{"id":195168,"date":"2026-03-17T17:25:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T17:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/195168\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T17:25:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T17:25:11","slug":"how-can-miami-replace-jaylen-waddle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/195168\/","title":{"rendered":"How Can Miami Replace Jaylen Waddle?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"75\">Jaylen Waddle\u2014the Dolphins\u2019 first-round pick in 2021 and consistently the team\u2019s top pass-catcher since then\u2014is now a Denver Bronco.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"78\">The Fins <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/broncos-trade-for-jaylen-waddle-in-deal-with-dolphins\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sent their prolific wideout (plus a 2026 fourth-rounder) to Sean Payton<\/a> and co. late Tuesday morning in exchange for the Broncos&#8217; 2026 first-round pick, third-round pick, and fourth-round pick. As interest around Waddle heated up, Miami had &#8220;held firm&#8221; that the receiver was worth a first-round pick, per <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapSheet\/status\/2033925865038365074?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">NFL Media&#8217;s Ian Rapoport<\/a>, and that hesitance has clearly paid off.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7b\">But with Waddle gone, the Dolphins are now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/jaylen-waddle-trade-what-broncos-dolphins-wr-depth-charts-look-like\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">quite thin at the receiver position<\/a>, and will likely be looking to replace their star wideout in this year&#8217;s draft. With that in mind, let&#8217;s take a look at all 11 of the team&#8217;s picks this year.<\/p>\n<p>Dolphins 2026 draft picks<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7h\">Miami now has the following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/updated-2026-nfl-draft-order-full-list-of-picks-all-seven-rounds\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">picks in the upcoming draft:<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Round<\/p>\n<p>Pick<\/p>\n<p>1<\/p>\n<p>No. 11<\/p>\n<p>1<\/p>\n<p>No. 30*<\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>No. 43<\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>No. 75<\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>No. 87 (via Eagles)<\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>No. 90 (via Texans)<\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>No. 94*<\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>No. 130*<\/p>\n<p>5<\/p>\n<p>No. 151<\/p>\n<p>7<\/p>\n<p>No. 227<\/p>\n<p>7<\/p>\n<p>No. 238 (via Chargers from Titans and Jets)<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7m\">* denotes pick received as part of Waddle trade.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7p\">Miami is <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FieldYates\/status\/2033925924257751096?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">now one of five teams<\/a> with two picks in the first round, including the Jets (2, 16); Browns (6, 24); Chiefs (9, 29); and Cowboys (12, 20).<\/p>\n<p>Who could the Dolphins draft to replace Waddle?<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7v\">We are still over a month out, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/post-combine-nfl-mock-draft-2026-rams-select-matthew-stafford-replacement\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">recent Sports Illustrated mock drafts<\/a> count Ohio State receiver Carnell Tate, USC wideout Makai Lemon and Arizona State&#8217;s Jordan Tyson among the top pass-catching options on the board. While it&#8217;s likely Tate goes before the Dolphins pick at No. 11,  Lemon and Tyson should still be there. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7y\">It is also possible the Dolphins opt to shore up their defense with their early first-rounder, and save the No. 30 overall pick for someone like Washington&#8217;s Denzel Boston\u2014less highly rated than the aforementioned options, but still in the first-round conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Miami&#8217;s current WR room<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"84\">Post-trade, the Dolphins now have the following at receiver:<\/p>\n<p>WR<\/p>\n<p>Tutu Atwell<\/p>\n<p>Jalen Tolbert<\/p>\n<p>Malik Washington<\/p>\n<p>Terrace Marshall Jr.<\/p>\n<p>Theo Wease Jr.<\/p>\n<p>Tahj Washington<\/p>\n<p>AJ Henning<\/p>\n<p>More NFL on Sports Illustrated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jaylen Waddle\u2014the Dolphins\u2019 first-round pick in 2021 and consistently the team\u2019s top pass-catcher since then\u2014is now a Denver&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":195169,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-195168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}