MIAMI GARDENS — Desperate times can bring the best out of teams.

That would sound great if the Miami Dolphins weren’t already desperate last week against the lowly Cleveland Browns, only to suffer an abysmal 31-6 loss . It was a defeat of the likes that, at 1-6 and in the fourth year of a coach-general manager tandem, would call for immediate change at the top of most franchises.

Not so with the Dolphins , as owner Steve Ross wants to remain patient with coach Mike McDaniel and GM Chris Grier.

McDaniel is paying that patience forward to his quarterback, Tua Tagovailoa, keeping him in as the starter after back-to-back three-interception games .

As difficult as it may be to imagine this Dolphins team starting a midseason turnaround, that is what they aim to do, beginning Sunday af

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