Playoff thread

[fyo]

^ We don't *need* to win against LV, but as I said in my walk-through above, it was (and is) the most important game remaining. A Ravens loss tonight would be nice, but really, the Dolphins still control their own destiny! Seriously, it's mid-December and we're playing meaningful football!

How great is that?!

[Pappy13]

After watching the Bills demolish the Steelers last night, Miami has to win against New England and Las Vegas to have a decent chance at the playoffs. Wishing for Miami to win that last game against Buffalo is going to be harder then it was winning against KC.

[Tenshot13]

After watching the Bills demolish the Steelers last night, Miami has to win against New England and Las Vegas to have a decent chance at the playoffs. Wishing for Miami to win that last game against Buffalo is going to be harder then it was winning against KC.

No way, the Steelers are kind of frauds that had an easy schedule.  KC would destroy the Steelers, and the Dolphins hung with KC.  I think with a full strength defense against Buffalo, we stand a pretty good chance.

[EDGECRUSHER]

No way, the Steelers are kind of frauds that had an easy schedule.  KC would destroy the Steelers, and the Dolphins hung with KC.  I think with a full strength defense against Buffalo, we stand a pretty good chance.

Agreed, Steelers were perhaps the worst 11-0 team in history. Far from being a bad team but they are not a juggernaut.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

Agreed, Steelers were perhaps the worst 11-0 team in history. Far from being a bad team but they are not a juggernaut.

Arguably the weakest 11-0 team in history would be the 72 Dolphins, the only team in the super bowl era to play an entire regular season without facing a single playoff bound team. 

[Tenshot13]

Arguably the weakest 11-0 team in history would be the 72 Dolphins, the only team in the super bowl era to play an entire regular season without facing a single playoff bound team. 

Quiet your blasphemous mouth troll

[hordman]

Quiet your blasphemous mouth troll

Did you expect anything less from Hoodie?

[Tenshot13]

Did you expect anything less from Hoodie?

I'm still wondering when people will wise up that he's not here for the betterment of the board lol.

[hordman]

I'm still wondering when people will wise up that he's not here for the betterment of the board lol.

More like to rub salt in the wounds. 

[dolphins4life]

Their hopes just took a huge hit with the Ravens victory  

It's between them and the Ravens for the last spot, and the Ravens have a very easy schedule.

The Dolphins need to win out now

If they do win out, they make the playoffs.

BTW, apart from last year Miami has been in playoff contention the previous three years. 

[fyo]

Their hopes just took a huge hit with the Ravens victory 

It's between them and the Ravens for the last spot, and the Ravens have a very easy schedule.

The Dolphins need to win out now

I could easily see the Browns lose to the Giants and Steelers, leaving them with 10 wins. That would leave them 7-5 in the AFC, same as a 10-win Dolphins team.  That makes the tiebreaker common opponents where a win over the Raiders would give the Dolphins the edge.

Basically, 10 wins with one of them coming against the Raiders results in the Dolphins holding the tiebreaker over both the Ravens and the Browns, so one of them just needs to stumble. At 11 wins, the Dolphins would also hold both tiebreakers.

At this point, I'm not worrying too much about everything else and just hoping we get those 10 wins and continue to see promising play from what is a very young team.

[dolphins4life]

Winning out puts Miami in the playoffs, but that is going to be REALLY hard to do.   

[dolphins4life]

I don't share most people's beliefs on the board about rebuilding.  I view each year as it's own year, and this year, I'm rooting for a playoff berth, because you never know when you might get back to the playoffs.

[Pappy13]

No way, the Steelers are kind of frauds that had an easy schedule.  KC would destroy the Steelers, and the Dolphins hung with KC.  I think with a full strength defense against Buffalo, we stand a pretty good chance.

But Buffalo didn't just beat the Steelers they destroyed them. I think the Bills would give KC a very good game right now if not beat them. Winning that game against Buffalo is going to be VERY difficult. Maybe more difficult then the game against KC and Miami is banged up right now. No way I see this current Dolphins team beating Buffalo. No way. I'm not even sure they beat Vegas or New England. I favor them over those 2 teams but not by much. Miami could go 0-3 the rest of the way and finish 8-8. The easy part of the schedule is over.

Don't get me wrong, 8-8 for this year is not a bad record. Not bad at all. Most of the talk before the year started was 6-10 was the Dolphins high water mark. Go back and check out this thread for some perspective.

http://www.thedolphinsmakemecry.com/forums/index.php?topic=26239.msg367858#msg367858

[Tenshot13]

But Buffalo didn't just beat the Steelers they destroyed them. I think the Bills would give KC a very good game right now if not beat them. Winning that game against Buffalo is going to be VERY difficult. Maybe more difficult then the game against KC and Miami is banged up right now. No way I see this current Dolphins team beating Buffalo. No way. I'm not even sure they beat Vegas or New England. I favor them over those 2 teams but not by much. Miami could go 0-3 the rest of the way and finish 8-8. The easy part of the schedule is over.

Don't get me wrong, 8-8 for this year is not a bad record. Not bad at all. Most of the talk before the year started was 6-10 was the Dolphins high water mark.

The bad men are gone now, we're a good team.  Other teams are singing our praises of how surprisingly good we are.  Even banged up, we should beat the Patriots and the Raiders.  The Bills will be a difficult game sure, but to say "No way"...naw I don't buy it.  I think we can hang with Buffalo.