Doggin94it Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 Yahoo had a reporter embed with the Dolphins scouting staff last year. Their 10 part series on the process is now up. Definitely worth the read. Quote Starting in July, the Miami Dolphins granted Yahoo Sports unique access to their scouting staff for the 2017 season. In the build-up to the 2018 NFL draft, Yahoo Sports sat in on meetings, roamed the sideline with scouts during college practices, attended a college game with executives and spent all three days of the draft in the team facility. This included dinners from Los Angeles to Mobile, Alabama, and, of course, a Wednesday night in October stranded on Highway 71 deep in the heart of Texas. (The tow trucks from Bastrop don’t come quickly, Yahoo Sports learned.) https://sports.yahoo.com/secret-life-nfl-scouts-18-miami-dolphins-draft-class-came-together-scouting-bitch-034759055.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadwayRay Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 Didn't know Terry Bradway was now senior scout for the Miam Dolphins. Thought he had just faded off into the sunset. I'm glad he ended up with a division rival. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dcat Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 this was their result, for better or worse: MINKAH FITZPATRICK Alabama DB MIKE GESICKI Penn State TE JEROME BAKER Ohio St. OLB DURHAM SMYTHE Notre Dame TE KALEN BALLAGE Arizona State RB Cornell Armstrong Southern Miss DB Quentin Poling Ohio LB Jason Sanders New Mexico K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larz Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 They gave the wifi password? Belicheat is on the case ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larz Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 Oops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitonti Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 27 minutes ago, Dcat said: this was their result, for better or worse: MINKAH FITZPATRICK Alabama DB MIKE GESICKI Penn State TE JEROME BAKER Ohio St. OLB DURHAM SMYTHE Notre Dame TE KALEN BALLAGE Arizona State RB Cornell Armstrong Southern Miss DB Quentin Poling Ohio LB Jason Sanders New Mexico K This is a SPARQ dream, they can all run and jump Minkah - 70.1 Mike Gesicki - 99.2 Jerome Baker - 85.8 Kalen Ballage - 84.5 Cornell Armstrong - 78.0 Quenton Poling 94.8 to read a SPARQ score, by the way, is like "Quenton Poling has better athletic scores than 94.8% of current NFL players at the position." https://3sigmaathlete.com/rankings/ whether they can play or not we shall see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbatesman Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 Granting the media a whole offseason’s worth of “unique access” into his dumbass scouting process is Peak Tannenbaum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SayNoToDMC Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 Meh, already saw season one and it sucked. Each episode was a year long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 6 minutes ago, dbatesman said: Granting the media a whole offseason’s worth of “unique access” into his dumbass scouting process is Peak Tannenbaum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupz27 Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 So this was released to show how not to scout, and draft? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Jet Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 1 hour ago, BroadwayRay said: Didn't know Terry Bradway was now senior scout for the Miam Dolphins. Thought he had just faded off into the sunset. I'm glad he ended up with a division rival. ? I didn't know this either . I thought he was torn apart by a werewolf while vacationing in London. Might have been a dream I had of how he wound up. My bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Jet Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 29 minutes ago, RutgersJetFan said: ^ Sign this beast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleedin Green Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 1 hour ago, BroadwayRay said: Didn't know Terry Bradway was now senior scout for the Miam Dolphins. Thought he had just faded off into the sunset. I'm glad he ended up with a division rival. ? While I hadn't heard of that either, it's not particularly surprising given they have Tannenbaum running the shower over there. Those two worked together around here for 12 years as they took turns being GM / GM's best buddy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 1 hour ago, Bleedin Green said: While I hadn't heard of that either, it's not particularly surprising given they have Tannenbaum running the shower over there. Those two worked together around here for 12 years as they took turns being GM / GM's best buddy. He runs the shower ? I knew he was all wet ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jets Voice of Reason Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 2 hours ago, BroadwayRay said: Didn't know Terry Bradway was now senior scout for the Miam Dolphins. Thought he had just faded off into the sunset. I'm glad he ended up with a division rival. ? Someone is certainly climbing the career ladder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTL Jet Fan Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 Pounding the table in Miami. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doggin94it Posted May 7, 2018 Author Share Posted May 7, 2018 2 hours ago, dbatesman said: Granting the media a whole offseason’s worth of “unique access” into his dumbass scouting process is Peak Tannenbaum. Have to believe he insisted on censorship rights, and nothing was included without their OK. But that information on prototypes and exceptions was interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chirorob Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 3 hours ago, Dcat said: this was their result, for better or worse: MINKAH FITZPATRICK Alabama DB MIKE GESICKI Penn State TE JEROME BAKER Ohio St. OLB DURHAM SMYTHE Notre Dame TE KALEN BALLAGE Arizona State RB Cornell Armstrong Southern Miss DB Quentin Poling Ohio LB Jason Sanders New Mexico K When we still had second rounders, I really like Gesicki in the 2nd for us. If nothing else, given the Qbs were gone, I like their first and second rounders a lot, after that I just don't know the players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chirorob Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 2 hours ago, Thai Jet said: I didn't know this either . I thought he was torn apart by a werewolf while vacationing in London. Might have been a dream I had of how he wound up. My bad. As I read this, Werewolves of London is on my office radio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Jet Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 1 minute ago, chirorob said: As I read this, Werewolves of London is on my office radio. Timing IS everything ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurnleyJet Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 4 hours ago, RutgersJetFan said: He's still a better punt returner than we've fielded for the last few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Island Leprechaun Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 Ballage was a nice pick. I had hoped we'd grab him. Versatile back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nixhead Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 With all that work from the scouts and long hours it's still a crap shoot. The thing is in order to be the best and get ahead of the curve kinda like the Patriots you have to come out with some new measurables to grade the players that no one else has. In my opinion you need to know more about their personality - who are they now and who are they gonna be 3-5 years from now. Does a guy like Mayfield who appears to be a leader - does he have a better career than a guy like Rosen who isn't a leader and isn't as liked at least not yet but Rosen has better measurables like height and arm strength. Does personality win over raw talent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetstream23 Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 11 hours ago, bitonti said: This is a SPARQ dream, they can all run and jump Minkah - 70.1 Mike Gesicki - 99.2 Jerome Baker - 85.8 Kalen Ballage - 84.5 Cornell Armstrong - 78.0 Quenton Poling 94.8 to read a SPARQ score, by the way, is like "Quenton Poling has better athletic scores than 94.8% of current NFL players at the position." https://3sigmaathlete.com/rankings/ whether they can play or not we shall see. I’m guessing the SPARQ scores on our draftees weren’t as good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obrien2Toon Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Surprised they only have 10 college scouts and funny Allen calling Marino, Mr Elway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chirorob Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 I would love to see teams document the whole process. Shoot, put it in a time capsule, let me watch it 10 years later, when 95% of the guys are out the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeptable Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 18 hours ago, Nixhead said: With all that work from the scouts and long hours it's still a crap shoot. The thing is in order to be the best and get ahead of the curve kinda like the Patriots you have to come out with some new measurables to grade the players that no one else has. In my opinion you need to know more about their personality - who are they now and who are they gonna be 3-5 years from now. Does a guy like Mayfield who appears to be a leader - does he have a better career than a guy like Rosen who isn't a leader and isn't as liked at least not yet but Rosen has better measurables like height and arm strength. Does personality win over raw talent? Patriots don't draft well... they trade picks for players about to hit their prime.... they have amazing NFL scouts... their draft picks are average at best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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