OK, so the Miami Dolphins are 5-7 and there’s a chance they still could make the playoffs as the wildest of wild-card teams.
The urge to reach for the delete key is so strong after typing that sentence, you have no idea.
I’ll stay strong, though, and let it stand, if only because it is technically, mathematically, hallucinogenically true.
Miami Dolphins interim head coach Dan Campbell calls a timeout near the end of the first quarter with assistant head coach Darren Rizzi (left) at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee on October 18, 2015. (Allen Eyestone / The Palm Beach Post)
We know it is because a website called PlayoffStatus.com stays up with this stuff, and the wizards there have verified that, as of this moment, there is less than a 1 percent probability that the Dolphins will break their seven-year postseason drought.
The Bills, just one win better at 6-6, are given a 27 percent chance of grabbing the final AFC wild-card spot. You remember Buffalo, the team that’s already beaten Miami twice this season.
Interesting, in a useless trivia sort of way, understanding that the 2-10 Cleveland Browns are the only AFC team officially eliminated from playoff contention.
Forget all the probabilities on all the things that need to fall Miami’s way, however, and trust this trend instead.
No 5-7 Dolphins team has ever made the playoffs. In fact, no Miami team worse than .500 at this stage of the season ever has.
