[JPhillips]

Originally Posted by QuikSand

Being a draft nerd and also a Dolphins fan is a toxic combo. Their front office (incredibly in power for 10 years) just really believes in their own valuation, much of it based on very finely tuned matters of "fit" -- maybe not quite as annoying as Mayock w the Raiders, btu a similar vibe.

So, I probably run 75 mock drafts for the Dolphins, either plotting out what do do after using pick 13 here, or there, and so forth... and then variations of trading down or trading up in later spots. It was enjoyable, I got to know this draft much better for having done so, but I knew all along that I couldn't wish anyone onto the roster, and that my mocked players would end up going to more conventional front offices, while the Dolphins reliable reach and reach.

The day-after grade is usually bad for the 'Phins, as they vary a lot from the consensus boards. But the thing is, that means they leave value on the table. This year, DT Grant was a rumored consideration for quite a while, but I just wasn't able to sell myself that he was enough value to take at 13, which apparently thay had just planned to do all along. I mocked myself dealing down from 13 to 25 or 28 or whatever and picking up a selection or two for the trouble, and then taking a DT (even Grant) at that point, but... just sitting tight at 13 and taking him never felt right to me.

They dealt up to get a G they like... I liked him too and am fine with the pick, but they seem so super confident about their late picks, it's just off-putting. And none of the guys they are taking in rounds 5+ are guys I had any interest in at this point in my Dolphins mocks.

Sigh. We'll see how it turns out, but they feel like they bungled a window, and now are fiddling while the cinders burn out. Even if they somehow get a fully healthy season from Tua and a couple other good turns, it's nearly impossible to see them beating any of the AFC power teams in Dec/Jan.

I feel the same as a Bengals fan. They are going to do it their way regardless of results. They are going to draft for need and that's going to end up with them drafting players early and missing out on players that get taken just before them.