5 Minute Dolphin Lead: the best time of our lives

For five minutes the Dolphins lead the Bills and it was the most hopeful moment of the entire Miami season.

The Buffalo Bills put up two field goals. In an act that surely scared the hell out of Brian Flores, the Dolphins marched right down the field to score a run-it-in backfield touchdown. In bright red flashing numbers on the screen: 7-6. I choked on air. What was happening.

I’ve said all year, there’s the team- then there’s management. The players want to win. Tanking only works for the coach, GM, and owner. There is no benefit as an Offensive Line Coach for my team to under perform. It’s even worse for players. Recovery is gruesome. Making them placeholders for your draft picks while they sustain injury is asinine. In week one when they were calling their agents, screaming get me outta here, like the Dwayne Wade T-Mobile commercial.

I watch every week for the players. Not for Stephen Ross or his New England hire. As happy as I was to see that touchdown, two minutes later you’re angry because you know this isn’t a management that wants to win. Wasting an entire year on a method that doesn’t work for unproven rookies. As happy as I was to watch them take the lead, sheer rage followed. The Dolphins don’t just have to beat the team on the field, they have to beat their own organization.

Relish that 7-6 lead all year long. Winning isn’t something you stop doing this year and magically turn on next year. Just ask the Cleveland Browns.