The Miami Dolphins tore the whole thing down last season, moving on from Mike McDaniel, Tua Tagovailoa, Tyreek Hill, and Jaylen Waddle. That leaves a team completely unburdened by what has been. They are building Packers south, with Malik Willis and Jeff Hafley trading in their ilgaak for Pit Vipers. They have one player going in the top-130 picks, but is there any value to be had here? Let’s take a look at the 2026 Miami Dolphins’ fantasy football sleeper, undervalued, and overvalued players!
Sleeper: Chris Bell, Wide Receiver (WR86, Pick 217 OVR)
Bell is coming off an ACL tear sustained around Thanksgiving last year, which should definitely factor into your expectations for 2026; he will likely start slowly and be a second-half player.
First, he had five games over 85 yards in his NCAA career, including three straight in 2025 and back-to-back games in 2024.
As a player, Chris Bell is a big-framed bully at the catch point, who doesn’t really like to get airborne. He’s an incredibly stiff route runner, who doesn’t do a great job of changing direction on his routes, but he has one extremely fun trait that I enjoyed watching: he’s an exceptional target on in-breaking routes. He turns and squares his body to the quarterback, which allows him to track the ball in such a way that allows him to slightly downshift to catch it in stride, and quickly accelerate out of the catch point. He has a chance to be a productive bully possession receiver, which means beaucoup points in a PPR league.
If he’s healthy, I’m pulling the trigger on him in the double-digit rounds. If there’s a hint of a whiff of a scent that he isn’t, then I’m out.
Undervalued: Malik Willis, Quarterback (QB21, Pick 137 OVR)
Is Malik Willis a good NFL quarterback? So far in his career, the results say no. Is he a good fantasy football quarterback? So far in his career, it’s looking like he just might be. He started three games in Green Bay (weeks two and three in 2024, and week seventeen in 2025). In those three games, he finished as QB6, QB20, and QB3. That’s three performances better than his QB21 ADP, and two top-six performances. Why? In those three games, he rushed for 174 yards and three touchdowns. That’s the Malik Willis upside here: he just runs around unstoppably and garners you cheap points. Don’t forget that rushing yards are worth 2.5x as many fantasy points as passing yards. And go ahead and snag him as a speculative upside play late in your drafts. Worst-case scenario, you drop him.
Overvalued: Nobody.
This is where I tell you that I am in on De’Von Achane, their only player going inside the top-130 by average draft position. Some fear him, but his downside is baked into his cost. I have him as my RB3 and I actively recommend him. Otherwise, you can take a Dolphin or not; I don’t care. I’m not your real dad.
