MIAMI GARDENS — The Miami Dolphins are a mess right now. They enter Sunday’s game at Cleveland as an interesting mixture of well-intentioned jocularity, obstinate optimism and predictable frustration.

There’s still a dark cloud hanging over the locker room due to the team’s disappointing 1-5 start, unfounded trade rumors , questions about coach Mike McDaniel’s future , and a recent blunder by quarterback Tua Tagovailoa .

But every now and then, rays of hope surface. Thursday and Friday were two of those days.

Dolphins defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver should have been accompanied to his weekly media session on Thursday by a drummer and a rimshot. At the very least Weaver needed the comedic timing to say, “Too soon?” after he delivered a good-natured jab at Tago

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