One coin, two sides. Side one: The Dolphins beat what is essentially an amputated version of a lower-tier NFL team to get to 4-1. The last time the Dolphins started a season 4-1 was 2003, when Dave Wannstedt followed that strong opening by going 6-5 the rest of the way. Those Dolphins ended up 10-6 and missed the playoffs in one of the rare occasions when a 10-6 team didn’t at least get a Wildcard. A feat replicated just three years ago by Brian Flores’ 2020 Dolphins. Yay us. Lesson: don’t count your chickens.
Other side of the coin: The Dolphins handily beat an NFL team while still making several unforced, very correctable errors.