Which 2026 NFL Draft Prospects MUST The Miami Dolphins NOT Trade Away From At Pick No. 11?

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🗓️ 20 March 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Miami Dolphins fans face a high-stakes NFL Draft conundrum: which elite prospects are simply too valuable to trade away at pick 11? Host Kyle Crabbs spotlights Sonny Styles, Rueben Bain, and Caleb Downs as can't-miss talents, examining why their positional value, versatility, and fit could transform Miami's defense. With top-10 grades and critical roster needs, could passing on one of these game changers haunt the Dolphins for years? Crabbs breaks down Miami’s roster situation, the surging importance of linebacker, edge rusher, and safety, and how players like Vega Ioane, and Francis Mauigoa stack up. From salary cap maneuvers with De'Von Achane to the strategic calculus of when to trade down, listeners get a passionate look at potential draft strategies, the evolving value of top prospects, and what it would take for the Dolphins to consider moving off their pick. The countdown to draft night is on—are Miami’s future stars already on the board?

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0:00.0	Which players in the 2026 NFL draft should the dolphins not trade away from an 11 no matter what?
0:07.9	I've got my list.
0:09.5	We're going over it here on Locked on Dolphins.
0:16.9	You are Locked on Dolphins.
0:18.9	Your daily Miami Dolphins podcast, part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:27.4	All right, Miami, welcome to another episode of Locked on Dolphins.
0:30.6	It is your team every day here on the Lockedown Network.
0:33.4	I'm Kyle Crabs, your host here on Lockedon Dolphins, lifelong Miami Dolphins fan, host of Lockedon Dolphins, co-host of Lockedon NFL scouting, author of Touchdown, Miami on Substack, NFL staff writer for A to Z sports. Today's episode of Lockedon Dolphins is brought to you by Fandul. Fandul is giving you a way to turn your energy into even bigger potential wins with a college basketball, Parlay, profit. Boosthead to fandul.com to get started today on the show why some guys are and are not on the annual do not trade
1:02.0	away from list.
1:03.7	And we're going to start with what this annual list is.
1:07.9	Every year we do a list of 2026 this year, 2025 last year, NFL draft prospects that if they're on
1:17.4	the board for the dolphins, you stick and pick. No questions asked. You don't feel bad about it.
1:24.1	You don't worry about do we need this on the roster? It's just the too good to be true scenario players that you could call an offer and I
1:34.1	cannot imagine a world in which a player and their value would be trumped by moving out
1:43.5	and moving down and getting a lesser player
1:45.4	with more picks in the future right and this list is it's an inexact science it's based on
1:51.3	the draft grades that i give out every single year i've done draft grades every year since the
1:55.7	2013 NFL draft right i'd like to think i've gotten a lot better over that period of time
2:00.4	but it's always an inexact science it It's always a moving target. You're always trying to
2:04.9	correct things that you got wrong in your evaluations the prior year, two years prior. And you're
2:11.3	always learning more about the game, right? And then the teams and their individual plans,
2:15.3	there's a lot of human error in this inexact science
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