Finding Pass Rush Reinforcements For The Miami Dolphins | Final 2026 NFL Draft EDGE Rankings

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🗓️ 17 April 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Miami Dolphins face a critical decision in shaping their pass rush for the 2026 NFL Draft. Can Rueben Bain's power and Miami pedigree make him the next defensive cornerstone, or will questions around arm length and recent off-field incidents sway the team's draft board? Kyle Crabbs ranks the top edge rushers, including Arvell Reese, TJ Parker, David Bailey, and Keldric Falk, weighing talent, scheme fit, and long-term upside for a Dolphins defense in transition. Dive into an in-depth breakdown of early-round targets, Day 2 dilemmas, and Day 3 sleepers like Trey Moore and Deny Dennis Sutton. Spotlights include positional versatility, athletic profiles, and how John Eric Sullivan’s scouting criteria could shift Miami’s priorities. With names like Akeem Mesidor, Zion Young, and Malachi Lawrence in play, Kyle Crabbs poses the key question: will the Dolphins find the right fit to anchor their pass rush for years to come?

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0:00.0	What should the dolphins pecking order look like for past rushers?
0:04.8	In the 2026 NFL draft, we are exploring that here today on Locked On Dolphins.
0:15.2	You are Locked on Dolphins, your daily Miami Dolphins podcast, part of the Locked On Podcast Network,
0:23.2	your team every day.
0:25.9	All right, my name is.
0:27.4	Welcome to another episode of Locked on Dolphins.
0:29.6	It is your team every day here on the Lockdown Network.
0:32.2	I'm your host, Kyle Crabs, a lifelong Miami Dolphins fan, host of Lockedon Dolphins, co-host of
0:36.0	Lockedon NFL scouting, author of Touchdown Miami on Substack NFL staff writer for A to Z sports special
0:42.3	welcome shout out to each and every one of our every dayers tuning in on this edge
0:47.6	rankings edition of Locked on Dolphins.
0:51.1	We've worked our way through a lot of the board.
0:53.9	We've looked at some of the board. We've looked at some of
0:54.8	the secondary. We've looked at wide receivers, the offensive line. Look at the pass rush today.
1:01.0	And it is a really compelling group of past rushers. We've kind of gone through some of the
1:05.2	names that I've liked in the past couple of weeks. But now it's like final Dolphins big board rankings time.
1:13.3	So I dropped my full top 300 draft board over on Touchdown Miami on Substack.
1:18.2	If you're watching on YouTube, you can't read this right now.
1:20.4	Don't worry.
1:21.0	You're not supposed to read it.
1:21.8	I'm just using the visual tool.
1:24.6	We're going to talk through all the grades here.
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