D+
Miami Dolphins
The Dolphins lost the trade table, and the D+ tells the story.
by sim ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 7 steals
· 2 reaches
The war room fell hard for Brady Cook, and it showed at the 154th pick: 86 picks ahead of a board that had other ideas. Put together, it is a D+.
The Mullings steal is the beam this whole class leans on. The trade table is where this weekend went wrong. They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.
Add it up and it is a weekend the front office will hope everyone forgets, edge rusher very much included.
Pick-by-Pick
In the Round 1 slot they get an anchor for the defensive front. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Jalon Walker in slot 36. The roster fit checks out.
Tre Harris in No. 49 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Tyler Warren in pick No. 72 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Taking Andrew Mukuba in pick 98 is close to grand larceny; a safety that good had no business lasting this long. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Jake Majors in the 114th pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It fills a real need, too.
Value said wait; Brady Cook in Round 5, Pick 17 says they were not listening. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
A top-tier running back at a bargain, Kalel Mullings in the Round 5 slot, plain and simple. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Steal is underselling it; James Burnip at the 224th pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Jamaree Caldwell this early at slot 231. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Garrett Dellinger in pick No. 252 is fair value, right on his grade. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.