B
Miami Dolphins
The Dolphins cashed the board's mistake on Burnip: B.
by reb ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 7 steals
· 0 reaches
The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: James Burnip, slot 252, roughly 94 picks past where he belonged.
It is not that Mukuba is a bad player; it is that the Dolphins had louder needs to answer first. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback.
A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.
Pick-by-Pick
Nick Emmanwori slid further than he should have, and the 33rd pick is lovely value for the safety. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Value with a capital V on Jihaad Campbell in the 48th overall pick, a genuine coup. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Omarr Norman-Lott at pick 94 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
They zigged when the board said zag, taking Andrew Mukuba at safety with quarterback and edge rusher open.
A tidy little value on Savion Williams in the Round 4 slot, a step better than break-even. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Oronde Gadsden II in slot 133 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Nothing to complain about; Hayden Conner went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
The board fumbled Cam Skattebo all the way to Round 5, Pick 17, and they scooped it up. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
They paid sticker price for Jackson Hawes in the 224th overall pick, and that is fine. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Cody Lindenberg slipping to the Round 7 slot is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It fills a real need, too.
Circle this one: James Burnip at the 252nd pick is a fall that decides a draft. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.