The Miami Dolphins fell to the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday, dropping to 0-4 as they continue navigating a significant roster rebuild. While wins and losses matter, much of the focus in 2026 remains on the development of Miami\u2019s young talent.<\/p>\n
That is especially true along the offensive line, where rookie left guard Kadyn Proctor and second-year right guard Jonah Savaiinaea are important pieces of the team\u2019s future. How are they performing this season? Each week, we take a closer look at the guards and what is being said about their most recent performance.<\/p>\n
First: 39 snaps?! Keep the alarmingly small sample size in mind when looking at the grading. Also, we knew this was going to be a tough game against an aggressive defense. The Dolphins\u2019 ascending left tackle Patrick Paul had two holding penalties plus a third one that was declined.<\/p>\n
We\u2019ve talked before about the, well, subjective nature of PFF grading<\/a>. I don\u2019t put a lot of stock in the grades themselves as much as the trends. Is Kadyn Proctor\u2019s run blocking experiencing a decline? Is Jonah Savaiinaea improving as a pass blocker? Where will these two be grading at the end of the year compared to where they started?<\/p>\n For more context, I thought I would poke around the intertubes and see what others had to say:<\/p>\n Four games into the season, the trend line remains encouraging. Proctor continues to earn praise for his upside, while Savaiinaea is drawing recognition for tangible improvement from a difficult rookie season. Let\u2019s see how they do against the Bengals on Sunday.<\/p>\n The tracker will be updated each week throughout the season. For a more in-depth breakdown of Proctor\u2019s and Savaiinaea\u2019s performance, check out offensive line Coach Eric Smith\u2019s film analysis of the game, which you can find on his YouTube channel, Focused on Fins<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Miami Dolphins fell to the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday, dropping to 0-4 as they continue navigating a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":424858,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,135179,125,124],"class_list":["post-424857","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\/424857","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=424857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/424858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}