With the Miami Dolphins’ full 2025-2026 season schedule in hand, I asked the following question:
With the Miami Dolphins’ schedule finally released, what do you predict as the team’s win-loss record and their wins and losses by week based on the schedule above?
Below is a random selection of your thoughts and answers-
GoPhinsGo has them starting out solid but struggling a bit in the middle of the season, and having a chance to make some noise down the stretch.
I think Miami could start out 5-2, and then they have 4 tough games before the Bye Week. Atlanta is much improved, so I wouldn’t overlook them.
They might come out of the bye week with 6-5 record with “potential” to win all of their remaining 6 games.
BxBruce sees the team winning somewhere around 9-10 games if everyone stays healthy.
Always impossible to predict because you have no idea about injuries but if everyone stays healthy – should beat Colts, Panthers, Browns, Falcons, Saints, Patriots twice, Jets twice and lose the rest. So 9-8. Also not beyond belief they could beat Bucs and Chargers at home. But, then, they’ll probably lose a game or two they should win so 9-8, 10-7 the neighborhood. Now, if they lose Tua for significant time, it will be far worse. Also, if they trade Ramsey and go into the season expecting Kader Kohou to cover NFL receivers, subtract 5 wins. Speaking of Ramsey, here’s an idea. Trade him to Cincy for Trey Hendrickson. Then they won’t need to cover anybody.
Alley Gator made me sad, and yet he might be correct.
7-10.
5-6 at the bye, 2-4 after.
That’s IF Tua stays healthy, otherwise we’ll have a high enough draft pick to go QB in the 2026 draft.
And it won’t be Grier picking him..
OutstandingOne has the Phins pulling in enough wins to make the playoffs.
Looks like 10 to me. dolphins are getting zero love from the national media and it seems like all of us are trying to go into this season with zero expectations since last season was so disappointing. so you know what that means, we’ll overachieve.
Mrcogburn doesn’t have a lot of faith in McDaniel.
If McD trots out the same unimaginative scheme, I don’t see them much better than 9-8. They ain’t fooling nobody anymore.
MiMiami sees the normal split among the fans if things go south.
I think Miami starts the season 2-3 with wins only against NE and CAR… due to the cozy 1pm timeslot under the hot (climate change-induced) sun.
A civil war amongst fans begins at that point as to whether the team goes full on tank mode. Miami fires Grier and McDaniel after the Week 13 Loss.
Bill Moody is another who has the team with a decent record.
I got us at 10-7.
Maybe the Browns and Falcons games each flip, or maybe the Bucs and Patriots each flip, but either way, puts us at 10-7. Im sure I have some Aqua/Orange colored glasses on, so its more likely 9-8, as we may lose one of those early games in weeks 1-6 (excluding Buffalo, which I already marked as a L).
This assumes Tua doesn’t run into walls, and our O-Line (mostly) holds up.
W Week 1: at Indianapolis Colts
W Week 2: vs. New England Patriots
L Week 3: at Buffalo Bills
W Week 4: vs. New York Jets
W Week 5: at Carolina Panthers
W Week 6: vs. Los Angeles Chargers
L Week 7: at Cleveland Browns
W Week 8: at Atlanta Falcons
L Week 9: vs. Baltimore Ravens
L Week 10: vs. Buffalo Bills
W Week 11: vs. Washington Commanders
X Week 12: BYE
W Week 13: vs. New Orleans Saints
W Week 14: at New York Jets
L Week 15: at Pittsburgh Steelers
L Week 16: vs. Cincinnati Bengals
W Week 17: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
L Week 18: at New England Patriots
SlayerNation1 believes the Dolphins’ best-case scenario would be finishing with a sub-.500 record.
I believe WK4 MNF hosting NYJ is 7:15 kickoff, meaning it is a double MNF and MIA gets the B Team broadcast.
Thank You for posting the question. Projecting W/L at different points of the calendar is fun and harmless and can change with new information.
Presuming Tua starting all 17: 6-11, max 8-9
L Week 1: at Indianapolis Colts
W Week 2: vs. New England Patriots
L Week 3: at Buffalo Bills
W Week 4: vs. New York Jets
W Week 5: at Carolina Panthers
L Week 6: vs. Los Angeles Chargers
W Week 7: at Cleveland Browns
L Week 8: at Atlanta Falcons
L Week 9: vs. Baltimore Ravens
L Week 10: vs. Buffalo Bills
L Week 11: vs. Washington Commanders
Week 12: BYE (coaching change*)
W Week 13: vs. New Orleans Saints
L Week 14: at New York Jets
L Week 15: at Pittsburgh Steelers
W Week 16: vs. Cincinnati Bengals
L Week 17: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
L Week 18: at New England Patriots
Maybe after TC, I can carve out 1-2 more wins to bookend the season. I am on the fence WK1 in Indy and WK18@NE, maybe NE vying for a WC.
Somehow, they will pull off beating CIN as their big win.
*I see a 4 game losing streak culminating with leaving Mike in Spain.
As much as I like Weaver, this Defensive Backfield should easily lead the NFL in DPIs, Defensive Holding and Illegal Contact. They will have trouble getting off the field and the Offense will need to average 25+.
Dolphster gave us his guess.
Just like everyone else, this is a complete guess. But I’ll play along. 8-9
Luvs2drnk2.0 has the brightest outlook of any on this list. Here’s to him being correct!!!
I’m going 12-5. Everyone seems ready to write us off, including quite a few on this very site. I get the feeling our guys are gonna be playing with a chip on their shoulder this year. All the hot seat talk, rebuild talk, and the players being “soft” talk. This isn’t a very tough schedule. I’ll even go so far as to say we take one from Buffalo this year. Obviously, injuries are the primary concern here. If our OL and DL can stay healthy, it will go a long way in helping to mitigate our weaknesses. People are concerned with our CBs. If Chubb, Chop, Phillips, and Sieler are all healthy, we will be able to get by with a weak secondary. People are concerned that teams have figured out McD’s offense. If the OL is healthy and we have improved run blocking in the interior, teams won’t be able to play us 2 and 3 deep safeties all game.
That’s our random ten comments for this evening. I was surprised that not everyone expected the team to finish less than .500 or right around .500. I hope the optimistic fans are correct, but I’ve long since learned not to stake my emotional well-being on how this team performs. That being said, I will watch every game and root for them every game, even as I curse them from time to time! If you missed the first post HERE, please feel free to add your projected record for the upcoming season in the comment section below. Thank you to everyone who took the time to read our question of the day and give their thoughts and answers.
