Who I'd Have Picked With Each Pick Of Dolphins' Draft Based On The 2024 'Touchdown, Miami!' Dolphins Draft Board

The Miami Dolphins' 2024 NFL Draft class is complete. And after 7 round, the Dolphins should feel good about a lot of what they accomplished. But what would the class look like if we ran it?

Allow me to start with this: the newest members of the Miami Dolphins organization are welcomed here with open arms! Whether they would have been my preferred picks or not, once the team invests in them, I am invested in their success and how they can be the best Miami Dolphins possible. With any luck, the Dolphins have a home run draft class on their hands; a class that could help further change the trajectory of this organization for the better. I, for one, would love to see it.

Even if my decisions might have been different throughout this year’s draft. Which brings us to the exercise we’ll be exploring here.

Who would I have picked based on the available players throughout the 2024 NFL Draft?

This exercise completes the NFL Draft evaluation process we have explored both here and on Locked On Dolphins over the past 3 months. We’ll look at the available talent on the board at each of the Miami Dolphins’ actual picks, based on the actions of the other 31 NFL franchises in the NFL Draft. Every selection’s best available talent will be assessed from the 2024 Miami Dolphins-Specific NFL Draft Board. From there, we will look at the players in consideration on my personal draft board, make a decision with each pick and compare the draft class my rankings liked versus the actual class at the end.

This further illustrates the process of applying decisions to the horizontal board laid out as a part of the Miami Dolphins-Specific Draft Board as well. These “on the clock” conversations aren’t always as simple as “who is the highest-ranked player on the board?” — which we’ll get into here.

So wind the clocks back; it’s time to go back on the clock.

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No. 21 overall - Actual Pick: EDGE Chop Robinson

The board at No. 21 overall was tough for the Dolphins. Every single pick between No. 13 overall (Brock Bowers to the Raiders) and No. 20 overall (Troy Fautanu to the Steelers) was a strong candidate for Miami’s selection. With the talent left available, Miami had some red tape and positional value to filter through.

The Miami Dolphins-Specific Draft board’s best available at No. 21: