5-time first-team All-Professional huge receiver Tyreek Hill was targetted 170 occasions in each of his seasons with the Miami Dolphins, however the franchise is diversifying in yr three of head coach Mike McDaniel’s tenure. The Dolphins added three-time Professional Bowl receiver Odell Beckham Jr. as a change of tempo following a 2023 season wherein Hill and Jaylen Waddle mixed for roughly 18 of Miami’s 34 cross makes an attempt per recreation.
Maimi ranked sixth final season with 372 whole huge receiver targets. Individually, Hill was third with 171, Waddle was No. 37 with 104, however the workforce’s third huge receiver, Cedric Wilson Jr., averaged simply 2.5 targets and ranked 166 with 38 whole final season.
Beckham joins the Dolphins after 35 receptions on 64 targets with the Baltimore Ravens final season. He completed the yr with a median of 16.1 yards per reception and had 9 video games with not less than 4 targets.
“Every particular person has to earn their hold and earn their targets,” McDaniel stated earlier this week. “It’s every certainly one of them understanding our offense, easy methods to separate within the timing of the play, understanding easy methods to align and who and what to dam; all these issues are an important to me particularly as you’re proper dwell within the offseason.”
It’s vital to think about that whereas Miami’s tight ends noticed a league-low 52 targets final season, the addition of former Atlanta Falcons tight finish Jonnu Smith may additionally eat into the “Massive 3’s” goal share. Smith noticed not less than 44 targets in 4 of the final 5 seasons and was the one tight finish to succeed in not less than 20 miles per hour as a ball provider in 2023, based on NFL’s Subsequent Gen Stats.
Jonnu Smith reached a high pace of 21.15 mph on his 60-yard landing, the Third-fastest pace by a decent finish as a ball provider within the NGS period (since 2016).
Smith is the one TE to succeed in 20+ mph as a ball provider because the begin of final season.#MINvsATL | #DirtyBirds pic.twitter.com/PO2nRfir4b
— Subsequent Gen Stats (@NextGenStats) November 5, 2023
Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa led the NFL with 4,624 passing yards final season despite the fact that Miami’s cross play proportion of 57 p.c ranked No. 15 within the NFL. The Dolphins are typically a balanced offensive assault and the workforce’s depth at operating again additional places a premium on targets.
Nonetheless, the improved arsenal of receiving threats ought to translate to sustained success after Miami’s offense ended the season with lower than 23 factors in fourth-straight video games.
“Coach (McDaniel) was saying that on third downs, they have been getting plenty of doubling each of them,” Beckham stated of Waddle and Hill. “There’s simply plenty of room for alternative taking a look at it. I feel that it will likely be an ideal matchup.
“I feel all of us have completely different skillsets, however all the identical skillsets in a single – all individuals who make performs.”
