Well, it was another week and another loss for the Miami Dolphins. Their record now stands at a wholly disappointing 1-4 through five weeks of the 2025 NFL season — and with little hope to turn things around due to the fact that they aren’t even beating the supposed “bad teams” anymore.
After going up by a score of 17-0 against the Carolina Panthers, Miami’s offense went dormant while their defense did what the 2025 version of the Miami Dolphins defense does — epically collapse against average, at best,
offenses.
Someone needs to be held accountable for what is going on in Miami Gardens — yet, here we are, still waiting for a change that feels like it’s never coming.
Fins Up
This week’s Fins Up player is someone who was a bright spot in an otherwise dreary Sunday for Dolphins’ fans — wide receiver Jaylen Waddle.
Waddle was thrust into the WR1 role following Tyreek Hill’s gruesome knee injury against the Jets on Monday Night Football in Week Four. How did the former first-round pick respond?
Waddle nabbed 6 receptions for 110 yards, including a gorgeous 46-yard touchdown snag to give the Dolphins the lead late in the fourth quarter against Carolina.
While plenty of players need to be much better if the Dolphins hope to turn their fortunes around this year, don’t count Waddle in that bucket. On a team that is built with foundational problems, Waddle continues to show why he is a player the franchise can build around as they turn the page on the most recent failed rebuild.
Fins Down
This week’s Fins Down player is… not a player at all.
It is time to talk about a man who has been at the heart of Miami’s failures for a very long time — general manager Chris Grier.
Grier has been with Miami since he was hired as an area scout in 2000 — yes, twenty-five years ago. How many playoff games have the Dolphins won in the last quarter-century? Hmm…
In 2007, Grier was promoted to director of college scouting — a title he would hold until he was promoted to the team’s general manager in January of 2016. With his first decision as the man in control of the franchise, Grier hired head coach Adam Gase — a move that would be a shining example of the kinds of decisions the new GM was going to make throughout his managerial career.
Grier would survive Gase’s failed tenure and the cataclysmic failure of the Brian Flores debacle before hiring current head coach Mike McDaniel. After two winning seasons in which the Dolphins made the playoffs — yet didn’t win a single playoff game — the Dolphins regressed in 2024, ending the season with an 8-9 record.
Heading into 2025, the Dolphins found themselves with many holes in the roster and needed immediate contributions from their early-round draft picks, Kenneth Grant (DT) and Jonah Savaiinaea (OG). How are those selections working out? Grant and Savaiinaea are the worst graded players at their respective positions across the entire National Football League through five games according to Pro Football Focus.
Thanks, Grier.
The Dolphins need a change — and it needs to come from the top. Chris Grier needs to be relieved of his duties as general manager. Until then, expect this franchise’s ceiling to be that of mediocrity — nothing more.
