl or at least a perennial playoff team.

That said, we didn't take Brees. At some point you have to move on and hope the current regime does a little better job.

 

Quite honestly, imo, Culpepper was a huge contributor to Saban leaving: he knew he'd made an awful mistake and was saddled with the guy.

 

I also want to ask, how do you know that Brees would of done well in Miami and half of the fan base wouldn't be calling fro Bree's head at this point?

 

I am always going to have a hard time on this one. As the clocked ticked down and Brees was there for the taking I swore it would happen. The #1 reason I despise Wanstache and Spielman.....:cry:

 

That's how I feel. I didn't have a strong conviction on #3, but I was all over Boldin in that draft. I also was despondent when we passed on Brees in the draft and was a strong advocate for Brees being the better fit over DC.

But at this point the could of /should of stuff is meaningless.

 

If we had gotten Brees, I think Saban would still be here.

 

its not just Brees, the other option wouldve been to packagge a deal to move up to take Cutler. Instead we took Culppper and Saban signed his exit papers on that one.

 

If there's one thing the Dolphins have been good at since Marino has retired it's saying "NO" to franchise QBs. Hopefully we have something in Henne. If not, eventually we're going to have to stop spending 2nd round picks on QBs and try a 1st round pick. Eli, Ben, Phil, Cutler, Ryan, Flacco, Sanchez. See a trend? Granted, the jury is still out on some of these guys, especially Sanchez, but they're looking pretty good early on.

 

Well you could tell Brees was a winner based on his work ethic and desire. I through a fit when we passed on him.....in the draft...

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Brees would never of made it as a Dolphin if he was drafted by the Dolphins.

Brees may of made it as a Dolphin if he was chosen over Culpepper.

 

Assuming Brees supplants Fiedler as the starter, I see no reason he couldn't have had success. Maybe not New Orleans type success, but when you consider the draft picks we put into that position you never know what kind of talent we could have surrounded him with.

 

Only flaw in the argument is we would have been a better team with Bree's thus perhaps not even picking in the same spot.

 

Brees first two seasons he was no better than Fiedler.

 

Well, Santonio Holmes was taken 25th and Cromartie 19th. So even with a better team we still may have had a shot at both those guys.

Boldin was taken with the 54th pick? No reason we couldn't have gobbled him up as well.

 

Can't disagree there, and knowing Wanny he may not have gotten the starting nod anyhow. I do think our teams then with Ricky and that O-Line would have given him a better chance. Hindsight is 20/20 though.

 

To take that a step further...we could have taken Patrick Willis instead of Ginn if we already had boldin and holmes.

 

I thought about that, but didn't post it because Ginn (IMO) isn't a bust yet. I think it's safe to say the other guys are. In a couple years, that may be a sad addition to the list :pity:

 

That is a possibility. I do not think he would done well as a Dolphin during those years as he was not any good during those years for the Chargers.

 

Brees, Boldin, Holmes, and Ginn? Who needs a defense with those four guys...

 

brees did not fare very well in the begining.. that why they drafted rivers.. we don't have the patience that was needed to allow brees to develop from the draft.. I think Dupree said it pretty good.

 

I can't wait for Drew Brees to be sucked into a history erasing vortex of doom.

Nothing personal, but then these "What if" threads wouldn't crop up every year, requiring me to to take yet another mortgage on my house, to pay the shrink.

PREDICTION:
If Brees ends up in the MVP voting race, we'll see the same thread instead it will be about Saban taking Pep over Brees...and my shrink will slap me.

 

I agree, and look where that got us.

 

:lol: no way we would be picking top 10 if we had Brees, Boldin, Holmes.

 

I see people doing the same thing now with Henne. Let him develop for a couple of years and then put him in when he's ready. I have no doubt that taking our time with him has increased his chance of eventual success exponentially.

 

I agree with the statement that Culpooper was the main reason Saban left. He realized that he made an error that would haunt the team for several years and left town like a thief in the night. Had we acquired Brees instead, I doubt he would have stayed anyway. I recall him saying something along the lines that his wife didn't like the NFL lifestyle and wanted him back in college, and since she has his nuts in her purse he had to do her bidding.

 

Brees is overrated IMO. Not saying he isn't a very good QB, or anywhere as bad as Culpepper. But he also plays in a system that lets him air it out. Something you most likely will not see here.

 

You beat me to it :lol:

If candy and nuts........

 

*sighs*

Here's what I hate about threads like these: Hindsight. With Hindsight, people everybody knows everything.

Now don't get me wrong, in some of these situations, it's perfectly understandable, especially the whole Eddie Moore situation (because quite frankly, everybody and their Momma could see that it was a bad situation).

But then, here comes the Culpepper situation. While I hate Saban for walking out on the 'Phins the way he did, I cannot argue his logic for taking Culpepper over Brees. Do you take the quarterback with the torn ligaments in his leg, or a quarterback who suffered a 360 tear in his rotator cuff in his shoulder? People act as if they knew that Brees would miraculously heal and be in his current form today? I sure as heck didn't.

But to answer the question of this thread, here's what probably would have happened:

Drew Brees would have been flat on his back, because he had LJ Shelton for his Left Tackle and Bennie "Air" Anderson for his right guard. Just sayin'.

 

Yeah, not too many guys would've had a shot behind that OL. At least Brees has proven his IQ is more than that of a bag of rocks, I think he would've been a better pickup. I think that now, and I thought that when the decision was in the air.

 

Drew Brees came in and rescued the Saints from the depths of hell but he couldn't do that here?

That guy is currently, the best QB in the NFL..

 

I'm pretty sure that the only thing we had better than the Saints that year was defense.

 

While I do not believe Culpepper is as smart a QB as, say, Peyton Manning, I highly doubt he is dumb. Especially with career completion percentage.

 

Having Randy Moss to throw to will help make any QB look better than he is.

 

Really?
here we go again?

 

what about the seven games he didn't have Randy Moss and still had good games?