DOLPHINS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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Miami Dolphins

Nothing loud, just a tidy B for the Dolphins.

by ScottPawlus · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 9 steals · 3 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades B+
Future B-

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.