After a hopeful 10-6, 2016 season, the Miami Dolphins regressed to 6-10 in 2017. The Vegas lines actually predicted such an outcome. The Dolphins won 12 consecutive games by 7 or less points, a feat that is impossible to sustainable over time.
This team needed to make significant strides in 2017, with more convincing victories, or the statistics would eventually even out against them.Miami endured a mountain of well-documented adversity, including losing their starting QB, which meant getting better in 2017, would be an uphill climb.
The Jay Cutler experiment was made out of desperation and the Miami Dolphins should not be ostracized for making this move.