Jump to content

Dolphins game must win - and upcoming schedule


g-dawg

Recommended Posts

  • Replies 150
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

2 hours ago, Peyton said:

Dude the Dolphins are 32nd in points and 32nd in offensive yards, despite playing against the 24th, 25th, 29th, and 21st ranked defenses.  And that was before the offensive line coach got fired for sniffing coke.

The Falcons are coming off a loss and a bye.  There is ZERO reason for this game to be close.

The dolphins just might keep it close simply because of the drama going on. I’m not saying that they will keep it close but never automatically assume that it’s a blowout just because of so and so. What happened to their OL coach could he enough to bring them together. I think we beat them. Maybe even convincingly but if miami keeps it a tight game I won’t be surprised either. I underestimate no one. Any given Sunday. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

10 minutes ago, TheFatboi said:

The dolphins just might keep it close simply because of the drama going on. I’m not saying that they will keep it close but never automatically assume that it’s a blowout just because of so and so. What happened to their OL coach could he enough to bring them together. I think we beat them. Maybe even convincingly but if miami keeps it a tight game I won’t be surprised either. I underestimate no one. Any given Sunday. 

I'm witcha on this. NFL teams are more evenly matched then what a lot of fans think. How teams match-up with one another matters also. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

2 minutes ago, FentayeJones said:

I'm witcha on this. NFL teams are more evenly matched then what a lot of fans think. How teams match-up with one another matters also. 

Right. And another part fans don’t realize is there’s a years worth of film with us running the offense RIGHT so they know how to play us better in 2017. The offense hasn’t changed. It has a few wrinkles but it’s still the same. ALSO I don’t think fans know how much we may be missing Robinson too. His SPEED forced safeties to make a decision much quicker than what we have now. It’s the same system but the players aren’t quite the same. The starters are minus Chester and Dimarco but the WR’s are different after Gabriel. The Robison role is played by a slower guy that doesn’t know the system quite as well. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

4 hours ago, TheFatboi said:

This makes 0 sense man. You realize if we lose to miami that will be 0-2 agai st common opponents right? Carolina has already beat Buffalo. They’re 2-0 against the AFCE. We’re 0-1. We lose to miami we’re 0-2. And if we lose to NE 0-3 and our total Record would be 3-3. So you’re ok with Carolina having that big of a lead in the division?  That could have serious implications down the stretch if we want to win the division. It’s a must win in the grand scheme of things as WELL as a should win. 

None of what you said is more important than our games against them, the rest of the division, and the NFC North foes we have left.  None of us WANT our squad to lose Sunday but it's important in the sense that all games in a 16 game season are.

 

If God came down and said the Falcons will have at least 2 more losses this year but you get to pick which ones I'd probably go with this one and the Jets.  

Link to comment
Share on other sites

2 minutes ago, slamee101 said:

None of what you said is more important than our games against them, the rest of the division, and the NFC North foes we have left.  None of us WANT our squad to lose Sunday but it's important in the sense that all games in a 16 game season are.

 

If God came down and said the Falcons will have at least 2 more losses this year but you get to pick which ones I'd probably go with this one and the Jets.  

IT DOES matter because it’s about OVERALL Record first. PERIOD. We could lose all of our divisional games and win all the rest but Carolina wins all their division games and lose the rest and we’d win the division. 

In other words if we ended up 10-6 After losing all division games but carolina was 6-10 only winning division games we’d win the division and go on to play in the playoffs. SO...once again so you guys understand me CLEARLY. 

ITS ABOUT OVERALL RECORD!!! 

THEN it comes down to division, then conference and so forth and so on. And THATS determining if we finished with the same record as carolina. If we were both 12-4 at the end of the season haveing tye sane Record in the division and conference the AFCE games would determine who wins the division. My case and point is YES this is a must win because at the end of the year if it’s a tight divisional race I don’t want to have to depend on another team winning or losing to help us get into the playoffs. So one last time so we all are clear...

 

ITS ABOUT OVERALL RECORD FIRST AND FOREMOST!!!! Everything else is secondary depending on tiebreakers yada yada yada...

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Do we not want to win the division? I mean I thought we understood that it’s about winning the division. Home field. It appears it’s gonna be a tight race with carolina this year so why wouldn’t every game be must win if we’re trying to win the division? We don’t want to fall behind at all in the division. We want to lead the pack. As of now we’re in 2nd place. And if they win tomoorw and we lose Sunday we’re a game and a half out of first. Now youre talking trying to get a wildcard but what if Detroit ends up with a better overall record than us woth GB winning their division and Carolina winning ours? Guess what?? We miss the playoffs even tho we beat Detroit. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

42 minutes ago, slamee101 said:

None of what you said is more important than our games against them, the rest of the division, and the NFC North foes we have left.  None of us WANT our squad to lose Sunday but it's important in the sense that all games in a 16 game season are.

 

If God came down and said the Falcons will have at least 2 more losses this year but you get to pick which ones I'd probably go with this one and the Jets.  

That's not exactly how it works, Slamme.

Everything Counts. 

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

43 minutes ago, TheFatboi said:

IT DOES matter because it’s about OVERALL Record first. PERIOD. We could lose all of our divisional games and win all the rest but Carolina wins all their division games and lose the rest and we’d win the division. 

In other words if we ended up 10-6 After losing all division games but carolina was 6-10 only winning division games we’d win the division and go on to play in the playoffs. SO...once again so you guys understand me CLEARLY. 

ITS ABOUT OVERALL RECORD!!! 

THEN it comes down to division, then conference and so forth and so on. And THATS determining if we finished with the same record as carolina. If we were both 12-4 at the end of the season haveing tye sane Record in the division and conference the AFCE games would determine who wins the division. My case and point is YES this is a must win because at the end of the year if it’s a tight divisional race I don’t want to have to depend on another team winning or losing to help us get into the playoffs. So one last time so we all are clear...

 

ITS ABOUT OVERALL RECORD FIRST AND FOREMOST!!!! Everything else is secondary depending on tiebreakers yada yada yada...

If we end up the same record as Carolina.. Shouldn't our conference record be better? Since our loss comes from AFC and their coming from NFC

Link to comment
Share on other sites

10 minutes ago, TheFatboi said:

Do we not want to win the division? I mean I thought we understood that it’s about winning the division. Home field. It appears it’s gonna be a tight race with carolina this year so why wouldn’t every game be must win if we’re trying to win the division? We don’t want to fall behind at all in the division. We want to lead the pack. As of now we’re in 2nd place. And if they win tomoorw and we lose Sunday we’re a game and a half out of first. Now youre talking trying to get a wildcard but what if Detroit ends up with a better overall record than us woth GB winning their division and Carolina winning ours? Guess what?? We miss the playoffs even tho we beat Detroit. 

Want HFA throughout the playoffs, gotta win this game. Think it'll take 13 wins to get home field, be really hard to do losing this game.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

16 minutes ago, Falcons_own_nfc_south said:

If we end up the same record as Carolina.. Shouldn't our conference record be better? Since our loss comes from AFC and their coming from NFC

It would come down to division Record then conference. So far carolina has one divisional loss against NO. If we also lose to NO and split with Carolina and lose to miami putting us at 12-4 and Carolina’s only divisional loss is NO and us and we both sweep the NFCN the AFCE is our other common opponents. Losing to miami could come back to haunt us in common opponents.  

Link to comment
Share on other sites

26 minutes ago, falconidae said:

Want HFA throughout the playoffs, gotta win this game. Think it'll take 13 wins to get home field, be really hard to do losing this game.

That’s why I’m not understanding why folks are discounting this game. I thought we’re fighting for HF throughout? Losing this game could have HUGE implications down the line. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

6 hours ago, Peyton said:

It's so funny that Miami's offense was so bad on Sunday that people are remembering their game as a loss, when in fact they won.

thats right....their defense is scary good.

hoping someday our defense can carry this team over back to back games if needed.

Dolphins held up Drew Brees to 20 pts! 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

2 hours ago, Vandy said:

That's not exactly how it works, Slamme.

Everything Counts. 

 

 

Of course it counts Vandy.  I said they're all important in a 16 game season.  I'm talking about the perspective that this is a "must-win" game.  I only think it's a must win for the psyche of the fans.  

 

We lose and we'll all be questioning where this season is headed after losing to the Dolphins but with 6 out of the 11 games left being division games and our two losses being to AFC teams I can't pretend we're done if we lose it.  Not even close.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

On top of the fact that the Dolphins have all this dysfunction and are facing a Falcons teamed that is rested, healthy, and hopefully refocused, look at the Dolphins brutal travel schedule.

This game will be the 5th consecutive game the Dolphins have played in a different city.  In the last 26 days they have flown across the country 4 times and across the Atlantic Ocean twice.

You'd think they have to be exhausted.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

On 10/11/2017 at 10:05 AM, slamee101 said:

It's a must game in the sense that they all are.  I think this loss obviously wouldn't spell the end for us in reality but our perception as fans and the national perception would change because despite every NFL team being capable of winning any game this is a Miami team that's playing poorly and coming off of a "bad week".  You're coming off the week and get them at home...you should kind of handle business.  

I think this game is as much about mental preparation and coaching as any game.  With 11 more games after this one and what would be two losses against AFC opponents (if we lost) it's not truly a must-win to me but it would be a really bad loss.

tenor.gif

 

That said though, with a weak NFC I've seen enough to say this team is not headed back to the SB.  They're not winning the division.  Not even sure they're making the playoffs.  

Link to comment
Share on other sites

it's about to get real interesting........Falcons have dug themselves an unnecessary hole.   Now the favorable opening schedule they had and they only come through 3-2.

Falcons better hurry up and find their footing - or they won't return to playoffs.

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

1 minute ago, g-dawg said:

it's about to get real interesting........Falcons have dug themselves an unnecessary hole.   Now the favorable opening schedule they had and they only come through 3-2.

Falcons better hurry up and find their footing - or they won't return to playoffs.

 

I'm going to be honest here. With the schedule we have coming up and the garbage Football played over the first 6 weeks of the season, I don't think the Falcons are making it this year.

Another second half collapse + loss at home + losing after a BYE week = Bad news

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Just now, Lord Sarcomere said:

I'm going to be honest here. With the schedule we have coming up and the garbage Football played over the first 6 weeks of the season, I don't think the Falcons are making it this year.

Another second half collapse + loss at home + losing after a BYE week = Bad news

I agree.   the only thing that has really been impressive this season has been the play of Freeman and Sanu (who is now out hurt).  No particular offensive nor defensive grouping has looked good either.

We have seen this team play five games now - forget last season, like the Soprano's  "It's over".   

Link to comment
Share on other sites

2 minutes ago, FalconMama said:

Falcons are about to start a 3 game road trip before they come home on 11/12 to face the Cowboys.  They need to come home at least 5-3. 6-2 would be ideal but they can't drop more than one of these road games. 

the way this team is playing right now,  0-3 is more likely than 3-0.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.


×
×
  • Create New...