Dolphins fans opened the season resigned to a tank, joking about 0-17 and the first overall pick while picking apart Malik Willis and the refs. A Week 7 win over the Jets and a rising rookie class turned the mood toward pride, though at 1-6 the tank-or-win debate still rages.
From Reddit fan threads · through Week 8 · 1-6
Season misery
55
Worst week
83
Week 1
Best week
5
Week 7
Bars above the line are miserable weeks; below are happy ones.
Storylines
what fans talked about, week by week
Season-long
Early gallows humor about 0-17 and the top pick gave way to an embraced respectable tank, until the Week 7 win split fans between draft-pick watchers and those demanding the team learn to close games.
“Remember that it's your patriotic duty as a dolfan to ridicule anyone here who's upset that we beat the Jets”