Team Profile
Miami Dolphins
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-14.5% 26thOff DVOA
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-7.5% 26thPassing DVOA
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-4.2% 17thRushing DVOA
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8.5% 28thDef DVOA
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14.2% 25thDef Passing DVOA
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2.5% 25thDef Rushing DVOA
2024 Team Stats
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Points For16.3 30th
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Points Against22.4 16th
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Yards Per Game315.0 20th
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Yards Allowed Per Game306.0 10th
The Miami Dolphins don't seem too worried about quarterback Tua Tagovailoa's shoulder injury. "I'm not really worried about it. Just where he is in the season, how crazy competitive he is, it's not a real big blip on my radar right now," head coach Mike McDaniel said. Tagovailoa injured his left shoulder late in Sunday's blowout loss to the Baltimore Ravens and was a little sore on Monday, but the 25-year-old should be available to face the Buffalo Bills on Sunday night in Week 18 in a contest that will decide the winner of the AFC East. He'll be looking for a bounce-back performance after throwing for 237 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions in the Week 17 loss. However, he could be without wideout Jaylen Waddle (ankle) for another game. With several prominent QBs potentially being rested in the final week of the regular season, Tagovailoa will firmly be on the QB1 map against Buffalo in Miami.
Miami Dolphins running back Jeff Wilson Jr. played a season-high 49 percent of the offensive snaps with Raheem Mostert (ankle, knee) out in the ugly 56-19 loss to the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday, but he had just three carries for 21 yards and caught three of his four targets for 13 yards. Meanwhile, rookie running back De'Von Achane served as Miami's lead back with 18 total touches for 137 scrimmage yards and a touchdown through the air. The Dolphins aren't going to be resting players in a crucial Week 18 contest against the Buffalo Bills that will decide the winner of the AFC East. Even if Mostert misses his second straight game with multiple injuries, Wilson will most likely operate well behind Achane in Miami's backfield, making him no more than an RB3/flex option in deep PPR formats.
The Baltimore Ravens didn't need wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. much in their 56-19 beatdown of the Miami Dolphins in Week 17 on Sunday. Beckham was targeted only once in the game and came down with a 33-yard reception. With the game pretty much over at halftime, the 31-year-old veteran wasn't on the field all that much in the second half. OBJ is a nice downfield threat for quarterback Lamar Jackson, but he's far too inconsistent for fantasy managers to rely on if you're still playing for a fantasy championship in Week 18. Beckham has scored only three times this year and not since he had four catches for 97 yards in the Week 14 win over the Los Angeles Rams. In three games since, he only has four catches on seven targets for 60 yards and no touchdowns.