{"id":244256,"date":"2026-04-24T03:56:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T03:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/244256\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T03:56:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T03:56:15","slug":"2026-nfl-draft-grades-fan-reactions-to-miami-dolphins-first-round-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/244256\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 NFL Draft grades: Fan reactions to Miami Dolphins first round picks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Dolphins fans and fans across the country. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartsurvey.co.uk\/s\/EFIUQ7\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up here<\/a> to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">With the 12th pick, the Dolphins selected offensive tackle Kadyn Proctor from Alabama, providing Miami with a huge offensive lineman who can play with tackle or guard. Miami could look to start him inside early in his career, while he also serves as the backup to right tackle Austin Jackson, who has struggled with injuries. Or, they could flip that and move Jackson inside and start Proctor at right tackle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Dolphins then came back and made a second first-round trade, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thephinsider.com\/miami-dolphins-draft\/118094\/nfl-draft-results-2026-miami-dolphins-move-up-in-first-round-for-second-pick\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this time moving up three spots from 30th to 27th<\/a>. With that selection, they added San Diego State cornerback Chris Johnson. The addition gives Miami an immediate starter at a position of massive need.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">What do you think of the Dolphins\u2019 first two picks of the 2026 Draft? Will it be enough to make a difference in the team\u2019s chances of success this year, where <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsbook.fanduel.com\/navigation\/nfl?tab=divisions\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FanDuel still lists the team as +3000 to win the division<\/a>, the longest odds in the AFC East? Vote below on the grades to let us know and head to the comments to discuss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Throughout the year we ask questions&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244257,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,38736,22886,125,124,35461],"class_list":["post-244256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-dolphins-discussion","tag-miami-dolphins-draft","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-sb-nation-reacts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244256","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=244256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}