BR Why They'll Win the Super Bowl Mediocrity be damned, the Miami Dolphins are poised to pounce on the AFC in 2015. Ryan Tannehill has steadily improved, ready to make his mark on the league in his fourth season. Ndamukong Suh signed a massive contract to team up with Cameron Wake, the best pass-rusher in the league. Mike Wallace, locker room grouse, has been exiled. This is the year everything finally comes together in Miami, one where the Dolphins take advantage of the turmoil in New England and the uncertainty in New York and Buffalo to break into the playoffs and get to the promised land. Right? Sure. Why They Won't Joe Philbin. Miami's fearful head coach once said throwing the ball made him sick last season, as he told reporters, according to Chris Perkins of the Sun Sentinel: So yeah, I was the one who told [offensive coordinator] Bill [Lazor] to run the ball on third-and-nine. Absolutely, I certainly did. I got a little queasy when I saw those guys running free with the quarterback running for his life [on second down], so we punted the ball. That was that decision, but absolutely, that was totally on me. Philbin has done the opposite of maximize his roster's talents in his tenure, and he will be the reason the Dolphins wind up out of the playoffs. Besides, the Dolphins have a way of being abject disappointments every year.
Buffalo: Why They'll Win the Super Bowl Rex Ryan, baby! As it turns out, the Buffalo Bills lacked a good head coach all these years. Ryan takes over for Doug Marrone, who abruptly departed his post, and he is walking into a much better situation than the one he left. Buffalo's roster was already primed for greatness before New York even fired Ryan. That defense was one of the best in the league in 2014, and Ryan's arrival signals a leap into the elite for that unit. The Bills did a nice job bolstering the offense, too, trading for electrifying running back LeSean McCoy and signing tight end Charles Clay, a huge upgrade at the position. Why They Won't This is the Bills we're talking about, the team with the longest current postseason drought in the NFL. Beyond history or superstition, however, not having a quarterback will rear its ugly head at some point this season. EJ Manuel and Matt Cassel aren't taking anyone to the promised land. It won't help either of them that the offensive line didn't get any TLC this offseason.
New England: Why They'll Win the Super Bowl The Empire may have won it all last season, but it surely feels like striking back after the tumult it saw this offseason. We have seen this before. The New England Patriots roared out of the gate the year after Spygate broke, annihilating the league en route to a nearly flawless season. Their lone blemish just so happened to come in the Super Bowl, but that's neither here nor there. The NFL forgot that it wouldn't like Bill Belichick when he's angry. Why They Won't The strain will be too much. Tom Brady will serve his suspension, one way or another. Even if it's reduced or delayed, the drama will follow him and the Patriots like a black cloud all year long. Then there is the fact the defense took some big blows from a personnel standpoint. Cornerback Darrelle Revis and defensive tackle Vince Wilfork are gone, key cogs in a unit that had improved to above average in 2015.
New York Jets: Why They'll Win the Super Bowl No team made more improvements this offseason than the New York Jets, particularly on defense. An fantastic defensive front will now play with an elite back line with Darrelle Revis and Antonio Cromartie, among others, in town. The Jets might just have the best defense in the league, at least once Sheldon Richardson returns from suspension. Why They Won't Who is going to play quarterback? Geno Smith? He hasn't shown anything in two years. Ryan Fitzpatrick? Journeyman with a low ceiling. The Jets have been down this road before. It wasn't long ago whenMark Sanchez was managing games while the defense handled business. That nearly got them to the Super Bowl once, but they never did get there. A similar fate awaits the Jets in 2015.
all this will be resolved on the playing field, not in conversation. looking forward to at least a post season & some competitive games we win by a slim margin instead of lose by a slim margin.
I would'nt mind if we can win some by a large margin also...these close games all the time are rough on the heart...lol
We've had trouble taking things into that next gear and turning a 13-7 game into a 27-10 win for a long, long time. Using our offense to put the other team away and break their spirit. It was the case under Wanny, and it was the case under Sparano, and in both it was partially by coaches choice, sadly. Every week in the fall, I watch other games between two mediocre teams on Sunday Ticket, and I'll see one make that play in the right moment in the third quarter that essentially ends the game. Their opponents hang their heads, and team A cruises the rest of the way. That almost never happens with Miami. Unless we destroy a team from the opening snap (like Oakland or San Diego last season), the other team never, ever quits. We certainly see it where the Dolphins are on he losing side of the equation. I'm not sure what makes us different in that way, but coaching has to be a part of it. Here's to 2015 being the start of a new trend. Put 30+ on the board on a regular basis and see the other team out of the game and ready to go home by the start of the 4th.
You're right. I'd actually forgotten that. We crushed them badly the rest of the way. If not for a few turnovers and pulling our starters, we'd have scored 50.
