I'm not sure I particularly disagree with his ranking? Of course we're going to drop places, we're about to enter a run of games where we're starting our backup quarterback. Surely it would be more worrying if our ranking had improved due to us sticking Teddy in there.

I could argue about the exact ordering of the teams, but I think he has us in roughly the right tier as things stand.

 

Ravens lose, don’t fall. Rams get smacked around, drop 5. Miami loses on the road, on a short week, without starting qb, to the defending AFC champs, and drop 7. Yeah, ok

 

The good thing about power rankings is they don't mean anything other than an opinion,at least the game is mostly decided on the field.And unfortunately the refs.

 

There's a lesson here- the power rankings mean absolutely nothing. They never have. It's a popularity contest where any of the top 10, middle 12, or the bottom 10 could be shuffled and still be fairly accurate.

The lesson here is don't pay any attention to the power rankings, LOL.

 

Power rankings dont mesn anything but we dont know when tua will come back, or if he will come back…

teddy is a backup, he is a guy that we hope he plays average enough to keep us in games… so the rankings will drop. And i dont mind having teddy on the team… hes been a solid backup for the saints and broncos.. but if we need him to start more than two games this season then we are done..

 

Nobody should be losing sleep over where a talking head sports nerd ranks their favorite football team.

 

I'd modify the power rankings by switching it to tiers. Most of the time there's not much difference between the teams in say 3rd to the team in 7th. Just group the teams and make it easier for everyone.

 

Hell I could publish an NFL power rankings based on nothing but a team’s record and it wouldn’t be much different than what’s been posted by these clowns.

Miami may have taken a blow offensively with Tua out, but let’s see how some of these unchallenged teams match up against our defense.

Miami would still be a top 10 team even without Tua

 

With the questions surrounding Tua and that injury, you think it's crazy they dropped 7 spots?

 

I'm not sure I agree with that.

You're arguing that Tua essentially brings nothing to the table?

 

My point was not that Miami dropped 7, it’s that they dropped further than the Rams who were manhandled and the Ravens, who lost and didn’t drop at all. Destroyer’s original point was that the author of this article is a Jets fan, and his inconsistencies in team movement in the rankings would appear to support that.

PS. I look at power rankings as a snapshot, so an injury would not affect the rankings. A loss to the Jets would drop the Fins, regardless of the qb.

 

That’s not what I said

 

You said they're a top 10 team without Tua. So you're arguing that the team isn't gonna skip a beat without Tua?

 

Huh? None of that post was anything to do with my feelings on the team. That being said, I don't see a top 10 team, do you? The defense is far too inconsistent, the oline has issues, and now we have Bridgewater?

I'm sorry you feel I've become bitter. I will tell you, the past 15 years or so have really worn on me, to the point that I don't really care when they lose, because they have lost so much. So, I had concerns when they drafted Tua, and those first two years were really depressing for me as a fan, especially after coming off the years of my defending Tannehill, only to realize that we again seemed to have drafted a flawed QB way too high. I was PSYCHED this season that we were 3-0, and Tua had finally started to win me over, then the Thursday night. It's been a rough few years as a Dolphin fan, man.

 

More like decades, amigo.

 

Losing your starting quarterback can cause a team who, depending on which ratings you look at to slip from 3 to 10.

We would still be a top 10 team. And despite your contempt for the defense, which can be frustrating giving up the yardage that they do, has still held the highest scoring offenses in check, with the exception of the Baltimore game.

 

You like to use emotionally charged words, like "contempt." I do not have "contempt" for the defense. I said they need to be more consistent.

Using stats from the first 3 weeks of the season is a little weak, wouldn't you agree?

 

Sure. But it's the first 3 weeks of the season. Offenses and defenses are just getting going. The leader after three weeks almost certainly will change by the end of the season.

 

Philipps and Ogbah have been a disappointment thus far.

 

Maybe you should scroll back up to see who used the word “contempt” towards you…the have a slice of humble pie and apologize to me.

 

I quoted and responded to YOUR post. You yourself said that I had "contempt" for the defense.

 

There are like 10-12 franchises in the nfl that are automatically WRONG in many situations on or off field in the football. We are one of them. Every one takes a free shot. Dont sweat it. Winning will change vibes. Especially if ross becomes absentee

 

It seems like we became a target upon the creation of ESPN, (possibly) led by Berman and Co.

 

Still calling them a top 10 team?

 

Bottom 20 is how I see it.

 

Yup

 

Looks like we are the same old Dolphins. Defence can't tackle and give up big plays at the most inopportune time and the OL is constructed of turnstiles. Paper thin depth that is really hurting us.

 

I just keep wondering, how is it that we've had the same problems continually for like 20+ years?

It's completely mind blowing.

 

Bad ownership.

 

ESPN.com is showing the love, though:

6. Miami Dolphins (6-3)

Tyreek Hill

Hill leads the NFL in receiving yards, receptions and targets. He is on pace for 2,088 yards this season, which would be not only a new NFL record but the first time any wide receiver has cracked the 2,000 receiving yards mark. His impact on the field is palpable, and his teammates rave about his leadership in the locker room. Nothing we've seen through nine weeks suggests that the fastest player in the NFL is slowing down anytime soon. -- Marcel Louis-Jacques

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/34933425/nfl-week-10-power-rankings-2022-1-32-poll-early-mvp#MIA

 

He may not have moved us but at least he's noticing things.

"Had Tua not missed time, this offense would likely be on a historic pace."

That's a pretty big statement.