There are wins, there are beatdowns, there are absolute ass-whoopings, and then… there’s what the Miami Dolphins’ offense did to the Denver Broncos’ defense on Sunday in a 70-20 thrashing the likes of which professional football has rarely seen.
Mike McDaniel’s offense put up 726 total yards, becoming the fourth team in NFL history, including the postseason, to score at least 70 points in a game and the first in 57 years, joining the Chicago Bears (73 points in the 1940 NFL Championship on December 8, 1940), the Washington Redskins (72 points on November 27, 1966), and the Los Angeles Rams (70 points on October 22, 1950).
Per NFL Research, the Dolphins are the second team in NFL history, including the postseason, to record at least 700 yards of total offense in a single game, joining the Rams on September 28, 1951 (735 yards of offense).
Miami has recorded 1,651 total yards of offense this season and surpassed the 2011 New England Patriots (1,621 yards of offense) for the most-ever by a team through its first three games of a season.
The Dolphins have scored 130 points so far this season and surpassed the 2013 Denver Broncos (127 points) and 1966 Dallas Cowboys (127) for the second-most ever by a team through its first three games of a season. Only the 1968 Cowboys (132 points) had more.
So, yeah… pretty historic stuff.
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“Shame on us if you put a ceiling on what you’re capable of,” McDaniel said after the game. “If you just worry about the right things, you don’t worry about anything but your technique and fundamentals and your assignment within the team. You don’t worry about stats, you don’t worry about credit, it’s amazing what a group of people can do going in one direction. I think the points don’t carry over, but I do think this is a meaningful game for a lot of guys to understand to not let an opportunity on the field together slip through your fingers in any way, shape or form because collectively, we have all the right people to do some pretty cool stuff on the football field. I think that’s just incredible. It just goes through my mind like a Rolodex, like all of the intentional work that goes into it by the players.
The Dolphins dumped the entire Rolodex of plays on Vance Joseph’s defense, and here’s how they did it to such a ridiculously successful degree.