B
Miami Dolphins
Simpson should have been long gone. The Dolphins pounced, and earned a B.
by scoot ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 7 picks
· 5 steals
· 0 reaches
Call it larceny. Jaylin Simpson sat on the board until No. 198, and the Dolphins did not need to be asked twice.
They covered a lot of ground and still skipped quarterback, which is a strange place to end up. They left with wide receiver solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off. The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.
All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but quarterback.
Pick-by-Pick
In slot 24 they get a double-digit-sack hope, and a steal at that. The biggest hole, addressed.
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Christian Haynes. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
No drama and no debate, Patrick Paul went about where he belonged in the 87th pick. A need, and now a little less of one.
They read the board right and Kitan Oladapo was the payoff at the 158th overall pick. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Luke McCaffrey at Round 6, Pick 9 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
They robbed the room for Jaylin Simpson here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Jalen Coker in No. 241 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.