Kadiddlehopper
Charter Member of the Dolphin's Fan Club
As Ferguson said, (more or less) We have to win and not depend on what anyone else does.
Tall order and yet not conceivable but everyone else seems to be passing around the rose colored glasses. Why not try them on. :beer1:
:njfin:im not going to root for either, but i would prefer the jets win bc they pats are a better team. also the 49er just ran the wildcat
I knew alot of you guys wouldnt get it. We need the Pats to lose when it comes to simply getting in the playoffs. If the Pats lose to the Jets, that gives us an opportunity to sweep the Patriots next week and put them in our rear view mirror. When two teams are tied for a wild card spot within the same division, they use the division tie breaker scenerio to eliminate a team from the mix. So even if its a 3 way tie at 10-6, we DO NOT want to be in a situation where we are tied with the Jests and do not hold the tie break on them. Because they will knock us out of the mix if they sweep us. I DO NOT want to go into that last week having it be a make or break game. Face it, the road game vs. the Jets is the toughest game we have left. I DO NOT want to be 10-5 and still be forced to win that game to get in. In other words we need to secure winning at least 2nd place in our division.
Having said all that we do still control our own destiny, after all we are barely past the half way point. You could also argue that in terms of winning the division, it may be best for the Patsies to win vs. the Jets. Maybe so, but Im DYING to taste some playoff action again. If the Jets beat the Patsies, it presents an opportunity to really get a leg up on at least 2nd place in the division by beating the Patsies the following week.
No way to the jets.
the jets will be 6-6 in three weeks, there is no need to worry about them.
We would cotrol the division if we be the patriots. At this stage of the game a win over the patriots would be like an extra win, it would force the patriots to have a one game lead over us at the end of the year, and with our schedule i would like our chances.
jets lose, beat pats the next week and be in the hunt baby
That is very true. But, I need to see the Jets schedule before Im gonna believe they wont figure out a way to get to 10 wins even with a loss to the Pats this week. I know they play the Titans(I believe the following week) but who else? I know we have 14 of the same games. And like I say, even if we are at 10-5 going into the final week and the Jets are only 9-6, they can knock us out with a win at home over us.
Because if the Pats beat the Jets this week, I dont see how they wont get to 10 or 11 wins themselves. A three way tie in the division could be real tricky if we sweep the Pats, they sweep the Jets, and the Jets sweep us. We could all go 4-2 in the division and I dont even want to get into that mess.
You see its all real tricky right now because there are 7 games left. All I know is if the Pats lose, we could really BURY them the next week and pretty much sow up 2nd place in the division if we go on to win 10 no matter what the Jets do.
What is the Colts record so far in non-conference play? I know they beat Minnesota in a lucky one. Didnt they lose to the bears? I know they still play Detroit(thats a win). Did they beat Green Bay? Because I see us going 3-1 in non-conference play, which means to have a the same AFC record in tiebreak scenerios with the Colts, we will need them to go at least 3-1 vs. the NFC as well(which would give them 5 AFC losses if they are 10-6). If they go 2-2 vs. the NFC then that means they would only have 4 conference losses which would beat us out in a tiebreak. Of course, we might lose at St.Louis(I doubt it) but, if we did, we might not get to 10 wins ourselves.