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The Miami Dolphins<\/a> could go several ways with the No. 11 pick, and they could take advantage of a top talent potentially sliding outside the Top 10. Moreover, it may be a player with ties to the city, as the Miami Hurricanes<\/a> will have two players, Rueben Bain Jr. and Francis Mauigoa, go in the top part of the draft.<\/p>\n However, could one of these players slip out of the Top 10, causing the Dolphins to pounce on them to keep them in the city? On the April 3 edition of the \u201cDolphinsTalk.com Podcast,\u201d<\/a> Matt Miller of ESPN reveals which of the two Hurricanes stars he could see falling to Miami. <\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t think Mauigoa makes it that far,\u201d Miller said. \u201cI think Arizona at No. 3, Cleveland at No. 6, and Kansas City at No. 9 \u2014 someone in there would grab him. He\u2019s just too talented. Rueben Bain, though, is a possibility. <\/p>\n \u201cI really do think there\u2019s a chance he makes it down to 11, and it\u2019s really just not about anything on tape. It\u2019s just short arms to have a pass rusher with an arm length under 31 inches.\u201d<\/p>\n Dolphins Would Need to Make Major Decision If Rueben Bain Jr. Falls<\/p>\n Moreover, Miller stated that if Bain falls to Miami at No. 11, the Dolphins will have to decide whether to go with the data or with what they\u2019ve seen of him on the field.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cA player [with an arm length under 31 inches] hasn\u2019t been drafted in the first round, at least this century,\u201d Miller added. \u201cIt would maybe be before 1999. And then a player with sub\u201131 arm length hasn\u2019t had more than 10 sacks in a season in that same time period. You\u2019re betting against the data with Rueben Bain, which may be OK because he was unstoppable this past year, especially during the college football playoffs.<\/p>\n \u201cBut I do think there\u2019s a world in which he\u2019s on the board at 11, and Miami would have to make that decision, right? This is a team that has Chop Robinson, but that\u2019s really it in terms of established pass rushers. So if he\u2019s there, I think that\u2019s a pretty dang good fit for them.\u201d<\/p>\n Miami Could Go Wideout at the End of the First Round<\/p>\n Along with the No. 11 pick, the Dolphins also have the No. 30 pick as part of the Jaylen Waddle trade with the Denver Broncos<\/a>. As a result, Miami could go receiver in the late first round.<\/p>\n Bleacher Report\u2019s Moe Moton sees former\u00a0Arizona State Sun Devils<\/a>\u00a0standout Jordyn Tyson being that player. Furthermore, Moton notes that,\u00a0given Tyson\u2019s injury concerns<\/a>, he could slip to the Dolphins at the end of the first round. <\/p>\n \u201cWith Jalen Tolbert,\u00a0Tutu Atwell<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Malik Washington<\/a>\u00a0atop their receiver depth chart, the Dolphins are likely to take a top prospect at the position with one of their two first-round picks. It\u2019s a must to help quarterback Malik Willis, who\u2019s preparing to be a full-time starter for the first time in his career,\u201d\u00a0Moton wrote in his article published on March 24<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cJordyn Tyson could slip in the draft because of his history of injuries. So, Miami may have multiple opportunities to take him in the first round. He missed a few games in the previous season due to a balky hamstring, but he still caught 61 passes for 711 yards and eight touchdowns.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tEduardo Razo<\/a> Eduardo Razo is a sports writer for Heavy.com, covering the NFL, MLB, and college football. He has previously covered the NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB for NBC Sports Washington and NBC Sports Bay Area & California, and has freelanced for PSG Talk, covering Paris Saint-Germain. He also worked as an editor at Athlon Sports, focusing on MLB and the NFL. 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