Super Bowl Sunday Assorted Thoughts The Miami Dolphins were shut out at NFL Honors, but who among their candidates had the best case? Author: Feb 7, 2021 On this day when the NFL will crown its champion for the 2020 season, we tackled a variety of Dolphins-related topics. We'll start with a final look back at NFL Honors, which provided a lot of disappointment for Dolphins fans and not surprisingly a lot of bitterness. Such is the nature of award shows, in sports or the arts, that there's always a lot of second-guessing at the winners. For Dolphins fans, the biggest gripe seemed to be Xavien Howard finishing a distant third in the voting for NFL Defensive Player of the Year.