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Not sure if this has been posted or not but I figured anything that mocks the Dolphins might help cheer up a mourning Patriots' Nation.
In reviewing the Dolphins pick of Ted Ginn they extrapolate on why they think they think the Fins used the #9 pick on a return specialist.
I generally agree with their assessment - I don't expect Ginn to do much more than return kicks this year, if indeed he's even healthy - but its too early to declare him a bust obvioulsy. They do say good things about Beck - which I tend to agree with as well - I think he's got good potential... though depending on how Brady Quinn shakes out the Dolphins have a good chance to have blown their first and 2nd round picks in this draft.
Here's an excerpt: http://www.footballoutsiders.com/2007/05/16/ramblings/four-downs/5142/
Basically I think WRs selected mainly because of their speed are always a HUGE risk. We've seen that first hand here with guys like Bethel and others.
The review of the Jets pick is an interesting read as well. While I think the Jets needed more quantity in this draft I continue to be impressed with the picks they did make - Revis, Harris - and although they don't mention it, trading their 2nd round pick for Thomas - a real coup - makes for a solid 1, 2, 3 pick in 2007. I still think they overachieved last year and will have a tough time making the playoffs again this year but all three of those players will contribute in big ways IMO.
In reviewing the Dolphins pick of Ted Ginn they extrapolate on why they think they think the Fins used the #9 pick on a return specialist.
I generally agree with their assessment - I don't expect Ginn to do much more than return kicks this year, if indeed he's even healthy - but its too early to declare him a bust obvioulsy. They do say good things about Beck - which I tend to agree with as well - I think he's got good potential... though depending on how Brady Quinn shakes out the Dolphins have a good chance to have blown their first and 2nd round picks in this draft.
Here's an excerpt: http://www.footballoutsiders.com/2007/05/16/ramblings/four-downs/5142/
Nine receivers have been drafted out of the Big Ten in the first round since 2000. Of those nine, Ginn’s numbers coming out of school are comparable to his fellow Buckeyes — Santonio Holmes (who averaged nearly five yards more per catch) and Michael Jenkins (who’s been a bust with Michael Vick in Atlanta). His numbers are better than Bryant Johnson, who has also been mediocre for Arizona. Players like David “The Bomb D” Terrell and Charles Rogers outproduced Ginn by a large margin and were colossal failures in the NFL. The argument can be made that that college production in the Big Ten has little to do with NFL success.
Looking at Ginn’s measurables, though, doesn’t offer up much hope. Ginn’s listed weight is 178 pounds; no one smaller than that from 1999 on has become anything more than a competent wide receiver at the NFL level, and even those guys (Dennis Northcutt and Todd Pinkston) wouldn’t be worth first-round selections. The guy who Dolphins fans would like Ginn to be similar to, Washington’s Santana Moss, weighed 180 pounds, but he also outstripped Ginn in other ways.
Ginn’s vaunted 4.28 40 time is the centerpiece of his case as a first-rounder. While he didn’t actually run the 40 at the combine, he was faster than Moss’s 4.31. In fact, Ginn’s numbers are eerily similar to that of another recent wideout. They ran the same exact 40 time and are the same height; our mystery receiver is three pounds heavier, has a vertical jump one inch higher, and outjumped Ginn by a foot on the broad jump. That receiver? Houston’s Jerome Mathis, who the Texans selected in the fourth round in 2005. Mathis was a Pro Bowl kick returner his rookie year but is unlikely to pay many dividends in the passing game. With Ginn’s struggles to break through press coverage and run the limited routes he was expected to in college, it looks like Miami used the ninth overall pick on a return specialist.
Basically I think WRs selected mainly because of their speed are always a HUGE risk. We've seen that first hand here with guys like Bethel and others.
The review of the Jets pick is an interesting read as well. While I think the Jets needed more quantity in this draft I continue to be impressed with the picks they did make - Revis, Harris - and although they don't mention it, trading their 2nd round pick for Thomas - a real coup - makes for a solid 1, 2, 3 pick in 2007. I still think they overachieved last year and will have a tough time making the playoffs again this year but all three of those players will contribute in big ways IMO.