Re: Compare 09 draftees to NFL players....
Date: March 25, 2009 01:53AM
Laurinaitis was my early favorite, and also thought miami would pick him because number one, we never replaced Zach Thomas, number two he drew early praise from experts such as Russ Lande, number three we already picked up a pass rusher in Wake, and number four he is a quality player who would likely last to 25. However, I've since soured on him, I worry he may get overmatched in the nfl, and with the prospect of other great players being available at 25 how do you pass up those players, guys like English? But...he may very well be of great interest to the Dolphins and they may be taking the attention off of him so that he falls to 25. And that write-up on Laurinaitis sounds pretty good.
We basically need help in LOTS of areas, and now that Satele, a solid O line backup is gone, we've got Smiley and Murphy limping to the line, and a new center who has never been healthy, I'd add O lineman to that long list of needs.