Coming into their Week 9 game against the Jets, the Dolphins were a historically bad franchise. They ranked second-to-last in total offense with 1,782 yards. They ranked second-to-last in yards per play at 4.3. They had allowed 6.5 yards per play on defense; only the Bengals have been worse. They had the worst total DVOA and the worst defensive DVOA in the history of Football Outsiders’ opponent-adjusted metrics, which dates to the 1986 season. They were averaging 11 points per game and allowing 34.

And with all that, the Jets made that same Miami squad look like a borderline playoff team on Sunday. In the Dolphins’ 26-18 win, their first of the season, the Jets allowed Ryan Fitzpatrick to throw for 288 yards with three touchdown passes and a 118.8 passer rating. Adam Gase’s team had 10 penalties. Jets quarterback Sam Darnold threw a blisteringly horrible interception, and let a snap sail over his head for a safety.

Once again, the Jets looked like the most unprepared team in football, both on offense and defense.

And really, when you think about it, this wasn’t much of an upset. Remember the Dolphins’ offensive totals where they were the NFL’s second worst in total yards and yards per play? Well, guess who was worse? Yep — those same Jets run by Gase, that noted offensive genius. Admittedly, these numbers are affected by Darnold’s bout with mononucleosis and the necessity of starting Luke Falk twice, but this is a team that had just 1,467 yards and 3.8 yards per play coming into this embarrassing loss.

The myth of the Dolphins “tanking” is just that. Woefully undermanned at most positions by epic front-office failures, the team itself, led by head coach Brian Flores, seems to be giving its all in the face of a hopeless season. That’s a testament to Flores’ ability to keep his players engaged and his players’ willingness to stay on point.

As for Gase, there’s no reason to continue this charade. Darnold has regressed mightily, the run game is a disaster, and the Jets’ offensive line is probably the worst-prepared in the league on a week-to-week basis. Whatever credibility Gase brought to this job as an elevated offensive play-designer and play-caller should be thrown out the window, and Gase’s job along with it.

Touchdown Wire editor Doug Farrar has also covered football for Yahoo! Sports, Sports Illustrated, Bleacher Report, the Washington Post, and Football Outsiders. His first book, “The Genius of Desperation,” a schematic history of professional football, was published by Triumph Books in 2018 and won the Professional Football Researchers Association’s Nelson Ross Award for “Outstanding recent achievement in pro football research and historiography.”