B+
Miami Dolphins
The Dolphins checked most of the boxes and earned a B+.
by Pjoseph ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 9 picks
· 7 steals
· 1 reaches
You can hear the double-takes from here. The Dolphins took DJ Uiagalelei at slot 156, roughly 111 spots before his name belonged.
The Judkins steal is the beam this whole class leans on. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up.
Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
Tre Harris in the 33rd pick is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
They read the board right and Tate Ratledge was the payoff at pick 48. It fills a real need, too.
Andrew Mukuba at the Round 3 slot is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Alfred Collins in Round 3, Pick 34 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Demetrius Knight Jr. in slot 114 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
You do not let a running back like Quinshon Judkins reach the 133rd overall pick and blink. They did not. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
They will replay Jake Majors at pick 149 for years; that is how good the value is. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
They left a pile of value on the table to take DJ Uiagalelei this early at slot 156. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
They robbed the room for Lathan Ransom here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Stacking talent where they were already deep.