The spring feedback from Jeff Hafley on one of his defensive puzzle pieces sounds like a great turn of events for the Miami Dolphins. <\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDec 21, 2025; Miami Gardens, Florida, USA; Miami Dolphins defensive tackle Kenneth Grant (90) enters the field before the game against the Cincinnati Bengals at Hard Rock Stadium.
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Just yesterday<\/a> I wrote about the importance of Miami Dolphins<\/a> defensive tackle Kenneth Grant making a big step forward in 2026. <\/p>\n Miami would benefit greatly from the second-year defensive tackle being among the players who leap forward for head coach Jeff Hafley. He has key versatility, is a former first-round pick, and has several years remaining on his rookie contract. It makes up a profile of player who could change things in a big way. So it naturally caught my attention when Hafley was asked about Kenneth Grant during today\u2019s press availability and what he saw from Grant. Hafley\u2019s feedback? Let\u2019s just say it\u2019s a promising start. <\/p>\n Jeff Hafley believes Miami Dolphins defensive tackle Kenneth Grant has taken a step forward<\/p>\n \u201cI think (Kenneth Grant has) taken a step forward. I know he\u2019s changed his body. He\u2019s faster. He looks more like the guy that I saw on his college tape with his lateral quickness, with his pass rush ability, with his ability to play the run. Just the way he\u2019s moving. I also think that goes back to year one, lack of experience, lack of reps, lack of maybe a little bit of confidence as you\u2019re out there. And I just feel like, right now, he\u2019s starting to believe in himself and his abilities that we know that he has. Hopefully once the pads come on, we\u2019ll see that continue.\u201d <\/p>\n \u2014\u00a0Miami Dolphins head coach Jeff Hafley on defensive tackle Kenneth Grant\u2019s spring \t\t\t Miami Dolphins News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The spring feedback from Jeff Hafley on one of his defensive puzzle pieces sounds like a great turn…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301462,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1250,102342,64436,94738,123,1763,2797,125,124],"class_list":["post-301461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-dolphins","tag-dolphins-news","tag-jeff-hafley","tag-kenneth-grant","tag-miami","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-miami-dolphins-news","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Dec 21, 2025; Miami Gardens, Florida, USA; Miami Dolphins defensive tackle Kenneth Grant (90).Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images<\/p>\n
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Yes, Hafley\u2019s comments come with the (appropriate) qualifier that we need to see the same thing when the pads come on. But it\u2019s great to hear the coach\u2019s feedback that Grant has transformed his frame, gone about his offseason the right way, and is now building confidence in the reps he\u2019s getting. The Miami Dolphins have a savvy vet in the room via Zach Sieler. They also have a potential standout nose tackle in Jordan Phillips. (Hafley called him a \u201cdamn good 0-tech\u201d last week<\/a>). But Grant is the one physically capable of doing it all \u2014 that\u2019s why he was a top draft choice. Putting it together will continue to be a process. But it sounds like Grant\u2019s on the right track. <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/USATSI_29119365_168410861_lowres-scaled.jpg\")
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