Cody Whitehair is rated the #1 Guard, but several others can bring immediate help.
With a few top rated Guard possibilities the should be able to fix their line.
Offensive Guard is generally not a position that gets drafted in the first round, unless the player is an absolute beast or there’s an overreach. In the 2016 Draft, the only such player that even remotely fits the bill is Cody Whitehair and he is a long shot to crack the 1st. However, that does not mean that there are not starting caliber Guards available in this draft. Here are a few top rated guard possibilities.
First, the Dolphins are luckily in this regard, the guard position is not drafted early by most teams, which means the Dolphins can use a 2nd or 3rd round pick and still get one of the top rated Guards in the Draft.
There are four Guards rated head and shoulders above rest: Joshua Garnett (Stanford), Cody Whitehair (Kansas State), Sebastian Tretola (Arkansas), and Vadal Alexander (LSU).
Whitehair and Alexander have received much of the fanfare, so I’ll focus on the others two.
Using mid round picks the Dolphins will still a few top rated Guard possibilities
Joshua Garnett is tied for the biggest of the bunch with Vadal Alexander, at 6’5”, 325 pounds, however most football gambling fans would admit that Garnett has displayed a lot more athleticism. Garnett is a well rounded Guard that has displayed very good blocking skills in both the run and passing game. One of his biggest strengths is that he does very well at pulling. His one weakness is that he needs to add some strength. However, with the Dolphins adding more focus to the weight room, Garnett could really blossom nicely considering he already has a huge frame to build off of. He also was a cornerstone of an offensive line that blocked for Christian McCaffrey, who ran for the second most yards in the entire nation.
Second on the list is Sebastian Tretola, who is 6’4” and 314 pounds. Tretola is a mauler in the run game, and is a tough nosed player that is good in tight combat situations. He is also very serviceable in pass protection, but he sometimes struggles in pass protection in man to man situations, but has room to improve (In 2014 he actually did not allow a sack all season.) The biggest knock on Tretola is that he has short arms and has limited athletic ability. However, you can never have enough tough nosed players, and this trait can help overcome other deficiencies.
Most analysts have Garnett going in the 2nd or 3rd round and Tretola going a bit later in the 3rd to 5th round. Depending on what we do with our first pick, and whether or not we pick up extra draft picks with a trade back, will determine whether or not we will need to jump on a Guard earlier rather than later.
While I’d prefer Whitehair or Vandal, if we could pick either Garnett or Tretola , then I would feel comfortable. What are the rest of the Miami Dolphins News fans thoughts about the Dolphins remedying the guard position in the draft?
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