2023_Miami_Dolphins_season

2023 Miami Dolphins season
2023 Miami Dolphins season
Owner	Stephen M. Ross
General manager	Chris Grier
Head coach	Mike McDaniel
Home field	Hard Rock Stadium
Results
Record	11–6
Division place	2nd AFC East
Playoff finish	Lost Wild Card Playoffs; (at Chiefs) 7–26
Pro Bowlers	QB Tua Tagovailoa; RB Raheem Mostert; FB Alec Ingold; WR Tyreek Hill; OT Terron Armstead; CB Jalen Ramsey
AP All-Pros	WR Tyreek Hill (1st team);
Uniform
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2023 Miami Dolphins season

58th season in franchise history

The 2023 season was the Miami Dolphins' 54th season in the National Football League (NFL), their 58th overall, their eighth under general manager Chris Grier and their second under head coach Mike McDaniel.

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The Dolphins improved upon their 9–8 record from the previous two seasons after a Week 15 win over the New York Jets. With a win over the Dallas Cowboys in Week 16, they clinched a playoff spot for a second consecutive season. Despite leading the Buffalo Bills by three games with five to play, the Dolphins faltered late in the season and, combined with the Bills going undefeated since the bye, put AFC East control in their Week 18 matchup. In that game, the Dolphins lost to the Bills, giving the Bills the division. The loss meant 2008 would remain the most recent season the Dolphins won the AFC East. Throughout the year, the Dolphins were noted to struggle to beat teams with winning records.^[1]

The Dolphins once again failed to win a playoff game, not having done so since 2000, losing to the eventual Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs in a 26–7 loss in one of the coldest games in NFL history. This game was Tyreek Hill, Justin Houston, Melvin Ingram, and Emmanuel Ogbah's return to Arrowhead. With the Detroit Lions defeating the Los Angeles Rams and advancing to the NFC Divisional round the following day, the Dolphins officially hold the longest active playoff victory drought in the NFL.

In their Week 3 70–20 victory over the Denver Broncos, the Dolphins became the first NFL team to score 70 points in a game since 1966.^[2] This was the second most points scored in a regular-season game all time.^[3]

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[Forfeit-9] Miami forfeited its first-round selection as well as its 2024 third-round selection as punishment for multiple violations of the league's anti-tampering policy in conversations with quarterback Tom Brady and Don Yee, the agent for then-New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton (as well as Brady).

[Broncos-10] Miami traded San Francisco's selection, a 2024 fourth-round selection, and running back Chase Edmonds to Denver in exchange for Bradley Chubb and a 2025 fifth-round selection.

[49ers2021-11] Miami traded their 2021 first-round pick (3rd overall) to the 49ers in exchange for their 2021 first-round pick (12th overall), 2022 first and third-round picks (29th and 102nd overall), and a first-round pick (29th overall) in 2023.

[Rams-12] Miami traded New England's selection and tight end Hunter Long, to Los Angeles Rams in exchange for Jalen Ramsey.

[Patriots-13] New England traded a third-round selection to Miami in exchange for wide receiver DeVante Parker and a 2022 fifth-round selection.

[Chiefs-14] Miami traded fourth and sixth-round selections, and 2022 first, second, and fourth-round selections to Kansas City in exchange for wide receiver Tyreek Hill.

[49ers-15] Miami traded a fifth-round selection to San Francisco in exchange for running back Jeff Wilson.

[Bears-16] Chicago traded a sixth-round selection to Miami in exchange for wide receiver Jakeem Grant.

[11-6a-22] Buffalo finished ahead of Kansas City based on head-to-head victory.

[11-6b-23] Buffalo finished ahead of Miami based on head-to-head sweep.

[11-6c-24] Cleveland finished ahead of Miami based on conference record.

[9-8a-25] Cincinnati finished ahead of Jacksonville based on head-to-head victory. Division tie break was initially used to eliminate Indianapolis (see below).

[9-8b-26] Jacksonville finished ahead of Indianapolis based on head-to-head sweep.

[8-9-27] Las Vegas finished ahead of Denver based on head-to-head sweep.

[28] 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.

[18] Due to an injury involving Daewood Davis, the game was suspended with around eight minutes to go in the fourth quarter.^[9]

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Position	Player	Age	2022 Team	Contract
QB	Mike White	28	New York Jets	2 years, $8 million
ILB	David Long Jr.	26	Tennessee Titans	2 years, $11 million
OLB	Malik Reed	26	Pittsburgh Steelers	1 year, $1 million
WR	Braxton Berrios	27	New York Jets	1 year, $3.5 million
FS	DeShon Elliott	26	Detroit Lions	1 year, $1 million
TE	Eric Saubert	29	Denver Broncos	1 year, $1 million
G	Dan Feeney	28	New York Jets	1 year, $3.25 million
P	Jake Bailey	25	New England Patriots	1 year, $1 million
T	Isaiah Wynn	27	New England Patriots	1 year, $1 million
T	Cedric Ogbuehi	31	New York Jets	1 year, $1 million

Round	Selection	Player	Position	College	Notes
1	–	Selection forfeited^{[upper-alpha 1]}
1	29	Traded to Denver^{[upper-alpha 2]}			From San Francisco^{[upper-alpha 3]}
2	51	Cam Smith	CB	South Carolina
3	77	Traded to Los Angeles Rams^{[upper-alpha 4]}			From New England^{[upper-alpha 5]}
3	84	De’Von Achane	RB	Texas A&M
4	122	Traded to Kansas City^{[upper-alpha 6]}
5	155	Traded to San Francisco^{[upper-alpha 7]}
6	178	Traded to Kansas City^{[upper-alpha 6]}			From Chicago^{[upper-alpha 8]}
6	197	Elijah Higgins	WR	Stanford
7	238	Ryan Hayes	OT	Michigan

Position	Player	College
LB	Mitchell Agude	Miami (FL)
QB	James Blackman	Arkansas State
CB	Ethan Bonner	Stanford
RB	Christopher Brooks	BYU
DE	Randy Charlton	Mississippi State
WR	Chris Coleman	Cal Poly
WR	Daewood Davis	Western Kentucky
TE	Julian Hill	Campbell
T	Jarrett Horst	Michigan State
T	Alex Jensen	South Dakota
LB	Aubrey Miller	Jackson State
DT	Anthony Montalvo	UCF
LB	Garrett Nelson	Nebraska
DT	Brandon Pili	USC
G	DJ Scaife	Miami (FL)
S	Keidron Smith	Kentucky
T	James Tunstall	Cincinnati
P	Michael Turk	Oklahoma
C	Alama Uluave	San Diego State
LB	Zeke Vandenburgh	Illinois State
S	Bennett Williams	Oregon


	Quarterbacks 1 Tua Tagovailoa 6 Skylar Thompson 14 Mike White Running backs 28 De'Von Achane 35 Chris Brooks 30 Alec Ingold FB 31 Raheem Mostert 23 Jeff Wilson Wide receivers 0 Braxton Berrios 3 Robbie Chosen 83 Chase Claypool 85 River Cracraft 10 Tyreek Hill 17 Jaylen Waddle 11 Cedrick Wilson Jr. Tight ends 89 Julian Hill 82 Tyler Kroft 81 Durham Smythe		Offensive linemen 72 Terron Armstead T 66 Lester Cotton G 74 Liam Eichenberg C 60 Jonotthan Harrison C 68 Robert Hunt G 73 Austin Jackson T 65 Robert Jones G 70 Kendall Lamm T 71 Kion Smith T Defensive linemen 98 Raekwon Davis NT 93 Da'Shawn Hand DE 92 Zach Sieler DE 94 Christian Wilkins DE		Linebackers 52 Justin Houston OLB 9 Melvin Ingram OLB 46 Bruce Irvin OLB 51 David Long Jr. ILB 50 Calvin Munson ILB 91 Emmanuel Ogbah OLB 45 Duke Riley ILB 41 Channing Tindall ILB Defensive backs 33 Eli Apple CB 20 Justin Bethel CB 22 Elijah Campbell FS 21 DeShon Elliott SS 8 Jevon Holland FS 25 Xavien Howard CB 29 Brandon Jones SS 4 Kader Kohou CB 40 Nik Needham CB 5 Jalen Ramsey CB 24 Cam Smith CB Special teams 16 Jake Bailey P 44 Blake Ferguson LS 7 Jason Sanders K		Reserve lists 26 Salvon Ahmed RB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 55 Jerome Baker ILB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 2 Bradley Chubb OLB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 27 Keion Crossen CB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 18 Erik Ezukanma WR (NF-Inj.Tooltip Non-football injury and illness) 53 Cameron Goode OLB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 15 Jaelan Phillips OLB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 57 Zeke Vandenburgh ILB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 43 Andrew Van Ginkel OLB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 58 Connor Williams C (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 77 Isaiah Wynn G (IRTooltip Injured reserve) Practice squad 56 Quinton Bell OLB 38 Ethan Bonner CB 88 Nick Bowers TE 80 Tanner Conner TE 95 Byron Cowart DE 78 Justin Ellis NT 37 Darrynton Evans RB 76 Ryan Hayes T 63 Chasen Hines G 42 A. J. Johnson ILB (Injured) 34 Parry Nickerson CB 96 Brandon Pili NT 47 Malik Reed OLB 86 Braylon Sanders WR 84 Anthony Schwartz WR 64 Matt Skura C 87 Freddie Swain WR Rookies in italics 53 active, 11 inactive, 16 practice squad (+1 exempt)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Recap
1	August 11	Atlanta Falcons	L 3–19	0–1	Hard Rock Stadium	Recap
2	August 19	at Houston Texans	W 28–3	1–1	NRG Stadium	Recap
3	August 26^{[upper-alpha 1]}	at Jacksonville Jaguars	L 18–31	1–2	EverBank Stadium	Recap

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2023 Miami Dolphins season

Offseason

Free agent signings

Draft

Staff

Final roster

Preseason

Regular season

Schedule

Game summaries

Week 1: at Los Angeles Chargers

Week 2: at New England Patriots

Week 3: vs. Denver Broncos

Week 4: at Buffalo Bills

Week 5: vs. New York Giants

Week 6: vs. Carolina Panthers

Week 7: at Philadelphia Eagles

Week 8: vs. New England Patriots

Week 9: at Kansas City Chiefs

Week 11: vs. Las Vegas Raiders

Week 12: at New York Jets

Week 13: at Washington Commanders

Week 14: vs. Tennessee Titans

Week 15: vs. New York Jets

Week 16: vs. Dallas Cowboys

Week 17: at Baltimore Ravens

Week 18: vs. Buffalo Bills

Standings

Division

Conference

Postseason

Schedule

Game summaries

AFC Wild Card Playoffs: at (3) Kansas City Chiefs

Notes

References

External links

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Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Recap
1	September 10	at Los Angeles Chargers	W 36–34	1–0	SoFi Stadium	Recap
2	September 17	at New England Patriots	W 24–17	2–0	Gillette Stadium	Recap
3	September 24	Denver Broncos	W 70–20	3–0	Hard Rock Stadium	Recap
4	October 1	at Buffalo Bills	L 20–48	3–1	Highmark Stadium	Recap
5	October 8	New York Giants	W 31–16	4–1	Hard Rock Stadium	Recap
6	October 15	Carolina Panthers	W 42–21	5–1	Hard Rock Stadium	Recap
7	October 22	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 17–31	5–2	Lincoln Financial Field	Recap
8	October 29	New England Patriots	W 31–17	6–2	Hard Rock Stadium	Recap
9	November 5	at Kansas City Chiefs	L 14–21	6–3	Deutsche Bank Park (Frankfurt)	Recap
10	Bye
11	November 19	Las Vegas Raiders	W 20–13	7–3	Hard Rock Stadium	Recap
12	November 24	at New York Jets	W 34–13	8–3	MetLife Stadium	Recap
13	December 3	at Washington Commanders	W 45–15	9–3	FedExField	Recap
14	December 11	Tennessee Titans	L 27–28	9–4	Hard Rock Stadium	Recap
15	December 17	New York Jets	W 30–0	10–4	Hard Rock Stadium	Recap
16	December 24	Dallas Cowboys	W 22–20	11–4	Hard Rock Stadium	Recap
17	December 31	at Baltimore Ravens	L 19–56	11–5	M&T Bank Stadium	Recap
18	January 7	Buffalo Bills	L 14–21	11–6	Hard Rock Stadium	Recap

AFC East
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
⁽²⁾ Buffalo Bills	11	6	0	.647	4–2	7–5	451	311	W5
⁽⁶⁾ Miami Dolphins	11	6	0	.647	4–2	7–5	496	391	L2
New York Jets	7	10	0	.412	2–4	4–8	268	355	W1
New England Patriots	4	13	0	.235	2–4	4–8	236	366	L2

AFC v t e
#	Team	Division	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	SOS	SOV	STK
Division leaders
1	Baltimore Ravens	North	13	4	0	.765	3–3	8–4	.543	.529	L1
2^{[lower-alpha 1]}^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Buffalo Bills	East	11	6	0	.647	4–2	7–5	.471	.471	W5
3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Kansas City Chiefs	West	11	6	0	.647	4–2	9–3	.481	.428	W2
4	Houston Texans	South	10	7	0	.588	4–2	7–5	.474	.465	W2
Wild cards
5^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Cleveland Browns	North	11	6	0	.647	3–3	8–4	.536	.513	L1
6^{[lower-alpha 2]}^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Miami Dolphins	East	11	6	0	.647	4–2	7–5	.450	.358	L2
7	Pittsburgh Steelers	North	10	7	0	.588	5–1	7–5	.540	.571	W3
Did not qualify for the postseason
8^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Cincinnati Bengals	North	9	8	0	.529	1–5	4–8	.574	.536	W1
9^{[lower-alpha 4]}^{[lower-alpha 5]}	Jacksonville Jaguars	South	9	8	0	.529	4–2	6–6	.533	.477	L1
10^{[lower-alpha 5]}	Indianapolis Colts	South	9	8	0	.529	3–3	7–5	.491	.444	L1
11^{[lower-alpha 6]}	Las Vegas Raiders	West	8	9	0	.471	4–2	6–6	.488	.426	W1
12^{[lower-alpha 6]}	Denver Broncos	West	8	9	0	.471	3–3	5–7	.488	.485	L1
13	New York Jets	East	7	10	0	.412	2–4	4–8	.502	.454	W1
14	Tennessee Titans	South	6	11	0	.353	1–5	4–8	.522	.422	W1
15	Los Angeles Chargers	West	5	12	0	.294	1–5	3–9	.529	.388	L5
16	New England Patriots	East	4	13	0	.235	2–4	4–8	.522	.529	L2
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Buffalo finished ahead of Kansas City based on head-to-head victory. Buffalo finished ahead of Miami based on head-to-head sweep. Cleveland finished ahead of Miami based on conference record. Cincinnati finished ahead of Jacksonville based on head-to-head victory. Division tie break was initially used to eliminate Indianapolis (see below). Jacksonville finished ahead of Indianapolis based on head-to-head sweep. Las Vegas finished ahead of Denver 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.

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Dolphins	7	13	7	9	36
Chargers	7	10	7	10	34

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Dolphins	3	14	0	7	24
Patriots	0	3	0	14	17

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Broncos	7	6	0	7	20
Dolphins	14	21	14	21	70

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Dolphins	7	7	6	0	20
Bills	14	17	10	7	48