ORCHARD PARK, NY — One of the biggest tests for the Dolphins’ season and the coach Mike McDaniel era took place Thursday night at Highmark Stadium when Miami visited Buffalo. And the Dolphins, who usually play Buffalo close at Highmark Stadium, stepped up to the task but lost, 31-21 .

The Dolphins (0-3) entered Thursday’s game with a 1-6 record vs. Buffalo in the McDaniel era and riding a six-game losing streak. But although they were 0-4 at Buffalo in the McDaniel era, three of those losses were three-point affairs — 34-31, 32-29 and 30-27. And some of the operational errors that plagued them in the first two games — delay of game, 12 men in the huddle, late getting offensive plays in the huddle — didn’t surface Thursday.

Here’s what we learned:

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