B
Miami Dolphins
The Dolphins kept it disciplined and banked a B.
by ScottPawlus ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 7 picks
· 1 steals
· 2 reaches
You can hear the double-takes from here. The Dolphins took Drake Nugent at No. 184, roughly 27 spots before his name belonged.
The quarterback hole is the one line item this class does not answer. Johnson at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster. The trade work was a quiet net positive.
They went 3 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.
Good work on the whole, with quarterback the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
A clean, defensible pick in slot 21 with a little surplus value in Dallas Turner. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Kamren Kinchens in No. 62 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Christian Mahogany at Round 3, Pick 30 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
They reached into another round for Layden Robinson, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Drake Nugent this early at the Round 6 slot. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
A slide stopped in pick No. 198, with Cornelius Johnson worth more than the price. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Good price on Dominique Hampton in the 241st pick, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.