RD 2 – Pick #51 CB Cam Smith 6’1 180 – South Carolina
With the Dolphins first pick in the 2023 NFL Draft, the Dolphins selected CB Cam Smith from South Carolina. With Smith, the Dolphins add another DB who has a penchant for being around the football. Besides running fast, just as importantly, Smith processes fast. He follows the QB’s eyes well and gets to the ball very quickly. Another very important quality for a DB in the NFL is loose hips, and Smith turns very well, sinking his hips to remain low to the ground and remain balanced. I wasn’t expecting us to grab a CB with our first pick, but we definitely got a competitive one. The Jets now have Aaron Rodgers, so we will need to be solid in our secondary. With safety Brandon Jones coming back from injury, along with versatile DB Nik Needham also coming back from injury, Smith gives the Dolphins flexibility and depth if needed. Smith can play multiple positions, outside CB, inside CB as well as safety, and Vic Fangio likes versatility, which is precisely why we acquired Jalen Ramsey.
RD 3 – Pick #81 RB Devon Achane 5’8 188 – Texas A&M
I think all of us were hoping the Dolphins would add a young RB to their veteran stable. There were other running backs that had my interest, but Achane fits the bill quite nicely. Achane is an explosive offensive force. The Dolphins have added yet another home run threat to their arsenal. Pronounced Duh-vaughn A-Chain, Devon Achane will see early reps at PR/KR, giving him some guaranteed action immediately as a return man. Achane has true breakaway speed, running a 4.32, but he’s a very shifty, slippery runner as well, and he runs harder than his smallish stature infers. Like most of our RB’s, none of them are the physical, wear you down type of RB, they are all fast, quick, solid receiving running backs that given space can break off big runs. I would expect Achane to see some plays early on and eventually work himself into the RB rotation. He runs hard in between the tackles despite his smallish stature, and is always a threat to take on all the way, with quick, sharp cuts and shifty moves.
RD 6 – Pick #197 TE Elijah Higgins 6’3 235 – Stanford
Elijah Higgins has been a big slot receiver who has the potential to add some weight and potentially make the transition to TE. He’s a willing blocker, but at 6’3 and just 235, he’s not quite the ideal size. Higgins is a pretty good route runner, which gives the Dolphins something to work with,in the passing game, but he was available in RD 6 for a reason, his hands. He has suspect hands, and that has to improve if he’s going to be any kind of version of George Kittle. Still, he has upside who as I mentioned, is a very willing blocker, so throw out any notion of a slot receiving TE in the mold of former Dolphins TE Mike Gesicki. We have Tanner Conner in the fold, we’ll see what type of player Higgins can potentially become. First he has to make the roster, which will be difficult this year as our depth is excellent throughout the roster.
RD 7 – Pick #238 OT Ryan Hayes 6’6 298 – Michigan
With the Dolphins final pick in this year’s draft, Hulk must have been thrilled that we finally addressed the O-line, selecting OT Ryan Hayes from Michigan. Sorry Hulk, that was dripping with sarcasm. Despite being 6’6, Hayes 32.5″ arms are not the prototypical length to play OT in the NFL. However, the Miami Dolphins do have a successful OT in their history who also had short arms, one Mark Dixon who was 6’4 290, so who knows? Odds are though, Hayes would have to make the transition inside to OG. Hayes, a former HS TE and DE, Hayes is not a nimble or fluid athlete as his position versatility would suggest. Hayes does possess the much needed mean streak to play O-line in the NFL, and he’s a very motivated player. He was a very strong run blocker at Michigan, but he did struggle against speed rushers. Another reason he may move to move to OG. We currently have 10 offensive linemen on the roster, Armstead, Eichenberg, Williams, Hunt and Jackson are the starters, with Christian, Cotton, Feeney, Jones and Lamm as backups. I also feel there’s a good chance we might sign another vet OT as a backup, and Brandon Shell, who played very well in that role, would be ideal.
Here is a list of Undrafted Free Agents the Dolphins have brought in:
Miami Dolphins Undrafted Free Agents
- Anthony Montalvo, DL, UCF
- Aubrey Miller, LB, Jackson State
- Bennett Williams, S, Oregon
- Brandon Pili, DL, USC
- Chris Coleman, WR, Cal Poly
- Christopher Brooks, RB, BYU
- Daewood Davis, WR, Western Kentucky
- DJ Scaife Jr., OT, Miami (FL)
- Ethan Bonner, DB, Stanford
- Garrett Nelson, LB, Nebraska
- James Blackman, QB, Arkansas State
- Jarrett Horst, OL, Michigan State
- Julian Hill, TE, Campbell
- Mitchell Agude, EDGE, Miami (FL)
- Randy Charlton, DL, Mississippi State
- Zeke Vandenberg, LB, Illinois State
As always, there may be more players that have not been updated as of the creation of this list, apologies in advance for the accuracy of this list.
In summation, What I wanted to to get out of this draft was 2 players who have a legitimate chance to make an impact this season, and of course beyond. I believe we accomplished this, although I expected one of those players to be at the TE position, I obviously had different ideas than the triumvirate of Grier, McDaniel and Fangio. Regardless of my pre-draft feelings, Cam Smith will help our team this season, and hopefully he takes the sting out of the Iggy miss. A lot of different players saw action in our secondary due to injuries, so I would think Cam Smith will get plenty of opportunity to vie for playing time. There is no question in my mind that 3rd pick Devon Achane will contribute a lot to the special teams unit as a return man, and will quickly be incorporated into the run game as well. He’s a difference maker, and while we have veteran running backs on the roster that are capable, as I’ve said countless times, no RB on this roster is a bell cow back, and honestly, all of them fit better in a running back by committee effort, as durability is a concern for all of them, including our new draftee Devon Achane. The NFL is going in this direction anyway, there are fewer teams these day that rely heavily on one RB, those that do usually end up with injured RB’s and then are forced to change their philosophies, and thus their entire offense to adjust. We’re already there, so interchangeable parts are what we’re about right now.
GO DOLPHINS!!!
Finsmob Unleashed 
See what I’m saying
It might easily be
W1 eagles
W2 – @ patriots
Week 3 – @ bills
Week 4 – home v jets
Week 5 home v giants
Eagles play the Pets week 1
nvmd, I see you have that below
Some one on Twitter told me that Eagles will be playing patriots in week 1
So maybe we get another nfc East team week 1
Cowboys or Commanders?
We will have a tough schedule
So will everyone in afc East
Probably why it’s tough
The AFC is loaded and we play the NFC East which is good top to bottom. Things changed and tough schedules often end up not being as tough as forecast, but it sure looks like there aren’t many bad teams on our schedule.
That tweet that Wyoming posted on the last page from Ryan Talbot is bullshit. It most certainly is not a win / win for both teams. It is a pure win for the Bills and a huge loss for the Dolphins. OUR team can play in the snow no problem. Their team is full of pussies who wilt in the heat. Of course Talbot is a Bills writer so he would think something stupid like that.
Our team can play with the Bills in any weather
I think the difference via weather road/home is negligible
Even though we lost the 2 away games, I think you can make a good argument that we played better in those games than the early game at hard rock
But one less cold weather game in December is a plus
Geez, the NFL is really bad at keeping a secret. Half the schedule will be known before they release it.
If you move to CA you can have a bigger apartment Pigster
Let me know when they mandate bacon terraces
Then we are talking
Week 7 at the Eagles
That is pretty rough. It also means if they can stay alive through that part of the schedule, they’ll finish the season with 5 out of their final 7 games at home.
That’s crazy for fans wanting to go to games too.
That’s absurd
I just read the Jets have never beaten the Eagles (0-12), which was surprising to learn. So I decided to look up what teams are winless against another team.
This was great: The Bills have never beaten the team called the NFC champions – LOL
Another way they’ll screw us is all of our national games being on the road. Vs KC check, vs jets check vs NE check
Week 4 Dolphins @ Bills
Probabky means week 3 is jests
Piggy early prediction based on rumors
Week 1: nfc east team not the 🦅
Week 2: @ cheats
Week 3: jests 2 home
Week 4 @ bills
Week 5: giants
Week 6:
Week 7: @ eagles
Week 8:
Week 9: KC in 🇩🇪
Week 10:
Week 11:
Week 12: @ ny jests
Week 13:
Week 14:
Week 15:
Week16:
Week 17: Bills
So I’m gonna guess weeks 6, 8 and 10 are opponents from nfc east or afc west
Week 16 is probably pats at home
https://fbschedules.com/2023-miami-dolphins-schedule/
This might be wrong
Here’s my guess based on rumors
Week 1: Cowboys
Week 2: @ cheats
Week 3: jests
Week 4 @ bills
Week 5: giants
Week 6: @ Baltimore
Week 7: @ eagles
Week 8: Panthers
Week 9: KC in 🇩🇪
Week 10: @ Commaders
Week 11: raiders
Week 12: @ ny jests
Week 13: Titans
Week 14: broncos
Week 15: @ chargers
Week16: patriots
Week 17: Bills
Week 10 bye
Oh yeah I forgot about the bye….lol
If this is right we are starting with two road games
Looks like it might be true
I’d love to get our West coast game out of the way right away.
It’s a big advantage
Pee Wee
The last time we started out west Timmons became psychotic.
The last time we opened at Chargers I went to the game, mid 80s my high school friends traveled from Miami to attend, we got crushed
They won’t be able to handle our speed and we’re going to be in Herberts face
1-0
Next
I completely forgot about the Timmons fiasco. If memory serves, that was with Gase as our HC.
Bills at jets week 1, who do you want to win?
We know the Bills are a good team and are going to win games. I’d rather see the Jest be a dumpster fire and us only have to contend with the Bills. I’m rooting for the Bills.
Kind of why I was thinking bills
Dallas has back to back Thursday night games at home
If remember correctly I think Dallas did that last year too
And Detroit
Except both traveled I believe
If Dallas has both at home, that’s back to back advantage games and bs
Talk about a competitive advantage unless one of those opponents is coming off a bye, SMH.
Most likely Seattle is playing on Thanksgiving too
That would make sense and mitigate the short week home adv Dallas would get two weeks in a row. Or if one of those opponents comes off a bye.
I’m hoping jests start off bad and they lose all the steam everyone blew up their ass by October
I forgot about Timmons
Wtf was that
If Gmen are playing 7 of 10 on the road to start the jets are about the opposite, they’ll finish with heavy road games
That’s a good point.
The Jest will likely have 4 out of 7 games on the road from week 11 thru 18 (assuming they’ll also get a bye during that time or it’s 5 out of 8 weeks on the road).
Most likely Seattle is playing on Thanksgiving too and are
NFL Thanksgiving Games and Schedule
Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions
Washington Commanders at Dallas Cowboys
San Francisco 49ers at Seattle Seahawks
Steelers have two Thursday night games on the road.
What’s with so many teams having two thursday night games this year? Is this for teams that don’t go to Europe?
*correction- Steelers are at home, not on the road.
Again, competitive advantage unless one or both those teams come off a bye.
Actually, this has to be wrong. There are only 7 road games listed.
Steve, it probably was Detroit last year I just remember one of the Thanksgiving teams playing on Thursday the following week.
Both the Lions and Cowboys played Sunday the week after Thanksgiving. Maybe one of them played another thursday game at some point in the year?
Oops ok
So anyway I feel like some team at some point played two Thursday’s in a row last year lol
Wtf do I know
I saw a couple of article headlines mentioning the Cowboys have gone back to back on thursdays at least a few times, so it does happen. You’re probably right that it happened last year.
For some team
That is 4 primetime games so far, right?
SNF against the Pets
SNF against the Eagles
Black Friday against the Jest
MNF against the Titans
That’s the only home primteime game
Throw in the KC game in Germany and we have 1 home game out of 5 offset schedule games. That sucks.
Although, really the KC game in Germany is doing us a favor. I’d much rather our Europe game be a road game.
Fest Game and let’s get a suite 😁💪🐬
Oh hell yeah!
Tyreek Hill is a freaking cheat code
Yeah McDaniel fixing to mash that Tyreek button religiously
My new wildly guessing prediction
Week 1: @ chargers
Week 2: @ cheats
Week 3: jests
Week 4 @ bills
Week 5: giants
Week 6: Raiders
Week 7: @ eagles
Week 8: Panthers
Week 9: KC in 🇩🇪
Week 10: BYE
Week 11: Titans
Week 12: @ ny jests
Week 13: @ commanders
Week 14: broncos
Week 15: Cowboys
Week16: @ Baltimore
Week 17: patriots
Week 18: Bills
If you’re right then I called it. Look at that Panthers game.
I’m probably very wrong….lol
4 out of 5 at home to finish 👍
This changes things
So we get the Pets in NE during the warm months and they still have to go to Miami in October? That’s pretty sweet.
How many different ways can we fuck fans over?
Revised meaningless prediction
Week 1: @ chargers
Week 2: @ cheats
Week 3: jests
Week 4 @ bills
Week 5: giants
Week 6: Raiders
Week 7: @ eagles
Week 8: Patriots
Week 9: KC in 🇩🇪
Week 10: BYE
Week 11: Titans
Week 12: @ ny jests
Week 13: Broncos
Week 14: @commanders
Week 15: Cowboys
Week16: @ Baltimore
Week 17: panthers
Week 18: Bills
The AFC is going to be war.
LB David Long was the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year and a second-team AP All-American as a redshirt junior, starting all 12 games and leading the WV Mountaineers with 111 tackles, 19 for loss, and eight sacks. He also broke up four passes and forced one fumble during the year.
He fell in the draft because of measureables.
David Long
Strengths (He ran a 4.45 40 as a LB.)
Small but compact with good musculation
Instant recognition of play direction
Downhill charge is decisive, fast and disruptive
26 percent of his solo tackles were for losses over last two years
Plays with plus burst to close
Doesn’t need to tap brakes to change direction downhill
Unique talent to defeat wash down blocks with bend and agility
Shows ability to squeeze through gaps once he’s there
Above average base strength
Hunts with success as blitzer
Yanks and sheds blocks with explosive upper body
Tracks and swallows quarterbacks once he’s in the pocket
“Good musculation “ made me laugh
Only a nerd football evaluator would create the word lol
The other day on the radio the girl giving the updated local news instead of saying as the rocket orbits the earth she said erbits orth. It was beautiful.
David Long
Overview
Ultra-productive but undersized, teams will have to decipher how much of his production is translatable and how much came from his brazen, downhill approach. Long plays with a “scared money don’t make money” approach that hit jackpots but pulled him out of position more than NFL coaches will be comfortable with, but teams would rather dial back aggression than try and coach it up. He plays with some twitch, but his lack of size and strength could push him into a role as a backup 4-3 WILL with eventual starter potential in the right scheme.
WOW
“Personally, I would rather have David Long over Devin Bush for a round or two discount. They have about the same size but Long is more productive and maybe less prone to injury.” — NFC executive
Here it is:
Week 1- @ L.A. Chargers
Week 2- @ New England (SNF)
Week 3- Denver
Week 4- @ Buffalo
Week 5- N.Y. Giants
Week 6- Carolina
Week 7- @ Philadelphia (SNF)
Week 8- New England
Week 9- @ Kansas City (Germany)
Week 10- BYE
Week 11- Las Vegas
Week 12- @ N.Y. Jets (Black Friday)
Week 13- @ Washington
Week 14- Tennessee (MNF)
Week 15- N.Y. Jets
Week 16- Dallas
Week 17- @ Baltimore
Week 18- Buffalo
3 of our first 4 on the road
4 of our last 5 at home
Bye right in the middle of the season
West coast game out of the way early
Obviously haven’t seen how many teams we face coming off byes or long weeks, but I’d say it’s not a bad schedule.
After travelling to Germany and getting our bye, the farthest we travel is Dallas.
Oh wait, Dallas is at home, the farthest we travel is up the east coast. nice
14-3 at worst
That is what I added up
💪🐬
NFLNetwork sucking stej dick
We’ll see
Week 15 they come in
☃️
Very tough group of teams to play though.
Yep. We will see how good this team really is
October 15 Panthers and October 29 Patriots would be good fest games
Giants 10/8
Not a bad one either
Giants is a no go for us .. wedding fundraiser for kids Saturday
Pets game I may bring the enemy with
Travel wise, we couldn’t have asked for a better schedule. We travel to LA week 1, have to go to Germany but then have our bye, and the rest of the games are in the NE or Mid- Atlantic
Black (and blue) Friday
Wow called us 9-8 getting swept by both Bills and Jets
Is the Black Friday game our Thursday game?
No it’s Friday Dumbass🤡
You called it 🤡
Counting Germany only 1 out of 4 special games at home, not too bad since we don’t have to play in KC
We are not slotted any Thursday games. Week 18 games are all showing not scheduled TBD
No Thursday or Monday games week 18, 2 on Saturday
Good ta know
We will be home vs Buffalo tho
Chargers game, with no game the week before makes it easier travel
Will check for advantage/disadvantage games after ESPN posts all the schedules
Nothing sticks out so far, except I’d rather be playing better teams coming off of bye/minnie bye
1. Only one rough travel glitch I can see, and that’s week 2 at Pats after road trip to West Coast. Good news is that it’s the first two weeks of the season when team is fresh.
2. Although start of season is “road heavy” it includes Pats and Bills (good chance we avoid snow during regular season.
3. Countering the road heavy first month, 4 of last 5 games are at HOME.
4. NO Thursday games!!!! woo hoo.
First reaction is that this is the friendliest schedule we’ve had in many years.
Looking at the teams we play – it’s a tough schedule
But it’s basically no cold weather games
Baltimore might be chilly on New Year’s Eve but
Germany actually might be the coldest game we play
9-8 and full of shit
Embarrassing for whoever, key word being who, the hell thst was. Poor take you made an absolute fool out of yourself
Now it’s just fingers crossed we don’t have 4 or 5 teams coming off byes or long weeks.
Lots of travel for us this season…
We’re very lucky on the time zones, though.
Wow it didn’t seem like so much but Germany is a huge chunk on its own with the bye after it.
The majority of that is because we’re traveling to Germany. Take that out of the equation and we really don’t travel far other than our opener on the west coast.
Yup, like I said, look at our time zones… not too shabby!
Time zones is an interesting way to calculate it.
It must suck to play in Seattle. They must be near the top in both distance and time zones every year.
We travel under 12k miles, after taking out LA and Frankfurt, so no big deal
We should have a no excuse team this year
Except for the part that we have (now) the 2nd most difficult SOS… 🙂
The Commanders get a long week against us after playing the Cowboys on Thanksgiving.
AND THAT IS IT!
We don’t play a single team coming off a bye, and only one team gets a long week after playing Thursday.
Easily the best schedule we’ve had in a long time.
The way it should be, when you play in Germany
Yep, and even that worked out in our favor.
When I look at the teams we play this year, the game I’d have picked to be in Germany would have been the road game against the Chiefs.
I’m tired of playing Baltimore every year.
^^^^
lol, amen to that. We’ve played them 9 out of the last 11 years
I think many feel the same way as you, man. For me? I say it’s time to extend our winning streak over them after last year! 😀
Who called 9-8?
Louie
CavalierKong says:
May 11, 2023 at 9:24 pm
Time zones is an interesting way to calculate it.
It must suck to play in Seattle. They must be near the top in both distance and time zones every year.
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Indeed! Now imagine if Goodell gets his wish to have an NFL team based in London… LOL! 😀
Time zones, travel time, jet lag, $$$ in travel expenses, etc…
It’s just not fiscally responsible, the logistics are damn near impossible to get past, and the players may want NOTHING to do with playing in a foreign country.
Florida, for example, is a tax-free state. If an NFL team got based in London, I wonder what their tax rates would be.
North of 60% Sports rate in London.
Yeah, would be tough to make that work. The London team would have to play like 4 road games in a row twice a season to make that work.
Yessir!
Wow, looking at ticket prices for games…they are as low as $70 for some games, $282 for SNF in NE, then there is Frankfurt…as low as $586, lol.
Insane. Sports in general are getting unaffordable for families to attend games .
Some of those Frankfurt tickets are 3k. That’s getting into Super Bowl territory.
I have a feeling that week 18 game might be a prime time game too
The nfl plans to schedule a double header on MNF in week 18
I didn’t think they scheduled MNF in week 18. Would those be Saturday games?
I think They are Monday games
I am so freaking excited for the season. The next few months are going to be rough, lol.
That’s where Madden Football comes in! 🙂
LOL, yep
3-14
Oh wow, Summer just pointed this out to me.
I had said we only have one game where the team is coming off a Thursday game and gets a long week, the Commanders after they play Thanksgiving. But we play the Jest that Friday, so they only get one day more than us.
So we really have no scheduling disadvantages at all.
I could see us finishing with anywhere from 9-12 wins . We have a tough schedule.
It’s hard not to have a tough schedule being in the AFC and playing the NFC East which is on the rise.
The CAROLINA HURRICANES have just defeated the NEW JERSEY DEVILS 3-2 in overtime to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals where their likely opponent will be the Florida Panthers, who lead the Maple Leafs 3 games to 1 in their playoff match-up.
Tonight’s game is the 7th consecutive Stanley Cup overtime victory for the Hurricanes ! –They’ll likely be favored over the Panthers when their upcoming series begins.
Once, again, the Eastern Conference Finals figures to be an all southern contest.
Every time they go through a teams schedule and they go game by game they go ha ha ha Miami that’s a win. We’ll see mother fuckers, all talking shit. We’ll see. Punks.
😂
Teams that seem to be strong have off seasons too. Nobody knows how the league will pan out year to year.
I don’t see one AFC team having 13 wins or more this year. I think 12 and 11 wins will be at the top and 10 and 9 wins will be the last three.
If we go 11-6 it will be a very good season and playoffs. There are going to be a lot of competitive games.
That applies to every other team but the Dolphins who will obviously go undefeated
I added the 2023 schedule to the sidebar and also added a new poll for the 2023 Fest – using the three most likely dates. If others feel more games to choose from should be added to the poll, let me know and I’ll add them.
Woohoo. THanks for doing this
Also – I agree with many that the schedule is about as friendly as one could hope for. Playing a game in Europe is always tough for a team, but at least it’s not a home game being given up which is what I was conditioned to expect after years of scheduling smack downs.
I think I voted for the 8th but the results don’t show by date…hmmm….2 and 2 and 1 with no dates
Now it’s 3-2-1 with no dates or team…
Maybe, it’s the order of the poll? Which is by date of game?
I “love” playing at home last 4 of 5 games with Ravens in same time zone.
Atlanta Florida Dolphins vs the Titans in Prime Time.
Funny
I watched that earlier- hilarious
Time zones have far greater impact on body than distance for football travel, imo. Up and down the coast is nothing like going east to west or vice versa
So, for me personally, the schedule is only OK at best. Three night games = 3 matchsticks under the eyelids til between 4 and 5am. Black Friday and Germany are only good timing-wise. Wish the Germany game was London. The trip to Germany would be about $500 before food and ticket, not to mention beer, but it’s a lottery whether or not I even get a ticket, and as last year’s games were so popular and the Chiefs have a big following there, I’ve decided to give it a miss. It will be a 2:30pm k.o. for me so I’ll take that – quite the novelty (6:30am for WCers is rough though). Only 2 late games = 9:30 UK time kick off so far, but one falls on Xmas eve going into Xmas morning – that’s going to go down like a sh!t sandwich, since none of Bernie’s fam are at all interested in the NFL. And NY eve is 6-9pm, so I have to sell a “buffet experience” at home to Bern, with lots of tasty morsels and fine wines on offer. The schedule could have been kinder, but could have been worse too I spose.
Interesting perspective.
Good point about KC having to play football in Germany before breakfast time in KC.
Lol…the scheming begins…
Wk5 NYG plays Monday week before
Wk11 LV off our bye
Wk15 NYJ we’re coming off of Monday game, but game is at home
Week 17 Bal they play @SF Monday week16
Don’t see any FU games, like in years past, see several games where our opponent has a tough game the week before
Hardest scheduling game might be at Phil Sunday Night
I don’t get the timing of this article
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/2023-nfl-schedule-release-5-teams-easiest-docket
It’s been known for months who everyone is playing, why not write an article about which teams got the most favorable schedules?
I think we’d be in that article
These 5 teams are from the South divisions, they both sucked last year and play each other this year AFC South vs NFC South, and why they have easiest schedules
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