Miami Dolphins Fans Share Their Thoughts On What To Do With The 11th Overall Pick

This past week, I asked the following question:

What do you see as the team’s most pressing need in the first round of the draft, position-wise, at spot 11 or later, if they trade down, in the first? Do you instead believe that the team should not focus on a position of need or positions of need and instead just follow their board to a T? Either way, please let us know what you would do or like to see the new front office do with their first round pick in the 2026 NFL draft.

Below are some of your thougths and answers-

Vman123 believes the team’s first-round pick will leave us shaking our heads.

Chances are they’re going to pick somebody that’s going to make us shake our heads I realize we need everybody I hope soon we can find out who is going to be our QB and at pic 11 it would be nice to see a great pass rusher or CB

CluelessNFLfan says it’s going to take a while to get back to being good, so just get some top-level talent.

BPA at S, CB, OL, or Edge in no particular order. I’d be OK with the best TE too. This is a 3 year rebuild, just get us some top notch talent that will help us win for years to come

Alley Gator says trade this year’s first-rounder for a first-round pick next year or a large package of picks.

Not trading down, I’d trade forward to 2027. This year is already over so tank for a QB next year and an extra first rounder or gaggle of picks from trading this years first.

MIAMI235 wants the next Miami Dolphins stud middle linebacker.

Just for fun…..a game changing MLB! (They run the defense calls from sideline, stuff the run, create some havoc)

cyberflea says go BPA with an emphasis on edge rusher and corner.

Repeat, Edge and CB are the Dolphins biggest needs. I’m not listing QB because that position will not be addressed in the first round of this year’s draft. However, as others have said on here, pick BPA regardless of need.

Francesco ITA seems to agree with cyberflea.

1) BPA

2) Pass Rusher but not a small EDGE like Chop…

3) CB

coluccim has two players to focus on.

Our most pressing need is obvious. But there may not be value there. We need a defensive backend. So unless Tate slides, I would draft McCoy.

Bill Moody, with all the holes on the roster, says just go BPA. Seems like a

Every position group has a need at this point. I’d say we’re set at kicker and punter though. Go with BPA I guess.

Flexile says just go out and get me a future Hall of Fame player.

As long as they’re a HOF caliber player, it doesn’t matter what position they play. So do that… draft hall of famers and everything will work out fine.

Yarganaught seems to be leaning towards an edge pass rusher.

Our backfield, while not stellar, wasn’t the reason why QB3s and RB4s were able to run the ball and rack up 200yrds against them. And that was before we cut/traded away JP and Chubb. Not sure if an EDGE will fix that… but it sure couldn’t hurt.

popmaster23 wants to keep the Hurricane at home.

If he’s available trade down and get Rueben Bain.

Dolphster says to take Bailey if he falls to the Phins.

In my opinion, it is a toss up between CB and Edge. If David Bailey makes it to the Dolphins pick, it would be tough to pass on him. He has the size and all the tools to be a really good Edge Rusher and his game is already pretty refined without glaring weaknesses.

davidson11 seems to want the same sort of deal with the refs that the KC Chiefs have seemingly had over the last few years.

Can they draft a referee? That’s more valuable than any single player.

sdphinsfan sees a lot of needs in the middle of our defense.

Its got to be the middle of the Defense. We need impact player potential at both S and LB. Without it, we’ll be spinning our wheels if we’re looking at investing (drafting or FA) in Edge and CB. At 11, I don’t see a player at LB that will justify that pick unless Styles falls. Downs would make a ton of sense.

Well, that’s our random 15 comments for this evening. If you want to see the original full disccusion you can find it HERE. There seems to be a consensus for the most part, with most of our base focused on corner and edge rushers, which are possibly the two most glaring holes on this roster outside of quarterback, of course. As always, thank you to each of you who took the time to join the discussion and give your thoughts on our question of the day.