Mike Tannenbaum likes to trade on draft day.

Mike Tannenbaum has a tendency to be active trading on draft day. I expect the same thing with the Miami Dolphins this year.

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This season Mike Tannenbaum has the reins when it comes to the draft. Unlike last year when he was an advisor to Dennis Hickey, this season Tannenbaum will be making the decisions for the Miami Dolphins on draft day. If history has taught us anything, it’s that Tannenbaum loves to make moves and go for big players.

When you look at Tannenbaums career as the GM of the Jets, you see his propensity to make trades on the first two days of the draft. His results vary on the success of his moves, but that doesn’t slow him down. Lets take a look at some of his trades over a five-year period.

2007 Draft
This draft was filled with moves by Tannenbaum. It actually started a month before the draft did. Tannenbaum traded his second rounder (37) for a later second round pick (63) and RB Thomas Jones from the Chicago Bears. He would later use the 63rd overall pick to move up in the second round to the 47th overall pick and select LB David Harris.

Tannenbaum was also active in the first round. He traded his first (25th), second (59th), and fifth (164th) round picks with the Panthers for the 14th overall pick and a sixth (191st) round pick. With the 14th overall pick the Jets selected Darrelle Revis.

This combination of moves in the 2007 draft was the beginning of the strong defense and power running that would take the Jets to two AFC Championship games.

2008 Draft
With his eye on a dynamic tight end, Tannenbaum moved back into the first round by giving up his second and fourth round picks to the Packers to select Dustin Keller. While Dustin Keller was a great tight end for the Jets for a few years, he had a history of injuries. The Packers selected Jordy Nelson with the second round pick they acquired from the Jets.

2009 Draft
Tannenbaum again moved up in the first round of a draft, this time to select his QB. The Jets gave up their first pick at 17, second round pick at 52, and three players for Cleveland’s first round selection at number five. With the fifth overall selection the Jets took Mark Sanchez. While some claim he led them to two AFC Championship games, the reality is that he was carried by the Jets dominant defense and great running game.

2010 Draft
In 2010 Tannenbaum was unusually quiet during the first two days of the draft. He did make moves acquiring Santonio Holmes and Braylon Edwards with later round picks, but stayed where was in the first two rounds.

2011 Draft
In 2011 Tannenbaum’s biggest moves were moving up in the fifth round to select Jeremy Kerley and trading a conditional pick for Antonio Cromartie. While both of these moves have worked out well for New York, neither of them were the blockbuster trades we’ve seen from Tannenbaum.

With Mike Tannenbaum at the helm of the Dolphins draft this season, I am expecting to see Miami very active on draft day. He already traded Miami’s pick at number eight for the Eagle’s pick at 13, Kiko Alonso, and Byron Maxwell. I don’t think he’s done yet.

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