B
Miami Dolphins
The Dolphins let Stowers fall into their laps, and walked away with a B.
by dagray08 ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 16 picks
· 12 steals
· 1 reaches
The rest of the league will want that one back. Eli Stowers tumbling to the Dolphins in Round 3, Pick 30 is a gift they did not have to think twice about. A dependable weekend that grades out a B.
The Kamara reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. The roster is better shaped than it was, with quarterback chief among the fixes.
A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.
Pick-by-Pick
In slot 29 they get a seam-stretching tight end, outstanding value to boot. A real need, handled.
In pick No. 30 they get protection for the quarterback at a price that makes it sweeter. A clean fit for the roster.
They let Dillon Thieneman come to them and pounced at the 43rd pick. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
You do not let a cornerback like Keith Abney II reach pick 74 and blink. They did not. A minor itch, scratched.
Lee Hunter at No. 75 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Somehow Eli Stowers was still sitting there in the Round 3 slot, and they pounced on premier tight end value. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
A cornerback of that caliber at the 103rd overall pick is the definition of value, full stop. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
Chase Bisontis at Round 4, Pick 9 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Ted Hurst at No. 118 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Mikail Kamara in pick No. 128 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
A slide stopped in the 130th pick, with Mike Washington Jr. worth more than the price. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Fair-plus on J.C. Davis, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. The roster fit checks out.
They will replay Hezekiah Masses at pick 151 for years; that is how good the value is. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
Bryce Boettcher at slot 169 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. It fills a real need, too.
They barely believed it either: Drew Allar still on the board at the 176th overall pick. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
They read the board right and TJ Hall was the payoff at Round 7, Pick 11. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.