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Miami Dolphins
The Dolphins let Mondon Jr. fall into their laps, and walked away with a B.
by dolfan24 ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 15 picks
· 12 steals
· 1 reaches
Somewhere a general manager is explaining how Smael Mondon Jr. got past him. The Dolphins do not have to explain a thing at slot 224.
Rogers has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up.
All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.
Pick-by-Pick
In Round 1, Pick 22 they get an enforcer at safety, and a steal at that.
They read the board right and Jihaad Campbell was the payoff at pick 48. The roster fit checks out.
The board fumbled Omarion Hampton all the way to the Round 3 slot, and they scooped it up. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
A straight-up fair deal on Dylan Fairchild at the 86th overall pick, value and slot in agreement. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Good price on Jack Bech in pick No. 98, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Jake Majors at slot 114 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It fills a real need, too.
Azareye'h Thomas in the 120th pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A minor itch, scratched.
They will replay Barrett Carter at No. 123 for years; that is how good the value is. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
A top-tier tight end at a bargain, Mason Taylor in the Round 4 slot, plain and simple. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Circle this one: Darius Alexander at Round 5, Pick 12 is a fall that decides a draft. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Somehow Kevin Winston Jr. was still sitting there in slot 154, and they pounced on premier safety value. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
Value with a capital V on Hayden Conner in pick No. 157, a genuine coup. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Steal is underselling it; Smael Mondon Jr. at pick 224 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A need, and now a little less of one.
Ollie Gordon II in the 231st overall pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
A big swing on Will Rogers at No. 252, well ahead of any board in the building. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
