The Miami Dolphins didn\u2019t defeat the Kansas City Chiefs in week three \u2014 they lost 24-10 \u2014 but they held their own against one of the best teams in the National Football League for much of the contest. It\u2019s a moral victory for a team that has struggled through three weeks of the 2026 NFL season. If Miami continue to show incremental improvement as the year rolls on, the foundation that new general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan and new head coach Jeff Hafley have talked about wanting to establish will prove beneficial to future versions of Dolphins teams.<\/p>\n
One area the Dolphins needed to show improvement in was protecting the quarterback. Malik Willis had been sacked nine times through Miami\u2019s first two games \u2014 5 times against the Raiders in week one and 4 times against the 49ers in week two. Against the Chiefs, improvement was made \u2014 as Willis wasn\u2019t sacked a single time on the afternoon.<\/p>\n
A major reason why Willis was able to avoid Kansas City\u2019s pass rush was the play of Miami\u2019s starting center Aaron Brewer. Brewer was the Dolphins\u2019 highest graded offensive lineman by Pro Football Focus in week three \u2014 earning a 72.6 overall grade. Obviously Brewer did not give up a sack against the Chiefs \u2014 no one did \u2014 but through three games in 2026, Brewer has not allowed an opposing defender to bring his quarterback down a single time.<\/p>\n
With running back De\u2019Von Achane being lost for the season due to an ACL tear, the Dolphins will need every single remaining healthy player to take a step forward if they want to continue make positive developments in 2026. Brewer is now Miami\u2019s most impactful offensive player. His play this season will go a long way towards determining how many notches the Dolphins can put in the win column in 2026 and beyond.<\/p>\n
Week One – WR Caleb Douglas<\/p>\n
Week Two – LB Jacob Rodriguez<\/p>\n
Week Three – OC Aaron Brewer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Miami Dolphins didn\u2019t defeat the Kansas City Chiefs in week three \u2014 they lost 24-10 \u2014 but…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413743,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,135179,125,124],"class_list":["post-413742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-dolphins-analysis","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413742","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=413742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}