MIAMI GARDENS — For the third time in this young season, the Miami Dolphins entered a game badly needing a victory. This time it was against the Los Angeles Chargers. The Dolphins bungled the assignment, losing, 29-27 .

The Dolphins previously badly needed a victory against the New York Jets (they won) and the Carolina Panthers (they lost last week).

The future doesn’t look bright for the Dolphins (1-5) after Sunday’s last-second loss or coach Mike McDaniel, who is now 29-30 (.492), including his 0-2 playoff record, and 29-28 (.509) in the regular season.

The Dolphins visit Cleveland next week.

Here’s what we learned in Sunday’s game against the Chargers:

The home crowd

Dolphins fans were lukewarm Sunday, which is better than being hostile. There were an announced 65,592 tickets

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