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Miami Dolphins
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Record: 7-6
Remaining schedule: at Vikings, vs. Jaguars, at Bills
Chances of making the postseason: 20%
The case for the Dolphins: Miracles happen!
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As Miami proved last week, they're a team capable of making miracles happen.
Beating the Patriots on a last-second hook-and-ladder is about as rare an occurrence as you can imagine in the NFL, and every team that goes on a deep playoff run tends to have one or two of those games where you can look back and see that it was simply their year.
At the very least, you can trust that the Dolphins will always be playing until the final whistle sounds.
The case against the Dolphins: Recent history
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The team that takes the final wild-card spot in the AFC will have at the very least nine wins, and there's a good chance one of the four teams knotted at 7-6 runs the table and gets to 10.
For Miami, this has proven difficult. Since 2018, the Dolphins reached nine wins just once, when the team went 10-6 in 2016 before losing to the Steelers in the AFC Wild Card.
Miami has consistently been a 7-9 or 8-8 team for the past decade, and despite their unexpectedly strong start to 2018, it's likely they end up there once again.
https://www.businessinsider.com/afc...he-case-against-the-dolphins-recent-history-9
Michael Reaves/Getty Images
Record: 7-6
Remaining schedule: at Vikings, vs. Jaguars, at Bills
Chances of making the postseason: 20%
The case for the Dolphins: Miracles happen!
As Miami proved last week, they're a team capable of making miracles happen.
Beating the Patriots on a last-second hook-and-ladder is about as rare an occurrence as you can imagine in the NFL, and every team that goes on a deep playoff run tends to have one or two of those games where you can look back and see that it was simply their year.
At the very least, you can trust that the Dolphins will always be playing until the final whistle sounds.
The case against the Dolphins: Recent history
Bobby Ellis/Getty Images
The team that takes the final wild-card spot in the AFC will have at the very least nine wins, and there's a good chance one of the four teams knotted at 7-6 runs the table and gets to 10.
For Miami, this has proven difficult. Since 2018, the Dolphins reached nine wins just once, when the team went 10-6 in 2016 before losing to the Steelers in the AFC Wild Card.
Miami has consistently been a 7-9 or 8-8 team for the past decade, and despite their unexpectedly strong start to 2018, it's likely they end up there once again.
https://www.businessinsider.com/afc...he-case-against-the-dolphins-recent-history-9