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12 minutes ago, Proudiddy said:

TBH, I didn’t see a lot of him before we drafted him but heard all of the exciting comparisons.  But then seeing him in the brief time he played again before getting injured with us, I don’t have a ton of hope he’ll ever amount to anything.  Maybe it was a result of the initial injury, but to me, he looked very slow and heavy footed.

We used a fourth on Trevor Etienne so its sounds like we are hedging our (bad) bet.  If Brooks can play in '26, I guess we let Dowdle go and end up w/ a rb room of a 4th, 2nd, and 4th round picks, which seems like a lot of draft capital to me for the position.  This year's draft had rbs go in the first (1), second (2), 3rd (1), fourth (6), fifth (3), sixth (4), seventh (6).  I think the Dolphins will end up with a steal in Ollie Gordon in the sixth.  

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1 hour ago, Proudiddy said:

TBH, I didn’t see a lot of him before we drafted him but heard all of the exciting comparisons.  But then seeing him in the brief time he played again before getting injured with us, I don’t have a ton of hope he’ll ever amount to anything.  Maybe it was a result of the initial injury, but to me, he looked very slow and heavy footed.

I mean he had 12 total touches.... not even enough to get in a rythem and that was spread over 3 games.

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10 hours ago, ECHornet said:

Hopefully, you’ll be taking this back next season. 

I mean most of us would be thrilled to see a reversal of fortune for the pick. But it seems to be a longshot right now. Furthermore the whole point of drafting RB's is to get the most production through their rookie contract. Which we have not done.

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4 hours ago, frankw said:

I mean most of us would be thrilled to see a reversal of fortune for the pick. But it seems to be a longshot right now. Furthermore the whole point of drafting RB's is to get the most production through their rookie contract. Which we have not done.

Don’t know how the front office could have foreseen a second ACL injury. 

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8 hours ago, ECHornet said:

Don’t know how the front office could have foreseen a second ACL injury. 

Fair, but thats why drafting a rb with a knee injury isnt often done. Its a risk. Even if the %s are only slightly higher, averaged over enough drafts, those decisions begin to work against you. The pick for a bumber of reasons, was a bad % decision. 

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3 hours ago, Panthero said:

Fair, but thats why drafting a rb with a knee injury isnt often done. It’s a risk. Even if the %s are only slightly higher, averaged over enough drafts, those decisions begin to work against you. The pick for a bumber of reasons, was a bad % decision. 

I agree, but one thing not considered is the discounted draft position we were able to select Brooks with bc of the injury. He would’ve been a first round lock before the injury, so there is a lot of upside to the risk. Unfortunately, it bit us this time with a re-injury, but we weren’t in contention and Brooks might arrive when we are. 

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12 hours ago, ECHornet said:

Don’t know how the front office could have foreseen a second ACL injury. 

I would think the first one he was currently in the middle of recovering from would be an indicator of risk. And that's why you don't take that risk in the second round.

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2 minutes ago, frankw said:

I would think the first one he was currently in the middle of recovering from would be an indicator of risk. And that's why you don't take that risk in the second round.

I would think the boatloads of football players who’ve recovered from ACL injuries would show a mitigated risk for a first round talent. 

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3 minutes ago, ECHornet said:

I would think the boatloads of football players who’ve recovered from ACL injuries would show a mitigated risk for a first round talent. 

Doesn't matter. 31 other teams didn't draft an already seriously injured player in the second round. We did. So far we've wasted two years of his lower cost rookie contract. Either way it was a waste we can't afford. Is it the players fault? Of course not. But our FO has to use better judgment. It looks like they've learned something so that's at least a plus.

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18 hours ago, rebelrouser said:

We used a fourth on Trevor Etienne so its sounds like we are hedging our (bad) bet.  If Brooks can play in '26, I guess we let Dowdle go and end up w/ a rb room of a 4th, 2nd, and 4th round picks, which seems like a lot of draft capital to me for the position.  This year's draft had rbs go in the first (1), second (2), 3rd (1), fourth (6), fifth (3), sixth (4), seventh (6).  I think the Dolphins will end up with a steal in Ollie Gordon in the sixth.  

Didn’t 2 go in the first round? Pretty sure Hampton was a first. And I know there was at least 3 in the second. Harvey, Judkins, and Henderson

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On 8/29/2025 at 8:46 AM, DeAngelo Beason said:

We picked the wrong team, and there's no fixing it.  That's why I became a fairweather Chiefs fan.

Can't do it, I'm a monogamous fan

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