We have more mounting evidence that someone was trying to move up for the Miami Dolphins’ guy in the 2026 NFL Draft
Miami Dolphins GM Jon-Eric Sullivan suggested someone was coming up for their guy and there’s some evidence that he was right.
When the Miami Dolphins selected offensive lineman Kadyn Proctor with the 12th overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, it was suggested that Miami felt at least one team was trying to move up in order to draft their target.
Such intel is hard to confirm on the outside. Teams play in a totally different ecosystem of conversations and information than we do. But if you sniff around enough places and check in enough cracks and corners? You may be able to piece some things together. Detective work from our side of the fence is simply speculative. A new 2026 NFL Draft behind-the-scenes certainly helps to build the speculative case against one team. The Detroit Lions may have been the Kadyn Proctor pursuers.
We have more mounting evidence that someone was trying to move up for the Miami Dolphins’ guy in the 2026 NFL Draft
The Baltimore Ravens’ behind-the-scenes draft spotlight offered a glimpse into the Ravens’ draft room. There, the team had fielded an offer from the Lions to come up to No. 14 overall in the draft. The compensation, as laid out by the Ravens’ media department? Pick no. 14 for picks no. 17, 118, and a future 3rd.
But it is when this trade offer was discussed that matters most. Because the trade offer conversation was held after the Dallas Cowboys moved up to pick No. 11 with the Dolphins and drafted safety Caleb Downs. That left Miami still on the clock and Proctor still, momentarily, on the board.
By the time the Dolphins picked Proctor and then the Rams selected Ty Simpson, the Ravens checked back in with Detroit. The ask was simple: would Detroit still do the original offer the Lions had made to them just a few picks earlier? And they told the Ravens they were out. Logic would seem to dictate that something changed for the Lions. But the interesting part is how few picks transpired during that window of change. Between the time they made the offer around 11th overall and the time the 14th overall pick came on the clock, it doesn’t leave many variables. Surely it wasn’t Ty Simpson being gone. So logic would seem to suggest..
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