The Dolphins treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending the Round 6 slot on Zion Logue a full 88 spots early. It does the job without flash, and the B reflects it.
The Jones steal is the beam this whole class leans on. The quarterback hole is the one line item this class does not answer. A modest surplus at the table, banked quietly.
On the needs board they went 5 of 8, with wide receiver the one that mattered most.
All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.
Pick-by-Pick
R1.30
· Pick 30
· Chop Robinson
· DE-EDGE
· rank 22
In pick No. 30 they get a premier pass rusher, outstanding value to boot. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.30
· Pick 62
· Sedrick Van Pran
· C
· rank 71
They went early on Sedrick Van Pran in slot 62, and the value did not follow. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R3.2
· Pick 66
· Kingsley Suamataia
· OT
· rank 57
Kingsley Suamataia slipping to No. 66 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R4.4
· Pick 104
· Trevor Keegan
· OG
· rank 144
They talked themselves into Trevor Keegan at pick 104, and the board did not agree. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R4.26
· Pick 126
· Brenden Rice
· WR
· rank 97
Brenden Rice at the Round 4 slot is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R5.2
· Pick 138
· James Williams
· S
· rank 125
James Williams slid further than he should have, and the 138th pick is lovely value for the safety. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R5.22
· Pick 158
· Isaiah Adams
· OT
· rank 138
Isaiah Adams at Round 5, Pick 22 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R5.33
· Pick 169
· Jarrian Jones
· CB
· rank 137
They will replay Jarrian Jones at the 169th overall pick for years; that is how good the value is. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R6.9
· Pick 184
· Tyrone Tracy Jr.
· WR
· rank 153
You do not let a wide receiver like Tyrone Tracy Jr. reach No. 184 and blink. They did not. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R6.23
· Pick 198
· Zion Logue
· DL
· rank 286
Zion Logue in pick 198 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R6.44
· Pick 219
· Jase McClellan
· RB
· rank 196
Jase McClellan in slot 219 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R7.21
· Pick 241
· Evan Williams
· S
· rank 214
They barely believed it either: Evan Williams still on the board at the 241st pick. Stacking talent where they were already deep.