B
Miami Dolphins
Good, not great, for the Dolphins: B.
by Fins1981 ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 23 picks
· 6 steals
· 9 reaches
The move everyone will second-guess came early. The Dolphins reached some 125 spots for Eric Gentry, and value like that does not grow back.
Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Slaughter. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher.
Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.
Pick-by-Pick
In slot 18 they get a seam-stretching tight end. A real need, handled.
Caleb Banks at pick 47 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the interior defensive lineman. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
By-the-book stuff, Emmanuel McNeil-Warren at No. 49 squarely in line with his ranking. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Keionte Scott slid further than he should have, and pick No. 78 is lovely value for the cornerback. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Chase Bisontis at the 87th pick is the proof. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
They barely believed it either: Jacob Rodriguez still on the board at Round 3, Pick 26. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Steal is underselling it; Jake Slaughter at Round 3, Pick 28 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. The roster fit checks out.
A reasonable price with a little left over, Ted Hurst in the 94th pick. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
They reached into another round for Michael Trigg, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Bryce Lance in the Round 4 slot is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Value with a capital V on Emmett Johnson in slot 116, a genuine coup. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Drew Allar at pick 130 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
They did well to land Dametrious Crownover in No. 151, just ahead of his grade. A need, and now a little less of one.
Isaiah World in pick No. 152 lands just on the right side of the ledger. It fills a real need, too.
A market-rate running back, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Demond Claiborne. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
They liked Taylen Green enough to skip the value, taking him in slot 180. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Eric Gentry this early at pick 227. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Lander Barton in No. 229 is fair value, right on his grade. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
A real head-scratcher, J. Michael Sturdivant in the 238th pick is miles ahead of his ranking. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
A wild overpay on Adam Randall in Round 7, Pick 30, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
This one needs a full-page explanation: Noah Thomas in the Round 7 slot, miles early. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
They talked themselves into Micah Morris at pick No. 256, and the board did not agree. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Shamar Easter at the 257th pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.