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The start to the 2019 season hasn't exactly gone well for the Miami Dolphins. Not only are they 0-3, but they're consistently getting blown out.
In Week 3, they lost 31-6 to the Dallas Cowboys. That was by far their closest contest to this point in the year.
Week 2 saw Miami lose 43-0 to the New England Patriots, and Week 1 saw them drop to the Baltimore Ravens by a final score of 59-10.
It doesn't appear like things will be getting any better for them any time soon either.
Perfect/Imperfect Seasons According to @SportsLine
Data:The Patriots are up to a 2.6% chance to go 16-0, the Chiefs and Rams are at 0.5% and none of the other 3-0 teams have better than a 0.1% chance.
The Dolphins are at a 5.3% chance to go winless.#NFL100
— Allan Bell (@AllanGBell) September 24, 2019
A 5.3% chance to go winless might not seem that high, but think about it this way. The Dolphins have 13 games left, to not win one of those would be hard for any team to pull off.
Miami's schedule definitely doesn't help them much. They still have to play the Buffalo Bills twice and the Patriots one more time. They also have the Los Angeles Chargers, Indianapolis Colts, Cleveland Browns and Philadelphia Eagles on tap.
The good news for them is they get the hapless New York Jets twice still. They also have the Washington Redskins and Cincinnati Bengals to face, all three of those teams are 0-3.
Miami also has the 0-3 Pittsburgh Steelers on their schedule and the 1-2 New York Giants.
So there are definitely some games that the Dolphins could pick up a win in. However, the issue is that many see the Dolphins as that much worse than the rest of the league.
Even when they're going up against fellow no-win teams, there's a talent gap. Every other team seems to have some superstars and some rising talent.
Meanwhile, the Dolphins have traded away all their stars and seem much more focused on getting to the draft than anything else.
There's still a lot of season left, so christening them an 0-16 team already is premature. However, that 5.3% will rise with each week.
