5 in a row is never easy in the NFL. To have a chance at a playoff spot, they need to win out. That would be a 9 game win streak and would require away victories at the Titans and Saints. Home victories vs. the Jets and Patriots. *IF* they get to the final game of the season at 9-7, it will be interesting when the Patsies come to visit.

Anyhow the big take away is that the defense has been finally playing they way they were expected to play and Tua, since returning from injury, has been one of the most efficient QBs in the NFL. Those two walk off field goal losses because the defense was playing bad will be the reason the Fins don't actually make the playoffs.

The brightest part of this season outside of Tua's progression is that it really looks like the fins knocked this draft out of the park. Waddle just set the rookie team record for reception (and is very close to yardage too) and should easily break the NFL record for receptions by a rookie barring injury. The lights also turned on for Phillips, who has already broken the team sack record for rookies. Then there is Holland who, even as a rookie, is already one of the top safeties in the NFL.

Edited: 12/06/2021 at 11:09 AM by RiddleMe

Dolphins' playoff picture: Chances are good only with wins in all four remaining games

https://www.yahoo.com/entertai...es-good-213137779.html

The door remains open for the Dolphins.

All they have to do to enter is finish the regular season on a nine-game winning streak (and get a bit of help).

Anything less and it's all over.

That's the takeaway from numbers-crunching via the playoff predictor at fivethirtyeight.com, which says that despite being in 13th place in the AFC, the Dolphins have a 77 percent chance of reaching the postseason if they win out.