2017_Miami_Dolphins_season

2017 Miami Dolphins season
2017 Miami Dolphins season
Owner	Stephen M. Ross
General manager	Chris Grier
Head coach	Adam Gase
Home field	Hard Rock Stadium
Results
Record	6–10
Division place	3rd AFC East
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	S Reshad Jones ; WR Jarvis Landry
Uniform
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2017 Miami Dolphins season

52nd season in franchise history

The 2017 Miami Dolphins season was the franchise's 48th season in the National Football League, the 52nd overall and the second under head coach Adam Gase. The team came off from a 10-6 record and a playoff appearance for the first time since 2008. They were seen as potential playoff contenders and looked to make consecutive playoff seasons for the first time since the 2000 and 2001 seasons. However, the team was affected by the loss of starting quarterback Ryan Tannehill, who tore his ACL during practice and was ruled out for the season. The team turned to former Bears quarterback Jay Cutler, who came out of retirement to become Tannehill's replacement and team's starter. After Tannehill got injured, coach Adam Gase called former Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning about possibly coming out of retirement and taking Tannehill's place. However Manning later declined the idea of coming out of retirement. Gase was the QB coach and offensive coordinator of Peyton's Broncos between the 2012 and 2014 seasons.^[1] Additionally, the Dolphins were also one of the teams Peyton considered signing with following his release by the Colts in 2012. Later during the season, the team traded starting running back Jay Ajayi to the eventual champion Philadelphia Eagles in exchange for a 2018 fourth round draft pick on October 31.

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The team's Week 1 game against the Buccaneers was rescheduled to November 19 due to Hurricane Irma. Week 11 was originally the two teams' bye week. Week 1 would become the bye week for both teams and they would not play until Week 2. This was first time since the Arizona Cardinals in 2001 in which a team had a bye week in Week 1.

The Dolphins struggled during the season and failed to improve on the previous season's record after losing to the Patriots on Week 12 and were eliminated from the postseason after losing to the Chiefs in Week 16. They finished with a reverse record from the previous year, going 6–10. This was the Dolphins's fourteenth season missing the playoffs since the league's realignment in 2002.

Regular season

Game summaries

Standings

Conference

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AFC v t e
#	Team	Division	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	SOS	SOV	STK
Division leaders
1^{[lower-alpha 1]}	New England Patriots	East	13	3	0	.813	5–1	10–2	.484	.466	W3
2^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Pittsburgh Steelers	North	13	3	0	.813	6–0	10–2	.453	.423	W2
3^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Jacksonville Jaguars	South	10	6	0	.625	4–2	9–3	.434	.394	L2
4^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Kansas City Chiefs	West	10	6	0	.625	5–1	8–4	.477	.481	W4
Wild Cards
5^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Tennessee Titans	South	9	7	0	.563	5–1	8–4	.434	.396	W1
6^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Buffalo Bills	East	9	7	0	.563	3–3	7–5	.492	.396	W1
Did not qualify for the postseason
7^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Baltimore Ravens	North	9	7	0	.563	3–3	7–5	.441	.299	L1
8^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Los Angeles Chargers	West	9	7	0	.563	3–3	6–6	.457	.347	W2
9	Cincinnati Bengals	North	7	9	0	.438	3–3	6–6	.465	.321	W2
10^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Oakland Raiders	West	6	10	0	.375	2–4	5–7	.512	.396	L4
11^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Miami Dolphins	East	6	10	0	.375	2–4	5–7	.543	.531	L3
12^{[lower-alpha 5]}	Denver Broncos	West	5	11	0	.313	2–4	4–8	.492	.413	L2
13^{[lower-alpha 5]}	New York Jets	East	5	11	0	.313	2–4	5–7	.520	.438	L4
14^{[lower-alpha 6]}	Indianapolis Colts	South	4	12	0	.250	2–4	3–9	.480	.219	W1
15^{[lower-alpha 6]}	Houston Texans	South	4	12	0	.250	1–5	3–9	.516	.375	L6
16	Cleveland Browns	North	0	16	0	.000	0–6	0–12	.520	–	L16
Tiebreakers^{[lower-alpha 7]}
New England claimed the No. 1 seed over Pittsburgh based on head-to-head victory. Jacksonville claimed the No. 3 seed over Kansas City based on conference record. Tennessee finished ahead of Buffalo, Baltimore and Los Angeles Chargers based on conference record, claiming the No. 5 seed. Buffalo and Baltimore finished ahead of Los Angeles Chargers based on conference record. Buffalo claimed the No. 6 seed over Baltimore based on strength of victory. Oakland finished ahead of Miami based on head-to-head victory. Denver finished ahead of the New York Jets based on head-to-head victory. Indianapolis finished ahead of Houston based on head-to-head sweep. 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.

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[No._1_seed-10] New England claimed the No. 1 seed over Pittsburgh based on head-to-head victory.

[No._3_seed-11] Jacksonville claimed the No. 3 seed over Kansas City based on conference record.

[Wild_Card-12] Tennessee finished ahead of Buffalo, Baltimore and Los Angeles Chargers based on conference record, claiming the No. 5 seed.
Buffalo and Baltimore finished ahead of Los Angeles Chargers based on conference record.
Buffalo claimed the No. 6 seed over Baltimore based on strength of victory.

[6-10-13] Oakland finished ahead of Miami based on head-to-head victory.

[5-11-14] Denver finished ahead of the New York Jets based on head-to-head victory.

[4-12-15] Indianapolis finished ahead of Houston based on head-to-head sweep.

[16] 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.

[Irma-8] The Dolphins were originally scheduled to host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during Week 1 (September 10) at Hard Rock Stadium. However, due to the impact from Hurricane Irma, the game was rescheduled to Week 11, in which both the Buccaneers and Dolphins would originally have had their byes.^[7]

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Position	Player	Age	2016 Team	Contract
OLB	Lawrence Timmons	30	Pittsburgh Steelers	2 years, $12 million
G	Ted Larsen	29	Chicago Bears	3 years, $5.6 million
FS	Nate Allen	29	Oakland Raiders	1 year, $3.4 million
TE	Anthony Fasano	32	Tennessee Titans	1 year, $2.75 million
FS	T. J. McDonald	26	Los Angeles Rams	1 year, $1.3 million
QB	David Fales	26	Chicago Bears	1 year, $690K
QB	Jay Cutler	34	Chicago Bears	1 year, $10 million

Position	Player	2017 Team
TE	Jordan Cameron	Retired
DE	Andre Branch	Miami Dolphins
G	Jermon Bushrod	Miami Dolphins
LS	John Denney	Miami Dolphins
LB	Spencer Paysinger	New York Jets
QB	T. J. Yates	Buffalo Bills
LB	Donald Butler	None
CB	Chimdi Chekwa	None
S	Bacarri Rambo	Buffalo Bills
LB	Jelani Jenkins	Oakland Raiders
TE	Dion Sims	Chicago Bears
S	Reshad Jones	Miami Dolphins

Position	Player	2017 team
C	Anthony Steen	Miami Dolphins
LB	Mike Hull	Miami Dolphins
TE	Thomas Duarte	Miami Dolphins
CB	Lafayette Pitts	Miami Dolphins

Position	Player	2017 team
LB	Kiko Alonso	Miami Dolphins
S	Michael Thomas	Miami Dolphins
TE	Dominique Jones	None
DE	Nick Williams	None
RB	Damien Williams	Miami Dolphins

Position	Player	Age	2017 Team
DT	Earl Mitchell	29	San Francisco 49ers
DE	Dion Jordan	27	Seattle Seahawks
OLB	Jelani Jenkins	25	Oakland Raiders
TE	Dion Sims	26	Chicago Bears
QB	T. J. Yates	28	Buffalo Bills
DE	Mario Williams	32	Retired
LB	Spencer Paysinger	28	New York Jets
LB	Donald Butler	28	Retired
S	Bacarri Rambo	26	Buffalo Bills
TE	Dominique Jones	29	Retired
TE	Jordan Cameron	28	Retired
FS	Isa Abdul-Quddus	28	Retired
CB	Byron Maxwell	29	Seattle Seahawks

Round	Selection	Player	Position	College
1	22	Charles Harris	DE	Missouri
2	54	Raekwon McMillan	OLB	Ohio State
3	97	Cordrea Tankersley	CB	Clemson
5	164	Isaac Asiata	G	Utah
5	178	Davon Godchaux	DT	LSU
6	194	Vincent Taylor	DT	Oklahoma State
7	237	Isaiah Ford	WR	Virginia Tech

Position	Player	College
S	Maurice Smith	Georgia
DE	Joby Saint Fleur	Northwestern Oklahoma State
LB	Praise Martin-Oguike	Temple
WR	Malcolm Lewis	Miami (FL)
RB	De'Veon Smith	Michigan
WR	Drew Morgan	Arkansas
LB	Chase Allen	Southern Illinois
WR	Francis Owusu	Stanford
CB	Larry Hope	Akron
T	Eric Smith	Virginia
DE	Cameron Malveaux	Houston
WR	Damore'ea Stringfellow	Ole Miss


	Quarterbacks 6 Jay Cutler 9 David Fales 8 Matt Moore Running backs 32 Kenyan Drake 34 Senorise Perry 38 De'Veon Smith 26 Damien Williams Wide receivers 19 Jakeem Grant 14 Jarvis Landry 11 DeVante Parker 87 Rashawn Scott 10 Kenny Stills Tight ends 85 A. J. Derby 83 Thomas Duarte 80 Anthony Fasano 48 MarQueis Gray		Offensive linemen 68 Isaac Asiata G 64 Jake Brendel C 77 Jesse Davis G/T 62 Ted Larsen G 51 Mike Pouncey C 72 Eric Smith T 71 Zach Sterup T 67 Laremy Tunsil T 79 Sam Young T Defensive linemen 50 Andre Branch DE 78 Terrence Fede DE 56 Davon Godchaux DT 90 Charles Harris DE 75 Cameron Malveaux DE 97 Jordan Phillips DT 93 Ndamukong Suh DT 91 Cameron Wake DE 98 Gabe Wright DT		Linebackers 59 Chase Allen OLB 47 Kiko Alonso MLB/OLB 44 Stephone Anthony OLB 46 Neville Hewitt OLB 45 Mike Hull MLB 94 Lawrence Timmons OLB Defensive backs 35 Walt Aikens SS 43 Trae Elston FS 25 Xavien Howard CB 20 Reshad Jones SS 21 Jordan Lucas SS 28 Bobby McCain CB 22 T. J. McDonald FS 33 Torry McTyer CB 30 Cordrea Tankersley CB 42 Alterraun Verner CB Special teams 92 John Denney LS 16 Matt Haack P 1 Cody Parkey K		Reserve lists 29 Nate Allen FS (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 49 Lamin Barrow MLB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 74 Jermon Bushrod G (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 88 Leonte Carroo WR (NF-Inj.Tooltip Non-football injury and illness) 15 Isaiah Ford WR (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 95 William Hayes DE (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 70 Ja'Wuan James T (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 36 Tony Lippett CB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 52 Raekwon McMillan OLB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 55 Koa Misi OLB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 27 Maurice Smith FS (NF-Inj.Tooltip Non-football injury and illness) 65 Anthony Steen G (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 17 Ryan Tannehill QB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 96 Vincent Taylor DT (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 89 Julius Thomas TE (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 31 Michael Thomas FS (IRTooltip Injured reserve) Practice squad 40 Taveze Calhoun CB 7 Brandon Doughty QB 63 Sean Hickey T 41 Tracy Howard FS 18 Malcolm Lewis WR 81 Drew Morgan WR 37 Brandon Radcliff RB 76 Jonathan Woodard DE Rookies in italics 53 active, 16 inactive, 8 practice squad

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Recap
1	August 10	Atlanta Falcons	W 23–20	1–0	Hard Rock Stadium	Recap
2	August 17	Baltimore Ravens	L 7–31	1–1	Hard Rock Stadium	Recap
3	August 24	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 31–38	1–2	Lincoln Financial Field	Recap
4	August 31	at Minnesota Vikings	W 30–9	2–2	U.S. Bank Stadium	Recap

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Recap
1	Bye^{[upper-alpha 1]}
2	September 17	at Los Angeles Chargers	W 19–17	1–0	StubHub Center	Recap
3	September 24	at New York Jets	L 6–20	1–1	MetLife Stadium	Recap
4	October 1	New Orleans Saints	L 0–20	1–2	Wembley Stadium (London)	Recap
5	October 8	Tennessee Titans	W 16–10	2–2	Hard Rock Stadium	Recap
6	October 15	at Atlanta Falcons	W 20–17	3–2	Mercedes-Benz Stadium	Recap
7	October 22	New York Jets	W 31–28	4–2	Hard Rock Stadium	Recap
8	October 26	at Baltimore Ravens	L 0–40	4–3	M&T Bank Stadium	Recap
9	November 5	Oakland Raiders	L 24–27	4–4	Hard Rock Stadium	Recap
10	November 13	at Carolina Panthers	L 21–45	4–5	Bank of America Stadium	Recap
11	November 19^{[upper-alpha 1]}	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 20–30	4–6	Hard Rock Stadium	Recap
12	November 26	at New England Patriots	L 17–35	4–7	Gillette Stadium	Recap
13	December 3	Denver Broncos	W 35–9	5–7	Hard Rock Stadium	Recap
14	December 11	New England Patriots	W 27–20	6–7	Hard Rock Stadium	Recap
15	December 17	at Buffalo Bills	L 16–24	6–8	New Era Field	Recap
16	December 24	at Kansas City Chiefs	L 13–29	6–9	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
17	December 31	Buffalo Bills	L 16–22	6–10	Hard Rock Stadium	Recap

AFC East
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
⁽¹⁾ New England Patriots	13	3	0	.813	5–1	10–2	458	296	W3
⁽⁶⁾ Buffalo Bills	9	7	0	.563	3–3	7–5	302	359	W1
Miami Dolphins	6	10	0	.375	2–4	5–7	281	393	L3
New York Jets	5	11	0	.313	2–4	5–7	298	382	L4

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Dolphins	3	0	10	6	19
Chargers	0	10	7	0	17

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Dolphins	0	0	0	6	6
Jets	0	10	10	0	20

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Saints	0	3	7	10	20
Dolphins	0	0	0	0	0

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Titans	0	3	7	0	10
Dolphins	10	0	0	6	16

2017_Miami_Dolphins_season

Roster changes

Trades

Free agents

Signings

Unrestricted

Restricted

Exclusive rights

Departures

Draft

Undrafted free agents

Staff

Final roster

Preseason

Regular season

Schedule

Game summaries

Week 2: at Los Angeles Chargers

Week 3: at New York Jets

Week 4: vs. New Orleans Saints

Week 5: vs. Tennessee Titans

Week 6: at Atlanta Falcons

Week 7: vs. New York Jets

Week 8: at Baltimore Ravens

Week 9: vs. Oakland Raiders

Week 10: at Carolina Panthers

Week 11: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Week 12: at New England Patriots

Week 13: vs. Denver Broncos

Week 14: vs. New England Patriots

Week 15: at Buffalo Bills

Week 16: at Kansas City Chiefs

Week 17: vs. Buffalo Bills

Standings

Division

Conference

Notes

References

External links

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