Week 16 · 2025–26 season
Dolphins
L 21-45 vs Bengals · Dec 21, 2025
Misery Index · Miserable
Dolphins fans drafting the McDaniel firing post while shopping Mongolian beachfront to anyone defending him.
The emotional rollercoaster
Fan misery across the game window. Up is worse.
What happened
D.Achane's 48-yard sprint to the end zone on the second snap was the high point, and everything after was J.Burrow carving up a defense that surrendered 45 to a team shut out the week before. The brief flicker of hope — Q.Ewers hitting J.Waddle, A.Ingold falling on the fumble — went nowhere, and M.Washington's score only delayed the inevitable. The scoreboard is bad; the realization that this is simply what the Dolphins are now is worse.
What fans said
“I think it’s most likely we’re the Miami Dolphins and everything we do is fucking terrible.”
u/dirtyricher▲ 221rage
“The 2025 Dolphins”
u/FinsTFUp▲ 183despair
“We just gave up 45 points to a team that was shut out last week.”
u/strachanjm▲ 139despair
“the majority of BS we deal with over the next few years will be entirely his fault.”
u/L0ckeandD3mosthenes▲ 68rage
“We let some bum named Joe Burrow throw for 300 yards and 4 TDs! He hasn't made the playoffs since 2022!”
u/Number333▲ 76rage
“whoever wants to bring anyone on the coaching staff back after this game.....i have some beach property in central mongolia to sell to you”
u/OneBeerAndWhiskeyPls▲ 24rage
14 more
“They weren't even the worst defense on the field today bro!!!!!”
u/Number333▲ 26rage
“Are you fucking serious, man? That's such a bailout by the refs. That's a fucking pathetic call.”
u/Epieikeias▲ 17rage
“Can’t wait to take a picture in front of the Dan Marino and Quinn Ewers statue section at HR”
u/FinsTFUp▲ 21joy
“The refs completely fucked us on that drive”
u/Folk-Herro▲ 21rage
“whoever is watching this game and thinks its a good idea to give mcdaniel more time, signings and draft picks....i have some beach property in mongolia to sell”
u/OneBeerAndWhiskeyPls▲ 14rage
“McDaniel has coached plenty of games without Tua at this point and had never won a game and have barely had a competent game plan once.”
u/BigDirtyPanda▲ 14rage
“Achane is so cool. EXTEND HIM THE MOMENT HE IS ELIGIBLE”
u/Ok_Imagination_4374▲ 19pride
“The fucking offense *looks like an offense again*.”
u/thewhitelink▲ 15joy
“This whole team is literally letting Ewers down Jesus Christ”
u/Upper-Orchid▲ 18despair
“IVE SEEN ENUFF SIGN HIM FOR $250 MILLION”
u/PapiZucchini▲ 10joy
“Achane is HIM. Guy is a top 10 player in NFL right now”
u/Fins_fan_12▲ 10pride
“TOUCHDOWN. WHAT A DRIVE FROM EWERS”
u/miserablefinsfan▲ 10joy
“A bullshit OPI call leads to a turnover. And then a no call DPI leads to a turnover. Can’t make this shit up.”
u/Funny-Phase-3088▲ 10rage
“If he is gonna stick up for Tua and play like shit cause Tua ain’t QB1, he needs to sit the fuck out.”
u/Funny-Phase-3088▲ 13rage