Fins Have NFL's Toughest Remaining Schedule

When we beat a good team, I'll start getting interested in making some noise this year.

One game over the lowly Titans doesn't have me convinced. Encouraged, but not convinced.

I have to agree. The Titan were great at all and Miami shoud have ran over them. The Ravens offense and defense suck and Philly mediocre at best, so if Miami can play them the same way they played the the Titans those should be wins. But then again I not holding my breath.

from the article...

If interim coach Dan Campbell can somehow lead the Dolphins to the playoffs...

its absolutely ridiculous for any team not named the New England Patriots to even consider uttering the "P" word - playoffs - at this time.  i know its horrible coach speak, but the Phins truly need to only focus on one game at a time.  right now they need to worry about, and only worry about, beating the Texans.  the rest of the schedule will come when it comes.

“The challenge now for these guys is to not start patting themselves on the back,” Campbell said. “Because we’ve been notorious for that around here. We get a big win and all of a sudden it’s a lull the next week.”

yet another well-deserved shot from the interim coach at the handling of this team by the previous coaching regime.

“I don’t think there’s going to be a lull this time,” Albert said. “I think guys believe in what Coach Campbell’s doing. I think guys are way more in tune. I think guys believe now.”

show me, don't tell me.  we heard all through the preseason about how guys were buying into Philbin's approach and the talented roster was ready to make some noise.  and then we all saw how flat this team started.

but if you want to know just how dysfunctional it really was...

Rishard Matthews told Jim Rome today that even when Joe Philbin was here, Dan Campbell "was the guy they placed in front of us to speak to get us motivated and fired up for a game and any type of situation."

http://miamiherald.typepad.com/sports-buzz/2015/10/gms-tv-analysts-coaches-assess-heat-eastern-conference-primer-dolphins-buzz-marlins-meet-with-anothe.html

i guess now the team finally realized they had no choice but to listen to Campbell's motivational speeches.

Playoffs ain't happening - not a chance. At no point before or during this season have I ever thought this was a playoff team, and last week's win didn't change that for me.

All I want to see moving forward is a team that competes week in and week out.

JMP wrote:Playoffs ain't happening - not a chance.  At no point before or during this season have I ever thought this was a playoff team, and last week's win didn't change that for me.

All I want to see moving forward is a team that competes week in and week out.

I have to agree it would take a miracle for Miami to make it to the playoffs with the schedule that they have. IMO, Miami will get at least 5 wins this season.

But I gonna knock on wood that Miami get at least 8 wins

I predicted 8 wins before the season. Now, I think 6 is more reasonable.

If it was Philbin then 8 wins is not acceptable. But since Campbell just came in I would like to see him make it to 8 wins but that just if he is lucky....

If he takes Miami to the playoffs, fans won't have to worry about looking for another HC just maybe a DC

DolFan 316 wrote:Gotta love how people get manipulated so easily.

Before the season 8 wins was universally considered unacceptable. Now most of these same folks would consider 8 wins to be a huge accomplishment. And why is that? Because they started 1-3 instead of 4-0 like most of the mediots predicted?

It reminds me of how gas being $2 per gallon used to be considered outrageous--and now people are practically dancing in the streets when gas is *only* $2 a gallon these days.

If Campbell's coaching has any sort of long term positive effect, this team can and should still have more than 8 wins. If they finish the season with only 6, then he'll be gone and needs to be gone because obviously the new approach will have failed. Think about it--they have 11 games to get the 4 wins needed to reach 6. That hardly seems to much to ask from a supposedly rejuvenated team, does it?

The Fins started 2-4 in '08 and won 11 games, so let's not act like 8 wins is impossible. Starting 1-3 and making the playoffs has been done multiple times in NFL history.

I disagree.  Campbell was handed a bag of shit and asked to make a fabulous work of art out of it.  The roster has huge, gaping holes and the coaching staff is hot garbage.  

Before the season started, I don't think any of us realized just how bad things were in the locker room, and how disinterested the players were.  If Philbin hadn't been fired, I think a 3-win season would have been very possible - maybe even probable.  It was that bad.  Look at that Jets game - the players literally didn't even care and were just going through the motions.  Rock bottom was just around the corner if Philbin had been retained.

So, if Campbell can succeed in getting the players to actually show up each week and play tough, competitive football, I think that's good enough for this year.  There are no "moral victories", but if this team can at least set the foundation of a team that plays balls out every down, every game, that's a huge step forward.  Then in the offseason, hopefully a strong GM, OC and DC can be brought in and the Phins can finally work on building something legit.  I think this season is now about establishing a new culture in Miami...crazy as it sounds, I see wins as secondary at this point because it's more important to build something that lasts than to win a few extra games now.  Build something that's sustainable.

Oh, I'm definitely intrigued. But as much as I love everything Campbell has done, I can't see this team getting to 8+ wins. Too much to overcome, and the schedule is brutal.

I have to say that Miami is just not going to the playoffs this year and some of these guys will have to go by the time the season ends. IMO, Miami finds a high profile coach but doesn't get one for the fact that Tannebaum wants control

The problem is that I don't see any great coaching prospects out there. There won't be any big-name coaches available (maybe Payton...more on that below), and I'm not sure who the latest 'flash in the pan' coordinators are. You could go the retread route with Josh McDaniel or Eric Mangini, but does anyone really think those guys are the answer? (Well, Tannenbaum might...)

It's highly unlikely, but Sean Payton may be available via trade, and he would be the kind of big-name splash that Tannenbaum loves. But...I absolutely wouldn't want to give up picks for Payton, and he is heading for his third losing season in the past four years. I'd rather get a coach that has positive momentum rather than a coach that has been sinking.

Best case scenario is Campbell earns the job...

Mike Shannahan?

I'm not a fan, I was just mentioning that he's an available big name

I think the guy's a douchebag.

I HATE Shanahan, but I don't think he'll ever coach again anyway. He's had just one winning season in his past 6 seasons...the game has passed him by.

DolFan 316 wrote:But it doesn't mean I've thrown this season into the trash just yet.

hey guys. i think i'm lost. you could you point me in the direction of the Dolfan Cave. i'm not sure what this weird, up-side-down place is.

mercury22nathan wrote:

DolFan 316 wrote:But it doesn't mean I've thrown this season into the trash just yet.

hey guys.  i think i'm lost.  you could you point me in the direction of the Dolfan Cave.  i'm not sure what this weird, up-side-down place is.

LOL Amazing what a competent coach can do for an apathetic fanbase in just a couple of weeks!