The latest assessment of the Miami Dolphins’ spring work could be a great sign for one of the team’s biggest questions
Everyone wants to know which Miami Dolphins wide receiver is going to step up. What if it’s not a receiver?
What is your biggest question about the 2026 Miami Dolphins season outlook?
Is it the play of quarterback Malik Willis? The pass rush? The ability of the secondary to gel under Jeff Hafley? Most people will probably tell you that it is the wide receiver position — where the Dolphins don’t have much at all in the way of established talent. Compelling options and upside? Absolutely. Proven commodities? Not so much. But the latest assessment out of training camp may serve as the latest reason to ease your concerns about the wide receiver room, even if the appraisal isn’t actually about a wide receiver.
Miami Dolphins tight end Greg Dulcich tabbed as team’s biggest surprise standout this spring
“Dolphins fans might remember Dulcich’s late-season contributions, but he has emerged this spring as one of the primary targets in Miami’s passing game. Quarterback Malik Willis has an entirely new group of skill players to build chemistry with, but during team drills, there was clear trust in Dulcich, who was one of the best tight ends in the league last season at making plays after the catch. He returned from injured reserve in Week 8 and finished the season averaging the second-most yards after catch per reception (7.6) in that span.”
— Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPN’s Miami Dolphins beat reporter
See! See! It’s not just me! It was just last week that I tackled a 2026 season projection for tight end Greg Dulcich and finished with a 62 reception, 694 receiving yard, 5 touchdown stat line as my final answer. It is, in part, because of the buzz out of camp. It’s also in part due to Dulcich’s film last season. And it’s even further fueled by his physical ability going back to UCLA. If Miami has a healthy Greg Dulcich, especially amid their wide receiver situation, he’s going to be a high-end producer among players at his position.
Marcel is one of the best on the beat, so for him to offer this kind of assessment of Dulcich’s spring? It means something significant in terms of how things are progressing and where our expectations should be. And perhaps we should have been talking more about this all along. The clues were there.
Miami paid next to no one to re-sign with the team that was set for free agency this offseason. Except Greg Dulcich. Who got a one-year, $3.5 million extension to stay with the Dolphins. The team liked him so much, they put four void years on the back of his contract just to spread the cap charge out and make the money work. That’s a strong endorsement. Dulcich is hauling those in like footballs this offseason.
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