A
Miami Dolphins
The Dolphins let Penix Jr. fall into their laps, and walked away with a A.
by HondoHillis ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 6 picks
· 6 steals
· 0 reaches
The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Michael Penix Jr., the 186th overall pick, roughly 177 picks past where he belonged. The board rewarded a patient, disciplined weekend with a A.
The phones were where this weekend was really won. A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want. The roster is better shaped than it was, with quarterback chief among the fixes.
The kind of weekend a front office frames and hangs on the wall.
Pick-by-Pick
In Round 1, Pick 21 they get a difference-maker at receiver, outstanding value to boot. The biggest hole, addressed.
Olumuyiwa Fashanu at pick No. 57 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. The roster fit checks out.
Steal is underselling it; Max Melton at slot 155 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Michael Penix Jr. in pick 186 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
They will replay Will Shipley at No. 199 for years; that is how good the value is. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Andrew Raym in the 251st overall pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.