Written By E.Jay Zarett
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Things have gone from bad to worse in Miami.
Multiple Dolphins players contacted their agents with the hopes of being traded away from the team after a blowout loss to the Ravens on Sunday, according to a report from ProFootballTalk, which cites an unidentified league source with knowledge of the situation.
The report adds:
“The players believe that the coaching staff, despite claiming that they intend to try to win, aren’t serious about competing and winning and by all appearances have bought into the notion that the Dolphins will take their lumps now in the hopes of laying the foundation via high draft picks for building a successful team later.”
The report comes hours after Miami was noncompetitive at home against the Ravens — who took control early, scored touchdowns on their first four drives and cruised to an easy 59-10 win at Hard Rock Stadium.
“We talked about playing penalty free,” Miami coach Brian Flores told reporters. “We talked about having a clean operation, alignments, assignments, trying to play turnover free, and we didn’t accomplish any of that. We talked about starting fast. We didn’t accomplish that. But the good thing is, like I just said, we’ll come back tomorrow. We’ll make the corrections. We’ll try to get this team better on a daily basis, and that’s all we can do.”
Dolphins quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick said the team was “embarrassed” by Baltimore.
“It’s never good to be embarrassed like that, especially at this level,” Fitzpatrick said at a press conference. “What we had talked about: Nobody is going to feel sorry for you and your situation. That’s what happens. You go out there and if you don’t execute, you’re going to get beat bad like that. Obviously we need to play better, which is an understatement.”
The Dolphins seem to be in rebuilding mode and have parted ways in the last few weeks with multiple veterans, including trading offensive tackle Laremy Tunsil to the Texans, a move which reportedly upset the locker room.
Miami will host the Patriots in Week 2.