DOLPHINS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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2026 my draft 31 B

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Miami Dolphins

Grand theft in slot 227: the Dolphins steal Cameron and grade out a B.

by [email protected] · 2026 NFL Draft · 14 picks · 5 steals · 6 reaches
Value B
Need B-
Trades C+
Future B+

You could see the war room lean forward. Josh Cameron at the Round 7 slot is the sort of fall that does not happen, except it just did.

They are betting Payton proves the room right and everyone else wrong. They will answer for taking cornerback early while interior defensive lineman went begging.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through interior defensive lineman. The future picks help the war chest more than the win-now roster.

A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.11 · Pick 11 · Mansoor Delane · CB · rank 8
In Round 1, Pick 11 they get an island corner. More want than need.
R1.30 · Pick 30 · Sonny Styles · LB · rank 21
In slot 30 they get a coverage-and-run second-level piece at a price that makes it sweeter. A real need, handled.
R2.11 · Pick 43 · Omar Cooper Jr. · WR · rank 34
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Omar Cooper Jr. in the Round 2 slot. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R3.13 · Pick 77 · D'Angelo Ponds · CB · rank 47
The needs board was loud and they turned it down, spending No. 77 on D'Angelo Ponds with interior defensive lineman unsolved.
R3.23 · Pick 87 · Jake Slaughter · C · rank 55
Steal is underselling it; Jake Slaughter at pick No. 87 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R3.26 · Pick 90 · Jalon Kilgore · CB · rank 100
They zigged when the board said zag, taking Jalon Kilgore at cornerback with interior defensive lineman open.
R4.11 · Pick 111 · Michael Trigg · TE · rank 115
No drama and no debate, Michael Trigg went about where he belonged in the 111th overall pick. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R5.11 · Pick 151 · Nadame Tucker · DE-EDGE · rank 172
They reached a country mile for Nadame Tucker at the 151st pick, and the board is aghast. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R5.30 · Pick 170 · Cole Payton · QB · rank 196
Value said wait; Cole Payton in the Round 5 slot says they were not listening. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R6.14 · Pick 195 · J'Mari Taylor · RB · rank 189
A clean, defensible pick in pick 195 with a little surplus value in J'Mari Taylor. The roster fit checks out.
R7.11 · Pick 227 · Josh Cameron · WR · rank 185
Josh Cameron at the 227th pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R7.22 · Pick 238 · Trey Zuhn III · OT · rank 246
They jumped the gun on Trey Zuhn III, taking him earlier than his grade liked. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R7.30 · Pick 246 · Jack Kelly · LB · rank 256
A premium they did not need to pay, Jack Kelly a notch or two before his time. It fills a real need, too.
R7.40 · Pick 256 · Adam Randall · RB · rank 274
Adam Randall at pick No. 256 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
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