Multiple Dolphins players reportedly requested to be traded after embarrassing 59-10 loss because the team is tanking
- BusinessinsiderMultiple Miami Dolphins players have reportedly requested a trade after the team’s dismal 59-10 loss to the Baltimore Ravens.
- The players are hoping to leave the Dolphins as the franchise look more and more committed to tanking through 2019 in an effort to rebuild through the 2020 NFL Draft.
- Head coach Brian Flores has denied that the team is hoping to tank, but much of the decision is out of his hands.
All is not well in the Miami Dolphins locker room.
After the team was dismantled at home by the Baltimore Ravens in a 59-10 rout, multiple players have reportedly requested to be traded amidst the franchise’s apparent attempt to tank this season and plan for the future.
- Through one half of football, the Miami Dolphins look like an absolute disaster.
- The Dolphins defense allowed the Baltimore Ravens to jump to a 42-10 lead in the first half, with Lamar Jackson completing 10 of his 11 passes for 210 yards and four touchdowns.
- Miami made a big trade just before the start of the season that seemed to indicate the front office was focusing on the future, but their first half of the 2019 season was difficult to watch.
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The NFL season is just a few hours old, but it’s already clear that the Miami Dolphins are in for a rough year, and might just be the worst team in football.
Hosting the Baltimore Ravens, the Dolphins looked lost on the field against quarterback Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore offense. Miami allowed nearly 400 total yards in the first half to take a 42-10 deficit into halftime.
The Ravens offense deserves credit — Jackson completed 10 of his 11 passes for 210 yards and an impressive four touchdowns, including two long scoring strikes to Marquise Brown.
But the story of the first half was how lost the Dolphins defense looked while attempting to stop the Ravens attack. With solid protection against a lackluster defensive rush, Jackson had all the time in the world to watch plays develop, and drop passes into receivers’ hands seemingly uncontested.
The Dolphins offense didn’t fare much better, with Ryan Fitzpatrick going 12-22 with one touchdown and one interception through his first half as the Dolphins starting quarterback. Through 30 minutes of play, the Dolphins offense managed just nine total rushing yards, compared to 181 yards on the ground from the Ravens.
It was always going to be a tough year for Miami, who are clearly in rebuilding mode and as a team in between quarterbacks, likely wouldn’t mind winding up the worst team in football and landing the first overall pick in the 2020 draft and the right to draft Alabama’s Tua Tagovailoa.