Biegel Battle: Dolphins Linebacker Earns Family Bragging Rights

Dolphins linebacker Vince Biegel comes from a football family, but he made it a point this weekend to show who's boss now

Steve Mitchell-USA Today Sports

Dolphins players are scattered around the country as NFL facilities remain closed because of the restrictions imposed as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, but linebacker Vince Biegel is surrounded by football players back home in Wisconsin.

See, Biegel's father, Rocky, was a linebacker at Brigham Young University who was good enough to earn second-team All-Mountain West Conference honors. And Vince's brother, Hayden, was his teammate at the University of Wisconsin for three years (2013-15).

So there apparently was some trash talking this weekend among the Biegel boys, dad included, and Vince clearly felt the need to show them who's boss now when it comes to football.

So the guys went outside, with both Rocky and Hayden taking turns trying to block Vince coming out of a two-point stance.

As Biegel chronicled on Twitter, it sure looks like he won both battles.

My old man was talking smack that he could block me, so we settled it in the backyard......🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/DYkvOU3yWL

— Vince Biegel (@VinceBiegel) May 11, 2020

Update: Rocky is working on his kick step. Not a whole lot you can do with a 6’2 tackle😂😂😂 @BadgerFootball @joethomas73 @OLineTips pic.twitter.com/JQvrthh0AG

— Vince Biegel (@VinceBiegel) May 11, 2020

Update at the Biegel’s: My brother Hayden who played OT at Wisconsin said he could beat me one more time 1on1. So we settled it in the backyard.😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/hoXRPNPSVt

— Vince Biegel (@VinceBiegel) May 12, 2020

Vince's rep against his brother, prompted a Twitter reply from new teammate Kyle Van Noy, who Tweeted along with the laughing-crying emoji, "Is his knee okay?"

Biegel replied, "Knee okay, spirits not so much."

In his first season with the Dolphins after being acquired in a trade with the New Orleans Saints, Biegel ended up with the first 2.5 sacks of his three-year NFL career. The first was memorable because it came against New England Patriots legend Tom Brady.

Biegel started 10 games as an outside linebacker/edge defender, though his role in 2020 became a big unclear after the Dolphins signed veterans Van Noy, Shaq Lawson and Emmanuel Ogbah in free agency and then drafted edge rusher Curtis Weaver in the fifth round.

Biegel was re-signed as a restricted free agent this offseason.