2. (40) John Beck, QB
The Dolphins made a huge error in passing on Brady Quinn and they tried to fix their mistake by drafting BYU’s John Beck. Beck is a little on the short side at 6′1″ by he’s not a little guy as he weighs in at 215 pounds. Before the Combine in Indianapolis, most had Beck pegged as a 4th or 5th round pick. But his workouts moved him up a lot of Draft Boards including the Dolphins. Beck struggles with field vision due to his size and his fastball doesn’t have a lot of heat on it. Also, Beck is already 25 years old so the clock is ticking pretty quickly on his NFL career. In 43 games (38 starts) for BYU, Beck has completed 885 of 1,418 passes (62.4%) for 11,021 yards with 79 TD passes and only 34 interceptions. The problem with taking Beck is that BYU QB’s usually have inflated numbers due to playing in an offensive league and those numbers tend to not translate well into the NFL. Beck was likely a knee-jerk pick after the reaction the Dolphins got for passing on Brady Quinn.

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