How the Miami Dolphins' recent drafts were graded immediately compared to how they look now
In a few hours, the 2024 NFL draft will begin with the Chicago Bears on the clock at number 1. The Miami Dolphins are scheduled to pick 21st overall.
The Ringer’s Danny Kelly was pretty accurate in one appraisal, stating in his 2023 post-draft recap, “I’m completely serious when I say that the Dolphins could have walked away from this draft with only running back De'Von Achane, and I would have called this class a success.” He gave the class a as a whole.
There were positive grades from reputable outlets such as Fox Sports , NFL.com , and The Sporting News from the 2023 class.Looking back at 2022, again with just four picks due to the Tyreek Hill trade, Grier started out in the third round with Georgia linebacker Channing Tindall. He went with wide receiver Erik Ezukanma from Texas Tech in the fourth, yet neither he nor Tindall has consistently contributed.
The last three remaining picks for Miami are all no longer Dolphins. Hunter Long was traded to the Los Angeles Rams as part of the Jalen Ramsey deal, and Larnel Coleman and Gerrid Doaks combined for one game played in their Miami careers as seventh-round selections. Davis and Jones each signed free agency deals with new teams for a few million dollars a year apiece, and Weaver was a camp cut.
Parr had a mixed bag of a retro-review with the middle picks in the class, saying, “The Igbinoghene pick foreshadowed the Dolphins' theme for Day 2 of the draft, as the master plan of adding tough, physical, powerful talent was fully revealed with the selections of Hunt, Davis and Jones.” As for the grades back in April of 2019, in an SI.com piece written by Andy Benoit he gave the Dolphins an A, saying, “Interestingly, Christian Wilkins, though a highly regarded first-round talent, doesn’t completely fit this profile. Wilkins’s game is built more on movement than force.”
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