The Miami Dolphins sit at the midseason mark at 6-3, as they enter a much-needed bye week looking to get healthy.  It hasn't been a perfect season, as evidenced by a 6-0 mark against teams .500 or worse and 0-3 against winning ones, but they still find themselves in first place with everything in front of them. 

Which units have starred, and which have left something to be desired? 

Offense: A-

One might ask how the best unit on the team – one that's been record-breaking through nine games – doesn't get the highest marks possible.  It again goes back to their performance against the best teams on their schedule.

Tua Tagovailoa has looked like an MVP candidate during the six games the Dolphins have won.  Tyreek Hill has looked like Jerry Rice at double speed, with 1076 receiving yards through 9 games.  Raheem Mostert is way over pace to record his first 1000-yard rushing season and has a crazy 13 touchdowns from scrimmage.  De'Von Achane has put up a seemingly impossible 12.1 yards per carry and STILL is 17th in the league in rushing despite missing a month and with just a small fraction of the carries of those around him.  The Dolphins put up 70 flipping points on the Denver Broncos.  That's not normal stuff.  

But against high-level competition, Miami's offense has scored 20, 17, and 14 points.  That's not going to cut it if/when the Dolphins start their playoff run.  However, it's still good enough to get the highest mark on the team.  

Defense: B

Like the offense this unit has been hit or miss, depending on the level of competition.  They've looked great against teams like the Patriots and Giants, but struggled against the Bills, Eagles, and Chargers.  

Injuries have hampered the unit, particularly the secondary, with Jalen Ramsey missing most of the year and Xavien Howard missing multiple games.  However, the team appears to be getting healthy, and a solid showing against the Chiefs last week helped cement that belief.  

There's plenty of opportunity to move up here grade wise, provided they can stay healthy, especially at the corner spots. 

Special teams: C+

There's been nothing special at all about Miami's special teams.  The only decent stat is the Dolphins allowing the sixth-fewest punt return yards in the NFL with 50.  

Jake Bailey is near the bottom of the NFL in punting average and middle of the pack in net punting average.  Jason Sanders' 78% FG percentage on just 9 attempts is ok (36/37 extra point attempts is pretty good), but an 80.0 touchback percentage isn't all that good.  The team's longest kickoff return (33 yards) and punt return (18) are also very pedestrian. 

Just not that much to write home about with this unit.  Nothing all that bad either.  Just an ok unit. 

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