I get being optimistic but my God some of you guys simply won't tolerate a little objective criticism or skepticism of this team.
For the record, when the criticism makes sense, most here are tolerant of it, but when people start yelling we're done about a 9-4 team that under-Achieved and lost by less then a FG in the last mins.
Did Dolphins play weak against the Titans...Yes
Did the Defense play less then they're expected to play against the Titans..Yes
Was the play calling on offense a bit to a lot head scratching...Yes
Did Tua uncommonly fail to win the game in the end...Yes
Why does it not matter as much?:
1. Miami is 9-4, and leading the AFC east.
2. They are now in 2nd position, and still within a winning 3 more games of taking back the #1 seed. (Basically: They still control their own destiny)
3. Granted, Miami has yet to beat a team with a winning record, but they did what they had to do, unlike most of the other good teams who have proven they might lose to anyone at any time. Even then, though I do not hold this as a big excuse (Miami needs to learn to overcome bad refs), what happened in Philly and Germany by the Refs is hard to take, and feel Miami legitimately lost those games.
4. Miami had a plan against the Titans that might have worked if the huge amount of big injuries had not brought the Dolphins back to Earth. Granted the Coaching staff does need to be ready to make the necessary changes at half time, and that is something they will need to fix, but talent wise, they are good enough.
5. When they're on, they can beat anyone, when they're off, they could lose to anyone...Pretty much like any of the other top teams.