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The Miami Dolphins are used to being the subject of memes. But this time, it’s a rare case of the internet directing all of its virality toward the Phins, in a good way.
Unless you’re a parent who can’t escape the “6-7” trend, that is. In that case, Miami improving its record to 6–7 is your Vietnam.
The Dolphins didn’t merely beat the New York Jets on Sunday. They ran through them. Miami piled up 239 rushing yards in a 34–10 road win, powered by the Phins trio of running backs, Jaylen Wright, Ollie Gordon, and De’Von Achane, all finding the end zone.
Miami has won five of its last six after a brutal 1–6 start, quietly dragging itself out of the grave and into the playoff conversation.
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But while the on-field dominance was impressive, it wasn’t what set the internet on fire.
Tell Me, Mr. Sports Columnist: What Does ‘6-7’ Mean?
We all knew it would come to this — me, a middle-aged sports writer, explaining to other people on the internet trending memes. It’s inescapable, so we might as well create a safe space for you to learn what needs to be known without the shame of Googling it on Incognito mode.
Nutshell version: The “6-7” meme is a viral Gen Alpha inside joke that took off after rapper Skrilla repeated the phrase in his 2024 drill track “Doot Doot (6 7).” The numbers became a cultural phenomenon — don’t ask us how — and caught fire via basketball edits of LaMelo Ball (who is 6-foot-7), high school phenom Taylen “TK” Kinney shouting it in interviews, and the now-iconic “67 Kid” yelling it courtside in a clip that exploded online.
The meme spread. Everywhere. TikTok, NBA, and NFL players’ celebrations, fast-food promotions, a South Park episode. Eventually, “67” earned Dictionary.com’s 2025 Word of the Year designation.
So when Miami’s record flipped to 6–7, fans treated it like a cosmic event. The Dolphins had achieved meme destiny, and social media celebrated accordingly.
The Internet Reacts
Music performer SoLo D and his sons were in on the trend before it even happened, dropping an entire song about the possibility prior to the game.
Barstool Sports’ Nicky Smokes, a notorious Dolphins fan, got in on the 6-7 action, posting a clip in which it clearly pained him to play out the meme that was on everyone’s mind.
Creator and host of the Fins Talk Sports Network, @BobbyFinsTalk, let his son play out the meme that surely consumes the kid’s life at school.
User @next_Jen on X (née Twitter) dropped a GIF of the South Park clip embedded above.
Obviously — because we live in a lawless society where computer-generated effluence is indistinguishable from reality — someone had to involve AI in the, um, fun? Thanks, @DeanIsenberg.
And finally, @InchesNFL put things perfectly on X: We’re just trying to celebrate a Phins win together. At this point, whatever that looks like, we’ll accept.
Jokes and memes aside, it’s hard to ignore: The Dolphins have fought their way back into a place where, at the very least, years from now the record books will not convey the magnitude of the mess that began the 2025–26 season.
With matchups remaining against the Cincinnati Bengals, Pittsburgh Steelers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and New England Patriots, however, it appears said record book will simply reflect the typical run-of-the-mill sub-.500 Miami Dolphins season.
Unless a miracle happens — and we have seen stranger things occur.
