The Palm Beach Post

Linebacker would shore up Dolphins D

QBs taken with each of the first three picks in mock draft.

- By Joe Schad Palm Beach Post Staff Writer jschad@pbpost.com Twitter: @schadjoe

All I know is, quarterbac­ks are always drafted higher than we think. And running backs and safeties have a tendency to slide.

All I know is, the Dolphins have a need at: linebacker, defensive tackle, quarterbac­k, running back and tight end.

All I know is, I actually correctly guessed Charles Harris to the Dolphins in my first mock draft last year. That does not mean I will correctly predict anything this time. So don’t bet on it.

But I might put the positional odds something like this: linebacker (50 percent), defensive tackle (25 percent), quarterbac­k (15 percent), running back (10 percent). I just made that up. But I’m sure Miami has sketched out every possible scenario.

Oh, Baker, Oh Baker, my Baker, come to My Field… (Unless, you know, you’re already taken…)

So here it is, Mock Draft 1.0, which sounds so, so cool:

1. Cleveland Browns: Sam Darnold, QB, USC

2. New York Giants: Josh Allen, QB, Wyoming

3. New York Jets: Josh Rosen, QB, UCLA

4. Cleveland Browns: Saquon Barkley, RB, Penn St.

5. Denver Broncos: Baker Mayfield, QB, Oklahoma

6. Indianapol­is Colts: Bradley Chubb, DE, NC State

7. Tampa Bay Bucs: Minkah Fitzpatric­k, DB, Alabama

8. Chicago Bears: Quenton Nelson, G, Notre Dame

9. San Francisco 49ers: Derwin James, S, Florida State

10. Oakland Raiders: Denzel Ward, CB, Ohio State

11. Miami Dolphins: Roquan Smith, LB, Georgia

12. Buffalo Bills: Tremaine Edmunds, LB, Virginia Tech

13. Washington Redskins: Vita Vea, DT, Washington

14. Green Bay Packers: Marcus Davenport, DE, UTSA

15. Arizona Cardinals: Calvin Ridley, WR, Alabama

16. Baltimore Ravens: Mike McGlinchey, OT, Notre Dame

17. Los Angeles Chargers: Da’Ron Payne, DT, Alabama

18. Seattle Seahawks: Josh Jackson, CB, Iowa

19. Dallas Cowboys: Leighton Vander Esch, LB, Boise State

20. Detroit Lions: Harold Landry, Edge, Boston College

21. Cincinnati Bengals: Connor Williams, OT, Texas

22. Buffalo Bills: Jaire Alexander, CB, Louisville

23. New England Patriots: Kolton Miller, OT, UCLA

24. Carolina Panthers: Dallas Goedert, TE, South Dakota St.

25. Tennessee Titans: Sam Hubbard, DE, Ohio State

26. Atlanta Falcons: Maurice Hurst, DT, Michigan

27. New Orleans Saints: Christian Kirk, WR, Texas A&M

28. Pittsburgh Steelers: Rashaan Evans, LB, Alabama

29. Jacksonvil­le Jaguars: Tyrell Crosby, OT, Oregon

30. Minnesota Vikings: Mike Hughes, CB, UCF

31. New England Patriots: Hayden Hurst, TE, S. Carolina

32. Philadelph­ia Eagles: Ronald Jones, RB, USC

 ?? CURTIS COMPTON / COX MEDIA GROUP ?? Odds are strong that the Miami Dolphins fill a need at linebacker with the No. 11 pick in the NFL draft — someone like Georgia’s Roquan Smith.
CURTIS COMPTON / COX MEDIA GROUP Odds are strong that the Miami Dolphins fill a need at linebacker with the No. 11 pick in the NFL draft — someone like Georgia’s Roquan Smith.

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