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Week 3; Buffalo @ Miami (25/09/‘22 - 1PM ET)

Discussion in 'Miami Dolphins Forum' started by Pennington's Limp Arm, Sep 24, 2022.

  1. dolphin25

    dolphin25 Well-Known Member

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    IF Dolphins play same defense against the Bengals I think they will be OK. I watched Bengals games and they handle 4 man rush pretty well.
     
  2. Pennington's Limp Arm

    Pennington's Limp Arm Well-Known Member

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    ‘Old talking heads like Rex Ryan will rely on old school game metrics. And fail to comprehend ‘how’ Miami won.

    ‘Buffalo dominated the game’ narrative;.
    -90 plays to 39
    -Enormous time of possession gap
    -250+ more yards of total offense.

    The real sharps know that offensive efficiency metrics are the most accurate way to assess the modern NFL game.

    Yards per offensive play;
    Miami - 5.43
    Jills - 5.52

    Yards Per attempt;
    Tua - 10.3
    Allen - 6.3

    Based on efficiency… Of course this game was close and decided by a few key plays/moments.

    **Example of actual domination last week**
    Eagles; 5.9Yards per play
    Wash; 3.2Yards per play.
    (Wash won the irrelevant time of possession!)
     
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  3. Phil Hutchings

    Phil Hutchings Well-Known Member

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    That’s a brilliant statistic.
     
  4. Phil Hutchings

    Phil Hutchings Well-Known Member

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  5. The_Dark_Knight

    The_Dark_Knight Defender of the Truth

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    Someone needs to explain to me HOW you beat a team...and you still trail them in the "power rankings".

    Buffalo lost...bottom line. The Dolphins proved they are the better TEAM. Throw stats out of the window. The only stat that ultimately counts in the end is the scoreboard.
     
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  6. cbrad

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    Power rankings are just some opinions by whoever came up with them. They're not stats. Not sure why anyone cares about them anyway.

    As you say we're 3-0. That's all that counts.
     
  7. OwesOwn614

    OwesOwn614 Well-Known Member

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  8. texanphinatic

    texanphinatic Senior Member

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    It's a conversation piece to draw clicks (internet) or eyeballs (TV). The Bills are likely still rated ahead of us by many popular rankers because they entered the season as #1 and a Super Bowl favorite. Then they trashed the defending Super Bowl champs and then the #1 AFC seed in back to back.

    Likely, we will be ranked highly, but they will use phrases like needing a few more games to make sure we are really legit and not just a flukey start, plus they will echo the popular Bills Mafia sentiments of injuries and heat as valid excuses to lose.

    On some levels, it's fine to not just put a winning head to head team ahead because when a clearly lesser team makes a big upset, it can just start some wild stuff, or you get things like team A beats B, B beats C and C beats A. If it gives us a chip though and lets them write this off and be complacent later in the season I'm down.
     
  9. danmarino

    danmarino Tua is H1M! Club Member

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    In your App Store download the “Dofu” app. Works great for all out of network games…and yes, it’s legal. (I’m not sure how though).
     
  10. Wilkimania

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    On the Power Ranking discussion I think they go with the Bills because they lost by 2 points on the road to us and would have probably won if they'd had enough time to spike the ball. If you go by the logic that Home field advantage is worth 3 points then on a neutral field they would have beaten us and therefore they stay above us on the power rankings.

    Plus their 8,000 injuries and the sun beating down at 2000 degrees.
     
  11. DolPhinPhan7

    DolPhinPhan7 Well-Known Member

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    I don't mind the Bills still being ranked ahead.

    Their first two games were blowouts to the defend SB Champ and the #1 Seed in the AFC last year.
     
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  12. OwesOwn614

    OwesOwn614 Well-Known Member

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    Florio is a bum. Look at how they put "every indication" in quotations to cast doubts on the situation and the conclusion:
     
  13. OwesOwn614

    OwesOwn614 Well-Known Member

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  14. Serpico Jones

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    Mike Florio is the Perez Hilton of the NFL.
     

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