The race for the seventh seed in the playoffs

[dolphins4life]

If Miami finishes 9-8

We will need 2 more Colt losses and three more Bronco losses

Or the Colts need to win out and the Texans need to finish 9-8

[Denver2]

We aren’t a bad a team we just had the only
QB capable running this offense forgot where and wh he was and did a terrible attempt to be John Elway and we end up losing his first two games back by 1score each and in the late stages of close games like that it’s mostly just randomness and luck on who wins and our luck has been trash since Shula made a deal with Satan for 72 73”

[Downunder Dolphan]

We aren’t a bad a team

We are also far off being one of the elite ones.

Our record accurately reflects what we are this season - a middle of the pack team at best, that's hoping to scrape into the playoffs. 

[Denver2]

We are also far off being one of the elite ones.

Our record accurately reflects what we are this season - a middle of the pack team at best, that's hoping to scrape into the playoffs. 

Yeah I wasn’t trying to suggest we are either but this year would a lot different if he slides in that game.  The dismal loss to Buffalo aside if he doesn’t go down I almost guarantee we’re still in contention for the Division.

Regardless we have some faith, if we could do relatively well under to finish a disastrous start under Flores then this team can on a run to.

If Eli Manning can sneak into the playoffs and beat “the greatest team in history” then we can certainly sneak into the playoffs and upset Josh Allen or Pat Mahomes

[Pappy13]

It's still all about winning in December no matter what the rest of the NFL is doing. Historically we've been bad in December so there's a lot to overcome. Don't see it happening this year.

[Spider-Dan]

Historically we've been bad in December so there's a lot to overcome.

I know this is the meme, but here's MIA's December record over the past 4 years:

2023: 3-2
2022: 0-4 (fair enough)
2021: 3-0
2020: 3-1

The two years MIA didn't make the playoffs, they played quite well in December.  And even the 0-4 in 2022 wasn't a cold weather thing: they lost @SF, @LAC, and home against GB, with the only cold game being the snowball game in BUF.

The game against TEN last stands out as the kind of "December collapse" the meme is famous for, and I guess you might also count getting blown out by BAL.  But there really isn't much meat on the "MIA can't play in the December cold" bone.

[masterfins]

It's about winning important games when you need to win them, and this team hasn't done that.  I don't have confidence in them winning important games because I don't think they have confidence in winning them.

[Pappy13]

I know this is the meme, but here's MIA's December record over the past 4 years:

2023: 3-2
2022: 0-4 (fair enough)
2021: 3-0
2020: 3-1

The two years MIA didn't make the playoffs, they played quite well in December.  And even the 0-4 in 2022 wasn't a cold weather thing: they lost @SF, @LAC, and home against GB, with the only cold game being the snowball game in BUF.

The game against TEN last stands out as the kind of "December collapse" the meme is famous for, and I guess you might also count getting blown out by BAL.  But there really isn't much meat on the "MIA can't play in the December cold" bone.

Fair point. I'm going back more than 4 years, but maybe that's unfair to the current roster and I really don't think it has much to do with the cold, it just seems to be when the pressure to win starts to mount. I'm also counting Jan regular season games so that makes their record 3-3, 1-5, 4-1 and 3-2 down the stretch the last 4 years or a combined 11-11. It's great to win games when the playoffs seem to be out of reach but you'd really like to see that when if you win you're in. Miami is probably going to have to go at least 4-1 in December/January to even have a chance at the playoffs this year. If they do it, I'll be major pumped, but I'm skeptical at this point. I'm expecting more like a 7-10 season at this point which to be fair is better than what I expected a few weeks ago, but still far short of playoff football.