MADRID — Miami Dolphins interim general manager Champ Kelly watches over the team’s practice Friday from a suite at Estadio Metropolitano before the team faces the Washington Commanders on Sunday in the NFL’s first game in Spain.

Friday marked two weeks of him leading the franchise from a roster management standpoint after ex-GM Chris Grier was fired Oct. 31.

“This stuff is easy,” he signals with his hand over the ongoing drills to a small group of South Florida reporters who traveled to Madrid after completing a 20-minute interview session, “because I’ve dealt with tough.”

Kelly’s father was a drug dealer and mother a drug addict. He was primarily raised by his grandmother, Mary Sorey, in the small northern Florida town of Campbellton, which has a population of fewer than 500 people.

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