In an attempt to get away from the negativity of the last few days, I’m proposing a hypothetical question which I hope will spur some philosophical talk about the future.
Let’s say you wake up tomorrow and can add an elite player to the Dolphins at any position. Where would you put him? Let’s propose you’re drafting a guy who’s a guaranteed Hall of Fame caliber talent. Let’s say this guy will play for at least 10 years and be a Pro Bowler in most of them.
The only constraint here is that you cannot pick a QB. There are no QBs in this hypothetical draft. You’re absolutely 100% riding with Ryan Tannehill. Maybe that influences your decision? Maybe it doesn’t.
I’m just curious what people would do if they could play God for just 1 moment with 1 player.
The purpose in asking this question is to gauge people’s feelings about developing a winning franchise. I posted in Galant’s culture thread that I think teams have to get ahold of multiple elite players before they can really start worrying about developing a winning culture. Look around the league today (and back through history) and you’ll notice that nearly every successful team started with at least a few individually great players—guys who would’ve been success stories no matter which team signed them.
Maybe you’d go defense and add a Ray Lewis at MLB or an Ed Reed at FS. Maybe you’d go offense and add a Michael Irvin at WR or an Adrian Peterson at RB. Maybe some of you would even go with an offensive lineman.
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I'm kind of wondering if success may be derived from "stacking" elite talents. You look at a lot of teams that they either have a great LB behind a great D-lineman or a great DB behind a great LB. With Suh on board, it would make sense to try and find a 'complementary' piece at MLB.
You can say the same thing about QBs and WRs. When an elite QB throws to an elite WR, records get set.Sceeto likes this. -
I think it's pretty obvious that a HOF MLB would improve this team the most.
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Right now this teams biggest weaknesses in some order are MLB, OG, OLB, FS, CB and then depth at key injury "and you are screwed without one" positions (ie. OT, OG, FS/SS).
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To me, if we had stud MLB, then I would eventually lean towards getting a "pressure guy but trust worthy cover guy" ROLB to complement our L-side D-Line (Wake and Suh pass rush combo) and LOLB (Misi).
The right side is our weaker D-Line side for us talent wise, with Mitchell, Vernon, and while I like Jenkins (and a solid MLB could enhance him) a stud R-side LB would be on my "I am God wish-list".
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I would take a HOF pass rusher, whether that is a DE or OLB, I don't care.
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I'd take Gronk away from the Patriots and give him to us as it should have been in the first place.
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The biggest hole on this team by far is the coaching staff
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HC or QB.
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The way the roster sits this very minute?
MLB.
The way the organization sits at this very minute...
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Mlb, og, rb
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I'd take a quarterback first and a middle linebacker second. While it would be tempting to say an offensive lineman, it simply wouldn't be worth it compared to an outstanding RB or WR (which we don't necessarily need right now). So I'd play it safe and get us a real QB.
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While I agree that MLB would improve our defense the quickest, I think some of you are dismissing the RB position too soon. As we all know, Lamar Miller has looked absolutely horrendous to open the season (2.9 YPC), and apart from his two big games last season (108 and 178) he was pretty middling, averaging just 54.2 yards per game. Just a hunch, but I think his 2014 campaign was a fluke. To compound the situation further, he's in a contract year.
If Miami were to immediately add a LaDainian Tomlinson or Barry Sanders-esque player, this offense would absolutely take flight. Imagine game planning for Tannehill and his legs, our plethora of receivers, and a HOF-caliber running back. No thanks.
Of course, the counter-argument to that is that our offensive line wouldn't be good enough to truly accentuate the talent of a HOF running back.
Either way, I'm not too worried about our defense - I believe it will stiffen up as the season dredges on. I still wish we could have drafted Todd Gurley, though. -
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Miami opts to pass way too much every game and teams know we pass the ball too much so they let their DL pin their ears back and rush RT17 (which is a reason for a high number of sacks). Does anyone find it funny that our most dominant offensive output in the past 3 years was a game against a really good New England team where we ran Knowshon 24 times and Lamar had quite a few carries that game too. -
What's really sad is that most of the people talking about coaching are talking about coaching mainly bc they have no clue what's happening on the field. "Coaches Suck" is basically the laymen term for" I thought we were gonna win but we didn't and I don't know why". -
HC. ****ing coaching staff is inept and just wasting all our time.
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Lol right on cue. I think blaming the coaches has some kind of soothing affect. Requires zero analysis or critical thinking. Just blame the coaches and be done with it.
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Defensive Tackle :shifty:
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The nut-huggers will cringe and think its a slight....but obviously QB.
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All good questions. Right this minute I'm thinking the Dolphins aren't as good as I thought they were. But it's very early.
Let me ask, if Miami had blown out the Skins and Jax like many expected what would that mean? The Bills and Jets are still on deck and those two games are far more important than the last two, no?
I watched the Skins earlier today vs a Rams front just as talented as Miami's and they pretty much ran the ball at will. Beat St Louis by two scores, a week after the Rams defeated Seattle, sacking Wilson 5-6 times and limiting Lynch to we'll below his normal output.
I guess my point is yeah, this is still a feeling out phase. I'm not knee jerk guy. I'm not gonna blame the coaches. Put on the Jax tape and you'll see the PLAYERS lost that game. I dont mean to disrepesct anyone but to me it's clear as day. -
That's not to say the coaches have done a great job. They share the blame. But isn't it true that most people were banking on two easy wins to start the season? And in the absence of the expected results aren't many people reaching for explanations instead of rethinking their initial asseasments?
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