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Miami Dolphins: Four Losses To Go

Last night the New England Patriots faced their toughest contest of the season. Trailing in the fourth quarter to the Baltimore Ravens (!), the Pats needed a desperation 73-yard drive in the final three minutes for a touchdown to keep their unblemished record intact.

The Miami Dolphins, this week, faced perhaps their most winnable game of the season playing at home against the New York Jets. Unfortunately for the Fins faithful, the Jets decided not to improve their draft standing and instead rolled up 40 points on the aqua and teal warriors in Miami’s worst loss of the year.

Forget about the #1 pick in the draft — Miami has all but clinched the first trip to the podium — the Dolphins have grabbed a share in the NFL record book by tying for third the most consecutive games lost at the start of the season. With their 0-12 record, the 2007 Fins squad joins such illustrious company as the 1977 Buccaneers and the 2001 Lions. Congratulations.

And it only gets better.

This week the Dolphins travel to Buffalo with a chance to stand shoulder to shoulder with the 1962 Oakland Raiders and the 1986 Indianapolis Colts. And with the Ravens coming to town the following week, Miami could match the illustrious 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the 1980 New Orleans Saints for an 0-14 season mark. Kinda makes you tingly all over just thinking about it, huh?

Even more impressive, the Dolphins right now have lost 15 consecutive games going back to last season. If Miami falls to the Bills, the Ravens and the unbeatable Patriots the next three weeks, they will join the 1972-73 Houston Oilers as the only team in NFL history to lose 18 straight. I wonder what Dan Pastorini is doing these days?

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