Exit Interview: Miami Dolphins

[DKphin]

Miami’s season will be remembered for the Miami Miracle, but their season can be explained by a different play two months earlier. Against the Chicago Bears in Week 6, Brock Osweiler bounced the ball off a defender and into the arms of a wide-open Kenny Stills.
On paper, that 35-yard completion for a first down on third-and-11 in overtime is a great play, but those who watched it knew it was dumb luck. That dichotomy was Miami’s season in a nutshell. All seven of Miami’s wins this season were by eight points or less, giving them a sparkling 7-1 record in single-possession games. So in terms of wins and losses, almost everything went right for Miami this year where it could have.

https://www.theringer.com/nfl/2018/...rview-miami-dolphins-adam-gase-ryan-tannehill

 

[Bob512]

I don't put a lot of stock in the "lucky bounce narratives"....either good or bad. In the NFL, stuff happens and sometimes it goes your way, other times it doesn't. We have lost plenty of games with bad breaks or calls going against us.

Our team lacks leadership. Tannehill doesn't provide it, Gase doesn't provide it......and until we have an emotional leader somewhere in this organization, we will continue to under perform. Not sure how you evaluate that, but regardless of position, it needs to be a factor in identifying prospects in this upcoming draft.

 

[oasis]

Kind of the opposite luck-wise of the 2007 1-15 season, where we lost a majority of those one score games and didn't get the same lucky bounces.

As usual, we overachieve or underachieve to get us to mediocrity.