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Back in January, there was a report floating around that the Miami Dolphins planned to tank the 2019 NFL season in order to get the number one overall pick in the 2020 draft so they could take a potential franchise quarterback. Because that’s how you solve making the playoffs just twice over the past 18 seasons, right?
Perhaps the Dolphins shouldn’t have passed on Drew Brees when they had the chance to get him… twice.
Not one, but two longtime sports columnists of the Miami Herald reported back then that the Miami front office was planning to tank so they could hopefully grab a quarterback like Alabama’s Tua Tagovailoa and the hashtag #TankForTua was born.
Fast forward to September and new Dolphins head coach Brian Flores tried to convice the public that Miami was not tanking, right after the team traded Kenny Stills and Laremy Tunsil to the Texans.
Then, just one game into the season, several Dolphins players reportedly asked to be traded out of Miami because they felt the team wasn’t serious about competing and winning.
Following game number two, a 43-0 trouncing by New Englad, the Dolphins sit at 0-2 and have been outscored 102-10, the third worst scoring differential through two weeks in NFL history.
The Dolphins' -92 scoring differential is tied for 3rd-worst in the first 2 games of a season in NFL history, according to @EliasSports. pic.twitter.com/WvwuM6wxHe
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) September 16, 2019
This kind of historic failure in the 21st century has naturally led to Dolphins fans and other followers of the NFL to go hog wild, regularly editing the team’s Wikipedia page, creating numerous dank memes, and in the case of our man “The Juice” O.J. Simpson, scolding the Dolphins’ front office in Twitter videos.
The Miami Dolphins Wikipedia page 😂
• middle school attemptIng to compete in the NFL
• trying to move franchise to CFL pic.twitter.com/cqwOYgtPCt— Tyler Greenawalt (@TyGreen14) September 15, 2019
Looks like snowflake wants out of Miami too 🤦♂️#nfl #miamidolphins #tanking pic.twitter.com/yfrJzL6b9T
— Carlo Colaiacovo (@CarloColaiacovo) September 16, 2019
@MiamiDolphins on their way to the NFL basement – “Resilient” pic.twitter.com/NiF0IN0u2v
— BryceWatch (@bryce_watch) September 16, 2019
https://twitter.com/ariastexas5/status/1173427726147043334
#MiamiDolphins practice #MIAvsNE pic.twitter.com/UDE2HvI7rK
— Michael LaRocca (@MichaelLaRocca0) September 16, 2019
Miami dolphins in one video pic.twitter.com/beOlcdSgId
— Stevie Wonder (@AntonChigurh81) September 15, 2019
Miami Dolphins offense comes on the field like. https://t.co/CJ6raIFaCf
— Ron Canniff (@RonCanniffFins) September 15, 2019
The Miami Dolphins have entered the Transfer Portal. pic.twitter.com/uAqxySotaS
— Transfer Portal (@NCAAPortal) September 16, 2019
A picture of the Miami Dolphins Offense and Defense vs the Patriots pic.twitter.com/5xCNDrBrHs
— ghettoandyreid (@ghettoandyreid) September 15, 2019
I made it home safely #MiamiDolphins #FinsUP pic.twitter.com/W4UHqXAZyM
— Big E (@ian693) September 15, 2019
The average score of Miami Dolphins games this season is 51-5 pic.twitter.com/yLa6lCgUNn
— Blue Wire (@bluewirepods) September 16, 2019
BREAKING: The @MiamiDolphins have officially unveiled their new logo for rest of the season. Per source. pic.twitter.com/OulpeGdh3K
— Guys Being Dudes Podcast (@GBDudesPodcast) September 15, 2019
https://twitter.com/goknickstape/status/1173325890832539654
Shame on @MiamiDolphins Management. pic.twitter.com/HeIuAER51Q
— O.J. Simpson (@TheRealOJ32) September 15, 2019
Oh well, there’s always next week’s game… against the Dallas Cowboys… oh my.
Cowboys have opened as ::squints:: 20.5-point favorites Sunday against the Miami Dolphins, per @betonline_ag. Miami been outscored 102-10 its first two games.
— Michael Gehlken (@GehlkenNFL) September 16, 2019