For teams like the Miami Dolphins, the last three weeks is about pride but it shouldn’t be. Take yesterday’s game, for example, a win would have been nice, for the fans, but it would also have dropped the Dolphins to around nine in the draft order.
At this point in the season, you can keep your pride. I don’t want losses but I will take losses as they did on Sunday. A loss that is predicated on a penalty reversal or a last-second field goal in an otherwise entertaining hard-fought game.
Losing out for the Dolphins is important and at this point doesn’t hurt the national narrative that would ask, “why would you want to play for a 3-13 team?