Re: The remaining schedule and chances to make playoffs.
Date: November 22, 2013 04:00AM
ChyrenB Wrote:
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> eesti, when it comes to making the playoffs
> (regardless of the ultimate outcome) and getting a
> higher draft choice, you are absolutely right.
> Both me and what I regard as any true fan wants to
> make the playoffs.
>
> But as an absolute statement that we always want
> to win every game, no matter what the
> circumstances, then that is subject to
> uncertainty.
>
> Let's say we are 5-9 with 2 games to go?
>
> No chance to make the playoffs. What do we root
> for in the last two games?
>
> Now me personally, I can never root for the
> Dolphins to lose even for a better draft pick.
>
> But neither can I condemn another Dolphin fan for
> wanting those losses with a view of getting a
> better draft pick.
>
> But even you certainly would want to root for
> OTHER TEAMS that are 5-9 to WIN so that they would
> not beat us out for better draft choices, right?
>
> So in doing that you are basically rooting for us
> to end up lower on the ladder of the 32 teams?
> Right?
>
> But finally even at the end of this process, as I
> pointed out above, we are so good at screwing up
> draft choices that I wonder if it's a good thing
> that we have them.
>
> Look at my thread "Draft choices" and you can see
> that our ONE player who is a pro bowl player was
> drafted in the 6th or 7th round...Brandon Fields
> punter.
I can't disagree with that assessment but my criticism/assessment was for this season and we are still very much alive in the playoff hunt....only a tiebreaker out at this point with the team that we still get to play twice.
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