NFL.com has their top 10
1. Pats (dan marino's fave)
2. Pitt
3. Falcons
4.Oak
5. Dallas
6. N Y (not the Jets)
7. GB
8. KC
9. Car
10. Washington
On the cusp were Hou, Jax, Miami and Seattle.
Ok, based on their teams, I think Miami is a top 10. I actually think we can be better than KC, Car, Washington, Hou and Jax. But not better than Seattle. I believe Hou, KC and Jax have Qb issues. Either they are young, their vet incumbents are average, or their vet sucks. I do not think Washington has a good year offensively and combined with Cousins probably leaving next season, that team took a hit in the offseason. This had no basis, like yards or points, so that's debatable.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap30...ers-falcons-among-nfls-10-most-talented-teams
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I'd rank Miami somewhere between #6 and #9 on that list. I realize that I'm also being biased though by ignoring weeks 1-5 last year and only counting the last ten games of the season. I'm also assuming that Stills won't be dropping easy TD's, Landry will continue to be Landry and Parker is going to become consistent. I'm also counting on Ajayi for 80-120 per game...and I think that puts us in the top 7.
The caveat here is Tannehill- who knows if the knee is really 100%. I hope it is but either way, I think we're still a top 7 offense with Moore at the helm as well. That's why I didn't tie that into the equation.Rickysabeast likes this. -
FWIW, Bleacher Report has ranked us with the #9 RB group and #8 WR/TE group in the league. Good to be recognized by a national publication.
IMO, the Fins can be a top 10 offense. Doesn't mean that they will, but it should be no surprise if we do. If everyone is healthy, and it seems like they are, then with a year of Gase's system under their belts, and being more comfortable working together, the next steps should be there to be had.
The Final eleven games of last season, from the Steelers game onward, we averaged 25 PPG, going over 30 points five times. Take away the complete failure that was the Ravens game, and that jumps to 27 PPG once things stabalized last year. There's no reason that we can't at least pick up where we left off.
Had we averaged 27 PPG for the whole year, that would have tied Green Bay for #4 in the NFL last season. Had we done 25 PPG, that would have been #9.
Also, remember that we were DEAD LAST in the number of plays that we ran last season, and by a wide margin. Thats something thats normally the realm of really awful teams that win about 4 games, not 10 win playoff clubs. We're very likely to bounce back to at least the middle of the pack this season, and that will only help matters with everything.Redwine4all, resnor and Colmax like this. -
you nailed it. I think no matter what we have a better qb situation than two of those top 10 teams and two of the teams on the cusp. I may be out there, but I think Dak will have some sophomore issues too.Redwine4all and KeyFin like this.
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Considering it was a new offense, the team looked more dynamic than I can remember in a long time.
This is with injuries to OL, backup RB (Ajayi was backup until Foster was reinjured/retired), and Tannehill not really getting comfortable until later.
The one thing I am suspect about is this Sports Science department. I know guys get injured, but I just get this feeling like....I dunno, maybe I'm just overthinking it. I just hate it when some of our main players get injured. -
Pull out those first five games and then do what we did the rest for a full season, absolutely. Let's do that and while we're at it, maybe we can even score some in the first quarter so that some of us don't have heart attacks in the 4th quarter...mmmmmkay?