NFL Week 6: My Three Wishes

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Published: October 15, 2009

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... reason than it is applying hindsight in the most stupid, blinkered way.

The 'Fins were coming off what was, at the time, the worst season in NFL history. They needed to upgrade all positions, but there were a number of veterans available for each and every one of them.

By any measure, there were only three No. 1-pick candidates pick in that draft. Only one of them was a quarterback. And only one of them was a guaranteed starter at left tackle. There were a number of other later-rounders who would've been an upgrade for Miami behind center.

Moreover, without shoring up the feeble offensive line, picking a quarterback in the first round, be they Ryan, Henne, Flacco or whoever, would going to guarantee one thing; that come the end of the season, we'd be looking at the next David Carr.

Drafting Jake Long was the obvious and sensible option for the franchise at that time. (Even if you have to wonder about a player who feels the need to have his own name ta...

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