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Miami Dolphins
Larceny in the 111th pick lands the Dolphins a C-, Hunter and all.
by dagray08 ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 21 picks
· 15 steals
· 3 reaches
This is the pick they will still be bragging about in July: Lee Hunter, the No. 48 name on the board, stolen at the Round 4 slot.
They handed away value on the phones that the picks cannot earn back. They are betting Kamara proves the room right and everyone else wrong. They left with quarterback solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.
Bottom line, the swing picks will decide whether this ages well.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 28th pick they get a matchup problem out wide, outstanding value to boot. The biggest hole, addressed.
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Kenyon Sadiq at the Round 1 slot. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Olaivavega Ioane in Round 2, Pick 17 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Blake Miller slid further than he should have, and pick No. 62 is lovely value for the offensive lineman. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
A reach on Dani Dennis-Sutton in the 75th overall pick; the board had better options right there. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Emmanuel McNeil-Warren at No. 87 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Daylen Everette at slot 90 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. A minor itch, scratched.
Steal is underselling it; Josiah Trotter at pick 92 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It fills a real need, too.
They will replay Caleb Banks at No. 94 for years; that is how good the value is. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
A top-tier wide receiver at a bargain, Elijah Sarratt in the Round 3 slot, plain and simple. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Nothing to complain about; Malik Muhammad went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
You do not let an interior defensive lineman like Lee Hunter reach the 111th overall pick and blink. They did not. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Brenen Thompson in the 112th pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Brian Parker II slipping to Round 4, Pick 16 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Value said wait; Mikail Kamara in slot 130 says they were not listening. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
By-the-book stuff, Max Llewellyn at pick No. 151 squarely in line with his ranking. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Kaytron Allen at Round 5, Pick 15 is money in the bank, a running back taken below his worth. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
They liked Ar'maj Reed-Adams enough to skip the value, taking him in the 163rd overall pick. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Jack Endries in the 167th pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
A quarterback of that caliber at the Round 5 slot is the definition of value, full stop. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Thaddeus Dixon at No. 227 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.