The Green Bay Packers and Miami Dolphins have overlapping pre-draft visitor lists due to recent staff changes. Both teams are interested in several of the same prospects, despite differing draft strategies and priorities.
Key points
Packers and Dolphins share pre-draft visitor lists.
Dolphins focus on higher-ranked prospects than Packers.
Both teams invited several of the same players for visits.
Packers lack a first-round pick this year.
Zion Young is a potential target for the Packers at pick #52.
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MIAMI GARDENS, FL - JANUARY 22: new Miami Dolphins general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan and new Miami Dolphins head coach Jeff Hafleyduring answer questions from reporters at the Miami Dolphins press conference on Thursday, January 22, 2026 at Baptist Health Training Center in Miami Gardens, FL. (Photo by Peter Joneleit/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) | Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
MIAMI GARDENS, FL - JANUARY 22: new Miami Dolphins general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan and new Miami Dolphins head coach Jeff Hafleyduring answer questions from reporters at the Miami Dolphins press conference on Thursday, January 22, 2026 at Baptist Health Training Center in Miami Gardens, FL. (Photo by Peter Joneleit/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) | Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
The Green Bay Packers and Miami Dolphins are going to be tied together for the foreseeable future after the Dolphins hired head coach Jeff Hafley and general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan from Green Bay this offseason, on top of other additions from the Packers that included quarterback Malik Willis. With that in mind, I took the time to look at who the Dolphins brought in as pre-draft visitors, just as a matter of curiosity. What I found was that there was a lot of crossover between Miami and Green Bay, meaning that their lists could be a potential proxy for who the other is interested in.
Letās get into it, starting with all of the Dolphinsā visitors.
Miami Dolphins visitors
#10: CB Mansoor Delane, LSU
#12: WR Makai Lemon, USC
#23: S Emmanuel McNeil-Warren, Toledo
#24: WR K.C. Concepcion, Texas A&M
#27: WR Denzel Boston, Washington
**#30: OT Max Iheanachor, Arizona State (Packers visitor)**
Q&A
What are the key players the Miami Dolphins brought in for pre-draft visits?
The Dolphins brought in notable prospects including CB Mansoor Delane, WR Makai Lemon, and OT Max Iheanachor, among others.
How do the draft strategies of the Packers and Dolphins differ?
The Packers lack a first-round pick and are focusing on undrafted free agents, while the Dolphins are targeting higher-ranked prospects.
Which players did both the Packers and Dolphins invite for pre-draft visits?
Both teams invited OT Max Iheanachor, iDL Christen Miller, S A.J. Haulcy, WR Ted Hurst, and RB Kaelon Black for visits.
What is the significance of the Packers' interest in EDGE Zion Young?
The Packers have shown interest in Zion Young for their pick at #52, indicating a potential strategic focus on defensive players.
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*#368: QB Mark Gronowski, Iowa*
First of all, we need to mention here that the Packers and Dolphins are in very different situations going into the draft. Green Bay doesnāt have a first-round pick this year, due to the Micah Parsons trade, so Miami is bringing in players who are projected to be much higher picks, in general, than the Packers are. For example, the highest-ranked player that Green Bay brought in was Arizona State tackle Max Iheanachor (sixth-ranked for the Dolphins), and heās followed by Georgia defensive tackle Christen Miller (11-ranked for Miami).
The Packers are also using more of their visits on undrafted free agent types, which was what the team almost exclusively used visits for up until Covid ā when their visit strategy changed. With all of that out of the way, the non-first-rounders who are projected draft picks for both Green Bay and Miami have a lot of crossover.
Both teams had Iheanachor, Miller, safety A.J. Haulcy, receiver Ted Hurst, cornerback Charles Demmings and running back Kaelon Black in for visits. On top of that, my ears are up on Miami bringing in Missouri EDGE Zion Young and Iowa quarterback Mark Gronowski for trips to South Florida.
As I reported after the combine, thereās been a lot of buzz about the Packersā staff liking the idea of Young with pick #52. Whether or not heāll be available is a whole separate story, but it is interesting that Sullivan, who worked in Green Bayās front office from 2004 to 2025, spent one of the teamās limited 30 visits on him.
Gronowski is also interesting to me because I was told by sources in the scouting community that there was clear interest from Green Bay for the South Dakota State transfer. Gronowskiās offensive coordinator with the Hawkeyes in 2025 was Tim Lester, who spent 2023 as a senior analyst with the Packers after his stint as a head coach at Western Michigan. At the time, Gronowski was coached at the East-West Shrine Bowl by then-Packers quarterbacks coach Sean Mannion, who has since taken the offensive coordinator job with the Philadelphia Eagles.
So, as far as I see it, half of Miamiās visits have some sort of ties to Green Bay, and thatās with the Dolphins bringing in high draft picks that wonāt be available when the Packers first pick at #52, and Miami bringing in a ton of quarterbacks and receivers for visits ā positions that are not high priorities for Green Bay.
All Iām saying is it wouldnāt surprise me if the Packers ended up taking a guy who Miami brought in for a visit, but Green Bay didnāt, during draft week. The two lists seem aligned enough that Packers fans should probably start paying attention to what the Dolphins are doing moving forward.
