2025 NFL Mock Draft: A possible first-round trade-down situation for the Dolphins

The Miami Dolphins are caught cut price procuring in free company, as wage restrictions stop them from absolutely replenishing the roster. Even with 10 draft picks to work with, the bottom line is discovering gamers that may hit the bottom working in 12 months one.

Offensive linemen Armand Membou and Kelvin Banks have been mocked to the Dolphins, and both first-round Georgia defender, Jalon Walker or Malaki Starks, would immediately enhance the protection. Given a number of methods to improve the roster in Spherical One, would buying and selling again be the perfect transfer for the Dolphins?

Fox Sports activities NFL reporter David Helman took a jab at a post-free company mock draft that included three round-one trades. Not solely did the Las Vegas Raiders commerce with the New England Patriots to pick Shedeur Sanders, however Cleveland additionally climbed again into the primary spherical for Jalen Milroe, and the Dolphins moved down seven spots, permitting the Denver Broncos to take Ashton Jeanty at No. 13.

Helman doesn’t embrace commerce particulars, however a seven-spot soar in the course of the primary spherical might be price a mid-second to early-third spherical decide, in accordance with NFL Draft commerce worth charts. Along with a possible Day 2 decide, Miami lands Texas cornerback Jahdae Barron at No. 20 total.

An Related Press All-America First-Workforce cornerback, Barron began 16 video games final season with 67 whole tackles and 16 passes defended whereas main the SEC with 5 interceptions. At 5’11” and 200 kilos, he’s logged 227 tackles, 32 passes defended, eight interceptions, and two sacks throughout 57 video games with the Longhorns.

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“I bet the Dolphins would be devastated to see Tyler Booker go off the board two picks in front of them, but that’s the risk of trading back,” Helman wrote. “No matter, Miami needs a viable starter opposite Jalen Ramsey in the secondary. Barron’s measurables aren’t ideal, but nearly everything else about his game looks first-round caliber.”

Barron would tackle a necessity at cornerback, and Starks can be accessible till decide No. 24, the place the Minnesota Vikings choose him on this mock draft. Taking Booker, a long-term answer at guard, isn’t an ideal match for Miami’s scheme and wouldn’t essentially enhance the roster as a lot as Starks or Barron.

If the highest linemen — Membou, Banks, and Will Campbell—together with Walker and Michigan cornerback Will Johnson are all off the board when Miami is on the clock at No. 13, including a mid-Day Two decide is likely to be sufficient to seal the deal on a commerce down.