MIAMI, FLORIDA - DECEMBER 22: The Miami Dolphins mascot performs as Santa Clause during the game against the Cincinnati Bengals in the first quarter at Hard Rock Stadium on December 22, 2019 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Mark Brown/Getty Images)
It was a fun Miami Dolphins ride while it lasted, but reality bites hard sometimes.
That hard reality is a ten-win Miami Dolphins season not being enough to advance to the wildcard round even though the league allotted one extra team to get in.
Ira Winderman, who covers the Miami Heat for South Florida Sun-Sentinel had this to say about it.