Miami Dolphins
AFC East
Overall Team DVOA
-10.9% 25th
Tua Tagovailoa is the quarterback that launched a thousand takes. Many scouts are pessimistic because of his relative lack of arm strength and RPO-heavy offense from 2021. Football Outsiders is more optimistic because of Tagovailoa's encouraging trajectory from -8.5% to -0.7% passing DVOA rates to start his career and because he showed similar tendencies to Jimmy Garoppolo in 2021 minus the exceptional average yards after the catch. And now that former 49ers offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel is the head coach in Miami, Tagovailoa will have the chance to prove someone right. With a 0.2% team DVOA, the Dolphins land the closest to average in our preseason 2022 projections. But a new scheme and new talent in players like Tyreek Hill and Terron Armstead that seems to better fit that scheme offer the Dolphins a high ceiling and shot at the playoffs that former head coach Brian Flores couldn't quite reach despite his overachieving with a rebuilding roster. - Scott Spratt
DVOA Team Rankings
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