Miami Dolphins Fantasy Football Team Preview For 2026

The Dolphins enjoyed some of their best success of the 21st century with Mike McDaniel joining forces with Tua Tagovailoa to get Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle the football. Unfortunately, that era ended with a bit of a whimper in 2025, as we saw the worst version of this offense in years.

2026 Fantasy Football Team Preview For The Miami Dolphins

Accordingly, Miami has pressed the reset button on essentially the entire roster. McDaniel, Tua, Tyreek and Waddle are all out, leading to plenty of new main characters ahead of 2026:

Former Packers DC Jeff Hafley is the new head ball coach in South Beach. He's flanked by OC Bobby Slowik (Dolphins senior pass-game coordinator in 2025) and DC Sean Duggan (Packers LB coach in 2025).
The Dolphins managed to reel in the biggest fish available in free agency, handing former Packers QB Malik Willis a three-year, $67.5 million deal that features $45 million in guaranteed money. They can get out of the contract after the 2027 season without too much trouble, should they desire to do so.
The Dolphins used their three top-50 picks on Alabama OT Kadyn Proctor (1.12), San Diego State CB Chris Johnson (1.27), and Texas Tech LB Jacob Rodriguez (2.43), while their, ahem, to be nice, below-average wide receiver room received extra upgrades in the form of third-rounders Texas Tech WR Caleb Douglas (3.75) and Louisville WR Chris Bell (3.94).

What follows is a fantasy-focused team preview of the Miami Dolphins ahead of the 2026 season. Make sure to check out Fantasy Life's rankings hub for updated player ranks all year long.

As always: It's a great day to be great.

Is Malik Willis what late-round QB dreams are made of?

QB1: Malik Willis (QB20)
QB2: Quinn Ewers
QB3: Cam Miller

Yes, we are dealing with a small sample size with Willis. Originally drafted by the Titans in the third round, Willis has just six career starts and 155 career pass attempts to his name.

Also yes, Willis was absolute nails with his opportunities in Green Bay. Obviously, Matt LaFleur and the offense's plethora of playmakers deserve a lot of credit, but either way: We're looking at a guy who has literally functioned as the NFL's most-efficient passer during the last two seasons. Overall, Willis leads all QBs in yards per attempt, adjusted yards per attempt, yards per completion, completion rate, passer rating and explosive pass play rate since 2024.

Target Willis as a QB2 because of his dual-threat abilities

Can De'Von Achane survive in this probably bad offense?

RB1: De'Von Achane (RB8)
RB2: Jaylen Wright (RB76)
RB3: Ollie Gordon (RB81)
RB4: Donovan Edwards

Maybe, but it won't be easy. Historically, high-end quarterback and running back performance is far more correlated with their team's scoring rank than wide receivers and tight ends. To the surprise of no one, Vegas sportsbooks, as well as Fantasy Life Projections, agree that the Dolphins look a lot like one of the league's worst offenses entering 2026.

But then again, it is De'Von f*cking Achane we're talking about. The 24-year-old speedster has done some pretty, pretty, pretty special things during his first three professional seasons.

That's the yin-yang dilemma with Achane: The man is clearly ultra-talented and possesses the sort of explosive pass-catcher archetype that fantasy championship dreams are made of, but suddenly we're looking at an offense that could both: 1.) Suck, and 2.) Not feature the running back in the pass game as much if the history of dual-threat QBs is any indication.

Should you still draft Achance in early Round 2?

Is this the worst WR room in the history of football?

WR1: Chris Bell (WR66 )
WR2: Malik Washington (WR88)
WR3: Caleb Douglas (WR90)
WR4: Tutu Atwell
WR5: Jalen Tolbert
WR6: Kevin Coleman
WR7: Terrace Marshall

Yes. Moving on …

Washington is the best bet to lead the group in targets, but there's also a chance that the leading receiver from this room works as the de facto No. 3 pass-game option considering De'Von Achane and Greg Dulcich's respective receiving ability. Everyone else (Douglas and Bell) are little more than literal last-round darts in best ball land, although I do like investing in Bell longer term in dynasty land. He's a priority second-round pick for me in rookie drafts.

Which Dolphins WR to target?

Should Greg Dulcich be expected to lead this offense in targets?

TE1: Greg Dulcich (TE25 in Fantasy Life ranks)
TE2: Will Kacmarek
TE3: Ben Sims

Fun fact: We mentioned before that the Dolphins have the league's cheapest group of wide receivers—they ALSO have the NFL's cheapest tight end room. All in all they are spending nearly $10 million less 2026 dollars on their pass catchers than the next-cheapest offense (Chargers). Good grief.

Anyway: There actually is a lot to like about Dulcich when it comes to the late-round tight end landscape. He really made the most of his opportunities in 2026.

Time to lock in on Dulcich in your draft?

Predictions for the 2026 Miami Dolphins

Win total prediction: The Dolphins currently join the Cardinals as the only teams with lowly 4.5 win totals ahead of 2026. This is arguably the worst roster in football at the moment after the team's fire sale on both sides of the ball. You can squint and find a few reasonable matchups on the schedule—they do get to play the Jets twice after all—but man, it's tough to be at all optimistic here. Give me UNDER 4.5 wins for Arch Manning's potential future employer.

Bold fantasy call: Malik Willis manages to dodge, duck, dip, dive and dodge his way to a QB12 finish in fantasy points per game.

Last season predictions: Under 8 wins (hell yeah, brother), and De'Von Achane finishes as THE RB1 (not quite, but hey, RB5 wasn't too shabby).