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Miami Dolphins
Torrence should have been long gone. The Dolphins pounced, and earned a D.
by bobbo ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 22 picks
· 9 steals
· 4 reaches
Every swap seemed to tilt away from the Dolphins, and the value they bled adds up to real damage.
Washington has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. However the rest shakes out, Torrence at that price is a win they earned.
In short, the board sent warnings, and they will be hoping it was wrong.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick No. 22 they get a blindside protector. A real need, handled.
No edge and no loss on Ja'Tavion Sanders in No. 33; it is a wash and a sensible one. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
They read the board right and Jordan Morgan was the payoff at pick 47. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Fair-plus on Edgerrin Cooper, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Bralen Trice at the 64th overall pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
A reach for Marshawn Kneeland in the 72nd pick; a little patience would have been rewarded. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
They paid a round early for Malik Washington in pick No. 76, more than the board wanted. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Calen Bullock is a better player than pick 95 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
A slide stopped in the Round 4 slot, with Brenden Rice worth more than the price. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
They let Khyree Jackson come to them and pounced at slot 106. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Mekhi Wingo in the 111th overall pick is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
A straight-up fair deal on Spencer Rattler at the 120th pick, value and slot in agreement. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Trevor Keegan in Round 5, Pick 12 lands just on the right side of the ledger. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Tommy Eichenberg at No. 158 is money in the bank, a linebacker taken below his worth. The roster fit checks out.
Isaiah Davis at the 161st pick is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
No drama and no debate, Walter Rouse went about where he belonged in No. 162. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
They paid up for Myles Cole at the Round 6 slot when waiting would have done the job. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Zion Tupuola-Fetui at pick No. 198 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
A top-tier cornerback at a bargain, Ro Torrence in the 203rd overall pick, plain and simple. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
Julian Pearl at pick 229 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Garret Greenfield in slot 240 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
JD Bertrand at Round 7, Pick 21 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It fills a real need, too.