Dolphins Offense
QB Tua Tagovailoa leads the NFL with 15 interceptions this season, the most of his career. Tagovailoa has historically been very accurate with the football, sitting second all time in completion percentage with a 68.0% career completion rate (Bengals QB Joe Burrow is first at 68.2%). His 2025 mark is not far off his career average, sitting at 67.7%. However, Tagovailoa’s yards per attempt is the lowest it has been since 2021, averaging 6.9 yards per throw. The first-round pick from Alabama completed 22-of-28 passes for 253 yards, two touchdowns and one interception in the loss to Pittsburgh. Both touchdown passes came in the fourth quarter when Miami trailed 28-3.
Wednesday Update: Sources are reporting Miami will start Seventh-round pick Quinn Ewers against the Bengals Sunday. Ewers saw action in cleanup duty against the Browns in Week 7, where he completed five-of-eight passes for 53 yards and two first downs. The former Longhorn earned second-team All-SEC honors in 2024, leading Texas to back-to-back College Football Playoff appearances in 2023 and 2024.
RB De’Von Achane is the engine that makes the offense run. He ranks third in the NFL in rushing yards (1,186) and first in the league in yards per carry among those with at least 50 carries (5.8). He’s a receiving threat out of the backfield as well, ranking fourth among running backs with 450 receiving yards and tied for third with four receiving touchdowns. His 88.8 PFF-offensive grade ranks third among all running backs, and his 91.0 PFF-rush grade ranks first. During Miami’s four-game winning streak from Weeks 10-14, they averaged 192.3 rushing yards per game but only ran for 63 yards in Week 15.
Jaylen Waddle leads the Miami receiving options after Tyreek Hill went down with a season-ending knee injury in Week 4. Waddle ranks in the top 20 in the NFL with 838 receiving yards and is tied for 14th with six receiving touchdowns. He shares the team lead for receiving touchdowns with TE Darren Waller, who came out of retirement to join the Dolphins and has played in seven games in 2025. Waller has posted an 88.0 PFF-receiving grade, the third best among tight ends. His 84.0 offensive grade is tied for second at the position.
Tagovailoa has taken the 10th-most sacks among starting quarterbacks this season. He’s been taken down 30 times despite a concerted effort to get the ball out quickly: Tagovailoa has an average time to throw of 2.65 seconds, the third-quickest in the NFL, per NextGenStats. Miami has posted the fourth-worst PFF pass-block grade in 2025 (52.5).