Dolphins fans love seeing Patriots lose
By Sean Denison
There’s no way around it, the New England Patriots are the king’s of the AFC East. They’ve won the division 12 of the last 13 seasons. And Miami Dolphins fans hate them for it.
Being a Dolphins fan, it sort of makes you feel all warm and toasty knowing that your beloved team had a hand in the Patriots’ loss last Sunday. If you remember, the Dolphins beat the Patriots the last week of the regular season, which made them finish behind the Broncos as AFC’s second seed, and in return, forced them travel to play the AFC championship game in Denver.
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In his career, Tom Brady is now 2-7 all-time playing in the Mile High city. In fact, last Sunday marked the third time in a row that Brady lost in Denver in the playoffs. More interestingly, the New England Patriots have never won a playoff game in the city of Denver, going 0-4 since their first playoff game there in 1986; in retrospect, there’s no other place Dolphins fans wanted to watch the Patriots to play last Sunday.
Whether it be clinching your teeth, biting your fingernails, pulling your hair out, or whatever it is you do when you’re nervous, you couldn’t help but feel elated after witnessing the Patriots fail to convert the potential-tying two-point conversion on their last offensive play of the year.
Yes, I admit. I think it’s pathetic, in a sense, that Dolphins fans—instead of relishing in their own accomplishments—vigorously pump their fists, wave their pom poms, and reenact the Macarena throughout the night when they witness a team they have such vitriol towards fall to their knees in agony and defeat.
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Sure, I’m guilty of this as well. Was I excited to see the Patriots lose? You’re damn right I was! Although I have a great deal of respect for Tom Brady and the New England Patriots organization, no one was more excited to see the looks of defeat on their faces Sunday.
But in light of a good Patriots ass-whooping, reality rears his ugly head. Is this what we’ve succumbed to? Rather than celebrating a division foe’s loss one game shy of the Super Bowl, isn’t it time to celebrate a win, or a meaningful one at that? Aren’t we tired of playing second fiddle to the Patriots and their dynasty?
In lieu of a Broncos win last Sunday, Adam Gase and the rest of his coaching staff embark on an important journey: the start of a new regime. Although it seems as if the Dolphins are light years away from being relevant again in a division owned by the Patriots for the past 15 years, every season offers a glimmer of hope. Maybe Gase is our hope. Maybe he’s not. We won’t know this for a while.
But allow me to revert back to my petulant 13 year-old self and tell you what I do know: Sunday felt good. And here’s to more of those same feelings; but instead, in forms of wins, not other team’s losses.