The NFL calendar is on to Week 5, with the San Francisco 49ers face the Los Angeles Rams for the Thursday Night Football kickoff to the week. Both teams enter the game with a 3-1 record, tied for the lead at the top of the NFC West. Tonight’s game also marks the second-straight NFC West rivalry game on Thursday night, following last week’s meeting between the Seattle Seahawks and Arizona Cardinals.

The NFC West is tight early this year, with the Rams, 49ers, and Seahawks all holding identical 3-1 records while the Cardinals are just a game back at 2-2....

A win is a win is a win, or so they say. While I am as happy as anyone to see our Miami Dolphins finally put a tick in the correct column, I will need to see this team go on a bit of a run, winning most, if not all, of their upcoming games over the next month or so. Some things were answered in the game against the New York Jets, like who will end up being the team’s big redzone target to replace the TE that got away. Waller is a very nice surprise, even if it...

Former Miami Dolphins great, cornerback Xavien Howard, announced his abrupt retirement from the National Football League today. In a social media post, the 32-year-old claimed the move was related to his desire to spend more time with his kids.

Howard was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the second-round (38th overall) of the 2016 NFL Draft after playing three years of college football for the Baylor Bears. After playing in just seven games during his rookie season, Howard exploded onto the scene during his sophomore campaign — bringing in four interceptions and returning one for a pick-six touchdown.

The following...

Well, well, well. Look how the turn tables.

From worst to first. 32nd to 1st, baby. Superbowl incoming.

Or, at least, not a defeated season.

So.

That’s nice.

The offense looks competent

While not exactly a reignition of 2023’s fiery glory, Monday night’s version of the Fins’ offense was balanced, methodical, and actually scored some points.

Tua played with a steady hand, completing 17/25 (68%) for 177 yds, 2 TDs, and, most critically, no turnovers. He did have one wayward receipt of a snap in the shotgun, but it was recovered quickly by Miami. Meanwhile, he whipped out a...

Throughout the 2025 NFL season, SB Nation’s Doug Farrar will write about the game’s Secret Superstars — those players whose performances might slip under the radar for whatever reasons. In this installment, we review the performance of a Dolphins tight end playing his first game in over a year, and who may have still been sitting on the couch were it not for a fortuitous trade. Darren Waller is back — and at the perfect time.

With 13:28 left in the third quarter of the Miami Dolphins’ 27-21 Monday night win over the New York Jets, Tyreek Hill took a...

The Miami Dolphins are finally in the win column as they defeated their AFC East division rivals, the New York Jets on Monday Night Football in Week Four by a score of 27-21.

After a disastrous 0-3 start that saw the club lose to the Indianapolis Colts, New England Patriots and Buffalo Bills, the Dolphins were able to turn their fortunes around against New York — claiming victory in one of a string of winnable games for Miami in the upcoming weeks.

They’ll travel to Carolina to face the Panthers this Sunday. A win there and the Dolphins will be...

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The Miami Dolphins won their first game of the year in Week 4 as they beat the New York Jets on Monday Night Football. It was a long-time coming, with the Dolphins starting the year 0-3 and looking like a team that was not ready to compete against NFL-level competition. They started to piece it together in Week 3 against the...

The Miami Dolphins sent their 2024 Pro Bowl tight end Jonnu Smith to the Pittsburgh Steelers this offseason in a deal that involved cornerback Jalen Ramsey, safety Minkah Fitzpatrick and a late round draft pick swap. The move raised plenty of eyebrows amongst Dolphins fans, as outside of Smith, Miami’s tight end production has been severely lacking in recent years.

To fill the Jonnu Smith sized hole in the roster, the Dolphins lured a former second-team All-Pro tight end out of retirement — Darren Waller, formerly of the New York Giants, Las Vegas Raiders and Baltimore Ravens.

After suffering a...

If you saw the injury Tyreek Hill sustained on Monday night, you already knew his season was going to be over. That was made official yesterday morning when it was reported Hill dislocated his knee and tore several ligaments. It was a gruesome injury to see and Hill is going to have a long road to recovery. With Hill done for the year, it will be interesting to see how this Miami Dolphins offense operates. We can also wonder if that was the last we’ll see of Hill in a Dolphins uniform too.

You can check out that story here,...

Well, we finally got one in the W column, and Darren Waller seems like he might have been worth all the trouble after all. That’s the good, the bad? Well, the Tyreek Hill season-ending injury is likely the last time we see him in a Miami Dolphins jersey. Devon Achane continues to be the most reliable weapon the team has, but I often wonder what he might look like had Chris Grier done his job and made the OL good to great. I can’t help but think that it’s some sort of general manager malpractice to know that your starting...

The Miami Dolphins made a surprise roster move on Tuesday, ending a disappointing tenure for a former second-round draft pick. After starting the year on the non-football injury list, cornerback Cam Smith is now headed to the waiver wire, according to an announcement from the team. The move comes just two years after the team selected Smith 51st overall out of South Carolina in the 2023 NFL Draft.

Smith struggled to see the field during his first two seasons in the league, making most of his appearances on special teams. He played in 15 games, but made just 20 defensive...

The Miami Dolphins lost star wide receiver Tyreek Hill for the remainder of the 2025 season after the 31-year-old veteran suffered a season-ending leg injury in Monday Night’s 27-21 victory over the New York Jets. It was a catastrophic injury, one that could forever change Hill’s playing career.

Losing a player of Hill’s caliber will be hard to replace. Nearly impossible, but as with everything in life, the team must push on and try to alleviate the void left behind by The Cheetah’s absence. The team has a few in-house options, some of which could see more playing time over...