1. As we approach John Rosen’s first start for Miami—presumably the last chapter of a W.W. Jacobs tale that began with a young man in Manhattan Beach circa 2006 clutching the monkey’s paw and wishing to one day be a starting quarterback in the NFL—another thought on this truly obscene football team.
Of the 40,000 problems with the Dolphins’ tank job: So much of football, for most positions, is physical, one-on-one, hand-to-hand combat. That requires a certain amount of competitive zeal. If you are going out there knowing you’re about to get trounced 40-0 in front of a live studio audience on what might one day be considered the worst team in NFL history, do you have the necessary motivation to perform your job at even a baseline level?