NFL Futures – Dolphins Not QB Hunting, but See Receiver as Best Way to Go

A lot of people were wondering what the Miami Dolphins (+2800 to win the Super Bowl) were up to when they swung a deal to take them out of the third pick in the upcoming NFL Draft and then turned around and used the #12 pick they had in a deal with Philadelphia that got them to #6.

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Well, for one thing, they are hoarding NFL draft picks.

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But aside from that, being in the #6 position is advantageous for them. They knew there were going to be teams that desired a quarterback enough to pay a premium to get to #3.

There had been widespread speculation that Miami was very interested in working a deal for Houston Texans quarterback DeShaun Watson. Well, we know that for the moment, those plans are on hold. As it turns out, they appear to be more than happy to continue forward with Tua Tagovailoa if that is the way things play out.

Whatever the Dolphins are going to do at quarterback, it’s not likely to involve their first-round draft pick. The high probability is that they have a keen interest in finding someone who can greatly help whoever is going to be throwing passes.

And with the sixth pick, they know that they are going to get a tremendous receiver. Remember that at the top of the draft, the Jacksonville Jaguars are going to take Trevor Lawrence. And the New York Jets (at a +4500 Super Bowl price), now having traded Sam Darnold, are likely going to draft Zach Wilson. The San Francisco 49ers (+1150 to win Super Bowl 56), who maneuvered their way into the third pick, are taking a quarterback too. The scuttlebutt is that they are interested in Alabama’s Mac Jones, despite the fact that they already have Jimmy Garoppolo in the fold.

What the Atlanta Falcons – a +5600 shot for SB 56 at America’s Bookie with a new coach in Arthur Smith – do is anybody’s guess. They might take a quarterback as an heir apparent to Matt Ryan (Trey Lance, from North Dakota State, keeps getting mentioned) or they could go another way – perhaps a trade.

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And the Cincinnati Bengals (one of the longshot Super Bowl teams at +8500) are going to be put to a real tough decision. When it’s time for the fifth pick, they may have a chance to draft Ja’Marr Chase, who was one of Joe Burrow’s receivers at LSU (catching 20 of his TD passes), or, as America’s Bookie patrons invariably watched as Burrow had to run for his life as a rookie before getting injured, they could opt for an offensive tackle like Penei Sewell of Oregon.

The point here is that by the time the Dolphins have to make their selection, they should have their pick of either Chase, Heisman Trophy winner Devonta Smith (who played with Tua at Alabama) or tight end Kyle Pitts of Florida, who some have referred to as the best overall player in the draft, and/or the best tight end prospect in years.

And you might be saying to yourself, “But the Dolphins already have a pretty good tight end in Mike Gesicki.” Yes, they do. But keep in mind that head coach Brian Flores is very familiar with what a two-tight end offense is capable of, going back to his days as an assistant with the New England Patriots. And his co-offensive coordinator, George Godsey, was a tight ends coach in New England as well.

The Dolphins made a lot of personnel moves last off-season, as they had a boatload of draft picks and a lot of salary cap room. Some guys have shuffled around since, but the one area they didn’t really address with any vigor was the wide receiver corps. Admittedly Pitts would not appear a fit into that scenario, until you consider that scouts believe he’s got enough versatility to go out wide or play in the slot, and Gesicki ran almost 70% of his routes from the slot last season.

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