JoeSixPat

I've been trying to get some of our resident Fin Fans to help me with this but for some reason they keep ignoring the question.

I'm trying to figure out how many draft picks the Dolphins have wasted since 1999.

Since about 2000 they've given up second round choices for AJ Feely and Culpepper and I'm not sure who else... but I'm thinking to find a QB alone they've given up about an entire draft worth of players - not to mention all the $$$ they've spent on paying free agents and the players.

And of course they gave up what I think might have been two first rounders to the Saints to get Ricky Williams from them - I can't seem to find out how many yard Williams had for the Fins last season but I'm guessing he wasn't worth it.

So can anyone help give me a full tally? I can't wait to see what the Fins do this year as well - maybe they should just take QB with every draft pick and be done with it. After all, even a blind squirrel can sometimes find a nut.

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Remix 6

more than us?

^best answer u'll find

Flying Fungi

I'll never forget that second-rounder they gave up for Corey Dillon...

DaBruinz

http://www.drafthistory.com/teams/dolphins.html

Since 2000, the Dolphins have had 48 draft picks.

Here are the pick break-downs:
2000: 2,3,4,5,6,7
2001: 1,2,3,3,5,6,6,6,6
2002: 3,4,5,5,7
2003: 2,3,3,5,5,6,6,6,7
2004: 1,4,5,6,7,7
2005: 1,2,3,4,5,7
2005 (S): 5th
2006: 1,3,4,7,7,7

They traded picks for Rickey Williams, AJ Feeley and Duante Culpepper.

NOTE: The Dolphins had 4 comp picks in 2003. 5,6,6,7. They also had a comp pick in 2002 (5th round).

The following are the players drafted since 2000 by the Dolphins:
2000: Todd Wade (OT), Ben Kelly (DB), Deon Dryer (RB), Arturo Freeman (DB), Ernest Grant (DT), Jeff Harris (DB)

2001: Jamar Fletcher (DB), Chris Chambers (WR), Travis Minor (RB), Morlon Greenwood (LB), Shawn Draper (OT), Brandon Winey (OT), Josh Heupel (QB), Otis Leverette (DE), Rick Crowell (LB)

2002: Seth McKinney (C),Randy McMichael (TE), Omare Lowe (DB), Sam Simmons (WR), Leonard Henry (RB)

2003: Eddie Moore (LB), Wade Smith (OT), Taylor Whitley (OG), Donald Lee (TE), J.R. Tolver (WR), Corey Jenkins (DB), Tim Provost (OT), Yeremiah Bell (DB), Davern Williams (DT)

2004: Vernon Cary (OT), Will Poole (DB), Tony Bua (DB), Rex Hadnot (C), Tony Pape (OG), Derrick Pope (LB)

2005: Ronnie Brown (RB), Matt Roth (DE), Channing Crowder (LB), Travis Daniels (DB), Anthony Alabi (OT), Kevin Vickerson (DT)

2005 (S): Manny Wright (DT)

2006: Jason Allen (DB), Derek Hagan (WR), Joe Toledo (OT), Fred Evans (DT), Rodrique Wright (DT), Devin Aromashodu (WR)

The ones in BOLD are players who are currently on the Dolphins. The ones in Italics are ones still in the league. I used the NFL.COM player pages because their depth charting isn't fully up to date.

primetime

Ricky Williams was the best RB in football during his Dolphins tenure, bar none. He was the sole offensive threat that team had, but man was he scary. People forget that Ricky was so good because he went crazy, but he was special.

RayClay

Great work, Dabruins. Thank you.

You have to look, but there are some real gaps in there. And they have not done well in FA at all.

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RayClay

No doubt worth a great deal talent abd desire wise.

However, anyone who did a thorough background check, (before hies weird behavior in N.O.), knew he had head problems.

Hell, I knew, and i was only delivering Pizza in Austin at the time he played for the horns..

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JoeSixPat

This is very helpful - I think it does show that they gave up 2 1st round picks for Ricky Williams.

I guess I'm most interested in knowing how many and which draft picks they gave up for their effort to find a stable QB over the last 7 years. Knowing how much money they've paid to failed QB free agents (many of whom they gave up draft picks for) would be interesting as well

I think that alone has amounted to an entire draft worth of picks - add to that the 2 first rounders for Ricky and you've got a front office that has really been spinning its wheels and acting as its own worst enemy

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feelthepain

And yet the Pats and all their Greatness, srtuggle to beat Miami! Just goes to show that even though Miami has had far less DP's then anyone in the division, parity is alive and well in the NFL.

lusdawg

????????????????????????????????????????????????? ... I think I may be dumber for having just read that!!! Anyone else feel the same??? 1+1= ???