B
Miami Dolphins
The Dolphins checked most of the boxes and earned a B.
by Finwings ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 14 picks
· 4 steals
· 4 reaches
It is the swing that defines the weekend: Nick Gargiulo in pick 250, a good 31 spots before the room expected him.
The Smith pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through interior defensive lineman.
Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.
Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.
Pick-by-Pick
They paid sticker price for Kingsley Suamataia in pick No. 55, and that is fine. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Zach Frazier at the 63rd overall pick is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. A need, and now a little less of one.
Jonah Elliss at pick 84 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Khyree Jackson in the 94th pick is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Zak Zinter slipping to slot 124 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It fills a real need, too.
Tommy Eichenberg in No. 149 lands just on the right side of the ledger. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Nice patience on Luke McCaffrey, who had no business lasting to the 158th pick. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
No edge and no loss on Jaheim Bell in pick 164; it is a wash and a sensible one. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
The board fumbled Tykee Smith all the way to No. 178, and they scooped it up. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
They jumped the gun on Myles Cole, taking him earlier than his grade liked. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Zion Tupuola-Fetui well ahead of where he belonged. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
They did well to land Joe Milton III in pick No. 205, just ahead of his grade. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
A wild overpay on C.J. Hanson in Round 7, Pick 21, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. The roster fit checks out.
This one needs a full-page explanation: Nick Gargiulo in the Round 7 slot, miles early. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.