2019 NFL Draft: Miami Dolphins 7 round mock draft

Round 1 – Pick 13

Daniel Jones, QB, Duke

This is a really tough spot for Miami. Quarterbacks are going to go before them and they simply lack the draft capital to jump teams unless they dip into the 2020 picks. However, the team needs to address the quarterback position should they inevitably move on from Tannehill. With Dwayne Haskins, Kyler Murray and Drew Lock all gone, that left Duke’s Daniel Jones as the next viable option at the signal caller position.

While personally, I value Jones as more of a round three type of player, he is receiving first round buzz around the league. Jones come from a quarterback friendly system run by noted quarterback friend David Cutcliffe at Duke. People will point to Jones intangibles like his toughness or decision making with the football. However, rarely do you see anyone pointing to exceptional traits with Jones. Even during his time at the Senior Bowl, he looked like a mediocre quarterback. Miami is in a tough spot and this would be a reach they would likely need to take.

Now this could all be for not and Miami could go two separate ways. Keep Tannehill and ride it out for one more year hoping the new coaching staff can revitalize him. The other option is to dip into the free agency pool and come away with a player like hometown kid Teddy Bridgewater. Bridgewater would come at a steep price, and it would hurt the cap coupled with Tannehill’s dead money. However, that would leave Miami to jump into a deep edge class early in the draft.

Jones would make sense if Flores and his new offensive coordinator Chad O’Shea want to keep what they had going in New England. Jones is a strong mental processor who’s accurate in the short to intermediate areas of the field. He could thrive in a system that ran a ton of underneath action to free receivers up and let them make plays. Jones has limitations but there is a path to success for him in the right system.