Being a fan of the Miami Dolphins isn’t an easy thing to do if you are about 30 years old or younger, simply because you don’t really remember the Dolphins ever being consistently good. You might have seen Dan Marino at the very end of his career with no real help around him, but that’s about it.
Ever since about 2000, the Dolphins franchise has been in a downward spiral that has yet to stop. Yes there have a been a couple of years of respite from the doldrums that they have been in, like 2001 when they beat the Indianapolis Colts in overtime, or 2008 when they went from 1-15 the previous year to 11-5 thanks to Chad Pennington and the “Wildcat,” or even as recent as 2016 when Adam Gase, Ryan Tannehill, and current Philadelphia Eagle Jay Ajayi led the Dolphins to a 10-6 record and a playoff berth after starting 1-4.