Obviously nothing is ever certain but if Miami can in fact sweep Buffalo/NYJ, they'd have to go .500 with the rest of the schedule to have a playoff shot. Can they do it?
I'd look toward the home games first to try and hypothesize. Tampa Bay, Tennessee, Oakland, and Denver. 3 of those 4 teams have elite players at the skill position so the defense will need to be up to snuff. On the road they have LAC, Atlanta, Baltimore, Carolina, and Kansas City. LAC they can beat but I'm indecisive about the others. They don't seem to be able to beat Baltimore, Atlanta will probably throw on them all day, Carolina is a question mark based on how Newton will look (plus McCaffrey might make a difference), and at Kansas City on Xmas Eve will be difficult (look at what they did to Denver there last year).
I'm not really optimistic about their chances. We'll see.
I'd look toward the home games first to try and hypothesize. Tampa Bay, Tennessee, Oakland, and Denver. 3 of those 4 teams have elite players at the skill position so the defense will need to be up to snuff. On the road they have LAC, Atlanta, Baltimore, Carolina, and Kansas City. LAC they can beat but I'm indecisive about the others. They don't seem to be able to beat Baltimore, Atlanta will probably throw on them all day, Carolina is a question mark based on how Newton will look (plus McCaffrey might make a difference), and at Kansas City on Xmas Eve will be difficult (look at what they did to Denver there last year).
I'm not really optimistic about their chances. We'll see.