The future is now for the Dolphins. That’ s the opinion from outside the locker room— yes, the Dolphins made the playoffs, but they need to make some major improvements if they plan on winning their first playoff game since the 2000 season. The Dolphins had a successful 2022 season.
The future is now for the Dolphins. And after Sunday’s 34-31 wild-card playoff loss at Buffalo, the future looks promising.
That’s the opinion from outside the locker room — yes, the Dolphins made the playoffs, but they need to make some major improvements if they plan on winning their first playoff game since the 2000 season.
The Dolphins had a successful 2022 season.
They made the playoffs with a rookie head coach, Mike McDaniel, and a banged-up quarterback in Tua Tagovailoa.
Next year both should be improved.
“Dolphins fans and the organization, we were very aware of the drought of winning a playoff game,” McDaniel said, “but that’s something that since I got the job that has been a huge motivating factor for me and I really wanted to bring [a playoff victory] to the team, the organization and the fanbase, and we fell short.
“But it wasn’t because of lack of effort or lack of determination or lack of intent. It’s because we didn’t get it done. We’re a young team and we had to learn from it and unfortunately we had to learn the hard way.”
But there’s lot of hope for next year.
The Dolphins need improvement in many areas, and with a good effort from the front office and scouting department they could get the help they need. No, they don’t have a first-round pick in this year’s NFL draft. They have one second-round pick, two third-round picks, a sixth- and a seventh-round pick.
