Dolphins

Dolphins DE Chop Robinson enters the third year of his career after recording six sacks as a rookie and four sacks in 2025. When asked whether he sees Robinson’s skill set translating into sacks in his system, HC Jeff Hafley said he’s been pleased with what he’s seen from Robinson so far this offseason.

“I hope so, that’d be great. I see Chop right now as a guy who’s driven to learn and improve his fundamentals, his technique. I think Austin has done a really good job with him, but that’s got to be in the run game and rushing. This is not you’re just going to rush, I’m not going to do that. He’s got to play the run well, which I’ve been really proud of him the way he’s playing in individual and even in the walkthroughs, how deliberate has been and using his hands and getting his eyes in the right place and taking a good first step. You earn the right to rush by playing the run well, and that’s one thing I continually talk to him about and I think we’ll see him do really well. We’re counting on him and that sack production we need. That’s a skill set that he has and needs to be developed still, and that’s our job to put him in those situations to have the production and figure that out,” Hafley said, via the team’s site.

As for how second-year S Dante Trader Jr. is picking up his system, Hafley said the defensive back has proven to be “intentional” with his approach this offseason and is doing a “really, really good job.”

*“Yeah, Dante loves football. He’s always here. He’s always in the building. He’s always asking questions. He practices so hard. He’s so intentional. He’s a smart football player who loves the game, and he’s been a lot of fun to coach. Again, right now we’re playing in shorts and t-shirts, and there’s no contact and there’s no tackling. When it comes to taking what he’s learning in the classroom and applying it on the field and being in the right spot and communicating and grasping the scheme and showing good leadership back there and being a great teammate and giving great effort and having a great attitude, I can go on about him. I think he’s doing a really, really good job. But when anyone asks me right now, anyone being truthful to you, being truthful to anyone in our building, being truthful to my wife – who really doesn’t ask me a lot of these questions but maybe she could – how are the guys doing? I mean, yeah, I think they’re doing a good job in the setting that we’re putting them in, but eventually when the helmet and shoulder pads come on, we’ll find out who can make those plays, which ultimately the game is about. But for passing the test of what he’s been given right now, I think...