Dolphins’ playoff fate likely rests with Ryan Tannehill, tenuous offensive line

[DKphin]

The Dolphins will once again give their fans relevant games in December.

Whether they also give them the franchise’s first playoff berth since 2008 rests in part on Ryan Tannehill’s right arm and whether this diminished offensive line can hold up against several more imposing defensive fronts.
In their 22-9 win Thursday, the Dolphins allowed five sacks to a Bills defense that leads the league with 39.
That’s worrisome, considering five of the Dolphins’ final six games will be against opponents that rank in the top 10 in sacks: Minnesota (third), two games against the Jets (seventh), Baltimore (ninth) and Denver (10th). And New England is 14th.

But here’s the good news: Since 1990, 61 percent of 6-4 teams have made the playoffs.
Even if the Dolphins (6-4) lose at Denver (Miami’s next opponent, on Nov. 23) and at New England, they have a pretty good chance of making the playoffs if they win home games against Baltimore, the Jets and Minnesota and win at the Jets.
And if they win at New England (7-2) on Dec. 14, an AFC East title is a possibility if somebody can cool off the Patriots, who have won five in a row. The Patriots have a difficult schedule in the coming weeks (at Colts, Lions, at Packers, at Chargers, Dolphins) before closing at the Jets and home against Buffalo.

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[Hayden Fox]

The problems on the line will be Miami's undoing plus the tough front 7's they play down the stretch. Two tough road tests coming and I do not think anything was fixed from Thursday. Now, everything is on film so it should get interesting from here.

They needed a better swing OT option than they had, but it was never filled adequately enough.

 

[DKphin]

The problems on the line will be Miami's undoing plus the tough front 7's they play down the stretch. Two tough road tests coming and I do not think anything was fixed from Thursday. Now, everything is on film so it should get interesting from here.

They needed a better swing OT option than they had, but it was never filled adequately enough.

The OL really concerns me. I believe RT will be OK. Hopefully, Lazor can come up with something creative to cover up the deficiencies along the Line.

 

[Markcalius]

It's hard to imagine a thread/article title less provocative than this one.

I clicked it because it was new, but it might as well have said "Thread about the Dolphins."

 

[Avigatorx]

Dolphins’ playoff fate likely rests with Ryan Tannehill

Kinda like saying NE's playoff fate likely rests with Brady....



Fact is, we gotta keep winning. Doesn't matter how, we just need to find ways to win.

The other teams aren't going to give us any help, as we saw on Sunday. If we win out and the Pats win out (aside from 1 more loss to us), we are 12-4 and the Pats are 13-3. 12-4 gets us in, but if we lose only one more game we don't control our own destiny. Heck, even at 12-4 the best we can do without help is the 6th seed.

Obviously if we win out and the Pats lose one additional game, we are in the driver seat. In fact, that should get a first round bye.

KC beating Seattle hurt us, since we lose the tiebreaker with them for one of the two WC spots. We don't play Cinncy or Pittsburgh, but we win the conference record tie-breaker. The only game we can "afford" to lose is the Vikings game, and really, if we lose to the Vikings we shouldn't be in the Playoffs anyway.


Contrary to the article, it isn't our O-line vs. Opposing Ds that will determine our playoff fate. It is our Defense that will get us there (or keep us out)

Yea, it's a tall order. But if we are going to win out, we need our D to keep us in every game. The O-line could suck, but if our D keeps us within 1 score in all of these games, all it takes is 1 lucky play to make the difference.

 

[SigmaOmega]

Kinda like saying NE's playoff fate likely rests with Brady....



Fact is, we gotta keep winning. Doesn't matter how, we just need to find ways to win.

The other teams aren't going to give us any help, as we saw on Sunday. If we win out and the Pats win out (aside from 1 more loss to us), we are 12-4 and the Pats are 13-3. 12-4 gets us in, but if we lose only one more game we don't control our own destiny. Heck, even at 12-4 the best we can do without help is the 6th seed.

Obviously if we win out and the Pats lose one additional game, we are in the driver seat. In fact, that should get a first round bye.

KC beating Seattle hurt us, since we lose the tiebreaker with them for one of the two WC spot.

Not necessarily, if we win Sunday, we have the tie breaker with Denver and we become temporary kc fans.

 

[Despacio]

The Bills D line will be the toughest we play all season, not illy because it's that good, but because historically for Tannehill it was his Kryptonite. But despite 5 sacks he played very well and put up enough points to overcome it.


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