It’s that point of 12 months when the Miami Dolphins enter their very own private postseason: one the place no video games are performed and everybody simply sits round brooding till a couple of month out from the draft.
That additionally means it’s the time of 12 months to look again and really possible snort on the predictions made by yours really earlier than the season started.
The Dolphins’ protection will enhance in at the very least two main classes
Verdict: True!
Let’s simply bounce proper to the entrance of the success practice.
Miami’s defensive rank comparability between 2023 | 2024 is as follows:
Whole Protection – tenth | tenth
Passing Yards Allowed – fifteenth | ninth
Dashing Yards Allowed – seventh | ninth
Scoring Protection – twenty second | tenth
Crimson Zone Protection – twenty eighth | 4th
third Down Protection – twentieth | seventh
By my excessive stage arithmetic, that’s enchancment in 4 main classes.
That’s really fairly exceptional. Anthony Weaver did a strong job within the face of each accidents and a few underwhelming expertise, so hopefully he stays a Fin to maintain that ol’ success practice of ours (his and mine, cuz we’re choo choo buddies) rolling.
Miami will make the playoffs for a 3rd time underneath Mike McDaniel
Verdict: False!
I imply.
This appeared like a good suggestion on the time they usually nearly received there. If Tua might have stayed wholesome or the climate had been a little bit nicer or they may have crushed some dangerous groups or they may have scored extra factors than their opponents a number of extra occasions, they might have made it in and made me proper.
Because it stands, they’re on the surface trying in, however poised to run it again with the identical gang subsequent 12 months. So I’ll in all probability simply predict they miss the postseason subsequent time, which ought to principally assure they get again in.
The Fins will repeat because the league’s prime offense
Verdict: False!
This fell off the toughest. Miami dropped from #1 to #22 they usually did so on the again of some weird playcalling, poor performances, accidents galore, and an total sense of discombobulation all 12 months lengthy. The Best Present on Surf grew to become a painful low cost matinee that nobody wished to see and positively nobody wished to pay for.
Possibly they’ll flip it round subsequent 12 months. Or possibly my thetans are simply misaligned.
Tyreek Hill will break 2,000 yards receiving
Verdict: False!
If you happen to’re gonna be dumb, you gotta be robust and this one seems to be dumb now.
Hill completed 2024 with 959 receiving yards, barely half of the 1,799 he put up in 2023. As part of the aforementioned underperforming Fins’ offense, Hill struggled to face out. He didn’t burn defenses deep as he had a penchant for doing in Mike McDaniel’s earlier offense and the corrections by no means got here.
It’s presently unclear if he’ll return to the Dolphins for 2025, but when not, I’ll blame myself for his ultimate season being such a relative disappointment.
Huge Daring Prediction: Chop Robinson may have extra sacks than Bradley Chubb
Verdict: True!
Obtained eeeeeem!
It doesn’t rely for 2, nevertheless it looks like I ought to change my very own guidelines simply to really feel higher.
My Huge Daring Prediction got here true principally as a result of Bradley Chubb by no means got here again from his prior season ending harm and, thus, recorded 0 sacks.
On the opposite way more constructive hand, rookie Chop Robinson picked up 6 sacks in his first season and appeared to seek out his groove as a cross rush specialist. He nonetheless has loads of work to do to spherical out his recreation and be an each down defender, however the early returns look good and getting an enormous swing proper for as soon as makes them that a lot better.
Closing Verdict
2/5
Each day we stray a little bit farther from the sunshine. Apart from me, who will get .5 extra of those appropriate annually.
2029: I’m coming for you.
Did the 2024 Dolphins reside as much as your expectations? What are your predictions for the 2025 Dolphins? How in regards to the 3072 Dolphins? Go on a imaginative and prescient quest within the feedback under.
