Miami Dolphins Team Needs:

1.  ILB.  Channing Crowder got his contract last year.  He follows that up with 53 tackles.  Not solo.  Combined.  He looked like a real LB this year for one game versus the Jets because he had to back up all that trash talking he was doing to Rex Ryan.  He exploded on their first running play into the backfield and it makes you wonder why he can't play like that every snap.  Torbor and Ayodele are backup types.  In a 3-4, you need more impact play from your linebackers.

2.  WR.  Ted Ginn is complimentary receiver right now.  He's not very good fighting for the ball in traffic and rarely comes up with the spectacular catch.  People need to stop expecting him to do things he will never do like being physical or getting tough yards after the catch.  He's best running vertical routes, then setting up DB's for the deep comeback.  Chad Henne should make Ginn a more productive WR but he's a #3 or a #2 at best.  Next year will be crucial for him.  Hartline, Camarillo and Bess seem like the same type of posession WR though Hartline gets underestimated and can find himself behind the secondary.  Bess is solid in the slot.  Last years 3rd round pick Patrick Turner never got on the field for a team needing receiver help and will need a good showing in OTA's and training camp and a willingness to play special teams (unlike Hartline).

3.  S.  I don't know what Parcells saw in Gibril Wilson.  The guy cannot make a play on the ball when it's in the air.  Yeremiah Bell is a better run defender than a pass defender, so when those two are your starting safeties you know you're in trouble as far as defending the pass.  Chris Clemmons got some playing time mid-season but the coaching staff went back to Wilson.  They should've just let the rookie play to see what they had in him.  He couldn't have performed much worse than Wilson. 

3B.  DE/OLB.  Joey Porter is washed up.  He only gets sacks versus the Buffalo Bills backup OT's or when a RB/TE is assigned to block him.  He gets shut down by everyone else.  His fire and determination are respected but the dropoff in production is noticeable.  Jason Taylor is a better overall player and a team leader willing to do anything to help the team but he has also lost a step when getting after the QB.  These two took significant playing time away from promising Cameron Wake who looked like the only pass rusher with any kind of explosion off the snap.  If Wake can improve other areas of his game, he's a lock to start at one spot next year.  I expect Taylor to return, but not Porter.

4.  NT.  We hear a lot how after Jason Ferguson went down, so did Miami's run defense.  I contend that had more to do with Miami's opponents and continued poor LB play.  Paul Soliai actually showed some flashes but needs to develop more consistency.  Soliai will definately return, though Ferguson's return has a lot to do with who they bring in via the draft/free agency. 

I could see Miami addressing any of these positions with their 1st round pick with the exception of WR.  I can't see Parcells passing on top defensive talent to pick a WR.  Rolando McClain has to be Miami's #1 target.   If he's there, I see Miami snagging him up.  Denver with the pick before Miami, or the Giants possibly trading in front of Miami are a concern.  Miami with so many holes to fill, are a longshot to trade away additional draft choices to move up to take McClain.  If he's gone, they could possibly target the top available pass rusher (ie: Sergio Kindle, Texas) or a NT (Cody, Alabama or Williams, Tennesse).  I don't see them taking Texas' Earl Thomas, as Miami seems to have size criteria for the safety position (they should make an exception with Thomas) and taking Taylor Mays would give them the same type of player they already have in Bell / Wilson though Mays is an exceptional talent.