PFT Power Rankings - Dolphins at #31

[nyjunc]

Who cares about the team from 5 years ago, or 12 years ago? The way teams move players around the league now, no one cares about trying to win because they haven't been to the playoffs in 5 years. 90% of the team probably wasn't around 5 years ago. And damn sure no one from 12 years ago is on the team.

which position would a player rather be in:

1) playing to spoil an opponents season
2) playing to get into the playoffs and keep SB dreams alive?

It's not like tannehill was in the huddle and telling the players they have to win because they haven't made the playoffs in 5 years. What a joke.

he should have been leading them to points but he couldn't do that either.

I guess Division Champions now don't make the playoffs? YOU look it up. That was essentially an elimination game for both teams. Winner gets Division title and goes to the Playoffs, Dolphins won, the end. (*Got this from one of those playoff sites from back then "If the Jets Beat the Dolphins and the Bills beat the Patriots, the Jets win the AFC East and # 3 seed" I pretty clearly remember that they were not mathematically eliminated as of kick off time and playing a rival with the chance to mess up their title hopes with a slim chance at making it in is as good a motivator as any)

As far as last years game, I clearly remember there being at least one interview of Jets personnel saying how it'd be great to send the Dolphins packing.

Motivation is a tricky thing but you cannot say that one team wanting revenge is not as motivating as another teams wish to advance. BOTH are equally as motivating.

No it wasn't, it was that scenario for Miami but not for us. Had we lost NE would have won the division.


"AND the Bills beat the Patriots"- that is a key sentence especially since the Jets-Miami game was at 4PM and the Pats game was OVER by the time the game started.

The Jets did have a WC chance had Baltimore lost, Baltimore was playing at the same time as our game. Bal was up 24-7 by halftime against a bad Jax team so that game was over quickly as were our playoff chances.


of course it would be fun to send a div rival home for the season but that motivation is not greater than actually playing to go somewhere yourself.

Especially after we spanked the hell out of them earlier in the season and trying to save their crybaby coaches job.
Ya no motivation.

Nice new excuse, so I guess Buffalo was motivated to sweep Miami?

You guys crack me up.

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LOL I know, I know I should know better...:crazy:

If you knew better you wouldn't post incorrect information as a way to back up your misguided argument.