MIAMI — Imagine how we would all be seeing the positive and defiantly doubling down on our optimism about the Miami Dolphins and this season had the game been simply a 27-15 road loss to a Cincinnati Bengals team that made the Super Bowl last season. The Dolphins stand 3-1 at roughly the NFL season’s quarter mark, against the toughest four-game gauntlet on the NFL schedule. In succession they beat Bill Belichick and Lamar Jackson and Josh Allen before falling to Joe Burrow. Offered that, any sane fan would have jumped at it. But everything changed Thursday night, as quarterback Tua Tagovailoa …
