The Miami Dolphins fell to 2-4 with a 16-10 loss to the Indianapolis Colts that was full of miscues and blown opportunities. That’s why defensive lineman Zach Sieler is still feeling confident that the Dolphins can straighten things out in time to salvage their 2024 season.
“We need to get a stop, reload it, get it right, and stop those little mental errors,” Sieler told reporters Sunday after the loss. “We have a great team. I know we have a great team. We can beat these guys. We can beat any team in the NFL. It’s just a matter of doing the little things right and focusing on those things.”
The mistakes on Sunday including two back-breaking fumbles from Raheem Mostert and Alec Ingold that, respectively, gave the Colts prime field position for their only touchdown of the day and killed a red zone opportunity for Miami. The Dolphins also picked up twice as much penalty yardage as the Colts.
Sieler, 29, recovered a fumble in the loss and played a key role in the Dolphins keeping the Indianapolis offense in check. So he’s feeling confident that once the Miami offense gets its issues straightened out, the Dolphins will be right back in the playoff mix.
“There’s no doubt that Tua [Tagovailoa] is our best quarterback and the energy that we’re going to get from him back is going to be incredible,” Sieler said.
“There is enough time to come back. It’s a long season. Everyone is counting things out. It doesn’t matter. We’re 2-4. There is a lot that could happen. There is a lot of ball left to play.”
It’ll be an uphill climb to get back in contention in the AFC East, though. The Buffalo Bills improved to 5-2 on Sunday, giving them a commanding early lead in the division with no other team at three wins yet. But it wouldn’t take many wins for Miami to climb back into the wild card mix.
Up first, is a Week 8 matchup at home against the Arizona Cardinals before a Week 9 divisional game against the Bills.
