NFL Films Draft Analyst Greg Cosell isn't shy about comparing prospects to elite NFL receivers. So when he name-dropped A.J. Brown while breaking down Chris Bell on the Ross Tucker Football Podcast, it was worth pausing on.

"He's one of those guys, he's straight-line fast and he's powerful," Cosell said. "In some ways he's built like an A.J. Brown. He has that kind of body type. 6-2, 222, physical. He can run. I mean, that's the thing. He could run away from the defense."

Cosell pointed specifically to a 35-yard touchdown Bell scored against Miami in 2025 as the perfect snapshot of what he is at his best. Bell caught a shallow crosser, broke through the Hurricanes' secondary, and took it to the house against a defense stacked with four and five-star recruits.

Cosell acknowledged Bell's limitations honestly. "He's a little rigid, he's a little stiff." But Tucker pushed back, asking if Terrell Owens was also rigid and stiff. Cosell agreed and made a sharper point: when you're that big and physical, hip stiffness isn't the death sentence it might be for smaller receivers. You compensate with size, strength, and straight-line speed. T.O. did it. A.J. Brown does it. Cosell suggested Bell fits that same archetype.

The other thing Cosell flagged was the Sullivan family connection to receiver evaluation. Jon-Eric Sullivan's father, Jerry Sullivan, was one of the best wide receiver coaches in the NFL for years. That bloodline matters when you're trying to figure out why the Dolphins drafted three receivers in the 2026 NFL Draft and grabbed Caleb Douglas earlier than most public boards had him ranked. Sullivan grew up around the position. He sees things in receivers that other evaluators might miss.

Tucker also noted that Miami's approach mirrors what Sullivan did in Green Bay. The Packers consistently drafted receivers after the first round and threw volume at the position, hitting on guys like Dontayvion Wicks, Romeo Doubs, and Christian Watson. The Dolphins took three receivers in this draft (Douglas, Bell, and Kevin Coleman), banking on the same theory. The class is deep, the ceiling for Bell is high, and the Packers' track record suggests Sullivan knows what he's doing at the position.

Bottom line: Cosell didn't compare Bell to A.J. Brown as a player. That’s an important distinction. He compared him as a body type and archetype. But the fact that the comparison even came up tells you what kind of physical traits Bell brings to the Dolphins' receiver room. Once he's healthy from the ACL tear that ended his Louisville career, Bell could be exactly what this offense needs: a physical, downfield-stretching wideout who can win contested catches and break tackles after the catch. The Packers' draft philosophy at receiver was built on finding guys like this on Day 2. Sullivan just imported that approach to Miami. If Bell's knee holds up, the third round of this draft might end up being the best round of Sullivan's first class.

Kim Bokamper has been around the Dolphins long enough to know the difference between a coaching staff going through the motions and one that's actually building something. After watching Jeff Hafley's OTAs, the former Pro Bowl linebacker came away convinced this staff falls in the second category.

"All the little details that mean a lot, you got coaches out there," Bokamper said. "I've seen coaches where they don't coach the details, and when you see something happen in the middle of a game, you go, 'Well, you know, you should have talked about that in practice.'"

That's a quiet shot at the previous regime without naming names. Anyone who watched the Mike McDaniel era saw plenty of moments where execution broke down in ways that suggested certain details had never been emphasized in practice.

What Bokamper saw from the current staff was different. "I don't think these guys are skipping a stone in what they do in their preparation for this football team. And I'm happy about that. Everybody's doing something, and the fundamentals on this football team are being hammered in, hammered in, and hammered in."

Bokamper also pointed to the early roster turnover as a signal that this coaching staff is serious about who fits and who doesn't. "If you don't, there's already a couple guys that have been shipped out for some other guys. I think it's a team that's going to be doing that a lot certainly during training camp."

Sullivan and Hafley have already made several roster moves since the draft. The message is clear: nobody is safe, and the standard is being enforced from day one.

Bottom line: Bokamper's perspective matters because he's seen this franchise at every stage, from Super Bowl contender to bottom-feeder and everything in between. When someone with that kind of institutional knowledge praises a coaching staff for hammering in fundamentals and making roster moves based on fit, that's the kind of validation a rebuild needs from outside voices to get fans to buy in.