Quick ideas from South Florida Sun Sentinel staffers on the Miami Dolphins’ loss to the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium on Sunday as Miami (8-8) dropped its fifth straight recreation.
Chris Perkins, Dolphins Columnist
We’re witnessing one of many all-time worst meltdowns in NFL historical past, one which’s proper up there with, you guessed it, the 1993 Dolphins who have been 9-2, completed 9-7, and missed the playoffs. Wow.
David Furones, Dolphins Writer
With the Dolphins offensively challenged with out quarterback Tua Tagovailoa and left deal with Terron Armstead and the Patriots already offensively challenged, New England was the staff that made the game-changing defensive play when Kyle Dugger intercepted a Teddy Bridgewater move and returned it for a landing. Miami’s collapse-o-meter is now at 5 straight losses, one away from finishing an 0-6 stretch to maintain this staff out of the postseason after that a lot was all however locked up at 8-3 on the finish of November. The Dolphins’ ultimate likelihood is to win their finale in opposition to the Jets and have the Patriots lose on the Buffalo Bills subsequent weekend.
Keven Lerner, Assistant Sports Editor
Could the Dolphins probably end with a dropping report after being 8-3? Playing with so many substitutes is a tough highway to hoe within the NFL, and now the Dolphins are on the precipice of an all-time franchise catastrophe.
Steve Svekis, Sports Senior Content Editor
Sometimes you’re the windshield. Sometimes you’re the bug. The Dolphins have put humongous investiture into gifted gamers with an extended, daunting damage historical past (Tua Tagovailoa, Terron Armstead, Bradley Chubb, Xavien Howard), and on Sunday, on the worst potential time, it rose as much as chunk them as all 4 of these main contributors missed the sport, and the Dolphins sustained a disastrous loss. Somehow, now, a dropping season is feasible after an 8-3 begin. However, barring an upset by the Patriots in Buffalo subsequent week, a win at residence in opposition to the Jets nonetheless will get Miami into the playoffs.
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