DOLPHINS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B-

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Miami Dolphins

The Dolphins worked the phones like thieves and earned a B-.

by aechean · 2026 NFL Draft · 15 picks · 2 steals · 9 reaches
Value C
Need B-
Trades A+
Future D

Boards are made to be trusted, and the Dolphins shredded theirs for Patrick Payton. He came off 93 spots early, and the room will hear about it. More right than wrong, and a B- to match.

Every deal seemed to tilt their way, which is not luck. Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Haulcy.

They will answer for taking safety early while tight end went begging. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped tight end, which is a strange place to end up.

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

Pick-by-Pick

R1.11 · Pick 11 · Monroe Freeling · OT · rank 26
In the Round 1 slot they get a cornerstone up front, reach and all. A clean fit for the roster.
R1.30 · Pick 30 · Sonny Styles · LB · rank 21
In Round 1, Pick 30 they get a green-dot type in the middle, outstanding value to boot.
R1.31 · Pick 31 · Dillon Thieneman · S · rank 35
Dillon Thieneman in the 31st overall pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R2.11 · Pick 43 · Dontay Corleone · DT · rank 67
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Dontay Corleone well ahead of where he belonged. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R3.11 · Pick 75 · A.J. Haulcy · S · rank 49
Hard to square with the roster. With positions of obvious need still on the board, A.J. Haulcy adds a safety and leaves tight end untouched.
R3.23 · Pick 87 · Harold Perkins Jr. · LB · rank 132
Harold Perkins Jr. at slot 87 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It fills a real need, too.
R3.26 · Pick 90 · Malik Muhammad · CB · rank 99
A reach for Malik Muhammad in the Round 3 slot; a little patience would have been rewarded. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R3.30 · Pick 94 · Nicholas Singleton · RB · rank 109
The board had cheaper options than Nicholas Singleton at the 94th overall pick, and it noticed. The roster fit checks out.
R4.30 · Pick 130 · Drew Allar · QB · rank 156
Drew Allar at the 130th pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R4.31 · Pick 131 · CJ Daniels · WR · rank 142
CJ Daniels in pick No. 131 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R5.11 · Pick 151 · Patrick Payton · DL-EDGE · rank 244
They reached into another round for Patrick Payton, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R5.31 · Pick 171 · Febechi Nwaiwu · OG · rank 173
No edge and no loss on Febechi Nwaiwu in pick 171; it is a wash and a sensible one. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R7.11 · Pick 227 · Xavier Nwankpa · S · rank 228
A market-rate safety, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Xavier Nwankpa. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
R7.22 · Pick 238 · Barion Brown · WR · rank 252
Barion Brown at slot 238 is a conviction pick that outran the value. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R7.31 · Pick 247 · Trey Zuhn III · OT · rank 241
A clean, defensible pick in No. 247 with a little surplus value in Trey Zuhn III. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
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