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Locked On NFL Scouting with the Draft Dudes - Daily podcast covering NFL and College Football scouting

CULTURE SHIFT: Jeff Hafley and Robert Salah HIRED as Dolphins & Titans Coaches, Vacancies Still Looming

Locked On NFL Scouting with the Draft Dudes - Daily podcast covering NFL and College Football scouting

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4.6966 Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Miami Dolphins and Tennessee Titans reset their franchises with headline-grabbing new hires, but will fresh leadership deliver long-awaited results? Joe Marino and Kyle Crabbs dig into Miami’s decision to pair GM John Eric Sullivan with head coach Jeff Hafley, questioning if their draft-focused, player-development vision can transform a depleted roster and finally achieve alignment in the front office. Can Hafley’s college experience and “buy-in factor” outshine previous failed “scheme wizard” hires like Adam Gase and Joe Philbin? Meanwhile, the Titans bring Robert Saleh on board, sparking debate about his impact and the crucial search for the right offensive coordinator to maximize Cam Ward’s potential. Key topics include the latest on other NFL vacancies with Sean McDermott, Brian Flores, and Klint Kubiak connected to teams like the Steelers, Ravens, and Bills. Which franchises are poised to strike next—and who will emerge as the league’s most influential coaching move?

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0:00.0

The Titans and Dolphins have new head coaches, and there's a lot of teams that are still looking for one.

0:06.7

We're going to break it all down today on the Locked on NFL scouting podcast.

0:15.2

You are locked on NFL scouting with the draft dudes, your daily podcast for NFL and college football scouting.

0:23.9

Part of the Locked-on podcast network, your team every day.

0:29.8

What's better than this?

0:31.4

It's guys being dudes here on the Lockdown NFL scouting podcast.

0:36.0

We're the draft dudes.

0:37.2

I'm Joe Marino from Lockdown Bills. He's Kyle Craves from Lockdown Dolphins. And we are your NFL experts here with you daily to talk team building across the league. I'm a locked on NFL scouting podcast with the draft dudes. Part of the Lockdown podcast network, your team every day. One issue, big thank you. Shout out and welcome to our everydayers. Those of you

0:54.7

who never miss a single episode, we appreciate y'all being here very, very much.

1:00.3

Happy Tuesday.

1:02.9

Better get off of the show today than yesterday.

1:06.5

Wait, yeah, we've made it a full minute without breaking news that requires one of us to leave. That's a good start. Yeah. We don't, I mean, we, we were, what, 12 hours, 16 hours of the dolphins deferring the commitment to Halfley from being in this exact situation. I know. They said, you know, let's let this Bill's thing go for a little bit. Yep. Then we'll come in later on and we'll tell you who are.

1:28.6

We'll get a national championship game last night. Did you catch any of it? No, I saw the score this morning. Yeah. Yeah. Good, good games. Good game. Yeah. Renna Mendoza, number one overall pick. Yep. Yeah. Las Vegas Raiders. Yeah. we'll be hiring a coach here in the not too distant future.

1:46.3

Yes.

1:47.0

But they were not amongst the teams. overall pick. Yep. Las Vegas Raiders. Who will be hiring a coach here in the not too distant future?

1:46.4

Yes.

1:47.0

But they were not amongst the team.

1:48.3

Maybe they're next, which we'll get into on today's show, who we think could be next.

1:52.7

I think the biggest question that I have for you as we get into this Dolphins hiring Jeff

1:56.8

Halfley discussion is, what's your process going to be to remember that there's not two Fs in Affley? When you spell it. Bro, I mess it up every time. I spelled it enough times now. You got the reps. You got the reps. All right. Yeah. We did like the head coach hotboard. We did the interview tracker. You've been dialed in on. You've been you had the reps. Yeah. Yeah. So Jeff

2:18.7

Hathley's a pick, a very mixed bag of emotions from the fans. I don't need an exciting hire. I don't

2:28.0

need a sexy hire that's going to get me up out of my chair, right? Like, I'm a good process.

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