2007 Draft picks

#1 - Ted Ginn, WR
#2 - John Beck, QB
#2 - Samson Satele, OL
#3 - Lorenzo Booker, RB
#4 - Paul Soliai, DT
#6 - Reagan Mauia, FB
#6 - Drew Mormino, C
#7 - Kelvin Smith, LB
#7 - Brandon Fields, P
#7 - Abraham Wright, DE

Dolphins screw up the draft

I am sooo upset with the Dolphins for not drafting Brady Quinn. What do you do when the player who some rate as the #1 pick in the draft falls to you at #9? What if the player happens to play the most important position on the field? And what if the player happens to play the position that is your team's greatest need?

If there was ever a no-brainer decision in the NFL draft, this was it, but new coach Cam Cameron must have even less IQ than a no-brainer. It's not easy for a coach to piss off the fans before the first snap of training camp, but Cameron managed to do it.

Sure, the Dolphins picked up QB John Beck in the second round, but they even screwed that up too. QBs Drew Stanton and Trent Edwards, both rated higher than Beck, were both still available.

I'm going to have nightmares tonight about Eric Kumerow and Eddie Moore.

2007 Draft

The draft is coming up this weekend, and there's no consensus who the Dolphins will pick at #9, barring any trades. Mock drafts I've seen include selecting OT Levi Brown, DT Amobi Okoye, WR Ted Ginn, and CB Leon Hall. Then, there's the talk of selecting a QB in the draft. This is a necessity, in my opinion, whether the team gets Trent Green or not. Daunte Culpepper is clearly not going to be the QB of the future, and I don't believe Cleo Lemon will reach that status, so this draft is the best opportunity. If Brady Quinn should drop to the Dolphins (which I highly doubt), then it's a no-brainer. Otherwise, I would rather see the team draft Drew Stanton or Trent Edwards in the second/third round than to trade up for Quinn or JaMarcus Russell.

With the #9 pick, I'd like the Dolphins to trade down for more picks and then grab an Okoye or Ginn. There isn't much difference in the players projected to go between #6 and #15 this year, IMHO, so why not move down a little in return for more picks? We know the Dolphins need help at more than one position.

Dolphins still unsettled at QB

I had been putting off posting about the Dolphins' attempt to acquire Trent Green because I thought it was imminent and I wanted to report the news after it happened. Now it's been three weeks since the initial rumor. The roadblock to the transaction is Kansas City's insistence on receiving a high draft pick for Green, while the Dolphins are only willing to offer a sixth or seventh round pick. In this case, I'm siding with the Dolphins. The Chiefs are dreaming if they think they can get a second round pick for a 36 year old quarterback who missed half of last season.

The whole Trent Green pursuit is unsettling because it means the team has little faith in Daunte Culpepper's recovery. Why else would the team go after an aging QB who probably only has a year or two left in him? If anything, the Dolphins should have tried to obtain David Carr when he was a free agent. The best avenue now, in my opinion, is to draft a quarterback and then let Culpepper or Lemon start the season.

Olindo Mare traded to Saints

Kicker Olindo Mare was traded to the Saints for a sixth round draft pick. I was surprised that the team received such a low pick for a kicker of Mare's caliber, but the Dolphins weren't in much of a position to bargain, having already decided on Jay Feely as their new PK. Going to the Saints, who was Mare's first choice, will benefit him because New Orleans plays in a dome. Mare will, however, have to battle incumbents John Carney and Billy Cundiff for the starting spot.