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I wasn't familiar with Strong Opinion Sports, so when I saw SOS in the title, I thought Same Ole ****. Even though I am excited about what I think our new strategy and Flores will eventually bring in time, Same Ole **** is probably fitting for the results we will see this year, LOL. I am gonna go with the flow and hopefully, after a painful year this year, things will get better down the road. :-)
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I'm seeing 7-9.
- vs. Ravens - L (0-1)
- vs. Patriots - L (0-2)
- @ Cowboys - L (0-3)
- vs. Chargers - W (1-3)
- vs. Redskins - W (2-3)
- @ Bills - L (2-4)
- @ Steelers - L (2-5)
- vs. Jets - W (3-5)
- @ Colts - W (4-5)
- vs. Bills - W (5-5)
- @ Browns - L (5-6)
- vs. Eagles - L (5-7)
- @ Jets - L (5-8)
- @ Giants - W (6-8)
- vs. Bengals - W (7-8)
- @ Patriots - L (7-9)
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Man, I think a lot of people are under-appreciating just how impressive the Bills could be this year. Their defense is going to rock and that offense isn't nothing. We lucked out against them last year. They'll sweep us this year for sure.
I think we have a chance in the following games:
Chargers, Redskins, Jets (2), Colts, Giants, Bengals
I don't see us winning all 7 of those. Maybe 5 at most but it really depends on how those teams play.
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This team won't score enough points to win too many games. With the holes that still stubbornly remain on the offensive line it won't matter who the Qb is. If you can't pass block and you can't run block the skill positions just won't matter on offense.
The defense may actually be pretty decent though. AS long as we don't end up with a bunch of injuries in the secondary we should be ok.
The pass rush from the D line is a problem but the center of the line looks solid.Surfs Up 99 likes this. -
Honestly, I think I'm taking the under. I can live with that for a year as long as the light at the end of the tunnel isn't a freight train.
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Moral of the story: never bet on the Bills doing great.
Vegas btw also has Bills win total at 6.5. Dolphins are at 4.5:
https://www.sportsbook.ag/sbk/sportsbook4/nfl-betting/season-wins.sbk
Anyway, I'm hoping either everyone's wrong and we make the playoffs or we lose enough to get the #1 draft pick. I'm taking the under.Hooligan, Surfs Up 99, KeyFin and 1 other person like this. -
Still, you may end up being right this year. Who knows? The Bills defense is pretty stout though and if Josh Allen ends up developing well, the Bills would be my pick to inherit the AFC East if/when NE begins to regress.
They should be the #2 team in the division this year. If not, they will have really crapped the bed. -
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I don't think I'm going to write my usual season review this year because there's just too many variables- new coaches, new QB's, a horrible offensive line and all new schemes. I could see this team making it to the playoffs since they've worked so hard in camp. I could also see them winning 3 and completely self-destructing...we lost too much talent to really know for sure how the dominoes will fall.
Looking at the schedule, my best guess is 6 or 7 wins. I think we beat the Pats early since they don't have our playbooks yet. I think we split with the Jets. Every other game is a huge question mark but I'm expecting the defense to be improved (from being 31st overall last season) and the offense will be more consistent...despite having worse protection. Better stats over 2018 does not equal wins though; it just means we've improved where we really sucked with all our 2nd string starters before.
But does that equal 2 wins? 5? 11? I really have no clue. I see about 7 games on the schedule we could win so that's what I'm going with.Last edited: Aug 29, 2019Hooligan and Surfs Up 99 like this. -
Vegas having us at 4.5 is concerning because that's where I see us too and I normally disagree massively.
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I thought that if the OL gelled and becomes sort of adequate and one of our QBs stepped then we could steal a 9 win season.
The OL has shown no signs of stepping up. Or more accurately is performing just like the cheapest OL in football is expected to. The QBs haven’t shown that either of them is going to have a breakout year. I expect whoever our starter is to be pretty average at best.
That puts me in the 5 win camp. For me this is frustrating because i see development in pretty well all other areas of the team. -
The defense will most likely win us a few low scoring games.
We may not have a great pass rush but we didnt last season either. I think just based on scheme alone this unit should do better.
The biggest issue is the offensive line and QB position, they will need to help put up enough points to convert those low scoring games to wins.
I dont feel comfortable predicting a win total. I could legitimately see anywhere from 1 if everything falls apart to 10 if Rosen plays well and has some protection when he steps in. -
4-5 wins sounds right as long as Rosen gets those 4-5 wins.
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I think 6-7 wins, as long as we don't suffer crippling injuries. This year's Fins squad isn't going to be good no matter what. However, we do catch the break of playing what I feel is the weakest schedules in the league, with half of our games against the NFL's bottom ten teams. I think that five wins at home is very doable without even any shocking upsets.
BALTIMORE W
NEW ENGLAND L
@Dallas L
CHARGERS W
BYE
WASHINGTON W
@Buffalo L
@Pittsburgh L
JETS W
@Indianapolis L
BUFFALO W
@Cleveland L
PHILADELPHIA L
@Jets L
@Giants W
CINCINNATI W
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I think we'll have a respectable running game, special teams have been surprising. Defense will only get better. Either QB gives me more hope than Tannehill ever did. 6 or 7 wins sounds about right.
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I just can't buy in this season though and I'm 100% in show-me mode...plus it's freaking Baltimore. Their 5-11 teams have destroyed us even when we were a playoff team. I'm definitely looking forward to it though and have my fingers crossed that my skepticism is all for nothing.Surfs Up 99 likes this. -
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First game of the season is always a toss-up. Both teams are flat footed and unprepared. At home, in the Miami heat. Maybe some rain. The Dolphins could very well steal this one with a running attack.
Just a couple seasons ago we beat NE at home in the first game of the season. After that, they went on to the SB and we went fishing in the Keys. -
The Fins are actually 6-1 in the last seven home openers, dating back to 2012. And 2-0 at home in Week 1 during that span as well, despite only having one winning season during that span.
For whatever reason, the team was 0-4 in their home opener under Sparano before that.KeyFin likes this. -
Also, I found it interesting that in the 54 seasons that the Dolphins have played, they've only opened at home in Week 1 17 times. (This will be the 18th). It feels like it should be more to me because they did so nine of out eleven years from 1994-2005 when I was a young adult, compared to only four times in team history prior to that. To me, it was just totally normal.
In those seventeen games, they've failed to score at least 14 points only once. That came in the game to start the 2004 season that was pushed up to Saturday due to the impending hurricane that year, which was also right after Ricky Williams retired as well. They've failed to score at least 20 points only three other times, including the first game in team history in 1966. The team is 9-2 at home in Week 1 Sunday games since 1990. -
Also of note in Week 1. The Fins have hosted the Ravens ten times, and no team in those matchups has ever scored more than 27 points. The winning team has scored 20 or fewer four times, including the epic 9-6 Miami victory in 2003 that perfectly exemplifies the Wanny era.
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So you literally never know- that's one of the main reasons I got out of South Florida.Unlucky 13 likes this.