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Shameful or Not?
May 1, 2007
The Miami Dolphins may or may
not have made the arguable “dumbest” pick in the draft. With the 9th
pick overall, they chose Ohio State wide receiver Ted Ginn Jr. The
consensus was that the Dolphins should have chosen Notre Dame
quarterback Brady Quinn. This is probably an accurate statement (at
least for now).
The Dolphins have already released serviceable QB Joey Harrington
(signed with the Atlanta Falcons) and current starter Daunte Culpepper
played in only four games last year due to a knee injury. Current backup
Cleo Lemon hasn’t shown much yet although he did play a decent game in
the ‘06 season finale in a 27-22 loss to Indianapolis. Other than
that, he hasn’t done much.
There is talk of the Dolphins trading with the Kansas City Chiefs for
Trent Green and most likely releasing Culpepper. Nothing has happened
yet, though. Green has had some injury problems as we all know including
missing 8 games and part of another this past season with a head injury.
This may not be that much of an improvement over Culpepper.
Ginn probably will be a decent no. 2 or 3 receiver and return man, but
wide receiver probably wasn’t as big of a concern as quarterback. If
the Dolphins do get Green and he stays healthy, hopefully all will go
well. However, with Quinn, under the guidance of Green or Culpepper,
could develop into an exceptional player. Instead Quinn went 22nd
overall to the Cleveland Browns. He most likely will get put under
center too early because current starter Charlie Frye can’t cut it and
Quinn will crash and burn for a couple seasons.
We’ll go back in three or four years and reexamine this draft decision
by the Dolphins. Hopefully the Dolphins brass know something that
everyone else doesn’t, but at the moment it doesn’t look too good.
Will this turn out to be a good draft choice by the Dolphins? Give
use your comments. E-mail us at shamefulornot@athletehos.com