2021 Miami Dolphins season

2021 Miami Dolphins season
Owner	smckenz3 2nd Season
General manager	smckenz3 2nd Season
Head coach	smckenz3 2nd Season
Head scout	vtgorilla 2nd Season
Home field	Hard Rock Stadium
Results
Record	14-2
Division place	1st
Conference place	2nd
League place	3rd
Playoff finish	Lost AFC Championship Game (vs. Raiders) 27-33
Timeline
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The 2021 Miami Dolphins season was the franchise's eighth season in the National Football League. The Dolphins aggressively moved up in that season's draft to acquire standout wide receiver J.C. Weldon. They reeled off ten straight wins to open the season before falling to the Rams to end the undefeated bid. Miami ended with a 14-2 record in the regular season, capturing home field advantage throughout the playoffs. They defeated the Jets in the Divisional Round 27-17 before falling to the eventual Super Bowl champion Raiders 27-33.

Offseason

2021 NFL Draft

Main article: 2021 NFLHC Draft

2021 Miami Dolphins draft
Round	Pick	Player	Position	College	Notes
1	4	J.C. Weldon *	WR	West Virginia	from Patriots
2	50	Ben Goode	OT	Kansas
3	81	Aaron Petersen	C	Virginia Tech
5	147	Daniel Curtis	RB	Eastern Illinois
6	185	Dillon Scott	TE	Arkansas	from Broncos
7	201	Judah Murphy	OG	Kansas	from Chargers
7	216	Giovanni Bynum	CB	Florida
7	233	Stefon Timmons	DT	Eastern Washington
Made roster    †   Pro Football Hall of Fame    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Transactions

Offseason

• Traded RB Will Fuller to the Giants for RB Vernon Haggan.

• Traded WR Tommy Pottios to the Chargers for OLB Alton Drazenovich.

• Traded their 2021 first-round selection (#16, RB Marshawn Miller ) and their 2022 first-round selection to the Patriots for their 2021 first-round selection (#4, WR J.C. Weldon).

In-season

• Traded their 2022 fifth-round selection to the Colts for CB Jeremy Bell.

2021 Season

Schedule

Preseason

Week	Opponent	Location	Result	Record	Division
1	Jacksonville Jaguars	Miami, FL	34-24	1-0	-
2	Dallas Cowboys	Miami, FL	28-29	1-1	-
3	Chicago Bears	Chicago, IL	14-30	1-2	-
4	Green Bay Packers	Green Bay, WI	27-23	2-2	-

Regular Season

Week	Opponent	Location	Result	Record	Division
1	Baltimore Ravens	Baltimore, MD	30-7	1-0	0-0
2	Buffalo Bills	Miami, FL	28-10	2-0	1-0
3	Indianapolis Colts	Indianapolis, IN	31-10	3-0	1-0
4	New England Patriots	Foxborough, MA	28-24	4-0	2-0
5	Cleveland Browns	Cleveland, OH	21-13	5-0	2-0
6	Seattle Seahawks	Miami, FL	41-20	6-0	2-0
7	New York Jets	Miami, FL	35-19	7-0	3-0
8	Las Vegas Raiders	Miami, FL	28-21	8-0	3-0
9	Bye
10	Arizona Cardinals	Glendale, AZ	37-0	9-0	3-0
11	Pittsburgh Steelers	Miami, FL	24-17	10-0	3-0
12	Los Angeles Rams	Miami, FL	23-31	10-1	3-0
13	San Francisco 49ers	Santa Clara, CA	35-24	11-1	3-0
14	Buffalo Bills	Buffalo, NY	31-16	12-1	4-0
15	Cincinnati Bengals	Miami, FL	42-20	13-1	4-0
16	New England Patriots	Miami, FL	31-17	14-1	5-0
17	New York Jets	East Rutherford, NJ	16-24	14-2	5-1

Postseason

Playoff Round	Opponent	Location	Result	Record
Divisional Round	New York Jets	Miami, FL	27-17	1-0
AFC Championship	Las Vegas Raiders	Miami, FL	27-33	1-1

Standings

AFC East
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
z - Miami Dolphins	14	2	0	0.875	5-1	11-1	481	273	L1
x - New York Jets	12	4	0	0.750	5-1	9-3	465	359	W4
New England Patriots	7	9	0	0.438	2-4	5-7	392	399	W1
Buffalo Bills	3	13	0	0.188	0-6	2-10	277	422	L8

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award(s)
Brian Brown	Most Valuable Player
Brian Brown	Offensive Player of the Year
J.C. Weldon	Offensive Rookie of the Year
Brian Brown	All-Pro

Final Roster

2021 Miami Dolphins final roster
	Quarterbacks 17 Brian Brown 5 Greg Killian 12 Glenn White Running backs 30 Marcus Barry RB 34 Daniel Curtis RB 39 Bryan Davis RB 32 Alex Engram FB Wide receivers 84 Greg Cobb 82 J.C. Weldon 86 Gordon Kleinsasser 89 Michael Potts 17 Danny Paz Tight ends 83 D.J. Gibson 85 Timothy Perez 88 Denario Jackson		Offensive linemen 62 Marcellus Peterson T 68 Ricky Edwards T 69 Joseph Stanford T 61 Ben Goode T 63 Jace Blakley G 64 Charles Harkins G 66 Todd Hevesy G 67 Judah Murphy G 60 Haskel Moore C 65 Aaron Petersen C Defensive linemen 72 Dexter Flowers DE 74 Clifton Chong DE 90 Isaiah Riggins DE 93 Benjamin Blankenship DE 96 Josh Wilson DT 98 Nigel McKinney DT 99 Lindsay Powell DT 92 Jerry Gordon DT		Linebackers 56 Phillip Moore ILB 58 Benjamin Thompson ILB 51 Jason Stovall ILB 50 Jason Bryant OLB 57 Jack Durrence OLB 54 Brent Ouellette OLB 55 Alton Drazenovich OLB 52 Matt Godfrey OLB Defensive backs 13 Justin Davis CB 18 Laurent Christensen CB 11 Alphonso Greisen CB 26 Jeremy Bell CB 31 Giovanni Bynum CB 42 T.J. Lawrence FS 23 Darren Rucker FS 29 Alejandro Bowen FS 38 Michael Williams SS 27 Jerry Walker SS 37 Alan Anderson SS Special teams 9 Ben Morrison K 3 A.J. Kinney P		Reserve lists 21 Caleb Sherwin RB 87 Marion Reeder WR 46 Dillon Scott TE 53 Benjamin Robinson OLB 25 Cory Betts CB Practice squad Rookies in italics 46 Active, 7 Inactive, 0 Practice squad

2021 Dolphins Depth Chart