FIGHT ON: How the Minnesota Vikings and Miami Dolphins Can RALLY Moving Forward

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4.6 • 966 Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Minnesota Vikings fans have reason to hope as J.J. McCarthy flashes big-play potential and cornerstone talents like Justin Jefferson and Dallas Turner anchor the roster. With four top-100 draft picks and a proactive front office, the Vikings are primed to get younger and more explosive. Joe Marino and Kyle Crabbs spotlight Kevin O’Connell’s steady leadership, a retooled pass rush, and the team’s smart pivot away from costly veteran contracts. Miami Dolphins brace for a new era as draft capital surges, Anthony Weaver emerges as a top defensive coordinator candidate, and the organization eyes a potential reset at quarterback. Will Tyreek Hill’s hefty contract and uncertainty around Tua Tagovailoa trigger major moves? The hosts break down the front office shakeup, roster strengths like Devon Achane and Jaylen Waddle, and debate if Weaver or Mike McDaniel leads Miami’s future. How will these pivotal choices shape both franchises heading into 2025?

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0:00.0	no playoffs for the Vikings or Dolphins this year, but there are reasons to be optimistic about the future.
0:06.7	We're going to tell you what those are today on the Locked-on NFL Scouting podcast.
0:15.7	You are a locked-on NFL scouting with the draftudes, your daily podcast for NFL and college football scouting.
0:24.4	Part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:30.1	What's better than this?
0:31.7	It's guys being dudes here on the Lockdown NFL Scouting podcast.
0:36.2	Part of the Lockdown Podcast Network, now the number one sports podcast network. We're the draft dudes. I'm Joe Marino from Lockdown Bills. He's Kyle Crabs from Lockdown Dolphins, and we are your NFL experts here with you daily to talk team building across the league on the Lockdown NFL scouting podcast with the Draft dudes, part of the Lockdown Podcast Network, your team every day. One issue a big thank you. Shout out and welcome to our everydayers. Those of you who never miss a single episode, we appreciate you all being here very, very much. Today's episode is brought to you by Fandul. If you want to be right in the middle of the action this season, visit fandole.com and place your NFL live bets all season long.
1:14.0	Joe, happy Victor Wednesday to everybody,
1:18.1	because nobody lost last night.
1:20.5	It's a Victor Wednesday for everybody.
1:22.8	We're doing a couple of Levy Grails.
1:25.6	If you're new to the concept of a Levy Grail,
1:28.4	it's inspired by Joe's favorite team,
1:32.3	former head coach, Marve Levy,
1:34.6	rally and cry with the Scottish ballad to the bills
1:37.4	in the face of adversity to get them to mount back up
1:40.0	and go at it again another year and fight on, right?
1:43.2	And we're only allowed to say positive things during the Levy Grill.
1:51.4	And we're going to get into two teams in Minnesota and Miami that were eliminated this
1:55.1	past weekend.
1:56.8	In addition to diving into some of the not positive things that exist around one of these teams
2:03.7	uh with the i don't say news but the the tease might might make daniel open the door for a
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