Mark Ingram.My knee is 100 %. Dr. Andrews confirms, Mark Cohn tweets CKap #1 on board

There was another rumor that CKap was #1 on an AFCW team's board.

I think the Ingram knee concerns are most likely smokescreen stuff. On the other hand, I think the Daquan Bowers knee issues may be real. He's a guy who is obviously a top talent but may drop until a team is ready to gamble on their team's medical report.

#''Dolphins News: Continue to hear the Colin Kaepernick is the #1 QB on Jeff Ireland's board..take it for what it's worth..Smokescreen????''

I would say that's a load of BS, personally.

"alen1 wrote:

I would say that's a load of BS, personally.

Agreed.

"djphinfan wrote:

The forgotten man, and the man most important to balance our football team and support our young excellent defense claims that he is 100 percent on first take, said all the teams doctor's game him thumbs up including Andrews.

Rumor From Mark Kohn on twitter...The twitter link didnt work when I posted..sorry..here it is..

#''Dolphins News: Continue to hear the Colin Kaepernick is the #1 QB on Jeff Ireland's board..take it for what it's worth..Smokescreen????''

Does anyone know that dude Kohn?..

:lol:

You've got to be fuggin' kidding me!

Nobody knows who's #1 on Jeff Ireland's board.

If something's out there, it's because the Dolphins leaked it on purpose.

I would doubt that CKap is above Newton and Gabbert on Ireland's board, but I could believe that he's the next QB or the highest rated QB among those likely to be available at #15. I think that they are rating mobility (actually the ability to extend the play) very highly and that is something CKap has above Mallett (CKap also lacks all the character issues that Mallett has). CKap is also, at a minimum, arguably (and IMO) a better passer than Ponder or Locker.

That said, it could be possible that.....in our current circumstance....Ireland is comfortable coming away with from this draft Kapaernick.

Still, that's not going to get out there legitimately unless Miami intentionally leaked as much.

Whether Ingram's knee is 100% or not, still not worth a first round pick, IMHO. Not for a team with other glaring needs. 1st round RB is a luxury pick, again, IMHO.

"rafael wrote:

There was another rumor that CKap was #1 on an AFCW team's board.

I think the Ingram knee concerns are most likely smokescreen stuff. On the other hand, I think the Daquan Bowers knee issues may be real. He's a guy who is obviously a top talent but may drop until a team is ready to gamble on their team's medical report.

Bowers's knee is fine from what I read. No signs of future arthritis etc (no swelling after his rigorous pro day and no swelling on his airline flight).

If it's not disinformation, maybe Kaep is #1 on our QB board b/c Ireland has no desire to take a QB in the first or 2nd round, so he's started his list with potential 3rd rounders and on. just throwin it out there. (not sayin it's what I believe)

"MonstBlitz wrote:

Whether Ingram's knee is 100% or not, still not worth a first round pick, IMHO. Not for a team with other glaring needs. 1st round RB is a luxury pick, again, IMHO.

"Other Glaring" needs like what? A HC that prefers TDs over FGs? Yeah, that'd be nice. Harbaugh was at the top of our board, but the 49ers traded up to get him ahead of us.

Other than that, there's nothing this team needs more than a starting running back. IMO.

"GMJohnson wrote:

"Other Glaring" needs like what? A HC that prefers TDs over FGs? Yeah, that'd be nice. Harbaugh was at the top of our board, but the 49ers traded up to get him ahead of us.

Other than that, there's nothing this team needs more than a starting running back. IMO.

I agree. On a pure need basis running back is our highest need. Whether it is best to fill that need in the first or later rounds or in FA is a separate question.

Any GM who has Kaepernick #1 on their board will be unemployed this time next season.

"Boomer wrote:

Any GM who has Kaepernick #1 on their board will be unemployed this time next season.

Not necessarily. That owner would be a fool to fire the GM after one year. ;)

"ToddsPhins wrote:

If it's not disinformation, maybe Kaep is #1 on our QB board b/c Ireland has no desire to take a QB in the first or 2nd round, so he's started his list with 3rd round possible guys and on. just throwin it out there. (not sayin it's what I believe)

Kap is gone if not late first than early 2nd, he does not last until round 3.

"NJFINSFAN1 wrote:

Kap is gone if not late first than early 2nd, he does not last until round 3.

As long as Oakland has a top 64 pick, you're right about that. :)

"MonstBlitz wrote:

Whether Ingram's knee is 100% or not, still not worth a first round pick, IMHO. Not for a team with other glaring needs. 1st round RB is a luxury pick, again, IMHO.

Luxury? Hell, if R or R could have run the ball last year, we are an entirely different team, and could have won a few more games. IMHO

"rafael wrote:

I agree. On a pure need basis running back is our highest need. Whether it is best to fill that need in the first or later rounds or in FA is a separate question.

IF we pass on a RB in the first round, there are others to fill the need. However, without a 2nd rounder, chances are they will not be available.

D Williams is a choice of many in FA but, he was tagged by Carolina for a #1 and a #3. Chances are they will do the same with a new CBA.

So, who is left?

"Boomer wrote:

Any GM who has Kaepernick #1 on their board will be unemployed this time next season.

Dead Wrong. It will take a year or two. :)

Denver will take him at some stage

I think when it comes to Ingram and this particular draft hes just the right player at the right time... safe maybe, but at this time, we dont have enough picks to gamble,The championship makeup, The ability to be a complete 3 down back should not be underestimated, this man takes away the word scatback from our draft vocabulary, he is all that at 5'9 215, so quick yet with such power, The first 10 yards in that 40 was elite, his ability to recognize the hole makes up for the rest of the top end speed that he may lack, I mean the reason why this kid never gets caught from behind is because he always gets the head start..Character, character, character..The humility, the leadership, the dedication to his craft...Hes a 3 down player man, thats stock up in todays game, dont want to take the heisman trophy winner off the field on third down..

Our defense will be so grateful for what Ingram can bring to this tea, and our 2nd and 3rd down offense will as well..

I think you might be able to move down some and still grab him, I would call Beliceks bluff with Jarvis green, woodhead, and Brady on a team, they really dont need him getting 20 touches a game..

If I have to stay put, than I select Mark Ingram, and then try to move back up to the early 2nd, by swapping a pick next year added with one of our later picks this year, and select CKap.

Chip Smith has somethin to say...

Chip Smith might be the only man who has spent considerable time personally working out Cam Newton and Colin Kaepernick -- and he believes the Nevada quarterback is a superior athlete when compared to Auburn's Heisman Trophy winner.

"They're a lot alike in terms of being really special, and they're both extremely athletic," said Smith, founder of Duluth, Ga.-based Competitive Edge Sports. "But Colin is actually a little bit better athletically. He's a little faster -- I've clocked him as low as a 4.4 (-second runner in the 40-yard dash) -- and there isn't a quarterback in this draft who throws the ball with the velocity that Colin does. Colin is a better athlete, and he understands the game better."

That's high praise from a man who has trained elite football players for 20 years. Smith also has long ties to Newton's family and worked with the quarterback after he left the University of Florida in 2008 and was looking at other schools.

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Smith, who spent the winter training Kaepernick for February's NFL Scouting Combine, said he expects a team to move up into the back end of the first round to land the quarterback. Smith also said the fact that some analysts have Kaepernick rated as low as the fifth-best quarterback in next week's draft motivates the prospect.

"Of the 56 quarterbacks I've worked with, Colin is the most prepared for the NFL," Smith said. "I've never seen the kind of complete package like Colin Kaepernick has."

Smith believes that questions concerning the level of play that Kaepernick faced in college won't hinder his development and the quarterback will make an immediate impact in the NFL.

"I think Colin is game-ready to step in and play," Smith said. "He has the physical package, and the arm and he's very intelligent. He understands the mental aspect of it."

Smith said he and his staff spent considerable time getting Kaepernick more comfortable under center, working on snaps and exchanges. They also dedicated hours daily to the precise footwork required for three-, five- and seven-step drop..

Me likey very much...good stuff.

PFT latest draft has him 16 to Jacksonville I believe

"Boomer wrote:

Any GM who has Kaepernick #1 on their board will be unemployed this time next season.

Exactly. Whatever GM takes Cam Newton and Colin Kaepernick in the first round will be out of a job in the next three years, and there is a chance that whichever one takes Blaine Gabbert will also be out of a job in the next 3 years. Newton and Kaepernick are eons away from being NFL quarterbacks from a mental standpoint, if they ever get to the point where they are credible NFL quarterbacks.

Ryan Mallett is by far the best passer.