Dolphins show they were the NFL’s ultimate paper tiger in Wild Card loss to Chiefs

The Wild Card game against the Kansas City Chiefs on Saturday was not just an opportunity for the Miami Dolphins to advance to the next round of the NFL playoffs. It also was a chance to alter a narrative that has surrounded the team all year: that it bought its playoff ticket on victories over bad teams.

Following their 26-7 defeat in freezing Kansas City, little has changed. If anything, the game showed to a national audience that the Dolphins indeed were the league’s ultimate paper tiger this season.

It was the latest indignity in a swift fall from grace for the team of head coach Mike McDaniel.

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