The team developed a plan to rip apart the roster and build for long-term success. But that success doesn’t look any closer to being realised
It’s not yet November and the Miami Dolphins have lost five of their six games and their season is effectively over – again.
It wasn’t supposed to be this way. Midway through last season, it looked like the Dolphins may have finally have cracked this whole football thing. They hoarded first-round draft picks and cap space like a squirrel preparing for winter. They moved on from Minkah Fitzpatrick and Laremy Tunsil, high draft picks with top-five-at-their-position type talent, in the name of culture. They were happy to be bad in the short term for the hope of tomorrow.
