We are now a little over three hours into the third and final day of the 2010 NFL Draft and as expected there has been a flurry of action in the form of trades and intriguing selections.
Starting with your Miami Dolphins, they worked out a trade with the Dallas Cowboys to move up seven spots in the fourth round from 126th overall to 119th, giving up a sixth-rounder (179th overall) so that they could take Iowa linebacker A.J. Edds. This is another kid the Miami coaching staff got to see at the Senior Bowl and who fits their mold for an inside linebacker -- big (6-4, 246), high motor and solid character (team captain and National Foundation Scholar-Athlete in high school back in Indiana.
Then midway through the fifth round the Dolphins used the 145th overall pick they got last week in the Ted Ginn trade to San Francisco to add another cornerback to the fold in Maryland' Nolan Carroll. The Jacksonville area native broke his fibula and tibula in the second game of his senior season last year and is eager to prove that he has made it all the way back.
So now Miami has one sixth-round pick left and three in the seventh round, and it's in those later rounds where this regime has found some "acorns" like guard Donald Thomas and running back Lex Hilliard.
Meanwhile, it's been interesting to see some of the other moves that have been made today, specifically the movement of two established running backs in LenDale White and Leon Washington. White was traded from Tennessee to Seattle earlier in the day and then the Seahawks also picked up Washington.
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