2018 Miami Dolphins season

2018 Miami Dolphins season
Head coach Adam Gase
General manager Chris Grier
Owner Stephen M. Ross
Home field Hard Rock Stadium
Results
Record 3–2
Division place 2nd AFC East
Uniform

The 2018 season is the Miami Dolphins' 49th season in the National Football League, their 53rd overall, and their third under head coach Adam Gase. During the offseason, the Dolphins tweaked their uniforms and shade of orange to better align with their classical past and history.

With quarterback Ryan Tannehill playing for the first time since the 2016 season, the Dolphins are attempting to finish with a winning record following a disappointing 6–10 season and a possible division win for the first time since 2008.

Roster changes


Signings

Pos. Player Age 2017 Team Contract
WR Danny Amendola 32 New England Patriots 2 years, $12 million
WR Albert Wilson 25 Kansas City Chiefs 3 years, $24 million
G Josh Sitton 31 Chicago Bears 2 years, $18 million

Draft

2018 Miami Dolphins Draft
RoundSelectionPlayerPositionCollegeNotes
111 Minkah FitzpatrickFSAlabama
242 Mike GesickiTEPenn State
373 Jerome BakerOLBOhio State
4123 Durham SmytheTENotre Dame
131 Kalen BallageHBArizona StateFrom New England via Philadelphia
6209 Cornell ArmstrongCBSouthern MissFrom Kansas City
7227 Quentin PolingLBOhioFrom San Francisco
229 Jason SandersKNew Mexico

Draft trades

  • The Dolphins traded wide receiver Jarvis Landry to Cleveland in exchange for Cleveland's fourth-round selection they acquired from Carolina (123rd overall).
  • The Dolphins traded running back Jay Ajayi to Philadelphia in exchange for Philadelphia's fourth-round selection they acquired from New England (131st overall).
  • The Dolphins traded their fifth-round selection (147th overall) to New Orleans in exchange for linebacker Stephone Anthony.
  • The Dolphins traded the seventh-round selection they acquired from Tampa Bay (223rd overall) to San Francisco in exchange for San Francisco's seventh-round selection (227th overall) and center Daniel Kilgore.

Staff

Miami Dolphins staff
Front office
  • Chairman/managing general partner – Stephen Ross
  • Vice chairman/partner – Bruce Beal
  • Vice chairman – Jorge Perez
  • Vice chairman – Don Shula
  • Vice chairman – Matt Higgins
  • Vice chairman, president, and CEO – Tom Garfinkel
  • General manager – Chris Grier
  • Executive vice president of football operations – Mike Tannenbaum
  • Senior director, football administration – Brandon Shore
  • Director, college scouting – Adam Engroff
  • Director, pro personnel – Anthony Hunt
  • Director, football research & strategy – Matt Sheldon
  • Senior director, football and player development – Joe Vitt
  • Director, football and player development – Clyde Christensen
  • Director, analytics – Dennis Lock
Head coaches
Offensive coaches
  • Offensive coordinator – Dowell Loggains
  • Quarterbacks – Bo Hardegree
  • Running backs/run game coordinator – Eric Studesville
  • Wide receivers – Ben Johnson
  • Tight ends – Shane Day
  • Offensive line – Jeremiah Washburn
  • Assistant offensive line – Chris Kuper
  • Offensive quality control – Josh Grizzard
  
Defensive coaches
Special teams coaches
  • Assistant special teams – Marwan Maalouf
Strength and conditioning
  • Head strength and conditioning – Dave Puloka
  • Assistant strength and conditioning – Jim Arthur


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AFC East
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PIT
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LAC
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PHI
WAS
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CHI
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GB
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ATL
CAR
NO
TB
West
ARI
LAR
SF
SEA

Current roster

Miami Dolphins roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

 Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

 Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

 Reserve lists

Practice squad

Rookies in italics

Roster updated October 15, 2018
Depth chart • Transactions
53 Active, 7 Inactive, 10 Practice squad

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Preseason

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordGame siteNFL.com
recap
1 August 9 Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 24–26 0–1 Hard Rock Stadium Recap
2 August 17 at Carolina Panthers L 20–27 0–2 Bank of America Stadium Recap
3 August 25 Baltimore Ravens L 10–27 0–3 Hard Rock Stadium Recap
4 August 30 at Atlanta Falcons W 34–7 1–3 Mercedes-Benz Stadium Recap

Regular season

The Dolphins' 2018 schedule was finalized and announced on April 19.[1]

Schedule

WeekDateKickoff (ET)OpponentResultRecordGame siteTVNFL.com
recap
1 September 9 1:00 p.m. Tennessee Titans W 27–20 1–0 Hard Rock Stadium Fox Recap
2 September 16 1:00 p.m. at New York Jets W 20–12 2–0 MetLife Stadium CBS Recap
3 September 23 1:00 p.m. Oakland Raiders W 28–20 3–0 Hard Rock Stadium CBS Recap
4 September 30 1:00 p.m. at New England Patriots L 7–38 3–1 Gillette Stadium CBS Recap
5 October 7 1:00 p.m. at Cincinnati Bengals L 17–27 3–2 Paul Brown Stadium CBS Recap
6 October 14 1:00 p.m. Chicago Bears Hard Rock Stadium Fox
7 October 21 1:00 p.m. Detroit Lions Hard Rock Stadium Fox
8 October 25 8:20 p.m. at Houston Texans NRG Stadium Fox/NFLN
9 November 4 1:00 p.m. New York Jets Hard Rock Stadium CBS
10 November 11 1:00 p.m. at Green Bay Packers Lambeau Field CBS
11 Bye
12 November 25 1:00 p.m. at Indianapolis Colts Lucas Oil Stadium CBS
13 December 2 1:00 p.m. Buffalo Bills Hard Rock Stadium CBS
14 December 9 1:00 p.m. New England Patriots Hard Rock Stadium CBS
15 December 16 1:00 p.m. at Minnesota Vikings U.S. Bank Stadium CBS
16 December 22 or 23[2] TBD[2] Jacksonville Jaguars Hard Rock Stadium TBD[2]
17 December 30 1:00 p.m. at Buffalo Bills New Era Field CBS

Notes

  • Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
  • Networks and times from Weeks 7–17 are subject to change as a result of flexible scheduling, for the exception of Week 8 (Thursday Night Football).
  • As the result of Saturday flexible scheduling during Week 16, the date, time and network for the Week 16 game vs. the Jacksonville Jaguars will be finalized at a later date — by no later than the end of Week 8.[2]

Game summaries

Week 1: vs. Tennessee Titans

Week One: Tennessee Titans at Miami Dolphins – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Titans 3 0 01720
Dolphins 0 7 31727

at Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida

Game information

Due to two weather delays, the game lasted for 7 hours and 10 minutes, the longest game since the AFL–NFL merger in 1970.[3] Coincidentally, wide receiver Danny Amendola met with former teammates Malcolm Butler and Dion Lewis. The three played for the New England Patriots from 2015 to 2018 and helped them win Super Bowl LI over the Atlanta Falcons.

Week 2: at New York Jets

Week Two: Miami Dolphins at New York Jets – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Dolphins 7 13 0020
Jets 0 0 6612

at MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

Game information

Week 3: vs. Oakland Raiders

Week Three: Oakland Raiders at Miami Dolphins – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Raiders 7 3 7320
Dolphins 0 7 71428

at Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida

Game information

With the win, the Dolphins improved to 3—0, their first such start since 2013.[4]

Week 4: at New England Patriots

Week Four: Miami Dolphins at New England Patriots – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Dolphins 0 0 077
Patriots 3 21 7738

at Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts

  • Date: September 30
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
  • Game weather: 65 °F (18 °C), Sunny and Warm
  • Game attendance: 65,878
  • Referee: Alex Kemp
  • TV announcers (CBS): Kevin Harlan, Rich Gannon and Steve Tasker
  • Recap, Gamebook
Game information

With their first loss of the season, the Dolphins failed to earn their first 4–0 start since 1995, during the Dan Marino era.

Week 5: at Cincinnati Bengals

Week Five: Miami Dolphins at Cincinnati Bengals – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Dolphins 0 14 3017
Bengals 0 0 32427

at Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio

  • Date: October 7
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
  • Game weather: 82 °F (28 °C), mostly sunny
  • Game attendance: 52,708
  • Referee: Craig Wrolstad
  • TV announcers (CBS): Kevin Harlan, Rich Gannon and Steve Tasker
  • Recap, Gamebook
Game information

Week 6: vs. Chicago Bears

Week Six: Chicago Bears at Miami Dolphins – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Bears 0 0 000
Dolphins 0 0 000

at Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida

Game information

Standings

Division

AFC East
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
New England Patriots 4 2 0 .667 1–0 4–1 176 148 W3
Miami Dolphins 4 2 0 .667 1–1 3–2 128 145 W1
New York Jets 3 3 0 .500 0–1 2–3 165 139 W2
Buffalo Bills 2 4 0 .333 0–0 1–3 76 138 L1

Conference

# Team Division W L T PCT DIV CONF SOS SOV STK
Division leaders
1 Kansas City Chiefs West 5 1 0 .833 2–0 4–1 .500 .466 L1
2[lower-alpha 1] New England Patriots East 4 2 0 .667 1–0 4–1 .514 .542 W3
3[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2] Cincinnati Bengals North 4 2 0 .667 1–1 3–1 .500 .458 L1
4[lower-alpha 3] Tennessee Titans South 3 3 0 .500 2–0 2–3 .528 .500 L2
Wild Cards
5[lower-alpha 4] Los Angeles Chargers West 4 2 0 .667 1–1 3–1 .500 .283 W3
6[lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 4] Baltimore Ravens North 4 2 0 .667 1–2 4–2 .472 .438 W1
In the hunt
7[lower-alpha 4] Miami Dolphins East 4 2 0 .667 1–1 3–2 .514 .435 W1
8 Pittsburgh Steelers North 3 2 1 .583 1–1–1 1–2–1 .557 .471 W2
9[lower-alpha 3][lower-alpha 5] Houston Texans South 3 3 0 .500 1–1 2–2 .389 .333 W3
10[lower-alpha 3][lower-alpha 6] Jacksonville Jaguars South 3 3 0 .500 0–1 2–2 .528 .444 L2
11[lower-alpha 5][lower-alpha 6] New York Jets East 3 3 0 .500 0–1 2–3 .414 .294 W2
12 Cleveland Browns North 2 3 1 .417 1–0–1 2–2–1 .557 .583 L1
13[lower-alpha 7] Buffalo Bills East 2 4 0 .333 0–0 1–3 .571 .542 L1
14[lower-alpha 7] Denver Broncos West 2 4 0 .333 1–1 1–3 .611 .333 L4
15[lower-alpha 8] Oakland Raiders West 1 5 0 .167 0–2 1–3 .597 .417 L2
16[lower-alpha 8] Indianapolis Colts South 1 5 0 .167 0–1 0–4 .571 .600 L3
Tiebreakers[lower-alpha 9]
  1. 1 2 New England wins tie break over Cincinnati based on best win percentage in conference games.
  2. 1 2 Cincinnati wins tie break over Baltimore based on head-to-head win percentage.
  3. 1 2 3 Tennessee wins tie break over Jacksonville and Houston based on head-to-head win percentage.
  4. 1 2 3 LA Chargers, Baltimore, and Miami are ranked based on best win percentage in conference games.
  5. 1 2 Houston wins tie break over NY Jets based on best win percentage in conference games. Division tie break was initially used to eliminate Jacksonville (see below).
  6. 1 2 Jacksonville wins tie break over NY Jets based on head-to-head win percentage.
  7. 1 2 Buffalo wins tie break over Denver based on best win percentage in common games.
  8. 1 2 Oakland wins tie break over Indianapolis based on best win percentage in conference games.
  9. ↑ When breaking ties for three or more teams under the NFL's rules, they are first broken within divisions, then comparing only the highest ranked remaining team from each division.
Legend
w — Clinched wild card
x — Clinched playoff berth
y — Clinched division
z — Clinched first-round bye
* — Clinched home-field advantage

References

  1. ↑ "Miami Dolphins' 2018 regular-season schedule". Sun-Sentinel. April 19, 2018. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "NFL Announces the 2018 Regular Season Schedule". NFL Communications. April 19, 2018. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Titans vs. Dolphins - Game Recap - September 9, 2018". ESPN.
  4. ↑ Deen, Safid (September 23, 2018). "Dolphins' speed shines bright in win over Raiders, Miami's first 3-0 start since 2013". Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
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