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The Super-Positive Season Outlook - Gimme your outlooks!

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With 9 days to go until the start of the 2024 regular season begins, I want to discuss the best-case scenario for the Dolphins in my opinion. I tried to be as realistic as possible with only a sprinkle of fandom! I'd love to hear your realistic records Dolphins finish with and how we fare in the playoffs, if you think we get there

Lets start with the Bills

Bills have unfortunately owned us for a while now but this is the year of the regression for this team. Possibly the worst receiving group in the league, solid OL, and good RB. Allen has shown was he's capable, or incapable of doing I should say when he doesn't have solid receivers around him. Bills are going to force him to do too much, increasing his turnover rates which were already sky-high. Bills defense having lost so many pieces and now without Milano until December will be the biggest regressing unit in the league.

Bills finish 9-8

Jets

This team has been hyped up for the 2nd year in a row and we're now, what, 3 years removed from Aaron Rodgers being a top 10 QB in the league. This smells like a Deshaun Watson-type scenario.. his best years are well behind him.. and of course, the usual, he's 40 coming off an achilles tear with one receiver to throw to. OL should improve but Tyron Smith is made of glass. Jets defense has already been torched by Tua and the boys and with no pass rushers outside of Q Williams (assuming Reddick continues his holdout which is such a Jets thing to happen btw. I mean losing your best pass rusher to the Eagles and not signing your big trade longterm 😂), the secondary will be getting cooked with opposing QBs time to throw. Sauce is already the most overrated player according to players in the league. Saleh will be fired

Jets finish 8-9

Patriots

No commentary necessary

Pats finish 4-13

Dolphins

McDaniel will continue to improve as a playcaller and we'll stop getting cute on 3rd/4th and shorts and we'll start pounding the rock more. Mostert said it today, that the team is looking to pound the ball more, I believe it. Armstead is healthier than he has been in years and he makes it through the majority of the season. Brewer turns out to the be the pickup for our running style with his speed and agility and run game takes off. Achane becomes our #3 receiver and lights it up. J Smith lines up all over the field a la Deebo and confuses defenses. Hill and Waddle continue to do their thing with Tua leading the league in passing yards yet again. Defense is more aggressive this year and with Ramsey back there, locks opposing teams #1 guys down. Our secondary is top 5 in the league and Phillips looks like he never missed a step.

Dolphins finish 13-4
After starting 7-0, first loss comes @Buffalo Other losses @GB, @Houston, vs 49ers

Playoffs will have a couple of vengeful games
1st in the AFC... beats the Jags in the divisional round, the Chiefs in the AFC Championship game (revenge), and the 49ers in the Super Bowl (revenge for beating us late in the regular season)

Let's go!
 
Bills and Jets have good squads. Jets defense and like Allen or not, he is a QB that can make things happen.
We must sweep the Pats.
I sure hope our OL does not let us down.
 
13-4? Interestingly, the Dolphins have never won 13 games in our franchise history, but we've won 14 games twice in 1972 and 1984.

We've won 12 games only four times in our history (1973, 1983, 1985, and 1990)... I'll settle for 12-5 as Super-Positive Season Outlook as realistic with only a sprinkle of fandom. :cheers:
 
AMakados10 said:
13-4? Interestingly, the Dolphins have never won 13 games in our franchise history, but we've won 14 games twice in 1972 and 1984.

We've won 12 games only four times in our history (1973, 1983, 1985, and 1990)... I'll settle for 12-5 as Super-Positive Season Outlook as realistic with only a sprinkle of fandom. :cheers:
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Until last year we never had a 17 game season either. Things change.
 
mandal24 said:
With 9 days to go until the start of the 2024 regular season begins, I want to discuss the best-case scenario for the Dolphins in my opinion. I tried to be as realistic as possible with only a sprinkle of fandom! I'd love to hear your realistic records Dolphins finish with and how we fare in the playoffs, if you think we get there

Lets start with the Bills

Bills have unfortunately owned us for a while now but this is the year of the regression for this team. Possibly the worst receiving group in the league, solid OL, and good RB. Allen has shown was he's capable, or incapable of doing I should say when he doesn't have solid receivers around him. Bills are going to force him to do too much, increasing his turnover rates which were already sky-high. Bills defense having lost so many pieces and now without Milano until December will be the biggest regressing unit in the league.

Bills finish 9-8

Jets

This team has been hyped up for the 2nd year in a row and we're now, what, 3 years removed from Aaron Rodgers being a top 10 QB in the league. This smells like a Deshaun Watson-type scenario.. his best years are well behind him.. and of course, the usual, he's 40 coming off an achilles tear with one receiver to throw to. OL should improve but Tyron Smith is made of glass. Jets defense has already been torched by Tua and the boys and with no pass rushers outside of Q Williams (assuming Reddick continues his holdout which is such a Jets thing to happen btw. I mean losing your best pass rusher to the Eagles and not signing your big trade longterm 😂), the secondary will be getting cooked with opposing QBs time to throw. Sauce is already the most overrated player according to players in the league. Saleh will be fired

Jets finish 8-9

Patriots

No commentary necessary

Pats finish 4-13

Dolphins

McDaniel will continue to improve as a playcaller and we'll stop getting cute on 3rd/4th and shorts and we'll start pounding the rock more. Mostert said it today, that the team is looking to pound the ball more, I believe it. Armstead is healthier than he has been in years and he makes it through the majority of the season. Brewer turns out to the be the pickup for our running style with his speed and agility and run game takes off. Achane becomes our #3 receiver and lights it up. J Smith lines up all over the field a la Deebo and confuses defenses. Hill and Waddle continue to do their thing with Tua leading the league in passing yards yet again. Defense is more aggressive this year and with Ramsey back there, locks opposing teams #1 guys down. Our secondary is top 5 in the league and Phillips looks like he never missed a step.

Dolphins finish 13-4
After starting 7-0, first loss comes @Buffalo Other losses @GB, @Houston, vs 49ers

Playoffs will have a couple of vengeful games
1st in the AFC... beats the Jags in the divisional round, the Chiefs in the AFC Championship game (revenge), and the 49ers in the Super Bowl (revenge for beating us late in the regular season)

Let's go!
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Everything you said is completely realistic. If we can be reasonably healthy, then we should get the #1. If we have home field throughout, I guarantee we are going to the Super Bowl. The only problem is that we already have an insane amount of injuries. So we need some luck on our side.
 
I am just being honest, I don't think we improved from last year. OL is a step down missing Williams and Hunt. Chop will be good, but I don't think he is an upgrade from Wilkins. Our receivers are basically the same. Maybe Fuller will be better than X, and Poyer if he can stay healthy, provide some toughness?

The key is to try and stay much healthier this year and improve our play calling. Also, I think the Bills took a huge step down, Jets will be interesting if Rodgers can stay healthy.
 
67Stang said:
I am just being honest, I don't think we improved from last year. OL is a step down missing Williams and Hunt. Chop will be good, but I don't think he is an upgrade from Wilkins. Our receivers are basically the same. Maybe Fuller will be better than X, and Poyer if he can stay healthy, provide some toughness?

The key is to try and stay much healthier this year and improve our play calling. Also, I think the Bills took a huge step down, Jets will be interesting if Rodgers can stay healthy.
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They’re already injured in spots so they should be considering not healthy as we speak. I think adding Jonnu Smith, Jaylen Wright, and an eventual Beckham will be an improvement on last year’s offense.

I also expect better things from the defense now that Weaver is the DC and they are at least starting off with a healthy Ramsey (as opposed to last year).

I don’t have a record prediction though. I will say they need to be 2-2 at worst to start considering 3/4 are at home.
 
DuderinoN703 said:
They’re already injured in spots so they should be considering not healthy as we speak. I think adding Jonnu Smith, Jaylen Wright, and an eventual Beckham will be an improvement on last year’s offense.

I also expect better things from the defense now that Weaver is the DC and they are at least starting off with a healthy Ramsey (as opposed to last year).

I don’t have a record prediction though. I will say they need to be 2-2 at worst to start considering 3/4 are at home.
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Ya, I am hoping coaching can overcome some of the losses. I am seriously worried about the OL though. We took a significant drop in all areas when Williams did not play last year.
 
JamesWsenior said:
Until last year we never had a 17 game season either. Things change.
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That's fair but that can be normalized by winning percentage. 13-4 is a 76.4% winning percentage.

By that metric, there are 5 of the 58 seasons in franchise history that were equal or higher: 1972 (100%), 1984 (87.5%), 1973 (12-2), 1974 (78.6%), and 1982 (77.8%).

That'd certainly place 2024 among the legendary teams in Dolphins history.
 
mandal24 said:
With 9 days to go until the start of the 2024 regular season begins, I want to discuss the best-case scenario for the Dolphins in my opinion. I tried to be as realistic as possible with only a sprinkle of fandom! I'd love to hear your realistic records Dolphins finish with and how we fare in the playoffs, if you think we get there

Lets start with the Bills

Bills have unfortunately owned us for a while now but this is the year of the regression for this team. Possibly the worst receiving group in the league, solid OL, and good RB. Allen has shown was he's capable, or incapable of doing I should say when he doesn't have solid receivers around him. Bills are going to force him to do too much, increasing his turnover rates which were already sky-high. Bills defense having lost so many pieces and now without Milano until December will be the biggest regressing unit in the league.

Bills finish 9-8

Jets

This team has been hyped up for the 2nd year in a row and we're now, what, 3 years removed from Aaron Rodgers being a top 10 QB in the league. This smells like a Deshaun Watson-type scenario.. his best years are well behind him.. and of course, the usual, he's 40 coming off an achilles tear with one receiver to throw to. OL should improve but Tyron Smith is made of glass. Jets defense has already been torched by Tua and the boys and with no pass rushers outside of Q Williams (assuming Reddick continues his holdout which is such a Jets thing to happen btw. I mean losing your best pass rusher to the Eagles and not signing your big trade longterm 😂), the secondary will be getting cooked with opposing QBs time to throw. Sauce is already the most overrated player according to players in the league. Saleh will be fired

Jets finish 8-9

Patriots

No commentary necessary

Pats finish 4-13

Dolphins

McDaniel will continue to improve as a playcaller and we'll stop getting cute on 3rd/4th and shorts and we'll start pounding the rock more. Mostert said it today, that the team is looking to pound the ball more, I believe it. Armstead is healthier than he has been in years and he makes it through the majority of the season. Brewer turns out to the be the pickup for our running style with his speed and agility and run game takes off. Achane becomes our #3 receiver and lights it up. J Smith lines up all over the field a la Deebo and confuses defenses. Hill and Waddle continue to do their thing with Tua leading the league in passing yards yet again. Defense is more aggressive this year and with Ramsey back there, locks opposing teams #1 guys down. Our secondary is top 5 in the league and Phillips looks like he never missed a step.

Dolphins finish 13-4
After starting 7-0, first loss comes @Buffalo Other losses @GB, @Houston, vs 49ers

Playoffs will have a couple of vengeful games
1st in the AFC... beats the Jags in the divisional round, the Chiefs in the AFC Championship game (revenge), and the 49ers in the Super Bowl (revenge for beating us late in the regular season)

Let's go!
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The Dolphins will go 17-0 in the regular season followed by a 3 and 0 playoff run and a Superbowl victory.
 
67Stang said:
Ya, I am hoping coaching can overcome some of the losses. I am seriously worried about the OL though. We took a significant drop in all areas when Williams did not play last year.
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Gotta make a play for a OL or two in the next week IMO.
 
DuderinoN703 said:
They’re already injured in spots so they should be considering not healthy as we speak. I think adding Jonnu Smith, Jaylen Wright, and an eventual Beckham will be an improvement on last year’s offense.

I also expect better things from the defense now that Weaver is the DC and they are at least starting off with a healthy Ramsey (as opposed to last year).

I don’t have a record prediction though. I will say they need to be 2-2 at worst to start considering 3/4 are at home.
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I think we are much deeper this year. As you said, we will need it because we are already decimated with injuries. If the injuries continue then we need to take a look at the strength and conditioning coach. Take a long look at how we are building our team. Injuries have cost us our season the past 3 years. I know that when Harbaugh got the chargers job, the first hire he made was for the best strength and conditioning coach in the world. We need to be physical and physically durable. I know we have made an effort to be more physical but it won’t work if we’re not healthy
 
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