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Examining the Dolphins Picks Versus the "Big Board"
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Examining the Dolphins Picks Versus the "Big Board"

Miami Dolphins On SIΒ·Alain PoupartΒ·about 1 month ago
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The 2026 NFL draft has been over for a few days, and there's been an awful lot of conversation since about the ever-popular "consensus big board." Make no mistake, teams don't make their picks based on those boards, which are produced by analyzing the rankings of various national draft analysts, because they have their own big board. But, right or wrong, those "big boards" wind up being used by the media to evaluate how teams fared in their draft because instant grades often depend upon getting what is perceived to be good value for picks, meaning getting a player later in the draft than he was projected to be selected. The Miami Dolphins, for example, got five draft selections that will be considered as "steals" based on a consensus big board put together by The Athletic that aggregated the rankings of well-known analysts Daniel Jeremiah, Mel Kiper Jr., Dane Brugler, Todd McShay, Jordan Reid and Lance Zierlein of NFL.com, along with those from Pro Football Focus, ESPN, Yahoo and The Athletic itself.…

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