In the second season of a rebuild, they reached 10 wins for the first time since 2016. It was an unexpected turnaround after it didn’t appear to be the team’s trajectory during an 0-2 and 1-3 start, meaning the Dolphins went 9-3 over their final 12 games.
Even the five-win 2019 season in Brian Flores’ first as head coach would be judged as a success by most, considering the level of talent on the roster to start that campaign and the losses by scores of 59-10, 43-0, 31-6 and 30-10 against the Ravens, Patriots, Cowboys and Chargers, respectively, to start that year.