8-6 Bengals @ 7-7 Steelers predictions.

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(12-16-2023, 11:35 PM)George Cantstandya Wrote: Agree Miami hasn't beat anyone decent aside from the Broncos who are now losing to the Lions.  They have had an easy schedule so far for the most part.

This^^^

If the score holds up and the Lions are victorious, then I believe the Dolphins will be back to winless against teams with winning records.

Don't get me wrong, Miami is not a bad team.  They are capable of winning on any given Sunday, just like the other 31 NFL teams.  They are capable of destroying the bad teams, but they need everything to play out their way to beat the top teams.

Side story related to this.  Coworker is a big Dolphins fan, but he is a big Dolphins fan more so than a big NFL fan.  By this I mean he is the guy who would claim they were going to win the Super Bowl because they beat the Brady Patriots in Miami early in the season kind of thing, only to never sniff the post season.  He won't look at the big picture that playing in Miami is brutal to the opposition in early September and wants to always chalk it up to greatness of the team without any impact of oppressive heat and humidity, with the opposing sideline being in the sun and the home sideline in the shade.  Anyhow, he was pointing out that Miami's current standing means playoff games in Miami, and then saying that teams are fearing the heat as if it were the summer.  My response was "that's Miami in January.  Every team that has to play on the road WANTS to play there."