Did I defend the Dolphins? No, they played horrible today and we are not going to win games if they played like they did today. But, you made a declaration that Miami will be picking third in the draft which means you think we are only going to win 2-4 games this season.
I am embarrassed with how they played and they were horrible today. But I have seen enough of the NFL not to throw in the towel on the season based on one week of football against a playoff team. We looked a lot worse last year in the first two weeks of the season and we just happened to end up winning the AFC East title.
Maybe we do end up with a high first round pick, but to have that opinion after the first week? Come on now. Every year and week after a loss I see threads with the title "With the first pick of the draft, the Dolphins select...." They were all over the place last year after the Cardinals loss, guess what we ended up with the 25th overall pick.
We played bad today, but people should realize that one week does not define the entire season. There are media pundits who expect us to have a good season but still expected us to lose today. I thought we could have won this game, and with a better performance from the offense we would have.