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Draft Selections
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (MIA)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 48 RND: 2 (MIA)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Marcus Mbow Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (MIA)
Marcus Mbow
OT Purdue
Jordan Phillips Head Shot
PICK: 98 RND: 3 (MIA)
Jordan Phillips
DT Maryland
Mason Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 116 RND: 4 (MIA)
Mason Taylor
TE LSU
Cobee Bryant Head Shot
PICK: 135 RND: 4 (MIA)
Cobee Bryant
CB Kansas
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (MIA)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Kyle McCord Head Shot
PICK: 155 RND: 5 (MIA)
Kyle McCord
QB Syracuse
Howard Cross III Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (MIA)
Howard Cross III
DL Notre Dame
Ja'Quinden Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (MIA)
Ja'Quinden Jackson
RB Arkansas
Sam Brown Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 253 RND: 7 (MIA)
Sam Brown Jr.
WR Miami
Draft Picks Received
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (DEN)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Marcus Mbow Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (DEN)
Marcus Mbow
OT Purdue
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (DEN)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (DEN)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (DEN)
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Draft Picks Traded
James Pearce Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 13 RND: 1 (DEN)
James Pearce Jr.
DE-EDGE Tennessee
Draft Grade — Dolphins
Overall B
ValueB NeedB TradesB FutureB
The Dolphins let Winston Jr. fall and pounced. Final grade: B.

You build a draft on nights like this. Kevin Winston Jr. had no business being available in No. 150, and the Dolphins did the only sane thing and turned in the card. More right than wrong, and a B to match.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up. If Phillips pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. Nearly every premium pick went to that side of the ball.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the edge rusher spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick20 Rnd1 Kenneth Grant
In the 20th pick they get a pocket-collapsing interior rusher. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick48 Rnd2 Xavier Watts
Good price on Xavier Watts in slot 48, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick51 Rnd2 Marcus Mbow
No edge and no loss on Marcus Mbow in the Round 2 slot; it is a wash and a sensible one. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick98 Rnd3 Jordan Phillips
Jordan Phillips in Round 3, Pick 34 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick116 Rnd4 Mason Taylor
The board fumbled Mason Taylor all the way to the 116th overall pick, and they scooped it up. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick135 Rnd4 Cobee Bryant
Cobee Bryant slid further than he should have, and No. 135 is lovely value for the cornerback. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick150 Rnd5 Kevin Winston Jr.
Kevin Winston Jr. in pick No. 150 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
Pick155 Rnd5 Kyle McCord
Taking Kyle McCord in pick 155 is close to grand larceny; a quarterback that good had no business lasting this long. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick224 Rnd7 Howard Cross III
A market-rate interior defensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Howard Cross III. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick231 Rnd7 Ja'Quinden Jackson
They read the board right and Ja'Quinden Jackson was the payoff at pick 231. The roster fit checks out.
Pick253 Rnd7 Sam Brown Jr.
A reasonable price with a little left over, Sam Brown Jr. in the Round 7 slot. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.