{"id":326595,"date":"2025-08-29T14:03:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T14:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/326595\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T14:03:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T14:03:15","slug":"dolphins-x-factor-for-the-2025-nfl-season-is-named-storm-duck-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/326595\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolphins’ X-factor for the 2025 NFL season is named Storm Duck"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dolphins’ X-factor for the 2025 NFL season is named Storm Duck<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a><\/p>\n

Storm Duck could be a crucial determining piece of the Miami Dolphins’ 2025 season.<\/p>\n

ESPN’s Ben Solak<\/a> goes so far as to name him the Dolphins’ X-factor.<\/p>\n

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“Many NFL fans will be flabbergasted to discover that the Dolphins are employing a cornerback named Storm Duck, but here we are,” Solak writes. “Duck was a high-caliber recruit whose college career was lampooned by injury, but he made the Dolphins’ roster last year as a UDFA and played over 300 snaps because of injuries. He took his rookie lumps as you’d expect of a UDFA, but he looks physically like he belongs.”<\/p>\n

The Dolphins have had a lot of shakeup in the secondary this offseason. That likely pushes Duck into a major role.<\/p>\n

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“Duck is now thrust into a starting role following the\u00a0substantial retooling\u00a0of the secondary, and might even be the ‘CB1′ — not that they will travel him with star receivers or anything,” Solak writes. “The Dolphins’ front seven should actually be pretty solid, so any ounce of quality play from their defensive backfield will go a long way into maximizing the effect of that pass rush. A lot of eggs in Duck’s basket this season, if you will.”<\/p>\n

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After 35 tackles and four passes defensed as a rookie, there is likely more coming for Duck this time around.<\/p>\n

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What is Storm Duck’s real name?<\/p>\n

Storm Duck is actually his real name.<\/p>\n

Fully, it’s Storm Chandler Duck.<\/p>\n

His mother named him after the character Storm Logan from The Bold and the Beautiful, a soap opera, according to Yahoo Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That first name, Storm, just so happened to pair rather nicely with an already unusual last name.<\/p>\n

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