said<\/a> of the Dolphins\u2019 current mindset. He then added,<\/p>\n\u201cNow, if it was me, if I\u2019m the Dolphins, because they had this tanking for Tua, but that 2027 draft is going to be a headbanger. There are some potentially legendary players, potentially\u2026 I would start with [Arch] Manning and Jeremiah Smith. And then, Dante Moore, the quarterback from Oregon.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carter, who played in Miami in 2002, believes that these three players should be any franchise\u2019s targets, and any team could even trade up to get them. They look to be that good. But the 2026 draft class isn\u2019t as interesting, especially at the QB position.<\/p>\n
So, if the Phins pick a wideout in the first round with their 30th pick that they got from the Broncos, like USC\u2019s Makai Lemon, we\u2019d agree with Carter and say that both Manning and Moore could be on the team\u2019s radar next year. Of course, this could also change if Malik Willis has a season like Sam Darnold or Daniel Jones.<\/p>\n
Then, it\u2019s back to Jeremiah Smith, who Carter notes was raised in Miami Gardens, Florida (very close to Hard Rock Stadium), and bringing him back to his hometown will sell tickets. This will be the winning mentality push they need, as Carter opined.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Miami Dolphins have an unprecedented cap situation heading into the 2026 season. They have a whopping, historic…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":834570,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2049],"tags":[6598,217,7,216,251,2087,6,3452,1089],"class_list":["post-834569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami-dolphins","tag-cris-carter","tag-dolphins","tag-football","tag-miami","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-miamidolphins","tag-nfl","tag-tua-tagovailoa","tag-tyreek-hill"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116294977339036483","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=834569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/834570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=834569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=834569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=834569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}