The Phinsider
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...
