2024 season: 8-9, second in AFC East, missed qualifiers
Preview: The dolphin season was summarized by the frustration of Tyreek Hill who was released during and after the final of the season. Hill refused to enter a match against the jets, then said that he had finished with the Dolphins.
“I went out, my brother,” said Hill. “It was great to play here, but at the end of the day, I have to do what is best for my career because I am too competitive to be right there.”
Everything seems to have been smoothed and was said in a moment of frustration and emotion. He was still talking about the underlying problems of dolphins.
The dolphins missed the playoffs, and this was probably due to the missing time of Tua Tagovailo because of another concussion. Even if Tagovailoa remained healthy and Miami did the playoffs, this did not look like a team that was close to the upper level of the AFC teams. There are questions about culture under the head coach Mike McDaniel and if the Dolphins are good enough to compete for the title AFC East.
There is a lot to be repaired in an offseason.
NFLPA report card
Classification: 1st
Dolphins obtain the first classification of players’ satisfaction for the second consecutive year. Everything, team teams, building people and the owner Stephen Ross received notes at all levels. The report also mentions a recently renovated locker room at Hard Rock Stadium as positive.
Here’s how he broke down from the NFLPA and where the dolphins rank:
Key -free agents
S Jevon Holland
G Robert Jones
G Liam Eichenberg
DL Calais Campbell
LB Tyrel Dodson
Who is in / out: Here is where the offseason of dolphins becomes difficult. They would probably love to keep Holland, superior security that is only 24 years old, but will they have the wage ceiling space for this? The same goes for Jones and Eichenberg, the Dolphins’ departure guards last season as well as other veterans like Campbell and Safety Jordan Poyer. Dolphins have lost free agents at high prices from the last off -season and it seems that this will happen again this year.
Key needs for free agent
Guard
Security
Backup quarter
Why the holes? The dolphins offensive is quite good, if Tua Tagovailoa is healthy and Tyreek Hill can bounce back. However, they could use offensive help. The defense had a few sections of good game, and the team must be satisfied with how the choice of first round in 2024, Chop Robinson, took place in the second half of the season. They remain a few players in less than one unit at the championship on this side of the field. It would be ideal for dolphins to find a way to invest in a quarter of better quality, given how bad the offensive was in the games that Tagovailoa missed, but they may not have this luxury. In one way or another, dolphins must ensure that the offensive line has five viable starters.
Do they have the money?
The dolphins have been aggressive in recent years and their ceiling problems reflect it. They are at the bottom third of the NFL, at $ 5 million planned under the ceiling, According to Spotrac. For a list that needs work to return to the playoffs and a lot of work to enter a championship conversation, ceiling problems are a big obstacle.
Notable potential cuts
OLB Bradley Chubb
OT TERRON Armstead
Why they left: Dolphins will have to erase a little space just to go under the cap. Armstead could retire. If he does not do so, the dolphins seem likely to move from their left tackle. CHUBB is also likely to continue after the injuries have retreated since he joined the Dolphins. The team has already written links with the veterans Raheem Mostert, CB Kendall Fuller and Te Durham Smythe to start the crisp mission, and some restructures will have to occur to give the dolphins even a minimum quantity of cap flexibility.
Draft choice
1st round: n ° 13
2nd round: n ° 48
3rd round (compensatory)
4th round
4th round (compensatory)
5th round
5th round (broncos)
7th round (bears)
7th round
7th round (compensatory)
Good draft adjustment
Josh Simmons, OT, Ohio State
Why him? Dolphins could lose the two departure guards in the free agency and the retired left Terron Armstead or a ceiling cup. Given the importance of Tua Tagovailoa’s health at the offense, Miami will likely have holes to be filled on the offensive line and not much ceiling space to spend in free agency. Although there are other needs, if there is a solid option on the line available at No. 13, it is difficult to imagine that Miami does not take this path.
Miami’s offensive was derailed by the concussion at the start of the season of Tua Tagovailo, and in an effort to keep Tagovailoa healthy, the game of passes at the bottom of the field was put aside. Consider this: after week 1, Tyreek Hill Never had a reception of more than 30 meters. Part of Miami’s intersane jumper is to excite Hill and on board with the offensive – he looked like a frustrated player at the end of 2024 – but head coach Mike McDaniel also needs to make himself comfortable to let Tagovailoa take deep drops and aim for splashing games. Hill was not the only victim of 2024. Jaylen Waddle’s YPC fell to 12.8, Its second consecutive collapse in this column. –Scott Pianowski
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