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Official 2017 Schedule Post

Discussion in 'Miami Dolphins Forum' started by dirtylandry, Apr 20, 2017.

  1. dirtylandry

    dirtylandry Well-Known Member

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    Well at 8:00 let's see if we get another start to an unfair schedule. My prediction is we start Sunday night at Atlanta and Week 2 at Pats, with Jets or Bills at home week 3. That would mean 3 of 4 on the road again and the bye week coming early.

    Also what will be interesting is the number of primetime games and short week games.


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  2. Unlucky 13

    Unlucky 13 Team Raheem Club Member

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    The league has been crapping on us with the schedule almost every season for about 25 years, so it wouldn't be anything new. We can hope for the best. After many, many years of forcing us to go to New England late in the year, that has at least evened out the last five seasons or so. We play a number of tough teams this season, but here's hoping that they minimize our exposure to cold weather games.
     
  3. djphinfan

    djphinfan Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    I know folks love this...
     
  4. dirtylandry

    dirtylandry Well-Known Member

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    yeah the key to me for the season are five things:
    1. Opening day. Need a fast start.
    2. How many games at home before you go to London?
    3. When is the bye? I prefer later since McDonald comes back after 8
    4. How is NE strategically placed?
    5. Is the West Coast game followed up by a short week and a Thurs night game on the road of course. Nightmare scenario is at LA and then a short week at KC on TNF
     
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  5. Fin D

    Fin D Sigh

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    Remember last year, how we played the Pats early and had 3 west coast games, 2 of which were back to back, had an early bye and we still went to the playoffs for the first time in 8 years?
     
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  6. dirtylandry

    dirtylandry Well-Known Member

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    we started 1-4
    lost three of three on the road (Seattle, Cincy and NE). It's every year. I just want to see what happens if it's the opposite, just for kicks and giggles
     
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  7. Fin D

    Fin D Sigh

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    We went 1-4 because we had a new coaching staff with new offensive and defensive schemes.
     
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  8. danmarino

    danmarino Tua is H1M! Club Member

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    I'd say that partly it was playing @ Seattle and @ NE in back-to-back games to start the season. Those are two of the toughest places to win in this league.
     
  9. Fin D

    Fin D Sigh

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    Yeah, and we just about won both. I'd say the main reason we didn't is because it was the first two games with new systems, coaches, etc.
     
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  10. dirtylandry

    dirtylandry Well-Known Member

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    let's start with two at home
     
  11. danmarino

    danmarino Tua is H1M! Club Member

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    Oh, I agree that the losses had a great deal to do with the new system, but the location, IMO, definitely had a play in those losses.
     
  12. Fin D

    Fin D Sigh

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    I'm not arguing those aren't tough places to play. I'm just saying our schedule will be what it will be and we've done just fine with "terrible schedules" before....like last year. Had our **** been together from game one last year, we'd have went 3-1 or 4-0 in those first 4. I feel like we would have went 1-3 regardless of where we started the first 4 last year.
     
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  13. dirtylandry

    dirtylandry Well-Known Member

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    should have been 0-5
     
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    Rickysabeast Royale With Cheese

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  15. Unlucky 13

    Unlucky 13 Team Raheem Club Member

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    We overcame it, which was wonderful and refreshing. But we also defied some pretty high odds in doing so. I would much rather start the year 4-2 or so and feel more comfortable that the team can keep it up. Then, if they don't, well we've all been there before too.
     
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  16. Rickysabeast

    Rickysabeast Royale With Cheese

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    Agreed. I don't want to see us need to do the impossible again. Start strong stay strong finish strong is what we need to do to be able to win further in the playoffs.
     
  17. Fin D

    Fin D Sigh

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    Again we didn't start slow because of schedule, we started slow because we were in new systems. We would have been 1-4 if we had 3 home games against the Browns last year. We had to get comfortable.
     
  18. Unlucky 13

    Unlucky 13 Team Raheem Club Member

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    I agree with your argument in many ways. However, I also do feel strongly that the way our schedule was laid out was to our disadvantage. And that happens way more often than it should, if it were up to random chance. The Fins are more dependant on the schedule than just about every other team in the league, so the order of who we play and where can have huge effects on how we do in any given year.
     
  19. khat

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    Phins @ Falcons week 6
    Bills @ Phins week 17

    According to the interwebs.
     
  20. dirtylandry

    dirtylandry Well-Known Member

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    from what I hear these are confirmed:
    sep 10 tampa at home
    Oct 1 london game
    oct 15 at atlanta
    dec 31 bills at home
     
  21. danmarino

    danmarino Tua is H1M! Club Member

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    Confirmed by whom?
     
  22. dirtylandry

    dirtylandry Well-Known Member

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    just trust me bro
     
  23. khat

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    Phins @ Bills week 15.

    Weird playing the Jills twice in three weeks.

    Leaked by a Buffalo sports writer.
     
  24. khat

    khat Active Member

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    Patriots weeks twelve and fourteen.
     
  25. Deus ex dolphin

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    About as easy a start to the season as you could hope for. Really late bye-week, but will help the team be rested for the late season playoff push. As for wins and losses, my way to early speculation is: 10-6 on a tougher schedule.

    Week 1:
    vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Sep. 10 - 1pm Win

    Week 2: @ Los Angeles Chargers - Sep. 17 - 4:05pm Win

    Week 3: @ New York Jets - Sep. 24 - 1pm Win

    Week 4: vs. New Orleans Saints (London) - Oct. 1 - 9:30am Win

    Week 5: vs. Tennessee Titans - Oct. 8 - 1pm Win

    Week 6: @ Atlanta Falcons - Oct. 15 - 1pm Loss

    Week 7: vs. New York Jets - Oct. 22 - 1pm Win

    Week 8: @ Baltimore Ravens (TNF) - Oct. 26 - 8:25pm Loss

    Week 9: vs. Oakland Raiders (SNF) - Nov. 5 - 8:30pm Win

    Week 10: @ Carolina Panthers (MNF) - Nov. 13 - 8:30pm Loss

    Week 11: BYE

    Week 12: @ New England Patriots - Nov. 26 - 1pm Loss

    Week 13: vs. Denver Broncos - Dec. 3 - 1pm Win

    Week 14: vs. New England Patriots (MNF) - Dec. 11 - 8:30pm Win

    Week 15: @ Buffalo Bills - Dec. 17 - 1pm Loss

    Week 16: @ Kansas City Chiefs - Dec. 24 - 1pm Loss

    Week 17: vs. Buffalo Bills - Dec. 31 - 1pm Win
     
  26. dirtylandry

    dirtylandry Well-Known Member

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    TJ McDonald comes back for the Pats
     
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  27. Alex13

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    isn´t the suspension 9 games ? so he would be back for the Panthers ?
     
  28. dirtylandry

    dirtylandry Well-Known Member

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    I meant back for the Pats game overall. Sorry


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  29. danmarino

    danmarino Tua is H1M! Club Member

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    I believe it's "only" 8 games, but I could be wrong.
     
  30. DolPhinPhan7

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    Tough end to the season. 2 Pats games surrounded by the Broncos and a game against the Chiefs thrown in there. The Bills to end the season is also a concern, because even when the Dolphins are good, they struggle in Buffalo.

    I love the 3 Prime time games in a row. I also really love finally getting to see a Sunday night game for the first time since they moved those games to NBC.

    I could easily see a 5-1, 4-2 start to the season. I don't think the Bucs are as good as the Dolphins.
     
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  31. Puka-head

    Puka-head My2nd Fav team:___vs Jets Club Member

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    Minimum 5 nationally televised games! Happiness! Kansas City game will be national too I think, that game will be brutal. 3 out of six to end with cold weather outdoor division games. They better start fast this year.

    Bye week before the Pasties and home on Monday night for the rematch...Landry might just be right.
     
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  32. Puka-head

    Puka-head My2nd Fav team:___vs Jets Club Member

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    That's a LOT of miles week 2-4. 3 away games in a row, west coast, up north and across the ocean. That's going to be a tough stretch for the coaches to manage all that. Hope they have somebody besides Gase and team handling all that. Trainers going to be critical during that stretch too. The rest of the year is short trips, Fluffy Hos and Pasties are the longest trips.

    Have we ever played in London as the "away" team? Or do both teams lose a home game?
     

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