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At some point one needs to ask what the actual plan with this team was.

If the Dolphins would have just kept their players and continued to pay out their contracts, would they be worse off than they are now?  The premise seems to be that 2027 will be much better under this approach but it's tough to see how that will be true.

If MIA just runs back the 2025 team in 2026 and 2027, how much "worse" would the team be than by paying the same players 9 figures to play for other teams?

It's not that the group of suitable replacements is so plentiful, it's that Willis is just that bad. 9 out of 10 of those QB's would be absolutely dreadful as rookies....and yet still better than Willis. QB is the top priority. I don't care who you pick at WR, unless you have a competant QB, he's not going to do shit for Miami and we can't go through another year of this, we need a rookie QB who can be learning how to be a pro next year so that he can be decent in 2028. We can't wait any longer. You don't get a chance to get your pick of the litter very often, you have to take your shot at picking a franchise guy. You may not get it right, but you can't afford to not take your best shot at it.

The thing that really burns me about Willis is that Quin Ewers could have easily been this bad and saved $45 million. It was a bad choice and an even worse contract if that's even possible.

I agree with this 100 percent

OK... If the group of suitable replacements for Willis is truly so plentiful, - maybe, just maybe - Miami could wait on QB and STILL get Megatron part deux (Jeremiah Smith) with their first pick...  

It's not that the group of suitable replacements is so plentiful, it's that Willis is just that bad. 9 out of 10 of those QB's would be absolutely dreadful as rookies....and yet still better than Willis. QB is the top priority. I don't care who you pick at WR, unless you have a competant QB, he's not going to do shit for Miami and we can't go through another year of this, we need a rookie QB who can be learning how to be a pro next year so that he can be decent in 2028. We can't wait any longer. You don't get a chance to get your pick of the litter very often, you have to take your shot at picking a franchise guy. You may not get it right, but you can't afford to not take your best shot at it.

The thing that really burns me about Willis is that Quin Ewers could have easily been this bad and saved $45 million. It was a bad choice and an even worse contract if that's even possible.

I didn't watch the Cleveland/Jets game but Cleveland should have sealed that game at the end. They had the ball with a couple mins left after the Jets turned it over. All they had to do was eat some clock and get about 10 yards to get into FG range to put them up by 5. Just run the ball straight up the gut. They call an outside run and the running back just runs straight out of bounds to stop the clock. Then they try 2 passes which aren't even close to be completed so they take no time off the clock. On 4th down the ball is snapped over the punters head and he want's no part of picking it up. Next thing you know the Jets have the ball on Cleveland's 23 yard line and go in for the TD. If there's one team in the league that is a bigger loser than Miami it has to be the Browns.

More and more convinced the Dolphins won't go 0-17. They aren't good, but they're not as bad as 0-17 would seem to suggest. I mean it's always possible they could get really unlucky and be 0-17, but the odds are that they are going to run into a team that is playing worse then Miami at some point. It's not just about the quality of the opposition it's also about some breaks going your way and Miami just really haven't had any breaks except for the bad kind. Yes you have to make your own breaks and quit shooting yourself in the foot at other times, but somebody is gonna lose to the Dolphins this year, I feel pretty confident about that. More than 1 win on the other hand, might not happen. Losing Achane and Caleb Douglas have really hurt the offense and the defense is still trying to find itself with so many new faces.

Fins have a bye week then play the Jets.  Jets might represent one of the better chances for the Dolphins too get a win.  A win here won't help with draft position but even if you have given up on the season and only care about next year's draft, nobody remembers a team that goes 1-16.  Nobody will forget a the first team to go 0-17.

Gordon for sure

Ollie

Has to be Willis’ disaster of a game

Obviously, the score and flow of the game by my phone appears that it was more of the same -- generally poor play as a result of just not having the players. 

Lost by a TD, but didn't really seem to be in the game.

Can someone tell me what the "vibes" of the game were?  What were the positives?  Did we lose because of specific poor play or just because "you are what you are"?