QB Tua had a bad game, he had a chance at the end but threw his 2nd INT. He wasn't helped much by his WRs dropping sure TDs but at the end of the game he did have a chance to save the game, the season and the division crown and he just could not connect. He finished the year leading the league in yards with 4624 yards and he managed to play all year (and will play next week in the wild card round) but his last few games, without Waddle, were not very good. He finished the game 17 of 27 for 173 yards a TD and 2 INTs. The 173 yards were the lowest mark of the entire season... He finished the year with a 101.1 rating which is not bad but lower that his 2022 mark of 105.5. D-
RB Achane started the game and only had 56 yards on 10 carries as the entire offense could not get going. He finished the year with an impressive stat line of 800 yards on 7.8 yards per carry and 8 rushing TDs (11 total). C-
WR The Dolphins are not the same without Waddle. Hill was the only viable option and he did not play very well including a sure TD. Hill did tie his franchise record 119 catches and ended the year with a franchise record 1799 yards and 13 TDs. Claypool had a chance and dropped a sure TD. D-
OL Hunt was back but the O-line just did not look the same. The run game struggled and the pass game was not clicking. D
LB After losing Bradley Chubb the Dolphins managed to lose Andre Van Ginkel AND Jerome Baker AND Cameron Goode in the same game. They have now lost 5 LBs for the year and have ZERO OLB to play in the crucial playoff game (Ogbah is a 4-3 DE!). That's just brutal. The Chubb injury was just one too many injuries. C
DL This unit plyed OK and they did play well the entire year. Sieler ended the year with 10 sacks (!) and Wilkins had a good season. Playing without OLB next week is next to impossible. B
Secondary The Dolphins could not stop Allen as he zipped his way through the Dolphins secondary (playing without X). They did get 2 INTs. The fact that we have reached week 17 and 2nd round pick Cam Smith can not sniff the field is alarming. D
Special teams Losing the division they led from day one on a 96 yard punt return TD is probably a new low. Everything else just doesn't matter. F
Coaching
WOW, so disappointing. Giving up a 96 yard punt return and losing the way they did... Losing the division they led from week 1, The offense could not get going and was held to 14 points in the most important game in decades. The defense losing all of their LBs a week after the WORST decision of the year keeping Chubb in a 30 point game late. The season really started with high hopes and will end bad. They will travel to ultra frigid Kansas city to play what will probably be the coldest game in franchise history without any LBs. Even if they pull some crazy win they will need to travel to Baltimore and we know how that ended last week when they had LBs... F
