Dear Santa: Five Things Miami Dolphins Fans Want for Christmas

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Dear Santa: Five Things Miami Dolphins Fans Want for Christmas



All eyes are on the Miami Dolphins and Hard Rock Stadium, because the Green Bay Packers arrive on the town this weekend to face off towards the Dolphins in a uncommon Christmas afternoon sport. With the nation’s consideration squarely on the 1 p.m. sport, what higher time to make use of the highlight to face on a soapbox and make some calls for, er, requests, of previous St. Nick?

If Santa is on the lookout for some last-minute vacation presents for Miami Dolphins followers, we have got some concepts.

Here are 5 issues Miami sports activities followers may be hoping for this Christmas. (Santa, should you’re studying this, we’ll gladly settle for any variety of these after the New Year.)

A Playoff Appearance

All Miami Dolphins followers need for Christmas is a do-or-die soccer sport. In the phrases of Rose from Titanic; It’s been [what feels like] 84 years!

Since coming into the NFL in 1966, the Miami Dolphins have made the playoffs 23 instances and gained two championships. On its face, these outcomes do not sound terribly dangerous.

Unfortunately, peeling again the layers of the onion on these numbers reveals simply how dangerous the Dolphins have been at making the postseason for the reason that flip of the century.

The Dolphins’ final postseason victory got here towards the Indianapolis Colts… within the 2000 wild card spherical. Since then, Miami has solely made the playoffs twice (2008, 2016) — and paradoxically, each appearances featured a radical ass-kicking by the Baltimore Ravens.

At this level, most Dolphins followers would gladly welcome a playoff ass-kicking.

Permanent Throwback Uniforms

Enough is sufficient. It’s time to offer Miami Dolphins followers what they’ve lengthy requested: Make the workforce’s universally beloved throwback uniforms a everlasting fixture on Sundays.

Unfortunately for Dolphins followers, the group and proprietor Stephen Ross proceed to flirt with shopper happiness, refusing to submit last approval to undo the huge emblem and uniform overhaul the workforce unveiled in 2013. It boggles the enterprise thoughts why the workforce would stick to its present Sea World-looking emblem over a line of recent duds that might promote out immediately.

What higher time to make an announcement that the uniforms will grow to be everlasting in 2023 than whereas sporting them at house on Christmas Day?

Break the Curse of the Tequesta

All the way in which again in 2016, New Times investigative reporting unveiled proof pointing to the chance that the Miami Dolphins are a cursed franchise. Not figuratively. Literally.

You can learn the article to atone for the finer particulars, however lengthy story brief, Hard Rock Stadium is constructed on an Indian burial floor, and coincidentally, since making it their new houses, each the Dolphins and Miami Hurricanes have had nothing however dangerous luck and horrible seasons.

We’re out of choices. Maybe Santa has a line on somebody who can break the Curse of the Tequesta? Praying hasn’t labored.

Believe us, we have tried.

More Dan Marino

Based on pure expertise, Dan Marino would be the biggest NFL participant of all time. Coincidentally, he performed for the Miami Dolphins and has lengthy been employed by the workforce.

Yet by some means, for years now Marino’s publicity to Dolphins followers has been restricted to some picture ops. It’s as if one of the best participant in franchise historical past is a few cousin we have by no means met who lives in Nebraska. Every yr Dolphins get an intimate chat with members of the 1972 workforce, however relating to Duper, Clayton, and Marino — largely crickets.

Dolphins followers need extra Marino. Give the individuals a rattling New Year’s Eve Twitter Spaces, or one thing. Anything. Just extra Marino.

Please do it now, earlier than he is too previous and retired to care.

Super Bowl LVII Champions

If Santa is basically taking requests, then Dolphins followers might as effectively shoot the moon and hope to land within the clouds. Let’s finish this horrible 50-year championship drought with a victory in Super Bowl LVII in February.

Some Dolphins followers have not seen the workforce hoist the Lombardi Trophy since they have been children. Others have by no means seen Miami win a title of their lifetime and simply hope to witness one earlier than they die.

Why cannot 2023 be the yr that ends all this ache? Give the reward of giving this vacation season, St. Nick! Miami wants a soccer title. It’s been far too lengthy. 



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