Miami Dolphins make unwanted history to open their 2019 season

It wasn’t the history that the Miami Dolphins wanted to make but they made history nonetheless. Giving up 59 points is the most ever in the regular season.

The Miami Dolphins have made history today giving up 50 points to the Baltimore Ravens at home. It is the most points given up by the Dolphins in team history. They gave up 62 in Dan Marino’s final game. A playoff loss to the Jaguars.

Nothing went right for the Dolphins today. They were down 21-0 after the first quarter and 35-3 at half-time. The Dolphins offense never clicked and the defense was gutted and destroyed all day long. The worst part is that we didn’t learn who this team actually could be. We didn’t learn what direction they are going to go in. We know that the “tanking” campaign may not need to be on purpose.

This team is bad.

Ryan Fitzpatrick had no time to throw and Josh Rosen found no time either. The team as a whole suffered from poor play, penalties, and looked very unprepared to play. It begs the question, what did the Dolphins do all off-season?

The offense system that Chad O’Shea was running didn’t look like much. Given the play of the offensive line, it’s not surprising. Defensively the new-look defense looked more like it was coached by Matt Burke. Players were out of position and when they were in position couldn’t make a tackle.

There were some nice surprises, however. DeVante Parker looked good. He finished the game with three receptions for 75 yards and played better than he has. He showed an ability to go high for the ball and used his body to shield defenders.

On defense, Eric Rowe won the day for stats. He finished with nine tackles but his game was far from good. Still, it could have been worse, the Dolphins running game was so bad that they totaled 21 total yards with eight of those coming from Ryan Fitzpatrick.

Needless to say, the Dolphins have a lot of work to do.