Just letting everyone know I'll be starting up as Dolphins GM on #MockTwo probably tomorrow or the day after.
I think you can follow the progress here:
http://www.mockone.net/MockDraft/MockDraft.php
If you're not familiar, #MockOne was an effort to pull a bunch of different writers together to act as GMs for various teams, engage trades, etc. It's all organized through twitter. #MockOne is finishing up right now.
I'm open to suggestions especially as this is all happening before FA so we're really just spitballing here.
But my one idea so far is to solicit trade downs wherever possible and accumulate as many 5th, 6th and 7th round picks as possible. Here are some players that went in those rounds in #MockOne.
5th Round
DE William Gholston, Michigan State
LB Chase Thomas, Stanford
WR Ryan Swope, Texas A&M
DS T.J. McDonald, USC
WR Mark Harrison, Rutgers
LB A.J. Klein, Iowa State
LB Zaviar Gooden, Missouri
DS Duke Williams, Nevada
DE Cornelius Washington, Georgia
WR Marquess Wilson, Washington State
WR Kenny Stills, Oklahoma
DE Joe Kruger, Utah
6th Round
DE Devin Taylor, South Carolina
RB Christine Michael, Texas A&M
RB Mike Gilislee, Florida
WR Conner Vernon, Duke
LB DeVonte Holloman, South Carolina
LB Vince Williams, Florida State
RB Dennis Johnson, Arkansas
OT Xavier Nixon, Florida
RB Ray Graham, Pittsburgh
CB Adrian Bushell, Louisville
WR Denard Robinson, Michigan
LB Travis Johnson, San Jose State
7th Round
CB Terry Hawthorne, Illinois
CB Nickell Robey, USC
RB Zac Stacy, Vanderbilt
WR Corey Fuller, Virginia Tech
CB Brandon McGee, Miami (FL)
CB Sanders Commings, Georgia
TE Joseph Fauria, UCLA
CB D.J. Hayden, Houston
Judging from this...I'm going to want to accumulate as many of those guys as I can.
Suggestions on picks/strategies always welcome!
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eltos_lightfoot, SCall13, LandShark13 and 2 others like this.
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Maybe switch spots with Dallas for Austin and a 6th
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Wow when it's laid out like this there are some solid guys in those rounds. If we could get say 2 picks in each of those rounds and come away with say Klein(lb) and Wilson(wr)in the 5th, Taylor(de) and Nixon(OT) in the 6th, and Roby(cb) and Fauria(te) in the 7th, that's 6 quality players at 6 different positions that I could see def contributing next year and possibly 1 or 2 starting at some point.Bpk likes this.
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Okafor and T'eo fall to end of round 2, Matt Elam and Phillip Thomas go in round 3???
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Well they have Matt Barkley going Round 3 so let's just say the crowd is...opinionated. :)Bpk likes this.
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My advice, find a way to get a better receiver than Robert Woods.
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If we added Jennings, Woods AND a receiving TE then we'll be fine.
But just Jennings and Woods.... Better but not explosive.
Still, don't underestimate how productive Woods can be in this offense. He's a good receiver.djphinfan likes this. -
Wow, if some of those players were still available in the 5th-7th rounds in real life I, and I hope Ireland, would be like a kid in a sweet (candy) shop!
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Good luck Chris. Who you looking at with pick #12? With the news of Starks as a potential tag victim does that change your strategy at all?
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Absolutely it changes the strategy. The bummer is that with the heart condition you could easily see Star Lotulelei fall to me at 12 and I would LOVE to take him. However, I don't know if I can in good conscience with Randy Starks and Paul Soliai already here. Tough one.
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It's underway. Already Geno Smith goes #1 overall (again) and Ezekiel Ansah just got taken #2 overall.
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I've got the St. Louis GM already asking me if I want to trade up. He's got picks #16 and #22.
If this is anything like last year (and I'm already hearing the same was true in MockOne) then everyone will be looking to trade down, not up. The deals will be way below market for the people trading up.
I could offer #42 and #54 to get hold of the #16 pick...or I could offer #42 and #77 to get hold of the #22 pick. Both are significantly below market deals. But doing them would give me picks #12 and #16 or #12 and #22 and at those picks I could get some pretty great players. Imagine getting Lane Johnson AND Cordarrelle Patterson, or Cordarrelle Patterson AND Tank Carradine. -
Oh is that right? I didn't hear that.
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it's not 100% yet but strongly speculated based on his pre-combine diet and losing 10 pounds in like 3 days.
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Wow, this is the second Raiders GM in a row that has Barkevious Mingo going to the Raiders at #3 overall. Yeesh.
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I have my own position rankings. A horizontally stacked board, if you will.
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Looks like I'll be consummating a trade.
I'm giving my #42, #54 and #108 picks to St. Louis for picks #16 and #174.
Gives me an extra 6th round pick. I've targeted the 5th through 7th rounds for a spot I'd like to ultimately have at least 5 picks. It also allows me to pull two mid-1st round caliber players out of the 1st day of the Draft.djphinfan, Bpk and sports24/7 like this. -
IMO, that would allow the Dolphins to take a guy like Jonathan Cooper and not feel bad about spending a high pick on an interior linemen with other, more pressing needs.
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Could very well be the case. That's not what I'll be doing with the pick, though. ;)sports24/7 likes this.
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Well, maybe the guy he was targeting is gone.
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I don't think it would be accurate to pretend I'd be getting raked over the coals on that one. We're talking 104 "point" chart premium in my favor on the trade.
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Was the right call, IMO.
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There's a bidding war going on right now over the tackles. The Rams guy is trying to trade up from #22 to #6 or something like that for the ability to grab Eric Fisher. If he is able to get Fisher then his deal with me would've been to replenish some picks he'd be losing in that deal.
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