The Miami Dolphins certainly won free agency a year ago, but the team is now feeling some pressure after a disappointing .500 season. They enter this year\u2019s draft with some major needs along the offensive line, though their 19th overall selection could make that tricky to fill.<\/p>\n
Few teams are looking to trade up this season, but after pushing their chips to the middle of the table a year ago, the Dolphins could be a team looking to make a move early on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Miami Dolphins (8-8)<\/strong><\/p>\n Round 1 \u2013 19<\/strong> Here are five things to expect from the Dolphins on draft day:<\/p>\n They look to trade up in the opening round<\/strong><\/p>\n It may not be easy to do, but the Dolphins should at least be working the phone to see if they can move up into a position that will allow them to grab one of the impact offensive linemen expected to come from this draft.<\/p>\n Filling that need in the later rounds is doable, but if this is a team that is actually serious about winning now, they aren\u2019t in a position to plug in a project at a key position. Ryan Tannehill\u2019s development was clearly held back by poor offensive line play, and that isn\u2019t something that can happen again.<\/p>\n They draft no fewer than two offensive linemen with their first four picks<\/strong> Hickey knows this is an area he\u2019s going to be judged on early on, and the opinion that comes from his handling of the situation could stick with fans in Florida for a long while. He\u2019s likely to bring in multiple bodies to ensure this situation gets resolved.<\/p>\n They draft a tight end<\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s tough to tell what kind of shape Dustin Keller\u2019s going to be in when he returns. The team would love it if North Carolina\u2019s Eric Ebron fell to No. 19, though that seems unlikely. Tannehill certainly showed a willingness to use his tight end a year ago, and getting something more than the production they got out of Charles Clay seems like it would be helpful.<\/p>\n More realistic targets could be Texas Tech\u2019s Jace Amaro, or Washington\u2019s Austin Seferian-Jenkins in the second round.<\/p>\n They select multiple players in the secondary<\/strong><\/p>\n After the offensive line, the defensive secondary is where the Dolphins have the most holes to fill. It isn\u2019t likely that they\u2019ll be able to solve all their problems through the draft, but they\u2019ll likely try.<\/p>\n The team puts defensive needs on the backburner in favor of its offensive needs<\/strong><\/p>\n With an offensive-minded coach like Joe Philbin, that shouldn\u2019t be surprising. Many have the team projected to take an offensive skill play in the first round despite obvious needs in other areas.<\/p>\n The 2014\/15 NFL futures betting<\/a> season is here in full force! If you like to bet on the NFL, you are in the best possible place for online betting. CappersPicks.com has NFL odds<\/a> up on a ton of futures, and you will also find NFL lines up for early games as well.<\/strong><\/p>\n Miami Dolphins The Miami Dolphins certainly won free agency a year ago, but the team is now feeling some pressure after a disappointing .500 season. They enter this year\u2019s draft with some major needs along the offensive line, though their 19th overall selection could make that tricky to fill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":976,"featured_media":68456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[53145,61858,1494,62046,1451,659,7351,61859,830],"class_list":["post-76613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","tag-53145","tag-2014-nfl-draft","tag-dolphins","tag-dolphins-2014-nfl-draft-predictions","tag-miami","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-nfl-draft","tag-nfl-draft-betting","tag-nfl-handicapping"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76613"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76663,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76613\/revisions\/76663"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
Draft picks (by round)<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n Round 2 \u2013 50<\/strong>
\n Round 3 \u2013 81<\/strong>
\n Round 4 \u2013 116<\/strong>
\n Round 5 \u2013 155<\/strong>
\n Round 6 \u2013 190<\/strong>
\n Round 7 \u2013 234<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\nDolphins 2014 NFL Draft Predictions<\/h3>\n
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\nThe first item on new general manager Dennis Hickey\u2019s to-do list must involve re-vamping the team\u2019s offensive line. Stanford David Yankey, Nevada\u2019s Joel Bitonio, and Ohio State\u2019s Jack Mewhort all fit the bill.<\/p>\nEventually the online sportsbooks will post NFL Win Total Lines & Futures. When they do we suggest you check out BOVADA<\/a>.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"