Why pick ..."insert name"... with our #1 pick?

We seem to always be unlucky when we are picking at the top of the draft; so everyone says, this year seems no different. There is no true # 1, so people say, so take the BPA; yeah right.

This line of thinking just seems wrong to me maybe I’m one of Boomer’s 99 percent guys, no offence taken Boomer, and here is why in my humble opinion. There are 3 or 4 guys that are at the top, any one of which can help us be a better team, right? The three that are in my mind are Jake and Chris Long and Glenn Dorsey. There is no QB this year that even comes close to being a # 1 pick in my mind, sorry, and any RB at no. 1 is a waste for the Dolphins with the backfield we now have. Parcells is said to never draft o-line in the first round always defense but both times he has stayed at where he was in the 1st round he took offensive players the other times he traded down for more picks.

The question that I’m putting forward is which of those three men will start as a rookie and help the Dolphins the most to WIN games. Whoever that person is should be the guy we pick and put on our team. Since the first of Feb. I’ve read about Chris being the safest or Jake not having the quickest feet or Dorsey not being able to play in a 3-4 or Chris having to change his position and so on. But no one has stated why his guy will be best for our team. Am I missing something? Something Sparano said makes sense to me “We don’t want/need the best guy we want/need the right guy” when asked about the draft. What is the difference between BEST and RIGHT?

The Dolphins have so many holes that I’m sure any one of the three can help this team so making a statement that we shouldn’t only draft for need is kind of a joke because we need everyone we can get offense or defense. Will Chris or Glenn make our defense that much better than it was before? Are either one of them that much of a difference maker? Not in my mind they aren’t, if you add either one to the defense we now have we will not be a top 5 defense this coming season, will we? On the other hand if we go ahead and draft Jake long and plug him into our O-line he will make us so much better from the get go. Every one says we will play smash mouth football which to me means running the ball down everyone’s throat. Jake will truly help us do that no matter which side he plays on. Last year VC was on the left side and RB ran great behind him; over 5 yds. per, put Jake on the other side and Ronnie becomes world class. Run the ball enough and Jake’s so called slow feet won’t make any difference because the other team will be thinking run not pass. Also do you mean to say that Chris can go from being a DE to an OLB but Jake can’t go from being an LT to being an LT? We can ask Dorsey to learn to play in a 3-4 but we can’t ask Jake to learn to better pass block? Chris will be a leader on our team because he was a leader on his college team, if I’ve read it right, so was Jake as well as Glenn.

To me the best answer for our team, at this moment, is Jake Long. Picking him will give us the most bang for our buck. Come on Bill and give us a chance to really shine on Sundays this year; I want to hold my breath every time Ricky, Ronnie, or LoBo touch the ball because they just might take it to the house. I want to know that when we are fourth and goal from the 3 that Ronnie is going to run right behind Jake or Vernon and we WILL score; every time! If it was a different year or we were drafting at a different slot I might think differently but it is what it is and, in my mind, we have a chance to have a top 5 O-line for the next 10/15 years if we pick Jake. Can he bust, sure and so can Chris or Glen but the chance of that is not as great as with either of the other two as I see it.

Please, I know all about individual stats but what I want to hear about is team chemistry and what is best for the Dolphins not who I like the most. I like all three and won’t be unhappy with any of them but my feeling is that Jake is the best pick for us. What do you say?