Originally posted by miked1978:
I just looked up Miami's draft picks since McDaniel took over and was kind of shocked how he built his team. Not through the draft!!!
2022:
rd 3 - Channing Tindall
rd 4- Erik Ezukanma
rd 7- Cameron Goode
rd 7 - Skylar Thompason
2023:
rd 2 - Cam Smith
rd 3 - Devon Achane
rd 6 - Elijah Higgins
rd 7 - Ryan Hayes
Seems like he is taking the McKay approach in team building in trading for good players and/or signing them in free agency. I honestly don't watch enough of the Dolphins to know if any of these guys has even contributed other than Achane had a big day on Sunday.
I wonder if we are starting to see some GMs come to the realization that draft picks are overrated? Why not trade a 1st round pick for a star player if the hit rate of a 1st round draft pick is less than 50% and plummets further down each round? Why not package some early round picks for s superstar?
Our team is arguably deepest in the league and that's with draft picks. No team that didn't have an elite QB from 2017 to 2021 had anywhere near the success we did. Teams also wouldn't be plucking our personnel department if our approach didn't have value. We will see the sustainability of the Dolphins approach when they have to pay guys big contracts.
Originally posted by Hysterikal:
Originally posted by 49ersRing:
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Originally posted by Jcool:
Originally posted by 49ersRing:
The apprentice is now the master.
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Dude's notorious for trying to get a rise out of people on every single thread. It's hilarious.
I'm not trying to get a rise out of people. I just forget where I am sometimes and post opinions that would not be controversial whatsoever anywhere other than here. Most NFL offensive experts would agree that McDaniel is either Kyle's equal or has surpassed him in terms of modern offensive innovation.
I do think he has a more modern passing game than Kyle and I don't think it's controversial but as far as Head Coach he isn't close to Kyle.
He has Tyreek Hill and Jaylon Waddle. I mean...yeah, its gonna look that way. That is an ungodly amount of speed at wideout. Then Mostert is the running back. I think the Falcons in 2016 had far more speed than our current 49ers, so they looked (and were) more explosive.
I think Kyle would do more with that kind of speed BUT Kyle also wants to control the game in a more traditional way (ball control/run game), which is more sustainable. I can't all the way say McDaniel is more aggressive because this is literally our first time seeing him as a play caller. Idk what his tendencies are. When he doesn't have the Olympic team on offense, I expect that he'll do something different.
[ Edited by LifelongNiner on Sep 27, 2023 at 2:22 AM ]