Tyreek Hill, Jaylen Waddle and Raheem Mostert are about to do something no one in franchise history has ever doneThe Miami Dolphins offense is poised to make franchise history.
The Dolphins, who have been the NFL’s No. 1 offense for most of the 2023 season, are on pace to have two 1,000-yard receivers and a 1,000-yard rusher for the first time in the history of the franchise.Tyreek Hill, who missed Sunday’s 30-0 win over the New York Jets due to a sprained ankle he suffered the week before, already has 1,542 receiving yards, leaving behind Raheem Mostert and Jaylen Waddle cross the 1,000-yard threshold at home on Sunday. against the Dallas Cowboys. Mostert, who is the NFL’s third-leading rusher and set a franchise record with his 19th and 20th touchdowns against the Jets, is 34 rushing yards away from his first 1,000-yard rushing season.“He was very important in this attack. “That was last year,” quarterback Tua Tagovailoa said of Mostert, who was just 76 yards away from becoming a 1,000-yard rusher last season. The success that we have comes from the guys at the top, through the guys down there, and these guys are really good at executing it, and it’s really fun to see these guys having fun.Waddle, who caught eight passes for 142 yards and a touchdown against the Jets, is 36 yards shy of his third 1,000-yard receiving season. If Waddle surpasses the 1,000-yard threshold, he will become the first receiver in Dolphins history to post 1,000-yard seasons in three consecutive years.Waddle’s 964 receiving yards on 71 receptions in 14 games rank ninth in the NFL this season.“Jaylen probably had the best offseason, if not the best, with the best three offseasons of any player on our team, and he came into the season with a lot of momentum, but then he had a few random injuries that he had to face. “, ” Coach Mike McDaniel explained Waddle’s journey this season. “One of the greatest things about this season is seeing him deal with his injuries over the last three weeks.”The closest the Dolphins ever came to having two 1,000-yard receivers was in 1991, when Mark Clayton (1,053) and Mark Duper (1,085) surpassed the 1,000-yard mark and tailback Mark Higgs finished the season with 905 rushing yards .
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