MIAMI GARDENS — While the Miami Dolphins went into the 2025 season with the intention of winning, it was known it would be a greater challenge than other recent seasons with the offseason’s youth movement on the roster.
Whether the Dolphins were winning or not — and they’re not, entering Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Chargers at 1-4 — Miami needed to see some positive signs from its rookie class.
That hasn’t been the case as the Dolphins’ first- and second-round picks from the past draft, defensive tackle Kenneth Grant and left guard Jonah Savaiinaea, are struggling through their first five NFL games.
Pro Football Focus ranks Grant and Savaiinaea as the two lowest-graded rookies from last year’s top two rounds. It grades Savaiinaea as the league’s worst qualifying offensiv