B+
Miami Dolphins
Larceny in the 184th pick lands the Dolphins a B+, McCormick and all.
by LiamS ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 9 picks
· 7 steals
· 0 reaches
The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Mason McCormick, pick No. 184, roughly 32 picks past where he belonged. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B+.
They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast. Leaving quarterback unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.
A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 27th overall pick they get an anchor for the defensive front, outstanding value to boot. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Circle this one: Jackson Powers-Johnson at Round 2, Pick 25 is a fall that decides a draft. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Chris Braswell is a better player than the 66th pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Johnny Wilson at pick 125 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the wide receiver. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Somehow Elijah Jones was still sitting there in the Round 5 slot, and they pounced on premier cornerback value. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Mason McCormick at pick No. 184 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Value with a capital V on Jaheim Bell in No. 186, a genuine coup. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Nathan Thomas. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Garret Greenfield in the Round 7 slot. A need, and now a little less of one.