​(Photo by Lee Coleman/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) | Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Las Vegas Raiders are set to begin the 2026 season with a Week 1 matchup against the Miami Dolphins after both teams made significant offseason changes. To preview the game, Silver and Black Pride reached out to our friends at The Phinsider, and Kevin Nogle was kind enough to answer a few questions about the Dolphins for Raider Nation. Q: From an outsider’s perspective, it looks like the Dolphins are entering a rebuilding season in 2026 (similar to the Raiders). What are the expectations in Miami for this year’s team? If making the playoffs is considered a long shot, what does a successful 2026 look like?A: I think, for the most part, if the Dolphins can look competitive, that will be seen as a win. We are all expecting a rough season, but there is hope that they can at least shock a few teams. Miami is set up to be everyone’s trap game this season, and they will be looking to take advantage of that. “I don’t think we have a choice, honestly,” linebacker Jordyn Brooks said last week when asked if the team was taking on an underdog mindset this season. “I don’t think there’s one outlet on social media, anybody that’s got us picked to win anything. Not that it matters, but that’s just what it is. I don’t think any of our opponents respect us, so 100% underdog mindset and I think that’s always the best position to be in. We’re going to carry that mindset into the season and have that ‘us against the world’ mentality and do our best to win football games.”This year really is a reset for the franchise. The front office is new. The coaching staff is new. The quarterback and much of the roster is new. Even the team president is new. They are also eating a record-setting $182 million in dead money this year to reset the salary cap. Miami is clearly in a reset, and the product on the field will likely look like it.Success for this year is if the team that takes the field in Week 18 looks and plays better than the team that hits the field on Sunday. This year’s primary objective has to be the growth and development of the roster’s 18 rookies, five first-year starters, and nine second-year players.Q: Malik Willis gets a chance to prove himself as a starting quarterback this season after spending the last two years backing up Jordan Love in Green Bay. How do you think new offensive coordinator Bobby Slowik will structure his scheme to fit Willis’ skill set? More specifically, the quarterback’s rushing ability?A: Slowik should run a Shanahan-style West Coast offense with elements of former Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel’s scheme, but likely toned down, with less emphasis on speed, mismatches, and multiple pre-snap motion packages. There will still be motion, but it will be used to diagnose the defense rather than to create confusion or get wide receivers up to full speed before the snap. We probably will still see t