What we need this week

[dolphins4life]

The Jets to beat the Colts
The Falcons to beat the Broncos
The Chargers to beat the Bengals

Oh, and we need a Bills victory.  The playoffs could come down the KC-DEN game, so we want KC to be fighting for the Number one seed

[Dave Gray]

I respect that you're doing this, but I just can't.  I am putting all my good vibes and juju into winning our games.  I think it's way premature to be thinking about playoffs. 

[masterfins]

I respect that you're doing this, but I just can't.  I am putting all my good vibes and juju into winning our games.  I think it's way premature to be thinking about playoffs. 

+1

The Dolphins aren't making the playoffs.  And if they do it will be a quick exit.  I'm just happy to see them play well and win some games, that may keep free agents wanting to come play in Miami.

[Pappy13]

There's almost no way that makes sense the Dolphins are making the playoffs. Sure, there's ways that don't make sense they make it, like if they win out. It's more likely the world stops spinning on it's axis though.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

There's almost no way that makes sense the Dolphins are making the playoffs. Sure, there's ways that don't make sense they make it, like if they win out. It's more likely the world stops spinning on it's axis though.

according to http://www.playoffstatus.com/nfl/afcstandings.html the dolphins have a 15% chance of making the playoff this year.

according to nasa.gov the odds of the world stops spinning on its axis this year is considerably lower as it would require a very large undetected asteroid to hit the earth at precisely the right angle. 

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

I respect that you're doing this, but I just can't.  I am putting all my good vibes and juju into winning our games.  I think it's way premature to be thinking about playoffs. 

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FcEm0qhgVSw

[Pappy13]

according to http://www.playoffstatus.com/nfl/afcstandings.html the dolphins have a 15% chance of making the playoff this year.

according to nasa.gov the odds of the world stops spinning on its axis this year is considerably lower as it would require a very large undetected asteroid to hit the earth at precisely the right angle.  

I can believe NASA's numbers, I don't buy that 15% chance for the Dolphins. More like 5% in my opinion. They give the Bengals a 4% chance of making the playoffs and I'd give the Bengals a better chance to make the playoffs than Miami right now if you put a gun to my head. Maybe that's just me being negative, but I've seen the Dolphins blow too many games with the playoffs on the line in the last 3 years. Even last year when they made the playoffs, they lost games and ended up backing into the playoffs when they could have been the top seed in the AFC East. Sure there were excuses, there's always excuses. I'm all out of optimism.

Granted that's not as low as the asteroid thingy, but I wasn't comparing the Dolphins making the playoffs to the asteroid thingy, I was comparing the chances that Miami wins out with the asteroid thingy. The Dolphins winning out is probably still higher than the asteroid thingy happening, but it's in the same ball park.

[Spider-Dan]

I can believe NASA's numbers, I don't buy that 15% chance for the Dolphins. More like 5% in my opinion. They give the Bengals a 4% chance of making the playoffs and I'd give the Bengals a better chance to make the playoffs than Miami right now if you put a gun to my head.

Here are the teams that the Bengals have beaten this year:

CAR
NYG
CLE
LV

Perhaps your confidence is unwarranted.

[Pappy13]

Here are the teams that the Bengals have beaten this year:

CAR
NYG
CLE
LV

Perhaps your confidence is unwarranted.

Perhaps. But...
They lost by 1 point to the Chiefs.
They lost by 5 points to the Commanders.
They lost by 4 points to the Raven in OT.
They lost by 1 point to the Ravens.
They lost by 7 points to the Chargers.

Every one of those games was winnable.

The Dolphins lost a close game to the Bills and Cardinals with Tua, but the Cardinals don't stack up to the teams that Bengals lost to in my humble opinion. Basically Miami lost 1 close game to a good opponent with Tua, the Bengals have lost 5 close games to good opponents this year. They could turn it around and win a lot of games down the stretch even to some good opponents. Not saying they will, I'm saying they could and I think that's more likely than the Dolphins being nearly perfect down the stretch. If I were the Bengals, I'd think my luck was about to turn around.

[Spider-Dan]

I mean, MIA lost many close games to good opponents since McDaniel arrived and we shit on them relentlessly over it.

[Pappy13]

I mean, MIA lost many close games to good opponents since McDaniel arrived and we shit on them relentlessly over it.

The Bengals have also won a lot of games against good opponents in that same time frame, just not this year. The Bengals are not the Dolphins.