The Miami Dolphins have done a lot of work to position themselves in such a way that when the 2020 NFL Draft rolls around, this team will not have to wait too long to get on the clock and make their first selection. By and large, the rebuilding efforts are off to a good start and Miami’s roster teardown has left the team without enough talent to string together wins.
But Brian Flores has done an excellent job keeping his team competitive week in and week out. Some would argue Flores has done too good of a job (there’s no such thing, but we digress). Because now? The Miami Dolphins sit at 3-10 and are set to square off against the teams currently picking first and second in the current 2020 NFL Draft order — meaning more wins may well be on the way. But what if there are none? What would that look like for the Dolphins draft hopes?
Here’s what Miami’s realistic pick range will look like if the team fails to win another game this season.
Miami finishing 3-13 with losses to the Giants, Bengals and Patriots would position the Dolphins somewhere between 1 and 4 in the pick order. Miami giving a win to the Giants would pull Miami into a tie with New York but the Giants will still own a strength of schedule tiebreaker and would need to defeat the Washington Redskins to fall behind Miami. But Washington also owns a strength of schedule tiebreaker against the Dolphins and if the Redskins lost to New York, they’d likely pick second ahead of the Dolphins even if Miami loses out.
The most likely scenario for Miami in a scenario in which the team loses out would be to be picking 3rd in the 2020 NFL Draft behind the Cincinnati Bengals and whoever loses between the Giants and Redskins in Week 16. From there, the Dolphins can have their pick of any play not named Joe Burrow or Chase Young.
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