The Official 2008 Miami Dolphins Prediction Thread

[Jim Gray]

Here's your chance to prove your prognostication skills and predict the win/loss record for the 2008 Miami Dolphins.  We will award a crappy prize to "1" winner.  In the case of a tie, we will break it by a random drawing. 

To keep this manageable, please post only once and refrain from making comments about other predictions.  You can just post a simple w/l number; but feel free to provide justification, including a game by game breakdown.  In order to be eligible for the fabulous crappy prize, you must pick 1 number, not a spread.

Here's the schedule

Sept 7          NYJ @ MIA
Sept 14        MIA @ ARI
Sept 21        MIA @ NE
bye
Oct 5            SD @ MIA
Oct 12          MIA @ HOU
Oct 19          BAL @ MIA
Oct 26          BUF @ MIA
Nov 2           MIA @ DEN
Nov 9           SEA @ MIA
Nov 16         OAK @ MIA
Nov 23         NE @ MIA
Nov 30         MIA @ STL
Dec 7           MIA @ BUF
Dec 14         SF @ MIA
Dec 21         MIA @ KC
Dec 28         MIA @ NYJ

Good luck to everyone.



Jim Gray                        6
Househead                     5
STL FinFan                     6
Rick                              9
Tommy                          8
DolFan619                      7
jtex316                          1
stinkfish                         6
Thundergod                    4
Frimp                             8
JVides                            7
Lil B                               6
Dave Gray                       6
fyo                                6
MyGodWearsAHoodie         5
MRWOODCOCK                 9
Sunstroke                       5
Philly Fin Fan                   3
Tenshot13                     10
raptorsplan29                  9
AZ Fins Fan                    5
Brian Fein                       7
Bubba                            9
Dolphin-UK                     4
Guru-in-Vegas                 7
USO Orlando                   9
Calgary Dolphan              7

[Jim Gray]

My "official" prediction is a 6 win season for the Dolphins.

I'm looking at split with Buffalo and the Jets for 2 wins.  The rest will come from winning 4 of these 7 (Arizona, Houston, Baltimore, Oakland, St. Louis, San Fran and Kansas City). 



For me personally, I have the following expectations for the team

below  expectations - 4 wins or less
meets expectations - 5 - 7 wins
above expectations - 8 wins or more

[Househead]

5 wins.

[StL FinFan]

This is impossible to do objectively.

Sept 7          NYJ @ MIA  L
Sept 14        MIA @ ARI  W
Sept 21        MIA @ NE  L
bye
Oct 5            SD @ MIA L
Oct 12          MIA @ HOU W
Oct 19          BAL @ MIA L
Oct 26          BUF @ MIA W
Nov 2           MIA @ DEN L
Nov 9           SEA @ MIA L
Nov 16         OAK @ MIA W
Nov 23         NE @ MIA L
Nov 30         MIA @ STL W
Dec 7           MIA @ BUF L
Dec 14         SF @ MIA L
Dec 21         MIA @ KC W
Dec 28         MIA @ NYJ L

Let's see ... 6-10.  That sounds about right.

[Rick]

  The Miami Dolphins will win 9 games in 2008!!!

[YoFuggedaboutit]

8 wins is my prediction. 

[DolFan619]

 7 wins in 2008.

[jtex316]

1 win in 2008.

[stinkfish]

6. I hope and pray that they will beat the Patsies once, just once this season.

[Thundergod]

4-12

[Frimp]

8

[JVides]

Sept 7          NYJ @ MIA  L  (Favre, anyone?)
Sept 14        MIA @ ARI  W (Close call, unless Leinart's the man)
Sept 21        MIA @ NE  L (Is there any doubt here?)
bye
Oct 5            SD @ MIA L (How's Chambers going to be received, I wonder?)
Oct 12          MIA @ HOU L (Mario Williams against a rookie LT...hmmmm)
Oct 19          BAL @ MIA W (Defense is older, same crap offense)
Oct 26          BUF @ MIA W (Counting on the heat)
Nov 2           MIA @ DEN L (D_B is gonna be such a pain this week...)
Nov 9           SEA @ MIA L (Seattle's consistently one of the best teams around)
Nov 16         OAK @ MIA W (Rookie QB for OAK...'nuff said)
Nov 23         NE @ MIA L (Home field won't matter)
Nov 30         MIA @ STL W (They're, as Charles Barkley would say, TURR-i-ble)
Dec 7           MIA @ BUF L (Snow game!)
Dec 14         SF @ MIA W (close call, but SF's starting a crap QB)
Dec 21         MIA @ KC W (Croyle's terrible)
Dec 28         MIA @ NYJ L (Favre again...)

7-9, boys and girls.  That's what I got...

[bsfins]

below  expectations - 4 wins or less
meets expectations - 5 - 7 wins
above expectations - 8 wins or more

Word..I'm also going to day 6 wins....

[Dave Gray]

Using my secret formula, I come up with 6.1 wins....so I will round down to 6.

6 wins.

[fyo]

6