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I think I agree with you Gardenhead At least for the optimism that it's possible.

 

Wow....New England is actually 5-2?

Of course, you talk about an absolute CUPCAKE opening of the season... Couldnt have hand-picked an easier opening...and that's pretty interesting considering they were in the SB last year.

 

yeah aren't schedules supposed to be based on the previous regular seasons schedule and wins?

 

Yes a victory over Denver, if we can follow it up by winning the very winnable home games against Seattlle and the Raiders, would put us in the hunt. The losses by Jacksonville, and San Diego today, definitely open up wild-card options. If Tennesse can defeat the Colts, that would put a 3rd team that looked like a no-brainer playoff team to have a 4th loss at this point. The one loss that could hurt us in a wild-card situatin would be the Baltimore one.

 

And suspensions on obviously outspokenly dirty plays *cough* Vince Wilfork *cough* and dealing with absolute scandulous cheating by well.....teaching a team a lesson.



Oh yeah, I forgot who we were talking about for a second.

 

I am not going to make any more predictions of individual games.

So far this season, Im 0-7 at predictions. Seriously. And I bet Im not the only one. So whatever I say, the opposite happens.

So we WILL NOT make the playoffs.

 

As bad as a want to think playoffs right now i just dont think we can untill we're AT LEAST .500 or over. We'll see though, we're not out for sure so we'll see.

 

I lossed a lot of enthusiasm after the texan game, this win game makes me kinda of feel that they learned their lesson,my optimism will be back if we go beat the bronco's and then be able to come home for meaningful games

 

it has been posted elsewhere around here but this season is a rollercoaster ride. more in the negative but the positives have been so huge and in such a gigantic fashion that it's hard not to get all giddy and stupid when we come away with the Ws we've come away with.

 

Being 2-1 against our division rivals is only going to help us..

 

sucked how the pats and jets scraped by with wins late in their games against lesser opponents.

 

Current AFC standings as per NFL.com

AFC Team Div W L T Pct PF PA Net Pts TD Home
1. Tennessee Titans ACS 6 0 0 1.000 149 66 83 17
2. Buffalo Bills ACE 5 2 0 .714 165 143 22 17 3-0 2-2 0-1
3. Pittsburgh Steelers ACN 5 2 0 .714 155 110 45 18 2-1
4. New England Patriots ACE 5 2 0 .714 153 132 21 15 3-1
5. Baltimore Ravens ACN 4 3 0 .571 134 110 24 15 3-1 1-2
6. New York Jets ACE 4 3 0 .571 182 170 12 23 3-1 1-2
7. Denver Broncos ACW 4 3 0 .571 173 195 -22 19 3-1 1-2
8. Indianapolis Colts ACS 3 3 0 .500 128 131 -3 16 1-2
9. Cleveland Browns ACN 3 4 0 .429 115 123 -8 11 1-2
10. Miami Dolphins ACE 3 4 0 .429 145 146 -1 17 2-2 1-2
11. Houston Texans ACS 3 4 0 .429 175 185 -10 21 3-1 0-3
12. Jacksonville Jaguars ACS 3 4 0 .429 141 151 -10 15 1-1
13. San Diego Chargers ACW 3 5 0 .375 224 199 25 25 2-1
14. Oakland Raiders ACW 2 5 0 .286 107 177 -70 9 1-2 1-3
15. Kansas City Chiefs ACW 1 6 0 .143 99 193 -94 11 1-2
16. Cincinnati Bengals ACN 0 8 0 .000 104 217 -113 10 0-3

 

I'm sorry, but Jim Mora keeps coming to mind, the thinking of playoffs is so far away in my mind, the only thing I'm thinking about is the Bronco's right now.

 

You know what it is, we were so bad last year, and I'm so giddy right now with 3 wins, I just don't want to get ahead of myself. I know we are a young team and can beat anyone, but also lose to anyone.

We are building a great winning foundation, but again, we have the cart, but I don't know if we have the horses yet for playoffs.

 

I love this analogy and is true in my opinion. The foundation we have looks spectacular but there are a few pieces to the puzzle that either A) aren't showing up or B) we don't have. Ginn stepping up was huge for me. 7/175? And I don't think he gets that TD even if he continues running at full speed instead of trying to juke his guy. I'm a supporter of his. J.Allen got his chance and seemed to say "Hello, I'm here and making the most of my chances" with 6 tackles and 1 pass defensed.

 

Heck, after being 1-15, being 3-4 is a great feeling... Knowing that we're going in the right direction is an even better feeling!

 

I think there have only been 5 teams to ever make the playoffs after starting the season 3-4. Of those teams only one won a game once they reached the playoffs.

 

Let's try and make it 6.

 

To start this season I had a simple way of looking at our team. If our team is showing signs of improvement I will be happy. That may be an over simplified way of looking at it, but as bad as this team was last year and as many bad things that had happened to the Dolphins it seemed the only way for me to look at it.

Sure it would be great to make the playoffs or even win the division but for right now I will appreciate the little things and remember how bad things had become. It wasn't so long ago that the Dolphins were a disaster hoping for FEMA funds and now we see daylight where once there were only black clouds but thats JMO.

 

looking ahead, our schedule does get easier... we have upcoming games with:
KC, 49ers, Oakland, Seattle, Rams....

though anything can happen any week... thats 5 of our remaining 9 games... not bad...

 

PLAYOFFS!? Don't talk about the PLAYOFFS! PLAYOFFS?!

 

I think the playoff talk is very premature. But it's nice that it's a possibility. I'm just thrilled that we're playing competitive football and beating good teams. If we can start beating the teams we should beat as well, then we can start seriously talking about the playoffs. We'll know how far a stretch the playoff talk is after the next 3 games.

 

All I can say is that it sure is nice to be able to talk about sniffing the playoffs after last year. And I personally think there is chance especially if we can beat all the teams mentioned in the post above mine and can win a couple of the other 4 not mentioned.

 

The light switch went on for the Seahawks yesterday, they are not as bad as their record, The Rams are playing some of the best football in the league the past few weeks, and they have the WR's to kill our secondary.

I really would not count any of these games as should win.

 

very well said.

 

Nope they are still bad just not as bad as San Francisco. The Rams game does look tougher then it did a few weeks ago.

 

Well...lets start beating some of the teams we should beat and then we can talk playoffs...we're going to have our ups and downs...I thought everyone figured that out the last two weeks...a 6-10 season is still progress given the talent level on this team...

 

Long and short of it is that it is way to early for our team to be talking about playoffs. I want to talk about how our defense is going to stop the Broncos offense.

I don't know what the over under is on this game but I am guessing over right about now....

 

People also need to keep in mind that playing AT St. Louis and AT Kansas City will hurt because it's damn cold there in those winter months. It's going to be extremely cold in late December when we go to Kansas City.

 

They (KC) still suck....

I think the Rams game is going to be a very tough one....

 

The Phins, going back to Shula's days have always played down to the competition. Granted, there hasn't been competition lower than us the last couple years, but we have a history of pulling that sort of stunt.

 

That said, Denver is one of those teams whose number we have historically had, and they know it.

 

That and if Hassellback is gone, 'Hot and Cold' Seneca Wallace will be starting...

 

My prediction before the season was that we would be in the playoff hunt. I didn't think we'd make it but we would at least be relevant again. The only thing that has changed is that Buffalo is better than I expected and many teams are worse than I expected. I don't think any team in the AFCE will win more than 11 games. I think 10 is more probable for the division winner. I think we'll win 7 or 8. I doubt that 8 would get us in but the AFC is so bad I can't say it's impossible. And if we get a lucky bounce or two and win 9 that might be enough, but we'll need to continue to improve and have some of that aforementioned luck.

 

Tie-breaker wise yes, but I had that game as a toss up.

The one that hurts is the one we should've won ...flat-out which was Houston.

I had us problably losing to Denver so I figure we can make up for the Houston loss by beating Denver and being 4-4 as I had hoped.

After that we MUST beat the teams we know we can beat and try and grab a win from the tougher games (at Buff and at Jets). Seattle, SF, Oakland, NE (Yes again), St. Louis and KC. Thats 6-2 at best = 10-6...

I ate my crow after the Baltimore game saying my original 10-6 prediction was a bad one (and I still think it is). If this team beats the teams it can beat, then in a perfect world, yes we'd be 9-7 or 10-6 end of season. But you never know...ie. Houston.

 

I want to make the playoffs no doubt, but I think we should go one game at a time.We got a tough road ahead of us.

Go Dolphins!!!!