MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -- Miami Dolphins coach Jeff Hafley is not considering a quarterback change heading into their Week 6 bye, but he did say his team's passing offense must improve.
Speaking to reporters Monday, Hafley reiterated that Malik Willis will remain the team's starting quarterback, and he is not considering a change to backup Kyle McCord. However, particularly after Sunday's loss to the Cincinnati Bengals, during which the Dolphins struggled to move the ball through the air, Hafley acknowledged the team must be able to pass the ball more effectively.
"Malik needs to be better, OK? And that's not the headline," Hafley said. "The headline is we all need to be better, and I mean that. I thought yesterday for the first time we ran the ball really well and we moved the ball. We ran for 200 yards against a really good team. But everything in the pass game has to be better, right? It's the receivers, it's the tight ends, it's the protection. It all has to tie in, and it all has to be better.
"And that's the quarterback, that's the coaches, that's the offensive line, that's the running backs, that's the tight ends. This is a team game that we all need to be more efficient, and we need to be better. And we will work through that. I have confidence in the coaches, I have confidence in the players that we have. We will work through that and we will get better. It's been five weeks."
Dolphins quarterback Malik Willis, who ranks 31st in the NFL with a 56.2% completion percentage and 23rd in quarterback rating, will remain the team's starter, coach Jeff Hafley said Monday. Carmen Mandato/Getty Images Willis ranks 31st in the NFL with a 56.2% completion percentage and 23rd in quarterback rating (43.9). Through five games, he has thrown for 849 yards and two touchdowns against four interceptions.
The onetime third-round pick has also rushed for 186 yards and two touchdowns, albeit with five fumbles.
Willis has lost fumbles in each of his past three games, which is an area Hafley said the team will focus on during the bye week.
"We got to look hard at it during the bye week," Hafley said. "We talk about ball security all the time and we work on it and we've got to do a better job of putting him in those situations and he's got to have the awareness to protect the ball as well. We'll take a hard look at fixing that because we're not going to win games if we're fumbling the ball like that."