2025 NFL Draft Thread; Dolphins have pick #13

I have Jalon Walker in play at 13 for several reasons.

I believe this is a Mike linebacker who also adds a pass rush dimension to his skillset.

This is a big strong physical, fast, diverse defender, absolutely a three down player

 

No disrespect to Brooks but these are the type of linebackers we need to change the culture on defense. No more just running into a back and sliding off. Run through people

 

Yeah if Walker slides to 13 you have to take him.

 

Slowly getting into my draft process and I wouldn’t mind if they‘d pick Ashton Jeanty.

 

I'll have more thoughts after we're in the middle of free agency. But as of now, I'd go interior lineman.

 

Highly doubt running back is in the cards at #13 with Achane and with Wright hopefully poised to take the next step into the offense.

Warren is still the guy I want. A true tight end with a mean streak.

 

I agree, I don’t think they‘ll go RB, but I believe Jeanty is the best RB prospect coming out since Barkley and I don’t think Achane is a lead back and Wright is still a question mark imo.

 

100% agree with you. Jeanty is a star the moment he steps on the field in the pros. Whoever takes him has a mainstay at the position for the next 8 years. He'd be hard to pass up, but with Wright and Achane in the fold I don't see us taking him.

 

I’m usually against drafting a RB in the first round. I like Jeanty a lot, but you definitely shouldn’t draft a RB high when you have a s—t OL, especially the interior. He’s a great talent, but you have to start with the trenches, especially the interior.

 

Achane has had consistent durability issues, and Wright hasn't provided anything but potential yet. I'm not passing up Jeanty for Wright, just on potential vs potential. That said, there are bigger needs than RB. And, that said, If the draft falls in a way that delivers Jeanty, I'm not upset at all.

 

Imo Will Cambell will be the first o lineman taken and Josh Simmons in the next best.

I don’t believe any other lineman are worth the 13th pick relative to what will be on the board at other positions.

Tyler Warren I love for us because fact of the matter is we’ve never had a true very good Y on the roster since I’ve been a fan and we need one, we’ve been going 12 personell a lot with crap personell

Warren allows Jonuu to be flexed and Warren never comes off the field cause he’s a true diverse Y who can do it all, we need a weapon who has size, strength, catch radius, excellent hands, and aggressive run after catch. This dude can make very tough catches and be that extension on the line.

Jihad Campbell is a difference making three down linebacker that has the right makeup for what should be the new Miami Dolphin prototype. He has all you want in a linebacker, Size, speed, strength, extreme physicality and aggression, best tackler in the draft, and internally motivated. Also had 6 sacks.

Jalon Walker. A true Mike masquerading as a do it all linebacker who can literally rush the passer like a true edge.

I don’t think any of the top 10 projected will fail but you never know.

Jeanty is so special he’s gonna be a Dallas cowboy at the latest so we won’t have to decide.

Don’t like the consensus best guard at 13 Tyler Booker, phone booth player

Don’t like Kelvin Banks at 13 tackle at Texas, no way, too many technique issues.

now Will Campbell, Stud, has it all from head to toe. Dolphin prototype.

 

I think Warren could help a lot with the pass pro and run blocking. That doesn’t mean they should’t get some iOL, but Warren would allow them to get two birds with one stone.

 

Let’s trade down a few spots and get this guy:

https://atozsports.com/nfl/miami-do...ma-guard-tyler-booker-protect-tua-tagovailoa/

 

I’ve looked extensively at him and jmo def not at 13 and not in a trade down in the first scenario.

to boxy for me. Pure phone booth player.

 

If they pick a OG at 13 it better be a all pro player, to high for OG imo.

 

The Dolphins aren't picking a guard at 13. No chance.

 

I’ll take Will Campbell and his short arms

he seems to be dropping some

or give me jihad

 

If you want a TE:

https://phinphanatic.com/miami-dolphins-fans-love-tyler-warren-2025-nfl-scouting-combine

Or this option:

https://phinphanatic.com/miami-dolp...raiders-michael-mayer-trade-tom-brady-revenge

 

I'm starting to really like the idea of Jihad. Excellent warhead as a LB and some nice passrush skills too. Versatile, nasty, attitude. We need dawgs like that. Him and then a DT in round 2 would be a nice get.

 

TE Gunnar Helm from Texas is a player who I think can be really good and who a team could get later in the draft.

 

Four compensatory picks.

98
135
253
256

 

Great interview with Sac State OG Jackson Slater...had great senior bowl week and Combine, rising up boards and perfect Dolphins scheme fithttps://www.youtube.com/live/RDb1_tbpVNM?si=JlwYhU4ebpyX70hF

 

Not anymore; the league “recalculated “ and took a pick away. I know it’s only a seventh rounder, but still….

https://www.thephinsider.com/2025/3...y-picks-2025-change-update-new-orleans-saints

 

https://3downnation.com/2025/03/20/...rd-posts-fast-40-yard-time-at-big-12-pro-day/

I wouldn't mind spending third or fourth round pick on him.

 

My favorite trait when it comes to Kenneth grant is his ability to track the ball while engaged and playing the position.

A lot of d tackles are fixated with just winning their one on one and forget there’s a ball in play ya know.

This dude plays with his head and eyes aware. It’s kind of a big deal.

So you add that to his size and athletic profile it bodes well for hi level success.

1) Done a deep dive on the physique at 340 lbs. This is a player that is not carrying a lot of bad weight, the frame is thick, the joints thick and stable, for the most part symmetrically balanced that 34O, and when you combine that with the way he moves and runs i'm happy with his physique at the size, which is a tremendous advantage at the next level in the transition, we would have a three down def tackle who can run and track.

2) Check this out....5 pass deflections which is such a huge play, for reference his counterpart Mason had 1..

the pass deflections are stemming from that tracking ability I talked about earlier, and this dude is only 21.


the reason why I take the physique relative to the position so serious, like I do with Tua, is because it has not let me down very often.

some of these big dudes are not symmetrically balanced and that leads to carrying bad weight which leads to injures in places that are compensating that bad weight.

Its becoming more clear that BPA at a position of desperate need is Grant

 

I wouldn’t mind if they pick him at #13, I‘d actually like it, more reason to believe, that he won’t be our 1st round draft pick.

 

Anyone have thoughts on who they would hate to see going to our rivals? I ask because there seems to be an increasing chance that Abdul Carter may end up being available to the Pats for pick 4. I feel that is the worst case scenario - while Hunter is a gamer, a CB/WR is less valuable than an edge terror. Best case I see as Campbell. Short armed tackles are EXTREMELY rare, and ending up selecting a guard with pick 4 would be a failure.

 

No chance Abdul carter gets to four, but they will take Will Campbell

 

I would hate to see Tyler Warren on the Jets, which is 50/50 being projected to happen, and I'd hate to see the Bills get Shavon Revel.

I think Ward-Hunter-Carter go 1, 2, 3 so Pats will get left out in the cold.

 

1) Cam Ward
2) Travis Hunter
3) Giants have 2 high end passrushers and could elect to go with Sanders.

I don't think it's the most likely scenario, but I don't think it's impossible.

 

If I was Cleveland, I’d take Carter over Hunter.

 

End of the first round is probably where I would be ok with Miami taking him

 

How badly do we want a franchise quarterback and what lengths will we take to get one? If we did in fact take Sanders at 13, then it's all she wrote for Tua. Then again, we could end up with a Brees/Phillip Rivers situation. Personally, I think the Tua haters on this forum would despise Sanders much worse than they do Tua.
That said, I would like to see us draft a quarterback in the 4th/5th round if one is available that we like. Tua is signed, locked in to a contract. Yet he is injury prone and there are still some unsolved questions about what he can become. Drafting a guy puts seeds of doubt in the air, and some may say that it would cause distraction eventually, but Tua is in somewhat of a precarious disposition. He's one more concussion or hip issue away from retiring early so I see no harm in drafting a guy. I say this as a Tua supporter. I love the mind and talent, but his body has to hold up. Later rounds? Will Howard, Quinn Ewers, Kyle McCord, Riley Leonard, Dillon Gabriel, and my personal pick Cam Miller...Any one of them. Definitely take a gamble on.