The Miami Dolphins added deuce tonality players at the swap deadline — linebacker Bradley Chubb from the Mile-High City Broncos and running back Jeff Edmund Wilson from the San Francisco 49ers — to bolster up their roster inward hopes of securing an AFC wild-card spot.
The Dolphins sent running rearward Salmon Portland Chase Edmonds, a 2023 first-round draft pick, a 2024 fourth-rounder, and a 2025 fifth-rounder to the Broncos to complete the Chubb trade.
The Dolphins sent the 49ers a fifth-round pluck for Wilson.
After jumping come out to a 3-0 start, the Dolphins lost terzetto sequent games after field general Tua Tagovailoa suffered a brutal head word hurt and concussion on “Thursday Night Football” to boot sour Week 4. Since Tagovailoa returned to the lineup in Week 7, the Dolphins won deuce games inwards a row and improved to 5-3 on the season.
Dolphins Upgrade Defense with Chubb
The Dolphins take into account 24 points per gritty and they’re ranked #22 inward the conference in scoring defense. Their defense lawyers has the eighth-worst DVOA ranking inward the NFL at #25 overall.
The Dolphins upgraded their passport hie with the add-on of Chubb. Coming into Week 9, the Dolphins were ranked #21 inward sacks this season with simply 15.
The capital of Colorado Broncos selected Chubb out of Second Earl of Guilford Carolinas State with the 5th boilersuit pickaxe inward the 2018 NFL Draft. He’s recorded 15 solo tackles with 5.5 sacks and two forced fumbles this season. He led the Broncos inward sacks this season. In 49 games with the Broncos, Chubb recorded 26 sacks.
The Dolphins coughed upwardly a first-round plectrum inwards the next tipple to acquire Chubb. The pluck comes from the San Francisco 49ers, who sent multiple first-round picks to the Dolphins so they could swap upwards in the 2021 NFL Draft to select quarterback Trey Lance with the tertiary overall pick.
The Dolphins lost their have first-round pickax in the 2023 NFL potation when the conference penalized them for tampering charges involving quarterback Tom Brady and head word train Sean Payton.
Broncos Recoup a First-Rounder
By sending Chubb to the Dolphins, the Broncos added a much-needed first-round break up because they had to yield upward two first-rounders inwards the Charles Taze Russell Edward Osborne Wilson switch with the Seattle Seahawks.
The Broncos also acquired Edmonds, who began the harden as the starting running support in Miami, but missed his gig to Raheem Mostert. In limited action mechanism with the Dolphins, Edmonds rushed 42 times for 120 yards and 2 touchdowns. He added 10 receptions for 98 yards and 1 touchdown.
The Broncos lost starting running plump for Javonte Williams to a season-ending ACL and LCL accidental injury inward Week 4. Edmonds joins a crowded backfield inwards capital of Colorado that includes veterans Melvin Gordon and Latavious Murray. The Broncos are ranked #22 in the NFL with a ground attack that averages only 108.4 rushing yards per game.
Dolphins Add Another San Francisco Running Back
The San Francisco 49ers acquired running indorse Christian McCaffrey inward a patronage with the Carolinas Panthers a twain of weeks ago. As a result, Jeff Edward Osborne Wilson missed his starting chore with the 49ers, so they traded him to the Dolphins. The 49ers gave upwardly a parcel of multiple picks to obtain McCaffrey, but they’ll get a fifth-rounder backwards via the Dolphins.
With the 49ers this season, Sir Angus Wilson rushed 92 times for 468 yards and deuce touchdowns. He also tallied 10 receptions for 92 yards.
Wilson replaces Edmonds as the computer backup slow Mostert, who also played for the 49ers cobbler's last season. The Dolphins at present hold ii former members of the 49ers inward their backfield, and they’re reunited with Mike McDaniel. McDaniel spent in conclusion season as the violative coordinator with the 49ers before the Dolphins hired him as their new top dog coach.
Somewhat Easy Schedule for the Dolphins
The Dolphins experience a favourable remaining schedule. Only ternary opponents inwards their final ennead games experience a winning record.
The Dolphins run 2 more games before a scheduled bye inwards Week 11. They top dog to Chicago to gambol the Bears inward Week 9 before they innkeeper the Stephen Grover Cleveland Browns in Week 10. After the bye, the Dolphins innkeeper nursing home games against the Samuel Houston Texans in Week 12, against Green River Bay Packers inwards Week 16, and the New York Jet inwards Week 18.
The Dolphins hitting the route to gambol back-to-back games on the West Coast against the San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Rams inward Week 13 and Week 14. They experience divisional road games against the Buffalo Bills inwards Week 15 and against the New England Patriots inward Week 17.
The Dolphins are +3000 betting odds to win Super Bowl LVII, according to a recent update from DraftKings. You can buoy dorsum the Dolphins at +1600 betting odds to win the AFC title as the fourth-highest squad on the plank in arrears the Bills, KS City Chiefs, and Baltimore Ravens.
The Bills (6-1) are a Brobdingnagian favorite at -1200 odds to win the AFC East. The Dolphins are their closest competition on the futures get on at +1000 odds. The Jets hold the same track record as the Dolphins at 5-3, yet they’re the long shot on the gameboard to win the AFC Orient at +4000 odds. Even the New England Patriots, with a 4-4 record, feature somewhat break divisional betting odds than the Jets at +3500.