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http://www.palmbeachpost.com/sports...lphins-season-tougher/ZZKNMzngSyhrcANRaK7cEL/Think of the Carolina Panthers. They finally made the playoffs in 2013 with Cam Newton but slipped back to seven wins the following year. Then all the way up to a Super Bowl appearance in 2015 and immediately back down to a 6-10 flop.
Adam Gase doesn’t expect his Dolphins to fall into a flimsy pattern like that. What coach would?
There is built-in momentum, however, to make it happen, and switching quarterbacks from Ryan Tannehill to Jay Cutler a month before the season opener only feeds that.
Generally speaking, the NFL scheduling formula serves up a tougher challenge for outfits that go 10-6, like Miami did in Gase’s rookie season as a head coach. Other teams get better, too, through drafting and signing and developing new players, just like the Dolphins are trying to do now.