The Dolphins are one of those teams that plays great earlier in the year before the pressure starts to rise. Then, they tend to decline.
We see this sort of thing throughout Pro sports. I have no idea why that sort of thing happens, but I cannot help but feel that it is something that the HC is responsible for. That is, there is a certain something that the HC must instill in his team's mentality that makes them able to actually play better the harder it gets.
I think McVay is one of those as evidenced by the Rams rise later in the playing year. Bellicheck was like that with the Patriots. Andy Reid, Shanahan, and a handful of others seem to be able to do that as well.
