Feel Better About This Team Going Into This Year

Feel Better About This Team Going Into This Year

The 2025 season is here and ready to get started on Sunday. The Miami Dolphins open their season against the Indianapolis Colts in Indianapolis. It was a long off-season for this team after having a disappointing 8-9 season a year. 

Going into this season, I feel better about this team than I did a year ago. Last year, I had a bad feeling about the team during the preseason, but I couldn’t quite put my finger on it. I was concerned about the backup quarterback situation and worried that if Tua Tagovailoa got hurt, this team would be screwed. Well, turns out I was right about that.

I also didn’t like how the team was playing in the preseason. I didn’t like how general manager Chris Grier signed a lot of players over the age of 30 to one-year contracts, as this team was already older, and I worried more about the team’s age, injuries, and lack of talent from players lost in free agency. It turns out my worst fears were correct.

This team also didn’t seem to have fun with one another, especially after scoring touchdowns, where they would do celebrations. I noticed that in the opener and preseason. It seemed like the team had lost itself from the previous two seasons. 

This offseason, the Dolphins made a concerted effort to get younger and rebuild some core positions, such as the defensive line, and retooled the offensive line as well. I loved how the Dolphins drafted three defensive linemen in the draft, including first-round pick Kenneth Grant. All the players they drafted are bigger and more physical to help Zach Sieler, who is coming off back-to-back 10 sack seasons, but is also now 30 years old. It will be a good rotation. 

 The Dolphins handed the reins of left tackle to Patrick Paul after Terron Armstead retired, and he looks like a beast and could become a cornerstone on the offensive line. The Dolphins also signed James Daniels and traded up to draft Jonah Savaiinaea to get more physical upfront and go with Austin Jackson and Aaron Brewer. The Dolphins don’t have really any depth behind them, but it is a start, finally, to a new chapter on the offensive line. A lot will depend on health for this group. 

I liked how the Dolphins got rid of everybody in the secondary because it was garbage last year. Jordan Poyer might as well have collected his Social Security with his AARP card because he was done.  He said a couple of weeks ago, after signing with the Buffalo Bills practice squad, to put an asterisk next to last year.