Who would have expected the Dolphins to be in this situation just a little over a month ago? It feels like the weekly paper cuts are starting to add up and this once promising 8-3 squad has all but played their way out of playoff contention. They still have a viable path forward to the postseason-win and root for Buffalo against New England-but they’ve missed so many opportunities to lock this up, it’s hard to have faith at this point.
So what specifically went awry in New England? Well first off, they were without a large number of their star players.