Tua Tagovailoa threw for four touchdowns as the Dolphins defeated the Falcons
Tagovailoa finished the game 20 of 26 on passes for 205 yards and four touchdowns as the Dolphins ended their three-game losing streak. Tua also ended his run of interceptions, which were a real issue in the last two games.
The Dolphins quarterback was added to the injury report before the game with what he said was a swollen eye. The medical staff had him on antibiotics and added a visor for more protection, which clearly didn’t affect his play as he recorded his highest fantasy point total of the year. Teammates reported liking the swagger the visor gave him. Is Swaggy T here to stay!?
Author: Dane Madoche(@FF_DaMaddog)
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Dolphins star wideout Tyreek Hill to undergo season ending surgery for a torn ACL and multiple ligaments.
Miami Dolphins superstar wide receiver Tyreek Hill is set to miss the rest of the 2025 season with a torn ACL and several other torn ligaments in his knee. The Dolphins will be without their top target which will require other talent to step up.
The logical expectation is that receiver Jaylen Waddle will take over the reins as the top target in the offense along with De’Von Achane who is a receiving threat out of the backfield. Of note, Darren Waller had a productive night versus the Jets with a 3-28-2 receiving line. Malik Washington figures to gain snap share from the slot as well.
Waddle has scored 13.2 fantasy points per game which ranks 24th. He is in line to become a higher end WR2 in fantasy football. Achane’s 25% target share is No.2 and will most assuredly go up which will help him return top-5 RB value the rest of the season.
Author: Jeremiah Retzlaff (@coachretzlaff1)
Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel says that Tyreek Hill is on track to play Week 1.
It has been a rocky offseason for Miami Dolphins star wide receiver Tyreek Hill. After blasting the team publicly and wanting out of Miami at the end of the 2024 season, he has had to do a lot to make amends with his teammates. Recently, Hill wasn’t voted to be team captain for the first time in his 3-year tenure with the team.
Hill hasn’t practiced the last few weeks due to an oblique and calf injury. Many have suspected that the injury may be a band aid to a deeper problem between Hill and the organization. With McDaniel saying Hill is lining up to play Week 1, those concerns can be quelled momentarily.
The focus now shifts to his Week 1 matchup against the Indianapolis Colts. Fantasy gamers will be watching closely as his ADP has been suppressed in all formats. Any return to prime form will reap massive rewards for those who roster him. Alternately, any implosion between Hill and the team will have a direct impact on his play. The door isn’t entirely shut on Hill playing for a different team during the 2025 season.
Author: Jeremiah Retzlaff (@coachretzlaff1)
After a calf injury scare, De’Von Achane is on track to play Week 1 against the Indianapolis Colts.
Miami Dolphins running back De’Von Achane is on track to play Week 1. Having suffered a calf injury in pre-season, there had been plenty of concern centered around the high upside running back.
In the last few weeks, rookie Ollie Gordon has generated plenty of steam. With the possibility of Achane missing time, Gordon soared up draft boards and his ADP rose significantly. In the FastDraft Rabbit contest, Achane is the RB6 with an early round 2 ADP. Gordon provides a good leverage pick versus the field as his ADP is at the end of round 15. Gordon has been drafted in only 10.1% of all drafts for the Rabbit.
It is wise to draft both backs as Achane provides league winning upside whereas Gordon is easy to envision in the Raheem Mostert role from 2023. Mostert scored a total of 21 touchdowns in 2023. With Jaylen Wright out for the next few weeks, Gordon will slot into the gap role and possibly win over carries inside the 5 yard line. Ironically enough, Gordon has the same jersey number 31 as Mostert. Gordon will be a league winner should Achane miss significant time.
Author: Jeremiah Retzlaff (@coachretzlaff1)
Miami Dolphins WR Jaylen Waddle is hard at work to improve hand-eye coordination and chemistry with QB Tua Tagovailoa this offseason.
Jaylen Waddle has stated he is working on his hand-eye coordination this offseason. With only six drops last season, tying his career low, the WR is not satisfied and found this to be a particular area of improvement. While working on this skill set, he is gaining valuable reps with QB Tua Tagovailoa, which is recreating the chemistry between the two from their days at Alabama. Currently operating as the WR1 for the Dolphins with Tyreek Hill sidelined with a wrist injury, this can mature into bigger things for Jaylen Waddle. Head Coach Mike McDaniel has stated that Waddle’s work is the culture the Dolphins are trying to build in 2025.
After bursting onto the scene in his rookie season with 104 receptions, 1015 yards and 6TDs, Waddle has had an up-and-down career. Waddle states that, along with hand-eye coordination, he needs better timing and smoothness in and out of his routes, and less movement without the ball. New WR coach Robert Prince has also tasked his WRs with learning a new unconventional skill–juggling. With the departure of Jonnu Smith to the Steelers, this may equate to a larger piece of the pie for Waddle. The two players were competing for targets in the same area of the field, and the majority of those targets went to Smith. Waddle is currently being selected in the seventh round of dynasty startups, a fall from the third round just a few years ago.
If we continue to see and hear Waddle putting in the work on his hand-eye coordination, while building chemistry with Tua Tagovailoa this offseason, he could be on track to return to the fantasy production we have come to expect from the Dolphins wide receiver.
Author: Dane Madoche(@FF_DaMaddog)
With the path to starter status clearing day by day, Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy is seeing a rise in draft stock.
The answer to who will be the starting quarterback in Minnesota gets clearer by the day. With the Vikings letting Sam Darnold walk in free agency and holding off from signing Aaron Rodgers, the easy deduction is that J.J. McCarthy will be the starting quarterback in 2025.
In addition to the Vikings letting Darnold and Rodgers come and go from their view, they also didn’t pursue re-signing Daniel Jones with much aggression. This has had an impact on McCarthy’s draft stock on Underdog. Since March 9th, McCarthy has risen 7.5 spots in ADP from QB-23 to QB-22 in round 12.
McCarthy is being selected just behind the Dolphins Tua Tagovailoa and ahead of the Panthers Bryce Young. J.J. McCarthy’s 108.2 athleticism score ranked 2nd in the 2024 quarterback class and is 13th in all time rank from Player Profiler’s pool of 297 quarterbacks. Factor in being able to throw to Justin Jefferson, Jordan Addison, and T.J. Hockenson as supporting weapons creates a recipe for mass success in 2025. There is plenty of meat on the bone in round 12 to continue clicking J.J. McCarthy at current cost.
Author: Jeremiah Retzlaff (@coachretzlaff1)
