Successful Dolphins Season Relies On Hope

Successful Dolphins Season Relies On Hope

The Miami Dolphins open their 2025 season in just over a week in Indianapolis. There is a lot of negative talk about the Dolphins this year, and many experts don’t expect a lot. I don’t think the Dolphins are as bad as people make them out to be. I actually think they have a chance to be good.

I don’t have any expectations for this team, but I feel they have some good younger talent that may go through some growing pains. The problem is that this team can be good, but it comes with a lot of hope. 

There is hope that, with quarterback Tua Tagovailoa returning healthy, the Dolphins will be fine on offense with their leader under center. We all saw what happened last year when he missed time. The thing is, Tagovailoa has only played one full season in his football career.

I think the backup quarterback situation is better, but I have to remind myself it’s Zach Wilson and a rookie Quinn Ewers. Wilson didn’t play better each game, but he looks uncomfortable at times with this being a new offense.

Ewers is a rookie, so who knows what you would get if he is called upon. You hope that last year doesn’t happen again at quarterback and Tagovailoa can stay healthy, but history says that he won’t.  

The Dolphins appear to have a solid starting offensive line, but beyond that, it gets dicey. You’d better hope that this offensive line stays healthy so we don’t have to see any of the backups, who were pathetic in the preseason. Austin Jackson got hurt shortly after camp started, and the offensive line fell apart in the second half of the season without him. Jackson is now back and on track to play, but you hope he doesn’t go down.

On the positive side, Patrick Paul looks like he is ready to step up and become the anchor on this offensive line, and he has the physical tools to become a good player. The Dolphins are also banking on James Daniels to come back after he tore his Achilles tendon last year. The problem is that those injuries are hard to come back from, and again, the Dolphins are hoping. 

The Dolphins drafted a physical running back in Ollie Gordon. He is going to get a chance to play because the Dolphins lost Alexander Mattison to an injury for the season. De’Von Achane is working himself back from an injury, but it looks like he will be ready. Jaylen Wright is hurt, but he was having an uninspiring preseason to begin with.