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Naw. I don't buy DGB workin out too good for us.

Peters, yes, huge need.
DGB, meh. Plenty safer WR picks we can make.
 
I'm good w/DGB. I'm tired of missing out on great talent to draft the safe pick. That being said, word is his brother is an Army Ranger and has moved in with him.

Like Peters, he has made mistakes. And like Peters, he has the potential to be the BEST at his position in this class
 
I think this year's talent at WR will be like 2014. In the right system, no way Kevin White, Jalen Strong, and DGB would fail.

Breshad is a boom or bust product, worth the gamble even
 
Told ya...... Can this be 3 for 3?

-EDIT: If he leaves without signing, his next stop is NYJ :smh:



Kimberley A. Martin ‏@KMart_LI 2h2 hours ago
Source: Former #Patriots RB Stevan Ridley to visit with #Jets ~> http://nwsdy.li/1DpKbJp

Told ya'll........ I'm friends with his cousin. He told us he wants to be a Dolphin. Some of his family lives here in Tampa. But business is business he says
 
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NFL Draft: Dolphins must weigh Dorial Green-Beckham’s off-field issues





The first reception of his high school career went 68 yards for a touchdown. Three years later, as the hottest recruit in the nation, his entrance at a Missouri basketball game drew all eyes off the court because his stroll to a courtside seat evidently was more interesting.

When it came time to make announce he would attend Missouri, satellite trucks were lined up outside a packed gym.

So why is receiver Dorial Green-Beckham now the player in this NFL draft best equipped to relate to the microscope Jameis Winston is under?

Once again, it’s off-the-field baggage, the kind the NFL least wants to hear, involving an accusation of abusing a woman. Green-Beckham admits making other mistakes, which begins to untangle how someone who never played a down for the Sooners is listed as being from Oklahoma. He ended up in Norman last season after getting dismissed from the Tigers.

Green-Beckham has Calvin Johnson size. He has been described by NFL Network analyst Mike Mayock as being “as gifted as anybody.” If he’s on the board when the Dolphins pick, there’s a likelihood they’ll at least consider him. In fact, CBS’ Rob Rang projects Miami selecting Green-Beckham with the 14th pick.

The consensus is Green-Beckham would have benefited greatly by staying at Oklahoma, but his stepfather, John Beckham, told The Oklahoman last month that Green-Beckham’s girlfriend is expecting a baby in July. That’s probably why, when repeatedly asked why he’s entering the NFL, Green-Beckham simply said it’s best for his family.

Whether it’s best for him and the team choosing him will play out soon enough.

In the meantime, while Green-Beckham’s athletic gifts sell themselves, he has spent the spring, like Winston, trying to convince franchises that who he was isn’t who he is. Green-Beckham’s past includes two arrests related to marijuana and a 2013 burglary investigation in which he allegedly pushed a woman down stairs. Although he wasn’t charged because the woman wouldn’t cooperate with investigators, Missouri coach Gary Pinkel parted with a player who as a sophomore accounted for 883 yards and 12 touchdowns.

It sounds like a familiar story of wasted talent until you learn that Green-Beckham, Pinkel and the Tigers in general still maintain a friendly relationship and that representatives at both Missouri and Oklahoma vouch for him. Sooners coach Bob Stoops welcomed him and reportedly gave his blessing toward entering the draft early even though he sat out 2014 as a transfer.

“All the decisions I’ve made, I wish I could take it back,” Green-Beckham said. “It happened. I was young. I made mistakes. I understand that. I just want to focus on one thing and just look forward to just this draft and being the best I can be.”

Dorial and younger brother Darnell lived in group homes in St. Louis until meeting John and Tracy Beckham. Something clicked. The brothers started calling John “Dad” rather than “Coach.” Six years ago, the brothers asked the Beckhams to adopt them.

NFL franchises considering drafting Green-Beckham no doubt have delved deep into this, trying to ascertain the risks. Coming after the Ray Rice incident, clubs know domestic violence emphatically raises red flags for the league. The Dolphins must consider the risk within the context of the Richie Incognito bullying scandal of 2013 and another possible PR problem.

In his first interview session in about a year, Green-Beckham portrayed himself as a confident, matured young man. He arrived at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis hoping to show teams “what type of business person” he is. He later said he showed honesty and accountability in interviews with clubs, that this was a time to “confess to everything.”

If that was his approach behind those closed doors, it was different with the media. Asked which mistakes he regretted, Green-Beckham replied, “I’m not going to get into detail about the mistakes I’ve had.” One way to look at it: He’s still in denial. Another way: It was an unfair question, since Green-Beckham’s rap sheet is out there for all to see. It includes a police report that stairs case was dropped because a witness feared backlash if she cooperated after receiving a series of pleading texts from Green-Beckham’s girlfriend.

As for his draft prognosis, his NFL.com bio lists him as potentially one of the best players in the draft, a 6-foot-6, 225-pounder who has been compared to Johnson and Randy Moss. He’s a state 100-meter champion who ran the 40 in 4.49. And he doesn’t fit the diva receiver profile, declining an opportunity to say he’s the best receiving prospect.

“There’s a lot of great receivers in this draft,” he said.

“I know what’s at stake,” he added. “I know what type of person I am. I understand what the NFL is looking for (from) me as a person.”

By Hal Habib - Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
 
NFL Draft Watch: Why Marcus Peters Is an Elite On-Field Talent

For a vast majority of the top collegiate football talent, the season is just hitting the most difficult stretch of games. With teams deep into conference play, there are championship berths and a potential playoff seed on the line for team achievement, and individual glory in the long term.

One player that will be unable to help his team anymore is Marcus Peters, who was a star cornerback for the Washington Huskies until this week. He was dismissed from the Huskies squad for getting into another argument with the coaching staff, according to Kevin Gemmell of ESPN.com.

Now without team responsibilities, Peters has a jump-start on his journey to the NFL draft. The junior was already considered a lock to enter the draft before this latest bump in the road, per Tony Pauline of Draft Insider.

We won’t get into the incident because there simply isn’t enough information to make an educated guess on who is in the right or wrong. But what is evident is the talent that Peters displayed throughout his time at Washington.

To see how well Peters projects to the NFL, I watched every single snap of the Huskies until Week 10, when Peters participated against the Colorado Buffaloes. Gathering so much data and charting his play could make a stronger statement about Peters’ talents.

With scarce quality cornerback play in the NFL, there is no better time to enter the league as a defensive back prospect than now. Teams must consider taking an elite talent as high as the top five because a potential lockdown cornerback is only truncated in value by quarterback and pass-rusher, maybe left tackle.

Let’s dive into why Marcus Peters could be the best overall prospect in the 2015 NFL draft, should he officially declare.


Physical Gifts

Listed at 6’0”, 190 pounds, Peters has an ideal size for any scheme. His arm length should measure impressively, as he was often asked to jam receivers in press coverage off the line of scrimmage. He excelled in this assignment, even against bigger, longer receivers.

Arm length for a cornerback is crucial for success. Not only does length allow cornerbacks to make an impact as the ball is snapped, but also helps corners challenge receivers at the catch point. A well-timed leap or full extension of the arm can be the difference between a touchdown and an interception.

More importantly than what Peters looks like in shorts is how well he uses his size. Peters often lines up on the boundary, meaning he’s on the short side of the field (if the ball is on the left hash mark, Peters is covering the receiver closest to the sideline). This puts immense pressure on Peters to disrupt the receiver quickly, or else a quick-hitting route with yards-after-the-catch potential is easy to complete.

Peters is excellent in this regard, often pushing his receiver out of bounds with his impressive strength and length. By using his arms at full extension, he’s able to recover if the receiver breaks free of his contact, or gets five yards down the field.

To complement his length, Peters shows very good vertical leap ability. His timing on when he leaves his feet certainly helps, but when he does the standing vertical jump test at the NFL combine, expect one of the highest marks of the entire class. His powerful drive is from his legs and staying balanced throughout coverage.

Physically, the most valuable gift a defensive back can have is hip fluidity and ankle flexion. Being able to turn and run with a faster receiver is a must for outside cornerbacks in the NFL because competition levels are insanely high.

Peters demonstrates his hip fluidity routinely when he breaks on short routes such as slants, or when he’s running downfield in man coverage. He doesn’t lose any ground on receivers when he transitions, a clear indicator that he’s a fluid mover. His matchup against Stanford wide receiver Ty Montgomery epitomized this, as Montgomery is one of the fastest straight-line runners in the country.

Although Peters doesn’t have sub-4.4 speed by the eye test, he should run quite well for his size. At the 3:16 mark in the video below, we can see Peters chasing down Montgomery from behind on a kick return, proving he has more than enough speed to be a quality NFL cornerback.

Changing directions quickly is also vital for successful coverage. That’s where ankle flexion comes in. Not only do the hips need to sink so the corner can explode back to the ball, the ankles have to be able to handle such a violent motion and support the acceleration. A sequence of backpedal to planting to exploding toward the ball is lightning quick, and athletes who have elite traits are best equipped to consistently execute.


Ball Awareness

Some cornerbacks are great in coverage, but aren’t the type of player who offenses purposely avoid because they don’t make the offense pay for targeting them. To be a playmaker, it takes special ball awareness. It’s innate, and must come naturally.

Confidence and understanding of the defense can help a cornerback stay focused on the receiver and the ball at the same time, but the anticipation of when the ball is arriving and where the trajectory ends takes special mental prowess.

With Peters, it does not take long to notice his elite ball awareness. He’s notched 11 career interceptions and 35 defensed passes in his career, which is incredible for a cornerback that has played only 34 games. On the film, it’s eye-opening to see him break toward the ball even before the pass has left the quarterback’s hand.

To see a play like the one above just once in a film session is noteworthy, but this happened three times in eight games in 2014. Peters reads a quarterback's eyes simultaneously with his assigned man, which allows him to instinctively break on the ball and force incompletions.

The term “ball skills” is a little different than ball awareness, but it is still referring to how well a player acts on the arriving pass. Peters again excels in this area, looking like a receiver as he high-points passes.

He uses his physical gifts and strength to box receivers out and play the ball, taking it like it is his own. Sometimes this leads to penalties (he had four defensive pass interference calls this season), but that is the risk of forcing a turnover. His ability to rip passes out of the air is reminiscent of the most dominant NFL receivers, let alone a cornerback.


Coverage

Without the ability to stay close to the receiver in coverage, a cornerback is worth very little. If ball skills and awareness are advanced skills for cornerbacks, coverage ability should be basic. But not all cornerbacks are able to sustain such a high level of coverage as Peters does.

To see how a player performs in coverage, I had to develop a measure more effective than what is currently available in traditional box scores. Looking at the opposing players’ statistics do not tell the entire truth, as the quarterback could’ve thrown a bad pass, or the receiver may have finished the play by making an otherworldly action on the ball.

By creating a measure called “burn percentage,” we are able to see how many times a cornerback is actually beaten in coverage, regardless of whether they are targeted or the pass in complete. You can read more about how it is scored on my original blog post.

Below, we can see the benchmarks created for burn percentage based on studying the 2013 and 2014 cornerback draft classes.

Burn Percentage Benchmarks
Classification Benchmark No. of Qualifying Players in 2013
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Why are you guys putting so much stock into a WR who damn near Never played college ball? I could name 10 people I would want before him... I don't get it to be honest.
 
Agreed. Outside of bein 6-6, I don't see the appeal.

Peters tho, that I could get behind.
 
I don't either... 6-6 doesn't do much for me either with Sims and Jordan already on the team.

Peters I can 100% get behind as well, he would be one of the ten.
 
I'm personally over the play it safe pick. We end up with these conservative picks and that's what we end up with, conservative players. Yeah, maybe he isn't the guy, and I wouldn't be upset with a Marcus Peters, sure he'll be a good starter. But let's take risk.

I think Dion Jordan was a risk, but he just doesn't fit our system.
 
You mean the Jennings that torched us week 16 last year? :lol:

He's a vet #3-4, zero harm in adding him, and he's cheap and knows Philbin.
 
I'm personally over the play it safe pick. We end up with these conservative picks and that's what we end up with, conservative players. Yeah, maybe he isn't the guy, and I wouldn't be upset with a Marcus Peters, sure he'll be a good starter. But let's take risk.

I think Dion Jordan was a risk, but he just doesn't fit our system.

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Dion Jordan does fit at OLB... he can cover anyone (Gronk, Calvin Johnson) in the league. But they refuse to keep him at OLB. And yes he was a risk pick.
Every small school player is technically a risk (see last years draft)
Anthony Johnson (wasn't a draft pick yet still a risk with his off field stuff)

Difference is these guys have played. DGB hasn't played anything... I'll say again, I don't get the hype.
Parker.
Peters.
Shelton.
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DGB has great hands, WILL beat you deep, will go up and catch the ball at it's highest point AND reminds me of B Marshall on YAC.

Had it not been for the off the field BS, he'd be the #1 WR in this draft along with Amari. This is from the BEST draft guy, Mike Mayock
 
Mayock was all about Blake Bortles too, so mistakes can be made.

He's a talented kid, sure, but doesn't make him a fit with this roster. In fact, none of Lazor's WR's were 6-6 types. D-Jax, Maclin, Landry, Wallace, all 6 footers. Only the TE's like Ertz are the big targets he uses.

Not to mention the Philbin factor.
 
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