WINLESS WARRIORS



POSTED 12-10-07

There are rotisserie heroes and fantasy goats. But some performances are so ugly, egregious or plain perplexing that it begs the refrain: What the F--k! Here is Update's seriously twisted moment this week.

Have the Miami Dolphins given up? After witnessing the Buffalo Bills crush them 38-17 on Sunday, it certainly seems that way. Sure, the Dolphins have had their share of bad breaks this season. Running back Ronnie Brown was lost for the season in Week 7, Ricky Williams' comeback ended in an injury after just six plays and top wide receiver Chris Chambers got dealt to the San Diego Chargers before things spiraled out of control. But the tell-tale sign that something more than bad luck has bitten the Dolphins, that fate has doomed them to become the first winless team since Tamp Bay went 0-14 in 1976: the Dolphins have lost six games by just three points, including a heartbreaking 0-3 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers by a field goal with 17 seconds remaining. Maybe it has something to do with the three different quarterbacks they've used since the start of the season, or maybe karma has caught up with them for blacklisting Daunte Culpepper during the off-season. Whatever the reason, they can't surrender 24 points in the first quarter and hope for a Dan Marino-esque comeback — at least not with Cleo Lemon behind center. They face the Baltimore Ravens, New England Patriots and Cincinnati Bengals to close out their season. Realistically, that gives them two chances to end their winless woes and head into 2008 on a positive note. But if they finish up the season like they did against Buffalo last week, with a clueless quarterback and a porous defense, it's going to be a long off-season.
—ANTHONY LAMBERTI


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