well, this is what everyone hopes for on an nfl sunday when you're team is a couple of games behind in their division - you hope your team wins and the rest of the division loses. it happened yesterday...
the jets lose
the bills lose
and patriots lose
two weeks ago we were all looking at the future games for our division opponents and we were thinking that for yesterday's games:
"no way the bills lose to the titans - bills win"
"jets won't lose to jaguars - jets win"
"honestly, colts-patriots will be a good game but brady will win it - patriots win"
now, all 3 teams lost. miami won. what is the impact?
now i only consider the jets and patriots as contenders in our division right now and these are the tough games they have left:
patriots still have a game against new orleans saints, jets, houston and against miami
jet's still have a game against the colts, falcons and new england
miami has tough games against patriots, houston, and pittsburgh
IF...............BIG IF:
patriots and miami cover the rest of their games but patriots lose to miami and saints - that means patriots and miami both end tied and miami wins the tiebreaker with a better div record and wins the AFC east. of course, miami would have to beat pittsburgh and houston. i was hoping pittsburgh would have crushed their division by now so as to play its backups against miami late in the season with the division in hand but it looks like miami is headed to a very tough game against pittsburgh.
now if jets go on a run, that would also be good news for miami if miami goes on a run because it essentially would mean that patriots get another loss from the jets and miami ends up tied with the jets which would give miami the division because of a better division record.
rest of miami schedule:
this thursday:
we HAVE to win against the losing records teams....we just have to if we want any chance at all. panthers are playing well all of a sudden...steve smith is playing good, delhomme, and those two great backs. the short week benefits the panthers because our #1 back is hurt right now. we are playing AT carolina as well. our coaching staff is better and let's just hope and pray this game goes in our favor. i'm hoping the backups are going to want to impress the miami coaching staff and have a great game. panthers don't have a killer tight end so i think our secondary will play well. our d-line HAS to stop the run. tough game.
it is imperative we win against the bills @buffalo in 2 weeks...and we'll have extra days of preparation for that game so i'm thinking we're good there. then we have to hope the bills play well against the patriots and the jets...any bills win against those two teams works extremely, extremely well in our favor.
after the bills we face new england at home for a night game. ronnie will be back by then...the patriots will seemingly be coming off a loss to the new orleans saints from a monday night football game and will have to prepare for a miami road game in 5 days. i love our chances... let's hope the miami's game against the bills is an "easy on the bodies" type game where miami's players don't end up too banged up. remember, there's a chance miami's players will be in a good shape because they'll have played one game in 17 days.
then we go on the road for 2 games against jacksonville and tennessee. these games are too far away to start making predictions but i'll you what, i'd rather play these road games in december than road games in buffalo and new england in december. we finish off the season with two consecutive home games against houston (will we ever beat this damn team?) and pittsburgh. i really think those last two games will determine our playoff chances.
let's hope for more weekends last like this last one because miami certainly needs more like it.
zor
the jets lose
the bills lose
and patriots lose
two weeks ago we were all looking at the future games for our division opponents and we were thinking that for yesterday's games:
"no way the bills lose to the titans - bills win"
"jets won't lose to jaguars - jets win"
"honestly, colts-patriots will be a good game but brady will win it - patriots win"
now, all 3 teams lost. miami won. what is the impact?
now i only consider the jets and patriots as contenders in our division right now and these are the tough games they have left:
patriots still have a game against new orleans saints, jets, houston and against miami
jet's still have a game against the colts, falcons and new england
miami has tough games against patriots, houston, and pittsburgh
IF...............BIG IF:
patriots and miami cover the rest of their games but patriots lose to miami and saints - that means patriots and miami both end tied and miami wins the tiebreaker with a better div record and wins the AFC east. of course, miami would have to beat pittsburgh and houston. i was hoping pittsburgh would have crushed their division by now so as to play its backups against miami late in the season with the division in hand but it looks like miami is headed to a very tough game against pittsburgh.
now if jets go on a run, that would also be good news for miami if miami goes on a run because it essentially would mean that patriots get another loss from the jets and miami ends up tied with the jets which would give miami the division because of a better division record.
rest of miami schedule:
this thursday:
we HAVE to win against the losing records teams....we just have to if we want any chance at all. panthers are playing well all of a sudden...steve smith is playing good, delhomme, and those two great backs. the short week benefits the panthers because our #1 back is hurt right now. we are playing AT carolina as well. our coaching staff is better and let's just hope and pray this game goes in our favor. i'm hoping the backups are going to want to impress the miami coaching staff and have a great game. panthers don't have a killer tight end so i think our secondary will play well. our d-line HAS to stop the run. tough game.
it is imperative we win against the bills @buffalo in 2 weeks...and we'll have extra days of preparation for that game so i'm thinking we're good there. then we have to hope the bills play well against the patriots and the jets...any bills win against those two teams works extremely, extremely well in our favor.
after the bills we face new england at home for a night game. ronnie will be back by then...the patriots will seemingly be coming off a loss to the new orleans saints from a monday night football game and will have to prepare for a miami road game in 5 days. i love our chances... let's hope the miami's game against the bills is an "easy on the bodies" type game where miami's players don't end up too banged up. remember, there's a chance miami's players will be in a good shape because they'll have played one game in 17 days.
then we go on the road for 2 games against jacksonville and tennessee. these games are too far away to start making predictions but i'll you what, i'd rather play these road games in december than road games in buffalo and new england in december. we finish off the season with two consecutive home games against houston (will we ever beat this damn team?) and pittsburgh. i really think those last two games will determine our playoff chances.
let's hope for more weekends last like this last one because miami certainly needs more like it.
zor
