. . . Are ALLL must win if we hope to make the playoffs.
Lions,
Bears,
Oranges,
Texans.
This defence has been having to carry this team even with their stats not being so great. Last night they finally strung together some turnovers but their injury problems have been pretty severe. They got almost no pass rush most of the game and were saved by punching bag Noah Iggy at the end of the game.
They're keeping the Phins in every game with the struggles at QB continuing.
The Offence better figure it out next month. They play some of the worst QBs in the league. There's no expectation any of these teams can score more than 20 points against this Dolphins team if they aren't giving the ball up.
After this stretch they play the Niners, Chargers and Packers as well as their remaining three Division games.
3-3 in that final stretch would be considered a good result. The Packers don't look great right now, but that game will likely be freezing on Christmas Day.
So this team could still finish with 11 or 12 wins if they just play to expectation. The offence has to figure things out however.
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I feel like he will turn this around quickly since that's always been the best part of his game.Pauly and jdallen1222 like this. -
Yesterday was a must win, and the next four all are as well. Absolutely agree. And not lose anyone else important to a major injury. Beat four teams that the Fins should absolutely be better than, and we get to 8-3. And at that point, we should have a really good shot at holding the #5 seed in the AFC, which is vital, because that would mean that we get to go on the road to face the AFC South champion in the first round instead of whoever wins the North, Buffalo or KC.
Get to 8-3 and stay healthy-ish, and then we can almost certainly get into the playoffs by going 3-3 over the last six, and maybe even 2-4. -
The next 4 opponents on the schedule are noticeably bad… this is true.
But I’m not sure what you are seeing from the Packers, 49ers, Chargers, Jets or Patriots that makes you think they are particularly good?
Competitive ? Sure. But If we play well and execute in those games we will likely win.
At Buffalo is a different story.KeyFin likes this. -
Just like the stock market - present performance is no guarantee of future results. We fans are slow to learn this, and we constantly make projections based on snapshot information. Jets looked terrible to start the season. Look at them now. Miami was near the top of the power rankings going into week 4. Key injuries and a 3 game slide. Things change so much from week to week, I could see these next 4 teams playing competitive and stealing a couple wins. I could see the rest of the schedule that looks tough now being easier than we thought.
I'm not saying it's wrong to make projections, that's half the fun. It just seems like we're often so wrong about them, and the rapidly evolving state of every NFL team mixed with parity, any given Sunday and all that jazz is the reason why.resnor, Springveldt, Hooligan and 2 others like this. -
Teams that demand respect and especially on the road…. you wouldn’t feel good about your chances.
This year there are 3 good teams.(Bills, Chiefs and Eagles)
Teams that were supposed to be good (Bucs, Rams, GB, LAC and Broncos) look awful.
And teams that are actually winning like the Jets, Giants and Vikings are feared by nobody.
I could see the Bengals joining the ranks as a good team eventually this season… but tough to make a case for anyone else.resnor likes this. -
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We can look back at the Bengals game as a Scheduled L, even so Bridgewater had us in position to take the lead in the fourth before throwing an INT.
The Jets game was tough because Bridgewater was taken out on the first drive and we had to put in a rookie. Even so Sanders had a FG to take the lead in the fourth, the game collapsed after missing that kick.
The Vikings game was another game where we had something going, Cousins couldn't move the ball early in the game, Thompson looked decent and AGIN!!! QB injury and a QB had to be put in who wasn't QB1 during practice.
I would suggest last nights game was most troubling because Tua and the Offence was so dominant early and suddenly it stopped. They couldn't even get a First down to kill the clock after the Jevon Holland INT.
So I can think of the 3 Ls as aberrations to what this team should be. But these next four games will make us know for sure. -
I’m not worried so much about the offense imho. Tua was pretty good first half. He hasn’t played in a while and maybe he got some jitters I dunno. It we were running the ball pretty damn well.
Im more worried about the lack of a defense. We constantly give up big yardages on short passes. We can’t generate any real pressure on the opposing qb’s and we seem to need an ER room for our secondary every week.
The game against the Steelers should have never come down to having to have a Miracle play to win. We were going to lose that game without that one awsomen play and you all felt it coming don’t lie!
also McDaniel has to learn a little more about when to be a gambler. He 100% should have taken the 3 points instead of going for 3-4 yards at that point in the game.
we’re going to experience some ups and downs but I think we can win 3 out of the next 4 but I’m starting to think we are going to miss out on the playoffs by 1-2 games.dolphin25 likes this. -
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I think that no matter what happens, we aren't going to go into Buffalo, KC, CIN, or Baltimore in the WC round and win unless the other team is really beaten up. It just is what it is. It doesn't matter if we're the third best team on paper in the AFC or the 7th best, or if we could win the game if it were played at home. Unfortunately, WC teams don't get home playoff games anymore, and we're in the same division as the Bills.
So we just need to bank as many wins as possible while the schedule is light, and try our best to earn that 5 seed so that we get to play the AFC South champ. Right now, that's the end game IMO. It would be in our favor for the Bengals to win the North because we don't own the tiebreaker against them, but we do vs the Ravens.
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But I agree that we already have a hard time getting in the Playoffs as we probably won't win the division and the wildcard will probably be very close -
We need warm weather or an indoor stadium. It's just reality. A 14-3 Dolphins wild card team would likely lose to a 10-7 cold weather division champion.resnor likes this. -
Saying the Dolphins "can't" win in cold weather is too strong a statement. It's unlikely yes, but if we make the playoffs as a WC there is some small non-zero chance we win the SB. If the 2007 Giants who were 14th and 17th in points scored/allowed can win the SB playing on the road 4 times then any WC team has some small non-zero chance of winning the SB. -
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Back when the season was 14 games long, the conference championships were around Christmas. Even after they switched the 16 games, the regular season ended in mid December the last time that the Fins made the Super Bowl in 84, and the AFC CG was played on January 6.
Now, the regular season ends January 8, and the AFC CG is at the end of January. That's a huge difference when you're talking about going to places like Buffalo, Boston, Pittsburgh, Denver, etc. It even makes areas like Nashville a lot colder. In Buffalo, its often about 50 degrees in mid December, but more than 20 degrees colder a month later.
So if the Fins can't win their own division, we probably need to make the playoffs in years where the other good teams in the AFC are in warmer climates or indoors. The odds are much, much better of winning on the road then. -
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5-14 @ Buffalo in December and January, since the advent of the 16-game schedule. Most of the wins in years where the Bills won 5 or fewer games and Miami had a winning team.
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The new generation is already taking over. Mahomes is the one guaranteed elite, Allen is pushing for it (needs consistency over many seasons). We'll see about Watson's ability to continue elite play when he comes back. And despite Burrow starting off with a 4 INT game this season he is once again playing at elite levels with an overall 102.7 rating so far (#5 ranking wise and probably going higher).
Jets I think aren't that strong. They just started off well. NE post-Brady is an average team.resnor likes this. -
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You guys not putting Allen as a clear top 3 QB (at worst) in this league are nuts. The only guy I would consider above him is Mahomes and even that changes per game. Sucks that we went from Brady to him but that's life. He's phenomenal.
The one who has the most to prove (along with Tua) is Herbert. People crowned him an elite QB already but dude has not reached that Mahomes level. The physical gifts are obvious and immense, but he needs to start leading them to the playoffs and stop making those 4th quarter INTs.
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