MIAMI GARDENS - A winning formula has developed for the 2025 Miami Dolphins - run the ball, stop the run, play good special teams, win the turnover battle and keep penalties to a minimum. Those elements (well, except for penalties) came together in the Dolphins' 20-17 victory over Tampa Bay on Sunday. These Dolphins (7-9) seem to be a new Dolphins team, or at the very least a different team. These Dolphins aren't the flashy, big-play, highlight-reel guys of the quarterback Tua Tagovailoa-wide receiver Tyreek Hill era.
Rookie quarterback Quinn Ewers threw his first two NFL regular-season touchdown passes. One of them went to undrafted rookie wide receiver Theo Wease Jr. for his first touchdown catch. In a game full of firsts for the Dolphins' youth, the team already eliminated from postseason contention defeated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who had playoff implications in the NFC South on the line, 20-17, on Sunday afternoon at Hard Rock Stadium.