If it ever stops for the Miami Dolphins — the Tyreek Hill rants, the Deion Sanders mock drafts, the loud sinking of another season — it starts to stop Sunday in New England against the Patriots.
If they lose a fourth consecutive game to another lightweight opponent heading into the bye week, it’s bye-bye, 2024. And hello, chaos.
Even on a team built around speed, it would end faster than anyone thought possible, faster than the end has ever come in a Dolphins season of hope.
A few games ago, the Dolphins (1-3) were playing Buffalo in what was considered an early AFC East showdown.