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Tannehill is right: Dolphins (finally) are a playoff team

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After seeing his team stack up with the reigning NFC South champion Panthers in a joint practice Wednesday, Miami's quarterback confirmed to Sporting News what we already knew.

"We are a playoff team," Tannehill said. "This is good competition on both sides."

SN picked the Dolphins as an AFC wild-card team, right behind the Patriots. It doesn't take a Harvard study to see they have the talent, offensively and defensively, to even go as far dethroning the Pats as East champions.

Seven long years ago, the Dolphins, one of the league's proudest franchises, last made the playoffs. They're coming off two disappointing 8-8 seasons in which they went from contention back to irrelevance in a hurry. Excuse us if we needed a little more to be the truest of believers.

There was plenty proof in that practice.

Finding that in the same camp with Carolina, a team full of playoff makeup, was appropriate. It's what glossy defensive addition Ndamukong Suh called a "good little measuring stick."
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Though each side of the ball had big moments in Miami the past two seasons, you can see the right blend of personnel and character to go with scheme, something Philbin hasn't enjoyed in his short tenure. There are more of elements of what he had with the Packers; what top coordinators Bill Lazor and Kevin Coyle had with recent Eagles and Bengals playoff teams.

Passing the eye test was easy — the Dolphins added more first-round and Pro Bowl pedigree to what already put them on the cusp of the playoffs. But in how they looked and competed in the most heated of camp settings, there was evidence of the extra heart they were missing.

"We have a lot of guys in tune," running back Damien Williams said. "Nobody is separating. We’re all acting better as one."
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http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl/sto...nehill-afc-east-projection-patriots-miami-suh
 
Positive affirmations go a long way to creating reality.

Remember you heard it here first!

BNF.
 
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I love his confidence.

"Inspiring Leaders harness the power of visualization to picture the future, and convince others that working together, they can bring that vision to reality." -makeadentleadership

In the military, visualization is the core mental process that supports the decision making process of every leader.

I am confident that he possesses the physical abilities and has developed the intellect to lead this team to a playoff berth this year.
 
they have been in the mix for the playoffs late in the year the last two seasons....how many extra wins does Miami get from 8, with Suh, a better OL and a much better Tannehill with great wideouts?
 
BigNastyFish said:
Positive affirmations go a long way to creating reality.

Remember you heard it here first!

BNF.
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You're right. It's amazing what a little confidence can do for a team. If they believe they should win each week they tend to go out there with half the battle already won.
 
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