A New Guy On the Corner: Dolphins' Fill Huge Need with Vontae Davis

In a Draft where some surprising choices left a number of options available, the Dolphins were able to take talent and need, selecting Illinois CB Vontae Davis with their first round pick.All the buzz leading into the draft for the Dolphins this year was centered on Gators WR Percy Harvin.  The news of Harvin's alleged positive marijuana test would possibly drop Harvin into the Dolphins' laps at 25.  However, Harvin was drafted 22nd by the Minnesota Vikings.  Another Dolphins target, TE Brandon Pettigrew, was taken a few picks earlier at 20th by the Detroit Lions.But those may have been blessings in disguise.  While those were talented players that certainly would have helped the Dolphins, it took the tough decision of overall talent vs. team need out of their hands.  They were able to draft the best player at a position they sorely need.  Vontae is a hard hitting CB that gives you a lot of tackles.  Davis had 206 tackles in 3 years at Illinois, 139 solo tackles.  He doesn't give you a lot of forced fumbles (3 in his career) or picks (7), but he breaks up a lot of passes.  So much so that teams started avoiding his side of the field.  What more can you ask of a corner than to literally take away half the field from a QB?  He also is great at blitzing the QB from the corner spot, though he didn't record any sacks.He ran a 4.49 40 at the Combine, which was a little underwhelming but still the fastest corner this year.  He lowered it to 4.4 at his Pro Day.  Once he adjusts to the NFL game, he should fill that need at corner amazingly.