If the Dolphins Have the #1 Pick of the Draft (or #2 or #3), they are Taking a QB

If the Dolphins Have the #1 Pick of the Draft (or #2 or #3), they are Taking a QB As the Miami Dolphins season is heading south quickly, fans will begin to turn their attention to next Aprils NFL Draft.

The fine folks at Tankathon have begun each Sunday updating the draft order after the games have been played, and as of today, the Dolphins currently hold the 3rd overall pick of the draft.

Now its September, so to take that seriously is silly.

But, it does lead to some reasonable speculation: if Miami has a Top 5 pick, what do they do? The answer is easy: you draft a quarterback.

You see, the reason you have a Top 5 pick is because you have a problem with your current quarterback.

And yes, Miamis secondary is garbage, and the offensive line needs more quality bodies, and the pass rush looks old, slow, and past its prime for the most part.

But in the NFL, there are two types of teams: Teams with a Franchise QB and Teams Searching for their Franchise QB.

SPOILER ALERT: If Miami has a Top 5 pick, they are in the category of teams searching for their franchise QB.

Like its not even up for a debate, and I have seen fans on social media balk at this notion.

My message to those fans: WAKE UP! Here are a few reasons why IF (again IF) Miami has a Top 5 pick, they are taking a quarterback.

You Dont Expect to be Picking This High in the Draft Again No owner, GM, or coach goes into work HOPING to have a pick in the Top 5 or Top 10 of the NFL Draft.

But if you are in that situation, you maximize it and you find your franchise quarterback if you dont have one.

Of course, you can find a franchise QB in Round 2 or later in Rd 1, but picking near the top of the draft gives you an edge over everyone else.

Hey, if you can trade down, get some picks, and still get your guy, great.

If you have to sit where you are to take him, fine.

And if you have to part with something to get to pick #2 or #1, you do it.

Especially with the situation Miami will be in, most likely with a new head coach and new general manager.

You get your franchise quarterback and the face of your franchise day 1, and go from there.

Tuas Contract is too big To Move.

You have to keep him.

FALSE! This is the NFL; no contract is too big to move on from.

Yeah, it will be painful, but again, this will be year 1 for a new head coach and GM (most likely), so take the big cap hit then, get past it in your honeymoon year, and then move on.

Plus, the QB you are replacing him with is a rookie on a rookie contract.

I also think a lot of people from the Cult of Tua who cant accept he isnt the guy or he isnt HIM as the kids say, use this excuse as a way to lie to themselves to keep him as a member of the Dolphins.

Sorry, his time is up; his time is now.

Tua gotta go! Plus, just use common sense.

The new Miami Dolphins head coach and the new general manager didnt draft Tua Tagovailoa ; they would have seen Tua get the last TWO head coaches fired in Miami.

They dont want to be saddled with him even for one season; you want a clean break and a fresh start.

(and here is the one that annoys me the most) The Offensive Line is still bad, so why Draft Another QB Oh, I dont know, because SMART NFL PEOPLE (we havent had a smart GM in a long while) can multitask and walk and chew gum at the same time.

Its not an either-or situation.

You can draft a QB in Round 1, and fix your o-line through free agency, trades, and your other draft picks, rounds 2 through 7.

Drafting a quarterback at the top of Round 1 doesnt preclude you from addressing other positions on the roster that need to be fixed.

Just because Chris Grier has never done it doesnt mean there isnt another way to do things.

Too many Dolphins fans have been brainwashed by Grier.

There are No Good Quarterbacks Worth Drafting at the Top of Rd 1 How do you know? Are you Daniel Jeremiah? Are you Mel Kiper? Are you Louis Riddick ? Last year this time, nobody expected Cam Ward to be a first-round pick; he ended up going #1 overall.

I had one guy say this to me on Social Media, then I asked him if he had watched any of the quarterbacks play this year.

His answer was, No, I dont watch College Football.

So how can you say there are no good quarterbacks worthy of going at the Top of Rd 1 if you dont watch? People say really dumb things on social media without thinking them through.

Did anyone watch Josh Allen at Wyoming the year he came out? Be honest...you didnt.

Look, we are only three games into this college football season; dont make conclusions about players based on a small sample size.

Not to mention, scouts and player personnel directors look for traits, not stats.

If a QB checks the boxes of durability, mobility, brains, strong arm, accuracy...if he happens to be on a bad team or has bad coaching, NFL scouts can see through that.

The 2026 QB class is strong, and a few of those players are going to be selected at the Top of Round 1.

Anyone who says otherwise is LYING TO YOU!!!! Conclusion I dont know how the rest of the 2025 Miami Dolphins season will play out, but from the looks of it, I dont think it is going to go well.

We are probably looking at a new head coach and general manager after the season.

And if that happens, a new quarterback as well.

And if this season over the next 15 games goes as badly as I think, we will have a Top 5 pick, probably honestly be picking #1 or #2.

And if we find ourselves in that spot, you take a quarterback.

There is no doubt about that.

If you think otherwise, then you truly dont understand how the current NFL works..

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