Which NFL team could steal the No. 1 draft pick from the Dolphins?

[DKphin]

The Dolphins’ plans for 2019 have been clear since the offseason; this team had no interest in contending.

Miami has been selling off valuable parts and accumulating young players and draft assets throughout the year. Out went players like Ryan Tannehill, Ja’Wuan James, Cameron Wake, Danny Amendola, Frank Gore, Laremy Tunsil, Kenny Stills, and Minkah Fitzpatrick. In came cap space — an estimated $117 million and counting — and draft picks, six of which are currently slated to fall in the top 65 next spring.

This has all but guaranteed the Dolphins a spot near the top of the 2020 NFL Draft, but they still have competition if they want to snag their quarterback of the future at No. 1 overall. The 2019 season has provided fertile ground for bad teams. Six remain winless through four weeks of the season. Miami will play three of those teams — including two dates against the 0-3 Jets — before their race to the bottom is finished.

Who could usurp the Dolphins’ claim for the top pick of next year’s draft? There are a handful of candidates, but maybe none as sad as ...

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Which team could steal the No. 1 pick from the Dolphins?

Miami is clearly in tank mode, but it may have some competition in the race to the bottom. We debate the chances of another team finishing worse than the Dolphins.

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[ChuckyG]

What is the worst position we could be picking? Surely no lower than 7 right?

 

[ChuckyG]

The Redskins are god awful so we will need to be ready to play if we want that L

 

[Danny]

7 is probably the lowest we'd draft but that'd be a disaster for us after everything we've done to get rid of players.

 

[hoops]

We will be top 5 just a matter of where.

Sell more players. I personally think we are a lock to be top 3 right now

 

[BigNastyFish]

We will be top 5 just a matter of where.

Sell more players. I personally think we are a lock to be top 3 right now

Totally agree.

No less (more?) than 3rd.

But of course regardless of who we target #1 having the best

losing position is a winner! Just get the sleazy Snyder suspicion

Washington blows more... In addition we're gong to pound the

**** out of Cincinnati. Hard to see us losing 2 to Jets...

So 4-12 or 3-13 looks right.

Folks are discounting the back end "kick" we're gonna get

when all the youth catches on and we become a very different team

last quarter... ZERO possibility we go 0-16 and the Deadskins might!

BNF

 

[jbyrd850]

I think we’re pretty set for a top 3 pick right now with a good chance at 1 or 2.

 

[djphinfan]

If we don’t get the #1 overall then this was all for naught

 

[Rick Cartman]

Jets, Redskins, and Bengals

Coincidentally enough we play them all.

 

[Dolphins81]

If we don’t get the #1 overall then this was all for naught

Agreed! Thankfully we play all of the bad teams so the number 1 pick is in our hands. We need to make sure that we lose.

 

[dolfan91]

2-14 is my prediction. That's probably a top 2-4 pick. Of all the years I've been watching football, I never thought I'd see the day, where there are 3-4 teams who could go winless. The Redskins, Broncos and Bengals are just god aweful. Miami may not be the worst team in the league. It's going to get real interesting come mid to late December. Miami may beat all 3 of those teams.

 

[djphinfan]

Agreed! Thankfully we play all of the bad teams so the number 1 pick is in our hands. We need to make sure that we lose.

It’s more stressful at this point..the thing is, if we finish 3rd or 4th and a team that already has their qb on the roster finishes 1st,, then we’re gonna have to spend a lot of those assets we collected to move up, if we get the first, we get Tua and all those assets..ughhhh....I’m in a glass case of emotion...:)