Team Profile
Miami Dolphins
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-14.6% 27thOff DVOA
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9.5% 21stPassing DVOA
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-19.9% 26thRushing DVOA
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21.2% 28thDef DVOA
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47.6% 30thDef Passing DVOA
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1.2% 23rdDef Rushing DVOA
2024 Team Stats
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Points For15.0 27th
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Points Against24.0 22nd
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Yards Per Game376.0 8th
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Yards Allowed Per Game257.0 4th
Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel isn't ruling out wide receiver Jaylen Waddle (ankle) for the all-important Week 18 regular season finale against the Miami Dolphins on Sunday night in a game that will determine the winner of the AFC East. Waddle injured his ankle in the Week 16 win over the Dallas Cowboys and was ruled out for this past Sunday's blowout loss to the Baltimore Ravens. The 25-year-old will need to return to practice this week to have a shot at playing, but Miami will surely hope to get their No. 2 wideout back in a crucial game against their division rivals. Cedrick Wilson Jr. saw the most increased workload with Waddle out in Week 17. If Waddle is able to return this Sunday, he should be returned to starting fantasy lineups in a game that could be high-scoring. UPDATE: Waddle did not practice Wednesday.
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.