What to do with the CB position?
The Dolphins have one of the best cornerbacks in the league in Brent Grimes. He may be small but he is an athletic freak that has a nose for the football. However, lined up on the other side of the field they have what most football gambling fans would call just a bunch of other guys. The list of other guys includes Jamar Taylor, Will Davis, Brice McCain, T.J. Heath and Walt Aikens (penciled in as a back up Free Safety). There is potential in this list, but besides McCain, there is not a lot of solid game time experience, and even McCain has limited experience. Drafting a cornerback is clearly an option, however that just means adding another unknown cornerback with no NFL experience.
Trae Waynes from Michigan State is the hands down number one cornerback in the draft and he has all the tools; size, speed, and good cover corner skills. However, unless Miami is in complete love with him, than I would say they should pass on him.
After Waynes there is a large group of 11 other cornerbacks that are speculated to be drafted anywhere from as high as the first round to as low as the third round, such as Jalen Collins (LSU), Kevin Johnson (Wake Forest), Ronald Darby (Florida State), Marcus Peters (Washington), P.J. Williams (Florida State, he was just arrested for a D.U.I, which will definitely hurt his draft stock), Alex Carter (Stanford), Ifo Ekpre-Olomu (Oregon), D’Joun Smith (Florida Atlantic), Bryon Jones (Connecticut), Quinten Rollins (Miami Ohio), and Eric Rowe (Utah). To me any of these players including Waynes are all hit or miss, because Cornerback along with Quarterback are two of the hardest positions to play in regards to transitioning from College Football to the Professional NFL.
Like I have said a few times before, this coaching staff has already drafted 3 CB’s (Davis, Taylor, and Aiken) in 3 years worth of Drafts and all three have huge question marks still and none of them have proven that they could be a legitimate starting cornerback yet. I would much rather either try to trade for a legitimate starting cornerback or find a corner in free-agency or during camp.
However, since CB is still a major need, considering it is such an important position in a league where defending against the pass is becoming more crucial, then I would lean on drafting either Kevin Johnson or Ifo Ekpre-Olomu. Both players should be available when Miami selects in the second round, and if Miami can pick up a third round pick they may still be around in the third round as well.
Johnson is tall and lanky and has good athleticism to cover big receivers along the sidelines, he just needs to bulk up a bit, because he is listed at only 188 pounds. Ekpre-Olomu is an interesting case because he tore his ACL in a bowl game practice, but if it was not for that he may actually have been considered the best CB in this draft class, ahead of even Waynes. He has great football instincts, which is the kind of thing that you can’t teach, and is also very good at not allowing separation. If completely healthy he could be the best corner to come out of this draft class.
Miami may not have the luxury to select a player with a significant injury, but since they are now in year 3 waiting on Davis and Taylor to perform, it may be worth waiting a few extra months for Ekpre-Olomu to be ready to play. What is the rest of the Miami Dolphins News fans feelings on the Dolphins cornerback situation, and if this is a position that we can finally find an answer for in the Draft?
Why not Gunter in the 6th round or bring to camp?
Ladarius Gunter
CB 24 https://youtu.be/IMkJ_L5gD1Y
Running- back, or a full back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We have the cornerback on our roster. Resign Noshon Marino.
We lost some players to free agency this year
what compensatory draft picks will we get next year for them
is it third round picks ?? specially since some where starters = Clay, Starks, and Odrick were starters we lost to free agency, and come to mind as potential third round compensatory picks ??
How does that work – who determines whether we get one or not and what round it is in ?? Is there a chart ??
Can we use a compensatory pick as trade bait to move up from 5th round to 3rd round ??? We really need an additional pick in the first 100 but to trade back from the first round means we loose also on drafting a potential pro Bowler for a starter that we need
It is possible that Waynes (CB)or one of the top 3 receivers or the top Guard is available at 14
hate to pass up on that.
we really need 3 impact starters out of this draft CB, WR, and Guard
The RB we could always pick up a serviceable one in the 4th or 5th rounds
I suspect we will also pick a safety and and additional receiver in the later rounds
Starks was released not a free agent so he does nothing for us. I think if Taylor is healthy he can be a decent starter. I’m loving Green-Bekham. Lots of risk but I think he will turn his life around. I’ve done a lot of research on him. But we can’t count on any compensatory pix because there is no system. They just decide on their own somehow
Yeah he would be a great second round pick, then we would have the big bodies wr, the speedster in Stills, and the Landry has the clutch slot 3rd down receiver
JIM I REALLY THINK THE DOLPHINS WOULD FAIR BEST TAKING CRABTREE? WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH THIS GUY? CAN SOMEONE SHOW WHY? OTHER THAN GETTING A BAD RAP WITH RICHARD SHERMAN SEEN?
OR ROUND 6th:
Deontay Green berry WR 23 Houston Jr. 6-3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_ZxVr3VjuE#t=135
THE DOLPHINS COULD NOT HIT MIKE WALLACE DEEP SO WHAT GIVES? GO WITH ANOTHER TIGHT END?
Not totally Tanny’s fault. Have you ever seen Wallace adjust to the ball once in the air, have you ever seen him fight for a jump ball. Exactly, no and no!!! Wallace needs to be hit in stride or no one will connect with Wallace, not even Brady or Manning. Have fun with that Minnesota.
Trade down and pick up Marcus Peters, know he is the ultimate risk reward guy, but picking up an extra second round pick and/or more could be worth the risk. The ultimate risk/reward scenario would be to trade back, get another second round pick, draft Peters and parlay the second round picks back into the first round to get Green-Beckham. WOW, what a ultimate risk reward combo. To me, would be worth the risk, then again, I’m not the one that is going to lose his job if they do not mature into professionals.
I like where your head is at. My dream draft is Gurley, Green Beckham, IEO with the first three picks, somehow. High risk, high reward. Then trade next years 2nd to get Mathis to round out the Guard position, or hopefully pick up a late rounder and a bunch of undrafted free agents to compete for a spot. If Dion Jordan gets it together, spending the pick on Mathis will be worth it. If he doesn’t, we’ll get a 2nd rounder for him back next year. This is where I believe Tannenbaum will be most useful. He swings for fences, and he is coming in thinking win now. As a Dolphins fan, I am pretty ready for that kind of mentality. A locker room devoid of divas, filled with guys with chips on their shoulders. The sort of team that if it were to gel would be tremendous.
I think Jamar Taylor is ready to step up, but you can never have enough good corners and we must start to prepare to replace Grimes in 2 years. Somehow getting IEO with a 3rd round pick we currently don’t even have, would be a steal.
Yes I like that idea of a locker room filled with players with a chip on their shoulder who want to come and play and have something to prove. I think we can get a decent Guard in this draft and may want to think about re-signing Colledge if we can’t get Mathis
DUDE! YOU REALLY LIKE DRAMA? WAS NOT DEON ENOUGH DRAMA AT THE NUMBER 3 PICK? HEY I’M WITH YOU WE NEED PROTOYPE PLAYERS BRO!