The greatest play of the 2018 NFL season? That’s easy: last Sunday’s double-lateral Miami Dolphins razzle-dazzle comeback wazoo over the New England Patriots. It’s a play that will be remembered fondly by every Dolphins fan—except for Matt Yale, who, fearing postgame traffic, made the disastrous decision to extricate his family from the stadium minutes before the miracle touchdown.

These Dad moments can happen—the Journal’s Adam Thompson wrote memorably of his own father’s decision to peel him away from Shea Stadium with the...