Murphy’s law was in full effect last night in the Miami Dolphins’ loss to the Tennessee Titans on Monday Night Football.
Murphy’s Law is typically stated as “anything that can go wrong will go wrong, and at the worst possible time,” and that sums up what I saw Monday night. The Dolphins couldn’t catch a break, and if you don’t execute, you can be beaten by anyone, even by a rookie quarterback at home up 14 points with 5 minutes left in the game.
There’s blame shared across the board. Tua Tagovailoa didn’t have a great game and couldn’t shoulder the load. The Dolphins came in injured and left even more injured. Costly penalties and miscommunications killed drives, and questionable play calling on both sides was the cherry on top. All in all, all those factors equal a loss more times than not, no matter who you’re playing.
All of the Dolphins, and Tua haters crept out of their parent’s basement last night to all come out to one consensus, and that’s Tyreek Hill is the MVP, not Tua. Watching last night’s game gives the doubters more ammo at a talking point level, but the offensive struggles were deeper than that.
Coming into the game, the Dolphins were starting three backup offensive linemen along with Austin Jackson, and Conor Williams. During the first drive, Conor Williams got rolled up on and was gone for the rest of the game. So the Dolphins pretty much ran with four backups, and Austin Jackson for the whole game. That was just the start of their problems.
The Dolphins drove down the field and got the ball to the two-yard line. Once there, backup center Liam Eichenberg fumbled the snap, and although Tua was able to pick up the football, the defensive tackle was in his face and caused a second fumble recovered by the Titans.
It felt like every time the Dolphins drove down the field, something negative happened. Tua and Jaylen Waddle couldn’t get on the same page on a couple of throws and were lucky one of them didn’t turn into a pick-six. The offensive line couldn’t hold up, and Tua was running for his life on too many passing plays. When they did hold up, it felt like the receivers weren’t getting open. I once thought the receiving core was deep, and it looked last night without Hill.
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