The World's Most Optimistic Miami Dolphins Fan Just Called into the Rich Eisen Show

Harry from Georgia called in to play the win-loss game for the Miami Dolphins, and the show found out two things fast: he is 14 years old, and he is the most optimistic Dolphins fan alive. He had called the year before too, so the table knew what was coming, and Harry did not disappoint.

He marched through the schedule like a kid who has never met a loss he believed in. The opener in Las Vegas against the Raiders, a team beloved by O'Shea Jackson Jr.'s father, was a win. A trip to San Francisco was the rare concession, a loss, but from there Harry got rolling. He beat the Chiefs at home, because he hates the Chiefs, then knocked off the Vikings, a team his own brother roots for, and edged the Bengals to sit at four-and-one.

The disrespect was glorious and evenly distributed. Rich's Jets were buns, Harry declared, so that was a win. Chris Brockman's Patriots fell too, both times they met. He sprinkled in losses to the Lions, the Bills in the November cold, and the Bears, the last of which he explained perfectly: the Dolphins would be up 20 at halftime before Caleb Williams broke their hearts in the end.

The grand finale told the whole story. Asked to close out the year against Buffalo, Harry was not confident enough at first, so the show demanded he say it with his chest. He obliged, predicting the Dolphins would beat the Bills 72 to 0. Then he capped it by beating the Patriots one more time to finish with a record that would make any Miami fan weep with joy.

The reality check came gently. The Dolphins win total in Vegas, Rich pointed out, is four and a half. Harry, apparently, knows something Vegas does not. Someone wondered aloud whether the kid realizes Dan Marino no longer plays quarterback in Miami. It did not matter. By the end, even the room had come around. Harry, Jackson conceded, had made him a believer.