C-
Miami Dolphins
The Dolphins found their guy under center in Tagovailoa: C-.
by Reheheheheh ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 10 picks
· 0 steals
· 10 reaches
The Dolphins treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending slot 7 on Taulia Tagovailoa a full 289 spots early. It lands right in the middle: a C-, no more, no less.
So much rides on Taulia Tagovailoa that the rest of the class almost grades on a curve behind him. They punted on interior defensive lineman, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.
So much rides on Taulia Tagovailoa that the real verdict is a season or two away.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick No. 7 they get their quarterback of the future, a steep price for the projection. Exactly the need they had to hit.
This one needs a full-page explanation: Michael Pratt in the Round 3 slot, miles early. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Sam Hartman well ahead of where he belonged. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
They reached into another round for Jordan Johnson, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Javontae Jean-Baptiste at pick 143 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Andrew Raym at the 158th pick is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Value said wait; JD Bertrand in pick 184 says they were not listening. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
A real head-scratcher, Caleb Okechukwu in slot 187 is miles ahead of his ranking. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
A wild overpay on Julian Pearl in the 189th overall pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It fills a real need, too.
A reach for KT Leveston in No. 198; a little patience would have been rewarded. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.