While we have finally reached that time of year when playoffs can be brought up ... is it too early? sure it is but it never hurts to dream a little!! 

To make the playoffs we would have to probably go 5-1 down the stretch which is no easy task but still very possible.  The benefit is that we have a great schedule in trying to make the playoffs as we play a few teams that are ahead of us in the standings which factors in two ways ... those being 1. we don't have to hope for other teams to beat them .. we control our destiny in a small way.  2. if we beat them we also have the tiebreaker in the WC spot. 

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How do the Dolphins finish off the season?

23%

AFC East Title

20 votes

40%

10-6 or better Wildcard

34 votes

28%

9-7 miss playoffs

24 votes

8%

8-8 or worse

7 votes

85 votes | Poll has closed

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The season is already a success!!!!!

The Dolphins have handed Joba DaRyan two loses these season and from now on regardless of win or lose you can't wipe the smile off my face for this season.   While I'm hoping for playoffs (a win this weekend puts us only one game behind the Pats) it may just turn out to be a 8-8 season or 12-4 but who knows ... I'm OK with it now that JESTs chances going down due to our two wins over them.  Now don't get me wrong I want to win every single game and get just as angry about the blown wins and missed opportunities this season but to beat the Jets twice in one season makes it successful PERIOD hahaha.

DAMN IT FEELS GOOD TO SWEEP THE JEST!!! NOW IF ONLY WE COULD DO IT IN THE PLAYOFFS!!! HAHA

With that being said I wanted to go over what I thought were the top 3 things going good and bad for the Dolphins in the upcoming crucial game against the Pats.

Poll

In your opinion, What do you think will be the deciding factor in the game on Sunday?

31%

Dolphins Run Game

10 votes

28%

QB pressure

9 votes

6%

Speacial Teams - Ted Ginn anyone?

2 votes

21%

Secondary Play - let's see what these rookies got

7 votes

12%

A Perfect Game is Needed - All of the Above

4 votes

0%

Other - please leave comment below

0 votes

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So many things are made of what success is for a rookie errr 2 year QB.  What is success to you?  Is it Wins? Completion %? Low TO Ratio? 

This may come in all different forms but if he is going to be our QB of the future I think we are going to have to live by Bill Parcells saying "If he doesn't bit as a puppy he isn't going to bit"  which really means that if he doesn't show us anything in the next 13 games we will know in some shape or form.

To get a better understanding of what is expected out of Chad Henne I'm going to breakdown some of the elite QB's rookie seasons and kind of put an average of them and use that as the baseline or target for him to reach this season.  IMO if he is just a bit under that is fine as you will see the QB group I am using are that of an elite group.

Poll

What are you expecting to see from Chad Henne this year?

42%

The Average

21 votes

26%

Above Average

13 votes

16%

Below Average

8 votes

2%

Benched after 6 games

1 votes

12%

The QB of a Playoff Team lol had to put this in

6 votes

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It is never easy seeing a game like we all witnessed on Monday night or this past Sunday, but this is what got me intereseted in the NFL in the first place...anything can happen.  Just when you think you have seen it all something crazy and different happens like the Bronco's last second win in Week 1. what happened on MNF or Favre's last second TD throw and of coarse the many Marino miracle comebacks that we were so fortunate to watch. 

So with this site being my support group for getting through the rough days that follow a lose I am going to do my part and point out the POSITIVES of what we can get to look towards. 

So for starters Remember last season when the Bills were leading the division to start the season at 4-1 or when the Jets caught fire and were SB bound only to flame out and get caught by the Dolphins .. AAAHHHH great memories.  While this season will be much more difficult to make such a comeback at least this year we will really see where the teams depth is at in all positions and really understand where the team is going in the future.

Poll

Who is to blame for the poor start to the season?

28%

The Coaching Staff

15 votes

34%

The Defense

18 votes

11%

The Offense

6 votes

13%

Ted Ginn Jr.

7 votes

11%

NFL Schedule Maker

6 votes

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I'm at a loss for words right now .. How can you look so good and sooo bad all in the same game.  They did everything you do to win a game.  Run the ball and take it out of the one player who can beat you when he has the ball in his hands yet it still looked the same in the end >>> OUCH!!!

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This is what I'm hoping is going down in South Flordia so that my mind will be at ease after watching this last terrible performance by the Dolphins tonight. although I can never call a lose a terrible so lets say BELOW AVERAGE!!!!!!

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After starting to type a respose to BigReys post it got so long so I decided to post my own with a couple additional points for concirderation. I personally don't care for all the people guessing whether its Mel Kiper or Boomer or Ditka. I don't think any of them have ever been close to perfect on drafts or preseason rankings. It is a common trend among the Talking Heads to pick favorites who they all think will be Super Bowl contenders, remember we were once that team in '06 and the Cardinals were that team for 5 years straight with never coming close. Really who would have thought the Cardinals would have been that close to becoming SB Champs before last season started !!! Football has always been the toughest thing to guess whom will do what with all the moving parts involved. The best way to look at things is like this ... last season is well LAST SEASON so I don't think you can look at that and see what the future holds, just ask the '08 Dolphins. The thing is football is different each season as can be seen by the losing SB team to miss the playoffs 6 of the past 7 seasons. How can you be that close and then never be the same? ? ? Now onto the Phins ... The Dolphins have the makeup to make a great run this season with better depth at the OLB, CB, WR and OL. The addition of JT IMO is largley being overlooked and I think that will lead to a better pass rush, how much better is still to be seen. Our current weakness is probably our Secondary on D and that doesn't bode well for us looking at the Schedule where we play some of the best QB's in the league with Manning, Rivers, Brees, Ryan and Brady x2. What will this all leads to is yet to be determinded as like I said so many things can happen So really taking a look into the schedule we could end up anywhere between 6-12 wins this season. A 6 win season means: *we split to both Buffalo and the Jets *loses against the Chargers *split the NFC South *lose all the games to the AFC South *lose both to the Patriots. A 12 win season means: *sweep Divison except split with the Pats *sweep NFC South *split AFC South *lose to either the Steelers or Chargers Both of these seem really possible depending on how things workout. With everything being in the South this season and travel not being to crazy I can see more of a 10-12 wins ... Your Thoughts?

I would consider my self a diehard dolphins fan .. so much that I even try to mix it up with the likes of some of you guys.  With that being said sometimes the downfall of being a diehard  is you think you are seeing things that really aren't there at this time of year (ie A playoff team in '07 that went 1-15).  So coming off the great season that was last year and that being followed up by what I would call one of the best offseasons I have been a part of I am at a alltime high as a phins fan in terms of pride maybe since Marino has left.  

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Over the years it has been easy to give up on this team.   Whether it be the late season clapses of last season, '03 regular season & post season. 

So what makes this team so different ? ? ?

Its simple: LEADERSHIP

Since '94 I have never felt more comfortable in our team in the Playoffs.  With such players like Luongo, Mitchell, Kesler, Bieksa I always find myself at ease even after a big loss like we had in Game 2.  Their were many highs & lows throughout this past season yet when it was all finished we did what some people thought was impossible in January .. win the NorthWest Division. 

This team has shown time and time again that it is capable of doing what every fan wants "win a championship" due to its attitude and leadership within that locker room.  I am not saying this will happen with this team this season but damn it feels nice to not "know" we are playing above our heads and will be out of the playoffs soon.  This team is capable of sooo much more and to all of you waiting the ride is just beginning.    

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Last season as the draft was approaching we were a team with plenty of holes, most notably at WR.  We had just acuired Wilford in FA and still had holdovers in Ginn Jr and the hero Camarillo. 

It was thought by many including myself that the position would be addressed in the first 3 rounds but as each round passed another position was addressed.  The position later was addressed not with a late pick but with a UDFA and as the season progressed we made a great move in acuiring London. 

Our current CB position brings many similar things to the WR position of last year aswell.  We added a FA Green (Wilford), we have a former 1st round pick J.Allen (Ginn Jr.) and we also have a unknown in J.Thomas (Camarillo).  The only real difference between the two is that we have a solid veteran CB in W.Allen that we didn't have at WR last year. 

So my question is simple .... Will we address the CB position similar to the WR position last season?

While I personally think the CB spot will be addressed at some point in the draft I'm not sure if it will be as high as we are thinking.

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