Will The Miami Dolphins Defense Be BETTER Or Just Different In 2026?

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🗓️ 7 July 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Miami Dolphins' defense faces a pivotal season—can rising stars and new additions outperform last year’s underwhelming unit? Kyle Crabbs breaks down each defensive position group, spotlighting Zach Sieler, Kenneth Grant, and Jordan Phillips in the trenches, along with questions swirling around pass rushers like Chop Robinson. Confidence runs high for the defensive line and linebackers, especially with Jordan Brooks anchoring the middle, but uncertainty clouds the secondary as rookies Chris Johnson and Dante Trader Jr. look to fill major shoes. Statistical realities from 2025 loom large: a bottom-tier ranking in points allowed and yards per play set the bar for improvement. Plus, find out why Sean Payton secures a spot on Miami’s villain list after nearly orchestrating a Bill Belichick takeover in Denver—potentially threatening Don Shula’s all-time win record. Can head coach Jeff Hafley’s young defense seize the moment and change the narrative this year?

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0:00.0	You may be surprised at the confidence that I have in some of the dolphins position rooms on the defensive side of the football.
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0:15.7	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 Lacto Network. I'm your host, Kyle Crabs, lifelong Miami Dolphins fan, host of Lacton Dolphins, co-host of Lacton NFL scouting, author of Touchdown, Miami on Substack NFL staff writer for A to Z sports. Want to give a special welcome and shout out to each and every one of our every day. It is your team. Every day, today's episode of Lockedon Dolphins is brought to by Odu. Great organizations win because operations matter, and that's why you should get Odu. Try for free today at Odu.com slash locked on. That's O-D-O-D-com. Slacked on.
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0:58.1	Last week before the Aaron Brewer contract details dropped
1:02.0	and I went off on a 96-hour blackout going through contract stuff.
1:08.0	We did the offensive side of the ball confidence meter.
1:12.4	How confident we were in each one of the position rooms to give us a better play than the dolphins received in 2025.
1:21.8	And the conclusion that we made, as was the title of that program,
1:25.7	is I believe the Dolphins offense
1:27.7	collectively is going to be better than the one we saw on the field in 2025 this season.
1:34.0	It's the same thing applicable for the defense's side of the football.
1:38.6	We're going to explore the same thing.
1:40.2	Plus, you bad bad man, Sean Payton.
1:43.9	We're going to talk about him at the end of the show.
1:45.1	But let's start with the trenches and the position rooms that the dolphins have
1:48.9	and talk about who's under roster,
1:52.3	how confident I am that the performance that we will get is better
1:55.8	than what the dolphins received last season.
1:58.6	We'll start on the defensive interior where the confidence meter is high that
2:04.4	Zach Sealer, Kenneth Grant, Zeke Bakers, and Jordan Phillips will perform better than the
2:09.7	defensive interior of Zach Seeler, Kenneth Grant, Zekebakers, and Jordan Phillips did last
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