Eye-Popping Stats Reveal Just How Historically Terrible the 2019 Dolphins Truly Are

As every football fan knows, the Miami Dolphins are having an absolutely dreadful start to their 2019 campaign. That will happen when you trade away three of your star talents in the span of the past month, after all.

Through their first three weeks, the Dolphins have had their doors blown off by the Baltimore Ravens, New England Patriots, and Dallas Cowboys. While anyone who watches their games know they're a bad team, we have confirmation that they are, indeed, historically bad.

According to Aaron Schatz of Football Outsiders, the Dolphins have the fifth-worst offense and defense as tracked by Defense-adjusted Value Over Average (DVOA) -- a stat that tracks the composite value of every play a team runs compared to the league average -- through the first three weeks of the season.

Obviously, that's not the side of history the Dolphins want to be on.

This season, Miami's offense has averaged 222.3 yards per game (31st in the league), while their defense has surrendered an average of 499.6 yards per game (dead-last). Oh, and they've had just one touchdown scored on the year, while giving up 16 touchdowns to their opponents.

The statistics shouldn't be a surprise considering the team is in a total tear-down. They're surely jus looking to add more draft capital. So far, Miami has five first-round picks in the next two years, thanks in part to trading away Laremy Tunsil, Kenny Stills, and Minkah Fitzpatrick.

In order to rebuild, you have to go through some massive growing pains, and the Miami Dolphins are doing that right now. Boy, are they ever.