Entries by Craig Davis

Dolphins’ failings run deeper than stripped down roster

Dolphins’ mind-numbing mistakes, disorganized defense lead to another embarrassing defeat in Dallas. For a brief moment, there were indications the Dolphins were ready to play a competitive game. Maybe even capable of it. Josh Rosen, in his first start for Miami, was avoiding rushers, making some impressive throws right on target. Inexplicably, considering they fell […]

There’s no quick fix for tanking Dolphins mess

How many more weeks of this? Right. The tank-travesty of this Dolphins season is only two games in and already pushing historical levels of ineptitude. It would be difficult to recall a more incompetent showing, particularly on offense, than Sunday’s 43-0 drubbing by the Patriots. That is, if memory was limited to less than a […]

Rout reveals ugly reality of tanking Dolphins

MIAMI GARDENS — It is one thing to talk of tanking as a concept. The reality of it? That was the atrocity on display Sunday when the Dolphins offered the resistance of tissue paper in a 59-10 walkover by the Ravens. In their inaugural season in 1966, the Dolphins lost 58-24 at Buffalo, the most […]

Here’s why Dolphins will miss John Denney

We won’t see the likes of John Denney again on the Dolphins. The 14-year veteran long snapper, released Monday, was an anomaly in the NFL — cynically referred to as Not For Long. Denney was the ultimate specialist whose name didn’t show up in the scoring summary but often had a hand in shaping outcome […]