With our Miami Dolphins wrapping up training camp and preseason this past week, I asked the following questions on two separate days:
With training camp and preseason behind us, what did you see or not see during the preseason that gave you or did not give you confidence going into the regular season? What do you want/need to see the Miami Dolphins front office address with this current roster, and why, as well as how would you address those issues, or at least like to see them addressed, before the season kicks off? What other observations or surprises did you notice during camp/preseason?
Below are some of your thoughts and answers on the first question-
SlayerNation1 has a lot of thoughts about the team, but is more focused on the team moving on to a new coaching staff that can bring the correct kind of culture to the team.
Mostly what I expected to see. The Defensive Front 7 is the strength of the entire team. Weaver is flat out better at His job than Mikey McD, again, That is just affirmation of what I knew from last season.
Weaver will be a Head Coach in 2026 somewhere, Ross will have the right of first refusal.
A pleasant surprise, the STC, Auckerman so far, has shown more competence than the HC.
This is the fourth season of no real growth by the HC.
To my eye, the team has some individual dawgs, but the overall ethos of the team is soft and that will become evident as the season advances.
If Tua misses ~4 games, 6-7 wins, if Tua plays ~17 games 8-9 wins.
If Josh Allen misses significant time, maybe they have a chance at the playoffs if not the division.
That statement summarizes the culture. Miami doesn’t have a culture of kicking ass, dominating and conquering. They are always hoping disaster befalls every other team in their way and it provides a nicely grooved track with little effort.
That sort of happened in the AFC in 2023 and they still couldn’t take advantage.
Riddick/Weaver ticket in 2026 or Riddick/Gruden if Weaver doesn’t show HC ability when He gets the Interim HC at the Bye Week after a 4 game losing streak.
Let’s get this started so We can have a brighter future.
MIAMI235 wanted to see the team use final cuts to look for some roster upgrades, which they seemed to have done.
We seem to be LB heavy, are they all quality performers? Lets scour the market at finals cuts, to see if other key players become available!
JUK has a great list of what they wanted to see, what they didn’t want to see, and what they still want to see.
Things I wanted to see:
I saw a deeper, more physical team through the middle of the defense and the edge group. I saw a bigger, more athletic set of guards. I saw a really promising group of rookies (especially Grant, Phillips, and Gordon), and I saw some second-year players who look like they are moving up a gear (Paul and Malik)
Things I didn’t want to see:
The injury curse again. I know everyone gets them but we seem to get more than our share. The really disappointing one was Kader who was going to prove a lot of people wrong this year.
I also saw inconsistent o line play, especially from Jonah and the second team line. I would say the second team line isn’t a thing though once you’re in the season, all that really matters is how the individuals go if they have to step up and play with the ones. Are the team happy with Borom as the swing tackle?
I didn’t was to see players we brought it on to help toughen up the offense have disappointing camps. I’m still looking forward to seeing NWI in the running game, but to not make this roster as a TE has to leave Pharoah Brown’s nfl future in doubt
What I want to see:
Like everyone, I want to see them scour the waiver wire to see what can be added to the O line, TE and corner groups. Other than that, I want to see everyone healthy in week 1, and some real football!
Alpha6 was wondering…
I’m wondering this season who the team will trade or trade for… mostly in these early days before the first game.
With the roster cuts this past week, I also asked:
With our Miami Dolphins and the rest of the NFL working through their “final” cuts by 4 PM EST today, which players cut from other teams should the Phins front office reach out to in order to upgrade a position on the roster?
Below are some of your thoughts and answers to the second question-
phinsomniac has some interest in a corner currently on the Pittsburgh Steelers practice squad.
I’d like us to take a good look at Beanie Bishop Jr, who was cut from a deep Steelers corner room.
NeenerWhacker had a couple of surprises.
Couple of surprises but to me the biggest was Colbert. I imagine Davis starts on IR explaining the move. He and Bonner IR. Makes room for Douglas and a waiver pick up
finfanfromsiam greeted us and then listed some positions.
Evening! CB, OL, RB
It seems as if most of the fan base has mixed reviews on the preseason and the current roster as a whole. Many of us were also looking at the team to use some of the cuts to upgrade the roster, which the team has attempted to do. If you missed one of our first two posts on the post-preseason, please feel free to share your thoughts on either question in the comments section below. Thank you, as always, to each of you who took their time to participate in our PQOTD posts.
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