I like it but we are not the 4th best team in the NFL...

We are from 10 to 15 right now.

detroit lions and green bay packers beat us. How can they be ranked below us?

I dont agree with that list.

how can we have the 7th seed for playoffs in one division and be a top 5 team?

samsam3738 Wrote:
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> I like it but we are not the 4th best team in the
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> We are from 10 to 15 right now.


Man Sam.....what kind of Meds do they have you on? Your a Debbie Downer today. Go hit the casino and cheer up bro.


BTW I never agreed either......but if you told me we would be CONSIDERED as 4th best at this time of the season , ahead of Seattle , I would have put you on ignore. Its just Fun. That's all I'm saying. The phins have respect back. We are IN every game now. That's why I was OK with losing to the Lions.

We are getting there. If Hickey can whip up another magical draft......That's where I'm focused. the Big Picture. Miami and the Superbowl , 2016-17.

GO DOLPHINS!!!!

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> how can we have the 7th seed for playoffs in one
> division and be a top 5 team?


I have such a good comeback......but in honor of our 4th ranking , and respect for all here......You get a PASS.

GO DOLPHINS!!!!

Yea, I'd say that list is a little iffy, it DID come from the WAPO after all That said, GOD I HOPE THEY'RE RIGHT!!!!!

I think our team is top 5. Bad coaching and questionable play calls on both sides of the ball cost us Green Bay and Detroit.

Neil Greenberg has developed a very unique and analytical alternative to the traditional and subjective rankings we always see. I'd love to know more about how he draws on analytics to derive his rankings. I find it very interesting! By Neil's methodology, which he applies equally to all teams, the Dolphins are #4.

By "methodology" do you mean "what he's smoking?".......

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> By "methodology" do you mean "what he's
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Maybe he went to Denver a few days early?

GO DOLPHINS!!!!

Statistics always need a footnote. Lots of things are never taken into consideration.

E.G. A team that has the largest paid attendance isn't the best team, it could be, maybe it has cheap seats, maybe giveaways, attractive half time performances, Air Force flyovers, a great national anthem singer....

20 carries 100 yds = 5 yards per carry seems good but may not tell the whole story that 2 runs resulted in turnovers and 14 points going the opposite way.

It's all in the small details that may or may not be included.

Is a millionaire a millionaire if he has millions of dollars in liabilities exceeding his wealth? Think about it.

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> how can we have the 7th seed for playoffs in one
> division and be a top 5 team?


A couple reasons, we are a team on the rise... Also 2 of our losses came against highly ranked teams in the other conference and were both hard fought games lost on the last possession.. We also beat the Patriots who are near the top of the AFC... Honestly I don't care where we are power ranked or ranked in any manner until it comes to week 16 and our true play off ranking... Other then that it is all just smoke and mirrors IMO...
I remember reading just before the start of the season, Profootball talk had us ranked #31 in their power rankings... Didn't care then, don't care now.... Lets just win next week and take that philosophy every week until the season ends...

In the immortal words of Kenny Rogers, "you never count your money when your sitting at the table, there will be time enough for counting when the dealings done..."

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All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.
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But......I like a big pile of money as opposed to a $2 bill.

GO DOLPHINS!!!!

crowder if the season ended today would we be in the playoffs? no

so how can we be top 5 ranking?

I do agree oi don't care on rankings

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> crowder if the season ended today would we be in
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> so how can we be top 5 ranking?
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> I do agree oi don't care on rankings


Power rankings are nothing more then opinions of the person or group putting together the rankings, that is why... If you think a team is coming together and playing well at a given time, you can have the perspective to rank them higher then there actual rankings or records.. Also your record can depend on who you played, where, when, health of your team etc... Lets take the Patriots, we beat them in our head to head match up and 2 of our losses are against teams the Patriots have yet to play... So it is hard to have a straight up comparison of which team is better in a power ranking format..Yet on an actual record ranking they are better at this point... That is why power ranking are subjective and different then actual record rankings midseason...

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All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.
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Of course. They have 0% Factual value. However it's awesome to see some respect back to be considered a top 5 team by anyone.

GO DOLPHINS!!!!

strength of schedule...just like college rankings.

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> strength of schedule...just like college rankings.


What do you mean?

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> What do you mean?


I'm guessing the best schools in some conferences are not really........they just play less talented teams.

GO DOLPHINS!!!!

Take the 6-4 Colts for example, they get to play Jacksonville, Tennessee and Houston twice each as oppossed to us having to play the Pats and Bills 4 times, plus the always tough (for us anyway) Jets twice. Big difference

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I'm just saying that the writer could be considering SOS in these meaningless rankings. As well as strength of victory.

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> I'm just saying that the writer could be
> considering SOS in these meaningless rankings. As
> well as strength of victory.


Got ya, it is hard to figure out where some of these guys are coming from with the power rankings... For instance Washington Post has us 4th and ESPN has us 15th... I think we are probably somewhere in the middle of the 2... The Washington Post is hard to understand with Green Bay who beat us and has a better record then us being power ranked behind us...

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It's impossible to project. We beat NE. NE beat Denver. Denver beat KC. KC beat NE and Miami.

Of all the teams we've lost to, only the Bills (whom we split with) are not playoff contenders right now. KC, Green Bay, and Detroit would ALL be in the playoffs if the season ended today. So, we're doing something good teams do...we're winning the games we're supposed to win!

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> It's impossible to project. We beat NE. NE beat
> Denver. Denver beat KC. KC beat NE and Miami.


Now THAT'S point made!

GO DOLPHINS!!!!

Al Michaels on Howard Stern. He just said that Greenback is the best team in the NFL. WE HAD THE BY THE THROAT.

Just a offseason or two for Hickey away people. BELIEVE!

GO DOLPHINS!!!!

When you write "Greenback" with NO emoticon, is that a typo or, is there a hidden money related Freudian slip??

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The Clown Show Continues



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