MIAMI GARDENS — The locker room often tells the story, and the Dolphins’ locker room under coach Mike McDaniel has always been level-headed and upbeat. It was the same locker room situation after Monday’s 27-21 victory over the winless Jets. No one was overjoyed after the win just as few players were overly dejected after the 0-3 start.

The healthy big-picture mindset is one of the things I like about this young, talent-depleted squad. Its future is grim, but you wouldn’t have known that if you spent time in the postgame locker room Monday night.

“We gotta keep moving,” defensive tackle Zach Sieler said after the Dolphins improved to 1-3 by beating the lowly Jets. “It’s on to Carolina now.”

There was clearly a dark cloud hanging over the underachieving Dolphins that got darker after

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