Playoff thread

[dolphins4life]

We got two huge breaks.  The dolphins may control their destiny now

[dolphins4life]

All three of the early games went our way

[dolphins4life]

Now who do we want in the late games?

[dolphins4life]

I think Miami now makes it if they win out

[Pappy13]

I think Miami now makes it if they win out

Yeah, I think you are right, I think they control their own destiny now. It's even possible they could lose a game and make the playoffs now. Would need a lot of help but it's possible. Course the loss would have to be to New Orleans and not New England or Tennessee, but still.

[Tenshot13]

We need one loss from the raiders or Steelers before the end of the year.  Steelers are losing big to KC right now

[Tenshot13]

With a win tomorrow we officially slip into the 7th seed.

[Tenshot13]

It's a remote shot, but we root until the end

The remote shot gets less and less remote each week. 

[dolphins4life]

Beating the Saints boosts it to eighty four percent

[dolphins4life]

It's nice to be discussing what they have to do to make playoffs, but it's also hard not to look back on what might have been with those three losses.

[raptorsfan29]

What would you think would be the loss that stings the most if the phins lose by one game or lose on a tiebreaker and miss the playoffs. The Jags game to me was the biggest loss simply because of it should have been a easy win.

But to live in the moment for a second i think they have a good chance of winning all three or at the least being in the games until the final minutes.

[EDGECRUSHER]

What would you think would be the loss that stings the most if the phins lose by one game or lose on a tiebreaker and miss the playoffs. The Jags game to me was the biggest loss simply because of it should have been a easy win.

But to live in the moment for a second i think they have a good chance of winning all three or at the least being in the games until the final minutes.

By far, the Jags game. It's the main reason why I would still fire Flores over the offseason. He didn't motivate a 1-7 team to win 6 straight. He demotivated and poorly planned to the point a team that can win 6 straight lost 7 straight.

[Downunder Dolphan]

By far, the Jags game. It's the main reason why I would still fire Flores over the offseason. He didn't motivate a 1-7 team to win 6 straight. He demotivated and poorly planned to the point a team that can win 6 straight lost 7 straight.

If we are worrying about another team losing to make the playoffs, or the consequences of losing a game to someone we shouldn't have during the season, it says to me if we are in the playoffs then we are just making up the numbers. It's not where I want to be right now, it's not the point of tearing everything down to do a total rebuild.

I know this season has shown a fair bit of parity across the board, but we also had a soft as pudding schedule to get back to this spot - which could all come crashing back to earth very quickly with just one or two losses against better opposition.

Have we really improved from last year when we were (supposedly) in contention for a playoff spot when Buffalo kicked our asses in the last game and showed that we really weren't? The only really convincing wins we had this season against decent opposition were against the Patriots and the Ravens. 

[EDGECRUSHER]

If we are worrying about another team losing to make the playoffs, or the consequences of losing a game to someone we shouldn't have during the season, it says to me if we are in the playoffs then we are just making up the numbers. It's not where I want to be right now, it's not the point of tearing everything down to do a total rebuild.

I know this season has shown a fair bit of parity across the board, but we also had a soft as pudding schedule to get back to this spot - which could all come crashing back to earth very quickly with just one or two losses against better opposition.

Have we really improved from last year when we were (supposedly) in contention for a playoff spot when Buffalo kicked our asses in the last game and showed that we really weren't? The only really convincing wins we had this season against decent opposition were against the Patriots and the Ravens. 

I put it all on coaching. We didn't stand still or fall back a little, we became the absolute worst team in the league for the first half of the year. That is not our talent level. We may not be Superbowl champs, but since the division may be won with an 11-6 record this year, I absolutely felt like we could've taken it. Just look at how Tua got better once they stopped trying to sabotage him and let him play. Even our all world CB Xavien Howard was dogshit in the first half, it's unreasonable to think every player regressed as opposed to the coaching.

[Tenshot13]

I'll keep saying, if we don't lose Tua to injury early in the season we're playing for the division title easily...even with bad losses to the Jags and ATL.

Side note:  If the Jags beat the Pats next week, the Jets would be the only team from the AFCE to beat them.