Why not Miami? Why Not Pick Darren McFadden No. 1 Overall?
Around March many aspiring college athletes will be running 40-yard dashes, doing bench press reps, catching footballs, taking the Wonderlic Test and many other things to try and improve their draft status.
Some of these may indicate whether the young man in question will represent the franchise that gambles on him in the upcoming draft well.
However, none of this shows us how the player performs on the field.
Yes, a 4.4 forty is what most NFL scouts look for in running backs that are 230 pounds or less and not 6'2".
But imagine if you had a 205 pound, 6'2" junior that could tear apart any defense at any given moment. A talent so special that he tore apart a South Carolina defense for 321 yards, an SEC record. A running back with such natural talent that in two consecutive years he won the Doak Walker Award and finished second in the Heisman race each year.
I'm talking about Darren McFadden a sure-fire top-10 pick—but why not the number one pick, the Dolphins' pick? With the Miami flirting with Cleo Lemon to be their main man, why not go for a guaranteed crowd-pleaser in D-Mac?
In just three years, he cracked the top-5 of the all-time SEC rushing list, soaring past names like Bo Jackson and Emmit Smith. He throws just as well as Florida star Tim Tebow and runs better than Reggie Bush. In the last game of his junior season, he beat up a top-10 defense for 206 yards and a win over the number one team in America, and eventual SEC champs.
The Dolphins have the first pick unless they trade it. Ricky Williams is in and out of the locker room depending on how well his marijuana is growing, and Ronnie Brown is not able to carry the ball, let alone his team's rushing load.
Which begs the question: Why not draft the best player in college football at number one in this years draft? Why not draft a 6'2" 205 pound beast, who runs a 4.3-4.4 forty time, likes to make contact, can pass block like Orlando Pace, and hits like Shawne Merriman?
So—why not, Miami?
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