DEXTER MCDOUGLE 1=EXCEPTIONAL; 2=ABOVE AVERAGE; 3=AVERAGE; 4=BELOW AVERAGE; 5=MARGINAL Overall Football Traits Production 2 2009: Redshirt 2010: (11/0) 22-3-0 2011: (12/12) 44-6-3 2012: (12/12) 71-5-0 2013: (4/3) 14-5-3 Career: 5.5 TFL, 1FF, 1FR Height-Weight-Speed 2 On shorter side but long arms for frame, good bulk and excellent top-end speed. Durability 4 Sustained season-ending shoulder injury that required surgery during 2013 Connecticut game. Single scooter accident left him with broken collarbone in December of 2011. Broke two knuckles and played in just four games junior year of high school. Frame is concern when projecting long term durability. Intangibles 1 Parents are Dexter and Gina McDougle. Attended meetings, traveled to away games, sat in the coaches' booth during games and mentored members of the team after injuring shoulder senior year. Maryland created Dexter McDougle Ultimate Team Player Award in his honor. Has experience covering kicks. Matured during time at Maryland. Has graduated. Majored in criminology and criminal justice. 1=EXCEPTIONAL; 2=ABOVE AVERAGE; 3=AVERAGE; 4=BELOW AVERAGE; 5=MARGINAL Cornerback Specific Traits Instincts/Recognition 2 Above average route recognition and can run route for receiver. Above average eye discipline and rarely gets caught out of position. Reads receivers and gets head turned head around in time to locate ball when turns and runs. Does a nice job of running receivers off vertical routes. Can be more aggressive at times but takes calculated risks and flashes ability to get early break on ball. Sniffs out screens and beats blockers to the point. Cover Skills 2 Above average balance and burst. Fluidity is just adequate but recovers quickly when allows separation transitioning out of breaks. Can run with receivers in press and press bail. Can get pushed around by bigger receivers but tough for size and flashes ability to reroute receivers. Plays high and takes too long to transition forward out of backpedal. Ball Skills 2 Appeared to be developing into a ball hawk before season-ending injury in 2013. Flashes ability to make highlight type play. Above average focus and tracks ball well. Elevates well. Frame raises concerns about ability to compete with bigger receivers for 50-50 balls in the red zone and downfield. Run Support 2 Fearless and willing to sacrifice body to make play. Above average closing burst and big hitter for size. Takes too long to get off some blocks but not for lack of effort. Plays with a chip on shoulder and willing to take on bigger blockers. Struggles to get bigger ball carriers to the ground when can't build momentum.
This guy is Above Average in everything except one category... In that case why wasn't he drafted in the first round?
Given its vs the Raiders who will be a run heavy squad, we'll want the 4 best run stoppers in the secondary if McFadden or MJD get deep into it and Milliner/Pryor/AA/Patterson are that. Almost went with Wilson over Patterson but that's simply because a training camp/preseason injury could harm Patterson given his health history.
The Dolphins release Patterson after ranking 16th in passing defense and it doesn't inspire confidence when the Jets sign him. The Jets release Cromartie after ranking 22nd in passing defense and the Cardinals prove what a quality organization they are by signing him. LOL
Allen is 6'1" 210 where Landry is 6'1" 212. There's not really much of a difference there. One reason he looks smaller to the average fan is because he has longer arms, and that's actually one of the reasons he's good in coverage vs TE's.
They signed Brent Grimes back to be their #1, and Cortland Finnegan to be their #2. Finnegan signed for more money ($4.525 million in the first year) but actually played worse than Patterson last year, aside from Patterson's injury. The Dolphins spent a 2nd and 3rd round pick on CB's last year, so I'm surprised they signed Finnegan. They must feel that those guys are not ready to be contributors yet. Honestly, the way Miami's organization is being run the past couple years I don't know what the fuck is going on with them. I'm usually one who says average fans shouldn't act like they know more than a professional front offices, but a lot has gone wrong with them the past couple years, and I feel like they've been making some pretty shitty choices. If anyone has a better explanation of why they do what they do, feel free to let me know but in my opinion it makes more sense for Miami to sign Patterson to a cheaper 1 year deal and give one of your second year CB's a chance if he gets injured. There is absolutely no doubt that Dimitri Patterson was a better CB than Cortland Finnegan when he was on the field.
