PiliNui'S MOCK DRAFT

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PiliNui'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON APR 24, 2025

My Draft Opinion

PiliNui DRAFTING FOR THE
Dolphins

PICK: 13 RND: 1 (MIA)

Aireontae Ersery

OT Minnesota

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PICK: 48 RND: 2 (MIA)

Tate Ratledge

OG Georgia

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PICK: 98 RND: 3 (MIA)

Will Howard

QB Ohio State

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PICK: 116 RND: 4 (MIA)

Terrance Ferguson

TE Oregon

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PICK: 135 RND: 4 (MIA)

Lathan Ransom

S Ohio State

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PICK: 150 RND: 5 (MIA)

Kurtis Rourke

QB Indiana

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PICK: 155 RND: 5 (MIA)

Jackson Slater

OG Sacramento State

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Overall C+

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A mixed bag for the Dolphins, and a C+ to match.

The Dolphins spent the weekend waiting on one name, and it fell: Lathan Ransom, the No. 104 name on the board, in pick 135. Fine in stretches, shaky in others: a C+.

They are betting Ersery proves the room right and everyone else wrong. Leaving wide receiver unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

They went 3 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for. The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

So much rides on Aireontae Ersery that the real verdict is a season or two away.

Pick13 Rnd1 Aireontae Ersery

In pick 13 they get a building block for the line, a steep price for the projection.

Pick48 Rnd2 Tate Ratledge

A wild overpay on Tate Ratledge in the 48th pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A need, and now a little less of one.

Pick98 Rnd3 Will Howard

Will Howard in pick No. 98 is fair value, right on his grade. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.

Pick116 Rnd4 Terrance Ferguson

A straight-up fair deal on Terrance Ferguson at No. 116, value and slot in agreement. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.

Pick135 Rnd4 Lathan Ransom

They robbed the room for Lathan Ransom here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.