The State of The U: The NFL Draft

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I watch every dolphin game just like i watch cane games...very seldom is Phillips "Missing" in action...unless its when the dumb *** dc desides to drop him in coverage...Phillips is a DE that is just so freakish he cna drop back...the dolphins dont run a 3-4 he wasnt a rush outside backer he was a DE. I mean i dont know if he was hurt or what but int he last bills game...they were playing Basham and Espensea or whomever those 2 are....lets just say put Phillips on the Bills and he isnt a "rotation" guy he aint leaving the field.
The last 2 years ive seen Phillips lose a stat for the simple reason as OGBAH might have stole a sack or hurry by a split second. Both are doing good..but Phillips is ahed right now he has put out some freakish film dude seems to have gotten even better since leaving here.

fangio gon get us right

 

[Heart of The Playmaker]

Phillips is **** near one of the best de's in the league. Right now he is above Rousseau as a player...the Dolphins would be considered a super bowl contending tema if we werent playing with a 3rd string 7th rd pick and still nearly beating the superbowl contending team.

Phillips is not playing in middle of Dline on snaps and is more of a 3-4 LB. And no...phins are not a SB contender as they were fools gold and was lucky to back in to barely make the playoffs...their running game is absolute trash and got pretty muched stomped by Bengals, Chargers, 49ers, etc. They were lucky to be .500 in the AFC east....

 

[Rellyrell]

fangio gon get us right

Man, Fangio may have sucked as a HC, but as a DC, he’s one of the rare elites in the game that calls a great def to navigate this offensive friendly league. I was thoroughly ****ed when Vic left my Bears. Despite how pedestrian we were on O, that def kept us in games & carried us to the playoffs.

 

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Man, Fangio may have sucked as a HC, but as a DC, he’s one of the rare elites in the game that calls a great def to navigate this offensive friendly league. I was thoroughly ****ed when Vic left my Bears. Despite how pedestrian we were on O, that def kept us in games & carried us to the playoffs.

yeah man the dude is obsessed with ruining QB's I was reading a article on how he watches every game and takes notes on every QB

 

[PIPO]

May Contain Offensive Statistics:

As I’m watching these playoffs, a sobering & somber feeling came over me: The lack of Miami Hurricanes on these rosters.

However, it wasn’t just the lack of Hurricanes on these rosters, but also the lack of impact players on said rosters. As I started to really go down this rabbit hole, it had me wondering over the last 10 yrs, just how many guys have been drafted in the first 3-rounds.

The reason I focused on the first 3-rounds is b/c those r guaranteed spots after being drafted. These are considered to be the most likely to impact their team, & team’s future. That’s not to discredit players who are drafted in latter rounds, but the data clearly shows if you’re drafted 4th round, in particular, 5th round or later, the greater chance you’ll find urself either out of the league w/in 3 yrs, a practice squad journeyman, or on the 53 man-squad w/ limited PT.

Also, imo, there’s a direct correlation of teams who furnish the NFL w/ players drafted in the first 3-rounds & their success on the field. Let’s see if that theory holds up.

Looking at the last 10 yrs (2013 - 2022 seasons), we as a program have posted a 75-51 record during this period. We also had 11 players drafted in the first 3-rounds during this time frame. Focusing on each conferences’ power teams, this how we compare:

ACC:
Clemson (133-20 w/ 26 players drafted)
FSU (95-45 w/ 25 players drafted)

B1G:
OSU (128-15 w/ 50 players drafted)
PSU (85-41 w/ 19 players drafted)
UofM (102-43 w/ 25 players drafted)

Big 12:
OU: (113-31 w/ 20 players drafted)

Independent:
ND (106-35 w/ 27 players drafted)

PAC-12:
UO (101-39 w/ 14 players drafted)
USC (88-50 w/ 20 players drafted)

SEC:
Alabama (139-15 w/ 59 players drafted)
LSU (100-41 w/ 42 players drafted)
UGA (121-28 w/ 33 players drafted)

It’s clear that we have underwhelmed by comparison, & the lack of NFL impact talent could be directly attributed to this. However, can we also say it’s the “lack of talent”, which has become a point of contention on this board? Again, let’s take a look at the avg. recruiting classes during this period:

Miami avg. class rank (2013 - 2022) - 15th.

By Comparison-

ACC:
Clemson (T-11th)
FSU (12th)

B1G:
UofM (T-14th)
OSU (4th)
PSU (17th)

B12:
OU (T-11th)

Independent:
ND (T-11th)

PAC-12:
UO (T-12th)
USC (T-14th)

SEC:
Alabama (1st)
LSU (6th)
UGA (5th)

While it can be argued that we’re not nearly recruiting on the same levels of the SEC Powers, along w/ OSU & Clemson, compared to FSU, USC, PSU, & Michigan once again we have greatly underachieved. To further complicate matters, if we take a look at several stable programs like Baylor, Iowa, TCU, Utah, UDub, it becomes a bigger indictment on the state of our program.

Baylor (86-49 w/ 9 players drafted: Avg. class rank - 36th)
Iowa (86-41 w/ 14 players drafted: Avg. class rank - 45th)
TCU (86-47 w/ 11 players drafted: Avg. class rank - 11th)
Utah (83-42 w/ 13 players drafted: Avg. class rank - 40th)
UW (82-41 w/ 22 players drafted: Avg. class rank - 27th)

Here’s the bottom line, until we can start flooding the NFL, not w/ late round & UDFA talent, but consistently w/ first 3-round products, we’ll continuously underachieve. Baylor is the only outlier where they have overachieved by both their recruiting class & lack of top 3-round draft picks; but, it’s inexcusable for a program like Miami to consistently recruit w/in the top 15 out of 131 FBS programs, & yield a habitual 7-5 record.

This is y I gave Mario a mulligan for his first yr. Some things were inexcusable under his watch, but this program as a whole….well, let the data speak for itself. Here’s hoping w/ the classes of 2022/2023 (avg. rank 10th so far), we’ll see this ominous trend subside.

 

[Rellyrell]

 

[DTP]

A team should be as good as their recruiting rankings in the long term. If we’re at about 15th in recruiting, we should also be that in the polls at the end of the year on average. We haven’t even been close to that, which is pathetic. Highly Drafted players don’t mean as much to me because you can still be a great college team, but not elite, with guys that aren’t highly drafted. Just need coaches who prioritize schemes and find the right guys for it

Exactly. I see a team that’s averaged 15th in recruiting but only averages around 7 wins and has struggled to put players in the league consistently. And when they do, their players are almost always end of the draft bargains because the coaches couldn’t use their talent correctly. This is why coaching matters. Just signing good players isn’t enough, you need to put them in the best position for success.