Halftime Adjustments To Make As A Miami Dolphins Fan For Second Half Of 2025

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🗓️ 5 November 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Miami Dolphins trade Jaelan Phillips for a third-round pick as the franchise shifts into evaluation mode. Was this the right move, or should interim GM Champ Kelly have executed a bigger teardown at the deadline? Kyle Crabbs breaks down why the Dolphins held firm on Bradley Chubb and Jaylen Waddle, analyzes the Andre Carter II signing from the Detroit Lions practice squad, and delivers injury updates on James Daniels, Austin Jackson, and the controversial Liam Eichenberg situation. The centerpiece is a comprehensive roster evaluation identifying which players are long-term solutions versus problems—from Aaron Brewer's elite center play and De'Von Achane's three-down value to a secondary in desperate need of rebuilding. Jordyn Brooks emerges as the defensive anchor, while approximately 40% of the current roster earns keeper status for the franchise's future. Discover which Miami Dolphins players are building blocks for the rebuild and which need to be replaced this offseason.

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0:00.0	The NFL trade deadline has passed, and it is time for the second half of the 2025 NFL season for your Miami Dolphins in the midst of a lot of change.
0:09.9	We have some final thoughts on the deadline and prepping for the start of the second half of the year here today on Locked on Dolphins.
0:31.8	You are Locked on Dolphins, your daily Miami Dolphins podcast, part of the Locked On Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:34.3	All right, Miami.
0:37.1	Welcome to another episode of Locked on Dolphins.
1:13.3	It is your team every day here on the Lockdown Network. I'm your host, Kyle Crabs. A lifelong Miami Dolphins fan, host of Lacton Dolphins, go host of Lackdon, NFL scouting, author of Touchout, Miami on Substack NFL staff writer for A to Z sports. I want to give a special welcome and shout out to our every day because it is your team every day. we don't just say we live it here on the lactone network. Today's episode Lockdown Dolphins is brought you by Fandall. Right now, new customers can bet just $5. And if your bet wins, you get $300 and bonus bets to use across the app. Half time. We're just about done with halftime, right? To the trade deadline has come and gone. There's eight more games left to be played. It's an opportunity for the dolphins to put individual resumes on
1:21.4	display. That is what this year is about the rest of the way. It is not about trying to win
1:26.9	X number of games to make a
1:28.6	playoff run or playoff seating or this or that. Nope. It's not. It's about trying to figure out
1:36.3	whose problems, whose solutions, who needs to stay, who can be built around long term,
1:42.7	what kind of players we have to work with,
1:46.7	et cetera.
1:48.1	So we're going to talk about some problems and solutions head counts today on the show.
1:52.0	We're going to talk about some personnel moves, including a new player that's been signed.
1:58.1	I feel like I'm on an episode of Punked with. And I want to start with some final
2:05.1	thoughts around the trade deadline where the Dolphins, of course, trade Jalen Phillips.
2:10.5	On Monday for a third round pick, they eat $5 million of his remaining salary to buy that pick
2:15.5	up into the third round for a top 100 pick.
2:18.4	Don't make any moves yesterday.
2:21.0	And there's so much to process yesterday on the heels of, like, I hit record five minutes
2:26.6	after the deadline passed, and it was very apparent that the dolphins were not making any
2:32.4	of the moves.
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