# Ryan Fitzpatrick thinks Miami goes 0-17

> A former Dolphins quarterback says one loss in Vegas starts a season no NFL team has ever had.
- Title: Ryan Fitzpatrick thinks Miami goes 0-17 · Newsweek | Shortify
- Summary: A former Dolphins quarterback says one loss in Vegas starts a season no NFL team has ever had. Miami's $182 million in dead cap money is paying stars who now…
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- Source: Newsweek — https://newsweek.com/sports/nfl/former-dolphins-qb-predicts-team-will-make-embarrassing-nfl-history-12435858
- Author: Reice Shipley
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: nfl, miami dolphins, salary cap, ryan fitzpatrick, jeff hafley
## A team stripped to studs
Miami enters the season under first-year head coach Jeff Hafley with almost none of its old core. Tua Tagovailoa, Jaylen Waddle, Tyreek Hill, Bradley Chubb and Minkah Fitzpatrick all left this offseason.
## Malik Willis gets the keys
Willis arrives from Green Bay to run the offense, with an unusually green wide receiver group around him. Nobody there has done this before.
## The 0-17 call
On his podcast, Ryan Fitzpatrick said a Week 1 loss in Las Vegas would be the start of a winless year and the first 0-17 record ever.

> If the Dolphins lose to the Raiders in Vegas on Sunday, I think they are gonna go 0-17 this year.
## A record dead cap bill
Miami is carrying $182 million in dead cap, the most in league history, against a $300 million cap. Tua, Hill, Waddle, Chubb, Jalen Ramsey and Minkah Fitzpatrick are all still on the books.

> They are just all on different teams.
## Hafley already lowered the bar
The coach said his season will not be measured in wins and losses. Fitzpatrick called that a tough thing to say out loud before a snap is played.

> He had already come out and said the season is not gonna be measured in wins and losses.
## It starts Sunday in Vegas
Miami opens against the Raiders at Allegiant Stadium at 4:25 p.m. ET, the exact game Fitzpatrick built his prediction around.
## Key takeaway

Miami's $182 million in dead cap money is paying stars who now play elsewhere, and that bill, not Jeff Hafley, is what makes 0-17 thinkable.