Thanksgiving Hope: Why the Dolphins Aren’t Done Yet

Thanksgiving Hope: Why the Dolphins Aren’t Done Yet

Thanksgiving week usually brings reflection, gratitude, and maybe even a little perspective — something Miami Dolphins fans could certainly use right about now. At 2–7, this season was all but over. Yet somehow, the Dolphins have found reasons to keep pushing and are now sitting at 4–7 with some favorable matchups on the horizon. And that alone is something worth being thankful for.

Let’s be honest — plenty of teams in Miami’s position would have checked out by now. Down big in the standings, riddled with injuries, and dealing with the constant noise that comes with unmet expectations, it would’ve been easy for the locker room to splinter or for players to mentally pack it in. But that hasn’t happened. Mike McDaniel, despite the criticism and pressure, has kept this group together. The players are still responding to him and are still playing hard. The two-game winning streak isn’t an accident — it’s the result of a team refusing to quit on its coach or on each other.

And that streak is the next thing to appreciate. Winning in the NFL is never easy — but doing it while at the bottom of the standings and with outside voices calling for changes everywhere? That’s even tougher. Especially when one of those victories came against the Buffalo Bills, a team that has tormented Miami for years. The Dolphins finally got one back, and they earned it.

Momentum doesn’t guarantee anything in this league, but it matters. And now, with the Saints up next and then a divisional matchup against the Jets, it’s not unrealistic to imagine Miami climbing all the way to 6–7 heading into their primetime showdown with the Pittsburgh Steelers. A month ago, few would’ve believed that scenario was even possible.