{"id":248380,"date":"2026-04-27T15:43:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T15:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/248380\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T15:43:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T15:43:21","slug":"dolphins-ignore-qbs-for-generational-pass-catcher-in-early-2027-nfl-draft-mock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/248380\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolphins ignore QBs for generational pass catcher in early 2027 NFL Draft mock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The 2026 NFL Draft concluded on Saturday, and even though the Miami Dolphins added thirteen new players via the selection process \u2014 and many more as undrafted free agents \u2014 that won\u2019t stop the powers-that-be (or, you know\u2026 journalists) from proactively adding even more players via way-too-early 2027 NFL Draft mocks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">One such mock came out on Monday morning \u2014 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pff.com\/news\/draft-way-too-early-2027-nfl-mock-draft\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daire Carragher from Pro Football Focus<\/a> has the Dolphins passing on adding a new rookie quarterback at pick #2, and instead has them drafting a potentially generational wide receiver with the pick instead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Jeremiah Smith \u2014 wide receiver from Ohio State \u2014 was the selection for Miami. Here is Carragher\u2019s reasoning:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">\u201cJeremiah Smith has been viewed as a future blue-chip prospect since arriving at <a href=\"https:\/\/premium.pff.com\/ncaa\/teams\/2024\/REGPO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Ohio State<\/a>. Carnell Tate was selected fourth overall despite Smith comfortably outproducing him over the past two seasons. This 20-year-old has the size and athletic profile of a Hall of Famer, with 27 touchdowns in just two years.\u201c<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Malik Willis joined the Dolphins this offseason and projects to be their starting quarterback for at least the next two seasons. Nabbing a beast like Smith at wide receiver in next year\u2019s draft would provide the young quarterback with a truly dynamic weapon who could reshape Miami\u2019s roster in dramatic fashion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Of course, next year\u2019s draft is a full year away \u2014 and many football games will need to be played in the meantime. Will the Dolphins play poorly enough in 2026 to find themselves picking high enough in 2027 to grab a prolific skill position player like Smith? And if they do, would replacing Willis be the first order of business for general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan and company?<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">These are questions that will need to be answered in the upcoming season, but until then, it\u2019s at least fun to dream.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 NFL Draft concluded on Saturday, and even though the Miami Dolphins added thirteen new players via&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248381,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,22886,76123,125,124],"class_list":["post-248380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-dolphins-draft","tag-miami-dolphins-mock-drafts","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248380","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=248380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248380\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}