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Miami Dolphins

The Dolphins robbed the room for James. Final grade: A-.

by patrickbb12 · 2025 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 12 steals · 0 reaches
Value A+
Need B-
Trades B+
Future A

Thirty-one other rooms let Jordan James slide, and the Dolphins were the ones holding the card at the Round 7 slot. Highway robbery.

Adding Justin Skule by trade rounds out the weekend beyond the rookies. Small wins on the phones, but wins all the same. It is a bet on later, and a defensible one for a team playing the long game.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with quarterback chief among the fixes.

Add it up and few war rooms did better this weekend, Travis Hunter and all.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.20 · Pick 20 · Travis Hunter · CB · rank 1
In pick No. 20 they get a potential shutdown corner, outstanding value to boot. More want than need.
R2.15 · Pick 47 · Malaki Starks · S · rank 20
Malaki Starks in pick 47 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R3.34 · Pick 98 · Jalon Walker · LB · rank 28
Somehow Jalon Walker was still sitting there in No. 98, and they pounced on premier linebacker value. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R3.35 · Pick 99 · Kenneth Grant · DT · rank 29
Kenneth Grant at slot 99 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R4.19 · Pick 120 · Colston Loveland · TE · rank 48
You do not let a tight end like Colston Loveland reach the Round 4 slot and blink. They did not. A need, and now a little less of one.
R5.10 · Pick 148 · Aireontae Ersery · OT · rank 58
A offensive lineman of that caliber at the 148th pick is the definition of value, full stop. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R5.19 · Pick 157 · Dylan Fairchild · OG · rank 59
A top-tier offensive lineman at a bargain, Dylan Fairchild in the 157th overall pick, plain and simple. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R6.3 · Pick 178 · Josaiah Stewart · DE-EDGE · rank 43
Taking Josaiah Stewart in Round 6, Pick 3 is close to grand larceny; an edge rusher that good had no business lasting this long. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R7.11 · Pick 225 · Alfred Collins · DT · rank 65
Steal is underselling it; Alfred Collins at pick No. 225 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R7.17 · Pick 231 · Jordan James · RB · rank 56
Jordan James at pick 231 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It fills a real need, too.
R7.22 · Pick 236 · Jack Bech · WR · rank 96
Jack Bech in the 236th overall pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R7.37 · Pick 251 · Kurtis Rourke · QB · rank 138
They barely believed it either: Kurtis Rourke still on the board at the 251st pick. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
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