Dolphins #1 Pick

Slimdust

Alright, well with the Dolphins getting the 1st pick in the draft for sure now, who do you think they get? What do they need the most?

Captain Planet

WC's Resident Samoan

Glenn Dorsey, and there really is no question in my mind at this point, That defense is in shambles and it needs so much help. Dorsey is probably the best defensive player coming out in the draft. I'd almost focus on Defense if I were the 'Fins.

chops

They would be wise to trade down for more picks, however it won't be easy because no team wants the headache that comes with trying to sign the number 1 pick in the draft. IMO that pick usually costs more than it is worth.

Dr. Giganto

Unless somebody is really high on Darren McFadden. Somebody might look at what Adrian Peterson has done this year and hope that McFadden can make the same sort of impact

Twist of lEMOn

McFadden when they already have Ronnie Brown and Ricky Williams? Lets not forget the numbers brown was putting up before he got injured.

Glen Dorsey is the guy that stands out to me that fits in well with the phins.

Freak

I'm about 95% sure the Dolphins will have to keep the pick. Like Tom said, the only way I see them trading it is if a team wants badly enough to make sure that they get McFadden -- but that said, he's not even a lock to go in the top 3 yet.

Right now, the pick appears to be Dorsey, but he'll have to check out health-wise first. The guy was pretty beat up by the end of this season, and he appears to have a lot of mileage in him already. I also think DT Sedrick Ellis is going to be rising up the boards, and some teams may already value him over Dorsey.

Like I said somewhere in another thread, there's no way they take a quarterback, and their offensive line is actually kind of a strength right now.

Blitzkrieg

Some scouts have said that McFadden is the next Adrian Peterson but bigger.. Now that sounds enticing, he definitely is a great prospect, but why would a team trade up to #1 to get him when they know the Fins aren't going to take him?

There's no way they take a QB here, nobody is worthy of a 1st overall selection, so I agree with them going for defense. I love Dorsey, but what about Chris Long? Kid looks like a stud as well.

Freak

To leapfrog a team at #2 or #3 who would take him otherwise.

I know it's something you hear every year about big running back prospects (including AD last year), but McFadden's "upright" running style scares me quite a bit, as does the shape of his body. I don't think I've ever seen a running back with legs as long as McFadden, and his are pretty skinny. He reminds me a lot of Terrell Owens, the way he runs and moves on the field, which is definitely a testament to his playmaking ability, but it makes me (and other, real scouts for the matter) worry about how well he'll take hits in the trenches in the NFL.

Twist of lEMOn

McFadden is a great runningback don't get me wrong but being the great Adrian Peterson isn't exactly an awesome thing. I like Peterson alot but the way he runs scares me because hes so prone to injury (something I didn't believe Mike about when he first told me). Even though Petersons racked up tons of yards hes also been shot to the fore front of RB because where have the other NFC RBs been all season? Stephan Jackson? Frank Gore? Reggie/McAlisster? Even Westbrook probably the best NFC runningback right now has been injured at some point in the season.

Just my thought, McFaddens over hyped anyways hes going to be a great talent but hes going to need atleast a season under his belt to be a effective runner in the NFL. Hes not going to have all that Wildhog Formation junk to help him out half the game.

Blitzkrieg

That's if that team will want him. I guess it depends on how the rest of the top 5 plays out.

I think McFadden is worth the risk if you're a team in desperate need of a RB such as Oakland, Jets, and Atlanta.