ScottPawlus'S MOCK DRAFT

ScottPawlus'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON MAR 13, 2024

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48th Save Miami No Trades

  • ScottPawlus DRAFTING FOR THE
    Dolphins
Draft Selections
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (MIA)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
T.J. Tampa Head Shot
PICK: 55 RND: 2 (MIA)
T.J. Tampa
CB Iowa State
Layden Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 158 RND: 5 (MIA)
Layden Robinson
OG Texas A&M
Drake Nugent Head Shot
PICK: 184 RND: 6 (MIA)
Drake Nugent
C Michigan
LaDarius Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 198 RND: 6 (MIA)
LaDarius Henderson
OT Michigan
Matthew Jones Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (MIA)
Matthew Jones
OG Ohio State
Draft Grade — Dolphins
Overall C+
ValueC NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
Flashes of a plan, unevenly executed. Dolphins: C+.

Somewhere a scout is still blinking. The Dolphins spent No. 198 on LaDarius Henderson, a name the board had a full 55 spots lower. The good and the questionable cancel out to a C+.

That quarterback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. They went 1 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

Bottom line, the swing picks will decide whether this ages well.

Pick Analysis
Pick21 Rnd1 Jackson Powers-Johnson
In the 21st pick they get a cornerstone up front, reach and all. A real need, handled.
Pick55 Rnd2 T.J. Tampa
Good price on T.J. Tampa in pick No. 55, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick158 Rnd5 Layden Robinson
They reached into another round for Layden Robinson, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick184 Rnd6 Drake Nugent
Drake Nugent at slot 184 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick198 Rnd6 LaDarius Henderson
LaDarius Henderson at Round 6, Pick 23 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick241 Rnd7 Matthew Jones
A real head-scratcher, Matthew Jones in the Round 7 slot is miles ahead of his ranking. It fills a real need, too.