The Miami Dolphins’ latest investment into the offensive line is yet another one that comes with only marginal risk. The Dolphins have made several low-risk shots at improving the depth and flexibility of one of their most troublesome units — and the opportunity the team has taken to bring former Baltimore Raven and Houston Texan Greg Mancz into the fray is no different. The news broke yesterday that Mancz would be coming to Miami as part of a “late round pick swap”; and the details of the deal emerged in the hours of aftermath that we saw unfold.
According to Jeff Zrebiec of ‘The Athletic’, the Dolphins are sending a 6th-round draft choice to Baltimore for Mancz and a 7th-round draft selection in return.
Sounds like terms for Mancz are Ravens sending the 7th round pick they just got from Patriots (via Texans) and Mancz to Dolphins for a 6th rounder. So may only amount to moving up a handful of draft spots. But Mancz wasn’t making Ravens.
— Jeff Zrebiec (@jeffzrebiec) August 28, 2021
The arrangement, as reported by Zrebiec, allows Miami continued flexibility to keep ammunition for late in the draft but provides the necessary value to tack another contender into the mix along the line. The true value between the picks involved won’t be determined until the season unfolds; but regardless of the discrepancy, this is a minor trade and next to zero risk.
The Dolphins will have a few days to try to tack some added draft value back onto their ledger, too — the team has a surplus of talent at both wide receiver and cornerback; perhaps a trade of either one of those positions could bring the Dolphins back a late round pick earlier in the draft queue to keep them in a relatively similar position to the pick range they just surrendered to bring in Mancz.
