DOLPHINS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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Rookie 7th B

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Miami Dolphins

The Dolphins kept it disciplined and banked a B.

by AVG · 2026 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 2 steals · 4 reaches
Value C+
Need B-
Trades C+
Future A+

There is reaching, and then there is Caden Curry at slot 75. The Dolphins jumped the board by 55 and dared it to prove them wrong. It does the job without flash, and the B reflects it.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through interior defensive lineman. With interior defensive lineman and running back unsolved, spending premium capital on cornerback is the choice that costs them.

Getting Thieneman where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but interior defensive lineman.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.30 · Pick 30 · Colton Hood · CB · rank 25
In the 30th overall pick they get an island corner at fair value.
R2.11 · Pick 43 · Dillon Thieneman · S · rank 35
They read the board right and Dillon Thieneman was the payoff at the 43rd pick. A minor itch, scratched.
R2.17 · Pick 49 · Caleb Tiernan · OT · rank 54
Caleb Tiernan at pick No. 49 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. The roster fit checks out.
R3.11 · Pick 75 · Caden Curry · DE-EDGE · rank 130
They reached a country mile for Caden Curry at the Round 3 slot, and the board is aghast. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R3.18 · Pick 82 · Ted Hurst · WR · rank 89
A straight-up fair deal on Ted Hurst at slot 82, value and slot in agreement. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R3.23 · Pick 87 · Tyreak Sapp · DE-EDGE · rank 133
They left a pile of value on the table to take Tyreak Sapp this early at pick 87. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R3.26 · Pick 90 · Bryce Lance · WR · rank 90
They took Bryce Lance at par in the 90th pick, which is nothing to complain about. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R3.33 · Pick 97 · Keylan Rutledge · OG · rank 114
They liked Keylan Rutledge enough to skip the value, taking him in the 97th overall pick. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R4.30 · Pick 130 · Charles Demmings · CB · rank 148
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went cornerback with Charles Demmings while clear needs at interior defensive lineman and running back sat open.
R5.11 · Pick 151 · Dametrious Crownover · OT · rank 143
They let Dametrious Crownover come to them and pounced at the Round 5 slot. A need, and now a little less of one.
R7.11 · Pick 227 · John Michael Gyllenborg · TE · rank 226
John Michael Gyllenborg in slot 227 is fair value, right on his grade. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R7.18 · Pick 234 · Owen Heinecke · LB · rank 235
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Owen Heinecke. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R7.22 · Pick 238 · Luke Altmyer · QB · rank 243
Luke Altmyer in Round 7, Pick 22 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
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