The Miami Dolphins are at a crossroads. The 2024 season is on life support, and they have a bunch of tradable veterans on the roster. Should they have a fire sale, rack up draft picks, and clear out cap space for the 2025 season, or should they stay the course and play out the rest of the season and see what happens?
According to ESPN’s NFL Playoff projections, the Dolphins hold onto a 7% chance of making the playoffs. Translation: little to no shot.
The truth is the Dolphins are at a huge disadvantage with their record and schedule of making the playoffs. If they want to change that, the team has to get hot on both sides of the ball yesterday.
No more one-sided football from them. It needs to be complimentary, or they can kiss this season goodbye and tank the rest of it because there aren’t any gimme games left on their schedule. It’s predominantly quality teams starting on Sunday when the Dolphins travel north to face big brother, the Buffalo Bills.
A win against the Bills could ignite a run in the Dolphins, but as recent memory shows, the Dolphins can’t get over the hump of beating the Bills, and the media’s predictions support that.
ESPN:
Kalyn Kahler – Bills 30, Dolphins 21
Eric Moody – Bills 34, Dolphins 24
Seth Walder – Bills 30, Dolphins 23
NFL.com:
Ali Bhanpuri – Bills 28, Dolphins 20
Brooke Cerosimo – Bills 33, Dolphins 24
Dan Parr – Bills 28, Dolphins 21
Gennaro Filice – Bills 42, Dolphins 24
Tom Blair – Bills 28, Dolphins 20
ProFootballTalk:
Mike Florio – Bills 34, Dolphins 21
Chris Simms – Bills 34, Dolphins 20
Bleacher Report:
Brad Gagnon – Bills
Kris Knox – Bills
Gary Davenport – Bills
Brent Sobleski – Dolphins
Maurice Moton – Bills
Wes O’Donnell – Bills
Ian Hanford – Bills
Vincent Michelino: Bills
Consensus prediction – Bills 28, Dolphins 20
CBS:
Pete Prisco – Bills 32, Dolphins 23
Will Brinson – Bills
Jared Dubin – Bills
Ryan Wilson – Bills
John Breech – Bills
Tyler Sullivan – Bills
Dave Richard – Bills
Jamey Eisenberg – Bills
USA Today:
Tyler Dragon – Bills 28, Dolphins 24
Lorenzo Reyes – Bills 24, Dolphins 15
Jarrett Bell – Bills 24, Dolphins 20
Chris Bumbaca – Bills 27, Dolphins 20
Nate Davis – Bills 30, Dolphins 20
Mike Midlehurst-Shwartz – Bills 28, Dolphins 20
Fox Sports:
Data Skrive – Bills 33, Dolphins 9
The media has spoken and they’ve proclaimed that you should bet your house, your car, or your savings on the Bills.
Most of the media at least gave the Dolphins offense some love, but with the defense most likely missing key starters Jevon Holland and Zach Sieler, they won’t nearly have the horses to stop a Josh Allen-led offense.
The Bills could be due for a stinker, which they usually have a few times a year, but not against the Dolphins. They’re always pumped for that matchup, so I doubt that, but you never know.
The Dolphins may need Tua Tagovailoa and their high-priced weapons on the outside to carry the load and turn this bad boy into a good old-fashioned shoot-out.
If the Dolphins fall to the Bills, they’re 2-6 and on the road again against another tough opponent, the Los Angeles Rams. That could end up a going-out-of-business sale of the Dolphins 2024 season.
Let us know your prediction for the Miami Dolphins vs. Buffalo Bills game.
