DOLPHINS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B+

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Miami Dolphins

The Dolphins robbed the room for Slaughter. Final grade: B+.

by RJF · 2026 NFL Draft · 15 picks · 5 steals · 1 reaches
Value B
Need B-
Trades A+
Future B-

Thirty-one other rooms let Jake Slaughter slide, and the Dolphins were the ones holding the card at pick 90. Highway robbery. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B+.

The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend. Green has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. It is not that Kilgore is a bad player; it is that the Dolphins had louder needs to answer first.

Leaving edge rusher unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

In sum, a sensible class that nudges the roster the right way.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.24 · Pick 24 · Kenyon Sadiq · TE · rank 17
In Round 1, Pick 24 they get a seam-stretching tight end. A real need, handled.
R1.30 · Pick 30 · Dillon Thieneman · S · rank 27
In the Round 1 slot they get a ballhawk on the back end at fair value. Need was not the driver here.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · Chris Johnson · CB · rank 33
Good price on Chris Johnson in the 40th pick, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R2.11 · Pick 43 · Emmanuel Pregnon · OG · rank 39
A clean, defensible pick in pick 43 with a little surplus value in Emmanuel Pregnon. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R3.6 · Pick 70 · Jacob Rodriguez · LB · rank 52
Jacob Rodriguez at pick No. 70 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R3.11 · Pick 75 · Christen Miller · DL · rank 59
A tidy bit of business in No. 75, where Christen Miller graded well above the range. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R3.23 · Pick 87 · Germie Bernard · WR · rank 63
They barely believed it either: Germie Bernard still on the board at slot 87. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R3.26 · Pick 90 · Jake Slaughter · C · rank 58
They will replay Jake Slaughter at the 90th overall pick for years; that is how good the value is. It fills a real need, too.
R3.30 · Pick 94 · Ted Hurst · WR · rank 88
Ted Hurst in pick 94 lands just on the right side of the ledger. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R4.9 · Pick 109 · Jalon Kilgore · CB · rank 104
They zigged when the board said zag, taking Jalon Kilgore at cornerback with edge rusher and running back open.
R4.30 · Pick 130 · Will Lee III · CB · rank 126
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went cornerback with Will Lee III while clear needs at edge rusher and running back sat open.
R5.22 · Pick 162 · Taylen Green · QB · rank 191
Value said wait; Taylen Green in the Round 5 slot says they were not listening. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R6.30 · Pick 211 · Jeff Caldwell · WR · rank 193
Jeff Caldwell at the 211th pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R7.11 · Pick 227 · Jimmy Rolder · LB · rank 230
Jimmy Rolder at slot 227 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R7.22 · Pick 238 · Zavion Thomas · WR · rank 234
A reasonable price with a little left over, Zavion Thomas in the 238th overall pick. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
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