2022 Miami Dolphins season

The 2022 season will be the Miami Dolphins' 53rd in the National Football League (NFL) and their first under a new head coach, after the firing of Brian Flores at the end of the 2021 season.

2022 Miami Dolphins season
Owner	Stephen M. Ross
Head coach	TBD
General manager	Chris Grier
Home field	Hard Rock Stadium
Results
Record	9-8
Division place	2nd
Playoff finish	Lost Wild Card playoffs 31-34 (vs. Bills)
Uniform
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Draft

Main article: 2022 NFL Draft

2022 Miami Dolphins Draft

Round	Selection	Player	Position	College
1	26
2	50
3	100
4	117
4	121
5	156
6	200
7	221

Regular season

2022 opponents

Listed below are the Dolphins' opponents for 2022. Exact dates and times will be announced in the spring.^[1]

Category	Home	Away
Division opponents (AFC East)	Buffalo Bills New England Patriots New York Jets
Conference opponents (AFC North)	Cleveland Browns Pittsburgh Steelers	Baltimore Ravens Cincinnati Bengals
Conference opponents (based on 2021 division placement)	Houston Texans	Los Angeles Chargers
Interconference opponents (NFC North)	Green Bay Packers Minnesota Vikings	Chicago Bears Detroit Lions
Interconference opponent (based on 2021 division placement)	—	San Francisco 49ers

Standings

Division

AFC East
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
(2) Buffalo Bills	13	3	0	.813	4–2	9–2	455	286	W7
(7) Miami Dolphins	9	8	0	.529	3–3	7–5	397	399	W1
New England Patriots	8	9	0	.471	3–3	6–6	364	347	L1
New York Jets	7	10	0	.412	2–4	5–7	296	316	L6

Conference

AFC v t e
#	Team	Division	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	SOS	SOV	STK
Division leaders
1	Kansas City Chiefs	West	14	3	0	.824	6–0	9–3	.453	.422	W5
2	Buffalo Bills	East	13	3	0	.813	4–2	9–2	.489	.470	W7
3	Cincinnati Bengals	North	12	4	0	.750	3–3	8–3	.507	.490	W8
4	Jacksonville Jaguars	South	9	8	0	.529	4–2	8–4	.465	.438	W5
Wild cards
5[a]	Los Angeles Chargers	West	10	7	0	.588	2–4	7–5	.443	.341	L1
6[a]	Baltimore Ravens	North	10	7	0	.588	3–3	6–6	.509	.456	L2
7[b]	Miami Dolphins	East	9	8	0	.529	3–3	7–5	.537	.454	W1
Did not qualify for the postseason
8[b]	Pittsburgh Steelers	North	9	8	0	.529	3–3	5–7	.519	.451	W4
9	New England Patriots	East	8	9	0	.471	3–3	6–6	.502	.411	L1
10[c]	New York Jets	East	7	10	0	.412	2–4	5–7	.539	.462	L6
11[c][d]	Tennessee Titans	South	7	10	0	.412	3–3	5–7	.510	.339	L7
12[c][d]	Cleveland Browns	North	7	10	0	.412	3–3	4–8	.524	.492	L1
13	Las Vegas Raiders	West	6	11	0	.353	3–3	5–7	.474	.397	L3
14	Denver Broncos	West	5	12	0	.294	1–5	3–9	.481	.465	W1
15	Indianapolis Colts	South	4	12	1	.265	1–4–1	4–7–1	.512	.500	L7
16	Houston Texans	South	3	13	1	.206	3–2–1	3–8–1	.481	.402	W1
Tiebreakers[e]
LA Chargers finished ahead of Baltimore based on conference record. Miami finished ahead of Pittsburgh based on head-to-head victory. NY Jets and Tennessee finished ahead of Cleveland based on conference record. NY Jets finished ahead of Tennessee based on common record. Tennessee finished ahead of Cleveland based on conference record. When breaking ties for three or more teams under the NFL's rules, they are first broken within divisions, then comparing only the highest ranked remaining team from each division.