NO held Tom Brady to 0 points just last week. They held Aaron Rodgers to 3 points in Week 1. And while it's true that Demario Davis and Malcolm Jenkins were out, it's not like TEN is at full strength, either.
Every win in the current streak has been by at least a TD, and most have been by double digits. MIA has been earning their wins.
I have to agree with Spider here. New Orleans defense is no joke especially considering the Dolphins offensive line issues AND you combine that with the fact that Miami scored a defensive TD on the first series against a rookie QB with a depleted offensive line and I think it was pretty obvious that Miami had an EXTREMELY conservative offensive approach to that game....and it worked! We really shouldn't be criticizing the offense for only winning by more than 2 scores. This game was over much before the game ended. Miami has indeed been earning the wins they have, they haven't fluked into any wins this year. You play the schedule you are given and yes the schedule has been soft in the 7 game win streak, but it was very hard in the 7 game losing stretch so does it really matter? Don't teams typically do better against under .500 teams and not so well against over .500 teams? Are any of the other teams in the playoff hunt much different in that regard? Miami does ALREADY have 2 wins against over .500 teams, the Patriots and Ravens.
What people fail to realize is that beating ANYONE in the NFL is hard. Beating JAX is hard, it's not easy. Is it as hard as beating Green Bay or KC? No, but's not like they are beating some college team out there either, those are professional teams with professional players and professional coaches. Anyone can beat anyone in the NFL on any given day, we are constantly reminded of that and yet we seem to forget it constantly.
Having said all that, I think it's absolutely true that the offense needs to find it's groove for the next 2 games to give them a shot at winning. I don't think you can expect the defense to hold those teams to under 10, maybe under 20 so the offense is going to have to score unless the defense can come up with another defensive TD, but you can't rely on that. Miami is certainly capable of scoring enough points to win, whether they do or not remains to be seen. How about we let the next 2 games unfold before we claim they are not a playoff team. Maybe they are and maybe they aren't. The next 2 games will decide that and if Miami can win both they will have EARNED it.
One last thing. If Miami does win it's final 2 games, NO ONE will be wanting to play Miami in the playoffs.
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