Dave Hyde: Dolphins’ take ‘outlier’ in Proctor, not people’s choice of Bain
MIAMI GARDENS — He’s big. He’s strong. He’s physical.
He can play tackle or guard — “wherever the coaches tell me to play,” said Kadyn Proctor, proving the Miami Dolphins top pick in Thursday’s NFL draft also sounds coachable. But he’s not Ohio State safety Caleb Downs, the chess piece the Dolphins passed on in trading down to let the Dallas Cowboys take. And he’s really not University of Miami edge rusher Reuben Bain Jr.
, who local fans chanted for at a watch party as the Dolphins were on the clock to make their pick. “Bain! … Bain!
… Bain! ” And so there was a surprise when the Dolphins took Proctor with the 12th pick. All you can say is: Welcome, new general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan.
You’re officially part of South Florida now that this first draft pick wasn’t unanimously received. When’s the last time everyone straight-out applauded the Dolphins draft? Dan Marino in 1983?
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