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Grier will be out of a job if he doesn't get us a franchise QB, so all this talk about maybe not getting a QB this year is most likely smokescreen and isn't really believable anyway. What's he going to do? Bank on getting the guy in 2021? Can't trade up for Lawrence (no QB starved team is trading the #1 spot away for a great prospect like that) and we won't be bad enough to get him without a trade anyway. Better to gamble this year and give yourself an extra year to evaluate.
I mean.. just look at the playoff teams and who their QB's are. Of the top 8 rated passers this year 7 are in the playoffs (Stafford is the lone exception) and 10 of the top 13 are in the playoffs. The only "not so good" QB's to make the postseason this year are Brady and Allen, and Brady is an all-time great that just happened to have his worst statistical season ever.
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2019/passing.htm
So as far as I'm concerned, we're drafting a QB this year. And if not.. HUGE gamble Grier is taking with his job.Hoops, OCDolfan, Sceeto and 1 other person like this. -
The only exception I see to that is Rosen...could they think he's still possibly the guy? That's been our best-case scenario all along and the route I'd love to see come to fruition. Or maybe they're just letting Fitzpatrick enjoy the wins a few more months until they reveal the true goals for 2020. The man definitely deserves that! -
If they want butts in the seats, they'll draft a big-name QB.
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I am taking it as a smokescreen. You don't want to show your hand this early with regard to the draft/draft strategy.
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The rest is Herbert, Love, Hurts, and if you really want to reach with a late first round pick then theres Tua.Irishman and freeperjim like this. -
No no no! We need to draft a quarterback this year. SOMEONE...A prospect needs to be drafted at that position. I'm fine if that prospect sits behind Fitzpatrick or whatever. I am firm on Josh Rosen NOT being the guy. Like...At all unless he's just a late late bloomer, but a lot of his flaws for a quarterback are incurable. Maybe i'm wrong? Wont be the first time. Still, I see no harm with taking a quarterback with one of our first round picks.
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Also, the only way Tua goes late first round is if the medicals aren't coming back good and he is behind or struggling with rehab. Otherwise, it is likely he goes top 5.Phin McCool, Bumrush and cbrad like this. -
Of course the injury risk is real, but you don't sacrifice quality at the QB position just because a guy might be more injury prone. I mean what's the use of having an average QB?? Most playoff teams have above average QB play, and the SB winner tends to have well above average QB play (not always of course). So you swing for the fences, and if you miss you try again until you finally find your franchise QB.
So whatever Grier says, I'm going to be real pissed if we pass on Tua and pick someone else at #5 because there are a bunch of other GM's that are likely to pick him before we pick again at #18.texanphinatic, Pauly, OCDolfan and 2 others like this. -
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Everyone gets enamored with names this time of year, and disregard everything else.
It's a silly way to draft, imo.Irishman likes this. -
Frankly, I'm ok with no QB.
Miami is still very far from being able to compete with a physical team like Baltimore. Focus on the trenches this draft. Go heavy OL. Solidify the DL. Pick up an edge rusher... or two. Grab a safety.
Miami does not need to go all in on the skill positions. I prefer Miami trading down and amassing more pics than trading up. Give Flores a roster full of high draft picks.Last edited: Dec 30, 2019 -
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If we did trade out of our #5 pick, then we'd likely be looking at a later 1st rounder this season and a 1st next year. That's probably the best path to Lawrence and I wouldn't fret if we did the same with the #18 pick as well. However, Tua is no consolation prize if he heals up and looks like he'll make a full recovery. Despite what the "experts" say though, I don't think we'll know that before draft day....it's going to be a complete guess on how far Tua will slide.
Another factor is actually Chase Young...if he returns to college for another year then that's another top-5 player taken off the board. That means the names we'd expect around #5 may actually go 2-4 instead...which could throw off everyone's draft boards on where top talent will fall. Maybe that creates a panic and someone would overpay for the #5 pick?Irishman, Vertical Limit, Hooligan and 1 other person like this. -
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Quote me on this, aj mccarron will have a longer career as a backup quarterback than Tua. Tua isnt going to walk in a franchise with 4 first round pick receivers and a first round running back. In the NFL, hes going to be forced to throw in tight windows, not the bubble screens and deep wide open passes to Smith, Waddle, Jeudy and Ruggs.
Hell Mariota in Oregon had less to work with and produced big numbers just like Tua with his 42 touchdown and 4 INT season in 2014.
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Nobody says you have to like a guy. But as a "regular guy" myself it helps with perspective to see when a majority are sold on a person and why. Does that mean every prospect works out? Of course not. But it at least generally gives an idea of how a draft may somewhat unfold. People just dismissing Tua because of arbitrary stuff like "he plays with good receivers" and saying he will go in the late first because of it are just projecting personal bias onto it. -
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With Tua the issue is less about the talent he has (and the talent around him) and more to do with his health. Does the evidence suggest that he'll struggle to stay on the field in the NFL? Or does the evidence tell us he is durable?
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Trade up to go get Burrow?
https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/2...-have-the-loot-to-make-a-push-for-joe-burrow/
"The Miami Dolphins have been locked into the 5th overall pick and the 18th overall pick in the 1st-round of the upcoming 2020 NFL draft. At 5, there’s little hope that the Dolphins will find LSU quarterback Joe Burrow on the board — he’ll have long been a Cincinnati Bengal by the time the Dolphins are on the clock. But what if that was not the case — what if the Dolphins still found a way to manufacture the #1 pick?
The Dolphins are poised to have a successful future with five 1st-round picks over the next two seasons, but the key to success in the NFL is still undoubtedly the quarterback position. Could the Dolphins use that ammunition to prompt the Bengals to trade out? It’s unlikely, but yes — it should be considered a slim possibility for Miami to package picks to move up to first overall. And given their assets, the Dolphins could potentially do so without mortgaging their future like the Washington Redskins did for Robert Griffin III earlier this decade.
It will require a big package of picks for a team to move to the 1st-overall pick. The Redskins traded up from the sixth overall pick, to the second overall pick with the Rams in their deal for Griffin. The trade distance (four spots) cost the Redskins three first rounders (2012/2013/2014) and a second round pick (2012).
The Dolphins have the 5th overall pick and would have to move up that same distance, four spots, to get the first overall pick. And unlike the Redskins, Miami has so many picks in 2020 they could maneuver picks without hurting their future draft classes. Miami could offer up their three first round picks this year and a second this year in a deal and still have a second round pick this year, two first round picks next year and two second round picks next year left over. The Redskins were set back by a trade of this magnitude —the Dolphins would be to a much lesser degree.
Currently, the value for the first overall pick is 3000 points according to NFL Draft trade value charts. Miami’s three 1st-round picks (5th, 18th and 25th – tentatively) are worth 3,320 points. That’s not quite enough really to push the for a QB hungry Bengals team. For good measure, general manager Chris Grier could throw in a third round pick (70th overall) — worth an extra 240 points.
Grier could also manipulate a deal to keep one of the 1st-round picks this year and part ways with a 1st next year, instead.
Getting Cincinnati to accept an offer? That’s the tricky part. But history and past trades indicate Miami could at least have the ammunition to manufacture a trade for Burrow with the first overall pick and not give up any picks beyond 2021 or even 2020.
Smile Dolphin fans, brighter days are ahead. The Dolphins have never had this much buying power before."KeyFin likes this. -
News of new OC Chan Gailey coming to Miami and his obvious ties to Ryan Fitzpatrick might give credence to the idea that Miami like Fitzmagic and are going to roll with him.
Of course, if that's true it doesn't mean they aren't thinking of drafting Tua or a project QB to replace Rosen and who might take the reins after a year or two. It could well indicate that Fitz is the guy for the 2020 season, they're aiming to win, and could look at drafting around Fitz, and taking a QB later than expected...
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Honestly, I wouldn't hate seeing us give up #5 and # 18 this season plus a 1st next season for Burrow. It is a gamble and it would cost us a starting player this season (losing the #18 pick), but that's really a small price to pay if you think Burrow is legit. Personally, I feel like he's one of the better prospects of the past decade and I'd be all over that if Cinci would entertain it.
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I lean more towards Burrow than Tua, but I wouldn't mind the latter. But we really do need a QB in this draft.
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Someone will overpay for Tua and he will go in the 1st round, but he's honestly a 4th or 5th round pick based on the uncertainty of the situation. It's a big gamble to use our 5th overall pick for a guy who may never play a down in the NFL...and then you have to figure out if he's an NFL-level starter or not. -
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Although I dont think Tua is great, he isnt as bad as Mariota is.
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If this team doesn't take a QB this year, it's just going to solidify the reputation they have for being crappy drafters. Take a look at the teams with star QBs right now, the ones either already in the playoffs or headed that way. They didn't, for the most part, just luck into the perfect QB the first one they drafted. They drafted one loser after another, one disappointment after another, until they found the right guy. We have floundered around with trades and free agents and only once spent a high draft pick on a QB and then didn't draft another in the first round for SEVEN YEARS. We need to spend a first rounder on a QB this year and if he doesn't work out, we should draft another next year. And another in two years and whatever it takes to get the right QB.
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Honestly it might be best if we dont take a QB until Gailey gets out of here.
I dont expect him to be around long after he flops miserably, that means our new QB will be stuck in the same cycle of learning new systems each year until we find someone.
I dont think people realize how important it is to keep good staff members like O'Shea for stability.Irishman likes this.
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