Miami DolphinsOur read
Written Sun 12:01 am Central, for week 6
Miami is on its bye in week 6 of 2026, so Ben Sims plays no part in your lineup this week and scores nothing. He hasn't appeared in any of the Dolphins' first five games, and Thursday's depth chart keeps him sixth at tight end behind Greg Dulcich and three others. His next shot comes week 7 away at the Jets, with no injury designation on Sunday's report. Keep him out of your lineup plans, and if the roster spot matters more than this wait, it's fine to move on.
Written Oct 18, from his facts through last season
Ben Sims has played zero games this season, and the odd part is he can: there is no injury designation since before week 1 of 2026, so Miami is simply choosing not to dress him. He opens week 6 of 2026 on the bye, then comes back to a depth chart that lists him sixth, behind Greg Dulcich, Will Kacmarek, Seydou Traore and Justin Joly.
The track record says this is not new. He dressed for 3 of 17 games in 2025, 4 of 17 in 2024, 6 of 17 in 2023, every absence a healthy scratch rather than an injury. When he did get on the field last year, 2.0 points a game, one red-zone touch, nothing inside the ten, and his yards per target dropped from 8.4 in 2024 to 5 in 2025. His highest-scoring game of the 2025 season, late in the year, still went for just 2.8 points. He never cleared the position's weekly median in any of his 3 games, and his 12.5% snap share ranked TE119 among 137 qualifying tight ends.
Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle took 47% of Miami's targets in 2025, so there is not much left over for a sixth tight end. He is 26.3 years old, a fourth-year undrafted tight end on his second team, with a new head coach in Jeff Hafley and a new play caller in Bobby Slowik.
Our preseason number was 4.0 points for the season, with the middle of outcomes running 0 to 8, and we expected just 3 games from him. A change of teams and a new play caller do not move a player who is not active. The call here is to release him and carry a tight end who actually plays.