NFL redrafts are built to stir the pot, and this latest one does exactly that for the Miami Dolphins. CBS Sports went back through the 2024 class and tried to rework what each team should have done, but for Miami, the result feels more like a sideways move than a fix.
The Dolphins were sitting at No. 21 and originally used that pick on Penn State edge rusher Chop Robinson. He came into the league with the kind of tools that can change a front, and his start was encouraging before things tailed off in 2025.
CBS Sports would send Miami in a different direction, slotting in offensive tackle Taliese Fuaga instead. Fuaga went 14th overall to the Saints and has started every game he has played at tackle across his two seasons in New Orleans, though he did miss four games last year.
It’s not a bad idea on paper, but Miami already added tackle Patrick Paul in the second round, and that makes the whole exercise a little awkward. The case for Fuaga gets even thinner when you compare him to what the Dolphins already have in Paul, who looks like the more promising long-term piece.
There’s also the question of what else was available. In this redraft, Alabama edge rusher Dallas Turner makes it past Miami, and linebacker Edgerrin Cooper - who originally went to the Packers in round two - is another name that could have made sense.
Even so, the bigger point is that Miami’s draft issues weren’t concentrated at the top. The more interesting do-over might be the one that changes the later rounds, including trading up for Jaylen Wright and giving up a 2026 third-round pick to get him, along with the selections of Mohamed Kamara in round five, Patrick McMorris in round six, and Tahj Washington in round seven.
In other words, swapping Robinson for Fuaga doesn’t really move the needle. If anything, it just reinforces the idea that the Dolphins’ real draft questions were deeper than pick No. 21.
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