Miami-For a moment, it seems that even the exhausted audience of the Miami Dolphins fans at Hard Rock Stadium will witness what the entire fan base has dreamed of in the past month.

When the Dolphins led the Atlanta Falcons 28-27, quarterback Tua Tagovailoa threw a short touchdown pass to the cheerful Mack Hollins, hoping that their five-game losing streak would soon become an unpleasant memory. But Atlanta quarterback Matt Ryan pitched a 28-yard corner to rookie close-end Kyle Pitts, which allowed the Falcons to enter Younghoe Koo’s range and allowed Atlanta to 30 -28 to win.

The roller coaster in Miami seems to only go down (1-6).

"This is a small margin for error. For many reasons, we are on the wrong side," said Dolphins coach Brian Flores. "We will continue to discuss it, but in the final analysis, we have to produce more on the court. I want to say that we have some opportunities. We have some today. We did not take advantage."

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Since the NFL introduced the 12-team playoff system in 1990, all 81 teams that started 1-6 have missed the playoffs, and no team ended up with a winning record. Miami general manager Chris Greer and Flores may have another season to turn things around, but when will this become an unacceptable selling point for Dolphin fans?

Both should be eager to get back on track this season, and Greer may take polarizing measures to achieve this goal.

In the past week, as the trade deadline on November 2 approaches, rumors have continued about the Dolphins' interest in Houston Texans quarterback DeShawn Watson. He is facing 22 civil lawsuits alleging sexual assault and misconduct, as well as a grand jury investigation of his allegations. Flores publicly supported Tagovailoa this week, but the rumors are enough to make Flores talk to Tagovailoa about them this week.

"I really respect and appreciate [Flores'] transparency," Tagovaloa said on Sunday. "He let me sit down. He told me what happened. He talked to Greer and he made me understand all these things...I heard it, but I didn't really focus on it."

Miami does not urgently need to improve quarterback performance; since returning in three games with the injury reserve, Tagovailoa has completed 75% of his passes, 620 yards, 6 touchdowns and 3 interceptions-this is him The two best games of his career. But perhaps an example of Tagovailoa is that despite these performances, the Dolphins still lost to the Jacksonville Jaguars (1-5) and Falcons (3-3).

With quarterback Tagovaloja, Flores coached, and Greer as the general manager, it is enough to reasonably question the team's upper limit-all of this. The Dolphins have won 10 games in 2020-which is not trivial-but after an inexplicable and sharp setback, some things must change.

"We still have to play one game at a time. For us, this season is not over yet," said defensive end Emmanuel Ogbah. "You never know. It's difficult. We won a lot of games last year, and now we are losing, but we must continue to fight. We can't give up now."

However, this season was not only disappointing-it was disastrous.

The Dolphins believe that they are entering the playoffs this season, so they traded their first round pick in 2022 to the Philadelphia Eagles, ranking 6th, and named Tagovailoa, his former college teammate. Jaylen Waddle picked another weapon. The rookie has been Miami's most reliable receiver this season, but this has not affected the victory list.

Of course, there will be an additional game in 2021, and each conference will have an additional playoff team, but it doesn't matter. With 10 games left, just avoiding a second loss in three seasons under the leadership of Flores will be a huge challenge for Miami. Through seven games, the performance of the Dolphins on the court shows no signs that this achievement is within reach.

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The loss of the Dolphins makes Philadelphia's draft picks sweeter next spring, which makes them lose a glimmer of hope of losing. Their defense ranked fifth in scoring in 10 victories last season, 10th in sacks and 10th in takeout. One, now ranked 31st, 22nd and 13th, respectively. With the addition of Vardell and receiver William Fuller, the supposedly more explosive offense has not yet played on the court with Tagovaloa, Fuller, Vardell and receiver Devante Parker. .

According to NFL Next Gen Stats, Miami ranks 30th in rushing yards per game, 25th in passing yards, 29th in scoring, and 31st in pass block win percentage. Since Flores joined in 2019, Greer has spent four draft picks on offensive linebackers in the first three rounds. Despite facing the 12th blitz, this line has given up the ninth big sack (17).

"We are talking about fault tolerance," Flores said. "Are we doing enough to put us on the right edge? Do we understand these conditions?... We just didn’t make these games. We have to find a different way to try to teach this awareness, try Help them perform better in these situations."

There are signs of life in this dolphin team. It eliminated the 13-point gap and took the lead at the end of the fourth quarter on Sunday. Over time, its past two losses have come from shooting. Despite the broken ribs, Tagovaloa has been very aggressive.

But how long can this ride plunge before something drastic must be done?