B-
Miami Dolphins
The Dolphins did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B-.
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2026 NFL Draft
· 15 picks
· 2 steals
· 10 reaches
The Dolphins treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending slot 75 on Caden Curry a full 57 spots early.
They punted on quarterback, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. Boston falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch.
Good work on the whole, with quarterback the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
A tidy little value on Mansoor Delane in pick 11, a step better than break-even. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
In slot 30 they get a long-term starter on the line, outstanding value to boot. A real need, handled.
Denzel Boston at the Round 2 slot is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Caden Curry at Round 3, Pick 11 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Skyler Bell at pick No. 87 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
They talked themselves into Michael Trigg at the 90th overall pick, and the board did not agree. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Kaleb Proctor. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Nadame Tucker well ahead of where he belonged. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
A straight-up fair deal on Charles Demmings at the 151st pick, value and slot in agreement. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
The board had cheaper options than Louis Moore at pick No. 160, and it noticed. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Value said wait; Kalil Alexander in slot 238 says they were not listening. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
A wild overpay on Deven Eastern in No. 249, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
They paid up for Jack Kelly at the Round 7 slot when waiting would have done the job. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Adam Randall at pick 252 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Josh Moten at pick 254 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.