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Locked On Dolphins - Daily Podcast On The Miami Dolphins

Miami Dolphins Head Coach Jeff Hafley Gets HANDS ON With His Football Team At OTAs

Locked On Dolphins - Daily Podcast On The Miami Dolphins

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🗓️ 21 May 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Miami Dolphins fans get their first true look at Jeff Hafley, the coach, as the team drops exclusive OTA footage revealing his hands-on coaching style and infectious energy. Can Hafley’s direct player engagement and signature isms—like “I can’t wait to…” and “learn from it”—catalyze a new era for Miami? Kyle Crabbs spotlights Hafley’s proactive approach with players like Chop Robinson, David Ojabo, and rising safety Dante Trader, questioning if Trader could emerge as a Week 1 starter amid a wide-open depth chart. Key discussions include the significance of Hafley’s leadership, the Dolphins’ evolving safety rotation, and the impact of coaching communications on team culture. Kyle Crabbs dissects practice interactions, positional opportunities for young stars, and the coaching philosophies shaping Miami Dolphins’ identity. Is Hafley’s enthusiasm contagious enough to fuel a defensive resurgence in Miami? Don’t miss this inside view on Miami’s potential transformation.

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0:00.0

The Miami Dolphins gave us our first behind the scenes look at Jeff Hathley, the football coach.

0:12.3

You are Locked on Dolphins, your daily Miami Dolphins podcast, part of the Locked On Podcast Network, your team every day. All right, Miami, welcome to another episode of Locked-on Dolphins. It is your team every day here on the Locked-on Network. I'm your host of Cowcrabbs, lifelong Miami Dolphins fan, host of Lockedon Dolphins, co-host of Locked on Knifel, NFL Scouting, author of Touchdown Miami on Substack NFL staff writer for A to Z sports.

0:39.0

And the Miami Dolphins peeled back the curtain on some OTA work with Jeff Halfley,

0:45.3

who was miced up for the first couple days of phase three of on-field workouts for the Miami Dolphins.

0:52.7

Of course, in Halfley's first season as the NFL head coach,

0:55.9

I have some responses and reactions and thoughts that we'll dive into.

1:01.7

With this video, it's awesome.

1:03.7

It's like six minutes long.

1:05.1

If you didn't get a chance to watch it on the Miami Dolphins YouTube channel,

1:07.7

highly recommend it where he's bouncing around from drill to drill

1:13.4

and talking to Chop Robinson about it and David Ajabo about their technique.

1:17.8

And he's teasing Devon A-chan about whether he's offensive or defensive coach.

1:23.1

And so we'll get into all that stuff.

1:26.1

But I think first and foremost, what I appreciate about this and what I acknowledge

1:30.5

about this, right, is we've heard from Jeff Halfley a lot, those introductory press

1:37.2

conference.

1:38.6

There's press conference to introduce the coordinators.

1:41.9

There's the press conference at the NFL Combine. There's the press conference at the NFL Combine.

1:45.4

There's the media tour at the NFL Combine.

1:48.2

There's the media tour at the owner's meetings.

1:50.6

There's press conferences when the players first arrive and the league calendar year opens up.

1:57.5

There's press conferences with the NFL draft.

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