Miami Dolphins NFL Mock Draft AFTER NFL Trade Deadline

Miami Dolphins NFL Mock Draft AFTER NFL Trade Deadline

[Music] The NFL trade deadline passed this Tuesday and I wanted to do a Miami Dolphins mock draft after the deadline. Miami traded Jaylen Phillips to the Philadelphia Eagles. They currently hold the fourth overall pick. And after that trade to the Eagles, Miami now has eight projected draft picks in the 2026 NFL draft. Make sure you subscribe because we’ll continue to update you every day on the Dolphins. But here are the draft picks for Miami. Right now, they currently have five selections in the top 100. They have one in the first round, one in the second round, three third round picks, their own, one from Houston due to a trade last year during the draft with the Texans, and then the third rounder they got for Jaylen Phillips. Then you tack on a fourth, a fifth, and a seventh. They don’t have their sixth because of a pick swap trade that they made and Miami has those eight picks. So, no trades on today’s mock draft. We’re just going and using all of these picks to try to infuse some young talent into this roster. And the first pick, we’re going to go offensive line. Spencer Fau the offensive lineman and right tackle from Utah with that fourth overall pick. The mock draft had Dante Moore, Fernando Mendoza, and Ruben Bane going in the top three. So, if that would be the case in this exact scenario, I don’t think it would be smart to force a quarterback selection. And I am investing in the trenches. Like, I am a Fernando Mendoza guy. I think he is very worthy of being the number one overall pick or being the first quarterback off the board. And if Miami is inside the top three and they have an opportunity to take Mendoza, I would do it. But I really don’t feel like Simpson, Sellers, Dante Moore are are worthy of a top five pick. So, I’m not forcing it. I’m not going to really just say we’re drafting a QB because we need one. I’ll invest in the trenches and we’ll figure out quarterback another way. Spencer Fanu is a really good option for Miami. He has been a three-year starter as a freshman in 2023. He started at four 540 snaps at left tackle and got some work in at right tackle where he has been the starting right tackle for the youths over the last two years specifically there. And I think that’s important because Miami has their left tackle of the future in Patrick Paul, but Austin Jackson, the current starting right tackle, is such a liability in terms of his ability to be on the football field. You have to plan for his replacement. And with how bad Jonah Savania has been, you need to just get offensive linemen that are good. And you could put Fannu at right tackle, move Austin Jackson into guard if you wanted to. You could do whatever you wanted. But Fannu is, in my opinion, the top offensive lineman in this draft. Good class. Top three right now is Fanu, um, Kaden Proctor, and Francis Magawa from Miami. But Fine has been phenomenal this year for Utah and he was really good last year as well. No sacks, excellent pass protector. That’s where he thrives in by the way. He is certainly a better pass protector than a run blocker in my opinion when you watch some of the film and tape and some of the scouting report on him. If you are not aware of the young man from Utah, he is super athletic, fluid mover. He is a great pro uh pass protector with really strong hands, solid center gravity as well. Now, the one knock that I’ll have on him, it’s a pretty big knock. He’s a little lean, man. He’s 66 and like 310. Yeah, it helps him be athletic. It helps him be rangy, but in the NFL, when you’re going against 6’4, 250, 44,440 freaks at edge, you’re going to have to put on a little bit of weight. So, with him having such a lean frame, he can get beat with power pretty easily. And if a guy gets him to overextend and then the edge rusher comes back in and pounces on his chest with a punch, like he’ll kind of have trouble with that at times. So, he’s super good, high floor in my opinion. But in order to reach that high ceiling, he would definitely need to add on some weight and get stronger to be that elite level offensive lineman that many believe he could be. He’s a projected to be a year one starter. And I already saw a comp out there as well, comparing him to Charles Cross, who’s been a phenomenal offensive tackle for the Seattle Seahawks ever since being a first round pick out of Mississippi State. Moving on to the second round, 36th overall selection. I’m staying in the trenches, but flipping it over to the defense, going with Joshua Joseph’s, the edge rusher from Tennessee. And I was talking with our Tennessee football host, Joey Peterson, and he couldn’t stop gushing about him. I mean, his cheeks were getting red like rosy when he was talking about Joseph’s here. He’s had an excellent season for Tennessee. James Pierce Jr., the edge rusher from Tennessee, went in the first round last year after a tradeup with the Atlanta Falcons. Joey Peterson said that he believes Joseph’s is better than James Pierce Jr. He’s more physical. He is better in the run game. And it’s hard to deny that. When you look at J Joseph’s tape and you look at the advanced analytics, they favor him pretty heavily here. Joseph’s has a 20.8% pass rush win rate, but also an 8.1 run stop rate. Those both rank in the top 90th percentiles of college football. He’s 66. He’s 240. He plays physical. He’s experienced. He’s one of the best edge rushers in college. And yeah, the production might be slightly down, but little tidbit. But I was also told as well early on the year for Tennessee, he was playing with a bunch of freshmen on that defensive line. So the opposing offensive lines were almost doubling Joseph’s on a game and snap to snap basis and he was still putting up good numbers. Joseph’s is certainly a player that I’m intrigued with. Could be a late first rounder fridge second round guy. We took offensive line and edge in our first two picks in this mock draft. I want to know what is your biggest position of need for the Miami Dolphins? Is it QB? Is it O line, Dline? What is the biggest position Miami needs to upgrade this upcoming off season? One of three third round picks for Miami. This is their own 68th overall. I’m going with Chris Johnson. No, we’re not reincarding the running back from Tennessee. We’re taking the corner from San Diego State who has been flatout dominant in the Mountain West this year. Yeah, the level of play isn’t that high, but when you put up these type of coverage numbers, yeah, I’m gonna be pretty complimentary of you. And as I got to watch some of them, it was impressive to say the least. He’s lengthy as well. 6 feet, 200, moves well. I mean, three interceptions, he’s a ball hawk. 17.5 QB rating when targeted, under 100 QB rating when targeted each year of his career. Miami needs to add a young, talented corner to really headline that room. And Johnson is certainly an interesting option to keep your eye out for going forward in the draft process as a mid- major Mountain West dude. Second third round pick, we’re going to go with a quarterback and we’re going to go with the Cincinnati QB, Brendan Sorsby. a guy that I have really fell in love with because the Cincinnati team total over is maybe the best bet in college football, folks. Just a little tidbit there. But who is Brennan Sorsby? Let me introduce you to him. He is a red shirt junior. He’s 21 years old. He originally started his career at Indiana. Was there for two seasons, didn’t start, which is why he red shirted, then was a starter as a red shirt freshman and struggled. That was the first year or a year before Curt Senetti took over who is the current head coach at Indiana obviously coaching Fernando Mendoza right now but Sorsby 63 235 so he’s got a good frame to him and he has really just blossomed into one of the best quarterbacks in college football over the past couple of seasons had a decent year in his first season starting at Cincinnati totaling for 27 touchdowns seven interceptions but has really taken get a step forward this year for the Bearcats and had them ranked. I believe they’re 6-2 or 7-2. Just unranked after a loss against Utah this past Saturday. But this year, he’s totaled for 29 touchdowns to only two interceptions. His QB rating has really blossomed. And yeah, the completion percentage has gone down, but he is an excellent thrower the football down the field. 91.7 grade throwing deep. He’s got a 6.7% big-time throw rate with only a 1.1 turnover worthy play rate. And he’s got an adjusted completion percentage of 68.5%. And how about this? You, this probably relates to the completion percentage being a little bit low at 60.8. His average depth of target is 11.1 yards. For a quarterback, I know it’s college, it’s different, to average depth of target, to be past the sticks on a first and 10 play is ridiculous. He is a big game hunter and he’s got the arm talent to make it happen and he makes it happen more times than not. I I’m really impressed with Brennan Sorsby. He’s got moxy. He’s got confidence. We’ll see where this QB ride takes us. there’s a chance that he ultimately goes back to college because he’s got one year left of eligibility and maybe he does that with the hope of working his way into the first round conversation next year. He might be a second round pick this year. Heck, he could end up being a late first round guy if he really impresses people in the pre-draft process. Like his range of outcomes in the draft is very large. But right now, I think it would be a mid to late day two pick and that’s where I’m taking him here. And that’s a player that I think you could maybe see if you got a QB1 in the future. I mean, you can invest a little bit into him, give him an opportunity to prove that, but also you’re not married to him because it was only a third round pick. More coming up here in a second. But salute to service gear on sale. We can now rock Dolphins gear because Chris Ger was fired. So, let’s get some sweet Salute to Service Gear while they’re still on sale in November. chatsports.com/dolphins salolute is the place to get them. Hats, hoodies, shirts, polos, they got it all in the salute to service style. Truly awesome stuff. Links in the description and comments of today’s video. You see the the link one more time. chatsports.com/dolphins salute. The Dolphins have one more third round pick due to that trade with Jaylen Phillips. And I am taking a safety from Penn State. That is Zaki Wheatley. And I really like this guy. 6’2 200 redsh shirt senior. Tons of starting experience for the Nitney Lions. Was a large part of that defense a year ago where he was thrusted into the starting action since they had two starters get hurt. Kevin or not Kevin Winston. Oh, I’m spacing on what’s the maybe it was Kevin Winston. I think it was actually I thought I was thinking of Sebastian Castro from Iowa. Got those two mixed up. But Wheatley was pushed into having a large role last year and I thought he played really well and he’s bouncing back with another good season this year. He’s a big safety. I mentioned 862 200 and he’s very ranging. He’s a great athlete, really good in coverage, 84.5 coverage grade for the Lions this season. He has a 11.1 forced incomp completion rate which is very solid. um has only allowed seven receptions, 46.1 QB rating when targeted, one interception. I I’m intrigued with Wheatley a lot here and Miami needs a lot of talent in that secondary certainly at safety with Ma Fitzpatrick likely on the outs going forward. So this is a player that I’m very fascinated with wheatly. Keep an eye on. How about a Keem Meador, the edge from Miami? We’re taking another edge here and this guy is someone that the advanced metrics absolutely love. Graded out as an 87.3 grade here this season, 18.6% pass rush win rate. Ju just dominates. Him and Ruben Bane have been menacing opponents in the ACC all year long. And he he’s solid in run defense as well. A 5.1 run defense stop grade there. It’s been graded out 83.4 by PFF. totaled about three and a half, four sacks this season from Canada. He’s a big boy. 63 280. Like, this is a guy that I’m interested to to see how he ultimately prevails here. And we’ve known Miami to have a little bit of success drafting players from the area collegiately. I’m not going to write home and say this guy’s going to be a star, but Mezador, his physicality and size and with that blend of athleticism he has makes him an intriguing option for Miami because they’re going to have to draft and add a lot of young talent to that edge room with Bradley Chub likely gone, Matthew Judon being gone, and Jaylen Phillips being gone as well. We’re going to head back to the offense here. We’re going to go with the tight end out of Houston, Tanner Coro. And boy oh boy is this guy an absolute behemoth here and I really love it from Bloomingdale Illinois 67 240. Sorry I had to 2025 with 48 receptions five touchdowns. This guy is just an animal in the red zone and he’s physical. He’s willing to get down and block. Like I think his I want to pull up his contested catch rate because it is so impressive. A 75% contested catch rate this year for the Houston Cougars and he only has a 2% drop rate while getting targeted 62 times. That’s just elite stuff, man. I’m not going to act like he’s some fluid elite route runner. That’s not the case whatsoever. He’s more predicated on utilizing his physicality in the red zone and over the middle of the football field. But I like the way he can move. He averages 10.5 yards per catch. Miss makes a couple people miss this year. Two missed tackles for us. Like I’m fascinated by him. Not the best run blocker, but he’s definitely physical. A good red zone threat for a potential young quarterback or Tua next year. And the Dolphins having one more pick in the seventh round. We’re going to go with Barry and Brown. The wide receiver from LSU. uh hasn’t really been as productive as LSU Tiger fans would have wanted him to be entering the season. Um but he’s a uh he’s an electrifying player. He’s 5’11, 185. Um not as productive as I mentioned. He was hoped to be a real weapon for Garrett Nusmeer this year at LSU. I just don’t think he has lived up to the expectation. He doesn’t have a ton of good route running abilities, but where he thrives is athleticism. He’s a solid return man for LSU, and I know Miami has that with Malik Washington. But if you’re taking a flyer in the seventh round here, a guy that’s got a lot of speed at the wide receiver position, could ultimately be a special teams guy potentially as well. I’m willing to take the chance there in the final round. So, that’s my first mock draft coming out of the NFL trade deadline. Then we went Spencer Fannu, Joshua Joseph, Chris Johnson, and Brennan Sorsby with our first four picks. And round it up was Zaki Wheatley, Akeem Meador, Tanner Quisle, and Barry Brown with my eight picks in this mock draft. 3.0. Go give me a grade for this mock draft. And we’re going to grade it on a scale of 1 to 10. So, no rookie scores. Give me a scale of 1 to 10 on how this mock draft ultimately prevailed. 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Miami Dolphins Mock Draft. 3.0:
Rd. 1, No. 4: Spencer Fano, OL, Utah
Rd. 2, No. 36: Joshua Josephs, EDGE, Tennessee
Rd. 3, No. 68: Chris Johnson, CB, San Diego State
Rd. 3, No. 77: Brendan Sorsby, QB, Cincinnati
Rd. 3, No. 95: Zakee Wheatley, S, Penn State
Rd. 4, No. 104: Akheem Mesidor, EDGE, Miami
Rd. 5, No. 143: Tanner Koziol, TE, Houston
Rd. 7, No. 217: Barion Brown, WR, LSU

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