DOLPHINS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B+

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Miami Dolphins

The steal of the weekend belongs to the Dolphins and Hood: B+.

by JT99 · 2026 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 13 steals · 0 reaches
Value A+
Need B
Trades B+
Future B-

Thirty-one other rooms let Colton Hood slide, and the Dolphins were the ones holding the card at pick No. 238. Highway robbery. A dependable weekend that grades out a B+.

The quarterback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. The trade work was a quiet net positive.

They went 7 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for. They trusted the board more than the depth chart.

Good work on the whole, with quarterback the one box left unchecked.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.16 · Pick 16 · David Bailey · LB-EDGE · rank 5
In slot 16 they get a quarterback's worst nightmare, outstanding value to boot. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R1.30 · Pick 30 · Jeremiyah Love · RB · rank 2
In pick 30 they get a centerpiece for the ground game, and a steal at that.
R2.11 · Pick 43 · Carnell Tate · WR · rank 12
Somehow Carnell Tate was still sitting there in No. 43, and they pounced on premier wide receiver value. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R2.12 · Pick 44 · Mansoor Delane · CB · rank 8
They robbed the room for Mansoor Delane here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R3.11 · Pick 75 · Spencer Fano · OT · rank 10
Steal is underselling it; Spencer Fano at the 75th pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A need, and now a little less of one.
R3.23 · Pick 87 · Sonny Styles · LB · rank 21
Sonny Styles in Round 3, Pick 23 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R3.26 · Pick 90 · Kenyon Sadiq · TE · rank 19
You do not let a tight end like Kenyon Sadiq reach pick No. 90 and blink. They did not. It fills a real need, too.
R3.30 · Pick 94 · Cashius Howell · DE-EDGE · rank 24
Circle this one: Cashius Howell at the Round 3 slot is a fall that decides a draft. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R4.30 · Pick 130 · Jordyn Tyson · WR · rank 9
Taking Jordyn Tyson in the 130th overall pick is close to grand larceny; a wide receiver that good had no business lasting this long. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R5.11 · Pick 151 · Kayden McDonald · DT · rank 20
Kayden McDonald at the Round 5 slot is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R5.39 · Pick 179 · Jermod McCoy · CB · rank 18
A top-tier cornerback at a bargain, Jermod McCoy in No. 179, plain and simple. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
R7.11 · Pick 227 · Lee Hunter · DT · rank 48
They barely believed it either: Lee Hunter still on the board at pick 227. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R7.22 · Pick 238 · Colton Hood · CB · rank 25
Colton Hood at Round 7, Pick 22 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
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