Comments on: Best Draft Belongs To New England? http://phinphanatic.com/2009/05/06/best-draft-belongs-to-new-england/ A Miami Dolphins Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and more. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:13:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brian Miller http://phinphanatic.com/2009/05/06/best-draft-belongs-to-new-england/comment-page-1/#comment-2912 Brian Miller Sat, 09 May 2009 14:05:35 +0000 http://phinphanatic.com/?p=4044#comment-2912 Sam:  i agree with you but also if I look at last years draft I think it's easier to judge that draft on who was drafted.  Giving last year a grade of A is easy.  The Phins, the day after the draft was over, had 3 possible immediate starters in Long, Merling, and Langford.  Also a possible starter in Henne. <div> </div> <div>Of course the draft is a compliment to the entire roster.  New and old.  It can't be anything but.  However, what I refer to here is simply analyzing the drafted players and how they affect their teams this year as rookies.  Already the Pats have lost McKenzie for the year.  Does that make their draft worse?  </div> <div> </div> <div>These same people who say that NE's draft was stellar this year will be saying that essentially NE will have another top draft pick next year when McKenzie returns.  The problem for me is that McKenzie was drafted this year so he is not part of next years class and I won't consider that when I do next year analysis of their drafted rookies.</div> <div> </div> <div>There is way too much that goes into making a player the right fit for your team to hand out grades legitimately.  It's safe to say in three or 4 years we can go back and hand it a grade based on how those players performed.  That's why I simply analyze a teams draft for who they drafted vs. who they didn't or who someone else did.  With consideration to the teams needs.</div> Sam:  i agree with you but also if I look at last years draft I think it’s easier to judge that draft on who was drafted.  Giving last year a grade of A is easy.  The Phins, the day after the draft was over, had 3 possible immediate starters in Long, Merling, and Langford.  Also a possible starter in Henne.

Of course the draft is a compliment to the entire roster.  New and old.  It can’t be anything but.  However, what I refer to here is simply analyzing the drafted players and how they affect their teams this year as rookies.  Already the Pats have lost McKenzie for the year.  Does that make their draft worse?  
These same people who say that NE’s draft was stellar this year will be saying that essentially NE will have another top draft pick next year when McKenzie returns.  The problem for me is that McKenzie was drafted this year so he is not part of next years class and I won’t consider that when I do next year analysis of their drafted rookies.
There is way too much that goes into making a player the right fit for your team to hand out grades legitimately.  It’s safe to say in three or 4 years we can go back and hand it a grade based on how those players performed.  That’s why I simply analyze a teams draft for who they drafted vs. who they didn’t or who someone else did.  With consideration to the teams needs.
]]> By: Samdolphin http://phinphanatic.com/2009/05/06/best-draft-belongs-to-new-england/comment-page-1/#comment-2918 Samdolphin Sat, 09 May 2009 02:47:37 +0000 http://phinphanatic.com/?p=4044#comment-2918 Brian:  I went back and read your assessments of the Dolphins Offense and Defense Pre-draft and it was very good.  I see why you are not a betting man.  Draft was 5 Os and 4 Ds so you lost if you had bet.  To me the draft is just one of the processes that a team goes through to establish this year's team.  You are right we must wait for a least a couple of years to see just how all the processes have made your team.  Having said that, I already think that last year's draft was a big sucess.  But we maybe could not have been so sucessful if they hadn't kept turning over the stones and re-vamped the bottom of the roster all year long.  The Chad Pennington stone fell on us. Brian:  I went back and read your assessments of the Dolphins Offense and Defense Pre-draft and it was very good.  I see why you are not a betting man.  Draft was 5 Os and 4 Ds so you lost if you had bet.  To me the draft is just one of the processes that a team goes through to establish this year’s team.  You are right we must wait for a least a couple of years to see just how all the processes have made your team.  Having said that, I already think that last year’s draft was a big sucess.  But we maybe could not have been so sucessful if they hadn’t kept turning over the stones and re-vamped the bottom of the roster all year long.  The Chad Pennington stone fell on us.

]]> By: Brian Miller http://phinphanatic.com/2009/05/06/best-draft-belongs-to-new-england/comment-page-1/#comment-2917 Brian Miller Fri, 08 May 2009 11:14:07 +0000 http://phinphanatic.com/?p=4044#comment-2917 Actually Sam I disagree. While I know that the end result of any draft can't be truly graded out until 3 years down the road, I do think you can look at a teams draft and compare them to another team pick for pick.  As I stated I tend to throw away the later picks unless someone drops because they tend to be, on paper, somewhat equal.  for lack of a better word.  I also don't think that you can classify a draft good or bad based on off-season moves and FA signings.  It's a draft and it's actually as simple as that.  Nothing sugar coated and nothing added to it.  Position for position, starter/back-up, need/BPA.  Initial impressions based solely on that alone. Actually Sam I disagree. While I know that the end result of any draft can’t be truly graded out until 3 years down the road, I do think you can look at a teams draft and compare them to another team pick for pick.  As I stated I tend to throw away the later picks unless someone drops because they tend to be, on paper, somewhat equal.  for lack of a better word.  I also don’t think that you can classify a draft good or bad based on off-season moves and FA signings.  It’s a draft and it’s actually as simple as that.  Nothing sugar coated and nothing added to it.  Position for position, starter/back-up, need/BPA.  Initial impressions based solely on that alone.

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