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Dolphin's new captains this season:

>(Returning captain) Age 27 QB Tua (been with MIA for 5 yra)

>(New captain) Age 27 C Aaron Brewer (last yr was his first in MIA)

>(Returning captain) Age 29 FB Alec Ingold (been with MIA for 2 yrs)

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>(Returning captain) Age 30 DT Zach Sieler (been with MIA for 5 yrs)

>(New captain) Age 29 DE Bradley Chubb (been with MIA for 1.5 yrs)

>(New captain) Age 27 LB Jordyn Brooks (just joined MIA over offseason)

plenty of players and coaches have spoken about Brooks and Brewer stepping up as leaders this offseason.

Sieler represents the Dolphins’ attempted culture change this season quite well. He’s the only player to receive an extension this offseason

Tua, Ingold, and Sieler are repeats, but last year’s captains included Tyreek Hill, Jalen Ramsey, Calais Campbell, Terron Armstead and David Long Jr.

Campbell and Armstead were excellent leaders, but Hill even mentioned in an interview earlier this offseason that he shouldn’t be made a captain this season, and it’s become clear Ramsey wasn’t entirely bought in last year.

Long might have been a great leader, but his play fell off and the team cut him mid-season

This year, it’s clear that the Dolphins only wanted players who were truly bought in

"I'm really excited about the whole voting process this year in general because each team is unique to its own and this team, I think, was much more unified and the focus on those six guys were very clear," head coach Mike McDaniel said before practice Monday. "So they were resounding vote getters. And I think it speaks to the team, I think, knew the assignment a little bit more and were focused on giving the keys of captainship to those that had earned it each and every day. And I think that's what it speaks to me the most, is a football team that knows who they want to be led by."

it’s pretty clear the Dolphins needed to make some changes, and that is reflected in these choices for captains.