I hope we can sign Monroe to play left tackle and Saffold to play left guard. And then draft a right tackle in the first 2 rounds.

Tampa Cut David Joesph. Might have a few more yrs in his body. Coming off an injury so he would have to check out.

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This rumor about the Dolphins preferring Albert to Monroe kind of leaves me scratching my head. If you're going to spend big money wouldn't you want it on a younger guy with no injury history?

Negotiating tactic to knock down Monroe's price down?

I guess you could argue landing both Albert and Saffold by not going just after Monroe could be better overall.

Gotta make sure he checks out physically like you said, but he does have talent, and Hickey is certainly familiar with him. He not in a position to demand an big contract either, so a team friendly deal is definitely doable.

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I'm all for the Phins picking up Davin! The dude is built like a tank. Seriously, he appears to push semi tractors in the offseason. Plus hes a good guy & has the ability to carry a complete, enjoyable conversation.

Very few players look good coming off a major surgery. I believe he's easily worth a one year contract to let him prove himself. Make it happen, Hickey

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It seems they had the idea that Monroe would not be leaving Baltimore. Could it be we avoided be used to drive up somebody else's asking price for a change?

Strief gave up 6 sacks and 29 pressures last season. Not terrible.

His run blocking is not terrible either, but not great.

Howard gave up 10 sacks and 41 pressures... sheesh.

But yes, he is a terrific run blocker.

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Very possible. Outside of the Flacco contract I don't recall a many deals where Ozzie Newsome overpaid so I'm not sure Monroe could create a bidding war.

Sounds like Philbin was determined to get Albert. If Monroe wanted less, say 8 million per year, then you'd have to think Miami would do it. But if Albert is Philbin's guy and the price was the same for Monroe...well you know the rest.

If they land Albert, Howard/Strief, and an OG then I'll be impressed. It means they go into the draft with the ability to draft depth and developmental guys to take over when they want to jettison these big contracts.

It truly is amazing how many big contracts they have yet they are in a great cap situation and can get many of those off the books in a couple of years.

If this is true (can't always rely on the Herald) then I Love that we have guys lined up & we're taking action. It seems obvious but I want to know Hickey will be doing the right things that Ireland waffled on.

I don't have an opinion on either lineman, just wanted to express my optimism

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if they go this heavy on the line in FA then we may only need to draft one lineman and then be able to take BPA mostly.

I wouldn't mind Strief. You would still be able to take advantage of the Day 2 OT class and draft somebody to develop behind him.

There are a good amount of Day 2 OT's that (at least personally) I like at OG as well. Could be a nice situation where you have a guy like Brandon Thomas playing inside early, and then kicking outside to RT in a couple of years.

Yup, guys I like from rounds 3 on down:

Thomas
Turner
Bitonio
Fleming
Schofield
Dozier
Steen

Steen is a guard, no?

I think Bitonio and Turner end up higher than round 3. Even Thomas has a shot because of his versatility and physical tools. The Dolphins supposedly have been doing a lot of work with Schofield. I like him in that Round 3/4 range as a guy to develop. Has NFL size, length, and athleticism, he just needs to work on playing guys with his hands and get a little stronger. He doesn't have the feet to play on the left side, but I like him as a RT.

Yes, Steen is one of the best guards in this draft. I like Dozier's upside alot too.

Donald Penn just signed with Oakland so scratch him off the list for right tackle options.

Penn probably would not have been receptive to playing ORT anyway. Schofield is a ORT.

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Anyone know how Eric Winston did last year in Arizona?

I guess theres a reason hes available again but . .

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http://blogs.palmbeachpost.com/thedaily ... ee-agency/

This was posted last night. Gives you an idea of who is left and how they graded out.