Earlier this week, I highlighted the Miami Dolphins\u2019 2026 NFL Draft class-<\/p>\n
Round 1 \u2022 Pick 12 (12)\u00a0\u2022 OT Kadyn Proctor<\/p>\n
Round 1 \u2022 Pick 27 (27)\u00a0\u2022 CB Chris Johnson<\/p>\n
Round 2 \u2022 Pick 11 (43)\u00a0\u2022 LB Jacob Rodriguez<\/p>\n
Round 3 \u2022 Pick 11 (75)\u00a0\u2022 WR Caleb Douglas<\/p>\n
Round 3 \u2022 Pick 23 (87)\u00a0\u2022 TE Will Kacmarek<\/p>\n
Round 3 \u2022 Pick 30 (94)\u00a0\u2022 WR Chris Bell<\/p>\n
Round 4 \u2022 Pick 30 (130)\u00a0\u2022 LB Trey Moore<\/p>\n
Round 4 \u2022 Pick 38 (138)\u00a0\u2022 LB Kyle Louis<\/p>\n
Round 5 \u2022 Pick 18 (158)\u00a0\u2022 SAF Michael Taaffe<\/p>\n
Round 5 \u2022 Pick 37 (177)\u00a0\u2022 WR Kevin Coleman Jr.<\/p>\n
Round 5 \u2022 Pick 40 (180)\u00a0\u2022 TE Seydou Traore<\/p>\n
Round 6 \u2022 Pick 19 (200)\u00a0\u2022 G DJ Campbell<\/p>\n
Round 7 \u2022 Pick 22 (238)\u00a0\u2022 EDGE Max Llewellyn<\/p>\n
I then asked the following questions:<\/p>\n
Pick With The Highest Ceiling (still has a lot of room to grow as a player)<\/p>\n
Pick With The Lowest Ceiling (player closest to what they will be at the next level)<\/p>\n
Best Pick No One Else Sees As Great\u2026Yet!<\/p>\n
Biggest Missed Opportunity Of The Draft<\/p>\n
Below are some of your thoughts and answers-<\/p>\n
MiamiItaliano is another who wishes the team had selected Bain in the first round.<\/p>\n
Highest ceiling: Proctor. There\u2019s a reason they drafted him in the first round. If he loses 25 pounds, he can be a multi-time first team All Pro. But he has to put the work in and not be lazy.<\/p>\n
Lowest ceiling: Caleb Douglas. Don\u2019t see him fixing his drops. But I hope he proves me wrong.<\/p>\n
Best overall pick: Jacob Rodriguez. Guy will be a sideline to sideline tackling machine.<\/p>\n
Best value pick: Kyle Louis. He should have went in the 3rd round and will be a major contributor.<\/p>\n
Best pick no one else sees as great\u2026yet: Seydou Traore. The more tape I watch on this guy at Mississippi State, the more I like. If he refines his route running and hands, he could be our starting TE in 2 or 3 years.<\/p>\n
Biggest reach pick: Caleb Douglas. See above. He should have went in the 5th, maybe 6th.<\/p>\n
Biggest missed opportunity: Not drafting Bain. I sure hope those short arms limit him in the NFL. Now the guy has a huge chip on his shoulder and is pissed at the 14 teams that passed on him, including Miami. The guy was a menace in college. I\u2019m not looking forward to facing the Bucs in the future.<\/p>\n
PA phinphan believes the 5th round TE has the most room to grow into his position.<\/p>\n
Pick With The Highest Ceiling (still has a lot of room to grow as a player)\u00a0TE Seydou Traore he is still learning the game but has plenty of athleticism and great hands<\/p>\n
Pick With The Lowest Ceiling (player closest to what they will be at the next level)\u00a0CB Chris Johnson not meant as a dis he is already CB1<\/p>\n
Best Overall Pick\u00a0LB Jacob Rodriguez<\/p>\n
Best Value Overall Pick\u00a0LB Kyle Louis<\/p>\n
Best Pick No One Else Sees As Great\u2026Yet!\u00a0EDGE Max Llewellyn<\/p>\n
Biggest Reach Pick\u00a0LB Trey Moore<\/p>\n
Biggest Missed Opportunity Of The Draft\u00a0Downs<\/p>\n
heatforlife is not buying into the hype for now.<\/p>\n
6 years ago today the greatest dolphin of all time passed away rip don .im not buying any of the koolaid the media is selling us about the draft until they play we dont know who will be good who wont.theres a pretty good chance based on past ross hires most wont be to good.hope im wrong<\/p>\n
NeenerWhacker seems excited about the 2nd round linebacker.<\/p>\n
Pick With The Highest Ceiling (still has a lot of room to grow as a player):\u00a0Proctor mainly due to maturity level and gas tank<\/p>\n
Pick With The Lowest Ceiling (player closest to what they will be at the next level):\u00a0Kacmarek, Durham Smythe 2.0<\/p>\n
Best Overall Pick:\u00a0Rodriguez, will be a stud and great leader at the next level<\/p>\n
Best Value Overall Pick:\u00a0Chris Bell<\/p>\n
Best Pick No One Else Sees As Great\u2026Yet!:\u00a0Douglas, he will prove many doubters wrong<\/p>\n
Biggest Reach Pick:\u00a0Kacmarek<\/p>\n
Biggest Missed Opportunity Of The Draft:\u00a0Downs or Bain<\/p>\n
pete s. says get over it!<\/p>\n
everyone has to get over the we didn\u2019t take bain\/downs we had solid draft good foundation<\/p>\n
two more like this one throw in a couple quality F\/A next year and year after and our coaching<\/p>\n
is solid WE GOOD<\/p>\n
sdphinsfan says Louis is the guy to keep an eye on.<\/p>\n
Pick With The Highest Ceiling (still has a lot of room to grow as a player)-Proctor, and I don\u2019t think its close\u2026.<\/p>\n
Pick With The Lowest Ceiling (player closest to what they will be at the next level)-Taafe, he\u2019s the definition of a player that you pretty much know what you\u2019re getting, and that\u2019s ok\u2026<\/p>\n
Best Overall Pick-Rodriguez, he has the potential to be a star.<\/p>\n
Best Value Overall Pick-Chris Bell, not even close\u2026<\/p>\n
Best Pick No One Else Sees As Great\u2026Yet!-Kyle Louis-he\u2019s going to have opportunities in this Defense to be productive. He\u2019ll make a name for himself if he pans out.<\/p>\n
Biggest Reach Pick-I\u2019m going with Chris Johnson. High profile position and he\u2019s making a big leap in competition level. And a first round pick carries a certain level of expectation.<\/p>\n
JUK wishes the team had taken a look at a pass rusher early in the draft.<\/p>\n
Highest ceiling \u2013 Tough one but I\u2019ll go for proctor. A guy that size with that athleticism is truly rare<\/p>\n
Lowest ceiling \u2013 Michael Taafe. Doesn\u2019t have elite size or athleticism, think he will be a special teamer and a rotational guy (nothing wrong with that for a 5th rounder)<\/p>\n
Best Overall pick \u2013 Johnson. Ticks every box except level of competition and even then he was great at the senior bowl<\/p>\n
Best value pick \u2013 Bell. Getting a top 20 (at worst) talent in the late third is great risk reward. Did love Louis as well<\/p>\n
Best no one thinks is great \u2013 Kacmarek has a really high floor and the nfl values that skill set much higher than casual fans and talking heads<\/p>\n
Biggest reach \u2013 I\u2019m not as mad about it as many but it\u2019s still Douglas<\/p>\n
Biggest missed opportunity \u2013 I wanted more draft collateral in 2027 but don\u2019t think the offers were there. So maybe not grabbing a pass rusher earlier<\/p>\n
Phoenix6 is another on board with Rodriquez.<\/p>\n
Pick With The Highest Ceiling (still has a lot of room to grow as a player)<\/p>\n
\u2014 Round 7 \u2022 Pick 22 (238) \u2022 EDGE Max Llewellyn<\/p>\n
Pick With The Lowest Ceiling (player closest to what they will be at the next level)<\/p>\n
\u2014 Round 1 \u2022 Pick 27 (27) \u2022 CB Chris Johnson<\/p>\n
Best Overall Pick<\/p>\n
\u2014 Round 2 \u2022 Pick 11 (43) \u2022 LB Jacob Rodriguez<\/p>\n
Best Value Overall Pick<\/p>\n
\u2014 Round 3 \u2022 Pick 11 (75) \u2022 WR Caleb Douglas<\/p>\n
Best Pick No One Else Sees As Great\u2026Yet!<\/p>\n
\u2014 Round 4 \u2022 Pick 38 (138) \u2022 LB Kyle Louis<\/p>\n
Biggest Reach Pick<\/p>\n
\u2014 Round 3 \u2022 Pick 23 (87) \u2022 TE Will Kacmarek<\/p>\n
Biggest Missed Opportunity Of The Draft<\/p>\n
\u2014 Round 1 \u2022 Pick 12 (Overall) \u2022 Caleb Downs<\/p>\n
StanleyDoyle1 doesn\u2019t have a lot of faith in the WR\u2019s taken.<\/p>\n
Best overall will hopefully be Rodriguez. He\u2019s the only one I\u2019m excited about watching play. As far as value, can see LB Louis being a Glenn Blackwood type of pick \u2013 i.e., someone whose intelligence carries him where his body can\u2019t. I think all of the drafted WRs have peaked, and have the lowest ceilings. I can see them being gone within two years. Highest ceiling? Everyone will say Proctor, but I think he\u2019ll be Austin Jackson II \u2013 basically, a serviceable tackle and nothing more. So maybe CB Johnson \u2013 although I think he\u2019ll be fine, but nothing special.<\/p>\n
Well there is as is the norm with our fanbase no true consensus across the board but many more are happy with the draft overall than I would have expected. Here\u2019s to hoping against all logic that every damn one of these guys works out because this roster sure as hell needs it. As always thank you to each of you who took the time to answr out Phinsider Question Of The Day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Earlier this week, I highlighted the Miami Dolphins\u2019 2026 NFL Draft class- Round 1 \u2022 Pick 12 (12)\u00a0\u2022…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":887199,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2049],"tags":[10084,40527,51690,29019,217,7729,7,35794,19652,216,251,2087,6,3861,119593,3862],"class_list":{"0":"post-887198","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-miami-dolphins","8":"tag-austin-jackson","9":"tag-caleb-douglas","10":"tag-chris-bell","11":"tag-chris-johnson","12":"tag-dolphins","13":"tag-durham-smythe","14":"tag-football","15":"tag-jacob-rodriguez","16":"tag-kyle-louis","17":"tag-miami","18":"tag-miami-dolphins","19":"tag-miamidolphins","20":"tag-nfl","21":"tag-pittsburgh-panthers","22":"tag-seydou-traore","23":"tag-syracuse-orange"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116548581724347328","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887198","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=887198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/887199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=887198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=887198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=887198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}