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    Dolphins
Draft Selections
J.J. McCarthy Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (MIA)
J.J. McCarthy
QB Michigan
Kingsley Suamataia Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (MIA)
Kingsley Suamataia
OT BYU
Zak Zinter Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (MIA)
Zak Zinter
OG Michigan
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 125 RND: 4 (MIA)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
Nelson Ceaser Head Shot
PICK: 158 RND: 5 (MIA)
Nelson Ceaser
DL-EDGE Houston
Cornelius Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 184 RND: 6 (MIA)
Cornelius Johnson
WR Michigan
Kamal Hadden Head Shot
PICK: 198 RND: 6 (MIA)
Kamal Hadden
CB Tennessee
Garret Greenfield Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (MIA)
Garret Greenfield
OT South Dakota State
Draft Picks Received
J.J. McCarthy Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (CAR)
J.J. McCarthy
QB Michigan
Kingsley Suamataia Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (TB)
Kingsley Suamataia
OT BYU
Zak Zinter Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (CAR)
Zak Zinter
OG Michigan
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 125 RND: 4 (TB)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (CAR)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (TB)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Brian Thomas Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (CAR)
Brian Thomas Jr.
WR LSU
Terrion Arnold Head Shot
PICK: 55 RND: 2 (TB)
Terrion Arnold
CB Alabama
Draft Grade — Dolphins
Overall B
ValueC+ NeedB+ TradesB FutureB
A respectable, level-headed haul for the Dolphins: B.

You can fall in love with a player. You are not supposed to marry him in the wrong round. The Dolphins did exactly that with Zak Zinter in pick No. 65.

Hadden falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through interior defensive lineman. They left with quarterback solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

They bet on numbers rather than a single high pick.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but interior defensive lineman.

Pick Analysis
Pick33 Rnd2 J.J. McCarthy
J.J. McCarthy in the Round 2 slot is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick57 Rnd2 Kingsley Suamataia
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Kingsley Suamataia. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick65 Rnd3 Zak Zinter
They reached into another round for Zak Zinter, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It fills a real need, too.
Pick125 Rnd4 Ben Sinnott
By-the-book stuff, Ben Sinnott at the 125th pick squarely in line with his ranking. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick158 Rnd5 Nelson Ceaser
They took Nelson Ceaser at par in pick 158, which is nothing to complain about. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick184 Rnd6 Cornelius Johnson
Cornelius Johnson at slot 184 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick198 Rnd6 Kamal Hadden
Kamal Hadden at the 198th overall pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick241 Rnd7 Garret Greenfield
Steal is underselling it; Garret Greenfield at the 241st pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.