3 leaps that Miami Dolphins Jaylen Waddle needs to make in 2022

Jaylen Waddle will absolutely get some pristine chances to make big plays and put up monster stats in this offense.

We all have an idea of what a Mike McDaniel-themed offense will look like. We’ve seen San Francisco 49ers games and how that offense had run.

Those offenses are based on the running game but that only makes the passing game that much more lethal if the quarterback is up to it. Yes, some of Waddle’s production hinges on Tua Tagovailo’s leap as well. But make no mistake, Jaylen Waddle will have excellent chances to have huge games.

There’s a reason why when Mike McDaniel was asked who to look out for on the Dolphin’s offense in fantasy that he immediately said, Waddle. A more giddy head coach, I cannot recall.

Clearly, Mike McD is uber-pumped to develop ways to get Jaylen Waddle the ball. He’s going to get him taking jet sweeps, getting him the ball out of the backfield, bubble screens, double moves teleportation, you name it. McDaniel will be thinking every day about how to get everything out of Waddle.

He has to because he knows that so much attention is going to be placed on Tyreek Hill and rightfully so. That will leave Jaylen Waddle being covered by #2 corners and even nickel backs when they line him up in the slot. Because of Hill’s influence, single-high safeties will have no choice but to gravitate to whatever side Hill is on. That leaves Waddle with the very real opportunity to embrace his inner Randy Moss and take the top off the defense.

With the offensive line being better mainly because they can’t possibly be worse, Tua will have more time to let plays develop. And it’s a big ask, but if the running game is even just decentish then Waddle will be open all the time on big play-action chunk plays.

Waddle just needs to covert. I don’t have much doubt that he won’t. But, I still need to see it. I’m very confident that we’re all going to see it and it’s going to be glorious.