The Phins just had a rebuild in 2019… is the next one in 2022?
After losing last week in London to the winless Jaguars, the Miami Dolphins face a well rested Atlanta Falcons with the 2021 Season all but lost. Now 1-5, the Jags defeat was second loss this year to a winless team with the Colts being the first. As if this isn’t terrible enough, we don’t even get our own 1st RD pick (which appears like it will be at least a Top 10 pick) because we traded that to the Eagles to move up and select Jaylen Waddle.
This isn’t a knock on the player, but that’s one hefty price tag for just about any single play not a quarterback.
The Phins are paying the piper
Ja’Marr Chase, who has absolutely been tearing it up, is in the driver’s seat right now for Offensive Rookie of the year. We could have had him at #3 if we had stayed put. Don’t get me wrong, Waddle has played decently, but nothing near what a bigger more durable Chase has done.
The good news is at least we still get the 49ers 1st Round pick in 2023!
As good at wheeling and dealing to acquire more draft capital as Chris Grier has been, he’s been just as bad at what he has done with the draft ammo. That 2020 draft where we had 3 first round picks, we could have had Herbert, but went with Tua. This isn’t a knock on Tua’s future, but of course Herbert is already a superstar in the making! Then we landed Jackson and Igbinoghene, who are just flat out not very good.
Now Phins fans and the Dolphins are left to our yearly last ditch defense of looking for moral victories in another lost season, which will probably be a precursor to another reset and rebuild attempt next year. The Dolphins are now hosting the 2-3 Falcons, and they are the underdog. At the beginning of the season this was supposed to be a game we should be able to handle at home and win. Now though, the Dolphins are a +2.5 point underdog at home on all the betting software solutions websites out there.
How quickly this team has fallen.
How deep does this hole go? IS there light at the end of the tunnel?
The problem is that there are A LOT of problems! The Offensive line has regressed. I would love to say we should use our entire next draft on offensive and defensive Linemen….
… However, if we don’t have the scouts and coaches to get the right guys, then that’s probably not the ideal situation either!
What to do, what to do?
We have no running game, and even though I do like Gaskin, I’d feel much better with a guy like Najee Harris, or Jonathan Taylor sharing carries with him. Both of these players we had a chance to draft but since we value running back as much as tits on a bull, we never addressed this.
It’s sad because it looks like Tua will turn into Tannehill, who always showed potential with us but was never protected with a stout offensive line and stud running attack. Now in Tennessee, Tannehill gets the job done and gets them in the playoffs each year, including an AFC Championship game in 2019.
Miami is repeating their failings once again with Tua by not giving him a solid offensive line and running attack. Then he’ll be labeled as a bust here, go to another team that knows how to properly build an offense, and get that team into the playoffs. At least we are consistent, I guess.
Then on defense, it’s just a hot mess. We get limited pressure on the QB, can’t defend the run, and our linebackers can’t cover wide receivers. Plus our two highest paid corners in Jones and Howard both didn’t play last week because of injuries… and haven’t played like top paid cornerbacks all year.
Well, enough of all that good news!
Hopefully Miami can show some improvement this week, maybe even win the game, and not let the Eagles enjoy having the 3rd Overall Pick in the draft next year!