REUNION | 10 Bubble Players Elsewhere Who Could Make Sense For The Miami Dolphins Later This Summer

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🗓️ 20 July 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Miami Dolphins will churn the bottom of the roster. Could familiar faces like Bo Melton, Ty'Ron Hopper, or Jonathan Ford join forces with Jeff Hafley in Miami? Kyle Crabbs spotlights connections to the Green Bay Packers and Houston Texans, breaking down which bubble players—with ties to the Dolphins’ staff—might give the roster a needed jolt. Position battles heat up at wide receiver, linebacker, offensive line, and tight end, with potential reunions centered on Cade Stover, Brevin Jordan, Donovan Jennings, and Juice Scruggs. The episode also features a compelling quote from Chris Johnson, revealing why Miami’s new regime is banking on players who embrace the process over the result. With high-stakes evaluations and roster churning in focus, can the Dolphins’ new approach finally unlock lasting consistency?

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0:00.0	As the Miami Dolphins look to churn the bottom of their roster,
0:04.2	there are some bubble players elsewhere across the league to know
0:07.5	who have connections to those now in Miami.
0:16.0	You are Locked on Dolphins, your daily Miami Dolphins podcast,
0:41.2	part of the Locked On Podcast Network, your team every day. All right, Miami, welcome to another episode of Lockedon Dolphins. It is your team every day here on the Lacton Network. I'm your host, Kyle Crabs, lifelong Miami Dolphins fan, host of Lacton Dolphins, co-host of blocked NFL scouting author of Touchdown Miami on substack NFL staff writer for a to Z sports.
0:56.0	Today's episode of Locked on Dolphins is brought to by Game Time. Download the GameTime app, create an account, and use code locked on $20 off of your first purchase. Break out the yearbook, because we're talking about potential reunions here today on the show.
1:04.1	Looked at the Green Bay roster from 23, 24, 25, that window where some guys maybe at the end of rookie contracts,
1:06.8	some guys that were maybe brought in to work with Jeff Halfley.
1:12.1	Obviously, John Eric Sullivan and his role in the scouting department kind of leaves you with a blank canvas on that side of the ball.
1:29.4	Decided also look back at Houston 23, 24, Bobby Sloick, picked out some names that maybe this Dolphins franchise in the midst of trying to find the right combination of maybe catching lightning in a bottle or maybe we've got depth concerns at a certain spot some reunions that could make sense from both of
1:35.8	those places where there's a high up connection and would be familiarity for who the
1:42.1	dolphins now have in charge i have have in grand total 10, 10 names, plus one quote from Chris Johnson that came out at the end of last week.
1:51.5	That fired me up that we're going to talk about as well.
1:56.1	So I'll start in Green Bay.
1:57.8	You've got a head coach and a general manager who was in player personnel
2:02.0	in Green Bay with tons of obvious connections. And the biggest one for me is probably
2:07.7	Bo Melton at wide receiver. So Bo Melton is in a wide receiver room that includes
2:14.8	Christian Watson on a contract extension, a first round draft choice in Matthew Golden, Jane Reed on a contract extension, Savion Williams,
2:21.6	who was a third round draft choice in 2025. That's the top four. Now, they have Jay Michael
2:29.5	Sturdivant, who's a rookie this year. They bring in Skymore and free agency.
2:35.0	There's a battle there for that spot.
2:38.1	Beaumelt could certainly win that spot.
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