Those who have considered the Dolphins pretenders all season got the latest and most overt evidence for their argument when Miami traveled to Baltimore and "got the belt," as the players say.
The 'Fins gave up six passing touchdowns, suffered injuries it couldn't afford, got outcoached by a certified 'bag, and essentially ended its hopes for the season despite a playoff berth in the offing.
To make matters as bad as possible, coach Mike McDaniel didn't stop at apparently just deciding not to prepare for the contest. No, he elected to ruin his team's season with a series of self-inflicted wounds, including but not limited to exposing his only pure pass-rushing threat, former Wolfpacker Bradley Chubb, to a season-ending knee injury.
I don't think my outlook on this franchise has ever shifted more over 3 hours than it did from 1 pm. to 4 p.m. on New Year's Eve.
Once again, I couldn't force myself to rewatch this debacle, so I'll just end it here. Hope has been a scarce commodity on South Beach for decades, and while it was fun while it existed this year, it's hard at this point to believe that 2024 will bode well for the franchise.
2023 Schedule
Buffalo 48, Miami 20 (3-1)
Miami 31, New York Giants 16 (4-1)
Miami 42, Carolina 21 (5-1)
Miami 31, New England 17 (6-2)
Kansas City 21, Miami 14 (6-3)
Miami 20, Las Vegas 13 (7-3)
Miami 45, Washington 15 (9-3)
Tennessee 28, Miami 27 (9-4)
Miami 30, New York Jets 0 (10-4)
Miami 22, Dallas 20 (11-4)
Baltimore 56, Miami 19 (11-5)
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