Frankly, no one should really care what the Miami Dolphins do

The Miami Dolphins are going to re-build and there is a lot of speculation on how much turnover this team will have. You really shouldn’t care.

In 2003 the Miami Dolphins were still relevant. They finished the season 10-6 after previously finishing 9-7. The years before that? Two 11-5 seasons, a 9-7 season, and a 10-6 season. Since 2003 the Miami Dolphins have done nothing. Not really.

In 2008 the Wild Cat and Chad Pennington lifted the team to a surprising 11-5 record. It didn’t make the relevant. In fact the Dolphins didn’t have another above .500 season until 2016 when Adam Gase led them to a 10-6 record. And guess what? They still were not relevant and wrapped two more dreadful seasons.

Sorry to say this folks but the Miami Dolphins have sucked for the last 16 years so do you really care what happens to any member on this team? Should you?

There has been a lot of debate about the future of Cam Wake. Wake is an impending free agent this year and many, including myself a couple of days ago, believe he should be back. Does it really matter for any other reason than posterity and maybe some veteran leadership for another year? Probably not.

Across the entire roster writers both professional, amateur, and wannabe amateur/professionals are telling you who on the roster should go and who should stay. They want to tell you that Kenyan Drake should not be traded and that Xavien Howard is a linchpin corner that the Dolphins should build around.

The facts? Howard missed six games in 2016 with a knee injury and missed the final four games of 2018 with a knee injury. Is this “linchpin” corner really worth what will be top corner money and a big contract extension if there are concerns over his knee? As for Kenyan Drake, he is a very good runner but is he elite? Will he ever be elite? Does he follow the script or go his own way?

I’m asking because if you answered no to either one of those does it really matter if the Dolphins traded them?

For 16 years we have watched the Dolphins dice and splice the roster with offensive lineman, linebackers, a carousel at quarterback, diva wide-receivers, and some of the worst contracts in the NFL that have crippled the teams cap.

So again I ask, does it really matter what the Miami Dolphins do this off-season?

Following the path that has been played out for 16 years has not worked so if and when Chris Grier and Brian Flores and Marvin Allen and Stephen Ross and anyone else in the building with an opinion, make the decisions on who stays and who goes, if the end result is a team that can sustain success then what moves they make this year will not matter. No matter how much we might like a player.

Free agency will begin on March 13th and the Dolphins have a lot of decisions to make with their roster. Including Howard, Wake, Drake, and several others. The truth is that Miami has not won with these players and while you can argue that they would have lost more without them, does that too really matter outside of the pride of being a Dolphins fan? The difference between a Wild Card spot and early playoff exit and a bad season is about 15 draft slots.

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The Dolphins need to rebuild and that means they need to find a way to acquire more draft picks. It means they need to purge bad contracts and it means they need to change the merry-go-round off-seasons that have netted them three winning seasons in 16 years.

We all want the Dolphins to succeed but in order for that to happen they need to change. Not us. We will still root them on and spend our money on tickets and merch but we should be given more from the team. A better product on the field with a long-term plan in place that might actually work. Or at least give the impression that it might.

So blow it up. Start over and make the moves they need to make to turn this team around. I’m on board 100%. But get it right. If the Dolphins decide to get rid of some of those players mentioned above, fine, but have a plan in place to replace them. Make the compensation you get work. Otherwise, we can expect all of this for another five years or more.

To put it clearly, this is the year Miami has to make the hard decisions. Not next year and not the year after. Implode it this year and re-build it with a fresh start. Otherwise you are simply sacrificing talent.

Dolphins fans shouldn’t care what the Dolphins do this year because something needs to be done and something needs to change. But I suppose if you recognize that change needs to be made and not just simply for the sake of making change, then you do care. We all do.

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