With the 2022 NFL draft less than a month away, every team is preparing to make their selections that they believe will help change address their issues and set them up to win a Super Bowl in the near future.
For the Miami Dolphins, they’ll have fewer chances to do so this year than anyone else, as they’ve traded away a number for their picks, leaving them with only four. Obviously, the team could acquire more between now and then, but, at this point, the Dolphins currently have a third-round pick (No. 102 from San Francisco), a fourth-round pick (No. 125 from Pittsburgh) and two seventh-round picks (No. 224 from Houston through New England and Baltimore and No. 247 from Tennessee).
While Dolphins fans may not have a ton to be excited about on those days, they can watch highlights of Tyreek Hill, who they traded a first, second and fourth-round selection for. They can also look at the stockpile of picks that they have next season.
For the 2023 draft, the Miami Dolphins have eight draft picks. At this point, they have two firsts (their own and the 49ers’ from the 2021 draft trade), a second, two thirds (their own and the Patriots’ from the DeVante Parker trade), a fifth, a sixth (either their own or the Bears from the Jakeem Grant trade, one will be sent to Kansas City in the Hill trade) and a seventh.
With five picks in the first three rounds in 2023, the Dolphins should be in prime position to continue improving their team no matter how the first season of the Mike McDaniel era goes.
If Tua Tagovailoa shows that he can perform with all of this talent around him, they can continue to add pieces to support him, and if he doesn’t the Dolphins have the capital to make sure they address the quarterback position.
