The Miami Dolphins showed signs of life against the Kansas City Chiefs \u2014 keeping the deficit to just one score until a late touchdown pass from Patrick Mahomes to Travis Kelce sealed their fate. Unfortunately, \u201ckeeping it close\u201d doesn\u2019t amount to a hill of beans in the win\/loss column. However, like head coach Jeff Hafley has preached since he took the job in Miami, this year isn\u2019t necessarily about winning or losing \u2014 it\u2019s about showing growth, building a solid foundation and getting better every time the team takes the field.<\/p>\n
I believe they did that against the Chiefs.<\/p>\n
So, whose stock is up and whose stock is down after week three\u2019s loss to Kansas City?<\/p>\n
Our Fins Up player from Miami\u2019s week three loss is rookie receiver Chris Bell. Fellow standout rookie Caleb Douglas sat out this week\u2019s game due to an ankle injury, giving Bell an opportunity to shine. He did just that \u2014 nabbing four receptions for a team leading 67 yards receiving \u2014 nearly 1\/3 of quarterback Malik Willis\u2019 210 yards passing.<\/p>\n
Bell\u2019s quick return to action following a late-season ACL tear last November while playing in college at Louisville is nothing short of astounding. He\u2019s shown flashes of the player who was talked about as a late first-round selection in the 2026 NFL Draft prior to his knee injury, and as he continues to work his way back to full strength, the Dolphins will continue to benefit from his solid play.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t think we\u2019re too far away from Bell\u2019s first touchdown grab as a member of the Miami Dolphins. Can he find paydirt this weekend against the Minnesota Vikings? Stay tuned!<\/p>\n
Through no fault of his own, running back De\u2019Von Achane earns this week\u2019s Fins Down designation. On just his third carry of the game against Kansas City, Miami\u2019s electric running back went down with a seemingly innocuous knee injury. Unfortunately, it was anything but.<\/p>\n
Achane wouldn\u2019t return to the game \u2014 further hampering Miami\u2019s already wounded rushing attack. The Dolphins would amass just 46 yards rushing from players not named Achane or Malik Willis for the rest of the tilt against the Chiefs.<\/p>\n
Following the loss, Hafley said the early outlooks regarding Achane\u2019s knee \u201cdo not sound very optimistic.\u201d Those are not the words any Dolphins\u2019 fan wants to hear when it comes to the team\u2019s most dangerous weapon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Miami Dolphins showed signs of life against the Kansas City Chiefs \u2014 keeping the deficit to just…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412949,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,135179,125,124],"class_list":["post-412948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-dolphins-analysis","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}