This team hasn't gotten lucky in its wins like a lot of those Dolphins teams did. With poor pass defense, little turnover ability, and poor/inconsistent QB play, those Dolphins teams could have easily been 5-8 at that point. With us, we've gone about winning games with a respectable passing offense along with occasionally clutch QB play, a pass defense that is actually capable of severely restricting even top WR's, characteristics that the previous Dolphin teams sorely lacked, I can remember far more games where we got unlucky losing this season than the opposite. Yes, I know real teams make their own luck sometimes, but there is a greater capability for winning and higher caliber weapons on this team than Sparano had at his disposal. 8-8 could happen, 9-7 while missing the playoffs could happen, but I don't see this team not being ready enough to play to at least beat one division rival in the next three weeks, as long as Tannehill stays healthy at least (even then there is a good chance Matt Moore does well enough, but its difficult to predict what a guy who has played one game in two years could do).
