‘Most underrated player in the league’ — A rival NFL executive heaps major praise on a Miami Dolphins cornerstone
One of the Miami Dolphins’ best and brightest was called the league’s most underrated player by a rival executive.
The 2026 Miami Dolphins‘ roster has several cornerstone players in the midst of their prime.
Those players are going to be charged with carrying the Dolphins’ into their next build. The Dolphins have done well this offseason to position those players to be in South Florida long-term. Both De’Von Achane and Aaron Brewer were rewarded with big contract extensions. Brewer also got a fresh nod of respect from the league on Sunday, as he was voted as the NFL’s 10th-best interior offensive lineman for 2026. The poll, which came courtesy of ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, asked NFL scouts, executives, and coaches for their picks at every position. Not only did Brewer get ranked, he was given a major vote of confidence from a rival executive.
Miami Dolphins center Aaron Brewer ranked as 10th best interior OL in football by NFL scouts, coaches, and executives
“Evaluators have marveled at Brewer’s development. One NFC scout recalled listing him at 6-foot-1, 274 pounds coming out of Texas State in 2020. Brewer went undrafted. Six years later, he became a second-team All-Pro and earned a three-year, $52.5 million extension.
“Most underrated player in the league,” an NFC executive said.”
— ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler on Miami Dolphins center Aaron Brewer
Let’s compartmentalize for a moment the ranking of 10th overall. It’s a nice nod of respect, but even that ranking seems to further fuel the point of the NFC executive quoted in Fowler’s piece. The poll ranked Brewer third among NFL centers, behind Las Vegas’ Tyler Linderbaum and Kansas City’s Creed Humphrey. Brewer continuing to get accolades and recognition at the center position with those two also in the prime of their years will be a tall task.
It’s hard not to envision that Brewer’s untraditional path to this point doesn’t help his case, either. As Fowler points out, Brewer was once an undrafted lineman who lacked traditional NFL measurables. Linderbaum and Humphrey? First and second round draft picks respectively.
What matters now is that Brewer continues to play like the top-flight talent he’s shown himself to be the last two seasons in South Florida. If he does, that mantle of ‘most underrated player in the league’ will have to go to someone else.
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