Does drafting Lemon make sense for Dolphins?
Kyle Dvorchak unpacks Makai Lemon's visit to the Miami Dolphins, detailing how his skillset can lead to a positive impact for a Miami team that's in need of a WR1.
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Ufc wide receiver Mekhi Lemon is reportedly making a top thirty visit with the Miami Dolphins.
The Dolphins first pick, they have multiple first-round picks.
Their first pick of the draft is number eleven.
Their Broncos pick comes nearly twenty spots later.
That's not really a spot where you expect to find one of the big three receivers in this class.
Those three receivers being Mekhi Lemon, Arizona State's Jordan Tyson, and Ohio State's Carnell Tate.
I do think when they're on the clock at number eleven, this has to be one of the top options in terms of the overall positions they could be looking at.
It really is.
I mean, they have a lot of holes on defense, some holes on the offensive line, but I think wide receiver among all of them is the most premier position they should, should be chasing.
I understand why they're bringing in a player like Mekhi Lemon for a top thirty visit.
To me, he also among these big three receivers is maybe the best fit for what they have right now, which is to say not a whole lot.
Mekhi Lemon is just the quarterback's best friend.
I know the comparison is easy to make to both USC players, but he does have a lot of Amon-Ra St. Brown in his game, and I think what Malik Willis and this offense need right now is a player who can just soak up easy button layup targets.
As a quarterback switching teams to a team that's probably not going to be as well-coached or well-defended on the other side of the ball as he just had with the Green Bay Packers, just give him some easy button looks, and that's exactly what Mekhi Lemon does.
He wins in the short and intermediate portion of the field.
He gets open, and he gets open quickly.
Obviously, this is not a foregone conclusion.
We still could have the Dolphins going a number of ways with their multiple first-round picks.
But if this does end up being the pick, I do think it's one that could be a sneaky value spot for fantasy purposes.
