I think it will be another 5-11 season no matter how they start out. The offensive line will take most of the season to come together and that is assuming they can stay relatively healthy. Tua will sit out most of the season while the organization ensures his hip is fully healed. Fitzpatrick will revert to the inconsistent QB he has been his entire career.
The defense will be better than last year but they will still have a lack of a pass rush and they will still end up in the bottom 10 in overall defense in the league.
They will have another top 5 draft pick in 2021 and with Tua finally in charge of the offense and Fitzpatrick retired and home making babies, the Dolphins will finally be a playoff contender in 2021.
Let's see. We have definitely improved our Defense with the big time acquisitions of Kyle Van Noy (Flores' top defensive guy in New England), Byron Jones, Shaq Lawson and Emanuel Ogbah plus we have Xavien Howard returning from injury. The run defense should improve with big Raekwon Davis joining Wilkins and Godchaux. We have invested heavily in upgrading the O-line with the addition of Flowers and Karras in free agency plus devoting a 1st (Jackson), a 2nd (Hunt) and a 4th round Draft picks (Kindley) - you're right they will time to gel but the upgrade in talent is pretty obvious. We have also upgraded our running game which was pretty well non-existent in 2019 and now we have added Jordan Howard and Matt Breida. In addition we also upgraded our Special Teams with the targeted additions of Fejedelem and Grugier-Hill. Hell, we probably upgraded our Long Snapper (Ferguson), as well.
Some may also suggest that the addition of Tua Tagovailoa represents an upgrade in backup QB talent but he probably won't see the field until late.
For all of these obvious positives which players did we lose? Who?
Silence...
Um, um, Charles Harris - he was a 1st round draft pick, traded for a ham and pineapple sandwich....
Silence...
Um, um, Taco Charlton, he was cut for a burrito with guacamole...
Prolonged, sustained silence...
Um, Tabor Pepper...
Crickets...
I'm still trying to think of a decent player we lost....
And so with the massive net injection of talent (the biggest injection of talent to this team in any season in the past 20+ years),
1972forever boldly predicts absolutely zero improvement for the Miami Dolphins in wins for the season ahead.