Miami Dolphins: 8 Revelations of the dismantling by the Bills

I know Chris Grier is the GM and it’s thought of that he’s the one making the call on these draft picks. But don’t lie to yourself. You know that Brian Flores is with him lock stock and barrel with all these decisions. So it’s unfortunate to put all these swings and misses with draft picks, especially offensive linemen not just at the feet of one guy but two.

Seven offensive linemen have been drafted by the Flores and Grier regime and maybe one of them, Robert Hunt, has even remotely worked out. Deiter the super-soldier might be the other exception. Then you sprinkle a little bit of Noah Igbinoghene in there and you have yourself a couple of guys who can’t evaluate talent.

You also have a regime that apparently can’t develop players. There’s no good reason at all that both Austin Jackson and Iggy are this bad based on where they’re drafted. I realize that just because you’re a first-round pick that it doesn’t mean you’re a lock to be a stud. We don’t need every high pick to be a stud or a pro-bowler. How about a contributing member to a team? Is that too much to ask? I really don’t think it is. And yes, I realize that Liam Eichenberg is a rookie but it doesn’t make me feel too good knowing he can’t break through and be one of the starting linemen on this offensive line. Same thing with Jaelan Philips. I know that he’s a rookie but you’d think he’d get some more run out there being that he was a mid-first-round pick. Why do so many rookies have to be brought in slowly?

Eventually, Flores and Grier are going to have an answer for this. You can’t walk around with all the swag and do the TNT stuff and then not be able to have at the very least serviceable NFL linemen. I’m watching the Detroit Lions last night and even they have an NFL offensive line. Is it a top 10 line? No, but it’s an NFL offensive line. Sooner or later Flores and Grier are going to be looking at each other like one of us is going to be gone and that person will be Grier if he doesn’t turn it around quickly or have the guys he picked start playing much better.