What now?

[dolphins4life]

Well the Dolphins are 3-4?

Is too late to hope for a wildcard push?

I, for one, am NOT jumping off the Dan Campbell bandwagon.

[fyo]

A loss to arguably the best team in football right now shouldn't change anyone's opinion of the Dolphins. 9 games left. Plenty of chances to win big... or lose big.

[EDGECRUSHER]

I don't think we are in the playoff hunt, but as long as the O-Line stays healthy we should keep improving. I will still be happy if we dismantle Buffalo next Sunday and we should because they aren't that good and are reeling.

If we get crushed again, welcome Sean Payton.

[masterfins]

I don't think we are in the playoff hunt, but as long as the O-Line stays healthy we should keep improving. I will still be happy if we dismantle Buffalo next Sunday and we should because they aren't that good and are reeling.

If we get crushed again, welcome Sean Payton.

The Bills aren't that good, AND they aren't that bad, kind of like Miami.  Bills coming off a bye week playing at home, against Miami on it's second consecutive road game.  Bills have a good defense, they just haven't been playing together, that could all change.  It is not an easy game.  Bright spot it's supposed to get up into the 60's in upstate NY next week, hopefully it will stay warm into the weekend.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

I don't think last nights outcome means the Dolphins are out of the playoff hunt. 

While some of you may have gotten optimistic after the last two wins.  Only the most homerist of Fin fans had penciled this as a win pre-season. 

Dolphins need to beat the Bills this week to have any hope.  And unless the Steelers have a complete melt down, the Jets game is a now must win.  The Dolphins only have three more games against teams with winning records - Giants, Jets and Patriots. 

Jets is a must win. Giants aren't all that great.  And NE might be a cakewalk against three quarters of a Jimmy G led offense. 

And as bad as the score looks, the Dolphins defense did a hell of a job in the first half against a great offense. 

[Brian Fein]

I don't think last nights outcome means the Dolphins are out of the playoff hunt. 

While some of you may have gotten optimistic after the last two wins.  Only the most homerist of Fin fans had penciled this as a win pre-season. 

Dolphins need to beat the Bills this week to have any hope.  And unless the Steelers have a complete melt down, the Jets game is a now must win.  The Dolphins only have three more games against teams with winning records - Giants, Jets and Patriots. 

Jets is a must win. Giants aren't all that great.  And NE might be a cakewalk against three quarters of a Jimmy G led offense. 

And as bad as the score looks, the Dolphins defense did a hell of a job in the first half against a great offense. 

Something is wrong - I actually agree with almost all of this.

Minus the Jimmy G part. 

But even that may be reality come December.

[Dave Gray]

I don't look too much into this game.

It's the best team in the league, on the road, with a short week.

They're better than us, so I wouldn't expect to win in perfect conditions.  And while we are better than we started the season, we're not as good as those last two ass-kicking we delivered.  We leveled out.  They just beat us. 

No need to jump off the bandwagon for me, because I never jumped on it.  We still have issues.  Bigger than the loss is that we may have lost Wake.

[masterfins]

I don't think last nights outcome means the Dolphins are out of the playoff hunt. 

While some of you may have gotten optimistic after the last two wins.  Only the most homerist of Fin fans had penciled this as a win pre-season. 
 

Exactly.  However, what concerns me after last night's game are the injuries Miami players suffered.  Wake gone for the season (most likely forever) just as he was coming around, Parker possibly gone for the season (would have liked to see him at least get some experience), and James gone for

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

Next man up.  Its not like NE won last night with an intact oline.  You don't win the sb because you went injury free, you win in spite of the injuries.

[MikeO]

Next man up.  Its not like NE won last night with an intact oline.  You don't win the sb because you went injury free, you win in spite of the injuries.

Easy to say when you have a HOF coach and QB. Not 1 player on Miami's roster is going to Canton anytime soon.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

Easy to say when you have a HOF coach and QB. Not 1 player on Miami's roster is going to Canton anytime soon.

Suh could go.

[MikeO]

Suh could go.

possibly. But not am impact position like QB and not a head coach who has a bigger impact on the team.  A HOF QB can disguise a lot of teams flaws.

[dolphins4life]

I don't think last nights outcome means the Dolphins are out of the playoff hunt. 

While some of you may have gotten optimistic after the last two wins.  Only the most homerist of Fin fans had penciled this as a win pre-season. 

Dolphins need to beat the Bills this week to have any hope.  And unless the Steelers have a complete melt down, the Jets game is a now must win.  The Dolphins only have three more games against teams with winning records - Giants, Jets and Patriots. 

Jets is a must win. Giants aren't all that great.  And NE might be a cakewalk against three quarters of a Jimmy G led offense. 

And as bad as the score looks, the Dolphins defense did a hell of a job in the first half against a great offense. 

If the Patriots are undefeated, they will not be going with Jimmy G. 

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

If the Patriots are undefeated, they will not be going with Jimmy G. 

true, but if the are 14-1 or 13-2 with homefield clinched

[dolphins4life]

They will most likely be undefeated come week 17.