The company we keep tells others a lot about who we are, and the same can be said about sports teams.
The Miami Dolphins are a middle-of-the-pack franchise that happens to be a bottom-dweller in too many important statistics on offense and defense following last Sunday’s 31-28 overtime loss to the Las Vegas Raiders, and heading into this Sunday’s game against the Indianapolis Colts, which wraps up the first quarter of the season.
Coach Brian Flores has been harping on the team’s lack of execution, the self-inflicted wounds since Miami’s season-opening win against the New England Patriots, which was produced by the fourth-quarter fumble Xavien Howard forced and recovered with the game on the line and the Patriots charging down the field for a potential game-winning touchdown.