via the South Florida Sun Sentinel<\/a>. \u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s one outlet, social media, anyone that\u2019s got us picked to win anything. Not that it matters, but it\u2019s just what it is. I don\u2019t think any of our opponents respect us. So, 100% underdog mindset. And I think that\u2019s always the best position to be in. So we\u2019re going to carry that mindset into the season, have that \u2018us against the world\u2019 mentality and do our best to win football games.\u201d<\/p>\nThe Dolphins’ overhaul, which included eating roughly $181.6 million in dead cap space, was highlighted by their acquisition of seven players off waivers on Monday. The club taking on a significant number of employees who couldn\u2019t make other rosters underscores the club’s state.<\/p>\n
The optics around the Dolphins could make life difficult for first-year coach Jeff Hafley, who will have to break through the negative chatter if it leaks into the locker room. Brooks noted that the coach\u2019s philosophy and approach to the game will make it easier, particularly with a roster that might be outmatched week to week.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo me, physicality is a choice. It takes no talent,\u201d Brooks said. \u201cIt\u2019s just a decision that one man has to make on whether he wants to be physical or not. It\u2019s a mindset that we\u2019re trying to bleed into this team on a consistent basis.\u201d<\/p>\n
Added Brooks: \u201cThat\u2019s what we\u2019re in the process of doing, being the most physical and toughest team in the league.\u201d<\/p>\n
The question is whether physicality and toughness can overcome the talent disparity to help the Dolphins win more than a handful of games in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Miami Dolphins players might have the most difficult task ahead of the 2026 NFL season: Convince themselves they…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":989903,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2049],"tags":[1227,217,7,23817,216,251,2087,88,6,609],"class_list":["post-989902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami-dolphins","tag-around-the-nfl","tag-dolphins","tag-football","tag-jordyn-brooks","tag-miami","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-miamidolphins","tag-news","tag-nfl","tag-no-minute"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/117201292736815423","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=989902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/989903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=989902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=989902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=989902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}