{"id":49602,"date":"2025-05-20T03:12:51","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T03:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=49602"},"modified":"2025-05-20T03:12:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T03:12:51","slug":"dolphins-star-breaks-silence-on-where-team-chemistry-stands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=49602","title":{"rendered":"Dolphins Star Breaks Silence on Where Team Chemistry Stands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Miami Dolphins\u00a0had a few issues last season, which were evident. From top to bottom, the Dolphins didn&#8217;t play the football they were hoping for, and much of that might\u2019ve been due to the fact that they didn&#8217;t have many leaders on the team.<\/p>\n<p>The Dolphins often seem broken chemistry-wise, and that&#8217;s an issue for a team with this much talent.<\/p>\n<p>With that being a known issue, the Dolphins must understand that they need somebody to step up. From the sound of things, star running back De\u2019Von Achane, who is entering his third year in Miami after being selected in the third round of the 2023\u00a0NFL\u00a0draft, said the chemistry looks much better early on than it was a year ago.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/t_share\/MjE0MDkxNjUwNjEwMjQzNDIx\/usatsi_25049517.jpg\" alt=\"Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel talks strategy during the second half between the Miami Dolphins and the San Francisco 49ers at Hard Rock Stadium.\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"m-detail--body-item m-detail--body-item-inline\">\n<figure class=\"l-inline tml-image m-detail--tml-image--inline\"><figcaption>\n<p class=\"tml-image--caption\">Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel talks strategy during the second half between the Miami Dolphins and the San Francisco 49ers at Hard Rock Stadium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tml-image--attribution\">Jasen Vinlove-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019re doing better than we did last year because a lot of guys here in OTAs, we\u2019re trying to build our chemistry early than trying to do it in training camp,&#8221;\u00a0Achane sai<a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/dolphins-players-chemistry-definitely-better-184446909.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">d<\/a>, per Yahoo. &#8220;So I feel like it\u2019s more of a team thing. A lot of people are here. &#8230; I feel like as a team we\u2019re building that energy and we\u2019re here every day. We\u2019re not missing days. You can see this year\u2019s team is way different from last year\u2019s team.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\" data-zone-count=\"2\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-loaded\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-19edd22d32554f5f8d3e5c01f50a4702\" data-google-query-id=\"CMqojMmJsY0DFXuJ6QUd8l4pFQ\" data-ad-size=\"0x0\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/miami-dolphins_6__container__\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/miami-dolphins_6\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" src=\"https:\/\/03c0962a912170d6e0740b4a624d74f1.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-44\/html\/container.html\" name=\"\" width=\"0\" height=\"174\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-is-safeframe=\"true\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-google-container-id=\"7\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>It&#8217;s important that players are in the building right now, as the Dolphins need to start putting it together as early as possible.<\/p>\n<p>After posting 907 yards and six touchdowns on the ground last season, Achane is expected to be even better this year.<\/p>\n<p>He suggested that he could put up 2,000 combined yards as a receiver and running back, something Miami would love to have on top of his hopeful leadership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Miami Dolphins\u00a0had a few issues last season, which were evident. 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