2025 Miami Dolphins season

The 2025 season was the Miami Dolphins' 56th in the National Football League (NFL), their 60th overall, their tenth and final under general manager Chris Grier and their fourth and final under head coach Mike McDaniel. The Dolphins failed to improve on their 8–9 record from last year. Despite starting the season with a 1–6 record, the Dolphins had a midseason turnaround, winning five of their next six to keep their playoff hopes alive late season. However, after a loss in Week 15 to the Pittsburgh Steelers, Miami was officially eliminated from postseason contention for the second year in a row. This also extended their playoff win drought to 25 seasons. On October 31, the Dolphins and general manager Chris Grier parted ways shortly after a Week 9 loss to the Baltimore Ravens. After an inconsistent season from starting quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, he was benched ahead of the week 16 matchup against the Cincinnati Bengals for rookie Quinn Ewers. The Dolphins went 5–4 at home but 2–6 on the road, which ultimately cost them a trip to the postseason.

Head coach Mike McDaniel was fired on January 8, 2026, following the conclusion of the season.

Draft trades

Chairman/managing general partner – Stephen Ross Vice chairman/partner – Bruce Beal Vice chairman – Jorge Pérez Vice chairman – Matt Higgins Vice chairman, president, and CEO – Tom Garfinkel Interim general manager – Champ Kelly Assistant general manager – Marvin Allen Senior vice president, football and business administration – Brandon Shore Senior vice president, chief financial officer – Chris Clements Director of college scouting – Matt Winston Senior national scout - Ron Brockington Senior director of football administration and strategy - Max Napolitano Director of football and business administration- Olivia Sheehy Manager, football analytics - Ella Summer Special advisor to the vice chairman, president and CEO – Dan Marino Head coaches

Head coach – Mike McDaniel Associate head coach/running backs – Eric Studesville Assistant head coach/tight ends – Jon Embree Offensive coaches

Offensive coordinator – Frank Smith Senior passing game coordinator – Bobby Slowik Quarterbacks/pass game coordinator – Darrell Bevell Wide receivers – Robert Prince Assistant wide receivers – Jonathan Krause Offensive line – Butch Barry Assistant offensive line – Lemuel Jeanpierre Run game specialist – Chandler Henley Offensive assistant – Rob Everett Offensive assistant – Max McCaffrey Offensive assistant – Roman Sapolu | | | Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Anthony Weaver Defensive line – Austin Clark Assistant defensive line – Kynjee Cotton Linebackers/run game coordinator – Joe Barry Assistant linebackers – Matthew O'Donnell Pass game coordinator/secondary – Brian Duker Cornerbacks – Mathieu Araujo Defensive backs/pass game specialist – Ryan Slowik Assistant defensive backs – DeShawn Shead Defensive assistant – Sean Ryan Special teams coaches

Special teams coordinator – Craig Aukerman Senior special teams assistant – Ronnie Bradford Strength and conditioning

Head strength and conditioning – Dave Puloka Assistant strength and conditioning – Adam Lachance |

28 De'Von Achane 48 Donovan Edwards 31 Ollie Gordon II 30 Alec Ingold FB  5 Jaylen Wright Wide receivers (WR)

84 Tahj Washington  6 Malik Washington 81 Theo Wease Jr. 19 Cedrick Wilson Jr. Tight ends (TE)

85 Greg Dulcich 89 Julian Hill | | Offensive linemen (OL) 79 Larry Borom RT 55 Aaron Brewer C 64 Daniel Brunskill C 73 Austin Jackson RT 70 Kendall Lamm LT 60 Andrew Meyer C 52 Patrick Paul LT 72 Jonah Savaiinaea LG 69 Cole Strange RG Defensive linemen (DL)

93 Zeek Biggers DE 91 Matthew Butler DE 90 Kenneth Grant DE 94 Jordan Phillips NT 92 Zach Sieler DE | | Linebackers (LB) 56 Quinton Bell OLB  3 K. J. Britt ILB 20 Jordyn Brooks ILB  2 Bradley Chubb OLB 25 Tyrel Dodson ILB 40 Willie Gay ILB 53 Cameron Goode OLB 44 Chop Robinson OLB 42 Jackson Woodard ILB Defensive backs (DB)

27 Ethan Bonner CB 22 Elijah Campbell FS 21 Ashtyn Davis SS 26 Rasul Douglas CB 29 Minkah Fitzpatrick FS 24 A. J. Green CB 23 Jack Jones CB 33 Jason Marshall Jr. CB  9 Ifeatu Melifonwu SS 38 Ethan Robinson CB 11 Dante Trader Jr. S Special teams (ST)

16 Jake Bailey P 49 Joe Cardona LS 47 Riley Patterson K | | Practice squad 88 A. J. Henning WR 96 Alex Huntley DT 59 Derrick McLendon OLB 68 Josh Priebe G 71 Kion Smith G Reserve

32 JuJu Brents CB (IR) 23 Artie Burns CB (IR) 22 Elijah Campbell FS (IR) 63 Yodny Cajuste RT (IR) 43 Jordan Colbert ILB (IR) 47 Jalin Conyers TE (IR) 78 James Daniels RG (IR) 36 Storm Duck CB (IR) 74 Liam Eichenberg G (PUP) 82 D'Wayne Eskridge WR (IR) 62 Obinna Eze LT (IR) 10 Tyreek Hill WR (IR) 62 Germain Ifedi RT (IR) 51 Caleb Johnson ILB (IR) 46 Isaiah Johnson CB (IR) 95 Benito Jones NT (IR)  4 Kader Kohou CB (IR) 43 Jason Maitre CB (IR)  8 Alexander Mattison RB (IR)  7 Jason Sanders K (IR/DFR) 83 Darren Waller TE (IR) Rookies in italics |

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

With the blowout loss (their first Week 1 loss since 2020), the Dolphins started the season 0–1.

With their first home loss to New England since 2019 (first overall since 2022), the Dolphins fell to 0–2 and 0–1 against the AFC East. This marked quarterback Tua Tagovailoa's first ever loss to the Patriots as their starting quarterback in his career.

With their 7th consecutive loss to the Bills since 2022, the Dolphins dropped to 0–3 on the season.

The Dolphins' first win of the season was marred when Tyreek Hill was lost to a season-ending knee injury early in the third quarter. Nonetheless, this was the Dolphins' tenth consecutive home win over the Jets.

The Dolphins blew a 17–0 lead and lost to Bryce Young and the Panthers, 27–24. Miami was also notably outgained 239–19 on the ground in this game, resulting in the Dolphins falling to 1–4.

The Dolphins overcame a 26–13 fourth-quarter deficit to take a 27–26 lead with 46 seconds remaining. However, they allowed Justin Herbert to connect on a 42-yard pass to wide receiver Ladd McConkey, which set up a game-winning 33-yard field goal. With the loss, the Dolphins fell to 1–5. It marked their worst start since 2021.

Following the game, quarterback Tua Tagovailoa made comments that publicly called out his teammates, drawing widespread scrutiny from former NFL players and analysts.

With the embarrassing loss, the Dolphins drop to 1–6 and 0–1 against the AFC North.

Despite entering the game as touchdown underdogs, the Dolphins dominated the Falcons in a big upset victory. The Dolphins improved to 2–6 and 1–1 against the NFC South.

The Dolphins turned in another disappointing performance and lost 28–6 to Lamar Jackson and the Ravens. This dropped Miami to 2–7 and 0–2 against the AFC North.

The next day, the Dolphins announced that general manager Chris Grier and the team had mutually agreed to part ways. Grier, who had been with the organization since 2000 and served as general manager since 2016, finished his tenure with Miami with five winning seasons and three playoff appearances, but no postseason victories.

Although the Bills entered the game as more than touchdown favorites (-8.5), the Dolphins crushed them, blowing the game open and snapping their seven-game losing streak to Buffalo. This was Miami's first win over the Bills since Week 3 of the 2022 season.

NFL International Series

The Dolphins and Commanders played in Madrid in the first NFL regular season game held in Spain as part of the NFL International Series.

On the first play of overtime, Commanders quarterback Marcus Mariota threw an interception to Jack Jones, which set up a game-winning 29-yard field goal by Riley Patterson.

With their fourth win in their last 5 games against Washington since 2011, the Dolphins improved to 4–7 entering their bye.

With their first home win against the Saints since 1998, the Dolphins improved to 5–7 and 2–1 against the NFC South.

Tua Tagovailoa recorded his first career win in a game with a kickoff temperature of 46 degrees or colder, as the kickoff temperature was 41 degrees.

With the loss, the Dolphins fell to 6–8 (0–3 against the AFC North) and they were eliminated from playoff contention.

Two days later, the Dolphins announced that Tua Tagovailoa would be benched following his struggles, with rookie Quinn Ewers named as the starting quarterback.

With the loss, Miami secured their second straight losing season as they fell to 6–9 and they were the only AFC East team that was swept by the AFC North.

With their first win against the Buccaneers since 2009, the Dolphins improved to 7–9, finishing 3–1 against the NFC South (4–1 against the NFC) and 5–4 at home.

With the loss, the Dolphins were swept by the Patriots for the first time since 2016, and finished the season 7–10 (3–3 against the AFC East) and 2–6 on the road. Head Coach Mike McDaniel was fired four days after.

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