RELAX - The Miami Dolphins Have Had A Phenomenal Draft

Boy oh boy do some people have no patience. I've seen so many Dolphins fans complaining about Chris Grier's draft - and it makes NO SENSE.

Look, I get it. You didn't like the Hunter Long pick. You wanted a running back. You wanted Quinn Meinerz. Guess what. There are 31 other teams that need to draft as well. It's not like we're going to get everybody the fanbase wants. Let me break down all 5 picks the team has made so far.

Jaylen Waddle was a tremendous pick. According to multiple reports by credible people, Waddle was the Dolphin's WR1. Ian Rapoport even said that Waddle was the number 2 overall player, behind only Trevor Lawrence. The Dolphins got their guy, and that guy is an absolute game wrecker. Now to be fair, most people are very happy with this pick, and the people that aren't just wanted Ja'Marr Chase or Kyle Pitts, so the criticism from fans isn't intense.

Jaelen Phillips is a pick that Dolphins fans seem to love universally, so I don't have much to say about this. Sure, there are the concussion concerns, but this guy was the best edge rusher in the class. It's a great pick as well. Grier nailed the first round.

On to the second round. With the 36th pick we took Jevon Holland. This is where the complaints started flying in. If I'm being completely honest, I was also kind of thrown off. After about 5 minutes though, I realized that this was a great pick as well. This guy is a ball hawk. He makes our secondary even better. He also makes a guy like Bobby McCain potentially expendable, but we'll see how that goes. I know that people were hoping for Javonte Williams, but he was gone at 35. There's nothing Grier could've done about that. Besides, some have said that we would've taken Holland even if Williams was available. At the end of the day, I'm confident that Holland is going to prove the Dolphins right.

The next pick we made was in a trade-up to number 42. That's where we took Liam Eichenberg, the tackle out of Notre Dame. This was another pick that I didn't see any Dolphins fans complain about, and rightfully so. Eichenberg steps in as a day 1 starter on the offensive line (we'll see where the Dolphins decide to play him, but I think it'll be right tackle).

To quickly recap, with their first four picks, the Dolphins selected four week 1 starters. That's an absolute win in my book.

The last pick of day 2 was Hunter Long, the tight end out of Boston College. This was the pick that people questioned heavily. I was one of those people. "What do we need a tight end for", I proclaimed. I sat on it for a bit though, did some research, and came to the conclusion that I'm going to reserve judgement on this pick until later. Mike Gesicki and Durham Smythe are both on the last year of their contracts. This move could have been made with the assumption that one of those guys could leave in free agency. Now, I really hope we keep Gesicki because he's incredible, but insurance is never bad. Also, scouts/analysts seem to really like Hunter Long. Former GM Scott Pioli said that he's going to be a Pro Bowler in two years. Matt Miller had him rated in the 50s on his big board. To conclude, I'll say this. A few years from now, if Scott Pioli is right and Long is a pro bowl caliber player, nobody's going to care where we drafted him or who we draft him over.

If nothing else, let this be a reminder to be optimistic. You can disagree, but don't pretend like Grier has had a terrible draft and needs to be fired. He hasn't. In fact, he's had one of the best drafts in the league. Fins Up!