B-
Miami Dolphins
A solid, sensible weekend for the Dolphins: B-.
by ScottPawlus ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 10 picks
· 4 steals
· 5 reaches
Boards are made to be trusted, and the Dolphins shredded theirs for Akheem Mesidor. He came off 73 spots early, and the room will hear about it. No fireworks, but a solid B-.
The Lawson pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged. The wide receiver hole is the one line item this class does not answer.
A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.
Pick-by-Pick
In slot 18 they get a wrecking ball inside at a price that makes it sweeter. The biggest hole, addressed.
Tate Ratledge at pick 54 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It fills a real need, too.
Kurtis Rourke in No. 72 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
They read the board right and Andrew Mukuba was the payoff at the 82nd pick. A minor itch, scratched.
A clean, defensible pick in pick No. 98 with a little surplus value in Jake Majors. The roster fit checks out.
The board had cheaper options than Luke Kandra at Round 3, Pick 35, and it noticed. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Steal is underselling it; Deontae Lawson at the 115th overall pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
They reached into another round for Cobee Bryant, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Trey Wedig this early at pick No. 223. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
They talked themselves into Akheem Mesidor at the 251st pick, and the board did not agree. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.