The Miami Dolphins’ high-powered, innovative offense is all that and a bag of chips. Years from now, the Dolphins version of the run-pass option, programmed by head coach Mike McDaniel and orchestrated by quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, will be remembered the same way as the Buffalo Bills no-huddle in the early ’90s and the St. Louis Rams’ “Greatest Show on Turf” in the early 2000s.
“[Dolphins head coach] Mike McDaniel does a great job of being creative with how he uses his skill players, and getting them set up to play to their strengths,” former Rams QB and Hall of Famer Kurt Warner said, as per Clutch Point’s Nick Meyer. “And their kind of aggressive nature to throw the football, and even though they throw it in a different way, they’re very explosive just like we were very explosive.”
The Dolphins offense is bussin’ in such a historic fashion that they are on pace to annihilate some lofty records. Through the first three weeks of the season, the Dolphins are averaging 552 yards of offense per game, which is impressive on its own, but also 219 yards above the National Football League average. That’s completely astounding and equal parts insane.
Bills HC Sean McDermott, who will face the Dolphins this Sunday at Highmark Stadium in Buffalo, understands that his AFC East division rival has already transformed the NFL.
“Very good skill. Tua is throwing the ball extremely well. And their schematics are almost revolutionary in what they do,” McDermott said, as per NFL.com’s Kevin Patra. “Coach (Mike) McDaniel is very creative and does a lot of things to get you out of position on defense.”
At this moment, every defensive coordinator in the league has the Dolphins game tape on a continuous loop with hopes of concocting an antidote for how Miami poisons its enemies. No team wants to suffer an embarrassing loss as large as the one the Denver Broncos did in Week 3 against the Dolphins.
Likewise, there is no doubt that other teams will try to emulate the Dolphins, but to mimic them would require the proper personnel. The Dolphins have four of the top 10 fastest players in professional football: wide receivers Jaylen Waddle and Tyreek Hill along with running backs De’Von Achane and Raheem Mostert.
The rookie Achane, a third-round pick out of Texas A&M, was clocked at 21.93 mph when he scored the seventh Dolphins touchdown of the day against the Broncos. It’s the top speed out of anyone to date in 2023.