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Lance Zierlein of NFL.com has some concerns about Marcus Peters:

Talented cover cornerback with size, ball skills and the confidence NFL teams are looking for, but lacks the necessary discipline and maturity on the field and in practice. Peters has raw talent, but is far from a polished cornerback, and that is without taking the character concerns into consideration.

Peters is the best fit at cornerback for the Miami Dolphins, a team desperately in need of depth at the position.

Taking him based off his talent alone should be a no-brainer. He has great size for the position and tremendous athleticism.

Peters has the production to back this up, too. In 35 games in three seasons, he has 93 tackles, nine tackles of a loss, 27 pass deflections and 11 interceptions.

So why is he so risky? Well, take a look at his rocky relationship with Washington head coach Chris Petersen; then, remember who's coaching the Dolphins and the history we've seen with him and difficult players.

Peters was dismissed from the Huskies in November after a season that included multiple run-ins with the coaching staff, including an outburst at Coach Petersen following a personal-foul penalty in the first game of the year.

According to Peters, it was after that incident when he should've been booted off the team, telling USA Today's Tom Pelissero:

It was an avalanche ready to happen, man. It was going to collapse sooner or later. I don't blame (Petersen) for anything. All I can blame is myself, because I made those decisions and I have to live with them. Now I'll have to man up and I've got to answer these questions in interviews, and all I can do is sit there and answer truthfully and honestly.

Peters insists that he has changed and so far has said all of the right things; however, what makes this pick more of a risk is Dolphins head coach Joe Philbin. Philbin has a history of not handling troubled players well, and usually it's those players who wind up out (Mike Wallace)—sometimes even before anything can occur (Brandon Marshall).

Even players who might be considered a little too headstrong find themselves exiled from Philbin's fiefdom (Reggie Bush, Karlos Dansby, Kevin Burnett).

Peters might be too much to handle for Philbin despite the fact that there are plenty of coaches who would be able to get the most out of the inherent talent Peters possesses.