When we look back at the long and storied history of the Miami Dolphins, who entered the old AFL in 1966 and became an AFC team after the 1970 merger, I think we would be hard-pressed to find as many time periods as exciting as the one the team, and its fans, find themselves in right now. There were the three consecutive Super Bowl appearances, after the 1971-73 seasons, the two AFC championships in the ’80s, and, of course, the excitement generated by Jimmy Johnson becoming head coach and de facto GM of the team in 1996.
Yet, since bottoming out seven games into the 2019 ‘tear down’ season, the Dolphins have made almost every move brilliantly.